1908 in Music

Events in Music

Music Premiere

Dec 3 Edward Elgar's 1st Symphony in A performed by the Hallé Orchestra conducted by Hans Richter, premieres in Manchester, England

Composer Edward Elgar — Composer
Edward Elgar

Birthdays in Music

Birthdays 1 - 100 of 106

Jan 2 Janis Kepitis, composer
Jan 6 Menachem Avidom, Israeli composer, born in Stanislaviv, Austria-Hungary (d. 1995)
Jan 7 Red Allen, American musician (d. 1967)
Jan 12 Jose Limon, Mexican-American dancer & choreographer (I, Odysseus), born in Culiacán, Mexico (d. 1972)
Jan 14 Russ Columbo [Ruggiero Eugenio di Rodolfo Colombo], American baritone, violinist and actor (You Call It Madness, But I Call It Love), born in Camden, New Jersey (d. 1934)
Jan 15 Roberta Bitgood, American organist & composer, born in New London, Connecticut (d. 2007)
Jan 26 Stéphane Grappelli, French jazz violinist who founded the Quintette du Hot Club de France, born in Paris, France (d. 1997)
Jan 27 Oran Page, American musician (d. 1954)
Jan 28 Paul Misraki, French composer and songwriter (d. 1998)
Jan 31 Atahualpa Yupanqui, Argentine folk musician, born in Pergamino, Argentine (d. 1992)
Feb 1 Edward Staempfli, composer
Feb 2 Pavel Sivic, Slovenian composer, born in Radovljica, Slovenia (d. 1995)
Feb 2 Renzo Rossellini, Italian composer, born in Rome, Italy (d. 1982)
Feb 4 Emmanuel "Manny" Klein, American jazz trumpeter, born in NYC, New York (d. 1994)
Feb 8 Grigor Eghiazaryan, composer
Feb 10 Jean Coulthard, composer
Feb 13 Gerald Strang, Claresholm Canada, composer
Mar 3 Riccardo Nielsen, composer
Mar 7 Tomas de Manzarraga, composer
Mar 9 Luiz Cosme, Brazilian composer, born in Porte Alegre (d. 1965)
Mar 13 Helen Sinclair Glatz, English composer, born in Border country in England (d. 1996)
Mar 14 Nikolay Petrovich Rakov, composer
Mar 17 Radie Britain, American composer, born near Silverton, Texas (d. 1994)
Mar 18 Louis Gaste, songwriter
Mar 26 Hank Sylvern, American orchestra leader (Jane Froman's USA Canteen), born in Brooklyn, New York
Mar 30 Camille Schmit, composer
Mar 30 Kurt Bruggemann, composer
Mar 31 Red Norvo, American jazz vibraphonist known as "Mr. Swing" (Congo Blues, Knockin' on Wood), born in Beardstown, Illinois (d. 1999)
Apr 5 George Schick, Czech conductor (Chicago Symphony), born in Prague, Czechoslovakia (d. 1985)
Apr 5 Herbert von Karajan, Austrian conductor (Berlin Philharmonic), born in Salzburg (d. 1989)
Apr 6 Vano Il'ich Muradeli, composer
Apr 7 Percy Faith, conductor (Summer Place)
Apr 9 Fred Lohse, German composer, born in Leipzig (d. 1987)
Apr 11 Karel Ančerl, Czechoslovak conductor (Prague/Toronto), born in Tučapy, Czech Republic (d. 1973)
Apr 15 Eden Ahbez, American songwriter (Nature Boy), born in Brooklyn, New York (d.1995)
Apr 18 Eric Spear, British film and TV composer (Coronation Street theme), born in Croydon, Surrey (d. 1966)
Apr 19 Joseph Keilberth, German conductor (Bayreuther Festspiele), born in Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, Germany (d. 1968)
Apr 20 Lionel Hampton, American jazz vibraphone player and actor, born in Louisville, Kentucky (d. 2002)
Apr 23 Frederick Hawkins, American dancer and choreographer, born in Trinidad, Colorado (d. 1994)
Apr 29 Philippe Brun, French jazz trumpeter, born in Paris (d. 1994)
May 6 Necil Kazım Akses, Turkish classical composer, born in Istanbul, Turkey (d. 1999)
May 7 Wouter Paap, Dutch composer, born in Utrecht, Netherlands (d. 1981)
May 15 Lars-Eric Vilner Larsson, Akarp Sweden, composer (Linden)
May 17 Sigismund Toduţă, Romanian composer, born in Simeria, Romania (d. 1991)
May 24 Krešimir Fribec, Croatian composer, born in Daruvar, Croatia (d. 1996)
May 27 Harold Rome, American composer (Fanny, Pins & Needles), born in Hartford, Connecticut (d. 1993)
Jun 12 Marina Semyonova, Russian ballerina, born in Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire (d. 2010)
Jun 14 John Scott Trotter, American orchestra leader (George Gobel Show), born in Charlotte, North Carolina (d. 1975)
Jun 17 John Verrall, American composer, born in Britt, Iowa (d. 2001)
Jun 24 Hugo Distler, composer
Jun 24 Guru Gopinath, Indian classical dancer (d 1987)
Jun 27 Hans de Jong, musician and conductor (De Damrakkertjes) (d. 1994)
Jun 29 Rene Gerber, Swiss composer, born in Travers (d. 2006)
Jun 29 Leroy Anderson, American composer (Syncopated Clock), born in Cambridge, Massachusetts (d. 1975)
Jun 30 Lucino Tinio Sacramento, Filipino composer, born in Licab, Nueva Ecija, Philippines (d. 1984)
Jul 1 Peter Anders, German opera singer, born in Essen, Germany (d. 1954)
Jul 6 Léonce Grass, Flemish singer and conductor, born in Borgerhout, Antwerp, Belgium (d. 1993)

Louis Jordan

Jul 8 Louis Jordan, American musician, songwriter and bandleader (Caldonia), born in Brinkley, Arkansas (d. 1975)

Jul 10 Cootie Williams, American jazz trumpeter, born in Mobile, Alabama (d. 1985)
Jul 12 Johan Franco, Dutch composer, born Zaandam, Netherlands (d. 1988)
Jul 17 Rudolf Petzold, composer
Jul 20 Gunnar de Frumerie, composer
Jul 25 Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer, Indian Carnatic vocalist, born in Tirukkodikaval, Thanjavur District, India (d. 2003)
Aug 1 Miloslav Kabeláč, Czech composer, born in Prague (d. 1979)
Aug 4 Kurt Eichhorn, conductor
Aug 6 George Singer, composer
Aug 6 Svend Erik Tarp, composer
Aug 17 Kurt Hessenberg, composer
Aug 18 Milan Ristic, composer
Aug 30 Willie Bryant, American singer (Sugar Hill Times), born in New Orleans, Louisiana (d. 1964)
Aug 31 Peter Conrad Baden, composer
Sep 5 Joaquin Maria Nin-Culmell, Cuban-Spanish composer, born in Berlin, Germany (d. 2004)
Sep 6 Paul Lavalle, American bandleader (Cities Service Band of America), born in Beacon, New York (d. 1997)
Sep 7 Max Kaminsky, American jazz trumpeter and bandleader (Max Kaminsky Orchestra), born in Brockton, Massachusetts (d. 1994)
Sep 10 Raymond Harry Warnow Scott, American composer ('The Toy Trumpet'), born in Brooklyn, New York
Sep 13 Ray Green, American composer and publisher, born in Cavendish, Missouri (d. 1997)
Sep 14 Bernie Green, American orchestra leader (Arthur Godfrey Show, Garry Moore Show), born in NYC, New York
Sep 17 Franz J A Grothe, German composer
Sep 25 Eugen Suchoň, Slovak composer, born in Pezinok, Slovakia (d. 1993)
Sep 28 Marin Goleminov, Bulgarian composer, born in Kyustendil (d. 2000)
Sep 30 David Oistrakh, Soviet violinist considered one of the preeminent violinists of the 20th century (Moscow Conservatory), born in Odessa, Ukraine, Russian Empire (d. 1974)
Oct 1 Herman David Koppel, composer
Oct 8 Paul Van Buskirk Yoder, American composer, born in Tacoma, Washington (d. 1990)
Oct 9 Lee Wiley, American jazz singer (Night in Manhattan), born in Fort Gibson, Oklahoma (d. 1975)
Oct 10 Johnny Green, American singer (Body and Soul) and film score composer who won 5 Academy Awards, born in NYC, New York (d. 1989)
Oct 11 Armen Carapetyan, Americn musicologist and composer, born in Isfahan, Iran (d. 1992)
Oct 19 Nils Geirr Tveitt, composer
Oct 19 Patrick Cairns "Spike" Hughes, British jazz musician/composer (Elegy)
Oct 21 Alexander Schneider, Vilna Lith, violinist (Budapest String Quartet)
Oct 21 Howard Ferguson, composer
Oct 30 Franco Margola, composer
Oct 30 Stuart Hamblen, Texas, singer/composer (This Old House)
Nov 19 Mikhail Ivanovich Chulaki, composer
Nov 24 Ray Carter, American orchestra leader (Arthur Murray Dance Party), born in Chicago, Illinois
Nov 26 Philipp Mohler, German composer, born in Kaiserslautern, Germany (d. 1982)
Nov 28 Roberto Lupi, composer
Dec 1 Georgios Kasassoglou, Greek musician (d. 1984)
Dec 3 Halsey Stevens, American composer (Triskelion), born in Scott, New York (d. 1989)
Dec 10 Olivier Messiaen, French composer (L'Ame en Bourgeon), born in Avignon, France (d. 1992)
Dec 11 Elliott Cook Carter Jr, American composer (Tom & Lily), born in NYC, New York (d. 2012)

Deaths in Music

Jan 23 Edward Alexander MacDowell, American composer (Indian Suite), dies at 47
Feb 14 Georges Jean Pfeiffer, French composer, dies at 72
Feb 24 Anatol' Vakhnyanyn, Ukrainian composer, dies at 66
Feb 28 Pauline Lucca, Austrian operatic soprano, dies at 66
Mar 11 Peter Milne, Scottish composer, dies at 83
Apr 4 Josef Sucher, composer, dies at 64
Apr 5 Gaetano Coronaro, composer, dies at 55
May 12 Melesio Morales, Mexican composer, dies at 69
Jun 5 Luca Fumagalli, Italian composer, dies at 71
Jun 8 Johan Lindegren, composer, dies at 66
Jun 14 "Blind" Tom Wiggins, African-American pianist and composer, dies at 59
Jun 21 Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Russian composer (Sheherazade), dies at 64 (OS 8 Jun)
Jul 10 Phoebe Knapp, American hymn writer and organist, dies at 69
Jul 14 William Mason, composer, dies at 79
Jul 18 Jaime Nunó, Spanish composer (Mexican national anthem), dies at 83
Jul 20 Federico Chueca, Spanish composer, dies at 62
Aug 13 Ira D. Sankey, American evangelist, composer and singer (Gospel Hymns), dies at 67
Aug 20 Louis Varney, French composer, dies at 64
Sep 20 Pablo de Sarasate, Spanish violinist and composer (Spanish Dancer), dies at 64
Nov 8 Victorien Sardou, French opera author (Madame Sans-Gene), dies at 77
Nov 19 Albert Dietrich, German composer and conductor, dies at 79
Dec 23 Eduard Wachmann, composer, dies at 72
Dec 23 Francois A Gevaert, Belg/Dutch composer (Diable au Moulin), dies at 68
Dec 24 François-Auguste Gevaert, Belgian composer (Le diable au moulin), dies at 80

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