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

Igor Stravinsky
Birthdays in Music
Birthdays 1 - 100 of 110
- 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)

Django Reinhardt
- 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 Jiminez, composer
- 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)

Samuel Barber
- Mar 13 Sammy Kaye, American orchestra leader (Swing and Sway With Sammy Kaye), born in Cleveland, Ohio (d. 1987)
- Mar 24 Jacques Chailley, composer
- 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, composer
- Apr 18 Sylvia Fisher, soprano (Albert Herring Opera)
- Apr 26 Erland von Koch, composer
- 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/composer (Zodiac Suite)
- May 11 Jorge Croner de Vasconcelos, Portuguese composer (d. 1974)
- May 12 Gordon Jenkins, Webster Grove Mo, orchestra leader (NBC Comedy Hour)
- 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)

T-Bone Walker
- Jun 6 Toshitsugu Ogiwara, Japanese composer, born in Osaka, Japan (d. 1992)
- Jun 9 Vbilmos Demian, composer
- 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 (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, Niederpoyritz Germany, conductor (Tonhalle Orch 1965-72)
- Jun 15 Berend Giltay, composer
- 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 Herbert Owen Reed, composer
- Jun 17 Red Foley, 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 Peter Pears, Farnham England, tenor (Death in Venice)
- Jun 23 Milt Hinton, American jazz bassist (d. 2000)
- Jun 24 Denis Dowling, baritone
- 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 Hawley Robinson, composer
- Jul 2 William Douglas Denny, composer
- Jul 4 Champion Jack [William Thomas] Dupree, American boxer and pianist, born in Irish Channel, New Orleans, Louisiana (d. 1992)
- Jul 6 Dorothy Kirsten, soprano (Time to Sing, Chevy Show), born in Montclair, New Jersey
- 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 engineer/composer
- Aug 15 Hugo Winterhalter, composer
- 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, 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, 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 11 Frideswide Frances Emma Knight, musician/socialist
- Nov 27 Rudolf Holzmann, composer
- 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 NYC, New York (d. 1980)
- Dec 7 Louis Prima, American musician (That Old Black Magic), born in New Orleans, Louisiana (d. 1978)
Deaths in Music
- Jan 28 Jose Garcia Robles, composer, dies at 74
- Feb 15 Albert Fuchs, composer, dies at 51
- Feb 16 Albert Heinrich Zabel, composer, dies at 75
- Mar 10 Carl Heinrich Carsten Reinecke, composer, dies at 85
- Mar 17 Joaquin Valverde, 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, composer, dies at 66
- May 18 Pauline Viardot, French mezzo-soprano and 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, composer, dies at 67
- Jul 1 Marius Petipa, Fren ballet dancer/choreographer (Casse-noisette), dies
- 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 Emils Darzins, composer, dies at 34
- Sep 5 Franz Xaver Haberl, German priest/musicologist, 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, composer (Battle Hymn of 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