Music year 1924
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Events
- January 1st : The Kroll Opera House in Berlin opens.
- Schlager of the year is Warte, just wait a while from Walter and Willi Kollo .
Instrumental music
- George Gershwin : The Rhapsody in Blue , one of the most famous compositions, will premiere on February 12th.
- Anton Bruckner : first complete performance of the symphony in D minor (Symphony No. 0) on October 12th.
- Eugen d'Albert : Cinderella Suite op. 33; Symphonic prelude to Tiefland op.34
- Gustav Holst : Choral Symphony op. 41 for soprano, choir and orchestra
- Béla Bartók : Village Scenes - Collection of five works for voice and piano
- Gabriel Fauré : String Quartet in E minor op.121
- Carl Nielsen : Ten Little Danish Songs
- Ottorino Respighi : Pini di Roma , symphonic poetry
- George Enescu : Piano Sonata No. 1 in F sharp minor, Op. 24 No. 1
- Erich Wolfgang Korngold : Three songs based on poems by Hans Kaltneker , op. 18; Piano concerto for left hand alone in C sharp major op.17.
- Maurice Ravel : Tzigane , Rhapsody for violin and Luthéal, or for violin and orchestra.
- Paul Graener : The Song of the Curonian Spit ; Divertimento in D major , op. 67; Suite in C minor, Op. 66; Quartet in A minor, Op. 65.
Musical theater
- February 28 : World premiere of the operetta Gräfin Mariza by Emmerich Kálmán in the Theater an der Wien in Vienna.
- March 8th : World premiere of the operetta Clo-Clo by Franz Lehár in the Vienna Citizens' Theater
- March 27 : World premiere of the opera Irrelohe by Franz Schreker in Cologne
- April 15 : World premiere of the operetta The Dancing Princess by Walter Kollo at the Komische Oper in Berlin.
- June 6th : World premiere of the musical monodrama Anticipation at the New German Theater in Prague
- June 17th : World premiere of the opera Adventure des Casanova by Volkmar Andreae in Dresden
- July 5th : World premiere of the operetta Die Frau ohne Kuss by Walter Kollo at the Schillertheater in Berlin.
- November 4th : Richard Strauss performs the bourgeois comedy Intermezzo for the first time in Dresden .
- November 11th : World premiere of the opera Das Herz Ilsees by Rudolf Karel at the National Theater in Prague
- November 11 : World premiere of the operetta The adjourned (wedding) night by Walter Kollo in Mainz.
- December 1st : World premiere of the musical Lady, Be Good by George Gershwin at the Liberty Theater in New York.
Further stage work premieres in 1924:
- Walter Kollo : The exchanged woman (operetta)
- Ralph Vaughan Williams : Hugh the Drover, or Love in the Stocks (Opera)
- Richard Strauss : whipped cream , (ballet)
- Sergei Sergejewitsch Prokofjew : Trapeze , op.39, ballet in one act (music lost)
- Ralph Benatzky : To all (musical review)
Born
January to March
- January 6 : Earl Scruggs , American musician († 2012 )
- January 7th : Stanley Wolfe , American composer and music teacher († 2009 )
- January 8 : Robert Starer , Austrian-American composer and pianist († 2001 )
- January 10 : Germain Lefebrve , Canadian singer, choir director and music teacher († 2008 )
- January 10 : Max Roach , American jazz drummer and composer († 2007 )
- January 11th : Slim Harpo , American blues musician († 1970 )
- January 12 : Nevit Kodallı , Turkish composer († 2009 )
- January 13 : Ursula Aarburg , German musicologist († 1967 )
- January 14 : Bruno Bělčík , Czech violinist († 1990 )
- January 15th : Georg Ratzinger , German Catholic clergyman and church musician
- January 18 : Hubert Deuringer , German orchestra leader and song collector († 2014 )
- January 20 : Valdo Sciammarella , Argentine composer († 2014 )
- January 22nd : JJ Johnson , American jazz musician († 2001 )
- January 26 : Alice Babs , Swedish hit and jazz singer († 2014 )
- January 29 : Celio González , Cuban singer († 2004 )
- February 2 : Elfi von Dassanowsky , Austrian singer, pianist and film producer († 2007 )
- February 2 : Sonny Stitt , American saxophonist († 1982 )
- February 3 : Bully Buhlan , German jazz and pop singer, pianist, pop composer and actor († 1982 )
- February 6 : Sammy Nestico , American jazz musician
- February 6 : Argentina Santos , Portuguese Fado singer († 2019 )
- February 7th : Olga Chorens , Cuban singer
- February 14 : Ralf Arnie , German composer († 2003 )
- February 14 : Argyris Kounadis , Greek composer († 2011 )
- February 15 : Jiří Šlitr , Czech songwriter, composer, pianist, singer, actor, draftsman and graphic artist († 1969 )
- February 17th : Buddy Jones , American jazz bassist († 2000 )
- February 23 : Lejaren Hiller , American composer († 1994 )
- February 27 : Heimo Erbse , German composer and opera director († 2005 )
- February 28 : Bubi Aderhold , German jazz musician († 2008 )
- February 28 : Guarionex Aquino , Dominican singer († 2010 )
- March 3 : Lys Assia , Swiss singer and actress († 2018 )
- March 7th : Hans Schicker , violin maker in Freiburg († 2001 )
- March 17 : Carl Little , Canadian pianist, organist and radio producer († 2016 )
- March 27 : Sarah Vaughan , American jazz singer († 1990 )
- March 28 : Arlie Duff , American country musician († 1996 )
- March 28 : Claire Gagnier , Canadian soprano
- March 30 : Milko Kelemen , Croatian composer, founder of the Zagreb Biennale († 2018 )
April to June
- April 1 : Georges Barboteu , French horn player († 2006 )
- April 1 : Günther Becker , German composer († 2007 )
- April 1 : Robert Gerle , American violinist and Hungarian music teacher
- April 4 : Victor Feldbrill , Canadian conductor and violinist († 2020 )
- April 6 : Revol Samuilowitsch Bunin , Russian composer († 1976 )
- April 15 : Neville Marriner , British conductor and violinist († 2016 )
- April 16 : Henry Mancini , American composer († 1994 )
- April 18 : Clarence Gatemouth Brown , American blues guitarist († 2005 )
- April 18 : Zbigniew Śliwiński , Polish pianist and music teacher († 2003 )
- April 19 : Kawasaki Masaru , Japanese composer and professor († 2018 )
- April 19 : Hertha Töpper , Austrian contralto
- April 23 : Bobby Rosengarden , American jazz drummer and studio musician († 2007 )
- April 25 : Erzsébet Szőnyi , Hungarian music teacher and composer († 2019 )
- April 29th : Zizi Jeanmaire , French ballet dancer
- May 2 : Theodore Bikel , American folk singer and actor († 2015 )
- May 3 : Virgilio Expósito , Argentine tango composer and pianist († 1997 )
- May 3 : Jane Morgan , American pop singer
- May 4th : Uwe Faerber , German musicologist († 2017 )
- May 9 : Bulat Okudschawa , Russian poet and songwriter († 1997 )
- May 17th : Gabriel Bacquier , French opera singer († 2020 )
- May 17 : František Kovaříček , Czech composer and music teacher († 2003 )
- May 18 : Samson François , French pianist and composer († 1970 )
- May 22 : Charles Aznavour , Armenian-French chansonnier, composer, songwriter and actor († 2018 )
- May 22 : Claude Ballif , French composer († 2004 )
- May 25 : Marshall Allen , American saxophonist
- June 1 : Hal McKusick , American jazz clarinet and saxophonist († 2012 )
- June 5 : Alberto Beltrán , Dominican singer († 1997 )
- June 5th : Jean Costa , French organist († 2013 )
- June 6 : Serge Nigg , French composer († 2008 )
- June 8 : Rolf Schneebiegl , German musician of folk music († 2004 )
- June 16 : Lucky Thompson , American saxophonist and composer († 2005 )
- June 19 : Anneliese Rothenberger , German opera and operetta singer († 2010 )
- June 20 : Chet Atkins , American country musician and record producer († 2001 )
- June 24th : Mario Hernández , Puerto Rican musician and composer († 2013 )
July to September
- July 3 : Peter Sandloff , German composer and film composer († 2009 )
- July 5 : János Starker , Hungarian-American cellist and music teacher († 2013 )
- July 6 : Louie Bellson , American jazz drummer and composer († 2009 )
- July 7 : Dieter Nowka , German composer († 1998 )
- July 8 : Johnnie Johnson , American musician and composer († 2005 )
- July 9 : Pierre Eugène Charles Cochereau , French composer, organist and music teacher († 1984 )
- July 10 : Major Holley , American jazz bassist († 1990 )
- July 17th : Françoise Adnet , French pianist and painter († 2014 )
- July 22nd : Bill Perkins , American jazz saxophonist and flutist († 2003 )
- July 27 : Otar Taktakishvili , Georgian composer († 1989 )
- August 3 : Andrés Sandoval , Venezuelan composer († 2004 )
- August 6 : Ella Jenkins , American musician
- August 16 : Ralf Bendix , German pop singer († 2014 )
- August 18 : Mario de Jesús Báez , Dominican composer and music publisher († 2008 )
- August 24 : Ofelia Ramón , Venezuelan singer († 2014 )
- August 25 : Pee Wee Lambert , American bluegrass musician († 1965 )
- August 31 : Klaus Hashagen , German composer († 1998 )
- September 5 : Vicente Grisolía , Dominican pianist († 2011 )
- September 5 : Krystyna Moszumańska-Nazar , Polish composer († 2008 )
- September 12 : Johnny T. Talley , American country and rockabilly musician
- September 13 : Maurice Jarre , French composer († 2009 )
- September 14 : John Coveart , Canadian pianist and music teacher († 1987 )
- September 15 : Bobby Short , American singer and pianist († 2005 )
- September 17th : Dorothy Morton , Canadian pianist and music teacher († 2008 )
- September 27 : Bud Powell , American jazz pianist († 1966 )
- September 28 : Rudolf Barschai , Russian conductor and viola player († 2010 )
October to December
- October 8 : Zenon Płoszaj , Polish violinist and music teacher († 2003 )
- October 13 : Terry Gibbs , American jazz vibraphonist
- October 17 : Lattie Moore , American country and rockabilly musician († 2010 )
- October 17th : Rolando Panerai , Italian opera singer, baritone († 2019 )
- October 18 : Egil Hovland , Norwegian composer († 2013 )
- October 25 : Earl C. Palmer , American rhythm and blues and rock 'n' roll drummer († 2008 )
- October 28 : Alfonso Montecino , Chilean pianist, composer and music teacher († 2015 )
- November 6th : Jeanette Baroness Lips von Lipstrill , Austrian piper († 2005 )
- November 9 : Bill Holcombe , American composer and flautist († 2010 )
- November 14 : Billy Jim Layton , American composer († 2004 )
- November 25 : Pablo Armitano , Venezuelan trumpeter, military bandmaster and music teacher († 1998 )
- November 25 : Paul Desmond , American saxophonist († 1977 )
- November 30 : Klaus Huber , Swiss composer († 2017 )
- December 5 : Jean-Pierre Hurteau , Canadian opera singer († 2009 )
- December 7th : Boyd Bennett , American songwriter, drummer and rock 'n' roll singer († 2002 )
- December 7th : Bent Fabric , Danish pianist and composer († 2020 )
- December 9 : Alexei Lebedew , Russian tuba player and composer († 1993 )
- December 14 : Linda Hopkins , American blues and gospel singer († 2017 )
- December 15 : Esther Bejarano , last survivor of the Auschwitz Girls' Orchestra
- December 16 : Mildred Miller , American opera singer
- December 19 : Victor Fenigstein , Swiss composer and piano teacher
- December 22nd : Frank Corsaro , American theater, opera and film director († 2017 )
- December 24th : Alois Schilliger , Swiss composer, conductor and piano player († 2004 )
Unknown date
- Nicolae Neacșu , Romanian musician († 2002 ) (exact date unknown)
- Günter Oppenheimer , German composer, pianist, conductor and arranger († 2003 ) (exact date unknown)
- Ludmilla Ymeri , Albanian cellist and music teacher of Czech origin († 2004 ) (exact date unknown)
Died
- January 14th : Géza Zichy , Hungarian pianist and composer (* 1849 )
- February 1 : Max Sannemann , German composer and music teacher (* 1867 )
- February 17th : Oskar Merikanto , Finnish composer (* 1868 )
- February 18 : Victor Capoul , French opera singer (* 1839 )
- February 23 : Antonio Pasculli , Italian oboist (* 1842 )
- March 27 : Walter Parratt , English organist, music teacher, church musician and composer (* 1841 )
- March 29 : Charles Villiers Stanford , Irish composer (* 1852 )
- April 1 : Harold Jarvis , Canadian singer (* 1864 )
- April 26 : Josef Labor , Austrian composer and pianist (* 1842 )
- May 6 : Émile Wambach , Belgian composer and music teacher (* 1854 )
- May 12 : Bertha Drechsler Adamson , English violinist, conductor and music teacher (* 1848 )
- May 12 : Henri Maréchal , French composer (* 1842 )
- June 11th : Théodore Dubois , French composer (* 1837 )
- July 14th : Franz Xaver Engelhart , German Catholic priest, church musician, choir director and composer (* 1861 )
- July 27 : Ferruccio Busoni , pianist, composer, conductor and music teacher (* 1866 )
- August 7th : Camille Zeckwer , American composer (* 1875 )
- August 13 : Julián Aguirre , Argentine composer, pianist and music teacher (* 1868 )
- August 18 : Laura Lemon , Canadian composer and pianist (* 1866 )
- September 11th : Mieczysław Surzyński , Polish organist and composer (* 1866 )
- September 13 : Pekka Juhani Hannikainen , Finnish composer (* 1854 )
- September 29 : Willy Bardas , Austrian pianist and music teacher (* 1887 )
- October 13 : Percival J. Illsley , Canadian composer, organist, choir director and music teacher (* 1865 )
- October 21 : Martin Marsick , Belgian violin virtuoso and teacher (* 1847 )
- November 4th : Gabriel Fauré , French composer (* 1845 )
- November 8 : Sergei Lyapunow , Russian composer and pianist (* 1859 )
- November 29th : Giacomo Puccini , Italian composer (* 1858 )
- December 7th : Rudolph Bergh , Danish composer (* 1859 )
- December 8 : Xaver Scharwenka , Polish-Czech composer and pianist (* 1850 )
- December 9 : Iwan Iwanowitsch Kryschanowski , Russian composer (* 1867 )
- December 14 : Franciszek Słomkowski , Polish violinist, conductor, music teacher and composer (* 1849 )
- December 15 : Franz Friedrich Kohl , Austrian entomologist and folk song researcher (* 1851 )
- Henry Heyman , American violinist and music teacher (* 1838 ) (exact date unknown)
See also
Web links
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