Music year 1928

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Music year 1928

Instrumental music (selection)

Kurt Atterberg : The 6th Symphony, the so-called "Dollar Symphony ", will be premiered on October 15th in Cologne .

Ottorino Respighi : Fixed novels , symphonic poetry written in 1928, premiered in 1929; Toccata;

Erich Wolfgang Korngold : Baby Serenade op.24

Paul Graener : Quartet (op. 80); Comedietta ( op.82 ); Raabe songs (op.83).

Ralph Vaughan Williams : Te Deum in G major for choir and orchestra (organ)

Carl Nielsen : Clarinet Concerto op. 57; Bøhmisk-dansk Folketone (Bohemian-Danish folk tune ), paraphrase for strings ; Preludio e presto for violin solo op. 52; Three piano pieces op. 59;

Béla Bartók : 2 rhapsodies for violin and orchestra ; 4th string quartet;

Richard Strauss : Gesänge des Orients - Adaptations from Persian and Chinese by Hans Bethge op.77

Sergei Sergejewitsch Prokofjew : 3rd Symphony (composed 1928, premier 1929); American Overture for 17 Instruments, op. 42, unpublished;

Ludolf Nielsen : The traveling companion , ballet op. 54;

Maurice Ravel : Boléro one of the most played orchestral works of all.

Musical theater

January 1st : The jazz opera Jonny plays on by Ernst Krenek is performed for the first time in Vienna

February 18th : The opera Der Zar lets himself be photographed by Kurt Weill is premiered at the New Theater in Leipzig .

March 2nd : World premiere of the operetta The Fraulein's Husband by Paul Abraham in Budapest

April 5th : Premiere of the operetta The Duchess of Chicago by Emmerich Kálmán at the Theater an der Wien in Vienna.

May 29th : World premiere of the operetta Spring Girl by Franz Lehár in the New Theater am Zoo in Berlin (revision of the operetta Spring from 1922)

June 6th : World premiere of the opera Die ägyptische Helena by Richard Strauss and Hugo von Hofmannsthal in Dresden

August 31 : World premiere of the Threepenny Opera by Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht in Berlin.

September 1st : Premiere of the operetta Casanova by Ralph Benatzky based on motifs from the operetta Cagliostro in Vienna by Johann Strauss (son) .

October 4th : World premiere of the operetta Friederike by Franz Lehár at the Metropol-Theater in Berlin.

December 13 : The Musical An American in Paris by George Gershwin is in the Carnegie Hall premiere in New York City.

October 14 : The opera Tyll by Mark Lothar is premiered at the German National Theater in Weimar under the musical direction of Ernst Praetorius and with Walter Favre and Priska Aich in the leading roles .

December 1st : Premiere of the opera Die Schwarze Orchidee by Eugen d'Albert in Leipzig.

December 22nd : Premiere of the operetta Jettchen Gebert by Walter Kollo

Further stage work premieres and film music in 1928: Oscar Straus : Marietta (operetta); Wedding in Hollywood (operetta)

Eduard Künneke : The singing Venus (operetta); One Night in London (soundtrack)
George Gershwin : Rosalie (Musical)
Leo Ascher : La Barberina (operetta)
Julius Bittner : Moon Night (Opera)
Paul Abraham : Zenebona , (operetta) joint work with other composers; The last Verebély girl (operetta).

Others

September 28 : The Comedian Harmonists make their debut at the Great Berlin Theater

Born

January to March

0January 2 : Tiberiu Olah , Romanian composer († 2002 )
0January 2nd : Wolfgang Sauer , German jazz and pop singer († 2015 )
0January 3 : Rob Pronk , Dutch jazz bandleader, arranger, pianist and composer († 2012 )
0January 7th : Emilio Pericoli , Italian singer († 2013 )
0January 8 : Joseph Pach , Canadian violinist
0January 8 : Luther Perkins , American guitarist († 1968 )
0January 8 : Roland Ploeger , German composer († 2004 )
0January 9 : Domenico Modugno , Italian singer and songwriter († 1994 )
January 11th : Will Brandes , German pop singer († 1990 )
January 11th : Cal Massey , American jazz composer and trumpeter († 1972 )
January 12 : Tommy Spurlin , American rockabilly musician († 2005 )
January 14 : Joe Muranyi , Hungarian-American jazz musician († 2012 )
January 16 : Pilar Lorengar , Spanish soprano († 1996 )
January 17 : Jean Barraqué , French composer († 1973 )
January 21 : Trude Mally , Austrian singer and dudler († 2009 )
January 22nd : Wolfram Gehring , German organist
January 23 : Jeanne Moreau , French actress, film director and singer († 2017 )
January 27 : Jean-Michel Damase , French composer († 2013 )
January 29 : Bengt Hambraeus , Swedish composer, organist and musicologist († 2000 )
January 30th : Ruth Brown , American rhythm and blues singer († 2006 )

0February 1 : Jean Aubain , French composer († 2015 )
0February 8 : Siegfried Fink , German drummer and composer († 2006 )
0February 9 : Rolf Apreck , German chamber and opera singer († 1989 )
February 10 : Nelson Pinedo , Colombian singer († 2016 )
February 11 : Gotthilf Fischer , German choir director
February 11 : Conrad Janis , American actor and jazz trombonist
February 12 : Andreas E. Beurmann , German musicologist, composer and physicist († 2016 )
February 12 : James Cohn , American composer
February 12 : Horst Köbbert , German singer and presenter († 2014 )
February 16 : Porfi Jiménez , Venezuelan composer, arranger and band leader († 2010 )
February 20 : Osvaldo Berlingieri , Argentine tango pianist and composer († 2015 )
February 24th : Juan Allende-Blin , Chilean composer
February 26th : Fats Domino , American pianist, singer and songwriter († 2017 )

0March 3 : Pierre Michelot , French jazz musician and composer († 2005 )
0March 4 : Samuel Hans Adler , German-American composer and conductor
0March 6 : Kaoru Chiba , Japanese horn player († 2008 )
0March 8 : Frank Michael Beyer , German composer and conductor († 2008 )
0March 8 : Jacqueline Richard , Canadian pianist, répétiteur and conductor († 2015 )
March 12 : Philip Jones , English trumpeter and founder of the Philip Jones Brass Ensemble († 2000 )
March 12 : Paul Kuhn , German pianist, band leader and singer († 2013 )

Paul Kuhn , 2013
March 12 : Aldemaro Romero , Venezuelan composer and conductor († 2007 )
March 16 : Christa Ludwig , German opera and concert singer
March 18 : Virtú Maragno , Argentine composer († 2004 )
March 19 : Hans Georg Zambona , German composer, pianist and writer
March 24 : Byron Janis , American pianist, composer and musicologist
March 28 : Henk van Lijnschooten , Dutch composer and conductor († 2006 )
March 31 : Lefty Frizzell , American country singer († 1975 )

April to June

0April 2 : Serge Gainsbourg , French chansonnier († 1991 )
0April 2 : Dolly Rathebe , South African jazz and blues singer and actress († 2004 )
0April 2 : Alain Vanzo , French opera singer (tenor) († 2002 )
0April 3 : Don Gibson , American country singer and songwriter († 2003 )
0April 4 : Alfredo Armenteros , Cuban trumpeter († 2016 )
0April 5 : James Milligan , Canadian singer († 1961 )
0April 8 : Fred Ebb , American songwriter († 2004 )
0April 9 : Tom Lehrer , American singer, songwriter, satirist, and mathematician
April 10 : Rosco Gordon , American blues musician († 2002 )
April 13 : Doug Bragg , American country and rockabilly musician († 1973 )
April 13 : Teddy Charles , American jazz musician, composer and record producer († 2012 )
April 16 : Walter Grob , Swiss accordionist and composer († 2014 )
April 18 : Ken Colyer , British jazz and skifflemusic († 1988 )
April 19 : Alexis Korner , English blues musician († 1984 )
April 24 : Johnny Griffin , American jazz musician († 2008 )
April 28 : Alberto Blancafort , Spanish conductor and composer († 2004 )
April 29 : Hanspeter Scherr , German composer and choir director († 1983 )

0May 3 : Dave Dudley , American country singer († 2003 )
0May 4 : Maynard Ferguson , Canadian jazz trumpeter and flugelhorn player († 2006 )
0May 4 : Günter Gerlach , German church musician, school musician and composer († 2003 )
0May 4th : Margaret Kohn , American pianist and music teacher
0May 8th : Nora Nova , German-Bulgarian pop singer
0May 8 : William Sydeman , American composer and music educator
May 12 : Burt Bacharach , American pianist and composer
May 20 : Al Aronowitz , American music journalist († 2005 )
May 23 : Hans Blum , German composer, lyricist, music producer and singer
May 23 : Rosemary Clooney , American actress and singer († 2002 )
May 23 : Pauline Julien , Canadian singer and actress († 1998 )
May 26 : Arlene Pach , Canadian pianist and music teacher († 2000 )
May 28 : Dennis Armitage , British jazz pianist, saxophonist and painter († 2005 )
May 30th : Gustav Leonhardt , Dutch musician († 2012 )
0June 9 : Jacob Siskind , Canadian music critic († 2010 )
June 10 : Carl Dahlhaus , German musicologist († 1989 )
June 12 : Vic Damone , American singer and actor († 2018 )
June 13 : Renée Morisset , Canadian pianist († 2009 )
June 14 : Josef Auer , German jazz musician († 2013 )
June 16 : Ernst Stankovski , Austrian actor, chansonnier and quizmaster
June 17th : Mignon Dunn , American opera singer and vocal teacher
June 20 : Eric Dolphy , American jazz musician († 1964 )
June 21 : Mona Baptiste , pop singer († 1993 )
June 26 : Jacob Druckman , American composer and music teacher († 1996 )
June 28 : Paul Urmuzescu , Romanian composer († 2018 )

July to September

0July 2nd : Line Renaud , French singer and actress
0July 9 : Julián Plaza , Argentine tango composer and arranger, bandoneonist and pianist († 2003 )
July 14 : Manfred Schmidt , German singer (tenor)
July 16 : Manfred Kluge , German composer and church musician († 1971 )
July 17 : Vince Guaraldi , American jazz musician, pianist and composer († 1976 )
July 18 : Carl Fontana , American jazz trombonist († 2003 )
July 19 : Werner Drexler , German pianist, composer and orchestra leader
July 20 : Peter Ind , British jazz musician
July 22nd : George Dreyfus , Australian composer
July 23 : Leon Fleisher , American pianist († 2020 )
July 24 : Antanas Rekašius , Lithuanian composer († 2003 )
July 26 : Tadeusz Baird , Polish composer († 1981 )
July 28 : Bella Davidovich , American pianist
July 29th : Mary Simmons , Canadian singer

0August 1st : Helmuth Herold , German interpreter and teacher of the harmonica († 2001 )
0August 5 : Edgar Rabsch , German organist, choir director and composer († 1990 )
0August 7th : Helen Vita , German chansonniere, actress and cabaret artist († 2001 )
0August 8 : Lubor Bárta , Czech composer († 1972 )
0August 8 : Don Burrows , Australian jazz musician († 2020 )
0August 8 : Simón Díaz , Venezuelan composer and singer, comedian, actor and television presenter († 2014 )
0August 8 : Vilayat Khan , Indian sitar virtuoso († 2004 )
0August 9 : Camilla Wicks , US-Norwegian violinist and music teacher
August 10 : Jimmy Dean , American country musician († 2010 )
August 10 : Eddie Fisher , American singer and entertainer († 2010 )
August 10 : Franz Lehrndorfer , German organist and music professor († 2013 )
August 11 : Lucho Gatica , Chilean singer († 2018 )
August 11 : Stan Kesler , American session musician (steel guitarist and bassist)
August 18 : Barbara Strzelecka , Polish harpsichordist, musicologist and composer
August 19 : Peter C. Steiner , German cellist († 2003 )
August 21 : Art Farmer , American jazz trumpeter († 1999 )
August 22 : Karlheinz Stockhausen , German composer († 2007 )
August 24th : Karlheinz Zöller , German flautist († 2005 )
August 27 : Vitaly Michailowitsch Bujanowski , Russian horn player, music professor and composer († 1993 )
August 29th : Volodymyr Apatskyj , Ukrainian bassoonist
August 31 : Marie-Brigitte Gauthier-Chaufour , French composer († 2001 )

0September 1 : Edwin Kowalik , Polish pianist, publicist and composer († 1997 )
0September 2 : Horace Silver , American jazz pianist and composer († 2014 )
0September 2 : Miloslav Ištvan , Czech composer and music teacher († 1990 )
0September 5 : Albert Mangelsdorff , German jazz trombonist († 2005 )
0September 6 : Yevgeny Svetlanov , Russian conductor, composer and pianist († 2002 )
September 15 : Cannonball Adderley , American jazz saxophonist († 1975 )
September 18 : Chester Gill , Barbadian-Swiss jazz musician, composer and choir director († 2003 )
September 21 : Frank Bencriscutto , American composer and music teacher († 1997 )
September 28 : Koko Taylor , American blues singer († 2009 )

October to December

0October 2 : Ted Nichols , American composer, arranger, conductor and music teacher
0October 3 : Erik Bruhn , Danish ballet dancer († 1986 )
0October 6 : Alfred Hans Zoller , German composer, jazz pianist, cantor and organist († 2006 )
0October 9 : Einojuhani Rautavaara , Finnish composer († 2016 )
October 12 : Jiwan Gasparjan , Armenian instrumentalist and composer
October 21 : Józef Kański , Polish music critic
October 21 : Jef Penders , Dutch composer and conductor († 2015 )
October 21 : René Saorgin , French organist († 2015 )
October 21 : Joyce Wein , American music and festival manager († 2005 )
October 26 : Peter Appleyard , Canadian jazz musician († 2013 )

0November 4 : Larry Bunker , American jazz drummer († 2005 )
November 10 : Ennio Morricone , Italian (film music) composer and conductor
November 10 : Beppe Wolgers , Swedish actor, director, writer and composer († 1986 )
November 11th : Ernestine Anderson , American jazz and blues singer († 2016 )
November 11th : Arthur Cunningham , American composer († 1997 )
November 12 : Napoleón Dihmes , Dominican opera tenor († 2006 )
November 13 : Hampton Hawes , American jazz musician († 1977 )
November 15 : Jerry Toth , Canadian jazz saxophonist, clarinetist and flutist, composer and arranger († 1999 )
November 15 : CW McCall , American country singer
November 18 : Sheila Jordan , American jazz singer
November 23 : Jerry Bock , American composer († 2010 )
November 27th : Horst Gehann , German composer, conductor, organist, harpsichordist, music publisher († 2007 )
November 29th : Virginia López , Puerto Rican singer

0December 2 : Jörg Demus , Austrian pianist († 2019 )
0December 2 : Jimmy Haggett , American country and rockabilly musician († 2000 )
0December 2nd : Rita Paul , German actress and singer
0December 4th : Frank Tiberi , American jazz musician
0December 8th : Jimmy Smith , American jazz and blues organist († 2005 )
December 13 : Nati Mistral , Spanish singer and actress († 2017 )
December 14th : Aníbal Abreu , Venezuelan pianist, arranger and composer
December 15 : Ernie Ashworth , American country musician († 2009 )
December 18 : Galt MacDermot , Canadian composer († 2018 )
December 23 : Buddy Harman , American drummer († 2008 )
December 25th : Pepe Jara , Mexican singer († 2005 )
December 25th : Heinrich Poos , German composer
December 30th : Bo Diddley , American musician († 2008 )

Exact date of birth unknown

Danuta Dworakowska , Polish pianist and music teacher

Died

0March 1 : Jacob Adolf Hägg , Swedish composer (* 1850 )
0March 4th : Franjo Vilhar Kalski , Croatian composer (* 1852 )
March 11th : Georges Guiraud , French composer, organist and music teacher (* 1868 )
March 13 : Laura Valborg Aulin , Swedish composer (* 1860 )
March 27 : Leslie Stuart , English composer (* 1864 )
April 18 : Henryk Melcer-Szczawiński , Polish pianist, conductor, composer and music teacher (* 1869 )
0May 7 : Aleksandr Spendiarjan , Armenian composer (* 1871 )
May 11th : Lilli (* 1897 ) and Emil Bohnke (* 1888 ), musician couple
May 19 : Henry Franklin Gilbert , American composer (* 1868 )
August 12 : Leoš Janáček , Czech composer (* 1854 )
August 13 : Fernand de La Tombelle , French composer and organist (* 1854 )
0November 7th : Mattia Battistini , Italian opera singer (* 1856 )
November 10th : Anita Berber , German dancer and actress (* 1899 )
December 25th : Theodor von Frimmel , Austrian art historian and musicologist (* 1853 )
Mischa Léon , Danish singer (* 1889 ) Exact date of death unknown.

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