September 1905 in Music History

Birthdays in Music

  • Sep 1 Elvera Sanchez, Puerto Rican dancer (d. 2000)
  • Sep 1 Gervase Hughes, English composer and conductor, born in Birmingham, England (d. 1984)
  • Sep 3 Robert Ruthenfranz, German composer, born in Witten, Germany (d. 1970)
  • Sep 4 Antanas Račiūnas, Lithuanian composer and pedagogue, born in Užliaušiai, Lithuania (d. 1984)
  • Sep 9 Vytautas Bacevičius [Bacewicz], Lithuanian avant garde composer (Della Guerra Symphony), born in Łódź, Russian Empire (now Poland) (d. 1970)
  • Sep 12 Boris Arapov, Russian composer, born in St. Petersburg, Russia (d. 1992)
  • Sep 17 Jorge Urrutia Blondel, Chilean composer, born in La Serena, Chile (d. 1981)
  • Sep 18 Agnes De Mille, American dancer and choreographer (Oklahoma), born in NYC, New York (d. 1993)
  • Sep 23 Jenö Kenessey, Hungarian conductor and composer, born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 1976)

Deaths in Music

  • Sep 20 Walter Cecil Macfarren, British pianist, teacher, conductor, and composer, dies at 79