Music year 1903

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Music year 1903

Instrumental music

February 11 : The premiere of the 9th Symphony by Anton Bruckner in Vienna
June 7 : World premiere of the Ilsebill dramatic symphony . The fairy tale of the fisherman and his wife by Friedrich Klose in Karlsruhe

Serenade for violoncello and orchestra op. 37 (1903) by Nikolai Andrejewitsch Rimski-Korsakow . Exact date unknown.

Piano Sonata No. 4 by Alexander Nikolajewitsch Scriabin . Exact date unknown.

Irish Rhapsody No. 2 in F minor op.84 The Lament for the Son of Ossian by Charles Villiers Stanford . Exact date unknown.

Suite No. 1 in C major op.9 by George Enescu . Exact date unknown.

Piano suite No. 2 in D major op.10 by Enescu. Exact date unknown.

Prelude and Fugue by Enescu. Exact date unknown.

Fantastické scherzo (Fantastic Scherzo) op.25 by Josef Suk . Exact date unknown.

Piano pieces Three pieces in the shape of a pear by Erik Satie in Paris

Musical theater

January 19 : World premiere of the opera Het Eerekruis by Cornelis Dopper in Amsterdam

February 9th : Staged premiere of the oratorio Marie-Magdeleine by Jules Massenet in Nice

February 20th : Premiere of the operetta Bruder Straubinger by Edmund Eysler at the Theater an der Wien in Vienna

March 3rd : premiere of the operetta Schön Lorchen by Robert Stolz in Salzburg.

May 9 : World premiere of the operetta Spring Air with music by the composer Josef Strauss, who died around 30 years earlier, in the Venice Summer Theater in Vienna in the Vienna Prater

August 30 : World premiere of Scott Joplin's opera A Guest of Honor in East St. Louis
October 1st : Premiere of the opera Alpenkönig und Misanthrope by Leo Blech at the Dresden Court Opera
November 15 : Premiere of the opera Tiefland by Eugen d'Albert in Prague
November 17th : Premiere of the opera Mademoiselle Fifi by César Cui in Moscow
November 27 : premiere of the opera Le donne curiose by Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari in Munich
December 19 : World premiere of Umberto Giordano's opera Siberia in Milan
December 24th : first staged performance of Richard Wagner's Parsifal outside the Bayreuth Festival Hall at the Metropolitan Opera in New York

Born

January 6 : Maurice Abravanel , American conductor († 1993 )
January 7th : Carlos Di Sarli , Argentine tango musician († 1960 )
January 7 : Vladimir Vlasov , Russian composer († 1986 )
January 18 : Berthold Goldschmidt , German composer († 1996 )
January 19 : Boris Blacher , German musicologist and composer († 1975 )
January 23 : Ivan Galamian , violin teacher († 1981 )
February 3 : Arie den Arend , Dutch composer and organist († 1982 )
February 3 : Frances James , Canadian soprano and music teacher († 1988 )
February 6 : Claudio Arrau , Chilean pianist († 1991 )
February 8 : Greta Keller , Austrian chanson singer († 1977 )
February 9 : Georg Trexler , German church musician, music teacher and composer († 1979 )
February 12 : Fernand Oubradous , French bassoonist and composer († 1986 )
February 14 : Fritz Büchtger , German composer († 1978 )
February 19 : Abel Meeropol , American songwriter and writer († 1986 )
February 21 : Scrapper Blackwell , American blues guitarist († 1962 )
February 22nd : Just Scheu , German composer, librettist, actor, screenwriter a. on († 1956 )
March 9 : Wage Rudolf Soepratman , composer of the Indonesian national anthem Indonesia Raya († 1938 )
March 10 : Bix Beiderbecke , American jazz musician and cornet player († 1931 )
March 20 : Arthur Kleiner , Austrian-American film composer († 1980 )
March 24th : Margot Rojas Mendoza , Cuban pianist and music teacher († 1996 )
March 26 : Paul Doyon , Canadian pianist and organist († 1986 )
March 26 : Arno Vetterling , German conductor and composer († 1963 )
March 28 : Rudolf Serkin , Austrian pianist († 1991 )
March 29 : Karl Andersen , Norwegian cellist and composer († 1970 )
April 2 : Gabriel Cusson , Canadian composer and music teacher († 1972 )
April 3 : Bubber Miley , American jazz musician and trumpeter († 1932 )
April 17 : Nicolas Nabokov , Russian-American composer († 1978 )
April 17 : Gregor Piatigorsky , American cellist († 1976 )
April 22 : Margaret Miller Brown , Canadian pianist and music teacher († 1970 )
April 30 : Günter Raphael , German composer († 1960 )

May 3 : Bing Crosby , American singer and actor († 1977 )
May 12 : Lennox Berkeley , English composer († 1989 )
May 20 : Jerzy Fitelberg , Polish composer († 1951 )
May 28 : Stephan Jaeggi , Swiss composer and conductor († 1957 )
June 4 : Yevgeny Mrawinsky , Russian conductor († 1988 )
June 6 : Aram Khachaturian , Soviet composer († 1978 )
June 26 : Hans Weisz , Romanian-German church musician and composer († 1982 )
July 4th : Flor Peeters , Belgian composer, organist and music teacher († 1986 )
July 17th : Helena Cortesina , Spanish dancer, actress and director († 1984 )
July 18 : Zoltán Horusitzky , Hungarian composer, pianist and music teacher († 1985 )
July 21 : Paul Baumgartner , Swiss pianist († 1976 )
July 25 : André Fleury , French composer, pianist, organist and music teacher († 1995 )
July 26 : Gérard Favere , Belgian composer and conductor († 1975 )
July 27 : Clive Douglas , Australian composer, musician and conductor († 1977 )
August 7 : Saburo Moroi , Japanese composer († 1977 )
August 7th : Maria Reining , Austrian opera singer († 1991 )
August 14 : Jack Gardner , American jazz pianist († 1957 )
August 17 : Abram Chasins , American composer, pianist and musicologist († 1987 )
August 24 : Ede Zathureczky , Hungarian violinist and music teacher († 1959 )
August 26 : Jimmy Rushing , American blues and jazz singer († 1972 )
August 28 : Rudolf Wagner-Régeny , German composer of Romanian origin († 1969 )
September 3 : Wiktor Brégy , Polish singer, opera director and music teacher († 1976 )
September 9 : Josef Gregor , German folk song teacher († 1987 )
September 11 : Theodor W. Adorno , German sociologist, musicologist and composer († 1969 )
September 15 : Roy Acuff , country singer and music publisher († 1992 )
September 19 : Herbert Trantow , German composer and conductor († 1993 )
September 26 : René Hall , American jazz and R&B guitarist († 1988 )
September 26th : Frédérique Petrides , American conductor of Belgian origin († 1983 )
October 1 : Marcel Wittrisch , German tenor († 1955 )
October 8 : René Guillou , French composer († 1958 )
October 10 : Lee Blair , American jazz guitarist and banjo player († 1966 )
October 12 : Walter Jurmann , Austrian composer († 1971 )
October 16 : Big Joe Williams , American blues guitarist, singer and songwriter († 1982 )
October 17 : Julio Perceval , Argentine composer, organist and music teacher († 1963 )
October 19 : Vittorio Giannini , American composer († 1966 )
October 29 : Yvonne Georgi , German ballet dancer and choreographer († 1975 )
October 31 : Eric Ball , English composer and conductor († 1989 )
November 1 : Don Robey , American songwriter and music producer († 1975 )
November 7th : Ary Barroso , Brazilian composer and singer († 1964 )
November 7th : Jesús María Sanromá , Puerto Rican pianist and music teacher († 1984 )
November 9 : Carlo Hemmerling , Swiss composer, pianist and organist († 1967 )
November 26 : Alice Herz-Sommer , Czech-Israeli pianist and music teacher († 2014 )
November 26th : Sebastián Piana , Argentine tango composer, pianist and music teacher († 1994 )
November 29 : Franco Autori , American conductor († 1990 )
November 30th : Claude Arrieu , French composer († 1990 )
December 5th : María Luisa Escobar , Venezuelan composer, pianist and singer († 1985 )
December 5 : Johannes Heesters , Dutch-Austrian actor and singer († 2011 )
December 6 : Mykola Kolessa , Ukrainian composer, conductor and teacher († 2006 )
December 9 : Zofia Adamska , Polish cellist and music teacher († 1988 )
December 10 : Luis Humberto Salgado , Ecuadorian composer († 1977 )
December 10 : Sylvère Caffot , French composer († 1993 )
December 10 : Winthrop Sargeant , American music critic († 1986 )
December 22nd : Rosette Anday , Hungarian mezzo-soprano († 1977 )
December 26 : Richard Dennis Oliver Austin , British conductor († 1989)
December 29th : Erhard Mauersberger , organist, music teacher and choir conductor († 1982 )
José Martí Llorca , Argentine violinist and composer († 1997 ) (exact date of birth unknown)

Died

February 5 : Alberto Giovannini , Italian composer and music teacher (* 1842 )
February 22nd : Hugo Wolf , Austrian composer (* 1860 )
February 23 : Friedrich Grützmacher , German composer and cellist (* 1832 )
March 21 : Charles Labelle , Canadian composer, choir director, conductor and music teacher (* 1849 )
May 1 : Luigi Arditi , Italian violinist and composer (* 1822 )
May 7 : Émile Durand , French composer and music teacher (* 1830 )
September 4 : Hermann Zumpe , German conductor (* 1850 )
September 18 : Theodor Kirchner , German composer, conductor, organist and pianist (* 1823 )
September 29 : Marie Geistinger , Austrian actress and singer (* 1836 )
November 28 : Jules Levy , British-American composer and cornetist (* 1838 )
December 8th : Gavriil Musicescu , Romanian composer (* 1847 )
December 16 : Paul d'Ivry , French composer (* 1829 )
December 20 : Kornél Ábrányi , Hungarian pianist, writer, music theorist, composer and musician (* 1822 )
Edmond Dédé , American composer and violinist (* 1823 ) exact date of death unknown

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