Events in Music
Music Premiere
Oct 28 Richard Strauss' Alpensymfonie, premieres in Berlin
Birthdays in Music
- Oct 2 Robert Russell "Chubby" Wise, American musician, born in Lake City, Florida (d. 1996)
- Oct 4 (Francisco) "Chino" Pozo, Cuban-American latin jazz and Afro-Cuban drummer, bongosero and conguero, born in Havana, Cuba (d. 1980)
- Oct 6 Edgardo Martín, Cuban classical pianist, composer, and educator, born in Cienfuegos, Cuba (d. 2004)
- Oct 7 Roman Padlewski, Polish violinist and composer, born in Moscow, Russia (d. 1944)
- Oct 13 Jack Fallon, Canadian-British jazz double and electric bass player, fiddler (The Beatles -"Don't Pass Me By"), and concert promoter, born in London, Ontario, Canada (d. 2006)
- Oct 18 Thomas Round, British tenor (Gilbert and Sullivan For All), born in Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire, Engaland (d. 2016)
- Oct 19 Farid al-Atrash [El-Atrache], Syrian composer, musician, virtuoso oud player, and actor (Akher kedba), born in Jebel Ed-Druz, Southern Syria (d. 1974)
- Oct 20 Giora Schuster, German-Israeli composer, born in Hamburg, Germany (d. 2006)
- Oct 26 Golfredo Corradetti, Canadian conductor and composer, born in Calgary, Alberta; (d. 1995)
- Oct 30 Pierre Wissmer, Swiss-French composer (Capitaine Bruno), born in Geneva (d. 1992)
Deaths in Music
- Oct 2 Russell Alexander, American vaudenille performer, euphonium virtuoso, and march composer, dies at 38
- Oct 4 George Edwardes, British composer (Gaiety Girl), dies at 59
- Oct 5 José María Usandizaga, Spanish Basque composer (Mendi Mendiyan - High in the Mountains), dies of tuberculosis at 28
- Oct 5 Otto Valdemar Malling, Danish organist and composer (Det hellige Land, opus 46), dies at 67
- Oct 7 Samuel Prowse Warren, Canadian composer and organist, dies at 74
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