Events in Music
Music History
Oct 1 František Pavlík is killed in a demonstration in Prague, inspiring Leoš Janáček to write his Piano Sonata 1. X. 1905.
Music Premiere
Oct 15 Claude Debussy's symphonic sketch "La Mer" premieres in Paris
Birthdays in Music
- Oct 4 Leon Orthel, Dutch pianist and composer, born in Roosendaal, Netherlands (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 Kyiv, Ukraine (d. 1977)
- Oct 15 Dag Wirén, Swedish composer, born in Striberg, Sweden (d. 1986)
- Oct 15 Edna Deane (née Sewell) British dancer, choreographer and drama teacher, born in Orange Free State of South Africa (d. 1995)
- Oct 22 Joseph Kosma, composer
- Oct 23 Alexander Shamil'yevich Melik-Pashayev, Georgian conductor and composer (Bol’shoy Theatre, 1931-62), born in Tblisi (d. 1964)
- Oct 24 Elizabeth Poston, English composer, born in Stevenage, Hertfordshire (d. 1987)
- Oct 24 Kristian Hauger, Norwegian pianist, orchestra leader and songwriter ("Charleston i Grukkedalen"), born in Kristiania (now Oslo), Norway (d. 1977)
- Oct 30 Christian Darnton, British composer, born in Leeds, England (d. 1981)
Deaths in Music
- Oct 21 Jose Teodor Vilar, composer, dies at 69
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