Harry Fragson
Sign in to saveBritish music hall singer and comedian (1869-1913)
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 1
Top works
- Les souliers de ma voisine
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Harry Fragson was a French chansonnier, composer and piano player at the turn of the 20th century. He was one of the earliest French singers to have his songs mechanically reproduced on wax recordings. Several of these wax recordings have survived and can be found on the internet as MP3 files, although the quality can be considered as rather poor. Yet, apart from the minor sound quality, the wax recordings give a fair indication of both Fragson's vocal style (heavy timbre <a href="https://www.la
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- London
- Place of death
- Paris
- Occupation
- actor
- Languages spoken
- French
- Field of work
- café-chantant
- Instrument
- voice
- Image
- Harry Fragson.jpg
- Significant event
- funeral
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- pseudonym
- Harry Fragson
- date of birth
- 1869-07-02
- date of death
- 1913-12-30
- cause of death
- gunshot wound
- birth name
- Léon Philippe Pot
- Commons category
- Harry Fragson
- name in native language
- Harry Fragson
- manner of death
- homicide
- Commons Creator page
- Harry Fragson
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Works in European collections
1 object attributed to Harry Fragson, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
