Events in Music
Birthdays in Music
- Jan 1 Alexander Smallens, conductor, born in St Petersburg, Russia
- Jan 1 Tadeusz Jarecki, composer
- Jan 14 Vincenzo Davico, composer
- Jan 19 Sophie Taeuber-Arp, Davos Switzerland, painter, sculptor and dancer
- Jan 25 Vladimir Scherbachov, Russian composer and professor (Blokovskaya, Thunderstorm), born in Warsaw, Russia (d. 1952)
- Jan 29 Francisco Santiago, composer
- Jan 29 Rudolf Mauersberger, composer
- Feb 5 Ioan Dumitru Chirescu, composer
- Feb 11 Vladimir Mikhaylovich Deshevov, composer
- Feb 20 Levko Mykolayevich Revutsky, composer
- Mar 3 Fritz Behrend, composer
- Mar 26 Vaclav Kapral, composer
- Apr 3 Grigoras Dinicu, Romanian violin virtuoso and composer, born in Bucharest (d. 1949)
- Apr 8 Adrian Boult, Chester England, conductor/composer (BBC Sym Orchestra)
- Apr 9 Efrem Zimbalist, Russian composer and violinist, born in Rostov on Don, Russia (d. 1985)
- Apr 11 Nick LaRocca, American jazz coronetist and composer (Tiger Rag), born in New Orleans, Louisiana (d. 1961)
- Apr 30 Acario Cotapos, composer
- Apr 30 Rudolph Hermann Simonsen, composer
- May 20 Felix Arndt, American composer, born in NYC, New York (d. 1918)
- May 23 José Padilla, Almería, Spanish composer and pianist (La Violetera - City Lights, Ça c'est Paris - Moulin Rouge)
- May 25 Gilardo Gilardi, Argentine composer, pianist and conductor (La leyenda del urutaú, Réquiem, Misa de Gloria), born in Buenos Aires, Argentina (d. 1963)
- May 25 Sverre Jordan, Norwegian composer, orchestra conductor and pianist (Norwegian Rapsody), born in Bergen, Norway
- Jun 25 Ethel Glenn Hier, American composer, born in Madisonville, Ohio (d. 1971)
- Jul 22 Frederick Preston Search, composer
- Aug 10 Cecil Armstrong Gibbs, English composer, born in Great Baddow, Essex (d. 1960)
- Aug 20 Witold Friemann, composer
- Sep 10 Vilem Petrzelka, composer
- Sep 28 D P "Dad" Carter, American gospel singer (Chuck Wagon Gang), born near Columbia, Kentucky (d. 1963)
- Oct 19 Uncle Art Satherley, British-American record producer (1968 Acad of Country Music Award), born in Bristol, England (d. 1986)
- Nov 4 Alton Augustus Adams, composer
- Nov 16 Luis Cluzeau-Mortet, composer
- Nov 24 Albert J Sylvester, England, ballroom dancer (Alex Moor Award-1977)
- Dec 7 Heathcote Dicken Statham, composer
- Dec 12 Vaclav Stepan, composer
- Dec 13 Clarence Loomis, composer
- Dec 20 Bozidar Sirola, composer
Weddings in Music
Wedding of Interest
May 31 Pianist Ignacy Jan Paderewski (38) weds baroness Helena Maria Rosen
Ignacy Jan Paderewski
Wedding of Interest
Sep 6 Explorer Fridtjof Nansen (27) weds mezzosoprano singer Eva Nansen (30)
Fridtjof Nansen
Deaths in Music
- Jan 10 Martin Andreas Udbye, composer, dies at 68
- Jan 14 Ema Puksec, Croatian singer (b. 1834)
- Feb 1 Joseph Gungl, composer, dies at 78
- Feb 26 Karl Davydov, Russian cellist (b. 1838)
- Mar 3 Edward Sydney Smith, composer, dies at 49
- Mar 18 William Henry Monk, composer, dies at 66
- Mar 27 Moritz Fürstenau, German composer, dies at 64
- Jun 27 Carlotta Patti, Italian soprano, dies
- Jun 27 Whitney Eugene Thayer, composer, dies at 50
- Jun 30 Eugenio Terziani, Italian composer, dies at 64
- Jul 4 Auguste Mermet, composer, dies at 79
- Jul 7 Giovanni Bottesini, Italian Romantic composer, conductor and a double bass virtuoso, dies at 67
- Jul 13 Carli Zoeller, German composer, dies at 49
- Aug 4 Carl Ludwig Amand Mangold, German composer, dies at 75
- Aug 17 Ernst Franck, German composer/conductor, dies at 42
- Oct 3 Karel Miry, Belgian composer (De Vlaamse Leeuw), dies at 66
- Oct 10 Adolph von Henselt, composer, dies at 75
- Oct 22 Olivier Metra, composer, dies at 59
- Oct 24 Loisa Puget, French composer, dies at 79
- Dec 3 Baltasar Saldoni, composer, dies at 82