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Lily Laskine

Lily Laskine, French harp player (died 1988)

Born
August 31, 1893
Died
January 4, 1988
Zodiac sign
Virgo
Birth year
1893

About Lily Laskine

Lily Laskine (31 August 1893 – 4 January 1988) was one of the most prominent harpists of the twentieth century who was born and died in Paris. Born Lily Aimée Laskine to Jewish parents in Paris, she studied at the Conservatoire de Paris with Alphonse Hasselmans and became a frequent performing partner of several distinguished French flautists, including Marcel Moyse and Jean-Pierre Rampal. Laskine also served as professor of harp at the Conservatoire de Paris from 1948 to 1958. She was awarded the Legion of Honour in 1958. She died in Paris. In 1936 she married Roland Charmy, a violinist and academic of the Conservatoire de Paris.

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Lily Laskine timeline

  1. Laskine also served as professor of harp at the Conservatoire de Paris from 1948 to 1958.
  2. She was awarded the Legion of Honour in 1958.

The world when Lily Laskine was born

Lily Laskine was born in 1893. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Headlines and milestones

  • Top headlineWorld's Columbian Exposition in Chicago
  • Technology milestoneFirst Ferris wheel debuts at Chicago World's Fair
  • Notable inventionFerris wheel (264 feet tall)
  • World population~1.53B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderGrover Cleveland
  • U.S. population66.0M

1893 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Lily Laskine's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure18932026
Population66.0M341 million

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