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Horst Jankowski

German composer
Person human Q316247

Facts

18 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[12]
Date of birth
January 30, 1936
Date of death
June 29, 1998
Place of birth
Berlin
Place of death
Radolfzell am Bodensee
Country of citizenship
Germany[10]
Occupation
pianist, bandleader, composer, jazz musician, film score composer, choir director, conductor, actor, musician[5][6][7][8][9][11]
Genre
jazz[13]
Cause of death
lung cancer[14]
Nominated for
Grammy Award for Best New Artist[19]
Languages spoken, written or signed
German[20]
Family name
يانكوفسكي[15]
Given name
Horst[16]
Instrument
piano[18]
Manner of death
natural causes[17]
P14750
6285-4AAA-7ECF-F708-07A1[21]
P14927
124624014[22]
🏷️ Also known as
en Horst Jankowski ar هورست يانكوفسكي ja ホルスト・ヤンコフスキー ru Янковский, Хорст ru Хорст Янковский uk Горст Янковський zh 霍斯特·扬科夫斯基 zh-hant 霍斯特·揚科夫斯基
🔖 Identifiers · 40
ISNI
0000000115923973
VIAF cluster ID
8326272
Library of Congress authority ID
n94115868
GND ID
124624014
AllMusic artist ID
mn0000220966
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
150148038
Cinémathèque québécoise person ID
12982
DDB person (GND) ID
124624014
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
124624014
Discogs artist ID
59283
Europeana entity
agent/base/15892
Filmportal ID
bebb4296f8e0499b91ce8a296839ee08
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Find a Grave memorial ID
6166002
Freebase ID
/m/01jsqfc
Grammy Awards artist ID
horst-jankowski/3467
Grove Music Online ID
J222500
IMDb ID
nm0417772
IdRef ID
244082421
KANTO ID
000185771
Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID
124624014
Kinobox person ID
871413
Kinopoisk person ID
929565
LdiF person ID
53533
LyricsTranslate ID
horst-jankowski-lyrics.html
MusicBrainz artist ID
4a498643-8439-49b0-97e1-83c632db91e1
Muziekweb performer ID
M00000025148
NL CR AUT ID
mzk2011630006
NLP ID
a0000002852888
NUKAT ID
n2010078508
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987012689176705171
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810530379405606
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID (BNE v1.0)
XX5786803
Oxford Reference overview ID
20110803100017470
PORT person ID
471355
Prabook ID
2353036
Rock's Backpages artist ID
horst-jankowski
SecondHandSongs artist ID
8948
TMDB person ID
1314243
Universal Music France artist ID
20000117443
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJgt49rbK76d4JGwvDv8md

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🔗 Connections
Occupation 5
composer, pianist, bandleader, film score composer, jazz musician
Compositions 2
Ein Hoch der Liebe, Lady Dracula
Mb:writer 2
Ein Hoch der Liebe, Ein Hoch der Liebe
Cause of death 1
lung cancer
Country of citizenship 1
Germany
Genre 1
jazz
Given name 1
Horst
Instance of 1
human
Instrument 1
piano
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
German
Manner of death 1
natural causes
Nominated for 1
Grammy Award for Best New Artist
Place of birth 1
Berlin
Place of death 1
Radolfzell am Bodensee
Sex or gender 1
male
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Summary

Born in Berlin[1], he… he was born on January 30, 1936[2]. He passed away in Radolfzell am Bodensee[3]. He died on June 29, 1998[4]. He worked as a pianist[5], bandleader[6], composer[7], jazz musician[8], and film score composer[9].

FAQs

Where was Horst Jankowski born?

Horst Jankowski was born in Berlin[1].

Where did Horst Jankowski die?

Horst Jankowski died in Radolfzell am Bodensee[3].

What did Horst Jankowski do for work?

Horst Jankowski worked as pianist[5], bandleader[6], composer[7], jazz musician[8], and film score composer[9].

Related Entities

Germany

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [1] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [5] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [6] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [7] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [8] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [2] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [4] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . rockonthenet.com. rockonthenet.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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    National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID (BNE v1.0) → XX5786803
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    Nominated for → Grammy Award for Best New Artist
    Place of birth → Berlin
    Manner of death → natural causes
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