Birthdays in Music in August 1905

  • Aug 2 Karl Amadeus Hartmann, composer

Person of interestMyrna Loy

Aug 2 Myrna Loy, American actress (Jazz Singer, Thin Man, Vanity Fair), born in Helena, Montana (d. 1993)

Actress Myrna Loy
Actress
Myrna Loy
  • Aug 8 Andre Jolivet, composer (L'Eunuque), born in Paris, France
  • Aug 18 Peter Paul Kreuder, composer
  • Aug 19 Jacques de Menasce, composer
  • Aug 20 Jack Teagarden [Weldon Leo Teagarden], American trombonist and actor (Meet Band Leaders), born in Vernon, Texas (d. 1964)
  • Aug 23 Leonard Constant Lambert, composer (King Pest), born in London, England
  • Aug 24 Arthur Crudup, American blues singer and guitarist, born in Forest, Mississippi (d. 1974)
  • Aug 25 Undine Smith Moore, African-American composer, born in Jarratt, Virginia (d. 1989)
  • Aug 29 Lan Adomian, Russian-born American composer, born in Moghiler-Podolsk (d. 1979)