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November 1907 in Music History

Events in Music


Music concertMusic Concert

Nov 25 Jules Massenet's opera "Thaïs" has its first American performance in New York

Composer Jules Massenet
Composer
Jules Massenet

Birthdays in Music

  • Nov 1 Rio Gebhardt, German musician and composer, born in Heilbronn (d. 1944)
  • Nov 3 Jim [James Geoffrey Cutcliffe] Hepburn, English tap-dancer and socialist, born in London (d. 1995)
  • Nov 3 Joe Turner, American jazz pianist, born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 1990)
  • Nov 7 Chepín [Electo Rosell], Cuban violinist, bandleader, and composer (Orquesta Chepín-Chovén), born in Santiago, Cuba (d. 1984)
  • Nov 9 Burrill Phillips, American composer (Play Ball), born in Omaha, Nebraska (d. 1988)

Person of interestJane Froman

Nov 10 Jane Froman, American singer (Jane Froman's USA Canteen), born in St Louis, Missouri (d. 1980)

Singer Jane Froman
Singer
Jane Froman
  • Nov 18 Compay Segundo, Cuban musician (Buena Vista Social Club), born in Siboney, Cuba (d. 2003)
  • Nov 22 Bernard Naylor, English Canadian composer, born in Cambridge, England (d. 1986)
  • Nov 30 Gyorgy Ranki, composer

Deaths in Music

  • Nov 11 Henry Gadsby, English musician and composer, dies at 64
  • Nov 15 Horatio Richmond Palmer, American composer and choir director, dies at 73
  • Nov 21 Gaetano Braga, composer, dies at 78
  • Nov 28 Ricardo Castro Herrera, composer, dies at 43