Music year 1916

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Music year 1916
Hugo Ball and Emmy Hennings found Cabaret Voltaire .	The opera Die Schneider von Schönau by Jan Brandts-Buys has its world premiere.

Events

Dadaism

February 5 : Hugo Ball and his girlfriend Emmy Hennings found the Cabaret Voltaire in Zurich at Spiegelgasse 1, not far from Lenin's exile apartment . This is where the Dada movement arises . The Romanian poet Tristan Tzara as well as Hans Arp and Richard Huelsenbeck soon joined the cabaret.

World premieres

Opera

March 5 : Eugen d'Albert's opera Die toten Augen with the libretto by Hans Heinz Ewers and Marc Henry premiered at the Dresden Hofoper with great success . The conductor is Fritz Reiner .

March 28 : The two one-act operas Der Ring des Polykrates and Violanta by Erich Wolfgang Korngold are premiered at the Court Opera in Munich. They are so successful that Korngold will become one of the most played opera composers in Germany and Austria in the next few years.

April 1 : Die Schneider von Schönau , a comic opera in three acts by the Dutch composer Jan Brandts-Buys with the libretto by Ignaz Michael Welleminsky , is premiered at the Dresden Court Opera. The opera gave the composer international success.

October 15 : The world premiere of the opera Das Höllisch Gold by Julius Bittner takes place in Darmstadt. The opera becomes the composer's greatest success.

December 5th : The world premiere of the chamber opera Savitri by Gustav Holst takes place in Wellington Hall in London.

operetta

January 14th : The operetta Der Sterngucker by Franz Lehár based on a libretto by Fritz Löhner-Beda and Alfred Maria Willner is premiered in the Theater in der Josefstadt in Vienna.

January 15 : The world premiere of the Singspiel Das Dreimäderlhaus by Heinrich Berté takes place at the Raimund Theater in Vienna . The central figure of the operetta is the composer Franz Schubert , whose music Berté used as the basis of his score in a slightly edited form. The libretto was written by Alfred Maria Willner and Heinz Reichert . It is based on the novel Schwammerl by Rudolf Hans Bartsch .

January 28 : The operetta Liebeszauber by Oscar Straus is premiered at the Bürgertheater in Vienna.

March 31 : The world premiere of the operetta Der blessed Balduin by Walter Kollo takes place in Monti's Operetta Theater in Berlin.

September 9 : The world premiere of the operetta Auf Flügeln des Gesangs by Walter Kollo takes place at the Berlin Theater in Berlin

December 2 : The operetta Die Rose von Stambul by Leo Fall is premiered at the Theater an der Wien in Vienna. The work with the libretto by Julius Brammer and Alfred Grünwald belongs to the so-called silver operetta era .

Further operetta premieres in 1916:

Edmund Eysler : Hanni goes dancing!
Leo Ascher : The beautiful comedian and Marie's soldier (two operettas)
Robert Stolz : The favorite .
Ralph Benatzky : You lovely woman ; Love in the snow

jazz

May 22nd : The American newspaper Chicago Tribune mentions the musical term " Jaz " for the first time.
June 5th : Stein's Dixie Jass Band plays for the first time under the name Original Dixieland Jass Band .
December : Wilbur Sweatman records “Down Home Rag” in New York City.

Others

The Neapolitan tenor Enrico Caruso is the first to record the song 'O sole mio, composed by Eduardo Di Capua .

Born

January to April

0January 1 : Antonio Estévez , Venezuelan composer († 1988 )
0January 3 : Maxene Angelyn Andrews , American singer († 1995 )
0January 4 : Slim Gaillard , American jazz singer († 1991 )
0January 4th : Willy Mattes , Austrian composer, arranger and conductor († 2002 )
January 11 : Zikmund Schul , German composer († 1944 )
January 12 : Jay McShann , American blues musician († 2006 )
January 15 : Denise Soriano , French violinist († 2006 )
January 21 : Miquel Asins Arbó , Spanish composer, conductor and teacher († 1996 )
January 22nd : Henri Dutilleux , French composer († 2013 )
January 26th : Hans Martin , German composer, choir director and organist († 2007 )
January 30th : Benno Kusche , German opera singer († 2010 )
January 31 : Carlos Jiménez Mabarak , Mexican composer († 1994 )

0February 5 : Daniel Santos , Puerto Rican singer and composer († 1992 )
February 20 : Julius Juzeliūnas , Lithuanian composer and music teacher († 2001 )
February 26 : Mordecai Seter , Israeli composer († 1994 )
February 29 : Dinah Shore , American singer († 1994 )

0March 2 : Bernard Stevens , English composer and conductor († 1983 )
0March 8 : George Sylvester "Red" Callender , American jazz bassist (double bass and tuba) († 1992 )
March 15 : Harry James , American trumpeter and band leader († 1983 )
March 18 : Winton Dean , English musicologist († 2013 )
March 18 : Louis Toebosch , Dutch composer and professor († 2009 )
March 25 : Nikolai Peiko , Russian composer († 1995 )
March 28 : Jess Willard , American country musician († 1959 )

0April 2 : Oleg Lundstrem , Russian jazz musician († 2005 )
April 11 : Alberto Ginastera , Argentine composer († 1983 )
April 12 : Russell Garcia , American composer and arranger († 2011 )
April 19 : Gerhard Wendland , German pop singer († 1996 )
April 22 : Yehudi Menuhin , American-British violinist and conductor († 1999 )
April 25 : Luis Herrera de la Fuente , Mexican conductor and composer († 2014 )
April 27 : Jan Rychlík , Czech composer († 1964 )

May to August

0May 5 : Weli Muhadow , Turkmen composer († 2005 )
May 10 : Milton Babbitt , American composer († 2011 )
May 13 : Jack Anglin , American country singer († 1963 )
May 14 : Lance Dossor , British-Australian pianist and professor († 2005 )
May 22 : Alfred Pfeifle , German tenor († 1986 )
May 26 : Moondog , American composer († 1999 )

0June 8 : Adolph Hofner , American country musician († 2000 )
June 15 : Horacio Salgán , Argentine orchestra leader
June 18 : Gaston Allaire , Canadian musicologist and teacher, organist and pianist, composer († 2011 )
June 22 : Richard Eastham , American singer and actor († 2005 )
June 24 : Ruth Shaw Wylie , American composer and music teacher († 1989 )
June 26 : Karlrobert Kreiten , German pianist († 1943 )
June 30th : Manuel Simó , Dominican composer, conductor and music teacher († 1988 )

0July 2 : Ken Curtis , American singer († 1991 )
July 27 : Siegfried Reda , German composer († 1968 )
July 29 : Charlie Christian , American jazz guitarist († 1942 )

0August 4th : Carlos Ramírez , Colombian singer and actor († 1986 )
August 18 : Moura Lympany , English pianist († 2005 )
August 25 : Ernest Majo , German composer and professor († 2002 )
August 26 : Milton Soares Gomes dos Santos , Brazilian composer († 1974 )
August 29 : Consuelo Velázquez , Mexican composer († 2005 )

September to December

September 12 : William Alonzo Anderson , American jazz trumpeter († 1981 )
September 25 : Tolia Nikiprowetzky , Russian composer († 1997 )
September 29 : Minao Shibata , Japanese composer († 1996 )
September 29 : Josef Traxel , German tenor († 1975 )

0October 5 : Wolfram Röhrig , German pianist and conductor († 1998 )
October 11 : Luis Kalaff , Dominican singer, guitarist and composer († 2010 )
October 17 : Tadeusz Paciorkiewicz , Polish composer and music teacher († 1998 )
October 19 : Karl-Birger Blomdahl , Swedish composer and conductor († 1968 )
October 19 : Emil Grigoryevich Gilels , Russian pianist († 1985 )
October 24 : Pierre Sancan , French pianist, conductor and composer († 2008 )
October 31 : Earl Songer , American country musician († 1972 )

0November 6 : Ray Conniff , American composer, arranger, orchestra conductor and trombonist († 2002 )
0November 7th : Joe Bushkin , American jazz pianist († 2004 )
November 12 : Jean Papineau-Couture , Canadian composer († 2000 )
November 16 : Herbert C. Abramson , American music producer († 1999 )
November 29 : Valentino Bucchi , Italian composer († 1976 )

0December 2 : Charlie Ventura , American jazz musician († 1992 )
December 11 : Dámaso Pérez Prado , Cuban musician and composer († 1989 )
December 24th : Lalo Guerrero , American singer, guitarist and songwriter († 2005 )
December 24th : Carlo Rustichelli , Italian film music composer († 2004 )
December 26 : Helmut Eder , Austrian composer († 2005 )
December 27 : Johnny Frigo , American jazz bassist and violinist († 2007 )

Exact date of birth unknown

Victor Abita , Venezuelan pianist, music teacher and composer of Italian origin
Mario Escobar , Chilean tenor saxophonist († 1984 )
Helen Kotas Hirsch , American horn player († 2000 )

Died

Date of death secured

January 18 : Česlovas Sasnauskas , Lithuanian composer (* 1867 )
January 27 : Cesare De Sanctis , Italian composer, church musician and music teacher (* 1824 )
April 9 : Wilhelm Sauer , German master organ builder (* 1831 )
May 11 : Max Reger , German composer and organist (* 1873 )
May 17th : Gaston Salvayre , French composer (* 1847 )
May 28 : Albert Lavignac , French musicologist and composer (* 1846 )
June 1 : Anna Schramm , German soubrette and actress (* 1835 )
July 24th : Eugène Anthiome , French composer (* 1836 )
July 27 : Karl Klindworth , German composer and conductor (* 1830 )
September 15 : Isidore Legouix , French composer (* 1834 )
September 25 : Julius Ernest Wilhelm Fučík , Czech composer and conductor (* 1872 )
October 25 : Giulio Cottrau , Italian composer (* 1831 )
November 8 : Frederic Woodman Root , American composer and music teacher (* 1846 )
November 23 : Eduard Nápravník , Czech conductor and composer (* 1839 )
November 27 : James Cutler Dunn Parker , American composer (* 1828 )
December 3 : Victor Occellier , American-Canadian singer (* around 1865)
December 5 : Hans Richter , Austro-Hungarian conductor (* 1843 )
December 20 : William Wallace Gilchrist senior , American composer (* 1846 )
December 27 : Nikolai Feopemptowitsch Solowjow , Russian composer and music teacher (* 1846 )
December 28 : Eduard Strauss , Austrian composer and Kapellmeister (* 1835 )

Exact date of death unknown

Edward Kreiser , American organist and composer (* 1869 )
Georges Kriéger , French organist and composer (* 1885 )

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