March 1892 in Music History

Birthdays in Music

  • Mar 3 Rui Coelho, Portuguese composer, born in Alcacer do Sal, Portugal (d. 1986)

Arthur Honegger (1892-1955)

Mar 10 Swiss composer (King David; Pacific 231), born in Le Havre, France

  • Mar 10 Eva Turner, British operatic soprano, born in Werneth, Oldham, England (d. 1990)
  • Mar 13 Alec Rowley, English composer, born in London (d. 1958)
  • Mar 16 James Petrillo, leader of the U.S. musicians union (d. 1984)
  • Mar 17 Sayed Darwish, Egyptian singer & songwriter, "father of Egyptian popular music" (Ana Haweet), born in Kôm el-Dikka, Alexandria (d. 1923)
  • Mar 19 Robert Denzler, Swiss conductor and composer (d. 1972)
  • Mar 27 Ferde Grofé, American pianist, composer (Grand Canyon Suite), and arranger (Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue), born in New York (d. 1972)

Deaths in Music

  • Mar 20 Arthur Goring Thomas, English composer, dies at 41
  • Mar 26 Anton Wallerstein, German composer, dies at 78
  • Mar 31 Adolf Rzepko, Polish composer, dies at 66