Music year 1902

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Music year 1902

Instrumental music

January 25 : Alexander Scriabin's 2nd Symphony is premiered in St. Petersburg .
March 18th : World premiere of the string sextet Verklierter Nacht by Arnold Schönberg in Vienna.
April 5th : World premiere of the piano piece Jeux d'Eau by Maurice Ravel
June 9 : First performance of Gustav Mahler's 3rd symphony in Krefeld
Summer Landscape piano song by Frederick Delius . Exact date unknown
Le chant d'apothéose for solo voices, choir and orchestra by Gustave Charpentier . Text: Saint-Georges de Bouhélier. Performed on the 100th birthday of Victor Hugo.
Jaro (Spring) - Five pieces op.22a by Josef Suk
Letní dojmy (Summer Impressions) - Three pieces op. 22 b by Josef Suk.
Ballad in F major op. 78 by Alexander Konstantinowitsch Glasunow
Franz Lehár : Gold and Silver op. 79. Waltz for orchestra

Musical theater

January 17th : The premiere of the opera Les Guelfes by Benjamin Godard takes place at the Théâtre des Arts in Rouen.
February 18th : World premiere of the opera Le juggler de Notre-Dame by Jules Massenet at the Opéra de Monaco in Monte Carlo.

February 26th : The world premiere of the opera The Improviser by Eugen d'Albert takes place in the Royal Opera in Berlin.

March 31 : World premiere of the operetta Lysistrata by Paul Lincke in Berlin

April 30 : The world premiere of the lyrical drama Pelléas et Mélisande by Claude Debussy based on an adaptation of the play of the same name by Maurice Maeterlinck takes place at the Opéra-Comique in Paris.

October 6th : The world premiere of the opera That was me! by Leo Blech takes place at the Dresden Court Opera . The libretto was written by Richard Batka using the play of the same name by Johann Hutt .

October 14th World premiere of the opera Servilia by Nikolai Rimski-Korsakow based on a drama by Lev Alexandrowitsch Mei in St. Petersburg

November 21 : World premiere of the operetta Wiener Frauen by Franz Lehár at the Theater an der Wien in Vienna

November 28 : World premiere of the opera Saul and David by Carl August Nielsen in Copenhagen

December 16 : World premiere of the opera Götz von Berlichingen by Karl Goldmark at the National Opera in Budapest

December 20 : The world premiere of the operetta Der Rastelbinder by Franz Lehár takes place at the Carltheater in Vienna . The libretto is by Victor Léon .

December 25 : World premiere of the opera Kashchei the Immortal (Orig .: Kashchei bessmertny ) by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov at the Solodownikov Private Opera in Moscow

World premiere of Nakiri's wedding, or: Der Stern von Siam, operetta by Paul Lincke in Berlin (exact date unknown)

World premiere of the operetta The Tourist Guide by Carl Michael Ziehrer in Vienna.

World premiere of the operetta Das Baby by Richard Heuberger

Born

January 9 : Rudolf Bing , singer and director of the Metropolitan Opera in New York († 1997 )
January 11 : Maurice Duruflé , French composer († 1986 )
January 22nd : Edvard Fendler , German conductor († 1987 )
January 27 : Ginette Martenot , French pianist, Ondes Martenot player and music teacher († 1996 )
February 2 : Elie Spivak , Canadian violinist and music teacher († 1960 )
February 3 : Alejandro Muñoz Ciudad Real , Salvadoran conductor and music teacher († 1991 )
February 12th : Will Glahé , German accordionist, composer and band leader († 1989 )
February 22nd : Józef Chwedczuk , Polish organist and music teacher († 1979 )
February 27 : Michał Wiłkomirski , Polish violinist, violist and music teacher († 1989 )
March 21 : Son House , American blues musician († 1988 )
March 28 : Paul Godwin , German-Dutch violinist and orchestra leader († 1982 )
March 29 : William Walton , English composer and conductor († 1983 )
March 30th : Ted Heath , British trombonist and band leader († 1969 )
April 10 : Harry Mortimer , British composer and conductor († 1992 )
May 9 : Juan Santiago Garrido , Chilean composer and musicologist († 1994 ) * April 14 : Fritz Domina , German pianist, arranger and film composer († 1975 )
May 14 : Allen Irvine McHose , American musicologist, music teacher and organist († 1986 )
May 16 : Jan Kiepura , Polish tenor († 1966 )
May 17 : Fausto Cleva , American conductor († 1971 )
May 23 : Mark Lothar , German composer († 1985 )
May 24 : Susano Polanco , Dominican tenor († 1991 )
June 3 : Harry Isaacs , English pianist and music teacher († 1973 )
June 5 : Robert Biberti , German singer († 1985 )
June 6 : Jimmie Lunceford , American jazz musician († 1947 )
June 11 : Pedro Biava Ramponi , Colombian composer († 1972 )
June 11 : Vissarion Schebalin , Russian composer († 1963 )
June 15 : Max Rudolf , German-American conductor († 1995 )
June 17th : Sammy Fain , American musical and film composer († 1989 )
June 21 : Skip James , American blues singer, guitarist and pianist († 1969 )
June 26 : Antonia Brico , American conductor († 1989 )
June 27 : Georg Malmstén , Finnish singer, musician, composer, orchestra leader and actor († 1981 )
June 28 : Richard Rodgers , American musical composer († 1979 )
June 28 : Joe Smith , American jazz trumpeter († 1937 )
July 5 : Miguelito García , Cuban singer († 1993 )
July 8 : Hans Theodor David , German-American musicologist († 1967 )
July 11 : Karl Fodermair , instrument maker and leader of various choirs and orchestras († 1986 )
July 16 : Stefan Herman , Polish violinist and music teacher († 1981 )
July 23 : Walter Burle Marx , Brazilian composer, pianist and conductor († 1990 )
July 24th : Hans Chemin-Petit , German composer and conductor († 1981 )
July 25 : Hans Helfritz , German composer, musicologist and writer († 1995 )
July 26 : Gus Aiken , American jazz trumpeter and cornet player († 1973 )
August 9 : Solomon , English pianist († 1988 )
August 11 : Anna Moncrieff , Canadian pianist and music teacher († 1995 )
August 13 : Georges Aeby , Swiss composer and professor († 1953 )
August 16 : Stefan Bolesław Poradowski , Polish composer († 1967 )
August 18 : Julius Kalaš , Czech composer († 1967 )
August 22 : Gerhard Schwarz , German church musician and organist († 1995 )
August 25 : Stefan Wolpe , German composer († 1972 )
August 26 : Sergei Balasanjan , Soviet composer († 1982 )
August 27 : Herbert Menges , English composer and conductor († 1972 )
August 30 : Arnold Walter , Czech-Canadian music teacher and writer († 1973 )
August 30 : Alfonso de Elías , Mexican composer († 1984 )
September 22 : Lucien Sicotte , Canadian violinist and music teacher († 1943 )
September 25 : Jenő Takács , Austrian composer and pianist († 2005 )
October 5 : Michał Kondracki , Polish composer († 1984 )
October 6 : Bruno Balz , German lyricist and hit poet († 1988 )
October 6 : Gui Mombaerts , Belgian pianist and music teacher († 1993 )
October 6 : Hoyt Ming , American old-time musician († 1985 )
October 10 : Erwin Leuchter , Argentine musicologist and conductor († 1973 )
October 12 : Jimmy Archey , American trombonist and band leader († 1967 )
October 16 : Robert Scholz , Austrian-American pianist, composer, conductor and music teacher († 1986 )
October 18 : Sergei Konjus , Russian pianist and composer († 1988 )
October 25 : Eddie Lang , American jazz musician († 1933 )
October 26 : Vera Guilaroff , Canadian pianist and composer († 1976 )
November 1 : Eugen Jochum , German conductor († 1987 )
November 10 : Antonio María Valencia , Colombian composer († 1952 )
November 21 : Harald Lie , Norwegian composer († 1942 )
November 22 : Emanuel Feuermann , Austrian cellist († 1942 )
November 22nd : Ethel Smith , American organist († 1996 )
December 13 : Paul Kurzbach , German composer († 1997 )
December 21 : Peetie Wheatstraw , American blues musician († 1941 )
December 22 : Alfonso de Silva , Peruvian composer († 1937 )
December 25 : Emanuel Punčochář , Czech conductor and composer († 1976 )
December 29 : Henry Vars , American film composer of Polish origin († 1977 )
Douglas Cameron , English cellist and music teacher († 1972 ) *

= exact date of birth unknown

Died

March 19 : Victor Langer , Hungarian composer (* 1842 )
March 24th : Friedrich Wilhelm Stade , German organist, conductor and composer (* 1817 )
April 4 : Josef Ferch , Romanian-German composer, church musician and music teacher (* 1840 )
June 17 : Karl Piutti , German composer (* 1846 )
June 20 : Caspar Joseph Brambach , German composer (* 1833 )
July 2 : Émery Lavigne , Canadian pianist, organist and music teacher (* 1859 )
July 5 : John Stromberg , Canadian composer, pianist and conductor (* 1858 )
July 6 : Leopold Miguéz , Brazilian composer (* 1850 )
July 13 : Benjamin Bilse , German conductor and composer (* 1816 )
July 16 : Heinrich Hofmann , German composer (* 1842 )
July 16 : Karl Ludwig Werner , German organist and composer (* 1862 )
August 1 : Frederick Augustus Packer , Australian organist, composer and music teacher (* 1839 )
August 3rd : August Klughardt , German composer and conductor (* 1847 )
September 7th : Franz Wüllner , German composer and conductor (* 1832 )
September 11th : Émile Bernard , French organist and composer (* 1843 )
September 28 : Iosif Ivanovici , Romanian composer (* around 1845 )
Gabriel Desmoulins , French composer, organist and music teacher (* 1842 ) *
= exact date unknown

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