June 1909 in Music History

Events in Music

Jun 12 "Shine On, Harvest Moon" by Ada Jones & Billy Murray hits #1

Birthdays in Music

Jun 1 Szymon Goldberg, Polish-American violinist, and conductor (Netherlands Chamber Orchestra), born in Włocławek, Poland (d. 1993)
Jun 2 Robin Orr, Scottish composer, born in Brechin (d. 2006)
Jun 4 Paul Nordoff, American composer (Every Soul Is a Circus), and music therapist (Nordoff-Robbins method), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1977)
Jun 5 Alfred Uhl, Austrian composer, born in Vienna (d. 1992)
Jun 8 Ferhunde Erkin (née Remzi) Turkish concert pianist and pedagogue, born in Istanbul, Ottoman Empire (now Turkey) (d. 2007)
Jun 10 Erwin Dressel, German composer, born in Berlin (d. 1972)
Jun 12 Archie Bleyer, American orchestra leader (Arthur Godfrey), born in Queens, New York (d. 1989)
Jun 12 Mansel Treharne Thomas, Welsh composer, born in Tylorstown, Rhondda, Wales (d. 1986)
Jun 14 Burl Ives, American folk singer ("A Little Bitty Tear"; "Silver And Gold"), actor (Cat On A Hot Tin Roof), and snowman (Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer), born in Hunt City, Illinois (d. 1995)
Jun 16 Willi Boskovsky, Austrian conductor (New Year's Concert)
Jun 19 Edwin Gerschefski, American pianist, composer and teacher (Saugauck Suite), born in Meriden, Connecticut (d. 1992)
Jun 19 Joe Thomas, American jazz tenor saxophonist, vocalist (Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra), bandleader, and undertaker, born in Uniontown, Pennsylvania (d. 1986)
Jun 21 Kurt Schwaen, German composer, born in Katowice, Poland (d. 2007)
Jun 22 Katherine Dunham, American dancer (Casbah; Stormy Weather), choreographer (Metroplitan Opera, 1963; Joplin's Treemonisha, 1972), and social activist, born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2006)
Jun 24 Milton Katims, American violist and conductor (Seattle Symphony, 1954–76), born in NYC, New York (d. 2006)
Jun 28 Arnold Shaw, American writer on popular music and composer, born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1989)