Music year 1906

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Music year 1906

Events

The German composer Hermann Ludwig Blankenburg wins the composition competition of the music publisher Boosey & Hawkes with the march Farewell to the Gladiators .

Instrumental music

January 6 : World premiere of the piano pieces Miroirs by Maurice Ravel in Paris
May 27 : The 6th Symphony (“Tragic Symphony”) by Gustav Mahler is premiered in the Essen hall as the highlight of the Tonkünstler Festival of the Allgemeine Deutsche Musikverein under the direction of the composer.
Symphony No. 8 in E flat major, Op. 83, premiered by Alexander Konstantinowitsch Glasunow .
Wind deco in D major op. 14 by George Enescu .
Concert piece for viola and piano also by George Enescu.
Trois Autres Melodies (1886–1906): Chanson, Chansons médiévale, Les fleurs by Erik Satie
Allons-y chochotte a chanson also by Satie.

Musical theater

Jan. 24 : At the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow, the opera The Miserly Knight of Sergei Vasilievich Rachmaninoff premiered.

February 24th : The world premiere of the opera L'Ancêtre (The Ancestor) by Camille Saint-Saëns takes place in Monte Carlo.

March 10th : The premiere of the opera Don Procopio by Georges Bizet also takes place in Monte Carlo .

March 19 : Revived opera buffa : Premiere of Die vier Grobiane by Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari in Munich

October 31 : The world premiere of the opera Ariane by Jules Massenet takes place at the Grand Opéra Paris .

November 11 : World premiere of the opera Maskarade by Carl Nielsen in Copenhagen .

December 1 : The premiere of the children's opera Peter and Paul travel to the land of plenty of Franz Lehár in cabaret hell in the Theater an der Wien , in Vienna.

December 8th : premiere of the opera Moloch by Max von Schillings at the Dresden Court Opera

December 11 : The children's opera Das Christ-Elflein by Hans Pfitzner based on the libretto by Ilse von Stach has its world premiere under the direction of Felix Mottl at the Court Opera in Munich, after the first performance of the overture in Berlin under Emil on November 23 Nikolaus von Reznicek took place. The first draft is a failure.

December 30th : The world premiere of the melodramatic nativity play Bübchen's Christmas Dream by Engelbert Humperdinck takes place at the Circus Busch in Berlin .

Further world premieres of stage works from 1906:

Edmund Eysler : Artist's Blood and Phryne (two operettas).

Richard Heuberger . The Last Night (Opera) and The Three Graces (Operetta)

Oscar Straus : Hugdietrichs Brautfahrt (operetta).

Robert Stolz : Love of maneuvers (operetta)

Born

January 4th : Stefan Rachoń , Polish violinist and conductor († 2001 )
January 5 : Wild Bill Davison , American jazz cornetist († 1989 )
January 15 : Alessandro Cicognini , Italian film composer († 1995 )
January 21 : Igor Moissejew , Russian ballet dancer and choreographer († 2007 )
January 24 : Howell Glynne , Welsh opera singer and vocal teacher († 1969 )
January 27 : Karl Ludwig Gerok , German organist, composer and author († 1975 )
January 27 : Radamés Gnattali , Brazilian musician and composer († 1988 )
January 31 : Benjamin Frankel , British composer († 1973 )
January 31 : Roosevelt Sykes , American blues musician († 1983 )
February 1 : Hildegarde Sell , American cabaret singer († 2005 )
February 3 : Ludvig Nielsen , Norwegian composer and organist († 2001 )
February 5 : Sara Alexandrovna Levina , Russian composer († 1976 )
February 11 : Yves Baudrier , French composer († 1988 )
February 21 : Jeanne Aubert , French singer and actress († 1988 )
February 25 : Boris Papandopulo , Croatian composer and conductor († 1991 )
March 2 : Blind Teddy Darby , American blues guitarist and singer († 1975 )
March 3 : Barney Bigard , American jazz clarinetist († 1980 )
March 7 : Alejandro García Caturla , Cuban composer († 1940 )
March 11 : Ferid Alnar , Turkish composer († 1978 )
March 14 : Rodolfo Biagi , Argentine tango musician († 1969 )
March 14 : Ulvi Cemal Erkin , Turkish composer († 1972 )
March 19 : Normand Lockwood , American composer and music teacher († 2002 )
March 25 : Jean Sablon , French chansonnier († 1994 )
March 26 : Curley Weaver , American blues guitarist and singer († 1962 )
March 28 : Murray Adaskin , Canadian composer and conductor († 2002 )
April 1 : Lucette Descaves , French pianist († 1993 )
April 1 : Muriel Stafford , Canadian organist, choir director and music teacher († 2004 )
April 5 : Fernando Germani , Italian organist, composer and organ teacher († 1998 )
April 9 : Antal Doráti , Hungarian-American conductor († 1988 )
April 12 : Feliks Rączkowski , Polish organist, composer and music teacher († 1989 )
April 13 : Bud Freeman , American tenor saxophonist († 1991 )
April 19 : Luis Alberti , Dominican merengue composer († 1976 )
April 28 : Paul Sacher , Swiss conductor and patron († 1999 )
May 5 : Primo Angeli , Italian jazz and entertainment musician († 2003 )
May 5 : Waldemar Bloch , Austrian composer, pianist and music teacher († 1984 )
May 11 : Akhmet Schubanow , Kazakh composer († 1968 )
May 12 : Aurel von Milloss , Hungarian-Italian dancer, choreographer and ballet director († 1988 )
May 17 : Zinka Milanov , Croatian opera singer (soprano) († 1989 )
May 18 : Frederick Zimmermann , American double bass player and music teacher († 1967 )
June 1 : Andria Balantschiwadze , Georgian composer († 1992 )
June 1 : Charles-Émile Gadbois , Canadian clergyman, music publisher and composer († 1981 )
June 3 : Josephine Baker , American dancer, singer and actress († 1975 )
June 9 : Rudolf Metzmacher , German cellist († 2004 )
June 10 : János Viski , Hungarian composer († 1961 )
June 11 : Jan Hoffman , Polish pianist and music teacher († 1995 )
June 17th : Roider Jackl , Bavarian folk singer († 1975 )
June 19 : Heinz Arnold , German opera director and university lecturer († 1994 )
June 21 : Grete Sultan , German-American pianist († 2005 )
June 24th : Pierre Fournier , French cellist († 1986 )
June 26 : Al Stillman , American songwriter († 1979 )
July 7th : Anton Karas , Austrian composer and musician († 1985 )
July 9 : Elisabeth Lutyens , British composer († 1983 )
July 21 : Annelies Kupper , German opera singer († 1987 )
July 21 : Daniel Ayala Pérez , Mexican composer († 1975 )
July 25 : John Cornelius Hodges , alto saxophonist († 1970 )
July 28 : Gottlob Frick , German opera singer († 1994 )
August 7 : Gerhard Frommel , German composer and music teacher († 1984 )
August 14 : Elsa Piaggio , Argentine pianist and music teacher († 1993 )
August 16 : Pedro Galindo , Mexican singer, composer, actor and film producer († 1989 )
August 21 : Elizabeth AH Green , American music teacher, conductor and composer († 1995 )
September 1 : Aksel Schiøtz , Danish singer and music teacher († 1975 )
September 4 : Alexander Moyzes , Slovak composer († 1984 )
September 5 : Dixie Boy Jordan , American country musician († 1987 )
September 5 : Peter Mieg , Swiss composer, painter and writer († 1990 )
September 6 : Nicolae Buicliu , Romanian composer and music teacher († 1974 )
September 9 : Kurt Janetzky , German horn player († 1994 )
September 9 : Weldon Kilburn , Canadian pianist, organist and music teacher († 1986 )
September 12 : Gerhard Winkler , German composer of light music († 1977 )
September 17th : Gerhard Gregor , German organist and pianist († 1981 )
September 19 : Anna Amalie Abert , German musicologist († 1996 )
September 19 : Dalibor Vačkář , Czech composer († 1984 )
September 24 : Michael Jary , German composer († 1988 )
September 25 : Dmitri Shostakovich , Soviet composer († 1975 )
September 29 : Charles Wolcott , American music director, composer and film composer († 1987 )
October 9 : Jānis Ivanovs , Latvian composer († 1983 )
October 10 : Paul Creston , American musician and composer († 1985 )
October 15 : Juan Pablo Miranda , Cuban flautist and composer († 1986 )
October 21 : Tomojiro Ikenouchi , Japanese composer and music teacher († 1991 )
October 22 : Kees van Baaren , Dutch composer and music teacher († 1970 )
November 1 : Gwendolyn Koldofsky , Canadian pianist and music teacher († 1998 )
November 3 : Alma Rosé , Austrian violinist († 1944 )
November 4 : Siegfried Borris , German composer and music teacher († 1987 )
November 4th : Arnold Cooke , British composer († 2005 )
November 9th : Ton Kotter , Dutch composer and conductor († 1991 )
November 24th : Conrad Hansen , German pianist († 2002 )
December 7th : Elisabeth Höngen , German singer (mezzo-soprano) († 1997 )
December 9th : Leocadio Vizcarrondo , Puerto Rican musician, arranger and composer († 1993 )
December 10 : Harold Campbell Adamson , American composer, film composer and songwriter († 1980 )
December 10th : Phyllis Holtby , Canadian pianist, harpsichordist and music teacher († 1993 )
December 12 : Émile Marcelin , French composer († 1954 )
December 12 : Pamela Wedekind , German actress and chanson singer († 1986 )
December 13 : Boris Tichonowitsch Koschewnikow , Russian composer and professor († 1985 )
December 13 : Ingmar Liljefors , Swedish composer († 1981 )
December 14 : Helmut Bornefeld , German church musician, composer, organ expert, graphic artist and author († 1990 )
December 21 : Georg Knepler , Austrian musicologist († 2003 )
December 23 : Ross Lee Finney , American composer († 1997 )
December 23 : Wolfgang Vacano , German-American conductor and music teacher († 1985 )
December 24th : Franz Waxman , German film composer, conductor and arranger († 1967 )
December 26 : Imperio Argentina , Spanish singer and film actress († 2003 )
December 29 : Jean Vuillermoz , French composer († 1940 )
Rafael Adame , Mexican composer and guitarist († 1963 ) Exact date unknown
Cuba Austin , American jazz drummer († 1961 ) Exact date unknown
Hal Evans , English composer, arranger, pianist and conductor († 1998 ) Exact date unknown
Jules Jacob , Canadian singer (tenor) († 1969 ) Exact date unknown
Maurice Solway , Canadian violinist, composer and music teacher († 2001 ) Exact date unknown

Died

January 6th : Gabrielle Krauss , Austrian opera singer (* 1842 )
January 16 : Anton Wunderer , Austrian horn player and composer (* 1850 )
January: Henri Duvernoy , French music teacher, organist and composer (* 1820 )
February 25 : Anton Stepanowitsch Arensky , Russian composer (* 1861 )
February 26 : Tomaso Benvenuti , Italian composer (* 1838 )
March 19 : Martin Nováček , Bohemian composer, conductor, music teacher and musician (* 1834 )
April 25 : John Knowles Paine , American composer (* 1839 )
May 9 : Charles Wels , American composer (* 1825 )
May 24th : Heinrich Reimann , German musicologist, organist and composer (* 1850 )
June 8 : Christian Horneman , Danish composer (* 1840 )
June: Cesare Dall'Olio , Italian composer and music teacher (* 1849 )
July 1 : Manuel Patricio Rodríguez García , Spanish opera singer, singing teacher and music teacher (* 1805 )
August 26 : Eugen Gura , Austrian opera singer (* 1842 )
August: Napoléon Alkan , French composer and music teacher (* 1826 )
October 13 : Ada Lewis-Hill , English amateur musician and benefactor (* 1844 )
December 31 : Friedrich Gumpert , German horn player and professor (* 1841 )
Georges Jacobi , German composer and conductor (* 1840 ) Exact date unknown

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