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Jón Leifs

Icelandic composer and conductor (1899-1968)
Person human Q523053

Facts

16 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[12]
Date of birth
May 1, 1899
Date of death
July 30, 1968
Place of birth
Northwestern Region
Place of death
Reykjavík
Country of citizenship
Iceland[9]
Occupation
conductor, composer, pianist, writer
Educated at
University of Music and Theatre Leipzig[10]
Notable work
Edda I: Schepping[11]
Cause of death
lung cancer[13]
Languages spoken, written or signed
Icelandic[17]
Described by source
Brief Biographical Dictionary of Foreign Composers[16]
Given name
Jón[14]
Manner of death
natural causes[15]
P14536
384314
🏷️ Also known as
en Jon Leifs en Jón Leifs da Jon Leifs de Jon Leifs de Leifs el Γιόουν Λέιφς es Jon Leifs fi Jon Leifs fr Jon Leifs ja ヨン・レイフス ja レイフス ko 욘 레이프스 nl Leifs nl Jon Leifs ru Ион Лейфс ru Йон Лейфс ru Йоун Лейфс ru Лейфс, Йон ru Лейфс, Йоун sv Jon Leifs
🔖 Identifiers · 60
ISNI
0000000081091813
VIAF cluster ID
29799233
Library of Congress authority ID
no91027160
GND ID
121086135
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Jón Leifs (1934).jpg ↗
BBC Things ID
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BIBSYS ID
90391377
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
14841158r
Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online ID
leifs-jon
CARLA ID
31251
Canadiana Name Authority ID
ncf12105187
Carnegie Hall agent ID
1009296
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CiNii Research ID
1140000791668990080
Classical Archives composer ID
10244
DBC author ID
87097991141736
DDB person (GND) ID
121086135
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
121086135
Dezède person ID
21151
Discogs artist ID
841351
Europeana entity
agent/base/50034
FAST ID
294984
Filmportal ID
29dfd98612b14607a6fcf020129ed8ab
Freebase ID
/m/01xl8q
Geni.com profile ID
6000000013302922065
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
Jón_Leifs
Grove Music Online ID
16341
IdRef ID
050434659
KANTO ID
000185985
Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID
121086135
Kallías ID
PE00627516
Komponisten der Gegenwart ID
17000000338
Les Archives du spectacle person ID
110192
Lex ID
Jón_Leifs
Libris-URI
64jlmmnq4lvckkb
LiederNet composer ID
4813
Munzinger person ID
00000008784
MusicBrainz artist ID
fb6a1c71-770f-4256-a99a-d1698d551bfe
Musicalics composer ID
80168
Muziekweb performer ID
M00000238306
NACSIS-CAT author ID
DA13909993
NE.se ID
jon-leifs
NL CR AUT ID
js20070209010
National Library of Iceland ID
000026108
National Library of Israel ID (old)
004386218
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007318251905171
National Library of Latvia ID
000121905
National Library of Lithuania ID
LNB:V*381336;=BK
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
096895691
Obálky knih ID
js20070209010
Online PWN Encyclopedia ID
3931383
Open Library ID
OL2257956A
RILM ID
116898
RISM ID
people/51013044
Related category
Category:Compositions by Jón Leifs
Runeberg author ID
leifsjon
SBN author ID
USMV597226
SELIBR ID
214162
SNAC ARK ID
w6kt8t9c
Topic's main category
Category:Jón Leifs
Yale LUX ID
person/48093957-f431-4a09-aa42-aa9b999fe6d9

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Mb:composer 4
Organ Concerto, Organ Concerto, Requiem, Requiem
Occupation 4
writer, composer, conductor, pianist
Cause of death 1
lung cancer
Compositions 1
Tears of Stone
Country of citizenship 1
Iceland
Educated at 1
University of Music and Theatre Leipzig
Given name 1
Jón
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
Icelandic
Manner of death 1
natural causes
Place of birth 1
Northwestern Region
Place of death 1
Reykjavík
Sex or gender 1
male
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Summary

Jón Leifs was born on May 1, 1899[1], in Northwestern Region[2]. He died on July 30, 1968[3], in Reykjavík[4]. He worked as a conductor[5], composer[6], pianist[7], and writer[8].

FAQs

Where was Jón Leifs born?

Jón Leifs's place of birth was Northwestern Region[2].

Where did Jón Leifs die?

Jón Leifs passed away in Reykjavík[4].

What did Jón Leifs do for work?

Jón Leifs worked as a conductor[5], composer[6], pianist[7], and writer[8].

Where did Jón Leifs go to school?

Jón Leifs was educated at University of Music and Theatre Leipzig[10].

Related Entities

Iceland Reykjavík

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [9] ↑ . LIBRIS. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [10] ↑ . CARLA. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [6] ↑ . Musicalics. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [8] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [1] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [3] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . IdRef. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

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