Music year 1920

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Music year 1920
The Salzburg Festival is founded.

Events

Festivals and art groups

April 30th : Katherine S. Dreier , Man Ray and Marcel Duchamp found Société Anonyme Inc. in New York City . The group organizes numerous exhibitions, readings, concerts and symposia on modernism and publishes numerous publications on them.

August 22nd : The history of the Salzburg Festival begins with a performance of Jedermann by Hugo von Hofmannsthal on the Salzburg Cathedral Square with Alexander Moissi and Johanna Terwin in the leading roles . In addition to Max Reinhardt and Hugo von Hofmannsthal, the establishment of the Salzburg Festival is mainly thanks to the composer Richard Strauss , the conductor and Viennese court opera director Franz Schalk and the set designer Alfred Roller .

Sound recordings

January 15th : The record producer Homocord offers the first record with jazz in Germany . The recorded title Tiger Rag , performed by the Original Excentric Band , is interpreted in a way that is not typical for jazz .
August 10 : Recording of the first blues sung in the history of sound recordings: "Crazy Blues" with Mamie Smith .

World premieres

song

September 21 : The song of the labor movement, Brothers, About the Sun, about Freedom is sung in public for the first time in Germany.

Instrumental music

December 12th : La Valse Poème chorégraphique pour Orchester by Maurice Ravel is premiered as a purely orchestral work in the company of Sergei Djagilew , Igor Stravinsky , Francis Poulenc and others. The client Dyagilev rejects the piece because it is not a ballet , as he had commissioned , but a portrait of a ballet.

The suite (Den Luciferiske) op. 45 by Carl Nielsen comes out. The work is dedicated to Artur Schnabel .
George Enescu completes his String Quartet No. 1 in E flat major, Op. 22 No. 1

Musical theater

January 20 : The world premiere of the operetta Das Hollandweibchen by Emmerich Kálmán takes place with success at the Johann Strauss Theater in Vienna. The libretto is by Leo Stein and Bela Jenbach .

January 21 : The world premiere of the opera Der Schatzgräber by Franz Schreker takes place at the Frankfurt Opera . It becomes one of the most frequently performed contemporary operas of the Weimar Republic.

February 12 : The world premiere of the operetta The Last Waltz by Oscar Straus with Fritzi Massary in the leading role takes place at the Berlin Theater in Berlin. The libretto is by Julius Brammer and Alfred Grünwald .

February 23 : World premiere of the opera Der Fremde by Hugo Kaun at the State Opera in Dresden

April 28 : World premiere of the cheerful opera Schirin und Gertraude by Paul Graener in Dresden

May 28 : World premiere of the operetta Die Blaue Mazur by Franz Lehár at the Theater an der Wien in Vienna

July 1st : World premiere of the opera The First People by Rudi Stephan in Frankfurt am Main

September 3rd : World premiere of the operetta When Love Awaks by Eduard Künneke at the Theater am Nollendorfplatz in Berlin.

October 4th : Premiere of the operetta Der rejuvenated Adola by Walter Kollo in the theater in the Kommandantenstrasse, Berlin.

October 18 : The world premiere of the operetta Der Tanz ins Glück by Robert Stolz takes place at the Komödienhaus in Vienna.

Die tote Stadt , original sheet music for the opera with a dedication by Korngold

December 4th : The world premiere of the opera Die tote Stadt by Erich Wolfgang Korngold with texts by Paul Schott takes place at the same time at the Stadttheater Hamburg and the Stadttheater Cologne and is a great success at both locations. The libretto is based on the symbolist novel Das tote Brugge ( Bruges-la-morte ) by Georges Rodenbach .
December 9th : Giacomo Puccini performs the fourth revised version of the opera Madama Butterfly for the first time at the Teatro Carcano in Milan.

Further operetta premieres in 1920:

Robert Stolz: The Roses of the Madonna and Das Sperrsechserl in March and June
Ralph Benatzky : Count Cheveraux , Yuschi dances , Bluffodont and Apaches all in Vienna.
Leo Ascher : Princess Friedl , Baroness Sarah and twelve o'clock at night .
Walter Wilhelm Goetze : The top queen
Leo Fall : The Spanish nightingale
Heinrich Berté : Coulisse secrets last operetta by the composer.
Eduard Künneke : When love awakens
Edmund Eysler : The king is getting married .

Ottorino Respighi performs the ballet Scherzo veneziano. Azione coreografica (Libretto: Ileana Leonidov) in Rome.

Born

January to March

0January 1 : Suzanne Juyol , French opera singer († 1994 )
0January 5 : Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli , Italian pianist († 1995 )
0January 6 : Earl Kim , American composer and music teacher († 1998 )
January 21 : Jack Groob , Canadian violinist and conductor († 1984 )
January 21 : Bert Grund , German film composer († 1992 )
January 22 : William Warfield , American singer (bass-baritone) († 2002 )
January 23 : Ray Abrams , American jazz tenor saxophonist († 1992 )
January 24th : Hilario González , Cuban composer, pianist, musicologist and music teacher († 1999 )
January 25 : Pedro Licinio Valerio , Dominican guitarist and singer († 2005 )
January 27 : Vicente Bianchi , Chilean pianist, composer and conductor († 2018 )
January 27 : Helmut Zacharias , German violinist († 2002 )
January 31 : Ana María González , Mexican singer († 1983 )

0February 8 : Mary Siragusa , Dominican pianist and music teacher († 2002 )
February 12 : Bob Shad , American music producer († 1985 )
February 14 : Jack Lesberg , American musician († 2005 )
February 18 : Rolande Falcinelli , French composer and organist († 2006 )
February 22nd : Maria Hellwig , German singer, presenter and entertainer († 2010 )
February 23 : Hall Overton , American jazz musician († 1972 )
February 29 : Marcel Frémiot , French composer († 2018 )

0March 9 : Gerald "Jerry" Byrd , American country singer and musician († 2005 )
March 10 : Boris Vian , French writer, chansonnier, actor and translator († 1959 )
March 16 : John Mervyn Addison , British composer († 1998 )
March 18th : Linda Dégh , Hungarian folklorist († 2014 )
March 18 : Yayo el Indio , Puerto Rican singer († 2000 )
March 20 : Bienvenido Fabián , Dominican composer, pianist and singer († 2000 )
March 22nd : Helmut Winschermann , German oboist, university professor and conductor
March 28 : Karen Tuttle , American violist and music teacher († 2010 )
March 31 : Hubert Bradel , Polish horn player († 2002 )

April to June

0April 1 : John LaPorta , American jazz clarinetist († 2004 )
0April 1 : HE Erwin Walther , German composer and music teacher († 1995 )
0April 6 : Joseíto Mateo , Dominican singer († 2018 )
0April 7th : Ravi Shankar , Indian sitar player and composer († 2012 )
0April 9 : Art Van Damme , American jazz accordionist († 2010 )
April 11 : René Carol , German pop singer († 1978 )
April 13 : George Armstrong , British jazz trombonist († 2005 )
April 14 : Eduardo Maturana , Chilean composer († 2003 )
April 20 : Ricardo García Perdomo , Cuban guitarist and singer († 1996 )
April 27 : Guido Cantelli , Italian conductor († 1956 )
April 29 : Harold Shapero , American composer († 2013 )

0May 2 : Jean-Marie Auberson , Swiss conductor and violinist († 2004 )
0May 2 : Jacob Gilboa , Israeli composer († 2007 )
0May 2 : Joe Henderson , British piano player († 1980 )
0May 3 : John Lewis , American jazz musician († 2001 )
0May 4 : Yakov Soroker , Israeli violinist and musicologist († 1995 )
May 12 : Renata Bogdańska , Polish stage actress and singer († 2010 )
May 13 : Alfons Bauer , German composer of folk music and zither player († 1997 )
May 13 : Gareth Morris , English flautist († 2007 )
May 16 : Valda Aveling , Australian harpsichordist and pianist († 2007 )
May 18 : Bedřich Janáček , Czech organist, composer and music teacher († 2007 )
May 21 : John William "Bill" Barber , American tuba player († 2007 )
May 26 : Peggy Lee , American singer († 2002 )
May 30 : George London , American opera singer († 1985 )

0June 4th : Fedora Barbieri , Italian opera singer (mezzo-soprano) († 2003 )
0June 5 : Kurt Edelhagen , German big band leader († 1982 )
0June 6 : Robert Turner , Canadian composer and music teacher († 2012 )
June 10 : Zbyněk Vostřák , Czech composer († 1985 )
June 16 : Georges Follman , Belgian composer and conductor († 1994 )
June 25 : Joe Viola , American jazz musician († 2001 )

July to September

July 11 : Yul Brynner , American actor and singer († 1985 )
July 13 : Anna Halprin , American dancer and choreographer
July 13 : Wilhelm Kümpel , cathedral organist and church music director († 2000 )
July 19 : Robert Mann , American violinist, conductor, composer and music teacher († 2018 )
July 21 : Anthony Amato , American opera director, founder and head of Amato Opera († 2011 )
July 21 : Isaac Stern , violinist († 2001 )
July 24 : Howard Brown , Canadian pianist, harpsichordist and music teacher († 2001 )
July 26 : Walter Laird , British dancer († 2002 )
July 29 : Herbert Kegel , German conductor († 1990 )
July 31 : Walter Arlen , Austrian-American music critic and composer

0August 2 : Werner Müller , German author, composer, conductor, arranger and orchestra leader († 1998 )
0August 7th : Harry Arnold , Swedish tenor saxophonist, clarinetist and band leader († 1971 )
0August 8 : Alfred Heimat , German violinist, conductor and Kapellmeister († 2005 )
August 11 : Albert E. Kaiser , Swiss conductor and music teacher († 2004 )
August 12 : Percy Mayfield , American blues musician († 1984 )
August 18 : Don Lamond , American jazz drummer († 2003 )
August 23 : Leo Marini , Argentine singer († 2000 )
August 29 : Charlie Parker , American jazz saxophonist (alto sax) († 1955 )
August 29 : Giorgos Sisilianos , Greek composer († 2005 )

0September 3 : Paul Hamburger , Austrian pianist, founder of the Mozart Quartet († 2004 )
0September 4 : George Little , Canadian music teacher, choir conductor and organist († 1995 )
07 September : Román Peña , Dominican composer, violinist and guitarist († 2003 )
0September 9 : Eleanor Koldofsky , Canadian music and film producer and writer
September 19 : Karen Surenowitsch Chatschaturjan , Russian composer († 2011 )
September 19 : Rudi von der Dovenmühle , German pop composer († 2000 )
September 19 : Hans-Arno Simon , German composer, singer, pianist and producer († 1989 )
September 21 : Vico Torriani , Swiss singer, actor, showmaster († 1998 )
September 23 : Alexander Arutjunjan , Armenian composer († 2012 )
September 23 : Keith MacMillan , Canadian music producer, publisher and manager († 1991 )
September 28 : Alan Davie , Scottish painter and musician († 2014 )
September 28 : Alan A. Freeman , Australian music producer († 1985 )
September 29 : Václav Neumann , Czech conductor, violin and viola player († 1995 )
September 30th : Torbjörn Lundquist , Swedish composer († 2000 )

October to December

0October 1 : John Vallier , English pianist, composer, music teacher and musicologist († 1991 )
0October 8 : Alfredo Rossi y Rossi , Argentine composer
0October 9 : Yusef Abdul Lateef , American jazz musician († 2013 )
October 18 : Melina Mercouri , Greek actress, singer and minister of culture († 1994 )
October 23 : Charlie Adams , American country musician († 2004 )
October 31 : Joseph Gelineau , French composer and Jesuit († 2008 )

0November 1 : Amadeus Webersinke , German pianist, organist and university lecturer († 2005 )
0November 2 : Fabio González-Zuleta , Colombian composer and music teacher († 2011 )
November 15 : Jerome Richardson , American jazz saxophonist and flutist († 2000 )
November 17 : Camillo Felgen , singer, lyricist and radio and television presenter († 2005 )
November 18 : Louis Mennini , American composer and music teacher († 2000 )
November 29 : Vittoria Calma , Polish opera singer († 2007 )

0December 6th : Dave Brubeck , American jazz pianist († 2012 )
December 10 : Bryan Beaumont Hays , American composer and music teacher († 2017 )
December 12 : Dick James , British music publisher († 1986 )
December 14th : Clark Terry , American jazz trumpeter, band leader and composer († 2015 )
December 15 : Howard Cable , Canadian conductor, arranger and composer († 2016 )
December 18 : Edmond de Stoutz , Swiss conductor († 1997 )
December 18 : Rita Streich , German soprano († 1987 )
December 19 : Little Jimmy Dickens , American country singer († 2015 )
December 21 : Alicia Alonso , Cuban prima ballerina and choreographer († 2019 )
December 23 : Norman Symonds , Canadian composer, clarinetist, saxophonist and band leader († 1998 )
December 26 : Maurice Gendron , French cellist († 1990 )
December 29th : Irving Ashby , American jazz guitarist († 1987 )

Exact date of birth unknown

James Chambers , American horn player († 1989 )
Donald Mackey , Canadian organist, choir director and music teacher († 1993 )

Died

January 7th : Smith Newell Penfield , American composer (* 1837 )
January 8 : Maud Powell , American violinist (* 1867 )
January 16 : Reginald De Koven , American composer (* 1859 )
February 8 : Georges Gillet , French oboist, music teacher and composer (* 1854 )
February 12 : Émile Sauret , French violin virtuoso and composer (* 1852 )
March 20 : Eva Mylott , Australian opera singer (* 1875 )
April 20 : Tony Jackson , American pianist, singer and composer (* 1876 )
May 1 : Hanuš Wihan , Czech cellist and music teacher (* 1855 )
May 19 : Honorio Alarcón , Colombian pianist and music teacher (* 1859 )
May 25 : Georg Jarno , Hungarian composer (* 1868 )
June 7th : Louis Debierre , French organ builder (* 1842 )
June 15 : Gaston Carraud , French composer and music critic (* 1864 )
August 4th : Vladimir Ivanovich Rebikov , Russian composer (* 1866 )
August 14 : Homer Albert Norris , American organist, composer and musicologist (* 1860 )
September 9 : Roberto Hazon , Italian conductor and music teacher (* 1854 )
October 2 : Max Bruch , German composer and conductor (* 1838 )
October 16 : Alberto Nepomuceno , Brazilian composer (* 1864 )
October 29 : Ernst Perabo , American pianist and composer (* 1845 )

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