Events in Music
Music History
May 17 Maurice Ravel's song cycle "Shéhérazade" premieres with Jeanne Hatto as soprano, at the Salle Nouveau Théâtre, Paris, France
Birthdays in Music
Fats Waller (1904-1943)
May 21 American jazz organist, piano player, singer and composer ("Ain't Misbehavin'"; "Honeysuckle Rose"; "Hot Chocolate"), born in NYC, New York [1]
- May 25 Kurt Thomas, German composer, born in Tönning, Germany (d. 1973)
- May 26 George Formby, British singer and comedian, born in Wigan, Lancashire, England (d. 1961)
- May 26 Vlado Perlemuter, Lithuanian-French pianist, born in Kaunas, Lithuania (d. 2002)
- May 28 Shalva Mikhailovich Mshvelidze, Russian composer, born in Tiflis (d. 1984)
- May 31 Otto "Toby" Hardwicke, American jazz alto saxophone player (The Washingtonians, 1923-28; Duke Ellington Orchestra, 1932-46 - "Sophisticated Lady"; "In A Sentimental Mood"), born in Washington, D.C. (d. 1970)
- May 31 Stan Brenders, Belgian jazz pianist and bandleader, born in Brussels (d. 1969)
