March 1934 in Music History

Events in Music

Mar 12 Paul Hindemith's "Mathis der Maler" premieres in Berlin

Mar 24 Dmitri Shostakovich's Suite for Jazz Orchestra No. 1 premieres in Leningrad, USSR

Mar 2 Bernard Rands, composer (Wildtrack), born in Sheffield, England
Mar 2 Joyce "Dottie" Rambo (nee Luttrell), American gospel singer and songwriter, born in Madisonville, Kentucky (d. 2008)
Mar 4 Barbara McNair, American singer ("Till There Was You") and actress (They Call Me MR. Tibbs), born in Racine, Wisconsin (d. 2007)
Mar 4 John Duffey, American bluegrass guitarist, dobro, and mandolin player (Country Gentlemen), born in Washington, D.C. (d. 1996)
Mar 4 Mario Davidovsky, Argentine-American electro-acoustic composer (Synchronisms), born in Médanos, Argentina (d. 2019)
Mar 7 Giorgos Katsaros, Greek musician and composer, born in Corfu
Mar 8 Christian Wolff, composer
Mar 10 Fou Ts'ong, Chinese-British concert pianist, born in Shanghai, Republic of China (d. 2020)
Mar 11 Joep Straesser, Dutch composer (Blossom songs, Ramasasiri), born in Amsterdam, the Netherlands (d. 2004)
Mar 14 Shirley Scott, American swing and blues organist (with Stanley Turrentine), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2002)
Mar 15 Danny Apolinar, cabaret performer and theatrical composer-songwriter (Do Your Own Thing), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1995)
Mar 15 Wolfgang Hufschmidt, composer
Mar 17 Erhard Grosskopf, German avant-garde composer, born in Berlin, Germany
Mar 17 Q T Macon, blues vocal/guitar
Mar 18 Pavle Despalj, Croatian composer & conductor (Zagreb; Miami; Tokyo), born in Blato, Korčula
Mar 23 Fernand Gignac, Canadian singer and actor, born in Montréal, Québec (d. 2006)

Mar 23 Teresa Proccacini, Italian organist and composer (Clown Music), born in Cerignola, Italy
Mar 25 Johnny Burnette, American rockabilly singer-songwriter and guitarist ("Train Kept A-Rollin'"; "You're Sixteen"), born in Memphis, Tennessee (d. 1964)
Mar 27 Arthur Mitchell, African-American choreographer (Dance Theater of Harlem), born in New York
Mar 28 Siegfried Thiele, German composer, born in Chemnitz, Germany
Mar 29 Ernstalbrecht Stiebler, German composer, born in Berlin
Mar 29 Mei Baojiu, Chinese opera performer and director (Mei Lanfang Peking Opera), born in Shanghai, China (d. 2016)
Mar 30 Lanny Morgan, American West coast jazz and studio alto saxophonist (Maynard Ferguson), born in Des Moines, Iowa
Mar 31 John D. Loudermilk, country singer and songwriter ("Tobacco Road"), born in Durham, North Carolina (d. 2016)
Mar 31 Shirley Jones, American Academy Award-winning actress (Elmer Gantry; Oklahoma!), and singer (Partridge Family), born in Charleroi, Pennsylvania

Mar 3 Norman O'Neill, English theatrical composer (Mary Rose) and conductor, dies from injuries sustained after being struck by a package delivery tricycle at 58
Mar 13 Fritz Cortolezis, German conductor, opera director, and composer, dies at 56
Mar 21 Franz Schreker [Schrecker], Austrian conductor, composer (Die Gezeichneten; Der ferne Klang), teacher, and administrator dies of a heart attack at 55