Bernard Etté
Illustration — Bernhard Etté (middle) in 1938. Bernard Etté (September 13, 1898, in Kassel – September 26, 1973, in Mühldorf) was a German jazz and light music violinist and conductor. Etté was the son of a hairdresser and studied music formally at the Louis Spohr Conservatory in Kassel.
Also recorded as Bernard Ette
Bernard Etté

Willy Pragher · Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek · CC BY 3.0
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- 1898 · Kassel.
- Died
- 1973 · Mühldorf am Inn.
- Nationality
- Germany
- Occupation
- conductor · violinist · musician · actor
- Languages
- German
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Illustration — Bernhard Etté (middle) in 1938. Bernard Etté (September 13, 1898, in Kassel – September 26, 1973, in Mühldorf) was a German jazz and light music violinist and conductor. Etté was the son of a hairdresser and studied music formally at the Louis Spohr Conservatory in Kassel.
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Born at Kassel in 1898, died in Mühldorf am Inn in 1973.
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Scala (Berlin): Bernhard Ette mit Orchester
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Bernard Etté died at Mühldorf am Inn.
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- 1."Bernard Etté". The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz. 2nd edition, ed. Barry Kernfeld.
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