Music year 1925

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Music year 1925

Instrumental music

Eduard Künneke : Music for the film Das Blumenwunder
Ottorino Respighi : Rossiniana , orchestral suite after Gioachino Rossini; and Concerto in modo misolidio for piano and orchestra

Walter Kollo : The Flight Around the Globe (film music)

Richard Strauss : Parergon to the Sinfonia domestica op.73 for piano and orchestra and music for the silent film Der Rosenkavalier (orchestral arrangement)

Sergei Sergejewitsch Prokofjew : 2nd Symphony op.40

George Gershwin : Piano Concerto in F major

Ralph Vaughan Williams : Two Poems by Seamus O'Sullivan ; Three Poems by Walt Whitman ; Three Songs from Shakespeare ; Sancta civitas oratorio for tenor, baritone, choir and orchestra and Concerto Accademico in D minor for violin and strings.

Carl Nielsen : Four Jutland songs

Maurice Ravel : Gallows from Gaspard de la Nuit ( date of manufacture of the piano roll)

Paul Graener : Seven songs , op. 70; Ten songs (Löns-Lieder) op. 71; Concerto in A minor op. 72 for piano and orchestra.

Frederick Delius : A Late Lark for Voice and Orchestra

Igor Stravinsky : Serenade en la (in A)

Musical theater

February 27 : World premiere of the opera Hassan der Schwärmer by Wilhelm Kienzl in Chemnitz

March 20 : World premiere of The Garden of Mystery by Charles Wakefield Cadman at the Metropolitan Opera in New York

March 21 : premiere of the opera L'enfant et les sortilèges by Maurice Ravel in Mionte Carlo.

April 3rd : Premiere of Gustav Holst's opera At the Boars' Head in Manchester
May 21 : World premiere of the opera Doctor Faust by Ferruccio Busoni at the Saxon State Theater in Dresden.
September 3rd : World premiere of the operetta Olly-Polly by Walter Kollo at the Neuen Theater am Zoo in Berlin.

September 11th : World premiere of the operetta Die Teresina by Oscar Straus at the Deutsches Künstlertheater in Berlin

September 25 : World premiere of the operetta Lady Hamilton by Eduard Künneke in Breslau.

October 30 : World premiere of the operetta Paganini by Franz Lehár at the Johann Strauss Theater in Vienna

December 1st : World premiere of the operetta Märchen im Schnee by Robert Stolz in Berlin.

December 14 : World premiere of the opera Wozzeck by Alban Berg at the State Opera Unter den Linden in Berlin

Further stage work premieres in 1925:

Leo Ascher : Sonja (operetta)
George Gershwin : Tip-Toes (Musical)
Eduard Künneke : The love song ; The light blue sisters ; Mayflowers ; Riki-Tiki (all operettas)
Ralph Benatzky : For you! (musical review)

Born

0January 2 : Irina Archipowa , Soviet-Russian opera singer († 2010 )
0January 2 : Andrzej Nikodemowicz , Polish composer, pianist and music teacher († 2017 )
0January 6 : Lee Abrams , American jazz drummer († 1992 )
0January 7th : Carmen Barros , Chilean actress, singer and composer
January 12 : Hans Gierster , German conductor († 1995 )
January 19 : Asat Sinnatowitsch Abbassow , Tatar opera singer († 2006 )
January 19 : Henry Gray , American blues pianist († 2020 )
January 24 : Maria Tallchief , American prima ballerina († 2013 )
January 29 : Lois Marshall , Canadian singer and vocal teacher († 1997 )
0February 4 : Jutta Hipp , German jazz pianist and painter († 2003 )
0February 7th : Marius Constant , French composer and conductor († 2004 )
February 14 : Elliot Lawrence , American jazz pianist
February 16 : Carlos Paredes , Portuguese composer, master of the Portuguese guitar († 2004 )
February 16 : Uwe Röhl , German church musician, organist and composer († 2005 )
February 17th : Ron Goodwin , English film composer († 2003 )
February 27 : Hard rock Gunter , American country and rockabilly singer († 2013 )
February 27th : Pía Sebastiani , Argentine pianist († 2015 )
0March 4 : Paul Mauriat , French orchestra leader († 2006 )
0March 5 : Jimmy Bryant , American country guitarist († 1980 )
0March 6 : Roy Etzel , German trumpeter and band leader († 2015 )
March 12 : Georges Delerue , French film composer († 1992 )
March 13 : Roy Haynes , American jazz drummer
March 15 : Werner Wolf , German musicologist († 2019 )
March 16 : Alessandro Alessandroni , Italian musician († 2017 )
March 25 : Pierre Daignault , Canadian actor, folk singer and writer († 2003 )
March 26 : Pierre Boulez , French composer, conductor and music theorist († 2016 )
March 26 : James Moody , American jazz musician († 2010 )
March 27 : Harold Ashby , American swing tenor saxophonist and clarinetist († 2003 )
March 27 : Margaret Fairlie-Kennedy , American composer († 2013 )
March 30th : Ivo Malec , French composer of Croatian origin († 2019 )
0April 1 : Joe Menke , German music producer and pop composer († 2001 )
0April 5 : Kieth Engen , American opera singer († 2004 )
0April 8 : Walter Uhlig , German opera singer, tenor († 2006 )
0April 9 : Hugo Ruf , German harpsichordist and music professor († 1999 )
April 10 : Rusty Wellington , American country and rockabilly musician († 1986 )
April 14 : Gene Ammons , American tenor saxophonist († 1974 )
April 14 : Peter Zwetkoff , Bulgarian composer († 2012 )
April 17th : Gitta Lind , German pop singer († 1974 )
April 22 : Amparo Montes , Mexican singer († 2002 )
April 26 : Jørgen Ingmann , Danish guitarist († 2015 )
April 29th : Colette Marchand , French dancer and actress († 2015 )
April 30 : Johnny Horton , American country singer († 1960 )
May 13 : Roger Asselberghs , Belgian jazz musician († 2013 )
May 14 : Tristram Cary , British-Australian composer († 2008 )
May 14 : Tatjana Iwanow , German actress and singer († 1979 )
May 14 : Boris Parsadanjan , Estonian composer († 1997 )
May 14 : Al Porcino , American jazz trumpeter († 2013 )
May 15 : Hans Herbert Jöris , German conductor and university lecturer († 2008 )
May 16 : Bobbejaan , Belgian singer and entertainer († 2010 )
May 16 : Ginette Keller , French composer
May 18 : Erni Bieler , Austrian jazz and pop singer († 2002 )
May 28 : Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau , German singer († 2012 )
May 30 : Robert Glasgow , American organist and music teacher († 2008 )
0June 6 : Al Gray , American jazz trombonist († 2000 )
June 10 : Françoise Sullivan , Canadian painter, sculptor, dancer and choreographer
June 11th : Elfriede Ott , Austrian chamber actress, singer and director († 2019 )
June 16 : Bebe Barron , American film music composer († 2008 )
June 23 : Sahib Shihab , American jazz musician († 1989 )
June 26 : Clifton Chenier , American blues musician († 1987 )
June 28 : Giselher Klebe , German composer († 2009 )
June 29th : Marilyn Mason , organist and music teacher († 2019 )
June 29 : Hale Smith , American composer, pianist and music teacher († 2009 )
0July 4th : Cathy Berberian , American singer and avant-garde composer († 1983 )
0July 6 : Bill Haley , American rock musician († 1981 )
July 11 : Charles Chaynes , French composer († 2016 )
July 11 : Nicolai Gedda , Swedish lyric tenor († 2017 )
July 12 : Yasushi Akutagawa , Japanese composer († 1989 )
July 12 : Ludwig Doerr , German organist († 2015 )
July 13 : Horst Muys , German pop singer and Cologne carnivalist († 1970 )
July 14 : Horst Ritter , German soccer player and horn player († 2001 )
July 14 : Luis Antonio Escobar , Colombian composer and musicologist († 1993 )
July 20 : Michel Perrault , Canadian composer, conductor, timpanist and music teacher
July 24th : Adele Addison , American soprano
July 25 : Benny Benjamin , American session drummer († 1969 )
July 25 : Günter Lampe , German composer († 2003 )
July 27 : Kippie Moeketsi , South African jazz saxophonist († 1983 )
July 28 : André Boucourechliev , French composer and music writer († 1997 )
July 29 : Mikis Theodorakis , Greek composer and politician
July 30 : Bienvenido Brens , Dominican musician and composer († 2007 )
July 30th : Antoine Duhamel , French composer († 2014 )
0August 3 : Dom Um Romão , Brazilian drummer and percussionist († 2005 )
0August 6 : Leland Smith , American composer, bassoonist and music teacher († 2013 )
0August 7 : Julián Orbón , Cuban composer († 1991 )
August 13 : Benny Bailey , American jazz trumpeter († 2005 )
August 15 : Rose Maddox , American country singer († 1998 )
August 15 : Oscar Peterson , Canadian jazz pianist and composer († 2007 )
August 16 : Mal Waldron , American jazz pianist († 2002 )
August 22 : Lope Balaguer , Dominican singer († 2015 )
August 23 : Włodzimierz Kotoński , Polish composer († 2014 )
August 23 : Sulchan Zinzadze , Georgian composer († 1991 )
August 25 : Gustavo Becerra-Schmidt , Chilean composer and music teacher († 2010 )
August 30 : Johann Gansch , Austrian composer for brass music († 1998 )
0September 1 : Art Pepper , American alto saxophonist († 1982 )
0September 1 : Bob Curtis , American dancer and choreographer († 2009 )
0September 2 : Russ Conway , British pianist, composer and singer († 2000 )
0September 6 : Jimmy Reed , American blues singer and musician († 1976 )
0September 9 : Soňa Červená , Czech opera singer and actress
September 10 : Boris Tchaikovsky , Russian composer († 1996 )
September 10 : Roy Brown , American blues musician († 1981 )
September 11th : Harry Somers , Canadian composer († 1999 )
September 13 : Gabriel Charpentier , Canadian composer and poet
September 15 : Erika Köth , German chamber singer and soprano († 1989 )
September 16 : BB King , American blues musician († 2015 )
September 19 : Ray Batts , American country musician († 2015 )
September 26 : Marty Robbins , American country singer and songwriter († 1982 )
0October 2 : Alois Piňos , Czech composer and music teacher († 2008 )
0October 2 : Phil Urso , American jazz saxophonist († 2008 )
0October 3 : George Wein , American jazz musician and impresario
0October 3 : George Wein , American jazz musician and impresario
0October 7th : Fred Bertelmann , German pop singer and actor († 2014 )
October 10 : Francisco Aguabella , Cuban Latin jazz drummer and percussionist († 2010 )
October 15 : Mickey "Guitar" Baker , American guitarist († 2012 )
October 20 : Herman Roelstraete , Belgian composer and conductor († 1985 )
October 21 : Celia Cruz , Cuban singer († 2003 )
October 23 : Angèle Durand , Belgian singer and actress († 2001 )
October 24 : Luciano Berio , Italian composer († 2003 )
October 24 : Willie Mabon , American R&B singer, songwriter and pianist († 1985 )
October 24th : Pierre Monichon , French music teacher and scholar, inventor of the harmonéon († 2006 )
October 29 : Zoot Sims , American jazz musician († 1985 )
0November 7th : Fritz Peter , Swiss singer (tenor) († 1994 )
November 11 : Jan Simons , Canadian singer and vocal teacher († 2006 )
November 12 : Stanislav Šebek , Czech composer and music teacher († 1984 )
November 15 : Jurriaan Andriessen , Dutch composer and teacher († 1996 )
November 17th : Charles Mackerras , Australian conductor († 2010 )
November 24th : Al Cohn , American jazz saxophonist († 1988 )
November 26 : Eugene Istomin , American pianist († 2003 )
November 27 : Derroll Adams , American folk singer († 2000 )
November 27 : Bertold Hummel , German composer († 2002 )
November 28 : Gigi Gryce , American jazz saxophonist († 1983 )
0December 1st : Peter Thomas , German film composer
0December 3 : Ferlin Husky , American country singer († 2011 )
0December 5th : Erica Zentner , Canadian violinist and music teacher
0December 8 : Sammy Davis, Jr. , American singer, dancer and actor († 1990 )
December 10 : Zdeněk Šesták , Czech composer and musicologist
December 12th : Dodo Marmarosa , American jazz pianist († 2002 )
December 12th : Hans-Günther Wauer , German church musician († 2016 )
December 19 : Papa Molina , Dominican composer
December 23 : Milan Uherek , Czech choir director and composer († 2012 )
December 24th : Claude Frank , American pianist of German origin († 2014 )
December 28 : Hildegard Knef , German actress, chanson singer and author († 2002 )

Hildegard Knef , 1995
December 31 : Jaap Schröder , Dutch violinist and conductor († 2020 )

Exact date of birth unknown

Ernst Arfken , German church musician and theologian († 2006 )
Claude Aubert , Swiss jazz musician († 2000 )
James Pataki , Canadian violinist and violist of Hungarian origin († 2004 )
Helmuth Reichel , Swiss organist, conductor and composer

Died

0January 3 : Nikolai Kotschetow , Russian composer (* 1864 )
February 20 : Marco Enrico Bossi , Italian organist and composer (* 1861 )
February 25 : Josef Armin , Austrian comedian, couplet singer and playwright (* 1858 )
May 12 : Arthur Napoleão , Brazilian composer (* 1843 )
June 26 : Ernesto Drangosch , Argentine composer and pianist (* 1882 )
0July 1 : Erik Satie , French composer and pianist (* 1866 )
0July 5 : Hjalmar Borgstrøm , Norwegian composer (* 1864 )
0July 6th : Antoine Taudou , French music teacher, violinist and composer (* 1846 )
July 25 : Wiktor Barabasz , Polish pianist, conductor and music teacher (* 1855 )
July 26th : Théodore Botrel , French chansonnier (* 1868 )
August 28 : Fredrik Wilhelm Gomnaes , Norwegian composer (* 1868 )
September 16 : Leo Fall , Austrian composer (* 1873 )
November 12 : Roman Statkowski , Polish composer and music teacher (* 1859 )
November 26 : Johannes Haarklou , Norwegian composer (* 1847 )
0December 3 : Giacomo Setaccioli , Italian composer (* 1868 )
0December 9 : Eugène Gigout , French organist and composer (* 1844 )
December 19 : José Ignacio Quintón , Puerto Rican composer and pianist (* 1881 )
December 21 : Alexandre Desmarteaux , Canadian actor and singer (* around 1880 )

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