Events in Music in 1930

Jan 18 Dmitri Shostakovich's satirical opera "The Nose" premieres in Leningrad

Feb 1 Arnold Schoenberg's opera "Von heute auf morgen" ("From Today to Tomorrow") premieres at the Oper Frankfurt in Frankfurt, Germany

Feb 18 Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart's musical "Simple Simon" premieres in NYC

Feb 26 Play "Green Pastures" opens at Mansfield Theater
Mar 9 Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht's satirical opera "The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny" premieres in Leipzig, Germany

Mar 28 1st performance of Walter Piston's Suite for orchestra (Boston)

Apr 1 "The Blue Angel" starring Marlene Dietrich in her breakthrough role premieres in Germany

Apr 18 BBC news announcer announces "there is no news" at 20:45 news bulletin, plays music instead

Sep 24 Noël Coward's play "Private Lives" premieres in London

Oct 14 George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin's musical "Girl Crazy" starring Ginger Rogers and featuring debut of Ethel Merman, opens at the Alvin Theater, NYC; runs for 272 performances

Oct 22 1st concert of BBC Symphony Orchestra, at Queen's Hall, under Adrian Boult
Oct 26 Dmitri Shostakovich's ballet "Zolotoy Vyek" premieres in Leningrad
Nov 17 Musical "Sweet & Low" with Fanny Brice premieres in NYC

Nov 18 Musical "Smiles" with Bob Hope and Fred Astaire premieres in NYC

Nov 28 Howard Hanson's 2nd Symphony "Romantic" premieres

Dec 8 Cole Porter's musical "The New Yorkers" opens at B. S. Moss's Broadway Theatre, NYC; runs for 169 performances