February 1911 in Music History

Events in Music

  • Feb 5 Society of Dutch Composers forms in Amsterdam

Berceuse élégiaque

Feb 21 Gustav Mahler conducts his last concerto, Berceuse élégiaque, in New York City

  • Feb 25 Victor Herbert's opera "Natoma" premieres at Metropolitan Opera House, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Birthdays in Music

  • Feb 2 Jean-Jacques Grunenwald, French organist and composer, born in Cran-Gevrier, France (d. 1982)
  • Feb 2 Jussi Bjorling, Swedish operatic tenor, born in Borlänge, Sweden (d. 1960)
  • Feb 3 Jehan Alain, French organist and composer, born in Paris, France (d. 1940)
  • Feb 3 Jesse Thomas 'Babyface', American blues singer, born in Logansport, Louisiana (d. 1995)
  • Feb 19 Nikola Hercigonja, Croatian composer, born in Vinkovci (d. 2000)
  • Feb 20 Paul Tripp, American TV host (Mr I Magination), songwriter (Tubby the Tuba), and children's book writer (Rabbi Santa Claus), born in NYC, New York (d. 2002)
  • Feb 20 Robert McBride, American composer (Mexican Rhapsody), born in Tucson, Arizona (d. 2007)
  • Feb 24 Konrad Lechner, German composer (d. 1989)

Deaths in Music

  • Feb 20 (Peter) Nicolai von Wilm, German-Baltic pianist and composer, dies at 76
  • Feb 20 Alexander Kopilov, Imperial Russian violinist and composer, dies at 56