Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1866
- Died
- 1929
- Works
- 3
Top works
- Trio pour 2 clarinettes et basson
- Trio pour 2 clarinettes et basson, op. 54
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1866-11-24
- Active to
- 1929-10-26
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 26
- Total plays
- 252
Edward Swan Hennessy (24 November 1866 – 26 October 1929) was an Irish-American composer and pianist who lived much of his life in Paris. In his pre-War piano music, he excelled as a miniaturist in descriptive, programmatic music. After joining a group of Breton composers, he developed a reputation as a "Celtic" composer, drawing on his Irish heritage, writing in a style that was unique in a French as well as an Irish context. In some works, he used jazz elements and took inspiration from funfai
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Edward
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Rockford
- Place of death
- Paris
- Occupation
- composer
- Image
- Swan Hennessy.png
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- date of birth
- 1866-11-24
- date of death
- 1929-10-24
- cause of death
- pulmonary embolism
- P8168
- dinitrogen tetroxide
- place of burial
- Montparnasse Cemetery
- manner of death
- natural causes
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