Events in Music
Music Premiere
Aug 19 Irving Berlin's musical "Yip Yip Yaphank" premieres in NYC
Irving Berlin
Birthdays in Music
- Aug 5 Betty Oliphant, Canadian ballerina (d. 2004)
- Aug 6 Norman Granz, American record producer (Jazz at the Philharmonic; Verve Records), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2001)
- Aug 12 Sid Bernstein, music producer/promoter (Beatles, Rolling Stones), born in NYC, New York (d. 2013)
- Aug 15 Florian Zabach, American musician and TV personality (Hot Canary, Club Embassy), born in Chicago, Illinois
- Aug 15 Raymond Gallois-Montbrun, French violinist and composer, born in Saigon, Vietnam (d. 1994)
- Aug 17 Ike Quebec, American tenor-saxophone player, born in Newark. New Jersey (d. 1963)
- Aug 19 Jimmy Rowles [Hunter], American jazz pianist and composer (The Peacocks), born in Spokane, Washington (d. 1996)
- Aug 25 Leonard Bernstein, American conductor and composer (West Side Story), born in Lawrence, Massachusetts (d. 1990)
- Aug 25 Richard Greene, English composer and actor (The Adventures of Robin Hood), born in Plymouth, Devon, England (d. 1985)
- Aug 26 Louis Stotijn, Dutch bassoonist, and conductor (Residence Orchestra)
- Aug 31 Alan Jay Lerner, American lyricist (Lerner & Loewe-My Fair Lady), born in NYC, New York (d. 1986)
- Aug 31 Lucrecia Roces Kasilag, composer
Weddings in Music
Wedding of Interest
Aug 18 Italian tenor Enrico Caruso (45) weds socialite Dorothy Benjamin (25)
Enrico Caruso