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Harry Malcolm Wellmon

1883 – 1945

American jazz musician

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Lived 1883 – 1945 (aged 62). Harry Malcolm Wellmon was an American composer.

Harry Malcolm Wellmon (May 15, 1883 - July 17, 1945) sometimes known as H. W. Wellmon, was an African American-British Jazz Age conductor and composer who lived in London, England. He was part of the song-writing team of Carlish and Wellmon. He returned to New York City in 1938. He died on July 17, 1945, in Manhattan, New York City.

Style A 1921 review in Musical America described Wellmon conducting the Southern Syncopated Orchestra in France as

"...a superbly vigorous conductor in the uniform of a Brazilian general, wearing dazzling white gloves and green shoes, leads this heterogenous instrumental ensemble. He uses no score, and at times marches straight into his orchestra to stimulate some player who seems to lag; at others, when all is going as it should, he lowers his baton, and, hands behind his back, looks at the public with eyes twinkling with satisfaction ..."

Compositions The Good Old British Isles (1906)

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Who was Harry Malcolm Wellmon?

American jazz musician

When was Harry Malcolm Wellmon born?

Harry Malcolm Wellmon was born on 15 May 1883 in Shelby.

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Harry Malcolm Wellmon died on 17 July 1945 in Manhattan.

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Harry Malcolm Wellmon was a composer.

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Harry Malcolm Wellmon was American.

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