Mort Garson

Canadian-born composer, arranger, songwriter, and pioneer of electronic music (1924-2008)
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Summary

Mort Garson was born on July 20, 1924[1], in Saint John[2]. He died on January 4, 2008[3], in San Francisco[4]. He worked as a composer[5], songwriter[6], session musician[7], music arranger[8], and conductor[9]. He ranks in the top 0.72% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,085 views/month, #7,171 of 1,000,298).[10]

Key Facts

  • Country of citizenship: United States[11]
  • Native language: English[12]
  • Ethnic group: Russian Jews[13]
  • Educated at: Juilliard School[14]
  • Member of: The Zodiac[15]
  • Sex or gender: male[16]
  • Genre: electronic music[17]
  • Cause of death: kidney failure[18]
  • Family name: Garson[19]
  • Given name: Morton[20], Sanford[21]
  • Manner of death: natural causes[22]
  • Languages spoken, written or signed: English[23], Italian[24]
  • Birth name: Morton Sanford Garson[25]
  • Name in native language: Mort Garson[26]
  • Copyright representative: American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers[27]
  • Copyright status as a creator: works protected by copyrights[28]
  • P14750: 2B12-EA87-69ED-D7C0-BF42[29]

Why It Matters

Mort Garson has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] He is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

FAQs

Where was Mort Garson born?

Mort Garson's place of birth was Saint John[2].

Where did Mort Garson die?

Mort Garson died in San Francisco[4].

What did Mort Garson do for work?

Mort Garson worked as a composer[5], songwriter[6], session musician[7], music arranger[8], and conductor[9].

Where did Mort Garson go to school?

Mort Garson was educated at Juilliard School[14].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [5] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . id.sbn.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [6] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [7] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [1] ↑ . SNAC. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [3] ↑ . SNAC. Retrieved . variety.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . OPAC SBN. Retrieved . id.sbn.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [27] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  27. [28] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  28. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [10] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · Mariazolla · 2026-10-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-references:1||1|1 */ Languages spoken, written or signed: Italian, Editori da FILMUSP (SBN) ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/e439606a467|details]])"
  2. 3d ago · Mariazolla · 2026-10-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Languages spoken, written or signed → English, Italian, Italian
    Sitelink count → 9
    Wikipedia languages → ['arz', 'commons', 'de', 'en', 'fr', 'he', 'it', 'pt', 'sv']
    Claims rich → —
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  3. 8w ago · Trivialist · 2026-08-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14750 → 2B12-EA87-69ED-D7C0-BF42
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  4. 10w ago · Profesorul Blazat · 2026-08-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sbn author id → CFIV207592
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  5. 21w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sbn author id → CFIV207592
    Occupation → composer, songwriter, session musician +2
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/32084|batch #32084]]: import P21 and P106 from GND (26)"
  6. 23w ago · Simon Villeneuve · 2026-05-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Place of birth → Saint John
    Native language → English
    Canadiana name authority id → ncf10854090
    Family name → Garson
    + 29 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Banq authority id: 0000901526, Added with [[User:Bargioni/moreIdentifiers|moreIdentifiers]]"
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