October 1921 in Music History

Events in Music

Oct 23 Leos Janacek's opera "Kat'a Kabanova" premieres in Brno

Oct 1 Héctor Campos Parsi, Puerto Rican classical music composer, born in Ponce, Puerto Rico (d. 1997)
Oct 13 Harper MacKay, American orchestra leader (NBC Follies), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1995)
Oct 21 Jarmil Burghauser, composer
Oct 21 Sir Malcolm Arnold, British trumpeter, and classical and film score composer (The Bridge On The River Kwai), born in Northampton, England (d. 2006)
Oct 23 Denise Duval, French soprano (music of Francis Poulenc), born in Paris (d. 2016)
Oct 23 İlhan Usmanbaş, Turkish contemporary classical composer, born in Constantinople (now İstanbul), Turkey
Oct 27 Anestis Logothetis, Austrian composer, born in Burgas, Bulgaria (d. 1994)
Oct 28 Arturo "Chico" O'Farrill, Cuban Latin and Afro-Cuban jazz composer, arranger, and conductor, born in Havana, Cuba (d. 2001)