Music year 1930

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Music year 1930

Instrumental music (selection)

Ottorino Respighi : Metamorphoseon, Modi XII ; Lauda per la natività del signore for mixed choir, solos and orchestra .
Erich Wolfgang Korngold : Suite for 2 violins, cello and piano for the left hand alone, op.23.
Igor Stravinsky : The Psalm Symphony (revised 1949)
Maurice Ravel : Piano Concerto in D major for the left hand
Ralph Vaughan Williams : Job: A Masque for Dancing (ballet music); Hymn Tune Prelude on Gibbons' Song 13 (piano music)
Carl Nielsen : Amor og Digteren (Cupid and the Poet) op. 54; Klavermusik for Smaa og Store (piano music for young and old) op. 53; Two preludes (organ)
Béla Bartók : Cantata profana - Die Zauberhirsche for tenor, baritone, double choir and orchestra .
Gustav Holst : Hammersmith Prelude and Scherzo , op.52
Sergei Sergejewitsch Prokofjew : String Quartet No. 1 ; 4th symphony

Musical theater

January 6th : First performance of the comic opera Le Roi d'Yvetot by Jacques Ibert at the Opéra-Comique in Paris
Jan. 14 : First performance of the musical Strike up the Band of George Gershwin at the Times Square Theater in New York
February 8th : World premiere of the operetta The Tenor of the Duchess by Eduard Künneke at the New German Theater in Prague
February 21 : World premiere of the operetta Victoria and Her Husar by Paul Abraham in Budapest
March 7th : World premiere of the operetta The Double Groom by Walter Kollo in the Theater am Schiffbauerdamm, Berlin
March 9th : World premiere of the opera Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny by Kurt Weill in Leipzig
March 29th : World premiere of the musical comedy My sister and I at the Berlin Komödienhaus by Ralph Benatzky .
April 5 : UA operetta Majesty begs of Walter Kollo at the Komische Oper in Berlin.
October 3rd : World premiere of the opera Vom Fischer und syner Frau by Othmar Schoeck at the State Opera in Dresden
October 14 : World premiere of the musical Girl Crazy by George Gershwin at the Alvin Theater in New York
November 8th : World premiere of the Singspiel Im Weisse Rößl by Ralph Benatzky in the Großes Schauspielhaus in Berlin
November 9 : World premiere of Manfred Gurlitt's opera Soldiers in Düsseldorf

November 29th : World premiere of the romantic opera Morana by Jakov Gotovac in Brno

December 3rd : World premiere of the operetta Schön ist die Welt by Franz Lehár at the Metropol-Theater in Berlin

December 12th : World premiere of the operetta Les Aventures du Roi Pausole by Arthur Honegger at the Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens in Paris

December 26th : World premiere of the operetta The Lost Waltz by Robert Stolz in Dresden.

Further stage work premieres:

Emmerich Kálmán : The Violet from Montmartre (Operetta)
Robert Stolz : Peppina (operetta)
Leo Ascher : Spring in the Vienna Woods (Operetta)
Ralph Benatzky: Cocktail (musical comedy)
Eugen d'Albert : The Widow of Ephesus , (opera, composed in 1930 but not performed)

Film music (selection)

Ralph Benatzky and Franz Grothe : The last company
Franz Grothe: Tingeltangel
Werner Richard Heymann : You are the cutest girl in the world ; The three from the gasstation
Walter Kollo : Chacun sa chance
Paul Abraham : The Singing City

Born

January

0January 1st : Werner Heider , German composer, pianist and conductor
0January 1st : Ack van Rooyen , Dutch jazz trumpeter
0January 2 : Manuel Marino Miniño , Dominican composer, conductor and music teacher († 1996 )
0January 4th : Christoph Albrecht , German organist, conductor and composer († 2016 )
0January 4th : Constantin Floros , Greek-German musicologist
0January 5 : Hugh McLean , Canadian organist, pianist, harpsichordist, music educator and scholar († 2017 )
0January 6th : Rafael Velásquez , Venezuelan trumpeter and flugelhorn player († 2009 )
January 12 : Glenn Yarbrough , American singer († 2016 )
January 13 : Bobby Lester , American singer († 1980 )
January 14 : Jürgen Feindt , German dancer and actor († 1978 )
January 14 : Kenny Wheeler , Canadian jazz musician († 2014 )
January 15 : Michel Chapuis , French organist († 2017 )
January 15 : Earl Hooker , American blues musician († 1970 )
January 22nd : Ben Steinberg , Canadian composer, conductor, organist and music teacher
January 27 : Bobby Bland , American blues and soul singer († 2013 )
January 28th : Luis de Pablo , Spanish composer and music teacher
January 29th : Derek Bailey , English guitarist and improvisation artist († 2005 )
January 30th : Usko Meriläinen , Finnish composer and conductor († 2004 )
January 31 : Friedrich Witt , German double bass player († 2015 )

February

0February 2 : Miroslav Raichl , Czech composer and music teacher († 1998 )
0February 2 : Reiner Süß , German chamber singer and entertainer († 2015 )
0February 6 : Alexander Pirumow , Armenian-Russian composer and music teacher († 1995 )
0February 9 : Emil Petrovics , Hungarian composer († 2011 )
February 20 : Pierre Gabaye , French composer († 2019 )
February 22nd : Alfredo Sadel , Venezuelan singer and actor († 1989 )
February 26 : Lasar Berman , Russian pianist († 2005 )

March

0March 1 : Pierre-Max Dubois , French composer († 1995 )
0March 6 : Lorin Maazel , American conductor († 2014 )
0March 8 : Lonny Kellner , German actress and singer († 2003 )
0March 9 : Vic Ash , British jazz clarinetist and saxophonist († 2014 )
0March 9 : Ornette Coleman , American jazz musician († 2015 )
0March 9 : Taina Elg , Finnish-American dancer and actress
0March 9 : Fritz Rau , German concert and tour organizer († 2013 )
0March 9 : Thomas Schippers , American conductor († 1977 )
March 10 : Ronny , German pop singer, composer and producer († 2011 )
March 12th : Hans Hammerschmid , Austrian composer, arranger, pianist and conductor
March 14 : Dieter Schnebel , German composer († 2018 )
March 15 : Alba Arnova , Italian ballerina and film actress († 2018 )
March 16 : Tommy Flanagan , American jazz pianist († 2001 )
March 17th : Paul Horn , American jazz musician († 2014 )
March 18 : Maurice Peress , American conductor († 2017 )
March 21 : Otis Spann , American blues pianist († 1970 )
March 22 : Stephen Sondheim , American musical composer and lyricist
March 24th : Cristóbal Halffter , Spanish composer
March 27th : Daniel Spoerri , Romanian-Swiss dancer, artist and director
March 28 : Bill Anthony , American jazz bassist
March 28 : Robert Ashley , American composer († 2014 )

April

0April 4th : Toni Stricker , Austrian composer and violinist
0April 5 : Nabil Totah , jazz bassist of Palestinian origin († 2012 )
April 10 : Gustav Ciamaga , Canadian composer († 2011 )
April 15 : Richard Davis , American jazz bassist
April 15 : Herb Pomeroy , American jazz trumpeter († 2007 )
April 16 : Herbie Mann , American jazz flutist († 2003 )
April 17 : Günther Andergassen , Tyrolean composer and underground fighter († 2016 )
April 17th : Chris Barber , British trombonist and jazz band leader
April 17 : Hugo Dudli , Swiss composer and conductor († 2004 )
April 18 : Jean Guillou , French composer, organist and pianist († 2019 )
April 23 : Mikkel Flagstad , Norwegian jazz saxophonist and clarinetist († 2005 )
April 26 : Martin Gotthard Schneider , German church musician, church music director and regional cantor († 2017 )
April 29 : Joe Porcaro , American jazz drummer, percussionist and drum teacher († 2020 )

May

0May 1 : Little Walter , American blues musician († 1968 )
0May 6 : Kjell Bækkelund , Norwegian pianist († 2004 )
0May 6 : Philippe Beaussant , French musicologist and writer († 2016 )
0May 6 : Karl-Heinz Kämmerling , German professor for piano († 2012 )
0May 8 : Vytautas Laurušas , Lithuanian composer († 2019 )
May 11 : Xiomara Alfaro , Cuban singer († 2018 )
May 14 : Władysław Słowiński , Polish composer and conductor
May 16 : Friedrich Gulda , Austrian pianist and composer († 2000 )
May 20th : Theo Peer , Austrian pianist, ORF editor and cabaret artist
May 21 : Peter Dannenberg , German music critic, writer and artistic director († 2015 )
May 22nd : Kenny Ball , British trumpeter and band leader († 2013 )
May 22nd : Myriam von Schrebler , Chilean singer († 2006 )
May 24th : Hans-Martin Linde , recorder player
May 26th : Sivuca , Brazilian accordion player († 2006 )
May 27 : Eino Tamberg , Estonian composer († 2010 )
May 30th : Dave McKenna , American jazz pianist († 2008 )

June

0June 1 : Erich Bergel , Romanian-German conductor († 1998 )
0June 8th : Héctor Zaraspe , Argentine ballet dancer, choreographer and ballet teacher
0June 9 : Barbara , French chanson singer and composer († 1997 )
0June 9 : Wolfgang Gabriel , Austrian composer, conductor and music teacher
June 12 : Jim Nabors , American actor, singer and comedian († 2017 )
June 14 : Michel Attenoux , French musician († 1988 )
June 21 : Luis Stazo , Argentinian bandoneon player, band leader, arranger and composer († 2016 )
June 28 : Winnifred Sim , Canadian organist, pianist and music educator
June 30th : Tata Güines , Cuban percussionist, band leader, composer and arranger († 2008 )

July

0July 2nd : Ahmad Jamal , African American jazz pianist and composer
0July 2nd : Gilberto Monroig , Puerto Rican singer († 1996 )
0July 3 : Ron Collier , Canadian jazz trombonist, composer and arranger († 2003 )
0July 3 : Carlos Kleiber , Austrian conductor († 2004 )
0July 4th : Fernando García , Chilean composer
0July 8 : Earl Van Dyke , American multi-instrumentalist († 1992 )
July 13 : Naomi Schemer , Israeli singer and author († 2004 )
July 14 : Werner Van Cleemput , Belgian composer and musician († 2006 )
July 17 : Ryōhei Hirose , Japanese composer († 2008 )
July 18th : Stefan Kamasa , Polish violist and music teacher
July 18 : Siegfried Kurz , German conductor and composer
July 27 : Einar Iversen , Norwegian jazz pianist († 2019 )
July 27 : Andy White , British drummer († 2015 )
July 29th : Jim Stewart , American rhythm and blues producer, co-founder and label boss of Stax Records

August

0August 1 : Lionel Bart , British musical composer († 1999 )
0August 5th : Erich Penzel , German horn player
0August 6 : Abbey Lincoln , American jazz singer († 2010 )
0August 9 : Roman Berger , Slovak composer, music pedagogue and scholar
August 13 : Margarethe Bence , American opera and concert singer († 1992 )
August 16 : Simha Arom , French-Israeli ethnomusicologist
August 20 : Mario Bernardi , Canadian conductor and pianist († 2013 )
August 25 : Rainer Zepperitz , German double bass player († 2009 )
August 30 : Ernie Ball , American musician and manufacturer of strings for musical instruments († 2004 )
August 30 : Louis Sacchini , American clarinetist and music teacher

September

0September 1 : Dick Raaijmakers , Dutch composer, performance and installation artist († 2013 )
0September 7 : Sonny Rollins , American tenor saxophonist
September 12 : Larry Austin , American composer, conductor and musicologist († 2018 )
September 14th : Hans Aregger , Swiss composer, conductor, clarinet and saxophone player
September 19 : Muhal Richard Abrams , American jazz musician and composer († 2017 )
September 20 : Eddie Bo , American musician († 2009 )
September 22nd : Roger Hannay , American composer and music teacher († 2006 )
September 23 : Ray Charles , American blues musician, blues and jazz musician († 2004 )
September 23 : Gerardo Guevara , Ecuadorian composer
September 26 : Peter Steffen , German pop singer († 2012 )
September 26 : Fritz Wunderlich , German singer († 1966 )
September 27 : Igor Kipnis , American harpsichordist († 2002 )
September 30 : Vitín Avilés , Puerto Rican singer († 2004 )

October

0October 2 : Günter Kochan , German composer († 2009 )
0October 5 : Seán Potts , Irish flute player († 2014 )
0October 8 : Tōru Takemitsu , Japanese composer († 1996 )
0October 8 : Pepper Adams , American baritone saxophonist († 1986 )
October 12 : Alicia Urreta , Mexican composer († 1986 )
October 17th : Betty-Jean Hagen , Canadian violinist and music teacher († 2016 )
October 20 : Carlos Díaz , Cuban singer († 2002 )
October 23 : Boozoo Chavis , American musician († 2001 )
October 24 : The Big Bopper , American rock 'n' roll musician († 1959 )
October 29th : Omara Portuondo , Cuban musician
October 30 : Clifford Brown , American jazz trumpeter († 1956 )
October 30th : Gerti Möller , German pop and chanson singer
October 31 : Booker Ervin , American jazz saxophonist († 1970 )

November

0November 1 : Earl Aycock , American country and rockabilly musician
0November 4th : Lore Krainer , Austrian cabaret artist and chanson singer († 2020 )
0November 7th : Ruth Lomon , Canadian composer and pianist († 2017 )
0November 8 : Yevgeny Malinin , Russian conductor, music teacher and violinist († 2001 )
November 11th : Hank Garland , American guitarist († 2004 )
November 12 : Ève Gagnier , Canadian soprano and actress († 1984 )
November 17th : Dave Amram , American jazz musician and composer
November 17 : Joan Maxwell , Canadian singer and music teacher († 2000 )
November 18th : Jerzy Artysz , Polish singer
November 22 : Peter Hurford , British organist and composer († 2019 )
November 23 : Geeta Dutt , Indian singer († 1972 )

December

0December 4th : Paul-Heinz Dittrich , German composer
0December 4 : Jim Hall , American jazz guitarist and composer († 2013 )
0December 7th : Lupe Serrano , Chilean ballet dancer
December 12 : Saša Večtomov , Czech cellist († 1989 )
December 16 : Benjamin Harkarvy , American dance teacher, ballet master and choreographer († 2002 )
December 16 : Sam Most , American jazz saxophonist and flautist († 2013 )
December 17th : Makoto Moroi , Japanese composer († 2013 )
December 20 : Pat Hare , American blues musician († 1980 )
December 20 : Valentina Kameníková , Ukrainian pianist and music teacher († 1989 )
December 26th : Jean Ferrat , French singer and composer († 2010 )
December 27th : Jacqueline Fontyn , Belgian composer and professor
December 27 : William H. Hill , American composer and music teacher († 2000 )
December 28th : Franzl Lang , German singer, yodeler, guitarist and accordion player († 2015 )
December 28 : Ed Thigpen , American jazz drummer († 2010 )

Exact date of birth unknown

Charles Austin , American multi-instrumentalist
Ernie Barton , American rockabilly and rock 'n' roll musician, producer, and songwriter
Peggy Brown , German pop singer
Julito Deschamps , Dominican singer, pianist and guitarist († 1985 )
Luba Edlina , Russian pianist and music teacher
Cliff Gleaves , American rockabilly musician and DJ († 2002 )
William MacSems , American composer
Fereydun Naserin , Iranian composer and conductor
André Saint-Cyr , Canadian Benedictine monk and choirmaster

Died

0January 1 : Peter Brynie Lindeman , Norwegian composer (* 1858 )
0January 2 : Therese Malten , German singer (* 1855 )
January 24th : Mario Sammarco , Italian singer (* 1868 )
January 27 : Jean Huré , French composer and organist (* 1877 )
February 13 : Conrad Ansorge , German pianist, composer and music teacher (* 1862 )
February 21 : George Waring Stebbins , American organist and composer (* 1869 )
0April 1 : Cosima Wagner , widow of Richard Wagner and director of the Bayreuth Festival (* 1837 )
0April 3 : Emma Albani , Canadian singer (* 1847 )
0May 1 : Charles Marchand , Canadian folk singer (* 1890 )
0May 8 : Henning Mankell , Swedish composer (* 1868 )
May 22nd : Rudolf Löw , Swiss musician and high school teacher (* 1864 )
June 21 : Leo Feist , American music publisher (* 1869 )
July 15 : Leopold Auer , Hungarian violinist, violin teacher and conductor (* 1845 )
July 29 : Alexander von Fielitz , German composer (* 1860 )
0August 4th : Siegfried Wagner , German composer and director of the Bayreuth Festival (* 1869 )
September 21 : Hans Bußmeyer , German composer (* 1853 )
0October 3 : Friedrich Ludwig , German music historian (* 1872 )
0November 7th : Victor Beigel , English pianist and singing teacher (* 1870 )
December 23 : Marie Fillunger , Austrian singer (* 1850 )
December 24th : Oskar Nedbal , Bohemian composer and conductor (* 1874 )
December 25 : Harvey Worthington Loomis , American composer (* 1865 )
December 29 : Oscar Borg , Norwegian composer, conductor, organist and flautist (* 1851 )

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