Music year 1911

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Music year 1911
Ethel Smyth composes The March of Women , which becomes the anthem of the suffragette movement .	Der Rosenkavalier by Richard Strauss is at the Royal Opera House premiered in Dresden.

Events

World premieres

Opera

January 26th : The opera Der Rosenkavalier by Richard Strauss has its world premiere with the conductor Ernst von Schuch at the Dresden Court Opera . The work with the libretto by the Austrian writer Hugo von Hofmannsthal , whose title was controversial to the end, is an overwhelming success.

March 28 : The comic opera The Fair at Sorochyntsi by Modest Mussorgsky on a story by Nikolai Gogol from the collection Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka premiered decades after the composer's death in St. Petersburg.

May 19 : The one-act play The Spanish Hour by Maurice Ravel based on a libretto by Franc-Nohain is premiered at the Opéra-Comique in Paris . The “musical comedy” was rejected by the audience and critics.

June 2 : The opera Isabeau of Pietro Mascagni is headed by the composer at the Teatro Colon premiered in Buenos Aires. The libretto of the leggenda drammatica in three acts comes from Luigi Illica . The story of Lady Godiva served as inspiration . The opera quickly became popular and inspired a number of other operas based on legends.

November 23 : The musical play Der Kuhreigen by Wilhelm Kienzl , directed by Rainer Simons, premieres at the Vienna Volksoper . The libretto comes from Richard Batka based on the novel Die kleine Blanchefleur by Rudolf Hans Bartsch .

23 December : The Miracle by Karl Gustav Vollmoeller with music by Engelbert Humperdinck and staged by Max Reinhardt is given a world premiere in the Olympia Hall in London .

operetta

April 1st : The world premiere of the operetta His Herzensjunge by Walter Kollo takes place at the Thalia Theater in Wuppertal-Elberfeld.

May 1st : The operetta Das goldene Garter by Leo Ascher is premiered in the Ronacher Etablissement in Vienna .

March 25th : The world premiere of the operetta Grigri by Paul Lincke takes place at the Metropol-Theater in Cologne.

November 9 : The opera The lake of Julius Bittner is at the Vienna Hofburg premiered.

November 24th : The world premiere of the operetta Eva by Franz Lehár with the libretto by Alfred Maria Willner and Robert Bodanzky takes place at the Theater an der Wien in Vienna .

December 23 : At the Carltheater in Vienna, the operetta Alt-Wien is premiered to music by Joseph Lanner , compiled and arranged by Emil Stern. The libretto was written by Gustav Kadelburg , Julius Wilhelm and MA Weikone .

December 31 : The world premiere of the operetta Grosse Raisins by Walter Kollo takes place at the Berlin Theater in Berlin.

Further operetta premieres in 1911:

Edmund Eysler : The Circus Child and The Women Eater (two operettas)
Carl Michael Ziehrer : Ball bei Hof (premiered in Stettin).
Leo Fall : The Eternal Waltz and Siren (two operettas)
Heinrich Berté : Creole blood (in Hamburg).
Robert Stolz : The Mine King and The Iron Maiden (two operettas, both premiered in Vienna)
Ralph Benatzky : Laridon (operetta) Cherchez la femme (operetta); Pomponette (operetta); Kokettchens Mission (operetta); The blonde adventure (operetta)

Further world premieres

January 21 : The March of Women by Ethel Smyth premieres at Pall Mall , London. Another performance will take place on March 23rd at the Royal Albert Hall , from where the song spread rapidly in England and became the anthem of the English suffragette movement .

Ida Rubinstein

May 22nd : The world premiere of Le Martyre de Saint Sébastien ( The Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian ), a “Mystery in Five Acts” by Gabriele D'Annunzio with music by Claude Debussy in collaboration with André Caplet , at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris to a scandal. The Archbishop of Paris, Léon-Adolphe Amette , forbids all Catholics to attend the performances because of the depiction of the saint by a scantily clad Jewish and Russian woman, the dancer Ida Rubinstein . The audience is snubbed or bored because of the length of the piece.

Vaslav Nijinsky as Petrushka of the world premiere (with Igor Stravinsky left)

June 13 : With Vaslav Nijinsky in the title role, Igor Stravinsky's ballet Petrushka is premiered in Paris . The pantomime choreography is by Michel Fokine , the costumes and the stage design by Alexander Benois .
November 20 : Half a year after the composer's death, Gustav Mahler's Das Lied von der Erde is premiered in Munich under the direction of Bruno Walter . While avoiding the word symphony , Mahler called the work a “symphonic song cycle ” for fear that a 9th symphony - as with his models Ludwig van Beethoven and Anton Bruckner - could be his last.

Others

February 19 : Arnold Schönberg composes five of his six small piano pieces “as if in a frenzy in a single day” . The sixth piece will be written on June 17th in memory of Gustav Mahler, who died a month earlier.
February 21 : Gustav Mahler conducts his last concert in New York.

The Edison Diamond Disc Phonograph developed by Thomas Alva Edison is presented to the public for the first time.

Born

January to March

January 4th : Noro Morales , Puerto Rican mambo and rumba musician († 1964 )
January 8 : Andrej Očenáš , Slovak composer († 1995 )
January 9 : Franz Nauber , German horn player († 2001 )
January 11 : Tommy Duncan , American country singer († 1967 )
January 14 : Hans-Martin Majewski , German film composer († 1997 )
January 14 : George Tremblay , American composer († 1982 )
January 15 : Nasib Gajasowitsch Schiganow , Tatar composer († 1988 )
January 18 : Gábor Darvas , Hungarian composer and musicologist († 1985 )
January 19 : Ken Nelson , American music producer († 2008 )
January 22nd : Roberto García Morillo , Argentine composer († 2003 )
January 26 : Norbert Schultze , German composer († 2002 )
January 30th : Roy Eldridge , American jazz trumpeter († 1989 )
February 2 : Jussi Björling , Swedish singer († 1960 )
February 2 : Jean-Jacques Grunenwald , French organist, composer and music teacher († 1982 )
February 3 : Jehan Alain , French organist and composer († 1940 )
February 14 : Mercedes Sagredo , Dominican composer († 1998 )
March 5 : Andrés Pardo Tovar , Colombian sociologist, ethnomusicologist and folklorist († 1972 )
March 7th : Stefan Kisielewski , Polish composer and writer († 1991 )
March 8 : Alan Hovhaness , American composer († 2000 )
March 9 : Clara Rockmore , Russian theremin virtuoso († 1998 )
March 10 : Remigi Blättler , Swiss clarinetist and folk musician († 2003 )
March 13 : José Ardévol , Cuban composer († 1981 )
March 31 : Elisabeth Grümmer , German opera and chamber singer (soprano) († 1986 )

April to August

April 10 : Martin Denny , American jazz pianist († 2005 )
April 21 : Leonard Warren , American baritone († 1960 )
April 28 : Nicolás Casimiro , Dominican singer († 1964 )
May 8 : Robert Johnson , American blues musician († 1938 )
May 14 : Hans Vogt , German composer († 1992 )
May 15 : Leo Fuchs , Polish-American, Yiddish actor, comedian, singer and dancer († 1994 )
May 17 : Jillert Cammenga , Dutch composer and conductor († 1993 )
May 17th : André Jaunet , Swiss flautist († 1988 )
May 18 : Joe Turner , American blues and rock 'n' roll singer († 1985 )
May 29 : Charles Jay , French composer († 1988 )
May: Gholam Hossein Banan , Iranian singer († 1986 )
June 8 : Ralph Maria Siegel , German composer and lyricist († 1972 )
June 10 : Ralph Kirkpatrick , American harpsichordist († 1984 )
June 16 : Rolf Karlsen , Norwegian composer and organist († 1982 )
June 29 : Bernard Herrmann , American composer († 1975 )
July 2nd : Anja Ignatius , Finnish violinist and music teacher († 1995 )
July 4th : Franco Ferrara , Italian conductor († 1985 )
July 4 : Mitch Miller , American orchestra conductor and oboe player († 2010 )
July 10 : Cootie Williams , American jazz trumpeter († 1985 )
July 29 : Ján Cikker , Slovak composer († 1989 )
August 12 : Cantinflas , Mexican actor, singer, comedian and producer († 1993 )
August 23 : Carl Dolmetsch , English recorder player († 1997 )

September to December

September 2 : René Amengual Astaburuaga , Chilean composer († 1954 )
September 2 : Floyd Council , American blues musician († 1976 )
September 6 : Zeke Clements , American country musician († 1994 )
September 11 : Bola de Nieve , Cuban musician († 1971 )
September 13 : Bill Monroe , American musician († 1996 )
September 19 : Allan Pettersson , Swedish composer and violist († 1980 )

October 7th : Vaughn Monroe , American singer, bandleader and trumpeter († 1973 )
October 8 : Mark Bernes , Soviet Estrada singer († 2012 )
October 13 : André Navarra , French cellist († 1988 )
October 16 : Ronald Kinloch Anderson , Scottish pianist, music teacher and music producer († 1984 )
October 19 : Willie Perryman , American blues musician († 1985 )
October 19 : Eberhard Werdin , German composer († 1991 )
October 24 : Sonny Terry , American blues singer and harmonica player († 1986 )
October 26 : Mahalia Jackson , American gospel singer († 1972 )

November 3 : Vladimir Ussachevski , Russian-American composer († 1990 )
November 4 : Shimizu Osamu , Japanese composer († 1986 )
November 5 : Roy Rogers , American country singer and actor († 1998 )
November 6 : Pawel Gerassimowitsch Lisizian , Russian-Armenian baritone († 2004 )
November 24 : Erik Bergman , Finnish composer († 2006 )

December 3 : Nino Rota , Italian composer († 1979 )
December 5 : Władysław Szpilman , Polish pianist, composer and writer († 2000 )
December 12 : Stanley Bate , English composer († 1959 )
December 12th : Thomas Canning , American composer († 1989 )
December 12th : Dore Hoyer , German dancer and choreographer († 1967 )
December 14 : Spike Jones , American musician († 1965 )
December 15 : Stan Kenton , American piano player and composer († 1979 )
December 21 : Paul Burkhard , Swiss composer († 1977 )
December 29 : Marcel Prawy , Austrian dramaturge and opera critic († 2003 )

Died

February 21 : Eugène Vast , French organist and composer (* 1835 )
March 29 : Alexandre Guilmant , French organist and composer (* 1837 )
May 18 : Gustav Mahler , Austrian composer and conductor (* 1860 )
June 14 : Johan Svendsen , Norwegian composer (* 1840 )
July 30th : Adolphe Deslandres , French composer and organist (* 1840 )
August: Wassili Wassiljewitsch Kühner , Russian composer (* 1840 )
October 5th : Charles Théodore Malherbe , French musicologist and composer (* 1853 )

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