Music year 1917

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Music year 1917
Liliʻuokalani , composer and last Queen of Hawaii , dies.

Events

World premieres

ballet

May 12 : The dance play A fából faragott királyfi ( The Wood-Carved Prince ) by the Hungarian composer Béla Bartók based on a libretto by József Újfalussy based on Béla Balázs has its world premiere in Budapest. The work does not meet with much approval from conservative critics, but is received with enthusiasm by the audience, which means that Bartók's opera Duke Bluebeard's Castle , which has been repeatedly rejected as unplayable, is performed in the following year.

Opera

January 30th : The one-act opera A Florentine Tragedy by Alexander von Zemlinsky has its world premiere at the Hoftheater in Stuttgart . The text is based on the poem A Florentine Tragedy by Oscar Wilde in the German translation by Max Meyerfeld.

Piano reduction by Mlada : title page (1891)

February 23 : The world premiere of César Cui's opera Mlada takes place at the Michailovskij teatr in Saint Petersburg, but the work, written in 1872, arouses no interest.

February 26th : The Original Dixieland Jass Band recorded the “Livery Stable Blues” and the “Dixie Jass Band One Step”.

April 30th : World premiere of Pietro Mascagni's opera Lodoletta in Rome.

Premiere poster

May 11th : the opera Turandot. A Chinese fable by Ferruccio Busoni based on Carlo Gozzi will be premiered together with Capriccio Arlecchino or Die Fenster at the Stadttheater Zürich .
June 12 : Hans Pfitzner's musical legend Palestrina is premiered at the Prinzregententheater in Munich under the direction of Bruno Walter with Karl Erb in the title role with an extraordinary success.
December 11th : Hans Pfitzner's work Das Christ-Elflein is premiered in its second version, reworked into a play opera , at the Dresden Court Opera under the direction of Fritz Reiner and with Grete Merrem-Nikisch in the title role. The original seal comes from Ilse von Stach . In contrast to Pfitzner's first version, the second version was a success.

operetta

February 21 : The world premiere of the operetta The Great Comteess by Walter Kollo takes place at the Berlin Theater in Berlin.

August 25 : The world premiere of the operetta Schwarzwaldmädel by Leon Jessel takes place in Berlin. The libretto is by August Neidhart .

September 21 : The operetta Die Faschingsfee by Emmerich Kálmán is premiered at the Johann Strauss Theater in Vienna.

October 6th : The operetta Drei alten Schachteln by Walter Kollo with the libretto by Herman Haller is premiered at the Theater am Nollendorfplatz in Berlin . The lyrics are from Rideamus alias Fritz Oliven .

December 28th : The operetta Bruder Leichtsinn by Leo Ascher is premiered at the Wiener Bürgertheater . In the same year Ascher also published the operetta Egon und seine Frauen .

The temporary husband , an operetta by Edmund Eysler , is premiered.

jazz

The jazz piece Tiger Rag is published. Its authorship is disputed.

Born

January to April

0January 5 : Silvia Eisenstein , Argentine-Venezuelan pianist, composer, conductor and music teacher († 1986 )
0January 5 : Wieland Wagner , German opera director and set designer († 1966 )
0January 7th : Ulysses Kay , American composer († 1995 )
January 11 : Max Lang , Swiss musician, composer and conductor († 1987 )
January 16 : Luigi Agustoni , Swiss theologian, church musician and professor († 2004 )
January 19 : Rudolf Maros , Hungarian composer († 1982 )
January 20 : K-Ximbinho , Brazilian clarinetist, composer and arranger († 1980 )
January 23 : Lotte Buschan , German opera singer († 1994 )
January 31 : Hans Posegga , German composer, pianist and conductor († 2002 )

0February 5 : Otto Edelmann , Austrian singer († 2003 )
February 22 : Louis Auriacombe , French conductor († 1982 )
February 24 : Hans Hartwig , German composer († 2012 )
February 28 : Max Jones , British jazz writer and journalist († 1993 )

0March 1 : Cliffie Stone , American country musician, presenter and producer († 1998 )
0March 2 : Desi Arnaz , Colombian musician and actor († 1986 )
0March 7 : Robert Erickson , American composer († 1997 )
0March 8 : Petar Christoskow , Bulgarian composer, violinist and music teacher († 2006 )
March 15 : Elfie Mayerhofer , Austrian film actress and singer († 1992 )
March 19 : Dinu Lipatti , Romanian pianist and composer († 1950 )
March 20 : Vera Lynn , British singer († 2020 )
March 21 : Anton Coppola , American musician and composer († 2020 )
March 26 : Rufus Thomas , American blues musician († 2001 )
March 26 : Billy Wallace , American country, rockabilly musician and songwriter († 1978 )
March 30th : Els Aarne , Estonian composer († 1995 )
March 31 : Dorothy DeLay , American violin teacher († 2002 )

0April 3 : Tibor Andrašovan , Slovak composer and conductor († 2001 )
0April 3 : Fredy Reyna , Venezuelan cuatro player and music teacher († 2001 )
0April 3 : Stanley Solomon , Canadian violist and music manager († 2015 )
April 25 : Ella Fitzgerald , American jazz singer († 1996 )
April 27 : Denzil Best , American jazz musician († 1965 )
April 30 : Bea Wain , American singer and radio presenter († 2017 )

May to August

0May 1st : Aimé Barelli , French jazz trumpeter and band leader († 1995 )
0May 7 : Domenico Bartolucci , Italian cardinal and choirmaster of the Sistine Chapel († 2013 )
May 11 : Eva Garza , Mexican singer († 1966 )
May 14 : Heinz Alisch , German composer († 1993 )
May 14 : Lou Harrison , American composer († 2003 )
May 14 : Norman Luboff , American composer and choir director († 1987 )
May 28 : Papa John Creach , American violinist († 1994 )
May 29 : Miguel Ablóniz , Italian guitarist, educator and composer († 2001 )

0June 4 : Robert Merrill , American opera singer (baritone) († 2004 )
0June 7 : Dean Martin , American singer, actor and entertainer († 1995 )
June 15 : Leon Payne , American country musician († 1969 )
June 18 : Cövdət Hacıyev , Azerbaijani composer († 2002 )
June 19 : Dave Lambert , American jazz singer († 1966 )
June 22nd : Jean Hubeau , French composer, pianist and music teacher († 1992 )
June 30 : Lena Horne , American singer († 2010 )

July 18 : Henri Salvador , French singer († 2008 )
July 26 : Alberta Adams , American blues singer († 2014 )

0August 3 : Antonio Lauro , Venezuelan composer and guitarist († 1986 )
August 16 : Roque Cordero , Panamanian composer († 2008 )
August 22 : Samuel Dolin , Canadian composer and music teacher († 2002 )
August 22nd : John Lee Hooker , American blues musician († 2001 )
August 23 : Tex Williams , American country singer and band leader († 1985 )
August 25 : Lou van Burg , Dutch-German showmaster and entertainer († 1986 )
August 31 : Lucrecia Kasilag , Filipino composer († 2008 )

September to December

0September 2 : Laurindo Almeida , Brazilian jazz musician († 1995 )
0September 2 : Nazaire De Wolf , Belgian composer and band leader († 1983 )
0September 4th : Geoff Love , British bandleader († 1991 )
September 13 : Robert Ward , American composer († 2013 )
September 14 : Rudolf Baumgartner , Swiss violinist and conductor († 2002 )
September 15 : Richard Anthony Sayer Arnell , British composer and conductor († 2009 )
September 15 : Hilde Güden , Austrian coloratura soprano and chamber singer († 1988 )
September 17 : Isang Yun , Korean composer († 1995 )
September 30th : Buddy Rich , American jazz drummer († 1987 )

0October 4th : Violeta Parra , Chilean folk musician († 1967 )
0October 6 : Maria von Schmedes , Austrian singer and actress († 2003 )
October 10 : Thelonious Monk , American jazz pianist and composer († 1982 )
October 11 : John Adriano Acea , American jazz pianist († 1963 )
October 21 : Dizzy Gillespie , American jazz musician, composer, singer and band leader († 1993 )
October 28 : Harold Brown , Canadian pianist († 2011 )
October 30 : Anna Marly , French singer and songwriter from Russia († 2006 )

0November 6 : András Mihály , Hungarian composer († 1993 )
November 10 : Avelina Landín , Mexican singer († 1991 )
November 12th : Jo Stafford , American singer († 2008 )
November 22 : Jean-Etienne Marie , French composer († 1989 )
November 25 : Amal al-Atrasch , Syrian-Druze singer and actress († 1944 )
November 25 : Jean-Pierre Dautel , French conductor and composer († 2000 )
November 29 : Merle Travis , American country musician and songwriter († 1983 )

December 15 : Hilde Zadek , German-Austrian opera singer († 2019 )
December 18 : Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson , American jazz musician († 1988 )
December 19 : Chucho Martínez Gil , Mexican singer and composer († 1988 )
December 30th : Wesley Tuttle , American country musician († 2003 )

Died

January 11 : Hans Chemin-Petit , German composer (* 1864 )
January 17th : Viktor Gluth , German composer and music teacher (* 1852 )

February 10 : Émile Pessard , French composer (* 1843 )
February 11 : Bernhard Listemann , German-American violinist and music teacher (* 1841 )

March 15 : Paul Puget , French composer (* 1848 )

0April 1 : Scott Joplin , American musician (ragtime composer) (* 1868 )
0April 2 : Jindřich Kafka , Czech composer (* 1844 )

May 11 : Otto Klauwell , German composer (* 1851 )
May 16 : Fernand Halphen , French composer (* 1872 )

June 12 : Teresa Carreño , Venezuelan pianist and composer (* 1853 )
June 17th : Ernst Stöhr , Austrian painter, poet and musician (* 1860 )

July 16 : Philipp Scharwenka , German composer and music teacher (* 1847 )

0September 5 : Marie Schröder-Hanfstängl , German opera singer and vocal teacher (* 1847 )
0September 8 : Charles Lefèbvre , French composer (* 1843 )
September 21 : Grete Trakl , Austrian pianist (* 1891 )

October 15 : Mata Hari , Dutch dancer and spy (* 1876 )

Margaretha cell (Mata Hari) before her execution
October 20 : Aleksander Eduard Thomson , Estonian composer (* 1845 )
October 30 : Otokar Kopecký , German violinist (* 1850 )

November 11th : Liliʻuokalani , Queen of Hawaii and composer (* 1838 )
November 20 : Frederick Herbert Torrington , Canadian organist, conductor, composer and music teacher (* 1837 )

December 19 : Anna Magdalena Appel , German ballet dancer and Grand Duchess (* 1846 )

Web links

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