Music year 1922

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Music year 1922

Instrumental music

George Enescu : Pièce sur le nom de Fauré (piano music)
Béla Bartók : 2nd sonata for violin and piano
Erich Wolfgang Korngold : String Quartet No. 1 in A major, Op. 16
Sergei Sergejewitsch Prokofjew : March and Scherzo from Love for the Three Oranges, op.33
Paul Hindemith : The young maid (songs based on Georg Trakl), op.23 no.2, and sonata for solo viola, op.25 no.1.
Ludolf Nielsen : Forest Walk , Suite op.40
Ralph Vaughan Williams : Pastoral Symphony , (Symphony No. 3)
Maurice Ravel : Sonata for violin and violoncello

Musical theater

January 22nd : World premiere of the operetta Spring by Franz Lehár in the cabaret Hölle in the Theater an der Wien , Vienna
February 14 : World premiere of the opera Giulietta e Romeo by Riccardo Zandonai in Rome.
March 11th : World premiere of the operetta Lady Chic by Walter Kollo in the New Operettentheater, Berlin
March 18th : World premiere of the romantic opera Der Turm des Vojwoden by Ernst von Dohnányi in Budapest
March 26 : World premiere of the opera Sancta Susanna by Paul Hindemith in Frankfurt am Main
April 15th : World premiere of the operetta Verliebte Menschen by Eduard Künneke at the Theater am Nollendorfplatz in Berlin
May 10 : World premiere of the opera Venus by Othmar Schoeck in Zurich
May 12 : World premiere of the operetta Frasquita by Franz Lehár at the Theater an der Wien in Vienna
May 28 : World premiere of the opera Der Zwerg by Alexander von Zemlinsky in Cologne
June 3 : World premiere of the opera Mavra by Igor Stravinsky at the Paris Opera
September 9 : World premiere of the operetta Madame Pompadour by Leo Fall at the Berlin Theater

Further stage work premieres in 1922:

Paul Hindemith : The Demon , op. 28, and Tuttifäntchen , Christmas fairy tales .

Leo Fall : The Street Singer (Operetta)

Oskar Nedbal : Sedlák Jakub (opera)

Jan Brandts Buys : The Man in the Moon (Opera)

Jules Massenet : Amadis (Opera)

Born

January 1 : Bobby Capó , Puerto Rican singer and composer († 1989 )
January 1 : Andrzej Hiolski , Polish singer († 2000 )
January 2 : Eddie Zack , American country musician († 2002 )
January 4th : Frank Wess , American jazz saxophonist († 2013 )
January 7th : Jean-Pierre Louis Rampal , French flautist († 2000 )
January 20 : Ray Anthony , American band leader, songwriter and actor
January 22nd : José Luis Caballero , Mexican singer († 2009 )
January 22nd : Sylvia Rexach , Puerto Rican singer, composer and songwriter († 1961 )
January 23 : Gerhard Bosse , German violinist and conductor († 2012 )
February 1 : Renata Tebaldi , Italian soprano singer († 2004 )
February 2 : André David , French composer († 2007 )
February 5 : Jeanine Rueff , French composer († 1999 )
February 9 : Kathryn Grayson , American actress and singer († 2010 )
February 15 : Sleepy Jeffers , American country musician († 1992 )
February 15 : Kurt Rapf , Austrian composer, conductor and organist († 2007 )
February 18 : Hazy Osterwald , Swiss musician († 2012 )
February 22nd : Andre Asriel , Austrian-German composer († 2019 )
March 2 : Antonín Závodný , Czech composer († 1990 )
March 3 : Kazimierz Serocki , Polish composer († 1981 )
March 4 : Rolf Arland , German composer († 2015 )
March 7th : Elsbeth Plehn , German singer, singing teacher and university teacher († 2001 )
March 8 : Chuck Murphy , American country and rockabilly musician († 2001 )
March 14 : Les Baxter , American orchestra conductor and arranger († 1996 )
March 24 : King Pleasure , American jazz singer († 1981 )
April 1 : Wolfgang Rennert , German conductor († 2012 )
April 4 : Elmer Bernstein , American film music composer († 2004 )
April 5 : Harry Freedman , Canadian composer, English horn player and music teacher († 2005 )
April 5 : Gale Storm , American actress and singer († 2009 )
April 7 : Kenneth Peacock , Canadian composer, musicologist and pianist († 2000 )
April 7th : Hugo Strasser , German clarinetist and band leader († 2016 )
April 9 : Dénes Zsigmondy , Hungarian violinist († 2014 )
April 10 : John Brim , American blues musician († 2003 )
April 11 : Aleksandar Ivanov Rajtschew , Bulgarian composer († 2003 )
April 12 : Edwin Thomas Astley , British film composer († 1998 )
April 15 : Jacques Normand , Canadian singer and entertainer († 1998 )
April 16 : Boby Lapointe , French singer († 1972 )
April 18 : Lord Kitchener , Trinidadian composer and singer († 2000 )
April 19 : Werner Cyprys , German singer, composer, songwriter and music producer († 2000 )
April 21 : Mundell Lowe , American jazz guitarist († 2017 )
April 21 : Pierre Petit , French composer († 2000 )
April 22 : Charles Mingus , American jazz musician († 1979 )

Charles Mingus, 1976
April 29th : Toots Thielemans , Belgian jazz musician († 2016 )
May 2 : Serge Reggiani , French actor and chansonnier († 2004 )
May 3 : Jeanne Landry , Canadian pianist, music teacher and composer († 2011 )
May 10 : Jacques Albrespic , French composer and organist († 1987 )
May 13 : Beatrice Arthur , American actress and singer († 2009 )
May 18 : Werner Riepel , German actor, singer and radio play speaker († 2012 )
May 18 : Kai Winding , American jazz trombonist of Danish origin († 1983 )
May 25 : Kitty Kallen , American pop singer († 2016 )
June 3 : Iván Patachich , Hungarian composer and conductor († 1993 )
June 6 : Iain Hamilton , Scottish composer and music teacher († 2000 )
June 10 : Judy Garland , American film actress and singer († 1969 )
June 15 : Jaki Byard , American jazz musician († 1999 )
June 17 : Kelsey Jones , Canadian composer, harpsichordist, pianist, organist, conductor and music teacher († 2004 )
June 18 : Claude Helffer , French pianist († 2004 )
June 19 : Mousey Alexander , American jazz drummer († 1988 )
June 22 : Juan Amenábar , Chilean composer († 1999 )
June 22nd : Lore Wissmann , German soprano († 2007 )
June 24th : Manny Albam , jazz baritone saxophonist and arranger († 2001 )
June 27 : George Walker , American composer and music teacher († 2018 )
July 1 : Jiří Ropek , Czech organist, composer and music teacher († 2005 )
July 11 : Marie-Thérèse Ibos , French violinist († 2011 )
July 18 : Georg Kreisler , Austrian cabaret artist, composer, satirist and writer († 2011 )
July 20 : Aníbal Arias , Argentinian guitarist († 2010 )
July 20 : Joachim-Ernst Berendt , German music journalist and critic († 2000 )
July 20 : Ernie Wilkins , American jazz musician († 1999 )
July 21 : Kay Starr , American jazz and pop singer († 2016 )
July 24th : Bernard Huijbers , Dutch composer, church musician and Jesuit († 2003 )
July 24th : Bernard Ładysz , Polish opera singer
July 25 : Elisa Soteldo , Venezuelan singer, pianist and music teacher († 2016 )
July 26 : Gérard Calvi , French film composer († 2015 )
July 26th : Andrzej Koszewski , Polish composer, musicologist and music teacher († 2015 )
July 30 : Zbigniew Wiszniewski , Polish composer and music teacher († 1999 )
August 3 : Tom Kines , Canadian folk singer, folk music collector and multi-instrumentalist († 1994 )
August 11 : Ron Grainer , Australian composer († 1981 )
August 15 : Christo Bajew , Bulgarian opera and operetta singer († 1983 )
August 15 : Lukas Foss , American composer and conductor († 2009 )
August 15 : Boris Sichkin , Russian-American actor, dancer and choreographer († 2002 )
August 25 : Ivry Gitlis , Israeli-French violinist
August 26 : Lasar Nikolow , Bulgarian composer († 2005 )
August 27 : Robert Dauber , German cellist and composer († 1945 )
September 3 : Salli Terri , American singer and vocal teacher († 1996 )
September 10 : Yma Sumac , Peruvian singer († 2008 )
September 13 : Charles Brown , American blues singer and pianist († 1999 )
September 17th : Radu Aldulescu , Romanian cellist († 2006 )
September 17 : Karl Kaufhold , German composer, conductor and organist († 2015 )
September 20 : Pierre Barbizet , French pianist and music teacher († 1990 )
September 20 : William Kapell , American pianist († 1953 )
September 22nd : Yvette Horner , French accordionist († 2018 )
September 23 : Louise Latham , American actress († 2018 )
September 24th : Meche Barba , Mexican actress and dancer († 2000 )
September 29 : Hans Otto , German organist and cantor († 1996 )
September 30 : Oscar Pettiford , American musician († 1960 )
October 1 : Héctor Campos-Parsi , Puerto Rican composer († 1998 )
October 1 : Rafael Masella , Canadian clarinetist, music teacher and composer († 2006 )
October 1 : Matsushita Shin'ichi , Japanese composer († 1990 )
October 2 : Otmar Mácha , Czech composer († 2006 )
October 3 : Olga Guillot , Cuban singer († 2010 )
October 8 : Stefania Woytowicz , Polish singer († 2005 )
October 9 : Lee Wilde , American actress and singer († 2015 )
October 10 : Reine Flachot , French cellist († 1998 )
October 10 : Lyn Wilde , American actress and singer († 2016 )
October 13 : Gilberto Mendes , Brazilian composer († 2016 )
October 15 : Lorraine Gordon , American jazz club owner († 2018 )
October 17th : Luiz Bonfá , Brazilian composer and guitarist († 2001 )
October 18 : Camillo Togni , Italian composer, pianist and music teacher († 1993 )
October 22 : Tadeusz Machl , Polish composer, organist and music teacher († 2003 )
October 23 : Gerhard Bronner , Austrian composer, musician and cabaret artist († 2007 )
October 27 : Poul Bundgaard , Danish actor and singer († 1998 )
October 28 : Silvia De Grasse , Panamanian singer († 1978 )
October 28 : Gershon Kingsley , German-American composer († 2019 )
October 29 : Neal Hefti , American jazz musician († 2008 )
October 31 : Illinois Jacquet , American jazz musician († 2004 )
November 4 : Ralph Earl Sutton , American musician († 2001 )
November 5 : Serge Lancen , French composer and musician († 2005 )
November 7th : Ernesto Duarte Brito , Cuban pianist, composer and band leader († 1988 )
November 9 : Dorothy Dandridge , American actress and singer († 1965 )
November 13 : Mildred Goodman , Canadian violinist
November 22 : Fikrats Ämirov , Azerbaijani composer († 1984 )
December 3 : Muriel Millard , Canadian actress, singer, dancer and painter († 2014 )
December 4th : Luis Benjamín , Puerto Rican pianist († 1988 )
December 6 : Ernst Pfiffner , Swiss composer, organist and conductor († 2011 )
December 8 : Sol Yaged , American jazz clarinetist († 2019 )
December 11th : Grigoris Bithikotsis , Greek singer († 2005 )
December 13th : Robert Veyron-Lacroix , French harpsichordist and pianist († 1991 )
December 18 : Illo Schieder , German pop singer († 2004 )
December 20 : Walter Eichenberg , German composer and musician († 2018 )
December 23 : Micheline Ostermeyer , French athlete and pianist († 2001 )
December 29 : Rose Lee Maphis , American country musician

Exact date of birth unknown

William J. Ballard , American choir director, music teacher and scholar († 2006 )
Emilio Gálvez , Mexican singer and violinist († 1991 )
Halla Huhm , Korean dancer and dance teacher († 1994 )
Kurt Kaiser , German pianist, bassoonist and arranger

Died

January 7th : Antonio Scontrino , Italian composer (* 1850 )
January 8th : Wilhelm Rühlmann , German organ builder (* 1842 )
January 23 : Arthur Nikisch , Hungarian conductor (* 1855 )
February 23 : Georg Anthes , German violinist, opera singer and theater director (* 1863 )
March 10 : Hans Sitt , German composer (* 1850 )
April 12 : František Ondříček , Czech violinist and composer (* 1857 )
June 5 : Lillian Russell , American singer (* 1861 )
September 10 : Árpád Szendy , Hungarian composer (* 1863 )
September 11th : Louis Adolphe Coerne , American composer (* 1870 )
September 22nd : Charles Santley , English opera and oratorio singer (* 1834 )
November 14th : Carl Michael Ziehrer , Austrian composer (* 1843 )
December 30th : Richard Zeckwer , American composer (* 1850 )

Exact date of death unknown

Wilhelm Ferch , Romanian-German composer and choir director (* 1881 )
Victor Piaggio , Argentine conductor and music teacher (* 1864 )
Jaroslaw de Zielinski , American pianist, organist, choir director, music teacher and composer (* 1847 )

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