Year 1910 in Music History

Events in Music

Music Premiere

Jun 25 Igor Stravinsky's ballet "The Firebird" premieres at the Opéra de Paris, Paris

Composer Igor Stravinsky — Composer
Igor Stravinsky

Sep 12 Gustav Mahler's 8th Symphony premieres in Munich with 1028 musicians
Dec 28 Opera "Konigskinder" is produced (NYC)

Birthdays in Music

Jan 8 Galina Ulanova, ballerina (Bolshoi), born in St Petersburg, Russia
Jan 9 Dick Henry Jurgen, American swing music bandleader, born in Sacramento, California (d. 1995)
Jan 10 Jean Martinon, French conductor & composer, born in Lyon, France (d. 1976)
Jan 11 Izler Solomon, conductor, born in Saint Paul, Minnesota
Jan 14 Renier van der Velden, Belgian composer, born in Borgerhout, Belgium (d. 1993)
Jan 20 Ennio Porrino, Italian composer, born in Cagliari, Italy (d. 1959)
Jan 20 Nina Verchinina, Russian-Brazilian dancer & choreographer, born in Russia (d. 1995)
Jan 21 Eua Sunthornsanan, Thai composer and bandleader (d. 1981)

Django Reinhardt

Jan 23 Django Reinhardt, Belgium born Romani-French jazz guitarist and composer considered the most significant European Jazz musician, born in Liberchies, Pont-à-Celles, Belgium (d. 1953)

Jan 25 Hendrik Willem Hans Osieck, Dutch composer
Jan 26 Marijan Lipovsek, composer
Feb 3 Blas Galindo Dimas, San Gabriel Mexico, composer (A la Patria)
Feb 4 Alfred Mendelsohn, composer
Feb 16 Miguel Bernal Jiménez, Mexican composer and pedagogist who made major contributions to the nacionalismo sacro movement, born in Morelia, Mexico (d. 1956)
Feb 22 Al Sears, jazz performer
Feb 28 Roman Maciejewski, Polish composer (Requiem - Missa pro defunctis), born in Berlin, Germany (d. 1988)

Samuel Barber

Mar 9 Samuel Barber, American composer (School for Scandal), born in West Chester, Pennsylvania (d. 1981)

Mar 13 Sammy Kaye, American orchestra leader (Swing and Sway With Sammy Kaye), born in Cleveland, Ohio (d. 1987)
Mar 24 Jacques Chailley, French musicologist and composer, born in Paris (d. 1999)
Mar 25 Mario Peragallo, Italian composer
Mar 25 Magda Olivero, Italian soprano
Apr 10 Abu-Bakr Khairat, Egyptian composer, born in Cairo, Egypt (d. 1963)
Apr 14 Werner Wolf Glaser, German-Swedish composer, born in Cologne, Germany (d. 2006)
Apr 18 Sylvia Fisher, Australian operatic soprano (Albert Herring Opera), born in Melbourne, Australia (d. 1996)
Apr 26 Erland von Koch, Swedish composer, born in Stockholm (d. 2009)
Apr 26 Ernst Tittel, Austrian organist and composer, born in Sternberg, Moravia (d. 1969)
May 3 Alceo Galliera, Italian composer, born in Milan (d. 1996)
May 8 Mary Lou Williams, US jazz pianist and composer (Zodiac Suite), born in Atlanta, Georgia (d. 1981)
May 11 Jorge Croner de Vasconcelos, Portuguese composer (d. 1974)
May 12 Gordon Jenkins, American arranger and orchestra leader (Nat King Cole, Frank Sinatra), born in Webster Groves, Missouri (d. 1984)
May 15 Constance Cummings, American soprano and actress (John & Julie, 7 Sinners, Glamour), born in Seattle, Washington (d. 2005)
May 23 Artie Shaw [Arthur Arshawsky], American bandleader, jazz clarinetist and actor (Begin the Beguine), born in NYC, New York (d. 2004)
May 23 Scatman Crothers [Benjamin], American actor, singer, dancer and musician (Chico and the Man, The Shining), born in Terre Haute, Indiana (d. 1986)
May 24 Marģeris Zariņš, Latvian composer and writer, born in Jaunpiebalga, Russian Empire (d. 1993)
May 24 Nils-Eric Fougstedt, Finnish composer (Angoscia, Trittico sinfonico), born in Raisio, Finland (d. 1961)

T-Bone Walker

May 28 T-Bone Walker, American blues guitarist (Funky Town, Well Done), born in Linden, Texas (d. 1975)

Jun 6 Toshitsugu Ogiwara, Japanese composer, born in Osaka, Japan (d. 1992)
Jun 10 Howlin' Wolf [Chester Arthur Burnett], American blues musician (Smokestack Lightnin', Killing Floor), born in White Station, Mississippi (d. 1976)
Jun 10 Robert Still, English composer, born in London (d. 1971)
Jun 11 Carmine Coppola, American composer and conductor (The Godfather II, Apocalypse Now), born in NYC, New York (d. 1991)
Jun 14 Rudolf Kempe, German conductor (Tonhalle Orch 1965-72), born in Dresden, Germany (d. 1976)
Jun 15 Berend Giltay, Dutch composer, born in Hilversum, Netherlands (d. 1975)
Jun 15 David Rose, orchestra leader (Red Skelton Show, Stripper), born in London, England
Jun 16 Ilona Massey, actress and singer (Ilona Massey Show), born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 1974)
Jun 17 H. Owen Reed, American composer, born in Odessa, Missouri (d. 2014)
Jun 17 Red Foley, American country singer (Mr Smith Goes to Washington), born in Blue Lick, Kentucky (d. 1968)
Jun 18 Ray McKinley, American orchestra leader and jazz drummer (Glenn Miller Time), born in Fort Worth, Texas (d. 1995)
Jun 21 Bela Tardos, Hungarian composer, born in Budapest (d. 1966)
Jun 21 Charles Jones, composer, born in Tamworth, Ontario, Canada (d. 1997)
Jun 22 Wilhelm Demian, Romanian composer and conductor, born in Braşov
Jun 22 Peter Pears, English tenor (Death in Venice), born in Farnham, England (d. 1986)
Jun 23 Milt Hinton, American jazz bassist (Cab Calloway) and session musician, born in Vicksburg, Mississippi (d. 2000)
Jun 24 Denis Dowling, New Zealand-born British operatic baritone, born in Ranfurly, South Island (d. 1996)
Jun 27 Karel Reiner, Czech composer, born in Žatec, Bohemia (d. 1979)
Jun 29 Frank Loesser, American songwriter and composer (Guys And Dolls, Baby It's Cold Outside), born in NYC, New York (d. 1969)
Jul 2 Earl Robinson, American composer, born in Seattle, Washington (d. 1991)
Jul 2 William Douglas Denny, American composer, born in Seattle, Washington (d. 1980)
Jul 4 Champion Jack [William Thomas] Dupree, American boxer and pianist, born in Irish Channel, New Orleans, Louisiana (d. 1992)
Jul 6 Dorothy Kirsten, American operatic soprano (Time to Sing, Chevy Show), born in Montclair, New Jersey (d. 1992)
Jul 9 Harold Fox, American fashion designer and musician (d. 1996)
Jul 14 Peter Stadlen, pianist/critic
Jul 15 Ronald Binge, British composer (Elizabethan Serenade, Sailing By), born in Derby, England (d. 1979)
Jul 20 Vilém Tauský, Czech conductor and composer (d. 2004)
Aug 1 Walter Scharf, American film composer, born in Manhattan, New York (d. 2003)
Aug 4 William Schuman, American composer (Amer Festival Overture, Juilliard), born in NYC, New York (d. 1992)
Aug 6 Friedrich Schroder, composer
Aug 12 Heinrich Sutermeister, Swiss composer (Romeo & Juliet)
Aug 14 Pierre Schaeffer, French electronics engineer and composer, born in Nancy, France (d. 1995)
Aug 15 Hugo Winterhalter, American composer, born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania (d. 1973)
Aug 17 Eric Aaltonen, composer
Aug 18 Herman Berlinski, composer
Aug 24 Bernhard Heiden, German-American composer, born in Frankfurt, Germany (d. 2000)
Aug 29 Robert Pineda-Duque, Colombian composer, born in El Santuario, Colombia (d. 1977)
Sep 2 Bruce Boyce, singer/teacher
Sep 3 Dorothy Maynor, American soprano and founder (Harlem School of Arts), born in Norfolk, Virginia (d. 1996)
Sep 14 Lehman Engel, American conductor and composer (Streetcar Named Desire), born in Jackson, Mississippi (d. 1982)
Sep 18 Josef Tal, Israeli composer (Israeli art music), born in Pinne, German Poland (d. 2008)
Sep 18 Leon Stein, American composer, born in Chicago (d. 2002)
Sep 19 Arthur Mullard, English actor, comedian and singer (Romany Jones), born in London (d. 1995)
Sep 22 Klement Slavicky, composer
Sep 23 Soulima Stravinsky, Swiss-American pianist and composer (Igor Stravinsky's son), born in Lausanne, Switzerland (d. 1994)
Sep 24 Frank Pelleg, Czech-Israeli composer, born in Prague, Austria-Hungary (d. 1968)
Oct 9 Phil Hanna, American singer (Once Upon a Tune), born in River Forest, Illinois (d. 1957)
Oct 10 Alan Frank, English composer and music publisher, born in London (d. 1994)
Oct 10 Milt Larkin, American jazz trumpeter and band leader, born in Navasota, Texas (d. 1996)
Oct 11 Eugene John Weigel, American composer, born in Cleveland, Ohio (d. 1998)
Oct 13 Art Tatum [Arthur Tatum Jr], American jazz pianist and composer, born in Toledo, Ohio (d. 1956)
Oct 13 Otto Joachim, German-Canadian composer, born in Düsseldorf, Germany (d. 2010)
Oct 16 William Leonard Reed, composer
Oct 18 Vojislav Vuckovic, composer
Oct 28 Arthur Altman, American songwriter (All or Nothing at All), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1994)
Nov 6 Arthur Cohn, American composer and writer on music, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1998)
Nov 27 Rodolfo Holzmann, Peruvian composer, born in Breslau, Germany (d. 1992)
Nov 29 Louis Levy Jr, music publisher
Dec 1 Dame Alicia Markova, ballerina and choreographer (Diaghilev's Ballet Russe 1925-32), born in London, England
Dec 4 Alex North [Isadore Soifer], American composer (Spartacus, Viva Zapata), born in Chester, Pennsylvania (d. 1991)
Dec 7 Edmundo Ros, Trinidadian-Venezuelan musician and arranger, born in Port of Spain, Trinidad (d. 2011)
Dec 7 Richard Franko Goldman, American educator and composer, born in New York City, New York (d. 1980)
Dec 7 Louis Prima, American musician (That Old Black Magic), born in New Orleans, Louisiana (d. 1978)
Dec 11 Noel Rosa, Brazilian songwriter, born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (d. 1937)

Deaths in Music

Jan 28 Jose Garcia Robles, Italian composer, dies at 74
Feb 15 Albert Fuchs, Swiss-German composer, dies at 51
Feb 16 Albert Heinrich Zabel, composer, dies at 75
Mar 10 Carl Reinecke, German pianist, composer and teacher (Undine Sonata), dies at 85
Mar 17 Joaquin Valverde Durán, Spanish composer, dies at 64
Mar 27 David Duffle Wood, composer, dies at 72
Mar 28 Édouard Colonne, French violinist and conductor, dies at 71
May 18 Flor van Duyse, Belgian composer, dies at 66
May 18 Pauline Viardot, French mezzo-soprano & composer, dies at 88
May 20 Jean-Baptiste Theodore Weckerlin, French composer, dies at 88
May 29 Mily Balakirev, Russian pianist and composer (Islamej, Tamara), dies at 73
Jun 16 Wendelin Weissheimer, composer, dies at 72
Jun 28 Gustave Leon Huberti, Belgian composer, dies at 67
Jul 1 Marius Petipa, French ballet dancer/choreographer (Casse-noisette), dies at 92
Jul 4 Louis Bourgault-Ducoudray, composer, dies at 70
Jul 21 Johan Peter Selmer, composer, dies at 66
Aug 5 Wojciech Gawronski, Polish composer, dies at 42
Aug 16 Charles Lenepveu, French composer, dies at 69
Aug 20 Arthur Coquard, French composer, dies at 64
Aug 31 Emīls Dārziņš, Latvian composer, dies at 34
Sep 5 Franz Xaver Haberl, German priest and musicologist (Magister choralis), dies at 70
Sep 5 Julian Edwards, American composer, dies at 54
Sep 24 Rudolf Dellinger, composer, dies at 53
Oct 17 Julia Ward Howe, American poet and author (Battle Hymn of the Republic), dies at 91
Oct 25 Hermann Kipper, German music teacher and composer, dies at 84
Dec 10 Pablo Hernandez Salces, composer, dies at 76

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