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Byron Janis (1928-2024) Pianist, author. Byron Janis was born in McKeesport, Pennsylvania, and died in Manhattan, New York.

Full Name

Byron Janis

Locations

New York

Author's Timeline

1928

Birth

Byron Janis was born Byron Yanks in McKeesport, Pennsylvania, on March 24, 1928.

1935

Other Life Event

New York County: Mr. Janis moved to New York and studied at the Chatham Square Music School in about 1935.

1968

Residence

New York County: Mr. Janis lived in an apartment on the Upper East Side of Manhattan since 1968.

1978

Literary Work

The Most Dramatic Musical Discovery of the Age
Envolve Books, Inc.
0894051113 / 978-0894051111
Music.

1987

Other Life Event

New York County: Mr. Janis began teaching at the Manhattan School of Music in 1987.

2010

Literary Work

Chopin and Beyond: My Extraordinary Life in Music and the Paranormal
Trade Paper Press
978-0470604441 / Autobiography written with Maria Cooper Janis.

2024

Death

Byron Janis died at a hospital in Manhattan, New York, on March 14, 2024.

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