Events in Music
Music Premiere
Mar 15 1st performance of Maurice Ravel's "Rapsodie Espagnole"

Maurice Ravel
- Sep 19 Gustav Mahler's 7th Symphony premieres in Prague
Music Premiere
Dec 3 Edward Elgar's 1st Symphony in A performed by the Hallé Orchestra conducted by Hans Richter, premieres in Manchester, England

Edward Elgar
Birthdays in Music
- Jan 2 Janis Kepitis, composer
- Jan 6 Menachem Avidom, Israeli composer, born in Stanislaviv, Austria-Hungary (d. 1995)
- Jan 7 [Henry] "Red" Allen, American jazz trumpeter, born in Algiers, Louisiana (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 20 Wilfred Conwell Bain, American music educator, born in Shawville, Canada (d. 1997)
- Jan 22 Hammie Nixon [Nickerson], American blues harmonica player (Sleepy John Estes), born in Brownsville, Tennessee (d. 1984)
- Jan 22 Melle Weersma, Dutch jazz arranger and composer ("Penny Serenade"), born in Harlingen, Netherlands (d. 1988)
- 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 [Misrachi], French jazz pianist, songwriter, and film score composer (Jean Renoir), born in Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (d. 1998)
- Jan 31 Atahualpa Yupanqui, Argentine folk musician, born in Pergamino, Argentina (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, Canadian composer, and music educator, born in Vancouver, British Columbia (d. 2000)
- Feb 13 Gerald Strang, American classical and electronic music composer, born in Claresholm, Alberta, Canada (d. 1983)
- Feb 13 Lennie Hayton, American pianist, composer, conductor and arranger (Paul Whiteman; Bing Crosby; MGM), born in New York City (d. 1971)
- Feb 20 Seymour Österwall, Swedish jazz tenor saxophonist, bandleader and composer, born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 1981)
- Feb 22 Claude "Fiddler" Williams, American jazz violinist and guitarist (Twelve Clouds of Joy; Count Basie), born in Muskogee, Oklahoma (d. 2004)
- Mar 3 Riccardo Nielsen, composer
- Mar 7 Tomas de Manzarraga, Spanish composer, born in Igorre, Spain (d. 1988)
- 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, Belgian organist, composer, and educator, born in Aubange (d. 1976)
- Mar 30 Kurt Bruggemann, German composer, born in Berlin, Germany (d. 2002)
- 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, German organist, choral conductor and composer, born in Nuremberg (d. 1942)
- Jun 24 Guru Gopinath, Indian classical dancer, born in Champakulam, Kuttanad (now Kerala), British India (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)

Louis Jordan
- Jul 10 Cootie Williams, American jazz trumpeter, born in Mobile, Alabama (d. 1985)
- Jul 12 Johan Franco, Dutch composer, born in Zaandam, Netherlands (d. 1988)
- Jul 17 Rudolf Petzold, composer
- Jul 20 Gunnar de Frumerie, Swedish pianist and composer (Circulus Quintus), born in Nacka, Sweden (d. 1987)
- 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, German conductor, born in Munich (d. 1994)
- Aug 6 George Singer, composer
- Aug 6 Svend Erik Tarp, Danish composer, born in Thisted, Denmark (d. 1994)
- Aug 17 Kurt Hessenberg, German composer, born in Frankfurt, Germany (d.1994)
- Aug 18 Milan Ristić, Serbian composer, born in Belgrade, Serbia (d. 1982)
- Aug 30 Willie Bryant, American jazz singer, band leader, and disc jockey (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 5 Cecilia Seghizzi, Italian composer, born in Gotizia, Austria-Hungary (d. 2019)
- 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 (d. 1975)
- Sep 17 Franz Grothe, German composer, born in Berlin (d. 1982)
- 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, Danish pianist and composer, born in Copenhagen (d. 1998)
- Oct 3 Zenobia Powell Perry, American composer (Tawawa House), educator, and civil rights activist, born in Boley, Oklahoma (d. 2004)
- 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, American musicologist and composer, born in Isfahan, Iran (d. 1992)
- Oct 12 Harmonica Frank [Floyd], American blues singer, guitarist and harmonica player, born in Toccopola, Mississippi (d. 1984)
- Oct 19 [Nils] Geirr Tveitt, Norwegian classical pianist and composer, born in Bergen, Norway (d. 1981)
- Oct 19 Patrick Cairns "Spike" Hughes, British jazz double bassist and composer (Elegy), born in London (d. 1987)
- Oct 20 Stuart Hamblen, American singer and composer (This Ole House), born in Kellyville, Texas (d. 1989)
- Oct 21 Alexander Schneider, Vilna Lith, violinist (Budapest String Quartet)
- Oct 21 Howard Ferguson, composer
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, Hungarian composer and conductor (Aus alten Märchen), 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, Swedish composer, musician and teacher, 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, Romanian composer, dies at 72
- Dec 23 Francois A. Gevaert, Belgium Dutch composer (Diable au Moulin), dies at 68
- Dec 24 François-Auguste Gevaert, Belgian composer (Le diable au moulin), dies at 80