Music year 1915

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Music year 1915
The symphonic poem An Alpine Symphony by Richard Strauss has its world premiere.	Hans Leip writes the first three stanzas of the song Lili Marleen .

Events

World premieres

Opera

• September 26 : The world premiere of the opera Mona Lisa by Max von Schillings based on a libretto by Beatrice Dovsky takes place at the Neue Hofoper in Stuttgart and becomes the composer's greatest success.
• October 8 : The world premiere of the opera Isabella by Ludolf Nielsen takes place at the Royal Opera in Copenhagen.

operetta

• February 19 : The world premiere of the operetta Ambassador Leni by Leo Ascher takes place at the Theater in der Josefstadt in Vienna.
• October 2 : In Berlin the operetta The artificial person of Leo Fall premiered.
• October 23 : The world premiere of the operetta When Two Weddings by Walter Kollo takes place at the Berlin Theater in Berlin.
• November 17th : The Csárdásfürstin by Emmerich Kálmán on a libretto by Leo Stein and Bela Jenbach is premiered with great success at the Johann Strauss Theater in Vienna. The work becomes Kálmán's most successful operetta.

Other operettas from 1915:

• Edmund Eysler : The Pompadour's Room
• Ralph Benatzky : Miss Don Juan

symphony

• October 28 : The world premiere of the symphonic poem An Alpine Symphony by Richard Strauss , which was completed on February 8, takes place in Berlin with the Dresden court orchestra under the direction of the composer.

Others

• April 3rd / 4th : Before leaving for the Russian front, the German teacher Hans Leip wrote the first three stanzas of the song Lili Marleen along with a melody that has largely been forgotten today.

• Max Reger sets Friedrich Hebbel's poem Requiem to music . It is his last completed choral work.
• Jelly Roll Morton publishes the first ever jazz composition, the " Jelly Roll Blues ".

Born

January to April

• 0January 3 : Thomas H. Kerr , American composer and music teacher († 1988 )
• 0January 5 : Humberto Teixeira , Brazilian musician and composer († 1979 )
• 0January 7th : Luciano "Chano" Pozo y Gonzales , Cuban singer, dancer and percussionist († 1948 )
• January 18 : Vassilis Tsitsanis , Greek singer, composer and bouzouki virtuoso († 1984 )
• January 24th : Vítězslava Kaprálová , Czech composer († 1940 )
• January 25 : Ewan MacColl , Scottish author, poet, actor, folk singer and record producer († 1989 )
• January 31 : Bobby Hackett , American jazz trumpeter, jazz cornet player and jazz guitarist († 1976 )
• January 31 : Alan Lomax , American folklore and music researcher († 2002 )

• February 11 : Sten G. Halfvarson , American music teacher and choir director († 2003 )
• February 15 : Abel Ferreira , Brazilian composer, clarinetist and saxophonist († 1980 )
• February 17 : Homer Keller , American composer and music teacher († 1996 )
• February 28 : Theophane Hytrek , American composer, church musician and music teacher († 1992 )

• 0March 5 : Friedrich Meyer , German composer, arranger and band leader († 1993 )
• 0March 6 : Taranath Rao , Indian percussionist († 1991 )
• 0March 6 : Benny de Weille , German clarinetist, composer, arranger and orchestra leader († 1977 )
• 0March 8 : Tapio Rautavaara , Finnish athlete, musician and actor († 1979 )
• March 14 : Alexander Brott , Canadian composer, conductor, violinist and music teacher († 2005 )
• March 18 : Lorenz Giovanelli , Swiss folk musician and composer († 1976 )
• March 20 : Svyatoslaw Teofilowitsch Richter , Soviet pianist († 1997 )
• March 21 : José Benito Barros , Colombian composer († 2007 )
• March 21 : Willi Schwabe , German actor, singer and presenter († 1991 )
• March 27 : Junior Lockwood , American blues guitarist († 2006 )

• 0April 3 : Hans Bertram ; German record producer († 1991 )
• 0April 7 : Billie Holiday , American jazz singer († 1959 )
• April 12 : Hound Dog Taylor , American blues musician († 1975 )
• April 18 : Miroslav Venhoda , Czech choir conductor († 1987 )
• April 20 : Monique de La Bruchollerie , French pianist († 1973 )
• April 26 : Johnny Shines , American blues guitarist († 1992 )

May to August

• 0May 2 : Jan Hanuš , Czech composer († 2004 )
• 0May 3 : Evencio Castellanos , Venezuelan composer, pianist and music teacher († 1984 )
• May 18 : Heinz Funk , German film composer († 2013 )
• May 27 : Ester Soré , Chilean singer († 1996 )
• May 28 : Wolfgang Schneiderhan , Austrian violinist and concert master († 2002 )
• May 29 : Karl Münchinger , German conductor († 1990 )

• 0June 1 : Johnny Bond , American country singer and songwriter († 1978 )
• 0June 2 : Josef Metternich , German opera singer († 2005 )
• 0June 4th : Alan Shulman , American composer and cellist († 2002 )
• 0June 6 : Vincent Persichetti , American composer and professor († 1987 )
• 0June 9 : Les Paul , American guitarist († 2009 )
• June 11 : Arnold Jacobs , American musician († 1998 )
• June 18 : Robert Lannoy , French composer († 1979 )
• June 18 : Joan Trimble , Irish composer († 2000 )
• June 24 : Wastl Fanderl , Bavarian musician and folk song collector and mediator († 1991 )
• June 28 : David Honeyboy Edwards , American Delta Blues musician († 2011 )
• June 28 : Garoto , Brazilian musician, composer († 1955 )

• 0July 1 : Willie Dixon , American blues musician († 1992 )
• 0July 9 : David Diamond , American composer († 2005 )
• 0July 9 : Joe Liggins , American jazz and blues pianist († 1987 )
• July 13 : Paul "Hucklebuck" Williams , American blues and R&B saxophonist, composer and band leader († 2002 )
• July 24 : Juan Lockward , Dominican singer and composer († 2006 )
• July 27 : Mario del Monaco , Italian opera singer (tenor) († 1982 )

• 0August 3 : Ejnar Krantz , American composer, pianist, organist and music teacher († 2007 )
• 0August 9 : Haim Alexander , Israeli composer († 2012 )
• August 15 : Morey Feld , American drummer of Dixieland, Jazz and Swing († 1971 )
• August 22 : José Antonio Zorrilla , Mexican composer, writer, screenwriter and director († 1985 )
• August 24 : Wynonie Harris , American blues singer († 1969 )
• August 26 : Humphrey Searle , English composer and student of Anton von Webern († 1982 )

September to December

• 0September 2 : Hans-Joachim Koellreutter , German-Brazilian composer, flautist, conductor and music professor († 2005 )
• 0September 2 : Grachan Moncur II , American jazz bassist († 1996 )
• 0September 3 : Abel Ehrlich , Israeli composer († 2003 )
• 0September 3 : Memphis Slim , American blues singer and pianist († 1988 )
• 0September 4 : Rudolf Schock , German lyric tenor, opera, lied and operetta singer († 1986 )
• September 14 : Gösta Schwarck , German-Danish impresario, manufacturer and composer († 2012 )
• September 15 : Meindest Boekel , Dutch composer and conductor († 1989 )
• September 15 : Al Casey , American jazz guitarist († 2005 )
• September 20 : Kurt Graunke , German orchestra founder, conductor and composer († 2005 )

• 0October 1 : Skeets McDonald , American country musician († 1968 )
• 0October 6 : Edgardo Martín , Cuban composer († 2004 )
• October 19 : Farid el Atrache , Syrian-Egyptian singer, composer and actor († 1974 )

• 0November 2 : Franz Grasberger , Austrian musicologist († 1981 )
• 0November 2 : Douglas Lilburn , New Zealand composer († 2001 )
• 0November 8 : Lamberto Gardelli , Italian conductor († 1998 )
• November 12th : Sunshine Sue , American country musician († 1979 )
• November 15 : Billo Frómeta , Dominican musician and conductor († 1988 )
• November 16 : Alphonse Bois Sec Ardoin , American musician († 2007 )
• November 26 : Earl Wild , American pianist and composer († 2010 )
• November 29 : Billy Strayhorn , American jazz musician († 1967 )
• November 30th : Brownie McGhee , American blues singer and guitarist († 1996 )

• 0December 2 : Blanche Moerschel , American composer, organist, pianist and music teacher († 2004 )
• 0December 2 : Nico Richter , Dutch composer († 1945 )
• 0December 9 : Artur Beul , Swiss song composer († 2010 )
• 0December 9 : Elisabeth Schwarzkopf , German opera and lied singer († 2006 )
• December 12 : Frank Sinatra , American actor, singer and entertainer († 1998 )
• December 12th : Merl Lindsay , American country musician († 1965 )
• December 16 : Georgi Wassiljewitsch Swiridow , Russian composer († 1998 )
• December 17th : André Claveau , French chansonnier († 2003 )
• December 19 : Édith Piaf , French chanson singer († 1963 )
• December 24th : Jean Vallerand , Canadian composer, music critic and conductor († 1994 )

Died

Day of death secured

• January 2 : Karl Goldmark , Austrian composer (* 1830 )
• January 13 : Gaston Arman de Caillavet , French playwright and librettist (* 1870 )
• January 24 : Jan Hřímalý , Czech violinist and music teacher (* 1844 )

• February 12 : Émile Waldteufel , Alsatian musician and composer (* 1837 )
• February 27 : Rudolf Berger , German singer (* 1874 )

• April 1 : Johann Joseph Abert , Czech composer (* 1832 )
• April 27 : Alexander Scriabin , Russian pianist and composer (* 1872 )

• June 19 : Sergei Ivanovich Taneyev , Russian composer (* 1856 )
• June 25 : Rafael Joseffy , Hungarian pianist and music teacher (* 1852 )
• July 14 : Josef Čapek , Czech composer (* 1825 )
• July 27 : Johann Adam Krygell , Danish composer and organist (* 1835 )

• September 6th : Otto Kitzler , German conductor and cellist (* 1834 )
• September 29 : Rudi Stephan , German composer (* 1887 )
• September 29 : Luther Orlando Emerson , American composer (* 1820 )

• October 5 : Otto Malling , Danish organist and composer (* 1848 )
• October 7 : Samuel Prowse Warren , Canadian organist and composer (* 1841 )
• October 26 : August Bungert , German composer (* 1845 )

• December 12th : Amelia Patti , Italian opera singer (* 1831 )

Exact date of death unknown

• Louis Marie François Andlauer , French organist and composer (* 1876 )

See also

Portal: Music  - Overview of Wikipedia content on music

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