May 1933 in Music History

Events in Music

Music History

May 24 Dmitri Shostakovich's Preludes premieres in Moscow

Birthdays in Music

May 2 Bunk Gardner [John Guarnera], American saxophone and woodwind player (Mothers Of Invention), born in Cleveland, Ohio

James Brown (1933-2006)

May 3 American R&B, gospel, soul and funk singer-songwriter known as 'The Godfather of Soul' ("Sex Machine"; "Papa's Got A Brand New Bag"; "Hot Pants"), born in Barnwell, South Carolina

May 7 Nexhmije Pagarusha, Albanian singer ‘the Nightingale of Kosovo’ and actress, born near Malishevë, Kosovo (d. 2020)
May 12 (Antoni) "Ton" Hartsuiker, Dutch pianist, composer, broadcaster, and educator, born in Zwolle, Netherlands (d. 2015)
May 13 Alden Ashforth, American composer and professor of ethno-musicology, born in New York City (d. 2016)
May 13 Stig Gustav Schonberg, Swedish composer and organist, born in Västra Husby, Sweden
May 14 Frank Harte, Irish singer and song collector
May 21 Gene “Joe” Byrd, American jazz bassist (Charlie Byrd Trio), born in Chuckatuck, Virginia (d. 2012)
May 21 Maurice André, French classical trumpeter and baroque revivalist, born in Alès, France (d. 2012)
May 22 Don Estelle [Ronald Edwards], British actor and singer (It Ain't Half Hot Mum), born in Crumpsall, Lancashire (d. 2003)
May 23 Gary Burden, American artist and pioneer of album cover art (Neil Young; Graham Nash; The Doors), born in Cleveland, Ohio (d. 2018)
May 23 John Browning, American pianist (Leventritt Award, 1956), born in Denver, Colorado (d. 2003)
May 29 Helmuth Rilling, German conductor (founder of the Gächinger Kantorei), born in Stuttgart, Germany