Events in Music
Music Premiere
Oct 3 William Walton's Viola Concerto premieres during the Proms at the Queen's Hall, London; composer Paul Hindemith is soloist with the Henry Wood Symphony Orchestra conducted by Walton
Birthdays in Music
- Oct 2 Kenneth Leighton, British pianist and composer, born in Wakefield, Yorkshire (d. 1958)
- Oct 4 Leroy Van Dyke, American country singer (Walk on By), born in Mora, Missouri
- Oct 11 Curtis Amy, American jazz and session saxophonist ("Way Down"), born in Houston, Texas (d. 2002)
- Oct 17 Ram Da-Oz [Abraham Daus], Israeli composer, born in Berlin
- Oct 18 Hans Wallat, German opera conductor, born in Berlin, Germany (d. 2014)
- Oct 19 Dumitru Capoianu, Romanian conductor and classical and film composer (The Little Man), born in Bucharest, Romania (d. 2012)
- Oct 22 Giorgio Gaslini, Italian jazz pianist and composer, born in Milan, Italy (d. 2014)
- Oct 24 George Crumb, American composer (Pulitzer Prize, 1968 - Echoes of Time and the River; Vox Balaenae), and educator, born in Charleston, West Virginia (d. 2022) [1]
- Oct 26 Hans Peter Haller, German composer, born in Radolfzell, Germany (d. 2006)
- Oct 26 Neal Matthews, Jr., American singer (The Jordanaires), born in Nashville, Tennessee (d. 2000)
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