Music year 1919

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Music year 1919
The opera Die Frau ohne Schatten by Richard Strauss will be premiered at the Vienna State Opera.	On London's Alhambra Theater is Manuel de Falla's ballet The Three-Cornered Hat of the Ballets Russes premiered.

Events

Instrumental music

The songs Five Little Songs (based on poems by Achim von Arnim and Heinrich Heine) op. 69 and motto AV 105 by Richard Strauss are completed.

Igor Stravinsky publishes the piano piece Piano Rag Music .

Musical theater

February 21 : The world premiere of the opera Abessalom and Eteri by Sacharij Paliaschwili takes place at the Georgian National Theater in Tbilisi. A motif of the composition will later be incorporated into the national anthem of Georgia . In the opera, Paliashvili combines national Georgian folk tunes with classical European music.
March 18 : World premiere of the opera Gaudeamus by Engelbert Humperdinck in Darmstadt
April 5 : The Singspiel Das Dorf ohne Glocke by Eduard Künneke based on the libretto by August Neidhart is premiered at the Friedrich-Wilhelmstädtisches Theater in Berlin. A Hungarian legend by Árpád Pásztor served as a literary model .
April 10 : World premiere of the musical comedy Masques et bergamasques by Gabriel Fauré in Monte Carlo
April 16 : World premiere of the opera Don Ranudo de Colibrados by Othmar Schoeck in Zurich.
June 25 : The operetta Fräulein Puck by Walter Kollo is premiered at the Munich Volkstheater .
July 22nd : Manuel de Falla's ballet Der Dreispitz by the Ballets Russes is premiered in the Alhambra Theater in London, set by Pablo Picasso and with the choreography by Léonide Massine . Performers include Tamara Karsawina and the choreographer Léonide Massine.

October 6 : World premiere of the operetta Apple Blossoms by Fritz Kreisler at the Globe Theater in New York.

October 10 : The opera Die Frau ohne Schatten by Richard Strauss premieres at the Vienna State Opera. The libretto comes from Hugo von Hofmannsthal , based on the conversations of German emigrants with Johann Wolfgang von Goethe . A few days later, the premiere of a second rehearsal takes place at the Semperoper under Fritz Reiner in Dresden. The opera is reluctant to gain acceptance on German and international stages.

October 21 : World premiere of the opera Fennimore and Gerda by Frederick Delius at the Opera House in Frankfurt am Main.

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October 26 : Premiere of the opera Revolution Wedding by Eugen d'Albert in Leipzig.
December 13th : World premiere of the opera Sì by Pietro Mascagni in Rome.

Further world premieres in 1919:

Eduard Künnecke : The Much Beloved (Operetta)
Leo Ascher : What girls dream and the artist price (operettas).
Jan Brandts Buys : Micarême (opera), world premiere in Vienna.
Heinrich Berté : The Three Cavaliers (Operetta)
Oskar Nedbal : Mamsell Napoleon , (operetta).
Ralph Benatzky : Die Verliebten (Singspiel)

Others

In Dresden, the Dresden Dada group is formed around Kurt Günther , Otto Griebel , Otto Dix and the composer Erwin Schulhoff .

Born

January to March

January 3 : Herbie Nichols , American jazz pianist and composer († 1963 )
January 5 : Severino Gazzelloni , Italian flautist († 1992 )
January 7th : Ján Albrecht , Slovak composer and music teacher († 1996 )
9 January : Hans Lebert , Austrian writer and opera singer († 1993 )
January 16 : Lina Romay , American singer and actress († 2010 )
January 18 : Juan Orrego-Salas , Chilean composer and music teacher († 2019 )
January 24 : Leon Kirchner , American composer († 2009 )
January 25 : Norman Newell , British music producer and songwriter († 2004 )
January 27 : David Seville , American singer and songwriter († 1972 )

February 2 : Lisa della Casa , Swiss opera and operetta singer († 2012 )
February 3 : Snooky Young , American jazz trumpeter († 2011 )
February 9 : Alfred Zemanovský , Czech composer, choir director and music publisher († 1994 )
February 13 : Tennessee Ernie Ford , American country and gospel singer († 1991 )
February 15 : Stephen Kondaks , Canadian violist and music teacher († 2005 )
February 16 : Georges Ulmer , French singer († 1989 )
February 19 : Stephan Henrik Barratt-Due , Norwegian violinist and music teacher († 1985 )
February 27 : Roman Haubenstock-Ramati , composer († 1994 )

March 8 : Mavor Moore , Canadian author, librettist, composer, music critic and educator, director and producer († 2006 )
March 11 : Joaquín Mendivel , Cuban pianist, arranger, composer, orchestra conductor and music teacher († 1997 )
March 12 : Casandra Damirón , Dominican singer († 1983 )
March 15 : George Avakian , American music producer († 2017 )
March 17 : Nat King Cole , American singer and jazz musician († 1965 )
March 18 : Michèle Arnaud , French chanson singer († 1998 )
March 19 : Lennie Tristano , American jazz musician (pianist and composer) († 1978 )
March 21 : Cecil Steffen , American composer and music teacher († 2009 )

April to June

April 1 : Stefi Ákos , Hungarian singer († 2005 )
April 12 : Billy Vaughn , American band leader († 1991 )
April 13 : Howard Keel , American actor and musical performer († 2004 )
April 14 : Karel Berman , Czech composer and opera singer († 1995 )
April 16 : Merce Cunningham , American dancer and choreographer († 2009 )
April 18 : John Taras , American choreographer and ballet master († 2004 )
April 20th : Vera Auer , Austrian accordionist and vibraphonist († 1996 )
April 21 : Don Cornell , American singer († 2004 )
April 21 : Roger Doucet , Canadian singer († 1981 )
April 21 : Michael Mann , German musician and literary scholar, son of Thomas Mann († 1977 )
April 23 : Tālivaldis Ķeniņš , Canadian composer and music teacher of Latvian origin († 2008 )
April 25 : Heinz Wunderlich , German organist and composer († 2012 )
April 29 : Alla Rakha , Indian musician (tabla) († 2000 )

May 3 : Pete Seeger , American folk musician († 2014 )
May 4 : Mary Ann McCall , American jazz singer († 1994 )
May 7th : La Esterella , Flemish singer († 2011 )
May 8 : Soltan Hacibeyov , Azerbaijani composer († 1974 )
May 10 : Peter Maag , Swiss conductor († 2001 )
May 10 : Tibor Sárai , Hungarian composer († 1995 )
May 12 : Gerald Bales , Canadian organist, pianist, composer, choir director and music teacher († 2002 )
May 17 : Antonio Aguilar , Mexican singer and actor († 2007 )
May 18 : Margot Fonteyn , British dancer († 1991 )
May 19 : Georgie Auld , American jazz tenor saxophonist, clarinetist and band leader († 1990 )
May 23 : Ruth Fernández , Puerto Rican singer († 2012 )
May 26 : Rubén González , Cuban pianist († 2003 )
May 30th : Benno Hoffmann , German ballet master and actor († 2005 )

June 6 : Rudolf am Bach , Swiss pianist and music teacher († 2004 )

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June 8 : Erwin Lehn , German orchestra leader († 2010 )
June 20 : CW Adams , American western swing musician and rancher († 1987 )
June 29 : Juan Blanco , Cuban composer († 2008 )
June 29 : Happy Wilson , American country musician († 1977 )

July to September

July 9 : Earle Hagen , American film composer († 2008 )
July 13 : David Nillo , American dancer, choreographer and arranger († 2005 )
July 27 : Jonathan Sternberg , American conductor and music teacher († 2018 )

August 9 : Edmund Hockridge , Canadian singer († 2009 )
August 11 : Ginette Neveu , French violinist († 1949 )
August 12 : Erwin Amend , German composer and concert master († 1997 )
August 13 : George Shearing , English jazz pianist († 2011 )
August 15 : Maria Mucke , German singer († 2018 )
August 21 : Tommy Reilly , Canadian musician († 2000 )
August 24 : Niels Viggo Bentzon , Danish composer and pianist († 2000 )
August 24 : Benny Moré , Cuban singer († 1963 )
August 26 : Frances Wayne , American jazz singer († 1978 )
August 30 : Wolfgang Wagner , German opera director and festival director († 2010 )
August 30 : Kitty Wells , American country singer († 2012 )

September 2 : Marge Champion , American dancer and actress
September 5 : Albert Häberling , Swiss composer and conductor († 2012 )
September 5 : Héctor Zeoli , Argentine organist, composer and music teacher († 1993 )
September 9 : Maurice Dela , Canadian composer and organist († 1978 )
September 9 : Don Gais , American jazz pianist († 1996 )
September 16 : Sven-Erik Bäck , Swedish composer († 1994 )
September 18 : Edward Bury , Polish composer, conductor, pianist and music teacher († 1995 )
September 23 : Bogdan Paprocki , Polish singer († 2010 )
September 24 : Václav Nelhýbel , American composer and professor († 1996 )

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September 29 : Margot Hielscher , German singer and film actress († 2017 )

October to December

October 2 : John Duarte , English composer, guitarist, music teacher and critic († 2004 )
October 3 : Robert James Dvorak , American composer, music teacher and horn player
October 10 : Roland Lebrun , Canadian singer-songwriter (Le Soldat Lebrun) († 1980 )
October 11 : Art Blakey , American drummer († 1990 )
October 12 : André Casanova , French composer († 2009 )
October 17th : Irmgard Arnold , German opera singer († 2014 )
October 18 : James Winter , American horn player and professor († 2006 )
October 18 : Anita O'Day , American jazz singer († 2006 )
October 27 : Michel Schwalbé , Polish violinist († 2012 )

November 5th : Horst Wende , German orchestra leader, arranger and accordionist († 1996 )
November 14 : Lisa Otto , German opera soprano († 2013 )
November 19 : Traudl Well , German folk musician († 2015 )
November 22 : Kiko Mendive , Cuban actor, choreographer, dancer and singer († 2000 )
November 23 : Jacques Ary , French boxer, wrestler, wrestler, saxophonist, orchestra leader, screenwriter and actor († 1974 )
November 23 : Cláudio Santoro , Brazilian composer († 1989 )
November 26 : Ernest Alvin Archia Jr. , American tenor saxophonist († 1977 )
November 27 : Siegfried Naumann , Swedish composer and professor († 2001 )
November 30th : Detlef Kraus , German pianist († 2008 )

December 6 : Gideon Klein , Czech composer († 1945 )
December 8 : Mieczysław Weinberg , Russian composer of Polish descent († 1996 )
December 9 : Johnny Albino , Puerto Rican bolero singer († 2011 )
December 10 : Vicentico Valdés , Cuban singer († 1996 )
December 10 : Alexander Courage , American film composer († 2008 )
December 20 : Nicolás Urcelay , Mexican singer († 1959 )
December 22nd : Lil Green , American blues singer († 1954 )
December 23 : Hugo Romani , Argentine singer († 2016 )
December 28 : Inocente Carreño , Venezuelan composer († 2016 )
December 30th : David Willcocks , British choir director and composer († 2015 )

Died

Date of birth saved

January 14 : Carlos Manuel García Vila , Dominican violinist and music teacher (* 1893 )
January 16 : Jaroslav Jeremiáš , Czech composer (* 1889 )
January 22nd : Josesito García Vila , Dominican pianist and composer (* 1888 )
February 2 : Xavier Leroux , French composer (* 1863 )

March 8 : Auguste Tolbecque , French cellist, conductor, composer, instrument maker and music teacher (* 1830 )
March 11th : Harald Fryklöf , Swedish organist, music teacher and composer (* 1882 )
March 13 : Amy Woodforde-Finde , English composer (* 1860 )
March 19 : Franklin Taylor , English pianist and music teacher (* 1843 )

April 19 : Joseph Gagnier , Canadian clarinetist (* 1854 )
April 24th : Camille Erlanger , French composer (* 1863 )
May 8 : Philipp Wolfrum , German composer and organist (* 1854 )

July 10 : Hugo Riemann , German music theorist, music historian and music teacher (* 1849 )
July 25 : Friedrich Grützmacher , German cellist (* 1866 )
August 9 : Ruggero Leoncavallo , Italian composer (* 1857 )

September 3 : Josef Wiedemann , Austrian military bandmaster and composer (* 1828 )
September 9 : Henri Lutz , French composer (* 1864 )
October 31 : Charles Herman Steinway , American industrialist, piano maker and amateur composer and pianist (* 1857 )

December 18 : Horatio Parker , American composer (* 1863 )
December 21 : Louis Diémer , French pianist and composer (* 1843 )

Exact date of death unknown

José Ovidio García , Dominican clarinetist, conductor and music teacher (* 1862 )

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