January 1914 in Music

Events in Music

  • Jan 3 Kelman/Cushing/Heath' musical "Sari," premieres in NYC
  • Jan 13 IWW-leader/songwriter Joe Hill arrested "Girl from Utah" East-Prussia
  • Jan 24 Opera "Madeleine" premieres in NYC

Birthdays in Music

  • Jan 3 Jean Louvel, Flemish pianist/conductor/composer
  • Jan 6 Arnold Richardson, composer
  • Jan 8 Charles Borromeo Mills, composer
  • Jan 9 Kenny [Klook] Clarke, jazz/drummer, composer (Epistrop), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
  • Jan 16 Roger Wagner, American choral musician (d. 1992)
  • Jan 22 Dimitri Dragatakis, composer

Deaths in Music

  • Jan 3 Stephane Raoul Pugno, composer, dies at 62
  • Jan 13 Valentin de Zubiaurre y Unionbarrenechea, composer, dies 76
  • Jan 20 Emil Liebling, German-American composer, dies at 62
  • Jan 20 Henry Southwick Perkins, composer, dies at 80
  • Jan 22 Frederik Rung, Danish composer, dies at 60