Events in Music
Event of Interest
Feb 19 English premiere of Richard Strauss' "Elektra"
Richard Strauss
- Mar 27 Fire during a barn-dance in Ököritófülpös, Hungary, killed 312
Music Premiere
Jun 25 Igor Stravinsky's ballet "The Firebird" premieres at the Opéra de Paris, Paris
Igor Stravinsky
- Sep 12 Gustav Mahler's 8th Symphony ("Symphony of A Thousand") premieres in Munich with 1028 musicians
Music Premiere
Sep 19 George M. Cohan's musical "Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford" premieres in NYC
George M. Cohan
- Dec 28 Opera "Konigskinder" is produced (NYC)
Birthdays in Music
- Jan 5 Hugh Brannum, American actor and singer (Captain Kangaroo - "Mr. Green Jeans"; The Fred Waring Show - "Lumpy"), born in Sandwich, Illinois (d. 1987)
- 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 17 Sidney “Big Sid” Catlett, American jazz drummer (Louis Armstrong), born in Evansville, Indiana (d. 1951)
- 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 pianist and composer, born in Amsterdam (d. 2000)
- Jan 26 Marijan Lipovsek, Slovenian pianist, composer, and teacher, born in Ljubljana, Austria-Hungary (now Slovenia) (d. 1995)
- Feb 3 Blas Galindo Dimas, San Gabriel Mexico, composer (A la Patria)
- Feb 9 Herbert "Peanuts" Holland, American swing jazz trumpeter, born in Norfolk, Virginia (d. 1979)
- Feb 16 Miguel Bernal Jiménez, Mexican organist, composer and pedagogue (Tata Vasco; Tres Cartas de México), born in Morelia, Mexico (d. 1956)
- Feb 17 Alfred Mendelsohn, Romanian composer, and conductor (Romanian National Opera, 1944-63), and teacher, born in Bucharest, Romania (d. 1966)
- Feb 21 Al Sears, American jazz and R&B saxophonist (Duke Elllington Orchestra; Johnny Hodges - "Castle Rock"), born in Macomb, Illinois (d. 1990)
- Feb 24 Clyde Hart, American swing and bebop jazz piano player and arranger (Stuff Smith; Lionel Hampton; Roy Eldridge), born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 1945)
- Feb 28 Roman Maciejewski, Polish composer (Requiem - Missa pro defunctis), born in Berlin, Germany (d. 1988)
- Mar 7 Josef Veselka, Czech choral conductor (Prague Philharmonic Choir, 1959-81), and pedagogue, born in Nové Město na Moravě, Czechoslovaia (d. 1992)
Samuel Barber
Mar 9 Samuel Barber, American composer (School for Scandal; Adagio For Strings), 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, French musicologist and composer, born in Paris (d. 1999)
- Mar 25 Mario Peragallo, Italian composer, born in Rome, Italy (d. 1996)
- Mar 25 Magda Olivero, Italian soprano (Adriana Lecouvreur; La Voix Humaine), born in Saluzzo, Italy (d. 2014)
- Apr 1 Harry Carney, American tenor and baritone jazz saxophonist (Duke Ellington Orchestra, 1927-74), born in Boston, Massachussets (d. 1974)
- Apr 3 Homesick James [Williamson], American blues slide guitarist and singer (Elmore James band, 1955-62), born in Somerville, Tennessee (d. 2006) [date of birth variously reported as 1905, 1910, and 1914; surname also disputed]
- 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, American 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 23 Artie Shaw [Arthur Arshawsky], American bandleader, jazz clarinetist and actor ("Begin the Beguine"), born in NYC, New York (d. 2004)
- May 23 Benjamin "Scatman" Crothers, American singer, musician ("Television Blues"), and actor (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)
- May 27 Earl "Jock" Caruthers American jazz saxophonist (Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra, 1932-47), born in Monroe, Mississippi (d. 1971)
T-Bone Walker
May 28 T-Bone Walker, American blues guitarist ("Funky Town"; "Well Done"), born in Linden, Texas (d. 1975)
T-Bone Walker
- May 28 Arthur Trappier, American jazz drummer (Blanche Calloway: Fats Waller), born in Georgetown, South Carolina (d. 1975)
- Jun 6 Toshitsugu Ogiwara, Japanese composer, born in Osaka, Japan (d. 1992)
- Jun 10 Howlin' Wolf [Chester Arthur Burnett], American blues singer, guitarist, and harmonica player ("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 Orchestra, 1965-72), born in Dresden, Germany (d. 1976)
- Jun 15 Berend Giltay, Dutch composer, born in Hilversum, Netherlands (d. 1975)
- Jun 15 David Rose, American Emmy Award-winning composer ("The Stripper"; "Holiday For Strings"), and orchestra leader (The Red Skelton Show), 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 (Pulitzer Prize, 1943), and administrator (Juilliard, 1945-61; Lincoln Center, 1961-68), born in New York City (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 Erkki Aaltonen, Finnish composer, born in Hämeenlinna, Finland (d. 1990)
- Aug 18 Herman Berlinski, Polish-American organist, composer and choral conductor (The Tetragrammaton), born in Leipzig, Germany (d. 2001) [1]
- Aug 24 Bernhard Heiden [Levi], German-American composer, born in Frankfurt-am-Main, 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, Illinois (d. 2002)
- Sep 19 Arthur Mullard, English actor, comedian and singer (Romany Jones), born in London (d. 1995)
- Sep 22 Klement Slavicky, Czech composer (Siymfonietta No. 4 - Pax hominibus in universo orbi), born in Tovačov, Moravia (d. 1999)
- Sep 23 Soulima Stravinsky, Swiss-American pianist, composer, and son of Igor Stravinsky, born in Lausanne, Switzerland (d. 1994)
- Sep 24 Frank Pelleg [Pollack], Czech-Israeli harpsichordist, pianist, conductor and educator, born in Prague, Austria-Hungary (d. 1968) [1]
- 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 "Will" Reed, British pianist and composer, born in South London (d. 2002)
- 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)
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 Florimond Van Duyse, Belgian composer, dies at 66
- May 18 Pauline Viardot, French pianist, mezzo-soprano, and composer (Cendrillon), 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, German composer and conductor, 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, Norwegian 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, German Bohemian 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