Background
Swan Hennessy was born in Rockford, Illinois of Irish origin and grew up in Chicago.
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Swan Hennessy
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According to Baker"s Dictionary, he studied "general subjects" in Oxford, England, and then pursued musical studies in Germany at the Stuttgart Conservatory, in the mid-1880s.
Career
After travels in Italy, France and Ireland, he settled in Paris from 1907, where he died in 1929. Valeur de placement (Paris: G Le Prat, 1970). They are buried in a family plot on Montparnasse Cemetery, Paris, division 28, section III.
Membership
Although he did not live in Brittany, he was a member of the Paris-based "Association des Compositeurs Bretons", with which he organised concerts.
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United States