Music year 1929

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Music year 1929

Instrumental music (selection)

• Erich Wolfgang Korngold : Three songs for voice and piano op.22
• Ralph Vaughan Williams : The 100th Psalm in C minor for choir and orchestra ; Three Choral Hymns for baritone (tenor), choir and orchestra .
• Carl Nielsen : 29 little preludes op. 51 (organ); Three motets , mixed choir a cappella op.55
• Gustav Holst : Double Concerto for 2 Violins and Orchestra op. 49;
• Sergei Sergejewitsch Prokofjew : Divertimento , op. 43; Suite from L'enfant prodigue (The Prodigal Son) , op.46

Musical theater

• February 9 : World premiere of the comic opera The Tenor by Ernst von Dohnányi in Budapest
• February 22nd : World premiere of the operetta Rosen aus Florida by Leo Fall in Vienna
• April 27 : World premiere of the opera Jürg Jenatsch by Heinrich Kaminski at the State Opera in Dresden
• May 15th : World premiere of the opera Persée et Andromède ou Le Plus Heureux des trios by Jacques Ibert
• June 8th : World premiere of the funny opera Neues vom Tage by Paul Hindemith at the Kroll Opera House in Berlin
• June 25 : World premiere of the opera Judith by Eugène Aynsley Goossens at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden in London
• July 28 : World premiere of the opera Lehrstück by Paul Hindemith in Baden-Baden
• August 31 : World premiere of the operetta The Three Musketeers by Ralph Benatzky at the Great Theater in Berlin
• September 21 : World premiere of the opera Engelbrekt by Natanael Berg at the Kungliga Teatern in Stockholm
• October 10 : World premiere of the operetta The Land of Smiles by Franz Lehár in the Metropol Theater Berlin

Further stage work premieres in 1929:

• George Gershwin : Show Girl (Musical)
• Ralph Vaughan Williams : Sir John in Love (Opera)
• Leo Ascher : The King of the Moulin Rouge (operetta)
• Gustav Holst : The Tale of the Wandering Scholar (Opera)
• Ralph Benatzky : Alone with you on a lonely island (operetta) Premiere in Leipzig
• Paul Abraham : Miracles still happen (operetta)

Born

January

• 0January 4th : Arik Brauer , Austrian painter, singer and poet
• 0January 5th : Peter-Lukas Graf , Swiss flautist
• 0January 5 : Wilbert Harrison , American musician († 1994 )
• 0January 6 : Dietrich Knothe , German conductor († 2000 )
• January 11 : Wanda Wiłkomirska , Polish violinist († 2018 )
• January 13 : Joe Pass , American jazz guitarist († 1994 )
• January 15 : Teizō Matsumura , Japanese composer († 2007 )
• January 17th : Grady Martin , American guitarist († 2001 )
• January 18 : Pierick Houdy , French-Canadian composer
• January 21 : Bibi Johns , Swedish pop singer and actress
• January 22nd : Antonio Braga , Italian composer and music teacher († 2009 )
• January 22nd : Petr Eben , Czech composer († 2007 )
• January 25 : Benny Golson , American jazz tenor saxophonist, composer and arranger
• January 29th : Ed Shaughnessy , American jazz drummer († 2013 )
• January 31 : Vera Schwarz , German harpsichordist († 1980 )

February

• 0February 2 : Reiner Bredemeyer , German composer († 1995 )
• 0February 3 : Jimmy Edwards , American rockabilly musician
• 0February 4 : Dorothy Howard , Canadian singer and music teacher († 2013 )
• 0February 5 : Hal Blaine , American musician († 2019 )
• 0February 5 : Luc Ferrari , French composer, sound artist and radio play maker († 2005 )
• 0February 7th : Günter Kootz , German pianist and university professor
• 0February 9 : Willem Kersters , Belgian composer and professor († 1998 )
• 0February 9 : James Mulcro Drew , American composer and music teacher († 2010 )
• February 10 : Jerry Goldsmith , American film music composer († 2004 )
• February 14 : Wyn Morris , Welsh conductor († 2010 )
• February 18 : Inge Brandenburg , German jazz singer and theater actress († 1999 )
• February 18 : Eduardo Lagos , Argentine pianist, composer and music critic († 2009 )
• February 18 : André Mathieu , Canadian pianist and composer († 1968 )
• February 18 : Günther Schramm , German actor, television presenter and singer
• February 20 : Siegfried Jordan , German composer, lyricist, arranger, musician, singer, orchestra director, editor, presenter and producer
• February 20 : Toshirō Mayuzumi , Japanese composer and professor († 1997 )
• February 20th : Floralba del Monte , Dominican pianist and music teacher
• February 22nd : Anny Schlemm , German opera singer

March

• 0March 3rd : Siegrid Ernst , German composer, pianist and music teacher
• 0March 4th : Bernard Haitink , Dutch conductor
• 0March 5 : JB Lenoir , American blues singer and guitarist († 1967 )
• 0March 7th : Irma Urteaga , Argentine composer
• March 12 : Francisco Pulgar Vidal , Peruvian composer († 2012 )
• March 15 : Cecil Taylor , American jazz pianist († 2018 )
• March 18 : Ctirad Kohoutek , Czech composer, music pedagogue and musicologist († 2011 )
• March 21 : Otis "Big Smokey" Smothers , American blues guitarist and singer († 1993 )
• March 22nd : Fred Anderson Jr. , American jazz musician († 2010 )
• March 23 : Vera Kistler , American composer, music teacher and writer († 2006 )
• March 26 : Toshio Akiyama , Japanese composer and professor
• March 26 : Ray Scott , American rockabilly musician († 1999 )
• March 31 : Alexander Gray , Canadian singer and music teacher († 1998 )

April

• 0April 3 : Ralf Paulsen , German singer († 2015 )
• 0April 6 : André Previn , American pianist, composer and conductor († 2019 )
• 0April 6 : Art Taylor , American jazz drummer († 1995 )
• 0April 7th : Domingo Cura , Argentine percussionist († 2004 )
• 0April 7 : Walter Dworakivsky , American composer and music teacher
• 0April 8 : Walter Berry , Austrian singer († 2000 )
• 0April 8 : Jacques Brel , chansonnier and actor († 1978 )
• April 11 : Ian Armit , British blues and jazz pianist († 1992 )
• April 15 : Roland Cardon , Belgian composer and professor († 2001 )
• April 17th : James Last , German band leader, composer, arranger and music producer († 2015 )
• April 19 : Hans R. Beierlein , German media manager and music publisher
• April 22nd : Erkki Junkkarinen , Finnish singer († 2008 )
• April 29 : Ray Barretto , American jazz musician († 2006 )
• April 29 : Halina Łukomska , Polish singer († 2016 )
• April 29 : Peter Sculthorpe , Australian composer († 2014 )

May

• 0May 2 : Link Wray , American musician († 2005 )
• 0May 3 : Hans Stadlmair , conductor and composer († 2019 )
• 0May 9 : Robert "H-Bomb" Ferguson , American blues singer and pianist († 2006 )
• May 10 : Dinos Constantinides , American composer, music teacher, conductor and violinist
• May 10 : Mel Lewis , American jazz musician († 1990 )
• May 16 : Betty Carter , American jazz singer († 1998 )
• May 17th : Janet Craxton , English oboist († 1981 )
• May 17th : Hans Gebhard , German church musician, organist, composer and choir director
• May 18 : Roger Matton , Canadian composer and ethnomusicologist († 2004 )
• May 21 : Charles Wadsworth , American pianist, chamber musician and music educator
• May 29 : Fernande Chiocchio , Canadian singer and music educator

June

• 0June 1 : Yehudi Wyner , American composer, pianist and music teacher
• 0June 2nd : Frédéric Devreese , Belgian composer and conductor
• 0June 6 : Bogusław Schaeffer , Polish composer, musicologist and music teacher († 2019 )
• 0June 9 : Johnny Ace , American musician († 1954 )
• June 13 : Alan Civil , British horn player and music teacher († 1989 )
• June 14 : Cy Coleman , American composer († 2004 )
• June 15 : Lotfi Mansouri , American opera director and director († 2013 )
• June 18 : Ilse Storb , German musicologist, music teacher and university teacher
• June 20th : Ingrid Haebler , Austrian pianist
• June 20 : Francis Santana , Dominican singer († 2014 )
• June 21 : Abdel Halim Hafez , Egyptian singer and actor († 1977 )
• June 22nd : Pierre Thibaud , French trumpeter and music teacher († 2004 )
• June 23 : Carlos Argentino , Argentine singer († 1991 )
• June 23 : June Carter Cash , American singer and songwriter († 2003 )
• June 23 : Henri Pousseur , Belgian composer († 2009 )
• June 26 : June Bronhill , Australian opera singer († 2005 )
• June 29 : Alexandre Lagoya , classical guitarist († 1999 )
• June 29 : Michio Mamiya , Japanese composer
• June 30 : Alexander Kelly , Scottish pianist and music teacher († 1996 )

July

• 0July 4th : Joyce Sullivan , Canadian singer († 2017 )
• 0July 6 : Gerd Zacher , German composer and organist († 2014 )
• July 11 : Hermann Prey , German baritone († 1998 )
• July 14 : Alan Dawson , American jazz drummer († 1996 )
• July 15 : Charles Anthony , American opera singer († 2012 )
• July 15 : Francis Bebey , French musician and writer († 2001 )
• July 15 : Lou Graham , American country and rockabilly musician († 1999 )
• July 18 : Jalacy Hawkins , American singer († 2000 )
• July 22 : Jean-Pierre Rivière , French composer († 1995 )
• July 26th : Alexis Weissenberg , French pianist of Bulgarian origin († 2012 )
• July 27 : Walter Michael Klepper , Romanian-German composer († 2008 )
• July 29 : Charles Richard Anders , American composer and pastor
• July 29 : Avet Terterjan , Armenian composer († 1994 )
• July 31 : Don Murray , American actor

August

• 0August 1 : Samuel Charters , American blues researcher and musician († 2015 )
• 0August 2 : José Afonso , Portuguese singer and composer († 1987 )
• 0August 6 : Ferenc Aszódy , German trumpeter († 2005 )
• 0August 6 : Reinhold Finkbeiner , German composer and organist († 2010 )
• 0August 8 : Lionginas Abarius , Lithuanian musician, composer and professor
• 0August 8 : Josef Suk , Czech violinist and violist († 2011 )
• August 12 : Buck Owens , American country singer († 2006 )
• August 12th : Jōji Yuasa , Japanese composer
• August 13 : Gustav Meier , Swiss conductor and music teacher († 2016 )
• August 16 : Bill Evans , American jazz pianist († 1980 )
• August 18th : Hugues Aufray , French chanson singer
• August 28 : István Kertész , Hungarian conductor († 1973 )
• 00.August: Roy Moss , American rockabilly musician

September

• 0September 1 : Kostas Paskalis , Greek-Austrian opera singer († 2007 )
• 0September 2 : Charline Arthur , American rockabilly musician († 1987 )
• 0September 6 : Charles Moffett senior , American jazz drummer († 1997 )
• 0September 8 : Christoph von Dohnányi , German conductor and director
• 0September 9 : Claude Nougaro , French jazz singer, poet, painter and draftsman († 2004 )
• September 10 : Akio Yashiro , Japanese composer († 1976 )
• September 12 : Roberto Angleró , Puerto Rican salsa composer, singer and band leader († 2018 )
• September 13 : Nikolaj Gjaurow , Bulgarian-Austrian opera singer († 2004 )
• September 17 : Sylvester Austin , American tenor saxophonist († 2001 )
• September 17 : Vincent La Selva , American conductor and music teacher († 2017 )
• September 19 : Heny Álvarez , Puerto Rican composer, percussionist and singer († 2006 )
• September 22 : Serge Garant , Canadian composer and conductor († 1986 )
• September 23 : Jimmy Woode , American jazz double bass player († 2005 )
• September 29 : Rolf Kühn , German musician and jazz clarinetist

October

• 0October 1 : Jean Amadou , French singer and humorist († 2011 )
• 0October 1 : Peter Meven , German opera and concert singer († 2003 )
• 0October 1 : Bonnie Owens , American country singer († 2006 )
• 0October 4th : Leroy Van Dyke , American country musician
• 0October 6 : Dieter Antritter , German jazz musician († 2015 )
• 0October 7th : Luigi Ferdinando Tagliavini , Italian organist († 2017 )
• October 10 : Ed Blackwell , American jazz drummer († 1992 )
• October 11 : Curtis Amy , American saxophonist and flautist († 2002 )
• October 11 : Daniel Wayenberg , Dutch pianist and composer († 2019 )
• October 17th : Ram Da-Oz , Israeli composer
• October 24 : George Crumb , American composer
• October 26 : Hans Peter Haller , German composer and pioneer of electroacoustic music († 2006 )
• October 30th : Willie Torres , Puerto Rican singer

November

• 0November 2 : Harold Farberman , American composer and conductor († 2018 )
• 0November 6th : Francy Boland , Belgian jazz pianist and arranger († 2005 )
• 0November 7th : Benny Andersen , Danish writer, poet, composer and pianist († 2018 )
• 0November 8 : Bert Berns , American music producer and composer († 1967 )
• 0November 9 : Piero Cappuccilli , Italian opera singer († 2005 )
• November 10 : George Buford , American blues musician († 2011 )
• November 11 : LaVern Baker , American rhythm and blues singer († 1997 )
• November 15 : Józef Patkowski , Polish composer, musicologist and music teacher († 2005 )
• November 17th : Charles Kálmán , Austrian film and stage composer († 2015 )
• November 19 : Jean Blaton , Belgian racing driver and musician
• November 20 : Raymond Lefèvre , French orchestra conductor and composer († 2008 )
• November 21 : Billy Barton , American country and rockabilly musician († 2011 )
• November 21 : Violeta Stephen , Dominican singer
• November 26th : Slavko Avsenik , Slovenian composer and musician († 2015 )

December

• 0December 1 : Wolfgang Anheisser , German opera singer († 1974 )
• 0December 3 : Werner Rackwitz , German opera director and cultural politician († 2014 )
• 0December 4 : Wilhelm Georg Berger , Romanian composer and musicologist († 1993 )
• 0December 6th : Nikolaus Harnoncourt , Austrian conductor († 2016 )
• 0December 6 : Mark Kopytman , Israeli composer and music teacher († 2011 )
• 0December 7th : Albrecht Haupt , German church musician
• December 11 : Kenneth MacMillan , ballet dancer and choreographer († 1992 )
• December 12th : Toshiko Akiyoshi , Japanese jazz pianist, composer, arranger and big band leader
• December 14th : Ron Nelson , American composer and professor
• December 19 : Bob Brookmeyer , American jazz musician († 2011 )
• December 23 : Chet Baker , American jazz musician, singer and composer († 1988 )
• December 23 : Clarice Carson , Canadian singer († 2015 )
• December 23 : Eckart Rohlfs , German publisher and music journalist
• December 26th : Monty Budwig , American jazz bassist († 1992 )
• December 27 : Zdeněk Bláha , Czech folk musician and composer
• December 27th : Gyula Kovács , Hungarian jazz drummer († 1992 )
• December 31 : Ivor David Arbiter , English instrument maker († 2005 )

Exact date of birth unknown

• Josef Augustin , German folk musician († 1980 )

Died

• 0January 8 : Heinrich Busch , German pianist and composer (* 1900 )
• January 11 : Elfrida Andrée , Swedish composer (* 1841 )
• January 22nd : Adolph Brodsky , Russian violinist (* 1851 )
• January 26 : William Edwin Haesche , American composer (* 1867 )
• 0February 6 : Siegfried Ochs , German choir director and composer (* 1858 )
• February 19 : Cesare Galeotti , Italian composer, conductor and pianist (* 1872 )
• February 25 : František Neumann , Czech composer, conductor and music teacher (* 1874 )
• March 22nd : Anton Beer-Walbrunn , German composer (* 1864 )
• 0April 9 : Wilhelm Busch , German instrument maker (* 1861 )
• April 22nd : Ödön Mihalovich , Hungarian composer (* 1842 )
• April 29 : Edward Jakobowski , English composer (* 1856 )
• 0May 4th : Wladimir Kenig , Polish composer (* 1883 )
• May 26th : Jens Bodewalt Lampe , Danish-American composer, violinist and orchestra leader of ragtime (* 1869 )
• July 13 : Eusebius Mandyczewski , Austrian musicologist and composer (* 1857 )
• July 22nd : Bror Beckman , Swedish composer (* 1866 )
• 0August 3 : Emil Berliner , inventor of the record and the gramophone (* 1851 )
• August 12 : Rudolf Nováček , Czech composer and conductor (* 1860 )
• August 15 : Pilar Fernández de la Mora , Spanish pianist and music teacher (* 1867 )
• August 16 : Frank Van der Stucken , American composer and conductor (* 1858 )
• August 19 : Sergei Djagilew , Russian founder of modern Russian ballet (* 1872 )
• August 27 : Giulio Bas , Italian composer and organist (* 1874 )
• September 1 : Stanisław Barcewicz , Polish pianist, chamber musician, conductor and music teacher (* 1858 )
• September 18 : Hermann Graedener , German composer (* 1844 )
• October 17th : Ada Crossley , Australian singer (* 1871 )
• October 26 : Swan Hennessy , Irish-American composer (* 1866 )
• 0November 2 : Lena Amsel , German dancer and actress (* 1898 )
• November 11th : Mieczysław Sołtys , Polish composer (* 1863 )
• November 23 : Arvid Kleven , Norwegian composer (* 1899 )
• December 31 : Alexander Lambert , Polish-American composer, pianist and music teacher (* 1863 )

Exact date of death unknown

• Henry Morton Dunham , American organist and composer (* 1853 )
• Karl Nováček , Czech cellist, conductor and military bandmaster (* 1868 )

See also

Portal: Music  - Overview of Wikipedia content on music

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