Events in Music
- Jan 14 Hubbell, Shubert & Smith's musical "Fontana" premieres in NYC
Event of Interest
Jan 26 Arnold Schoenberg's "Pelleas und Melissande" premieres in Vienna
Arnold Schoenberg
- Oct 1 František Pavlík is killed in a demonstration in Prague, inspiring Leoš Janáček to the piano composition 1. X. 1905.
Event of Interest
Oct 15 Claude Debussy's "La Mer" premieres
Claude Debussy
Birthdays in Music
- Jan 2 Michael Kemp Tippett, English composer/conductor (A Child of Our Time), born in London (d. 1998)
- Jan 8 Giacinto Scelsi, Italian composer and surrealist poet, born in La Spezia, Italy (d. 1998)
- Jan 13 Percy Humphrey, American jazz trumpet player and bandleader, born in New Orleans, Louisiana (d. 1995)
- Jan 16 Ernesto Halffter, Spanish composer and conductor
- Jan 25 Julia Smith, American composer, pianist, and author on musicology (Aaron Copland), born in Denton, Texas (d. 1989)
- Jan 26 Maria Augusta von Trapp, Austrian singer who inspired the "Sound of Music", born in Vienna, Austro-Hungarian Empire (d. 1987)
- Feb 10 Vilko Ukmar, Slovenian composer
- Feb 10 José Muñoz Molleda, Spanish composer and politician, born in La Línea de la Concepción (d. 1988)
- Feb 15 Harold Arlen [Hyman Arluck], American composer (Over the Rainbow), born in Buffalo, New York (d. 1986)
- Feb 22 Luis Sandi, Mexican musician and composer, born in Mexico City (d. 1996)
- Feb 23 Leonidas Zoras, French composer
- Feb 24 Guillaume Landre, The Hague, Dutch composer
- Mar 2 Marc Blitzstein, composer (Cradle Will Rock), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Mar 10 Rene Bernier, Belgian composer, born in Saint-Gilles (d.1984)
- Mar 18 John Kirkpatrick, American pianist (Concord Sonata), born in NYC, New York
- Mar 22 Carlo Alberto Pizzini, composer
- Mar 23 Lale Andersen [Elisabeth Bunnenberg], German singer and actress (Der Pott), born in Bremerhaven, Germany (d. 1972)
- Mar 26 Pablo Garrido, composer
- Mar 27 Leroy Carr, blues singer-songwriter, born in Nashville, Tennessee (d. 1935)
- Apr 1 Winfried P I Zillig, German opera composer/conductor (Fantasia Irica)
- Apr 2 Serge Lifar, Russian-French dancer, choreographer (Paris Opera Ballet), born in Kiev, Ukraine (d. 1986)
- Apr 4 Eugene Bozza, French composer, born in Nice, France (d. 1991)
- Apr 5 Jef Maes, Belgian composer and violinist, born in Antwerp, Belgium (d. 1996)
- Apr 19 Tommy Benford, jazz drummer
- Apr 27 Philip Radcliffe, English composer (d. 1986)
- May 4 Mátyás Seiber, composer (Scherzando), born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 1960)
- May 6 Norman De Tar, composer
- May 8 Inglis Gundry, Wimbledon, British composer
- May 8 Red Nichols, American musician (d. 1965)
- May 10 Markos Vamvakaris, Greek rebetiko musician and songwriter (d. 1972)
- May 18 Eric Zeisl, Austrian American composer, born in Vienna (d. 1959)
- May 21 Edward Lockspeiser, composer
- May 24 Zdeněk Blažek, Czech composer and music theorist (Verchovina), born in Žarošice, Moravia (d. 1988)
- May 26 Hans Holewa, Austrian-born Swedish composer, born in Vienna (d. 1991)
- May 29 Fela Sowande, composer
- Jun 1 Dinora de Carvalho, composer
- Jun 6 John Gart, Russian orchestra leader (Paul Winchell Show), born in Russia (d. 1989)
- Jun 9 Walter Kraft, composer
- Jun 13 Aldophus "Doc" Cheatham, American jazz trumpeter, born in Nashville, Tennessee (d. 1997)
- Jun 18 Eduard Tubin, Estonian composer, born in Torila, Governorate of Livonia (d. 1982)
- Jun 19 Taneli Kuusisto, composer
- Jun 22 Walter Leigh, British composer, born in Wimbledon, London, England (d. 1942)
- Jul 4 Dante Fiorillo, American composer, born in NYC, New York (d. 1970)
- Jul 7 Marcel Rubin, Austrian composer, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1995)
- Jul 17 Norman Waterhouse Lees, jazz fan
- Jul 19 Boyd Neel, English conductor (Story of an Orchestra), born in Blackheath, London (d. 1981)
- Jul 19 Louis Kentner, Hungarian-British composer, born in Karviná, Austrian Silesia (d. 1987)
- Jul 22 Boris Alexandrov, conductor (Red Army Song/Dance Ensemble)
- Jul 23 Erich Itor Kahn, German composer of Jewish descent, born in Rimbach, Odenwald (d. 1956)
- Aug 2 Karl Amadeus Hartmann, German composer, born in Munich, Germany (d. 1963)
- 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, English composer (King Pest), born in Fulham, London (d. 1951)
- Aug 24 Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup, American blues singer, songwriter and guitarist (That's Alright), 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)
- Sep 1 Gervase Hughes, composer
- Sep 1 Elvera Sanchez, Puerto Rican dancer (d. 2000)
- Sep 3 Robert Ruthenfranz, German composer, born in Witten, Germany (d. 1970)
- Sep 12 Boris Arapov, Russian composer, born in St. Petersburg, Russia (d. 1992)
- Sep 17 Jorge Urrutia Blondel, composer
- Sep 18 Agnes De Mille, American dancer and choreographer (Oklahoma), born in NYC, New York (d. 1993)
- Sep 23 Jeno Kenessey, composer
- Oct 4 Leon Orthel, Dutch composer, born in Roosendaal (d. 1985)
- Oct 4 René Defossez, Belgian composer, born in Spa, Belgium (d. 1988)
- Oct 9 May Moxon, Scottish dance producer, born in Townhead, Glasgow (d. 1996)
- Oct 15 Alexey Fedorovich Kozlovsky, Russian composer, born in Kiev, Ukraine (d. 1977)
- Oct 15 Dag Wirén, Swedish composer, born in Striberg, Sweden (d. 1986)
- Oct 15 Edna Deane, dancer, choreographer and drama teacher, born in Orange Free State (d. 1995)
- Oct 22 Joseph Kosma, composer
- Oct 23 Alexander Shamil'yevich Melik-Pashayev, composer
- Oct 24 Elizabeth Poston, English composer, born in Stevenage, Hertfordshire (d. 1987)
- Oct 30 Christian Darnton, composer
- Nov 7 William Alwyn, English composer, born in Northampton, England (d. 1985)
- Nov 8 Richard Nicholson, musician
- Nov 12 Evgeny Grigor'yevich Bruslovsky, composer
- Nov 12 Solon Michaelides, composer
- Nov 14 John Henry Barbee, American guitarist and singer (d. 1964)
- Nov 15 Annunzio Mantovani, orchestra leader (Mantovani), born in Venice, Italy
- Nov 19 Tommy Dorsey, US trombonist and big band leader (Opus No. 1; I'll Never Smile Again), born in Mahanoy Plane, Pennsylvania (d. 1956)
- Nov 21 David Moule-Evans, composer
- Nov 24 Ireene Wicker, American singer and actress (Singing Lady), born in Quincy, Illinois (d. 1987)
- Nov 27 Daniel Sternefeld, Belgian conductor/composer (Mater Dolorosa)
- Dec 1 Ida Carroll, English musician and administrator, (d. 1995)
- Dec 2 Osvaldo Pugliese, musician/composer
- Dec 8 Charles Cushing, composer
- Dec 8 Ernst Hermann Meyer, composer
- Dec 11 Koos van de Griend, Dutch composer, born in Kampen, Netherlands (d. 1950)
- Dec 14 Sydney Lipton, British bandleader, born in London (d. 1995)
- Dec 15 Ferenc Farkas, composer
- Dec 18 Richard Sturzenegger, composer
- Dec 19 Charles Robert Owen Medley, dancer/choreographer
- Dec 23 Arn Bjornsson, composer
- Dec 31 Jule Styne, English songwriter & composer (1954 Acad Award, 1968 Tony), born in London, United Kingdom (d. 1994)
Deaths in Music
- Jan 10 Kārlis Baumanis, Latvian composer (b. 1835)
- Jan 20 Stanislaw Pilinski, French pianist and composer, dies at 65
- Feb 10 Ignacy Krzyzanowski, composer, dies at 78
- Mar 19 Makar Grigori Ekmalyan, composer, dies at 49
- Apr 23 Karel Komzák II, Viennese composer, dies at 54
- Apr 29 Ignatio Cervantes, Cuban pianist and composer (Danzas Cubanas), dies at 57
- May 9 Ernst Pauer, Austrian composer and pianist, dies at 78
- May 29 Leon Francis Victor Caron, composer, dies at 55
- Jun 4 Carl Albert Löschhorn, German composer, dies at 85
- Jul 8 Walter Kittredge, American musician during American Civil War, dies at 70
- Sep 2 Walter Cecil Macfarren, English pianist and composer, dies at 79
- Oct 21 Jose Teodor Vilar, composer, dies at 69
- Dec 9 Henry Holmes, English violinist and composer, dies at 66