Michael Dimitrios (Dimitrios) Calvocoressi^{[1, 2, 3]}

1877 - 1944  (66 years)

• Name	Michael Dimitrios (Dimitrios) Calvocoressi
  Birth	02 Oct 1877	boulevard de la Liberté 9, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,France
  	Argenti says 21 Oct 1877, Marseille, France.
  Gender	Male
  Death	01 Feb 1944	London, England UK
  Notes	6 Mar 1898: Michael Demetrios Calvocoressi, 20, unmarried, born Ermoupolis, swore allegiance to the Greek government at the Town Hall, Ermoupolis, Syros. Calvocoressi, Michael, from Greece. Resident in London. Also Marseille. UK naturalization certificate 12103 issued 18 May 1925 (National Archives) Michel Dimitri Calvocoressi translated documents from French into English (UK National Archives). Occupation: writer Michel Calvocoressi [with Ethel Calvocoressi, 6 Paultons Square] appears on the 1926, 1927, [with Michel Calvocoressi, 5 Bramerton Street] 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, [hereafter only Ethel] 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1952, 1954, 1956, 1957, 1958 electoral register, Chelsea parliamentary division, Kensington and Chelsea county/borough. His wikipedia page. He met Ravel in 1898 and, after an initial period of mutual suspicion, they became lifelong friends. It was Calvocoressi who provided Ravel with the folk texts for his Cinq Mélodies Populaires Grecques. Educated in France, Calvocoressi was a skilled linguist and wrote in several languages. He published books on Liszt (1906), Moussorgsky (1908), Glinka (1911), Schumann (1912), as well translations into English. After WWI, he moved to England. On Musical Criticism was published in 1923 (OUP), and Musicians Gallery in 1933. In his Miroirs Ravel dedicated to him Alborada del Gracioso [Morning Song of the Jester]. Worked for the War Office in London during WWI, dealing with postal censorship when he joined British Intelligence (presumably MI5 or, more likely, MI6). He is referred to in Alan Judd’s The Quest for C - Mansfield Cumming and the foundation of the Secret Service. (Christopher Long) Residence: at DOD, 5 Bramerton Street, Chelsea, London, England UK 1921 England and Wales Census lists: Michael Calvocoressi, b. 1877, France; Ethel Calvocoressi, b. 1895, London, London, for a household in Chelsea, London.
  Person ID	I3529	Negroponte-Agelasto | Individuals not connected to either tree; their data remain in the database.
  Last Modified	8 Jan 2022

  
  

  Father	Demetrius (Nicolas) Calvocoressi,   b. 23 Oct 1836, Syros, Cyclades Islands, Greece d. 1887, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,France (Age 50 years)
  Mother	Maria (Michael) Zygomala,   b. 27 Oct 1854, rue Senac 12, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,France d. 1880, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,France (Age 25 years)
  Marriage	13 Dec 1876	Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,France
  	The marriage place and date of the marriage are an annotation to the birth certificate of their first son, Nicolas, in 1870, six years after his birth.
  Documents		Calvocoressi-Zygomala 1876 marriage
  		Calvocoressi - Zygomala 1876 marriage Civil registration records, Marseille
  Family ID	F1143	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ethel (Gabriel) Silverman,   b. Abt 1889, London, England UK d. 2 Dec 1957, London, England UK (Age 68 years)
  Marriage	24 May 1916	St Sophia, Moscow Road, Bayswater, London, England UK
  	Witnesses/Sponsors: A.D. Christodoulou; K. Pagonis presiding; entry 332. [4]
  Family ID	F1476	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Dec 2010

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 02 Oct 1877 - boulevard de la Liberté 9, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,France Marriage - 24 May 1916 - St Sophia, Moscow Road, Bayswater, London, England UK Death - 01 Feb 1944 - London, England UK  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos		Michel Dimitri Calvocoressi Sketch by Russian artist Lev Samoilovich Bakst (1866-1924)
  		Michel Dimitri Calvocoressi Photo courtesy website.

  
  

  Documents		Michel Calvocoressi birth certificate Marseille, France, 2 Oct 1877
  		Michael Dimitri Calvocoressi 1944 Probate

  
  

• Sources

  [S25] Greek State Archives (Syros). #225 Registry of Oaths of Allegiance [S82] UK National Probate Calendar Indexes, 1858-1966, 1973-1995. [S154] 1921 Census of England and Wales - 19 Jun 1921. [S68] Kyriakos Metaxas, editor, The Greek Gazette, (London, England), Oct 1983, 12. Marriages Celebrated at the Holy Wisdom (Saint Sophia) in Moscow Road, Bayswater [London]