| LC control no. | n 82218969 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| LC classification | ML417.M846 Biography |
| Personal name heading | Monk, Thelonious |
| Variant(s) | Monk, Thelonious, 1917-1982 Monk, Thelonious Sphere Monk, Thelonius |
| See also | Corporate body: Thelonious Monk Octet Corporate body: Thelonious Monk Orchestra Corporate body: Thelonious Monk Quartet Corporate body: Thelonious Monk Quintet Corporate body: Thelonious Monk Septet Corporate body: Thelonious Monk Sextet Corporate body: Thelonious Monk Trio |
| Located | New York (N.Y.) |
| Birth date | 1917-10-10 |
| Death date | 1982-02-17 |
| Place of birth | Rocky Mount (N.C.) |
| Place of death | Weehawken (N.J.) |
| Field of activity | Piano--Performance Composition (Music) Jazz |
| Profession or occupation | Pianists Composers Jazz musicians |
| Found in | His Thelonious Monk live at the It Club [SR] c1982: label (Thelonious Monk; composer, pianist) LC database, June 3, 1983 (hdg.: Monk, Thelonious) Jackson, M. Memories of Thelonious Sphere Monk [SR] p1982. Castérède, J. Hommage à Thélonious Monk, c1983: p. iii (Thelonious Monk; b. 1920; d. 1982) Williams, J. Birthplace of Thelonius Monk ... 1979: postcard verso (Thelonius Monk) Groves encyc. of pop. music, 1992 (Monk, Thelonious; b. Oct. 10, 1917; d. Feb. 17, 1982) Southern, E. Biog. dict. Afro-Amer. musicians, 1982 (Monk, Thelonious Sphere; b. Oct. 10, 1917) African American national biography via Oxford African American Studies Center database, viewed Feb. 27, 2015 (Monk, Thelonious; b. Oct. 10, 1917 in Rocky Mount, N.C.; d. Feb. 5, 1982 in Weehawken, N.J.; jazz pianist, composer, arranger, bandleader; grew up in New York, N.Y.) |
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