Vassar Clements

American jazz, swing, and bluegrass fiddler (1928–2005)

Person human Q939402

Facts

15 properties

Instance of: human
Sex or gender: male^[9]
Date of birth: April 25, 1928
Date of death: August 16, 2005
Place of birth: Kinard
Place of death: Goodlettsville
Country of citizenship: United States^[8]
Occupation: violinist, musician, fiddler
Genre: bluegrass music^[10]
Cause of death: lung cancer^[11]
Birth name: Vassar Carlton Clements^[16]
Family name: Clements^[12]
Instrument: jazz violin, fiddle^[14]^[15]
Manner of death: natural causes^[13]
P14750: F8BF-A377-F906-7CF8-4123^[17]

🏷️ Also known as

en Vassar Carlton Clements en Vassar Clements ja バッサー・クレメンツ ko 배서 클레먼츠 ko 배서 칼턴 클레먼츠 ru Вэссэр Клементс

🔖 Identifiers · 37

ISNI: 0000000055151093
VIAF cluster ID: 67149294396480522602
Library of Congress authority ID: n81150320
GND ID: 134348362
Image (Wikimedia Commons): Vassar Clements, Seattle, 1974.jpg ↗
AllMusic artist ID: mn0000245039
Awards & Winners artist ID: 01j_3k2
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 13892570v
Carnegie Hall agent ID: 89502
DAHR artist ID: 308848
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID: 134348362
Discogs artist ID: 883094

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Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID: biography/Vassar-Clements
Europeana entity: agent/base/76135
FAST ID: 1924459
Fandango person ID: 123629
Film.ru person ID: vassar-clements
Find a Grave memorial ID: 11547155
Freebase ID: /m/01j_3k2
Grammy Awards artist ID: vassar-clements, vassar-clements/1723
Grove Music Online ID: A2240534
IMDb ID: nm0166269
Kinobox person ID: 847150
Last.fm ID: Vassar+Clements, Vassar
MusicBrainz artist ID: 4684039e-a2a9-43a1-8fb8-10c5689a0e2f
NL CR AUT ID: xx0037954
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID (BNE v1.0): XX6200594
Obálky knih ID: xx0037954
Oxford Reference overview ID: 20110803095617933
Prabook ID: 380760
Rate Your Music artist ID: vassar_clements
SNAC ARK ID: w69b3m13
Songkick artist ID: 540352
TMDB person ID: 30630
Universal Music France artist ID: 20000236689
WikiTree person ID: Clements-10346
Yale LUX ID: person/04690703-df11-4cdb-8a67-70e78d9e7805

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🔗 Connections

Mb:member of band 3

Old and in the Way, Bluegrass Album Band, The Nashville A-Team

Mb:performer of 2

Norman Blake/Tut Taylor/Sam Bush/Butch Robins/Vassar Clements/David Holland/Jethro Burns, Vassar Clements, John Hartford, Dave Holland

Occupation 2

musician, violinist

Cause of death 1

lung cancer

Country of citizenship 1

United States

Genre 1

bluegrass music

Instance of 1

human

Instrument 1

fiddle

Manner of death 1

natural causes

Place of death 1

Goodlettsville

Sex or gender 1

male

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Summary

Vassar Clements was born on April 25, 1928^[1], in Kinard^[2]. He died on August 16, 2005^[3], in Goodlettsville^[4]. He worked as a violinist^[5], musician^[6], and fiddler^[7].

FAQs

Where was Vassar Clements born?

Vassar Clements was born in Kinard^[2].

Where did Vassar Clements die?

Vassar Clements died in Goodlettsville^[4].

What did Vassar Clements do for work?

Vassar Clements worked as a violinist^[5], musician^[6], and fiddler^[7].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Vassar Clements — place of birth (P19): Kinard. Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Vassar Clements — place of death (P20): Goodlettsville. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Vassar Clements — sex or gender (P21): male. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2024-07-06. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Vassar Clements — country of citizenship (P27): United States. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Vassar Clements — occupation (P106): violinist. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Vassar Clements — occupation (P106): musician. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Vassar Clements — occupation (P106): fiddler. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Vassar Clements — genre (P136): bluegrass music. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Vassar Clements — cause of death (P509): lung cancer. wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ Vassar Clements — date of birth (P569): April 25, 1928. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2014-05-04. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Vassar Clements — date of death (P570): August 16, 2005. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2014-05-04. vassarclements.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Vassar Clements — family name (P734): Clements. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Vassar Clements — manner of death (P1196): natural causes. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Vassar Clements — instrument (P1303): jazz violin. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Vassar Clements — instrument (P1303): fiddle. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Vassar Clements — birth name (P1477): Vassar Carlton Clements. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Vassar Clements — P14750 (P14750): F8BF-A377-F906-7CF8-4123. wikidata.org.

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12w ago · Yirba · 2026-08-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗

P14750 → F8BF-A377-F906-7CF8-4123

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18w ago · Python72 · 2026-06-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Birth name → {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Vassar Carlton Clements'}

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20w ago · Gerwoman · 2026-06-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗

National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID (BNE v1.0) → XX6200594

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23w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Place of death → Goodlettsville

Cause of death → lung cancer

Instance of → human

Grammy Awards artist ID → vassar-clements, vassar-clements/1723

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