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Leon Jessel

German composer (1871-1942)
Person human Q571212

Facts

20 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[11]
Date of birth
January 22, 1871
Date of death
January 4, 1942, January 2, 1942[7]
Place of birth
Szczecin
Place of death
Berlin
Country of citizenship
German Reich[9]
Occupation
composer, screenwriter
Notable work
The Parade of the Tin Soldiers[10]
Genre
opera[12]
Cause of death
torture[14]
Languages spoken, written or signed
German[18]
Archives at
Berlin State Library[13]
Described by source
Neue Deutsche Biographie[17]
Documentation files at
SAPA Foundation, Swiss Archive of the Performing Arts
Family name
Jessel[15]
Given name
Leon[16]
P14536
374916
P14750
F9AE-4055-5563-9634-D74E
Place of burial
Wilmersdorf Cemetery[8]
🏷️ Also known as
en Leon Jessel cs Léon Jessel cs L. Jessel de Léon Jessel ja レオン・イェッセル ru Ессель, Леон ru Леон Ессель uk Леон Єссель zh 莱昂杰塞尔
🔖 Identifiers · 68
ISNI
0000000117623843
VIAF cluster ID
49411154
Library of Congress authority ID
n82032732
GND ID
119285517
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
HL Damals – LGA – Leon Jessel.jpg ↗
BMLO ID
j0089
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
13931624n
Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online ID
jessel-leon
Carnegie Hall agent ID
1001494
CiNii Research ID
1140000791699572480
Classical Archives composer ID
7014
DAHR artist ID
103540
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DDB person (GND) ID
119285517
Dansk Forfatterleksikon ID
u7892
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
119285517
Dezède person ID
24555
Discogs artist ID
698103
Europeana entity
agent/base/2065
FAST ID
88510
FID performing arts ID
agent/gnd_119285517
FactGrid item ID
Joseph Raleigh Bryson
Filmportal ID
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Find a Grave memorial ID
65550763
Freebase ID
/m/0fw3nj
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
Leon_Jessel
Grove Music Online ID
14282
Historical picture postcards University of Osnabrück ID
leon_jessel
Hyperion Records person ID
C314
IDU person ID
43084
IMDb ID
nm0422184
IMSLP ID
Category:Jessel,_Léon
IdRef ID
177562609
KBR person ID
13998363
Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID
119285517
Kallías ID
PE00159650
Kinopoisk person ID
508040
Kulturstiftung.org person ID
jessel-leon
LexM ID
00001323
Library of Congress JukeBox ID (former scheme)
4439
Memorial Book Bundesarchiv ID
1082486
MuseScore artist ID
12086
MusicBrainz artist ID
cae10c3b-d89c-4fb6-a090-2635d73bd13c
Musicalics composer ID
91637
Musik-Sammler.de artist ID
155659
Muziekweb performer ID
M00000237930
NACSIS-CAT author ID
DA07121320
NDL Authority ID
00522983
NL CR AUT ID
mzk2011630375
NUKAT ID
n2010151571
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007283673505171
National Library of Latvia ID
000039629
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810566768205606
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID (BNE v1.0)
XX1729035
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
071067051
OpenMLOL author ID
52622, 427432
Operone composer ID
jessel
RISM ID
people/113100
SBN author ID
MUSV035137
SPAP ID
a/f30b97c7-5bd2-44e8-9f5d-7fe7577cb1de
SecondHandSongs artist ID
102674
Swedish Film Database person ID
298286
TMDB person ID
1105156
TheaterEncyclopedie ID
01944073-0469-707e-bafc-75030fa3ba11
Tidal artist ID
4101906
Topic's main category
Category:Leon Jessel
VGMdb artist ID
14098
WikiTree person ID
Jessel-82
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJdmmtcgdpwfw3fBxV86Kd

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🔗 Connections
Compositions 3
The Black Forest Girl, Schwarzwaldmädel, The Parade of the Tin Soldiers
Mb:composer 2
The Parade of the Tin Soldiers, The Parade of the Tin Soldiers
Occupation 2
composer, screenwriter
Archives at 1
Berlin State Library
Cause of death 1
torture
Country of citizenship 1
German Reich
FactGrid item ID 1
Joseph Raleigh Bryson
Genre 1
opera
Given name 1
Leon
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
German
Notable work 1
The Parade of the Tin Soldiers
Place of birth 1
Szczecin
Place of burial 1
Wilmersdorf Cemetery
Place of death 1
Berlin
Sex or gender 1
male
← FactGrid item ID 1
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Summary

Leon Jessel was born on January 22, 1871[1], in Szczecin[2]. He died on January 4, 1942[3], in Berlin[4]. He worked as a composer[5] and screenwriter[6].

FAQs

Where was Leon Jessel born?

Leon Jessel's place of birth was Szczecin[2].

Where did Leon Jessel die?

Leon Jessel died in Berlin[4].

What did Leon Jessel do for work?

Leon Jessel worked as a composer[5] and screenwriter[6].

Related Entities

Szczecin

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Great Norwegian Encyclopedia. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [5] ↑ . Operone. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [6] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . berlin.de. berlin.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [13] ↑ . kalliope-verbund.info. kalliope-verbund.info. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [1] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . theaterencyclopedie.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [3] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [7] ↑ . theaterencyclopedie.nl. theaterencyclopedie.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . Deutsche Biographie. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . IdRef. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

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  1. 4d ago · Printstream · 2026-11-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  6. 7d ago · 1970gemini · 2026-10-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  7. 20d ago · OKA bot bot · 2026-10-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  10. 19w ago · Gewild · 2026-06-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Documentation files at → SAPA Foundation, Swiss Archive of the Performing Arts
    Occupation → composer, screenwriter
    Cause of death → torture
    Notable work → The Parade of the Tin Soldiers
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