Music year 1910

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Music year 1910
Jules Massenet's opera Don Quichotte premieres with success in Monte Carlo.	The Ballets Russes is performing Igor Stravinsky's ballet The Firebird for the first time in Paris .

Events

Radio

January 13th : The Metropolitan Opera in New York City broadcasts the first opera broadcast in radio history that also features Enrico Caruso's voice.

World premieres

ballet

25 June : Igor Stravinsky's ballet L'Oiseau de feu ( The Firebird ) with conductor Gabriel Pierné premiered in Paris by Sergei Pavlovich Djagilev's Ballets Russes . The libretto by Michel Fokine based on two Russian folk tales. The piece becomes the composer's first success.

Instrumental music

September 6th : The world premiere of the string orchestra piece Tallis-Fantasie by Ralph Vaughan Williams takes place in Gloucester .

Rehearsal for the world premiere of Mahler's 8th Symphony

September 12 : The world premiere of the 8th Symphony by Gustav Mahler ( Symphony of a Thousand ) takes place in Munich .

song

January 14 : The world premiere of George-Lieder op.15 by Arnold Schönberg based on poems by Stefan George takes place in Vienna.

Opera

February 19 : One of Jules Massenet's last operas , Don Quichotte with the libretto by Henri Cain based on the novel Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes , is premiered in Monte Carlo with Fyodor Ivanovich Chalyapin in the title role. The opera was a great success from the start and will soon be performed across Europe.

27 February : The opera The Captain's Daughter by César Cui is premiered at the Mariinsky Theater in Saint Petersburg .

September 18 : The world premiere of the opera Liebelei by Franz Neumann takes place in Frankfurt am Main.

November 20 : The world premiere of the opera Semirama by Ottorino Respighi takes place in Bologna.

November 30th : The opera Macbeth by Ernest Bloch with a French libretto by Edmond Fleg is premiered at the Opéra-Comique in Paris . The work is received mixed by the audience - partly due to anti-Semitic moods.

December 10 : Conducted by Arturo Toscanini made at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, the world premiere of the opera La Fanciulla del West (The Girl of the Golden West) by Giacomo Puccini on the eponymous play by David Belasco .

December 28 : The second version of Engelbert Humperdinck's melodramatic opera Königskinder with the revised libretto by Elsa Bernstein and conducted by Alfred Hertz is premiered at the Metropolitan Opera in New York . The original version premiered in Munich in 1897 .

operetta

January 8 : The world premiere of the operetta Zigeunerliebe by Franz Lehár takes place at the Carltheater in Vienna . The libretto is by Alfred Maria Willner and Robert Bodanzky . However, Lehár cannot quite build on the success of The Merry Widow from 1905 with this piece .

February 26 : The operetta Die chaste Susanne by Jean Gilbert is premiered at the Wilhelm Theater in Magdeburg .

April 2nd : The world premiere of the operetta The Last Jonas by Rudolf Dellinger takes place at the Residenztheater in Dresden .

July 22nd : The operetta Vindobona, du marvelous city (Venice in Vienna) by Leo Ascher is premiered in Vienna .

October 14 : The operetta The Immortal Lump by Edmund Eysler has its world premiere at the Vienna Citizens' Theater with overwhelming success . Felix Dörmann wrote the libretto .

October 28th : World premiere of the operetta Das Glücksmädel by Robert Stolz in the Raimundtheater in Vienna.

November 3 : The operetta Der pious Silvanus by Leo Ascher is premiered in Vienna .

November 19 : The world premiere of the operetta The Beautiful Risette by Leo Fall takes place in Vienna. In the same year, the operetta Das Puppenmädel also by Leo Fall comes out.

Further world premieres of stage works from 1910:

Leo Ascher: In addition to the operettas that premiered on July 22nd and November 3rd, this year he also released the operettas Rampsenit , Das Salonfräulein and Die chaste Suzanne .
Richard Heuberger : Don Quixote (operetta)
Robert Stolz : Grand Hotel Excelsior (operetta)
Ralph Benatzky : A comet is coming (operetta); The Night Watchman (comic opera); The Record (Operetta); The Waltz Comtesse (operetta); Tonight's Waltz (Operetta)

Others

The patriotic song America the Beautiful is published for the first time with the setting by Samuel A. Ward of the poem written by Katharine Lee Bates .
The lawyer Fred Weatherly writes with Danny Boy a text to the melody A Londonderry Air , today's national anthem of Northern Ireland .

Born

January to April

January 8 : Galina Sergejewna Ulanowa , Russian prima ballerina († 1998 )
January 9 : Henriette Puig-Roget , French organist, pianist and composer († 1992 )
January 23 : Django Reinhardt , Belgian-French jazz musician († 1953 )
January 26 : Little Shoe , American country musician
February 3 : Blas Galindo , Mexican composer († 1993 )
February 4 : František Rauch , Czech pianist and music teacher († 1996 )
February 5 : Michail Ignátieff , German musician († 1991 )
February 7 : Elisabeth Reichelt , German chamber singer and coloratura soprano († 2001 )
February 9 : István Arató , Hungarian composer († 1980 )
February 9 : Anna Sokolow , American dancer and choreographer († 2000 )
February 10 : Maria Cebotari , Moldovan opera singer († 1949 )
February 13 : Elsa Barraine , French composer († 1999 )
February 16 : Yevgeny Kirillowitsch Golubew , Russian composer († 1988 )
February 17 : Alfred Mendelsohn , Romanian composer († 1966 )
February 26 : Olav Roots , Estonian conductor and pianist († 1974 )
February 28 : Roman Maciejewski , Polish composer, pianist and conductor († 1998 )
March 2 : Harry Blech , British conductor and violinist († 1999 )
March 9 : Samuel Barber , American composer († 1981 )
March 12 : Wachtang Tschabukiani , Georgian dancer and choreographer († 1992 )
March 13 : José María Cervera Lloret , Spanish composer and professor († 2002 )
March 16 : Yank Rachell , American blues musician († 1997 )
March 21 : Gustav Neidlinger , German singer († 1991 )
March 24th : Jacques Chailley , French musicologist, music teacher and composer († 1999 )
March 25 : Magda Olivero , Italian opera singer († 2014 )
April 1 : Ace Harris , American R&B and jazz musician († 1964 )
April 10 : Abu-Bakr Mahmoud Khairat , Egyptian composer († 1963 )
April 26 : Erland von Koch , Swedish composer and professor († 2009 )
April 30th : Pierre Lantier , French composer († 1998 )

May to August

May 8 : Carl Seemann , German pianist († 1983 )
May 8 : Mary Lou Williams , American jazz pianist, composer and arranger († 1981 )
May 23 : Scatman Crothers , American singer and actor († 1986 )
May 23 : Artie Shaw , American jazz musician and writer († 2004 )
May 24 : Marģeris Zariņš , Latvian composer and writer († 1993 )
May 26 : Eddie Rosner , German, Polish and Soviet jazz musician († 1976 )
May 28 : T-Bone Walker , American blues musician († 1975 )
June 10 : Howlin 'Wolf , American blues musician († 1976 )
June 11 : Carmine Coppola , American musician and composer († 1991 )
June 14 : Rudolf Kempe , German conductor († 1976 )
June 15 : Walter Hubert Weiss , German jazz and big band musician († 1950 )
June 17 : Red Foley , American country musician († 1968 )
June 17 : H. Owen Reed , American composer († 2014 )
June 21 : Béla Tardos , Hungarian composer († 1966 )
June 22nd : Willy Berking , German orchestra conductor and composer († 1979 )
June 22nd : Peter Pears , British tenor († 1986 )
June 23 : Milton Hinton , American jazz musician († 2000 )
June 27 : Karel Reiner , Czech composer († 1979 )
July 15 : Ronald Binge , British composer († 1979 )
July 18 : Oskar Sala , German composer and physicist († 2002 )
August 4th : William Schuman , American composer († 1992 )
August 6 : Erich Schmidt , German church musician († 2005 )
August 12 : Heinrich Sutermeister , Swiss composer († 1995 )
August 14 : Pierre Schaeffer , French composer († 1995 )
August 17 : Roberto Kinsky , Argentine conductor († 1977 )
August 25 : Ethel Stark , Canadian conductor, violinist and music teacher († 2012 )
August 29 : Roberto Pineda Duque , Colombian composer († 1977 )

September to December

September 14 : Rolf Liebermann , Swiss composer and artistic director († 1999 )
September 18 : Leon Stein , American composer († 2002 )
September 18 : Josef Tal , Israeli composer († 2008 )
September 21 : Meinrad Schütter , Swiss composer († 2006 )
September 29 : Virginia Bruce , American actress and singer († 1982 )
September 29 : Paule Maurice , French composer († 1967 )
October 10 : Milt Larkin , American jazz trumpeter († 1996 )
October 13 : Otto Joachim , German-Canadian composer († 2010 )
October 18 : Marje Sink , Estonian composer († 1979 )
October 18 : Vojislav Vučković , Serbian composer († 1942 )
October 19 : Elsa Calcagno , Argentine pianist and composer († 1978 )
October 25 : Ernesto Epstein , Argentine pianist, musicologist and music teacher († 1997 )
November 2 : Alfredo De Angelis , Argentine musician, band leader and composer († 1992 )
November 10 : Salvador Contreras , Mexican composer († 1982 )
November 19 : Domenico Ceccarossi , Italian horn player († 1997 )
November 25 : Willie Smith , American alto saxophonist († 1967 )
November 27 : Rodolfo Holzmann , Peruvian composer, musicologist and music teacher († 1992 )
December 1 : Alicia Markova , English prima ballerina of classical ballet († 2004 )
December 7th : Edmundo Ros , orchestra leader, drummer, singer and music producer from Trinidad and Tobago († 2011 )
December 12 : Henri Challan , French composer († 1977 )
December 12 : René Challan , French composer († 1978 )
December 14 : Budd Johnson , American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist and arranger († 1984 )
December 15 : John Hammond , American record producer, musician and music critic († 1987 )
December 16 : Stanojlo Rajičić , Serbian composer († 2000 )
December 17 : Spade Cooley , American country musician and band leader († 1969 )
December 24th : Yannis Papaioannou , Greek composer († 1989 )
December 30th : Paul Bowles , American writer and composer († 1999 )

Exact date of birth unknown

Eddie Mapp , American blues harmonica player († 1931 )
Éliane Richepin , French pianist, music teacher and composer († 1999 )

Died

January 29th : Edmond Missa , French composer (* 1861 )
February 14 : Ludwig Hartmann , German composer and music critic (* 1836 )
March 8 : Ronald M. Grant , American organist and church musician (* 1871 )
March 10 : Carl Reinecke , German composer (* 1824 )
March 17 : Gustave Lefèvre , French composer and music teacher (* 1831 )
March 28 : Édouard Colonne , French conductor (* 1838 )
May 29 : Mili Alexejewitsch Balakirew , Russian composer, pianist and conductor (* 1837 )
July 4th : Louis-Albert Bourgault-Ducoudray , French composer (* 1840 )
July 21 : Johan Peter Selmer , Norwegian composer (* 1844 )
August 16 : Charles Lenepveu , French composer and music teacher (* 1840 )
December 25th : Richard Bartmuß , German composer (* 1859 )

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