Music year 1914

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Music year 1914
Fiddlin 'John Carson is the winner of the second Georgia Old-Time Fiddlers' Conventions .

Events

World premieres

Opera

February 19 : In the Teatro Regio in Turin which is opera Francesca da Rimini by Riccardo Zandonai premiered.

Franz Schalk

April 1st : The world premiere of the opera Notre Dame by Franz Schmidt based on the novel The Hunchback of Notre-Dame by Victor Hugo takes place under the direction of Franz Schalk at the Hofoper in Vienna. The soprano Marie Gutheil-Schoder sings the role of Esmeralda. The performance of the opera, which was written in 1903-06, had previously been rejected by Gustav Mahler and Felix Weingartner . The work was Schmidt's greatest success, but was soon forgotten.
May 10 : The world premiere of the opera Die Sutlerin by Engelbert Humperdinck on the libretto by Robert Misch takes place in Cologne.
May 15 : The opera Mârouf, savetier du Caire by Henri Rabaud is premiered at the Paris Opéra-Comique .
June 11 : The world premiere of Don Juan's last adventure by Paul Graener takes place in Leipzig.

Also in 1914 the opera Cléopâtre by Jules Massenet appears

operetta

January 4th : The world premiere of the operetta Die goldene Hanna by Leo Ascher takes place in the Apollo Theater in Vienna.
January 31 : The world premiere of the operetta The First Kiss by Ludwig Rochlitzer takes place at the Carltheater in Vienna.
February 10 : The world premiere of the operetta Endlich alone by Franz Lehár on a libretto by Alfred Maria Willner takes place at the Theater an der Wien in Vienna.
February 14th : The operetta Jung-England by Leo Fall is premiered in Berlin .
October 1st : The world premiere of Walter Kollo's operetta Always firm druff takes place in the Theater am Nollendorfplatz in Berlin.

November 9th : The world premiere of the operetta All About Love by Oscar Straus takes place at the Johann Strauss Theater in Vienna.

December 17th : The world premiere of Leo Ascher's operetta Was ist nicht aus der Liebe , at the Ronacher establishment in Vienna.

Further operetta premieres in 1914:

Edmund Eysler : Spring on the Rhine .
Carl Michael Ziehrer : The stupid heart (in Vienna).
Emmerich Kálmán : I gave gold for iron (in Vienna).
Heinrich Berté : The Prince Charming (in Hanover)
Robert Stolz : The Lumperl in the Wilhelma Theater in Stuttgart.
Ralph Benatzky : Prince's spring awakening! (Operetta); Anno 1914 (Singspiel); The Devil's Checkbook (Operetta); General Wutsikoff (operetta)

symphony

May 27th : A London Symphony by Ralph Vaughan Williams premieres at Queen's Hall in London. The performance was a success, but a short time later the score was lost in the mail to the conductor Fritz Busch in Germany, around the same time as the First World War broke out.

Others

January 1st : New Year's premiere in Europe's theaters. After the 30-year copyright protection has Bayreuth no longer the monopoly on Parsifal by Richard Wagner .

Sheet music cover of WC Cellphones St. Louis Blues 1914

September: WC Handy releases the St. Louis Blues .
October 15 : The Italian tenor Beniamino Gigli makes his operatic debut in Rovigo with the role of Enzo in Amilcare Ponchielli's La Gioconda .

British military bandmaster Kenneth J. Alford writes Colonel Bogey March .

Contemporary corrido hymn sheet from La cucaracha during the Mexican Revolution

During the Mexican Revolution , the song La Cucaracha, directed against the troops of President Venustiano Carranza , became popular.

Fiddlin 'John Carson is the winner of the second Georgia Old-Time Fiddlers' Conventions .

Born

January to April

0January 1st : Edith Picht-Axenfeld , German harpsichordist († 2001 )
0January 9 : Kenny Clarke , American jazz musician († 1985 )
January 15 : Kiyoshige Koyama , Japanese composer († 2009 )
January 16 : Richard Eaton , Canadian choir director, organist and composer († 1968 )
January 16 : Eugene "Buddy" Moss , American blues guitarist, harmonica player and singer († 1984 )

0February 9 : Ernest Tubb , American country singer and pioneer of honky tonk music († 1984 )
February 10 : Larry Adler , American harmonica player († 2001 )
February 18 : Pee Wee King , American country musician († 2000 )
February 20 : Hans Pischner , German harpsichordist and musicologist († 2016 )
February 24 : Otto von Rohr , German opera singer († 1982 )
February 27 : Winifred Atwell , pianist from Trinidad († 1983 )

0March 5 : Philip Farkas , horn player and co-founder of the International Horn Society († 1992 )
March 11 : William Lloyd Webber , English church musician and composer († 1982 )
March 12 : Jan Kapr , Czech composer († 1988 )
March 13 : Bob Haggart , American jazz musician, composer and arranger († 1998 )
March 18 : César Guerra-Peixe , Brazilian composer († 1993 )
March 30th : Sonny Boy Williamson I. , American blues musician († 1948 )

0April 7th : Madeleine Malraux , French pianist († 2014 )
April 21 : Carlos García , Argentine tango pianist, orchestra conductor and composer († 2006 )
April 22nd : Hans Baumann , German poet, songwriter, author of children's and young adult books († 1988 )

May to August

0May 9 : Ángel E. Lasala , Argentine composer and pianist († 2000 )
0May 9 : Carlo Maria Giulini , Italian conductor († 2005 )
0May 9 : Hank Snow , Canadian country singer († 1999 )
0May 9 : Peter Wehle , Austrian composer, author and cabaret artist († 1986 )
May 22 : Sun Ra , jazz composer and jazz musician († 1993 )
May 30 : Bobby Sherwood , American jazz guitarist († 1980 )
May 31 : Akira Ifukube , Japanese composer and professor († 2006 )

0June 5 : Felix Aprahamian , British music critic and author († 2005 )
0June 7th : Ernst Bader , German song writer and composer († 1999 )
0June 9 : Hermann Haller , Swiss composer († 2002 )
June 10 : Marvin Duchow , Canadian composer, musicologist and music teacher († 1979 )
June 10 : Rosita Serrano , Chilean singer and actress († 1997 )
June 19 : Lester Flatt , American country musician († 1979 )
June 26 : Wolfgang Windgassen , German tenor († 1974 )
June 29 : Rafael Kubelík , Swiss conductor and composer († 1996 )

0July 8 : Link Davis , American musician († 1972 )
0July 8 : Billy Eckstine , American jazz singer and band leader († 1993 )
July 11 : Aníbal Troilo , Argentine musician, arranger, band leader and composer († 1975 )
July 18 : Herbert Collum , German church musician († 1982 )
July 19 : Josef Páleníček , Czech pianist and composer († 1991 )
July 24th : Riccardo Malipiero , Italian composer († 2003 )
July 31 : Isolde Ahlgrimm , Austrian harpsichordist († 1995 )

0August 2 : Roman Ryterband , Polish composer, conductor and pianist († 1979 )
0August 5 : Stjepan Šulek , Croatian composer and conductor († 1986 )
0August 8 : Ana Mercedes Asuaje de Rugeles , Venezuelan composer and music teacher († 2012 )
0August 9 : Ferenc Fricsay , Hungarian conductor († 1963 )

September to December

0September 5 : Guillermo Graetzer , Argentine composer, music teacher and musicologist († 1993 )
0September 7th : Graeme Bell , Australian jazz pianist, composer and bandleader († 2012 )
September 14 : Michał Spisak , Polish composer († 1965 )
September 15 : Gail Kubik , American composer, violinist and music teacher († 1984 )
September 21 : Leroy Stewart , American jazz musician († 1987 )
September 23 : Norman Cazden , American composer († 1980 )
September 24 : Lee Moore , American country musician († 1997 )
September 24 : Andrzej Panufnik , Polish composer († 1991 )
September 24th : Horst Winter , German-Austrian musician († 2001 )

0October 3 : Sylvio Lacharité , Canadian conductor and composer († 1983 )
October 10 : Ivory Joe Hunter , American R&B singer, pianist and songwriter († 1974 )
October 12 : Thomas Windisch , composer, architect, painter, poet and pianist († 2005 )
October 17th : Michael Danzinger , Austrian pianist, entertainer and composer († 2007 )
October 19 : Gerd Sannemüller , German composer and musicologist († 2008 )
October 20 : Fayard Antonio Nicholas , American dancer, singer and actor († 2006 )

0November 2 : Felicitas Kukuck , German composer († 2001 )
November 13 : John Latouche , American writer and librettist († 1956 )
November 14 : Eric Crozier , English opera director and librettist († 1994 )
November 15 : Jorge Bolet , American-Cuban pianist († 1990 )
November 20 : Fritz Goller , German composer († 1986 )
November 25 : Eddie Boyd , American musician († 1994 )

0December 2 : Pops Staples , American gospel and R&B musician († 2000 )
0December 8th : Hilda Horak , Slovenian pianist, music teacher and composer († 1995 )
December 10 : Erich Pizka , Austrian horn player and professor († 1996 )
December 17th : Francis Bay , Belgian conductor († 2005 )
December 18 : Connie Curtis Crayton , American blues singer and guitarist († 1985 )

Died

Day of death secured

January 14th : Franz Rudolph Wurlitzer , American musical instrument manufacturer
February 3 : Wenzel Josef Heller , Bohemian composer, church musician, military bandmaster and choir director (* 1849 )

March 1st : Tor Aulin , Swedish composer (* 1866 )
March 3 : Victor Nováček , Czech violinist and music teacher (* 1875 )
March 4 : Benjamin Dwight Allen , American composer (* 1831 )
March 7th : Henryk Dobrzycki , Polish doctor, philanthropist and composer (* 1841 )
March 17th : Giuseppe Buonamici , Italian composer (* 1846 )
March 31 : Hubert von Herkomer , English painter, sculptor, musician and writer (* 1849 )

April 12 : Josef Nešvera , Czech composer (* 1842 )
August 2nd : Gabriel Dupont , French composer (* 1878 )
August 28 : Anatoly Lyadow , Russian composer (* 1855 )

October 7 : Gabriel Montoya , French chansonnier and poet (* 1868 )
October 28 : Richard Heuberger , Austrian composer (* 1850 )
November 26th : Eduard Kremser , Austrian composer, arranger and conductor (* 1838 )
December 25 : Bernhard Stavenhagen , German composer (* 1862 )

Exact date of death unknown

before December 7th: Charles Malo , French orchestra conductor and composer (* 1835 )

Jules Bouver , French organist and composer (* 1867 )
Ernst Kullak , German composer (* 1855 )

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