Music year 1927

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Music year 1927

Instrumental music

Maurice Ravel : Violin Sonata No. 2 completed.
Ralph Vaughan Williams : Six Studies in English Folksong for violoncello and piano; Along the Field for voice and violin.
Carl Nielsen : Flute Concerto ; En Fantasirejse til Færøerne (A fantasy journey to the Faroe Islands) Rhapsodic overture.
Paul Graener : Night and Spukgesänge [ten] Galgenlieder (op. 79) Texts: Christian Morgenstern; Gothic Suite (op.74); Dedicated to Emil Mattiesen; Concerto in A minor (op. 78) for violoncello and chamber orchestra; Three Intermezzi (op.77)
Paul Hindemith : Eight pieces for flute alone ; Chamber Music No. 5 for viola and orchestra (op. 36 No. 4); Chamber music No. 7 for organ, wind instruments and basses (op.46 No. 2)

Musical theater

January 8th : World premiere of the opera Penthesilea by Othmar Schoeck at the Semperoper in Dresden
January 28 : World premiere of the opera Angélique by Jacques Ibert in Paris
February 10 : World premiere of the jazz opera Jonny performed by Krenek at the New Theater in Leipzig
February 21 : World premiere of the operetta The Tsarevich by Franz Lehár at the Deutsches Künstler-Theater in Berlin
February 17th : World premiere of the opera Hanneles Himmelfahrt by Paul Graener in Dresden
April 22nd : Premiere of the operetta Three Poor Little Girls by Walter Kollo in the Theater am Nollendorfplatz, Berlin
May 26 : World premiere of the operetta Märchen im Schnee by Robert Stolz at the Johann Strauss Theater in Vienna
May 30th : concert premiere of the opera Oedipus Rex by Igor Stravinsky
July 15th World premiere of the miniature opera There and Back by Paul Hindemith in Baden-Baden.
July 17th : The song game Mahagonny is premiered in Baden-Baden. The composer is Kurt Weill , the lyrics are from Bertolt Brecht . The later opera Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny draws on elements of the song play, which received good reviews.
September 13 : World premiere of the operetta Die golden'ne Meisterin by Edmund Eysler at the Theater an der Wien in Vienna
October 7th : World premiere of the opera Das Wunder der Heliane by Erich Wolfgang Korngold in Hamburg
November 14 : World premiere of the musical Funny Face by George Gershwin at the Alvin Theater in New York
December 12th : World premiere of the opera Le pauvre matelot by Darius Milhaud at the Opéra-Comique in Paris
November 18 : World premiere of the opera La Campana sommersa (The Sunken Bell) by Ottorino Respighi at the Hamburg State Opera .
November 22 : World premiere of George Gershwin's musical Funny Face at the Alvin Theater in New York City.

December 23rd : World premiere of the operetta One Night by Robert Stolz at the Carltheater in Vienna.

December 25th : World premiere of the operetta Die blond Liselott by Eduard Künneke in Altenburg

December 28 : World premiere of the opera Antigone by Arthur Honegger at the Théâtre de la Monnaie in Brussels

Further stage work premieres in 1927:

Emmerich Kálmán : Golden Dawn (Operetta)
Oscar Straus : The Queen (Operetta)
Walter Kollo : The Juxbaron , (film music)
Ralph Benatzky : Alles aus Liebe (musical revue) composed together with other composers

Others

First international Chopin competition

Born

0January 1 : Maurice Béjart , French ballet dancer and choreographer († 2007 )
0January 1st : Juliusz Łuciuk , Polish composer
0January 5 : Werner Baumgart , German saxophonist and arranger († 2009 )
0January 8 : Uzi Wiesel , Israeli cellist and music teacher († 2019 )
January 10 : Johnnie Ray , American singer († 1990 )
January 11 : Franz Bummerl , Czech musician and composer († 2011 )
January 11 : Marta Hidy , Canadian violinist, conductor and music teacher († 2010 )
January 12 : Leopoldo Federico , Argentine bandoneonist and tango composer († 2014 )
January 13 : Liz Anderson , American country singer and songwriter († 2011 )
January 17 : Eartha Kitt , American singer and actress († 2008 )
January 17th : Donald Erb , American composer († 2008 )
January 24th : Rüdiger Seitz , Austrian composer and music teacher († 1991 )
January 25 : Antônio Carlos Jobim , Brazilian singer and composer († 1994 )
January 30th : Ahmed Abdul-Malik , American jazz musician († 1993 )
0February 1 : Rick Wilkins , Canadian composer, arranger, saxophonist and conductor
0February 2 : Stan Getz , American tenor saxophone († 1991 )
0February 3 : Hans-Georg Arlt , German violinist († 2011 )
0February 6 : Charles Gerhardt , American conductor, arranger, sound engineer and music producer († 1999 )
0February 7th : Juliette Gréco , French chanson singer and actress
0February 7th : Michel Hausser , French jazz vibraphonist
0February 7th : Laurie Johnson , English composer
February 10 : Leontyne Price , American concert and opera singer
February 11 : Johannes Menskes , German choir director and composer
February 14 : Hans Kann , Austrian pianist and composer († 2005 )
February 20 : Ibrahim Ferrer , Cuban musician († 2005 )
February 21 : Walter S. Hartley , American composer († 2016 )
February 21 : Pierre Mercure , Canadian composer and television producer († 1966 )
February 22 : Guy Mitchell , American pop singer and film actor († 1999 )
February 23 : Karel Hron , Czech organist and music teacher († 2010 )
February 24 : Earl Peterson , American country musician († 1971 )
0March 1 : Harry Belafonte , American singer, actor, entertainer and civil rights activist
0March 2 : Witold Szalonek , Polish composer († 2001 )
0March 5 : Jack Cassidy , American actor, singer († 1976 )
0March 8 : Josef Berg , Czech composer († 1971 )
0March 8 : Dick Hyman , American jazz pianist
0March 9 : Bezerra da Silva , Brazilian songwriter († 2005 )
March 12th : Georg Hörtnagel , German double bass player and concert agent
March 14 : Adam Edward Semeniuk , Canadian country musician († 2017 )
March 15 : Aaron Rosand , American violinist and music teacher († 2019 )
March 15 : Carl Smith , American country singer († 2010 )
March 16 : Ruby Braff , American cornet player († 2003 )
March 17 : Betty Allen , American mezzo-soprano and lecturer († 2009 )
March 18 : John Kander , American composer
March 20 : John Joubert , English composer († 2019 )
March 21 : Robert-Alexander Bohnke , pianist († 2004 )
March 27 : Mstislaw Rostropovich , Russian cellist and conductor († 2007 )
March 30th : Karola Ágai , Hungarian opera singer († 2010 )
0April 6 : Gerry Mulligan , American jazz musician and composer († 1996 )
0April 9 : Mohammad Taghi Massoudieh , Iranian ethnomusicologist and composer († 1999 )
April 10 : Warren Thew , American-Swiss pianist, composer, poet and illustrator († 1984 )
April 19 : John Diercks , American composer and pianist († 2020 )
April 21 : Robert Savoie , Canadian singer and music teacher († 2007 )
April 22nd : Laurel Aitken , Cuban singer and songwriter († 2005 )
April 25 : Siegfried Palm , German cellist († 2005 )
April 25 : Ernst Widmer , Swiss-Brazilian composer († 1990 )
April 27 : Connie Kay , American drummer († 1994 )
April 28 : Guy Duijck , Belgian composer and professor († 2008 )
April 29 : Cecil James McNeely , American rhythm and blues saxophonist († 2018 )
0May 1 : Gary Bertini , Israeli conductor and composer († 2005 )
0May 3rd : David Rosenmann-Taub , Chilean poet and pianist
0May 5 : Charles Rosen , American pianist and music theorist († 2012 )
0May 9 : Carlos Piantini , Dominican violinist and conductor († 2010 )
May 13 : Waldemar Schieber , German horn player
May 16 : Paul Angerer , Austrian conductor and composer († 2017 )
May 16 : Pavlina Apostolova , Yugoslav opera singer († 2018 )
May 26 : Antonio Prieto , Chilean singer and actor († 2011 )
0June 4th : Willy Hagara , Austrian pop singer and actor († 2015 )
0June 9 : Waltraut Haas , Austrian actress and singer
June 12 : Al Fairweather , British musician († 1993 )
June 13 : Slim Dusty , Australian singer and songwriter († 2003 )
June 14 : Gert Augst , German church musician († 2005 )
June 17th : Charles Austin , American jazz trumpeter († 2012 )
June 17th : Martin Böttcher , German film composer and conductor († 2019 )

Martin Böttcher (2002)
June 17th : Bernd Rabe , German musician († 2001 )
June 18 : Lutz Jahoda , German actor, entertainer, singer and author
June 21 : José Antonio Méndez , Cuban singer, guitarist and composer († 1989 )
June 23 : Kenneth McKellar , British tenor singer († 2010 )
June 23 : Rolf Alexander Wilhelm , German film and television composer († 2013 )
June 30th : Patricia Snell , Canadian opera singer
0July 2 : Ruth Berghaus , German director of music theater († 1996 )
0July 2 : Gerónimo Pellerano , Dominican singer († 1991 )
0July 2 : Brock Peters , American actor and singer († 2005 )
0July 7th : Doc Severinsen , American jazz musician
0July 9 : Ed Ames , American pop singer and actor
July 10 : Marcel Azzola , French jazz accordionist († 2019 )
July 11 : Herbert Blomstedt , American-Swedish conductor
July 15 : Rowland Pack , Canadian cellist, organist and choirmaster († 1964 )
July 16 : Serge Baudo , French conductor
July 18 : Kurt Masur , German conductor († 2015 )
July 20 : Michael Gielen , Austrian conductor and composer († 2019 )
July 22nd : Giuseppe Giorgio Englert , Swiss composer of electronic music († 2007 )
July 25 : Bert Breit , Austrian composer, journalist, filmmaker, draftsman († 2004 )
July 26 : Charles Whittenberg , American composer and music teacher († 1984 )
July 29th : Hans Georg Brunner-Schwer , German music producer and label founder (MPS) († 2004 )
July 31 : Ștefan Niculescu , Romanian composer († 2008 )
July 31 : Tony Thomas , British-American film historian, television and music producer († 1997 )
August 10 : Mario Abbate , Italian singer and actor († 1981 )
August 11 : Raymond Leppard , British conductor, composer and harpsichordist († 2019 )
August 12 : Bernie Piltch , Canadian jazz saxophonist, clarinetist and flutist († 1983 )
August 12 : Porter Wagoner , American country singer († 2007 )
August 15 : John Cranko , British dancer and choreographer († 1973 )
August 17 : Sam Butera , American saxophonist and arranger († 2009 )
August 24 : David Wooldridge , British conductor and composer († 1998 )
August 27 : Morris Levy , American record empresario († 1990 )
August 29 : Forrest Westbrook , American jazz pianist († 2014 )
August 29 : Red Kelly , American jazz bassist († 2004 )
August 30 : Piet Kee , Dutch organist and composer († 2018 )
0September 8th : Specs Wright , American jazz drummer († 1963 )
0September 9 : Elvin Jones , American musician († 2004 )
September 10 : Albert Benz , Swiss composer and conductor († 1988 )
September 10 : Johnny Keating , Scottish jazz musician and orchestra conductor († 2015 )
September 11th : Myrta Silva , Puerto Rican singer and composer († 1987 )
September 17 : Hein († 2016 ) & Oss († 2019 ), German songwriters and singers
September 20 : Red Mitchell , American jazz bassist († 1992 )
September 21 : Manuel Troncoso , Dominican composer († 2012 )
September 23 : Mighty Joe Young , American blues guitarist, singer and songwriter († 1999 )
September 25 : Ernie Andrews , American blues and jazz singer
September 25 : Colin Davis , British conductor († 2013 )
September 25 : Earl Zindars , American jazz composer and percussionist († 2005 )
0October 6 : Paul Badura-Skoda , Austrian pianist († 2019 )
0October 7th : Kazimierz Korybutiak , Polish pianist and music teacher
0October 7 : Al Martino , American singer († 2009 )
October 11 : Pierre Doukan , French violinist, composer and music teacher († 1995 )
October 13 : Anita Kerr , American singer, arranger, composer, conductor, pianist and music producer
October 13 : Lee Konitz , American musician
October 24 : Gilbert Bécaud , French chansonnier († 2001 )
October 24th : Jean-Claude Pascal , French fashion designer, actor and singer († 1992 )
October 27 : Dominick Argento , American composer and university professor († 2019 )
October 28th : Cleo Laine , English singer and actress
October 28th : Armando Recio , Dominican singer
October 30 : Weldon Rogers , American country, rockabilly musician and producer († 2004 )
0November 8 : Ken Dodd , English singer, actor and entertainer († 2018 )
0November 8 : Patti Page , American country and pop singer († 2013 )
November 11th : Mose Allison , American jazz pianist and singer († 2016 )
November 13 : Tomás Rivera Morales , Puerto Rican composer, cuatro player and music teacher († 2001 )
November 14th : Narciso Yepes , Spanish classical guitarist († 1997 )
November 18 : Liane Augustin , Austrian singer, Diseuse, actress and voice actress († 1978 )
November 18 : Carmen Delia Dipiní , Puerto Rican singer († 1998 )
November 19 : Günter Kallmann , German choir director, singer and composer († 2016 )
November 22nd : Jimmy Knepper , American jazz trombonist († 2003 )
November 24 : Emma Lou Diemer , American composer and professor
0December 2 : Gasisa Akhmetovna Schubanova , Kazakh composer († 1993 )
0December 3 : Janusz Dolny , Polish pianist and music teacher († 2008 )
0December 3 : Andy Williams , American pop singer and entertainer († 2012 )
0December 7th : Jorge Fontenla , Argentine pianist, conductor and composer († 2016 )
December 12th : Dennis Herrold , American rockabilly musician († 2002 )
December 24th : Eugen Thomass , German film composer († 2009 )
December 26th : Denis Quilley , British actor and singer († 2003 )
December 27 : Bill Crow , American jazz bassist

Exact date of birth unknown

Hermann Schäfer , German composer, music teacher and musicologist († 2009 )
Jerzy Zgodziński , Polish percussionist and music teacher († 1996 )

Died

February 18 : Paul Steindorff , American conductor (* 1864 )
February 19 : Robert Fuchs , Austrian composer (* 1847 )
0March 2 : Marie Lipsius , German music writer (* 1837 )
0March 4 : Romain-Octave Pelletier , Canadian organist and composer (* 1843 )
March 12 : Walter Henry Rothwell , English conductor (* 1872 )
May 30th : Arnold Niggli , Swiss music historian and critic (* 1843 )
0June 2 : Friedrich Hegar , Swiss composer and conductor (* 1841 )
July 17th : Luise Adolpha Le Beau , German pianist and composer (* 1850 )
0August 5th : Joseph O'Mara , Irish opera tenor (* 1864 )
August 13 : Hermann Abert , German music scholar (* 1871 )
August 13 : Árpád Doppler , Hungarian-German composer (* 1857 )
September 14th : Isadora Duncan , American dancer (* 1877 )
0October 8 : Ange Flégier , French composer, music critic, painter and writer (* 1846 )
November 20 : Wilhelm Stenhammar , Swedish composer, pianist and conductor (* 1871 )
November 25 : Alfred De Sève , Canadian violinist, music teacher and composer (* 1858 )
December 16 : Hugh Archibald Clarke , Canadian composer (* 1839 )
December 31 : Max Meyer-Olbersleben , German composer (* 1850 )

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