Music year 1932

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Music year 1932

Instrumental music (selection)

• George Gershwin : Cuban Overture
• Ralph Vaughan Williams : Magnificat for alto, female choir and orchestra
• Sergei Sergejewitsch Prokofjew : 5th Piano Concerto Opus 55 premiered October 31, Sonata in C major for two violins , Op. 56; Two sonatinas, E minor and G major op.54
• Paul Graener : Four songs (op. 94) based on texts by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe; Theodor Storm Music (op. 93); Three Swedish Dances (op. 98); Three piano Pieces
• Wilhelm Kempff : Violin Concerto in G minor (op. 38).

Musical theater

• February 14th : World premiere of the musical tragic comedy The Powerful Cuckold by Berthold Goldschmidt in Mannheim
• March 16 : World premiere of the opera Maria Egiziaca by Ottorino Respighi at Carnegie Hall in New York
• March 17th : World premiere of the opera La donna serpente ( The Woman as a Snake ) by Alfredo Casella at the Teatro Reale in Rome
• April 1st : World premiere of the Singspiel When the Little Violets Bloom by Robert Stolz at the Princess Theater in The Hague
• September 6th : World premiere of the opera La favola d'Orfeo ( The Story of Orpheus ) by Alfredo Casella at the Teatro Goldoni in Venice
• October 29 : World premiere of the opera Der Schmied von Gent by Franz Schreker at the Deutsche Oper Berlin
• November 23 : World premiere of the operetta Happy Journey by Eduard Künneke at the Theater am Kurfürstendamm in Berlin
• December 10 : World premiere of the operetta Venus in Silk by Robert Stolz in Zurich
• December 23 : World premiere of the operetta Sissy by Fritz Kreisler at the Theater an der Wien in Vienna
• December 23rd : World premiere of the operetta Ball im Savoy by Paul Abraham in the Metropol-Theater in Berlin

Further stage work premieres in 1932:

• Emmerich Kálmán : The Devil's Rider (Operetta)
• Oscar Straus : A Woman Who Knows What She Wants (Musical Comedy)
• Edmund Eysler : Donauliebchen (Operetta)
• Leo Ascher : Bravo Peggy (Operetta)
• Ralph Benatzky : Circus Aimee (operetta)
• Rudolf Karel : Godmother Death op. 30 (opera)

Film Music 1932 (selection)

• Robert Stolz : The Prince of Arcadia
• Paul Abraham : Gypsies of the Night ; Coeurs joyeux ; Overnight happiness ; Yes, Mister Brown ; The blue of the sky
• Werner Richard Heymann : The winner

Born

January

• 0January 3 : Yolanda Montes , Tongolele , American dancer, actress, and singer
• 0January 5 : Laten Johnny Adams , American blues singer († 1998 )
• 0January 7th : Hugh Orr , Canadian flautist, music educator and instrument maker
• January 12th : Christoph Caskel , German concert drummer and music teacher
• January 15 : Kenny Parchman , American rockabilly musician († 1999 )
• January 16 : Henryk Wojnarowski , Polish conductor, choir director and music teacher
• January 23 : Rajmund Ambroziak , Polish pianist and conductor († 1996 )
• January 23 : Cyril Davies , British blues musician († 1964 )
• January 26 : Stanislas Deriemaeker , Flemish organist and music teacher
• January 26 : Coxsone Dodd , Jamaican reggae musician and record producer († 2004 )
• January 29th : Frank Assunto , American band leader and trumpeter († 1974 )

February

• 0February 6 : Heinz-Klaus Metzger , German music theorist and music critic († 2009 )
• 0February 8 : John Williams , American composer
• 0February 9 : Herbert Deutsch , American composer
• February 10 : Roland Hanna , American jazz pianist († 2002 )
• February 11 : Liselotte Ebnet , German operetta and musical singer († 2009 )
• February 13 : Héctor Cabrera , Venezuelan singer and actor († 2003 )
• February 18 : Andreas Meyer-Hanno , German music professor and gay activist († 2006 )
• February 24 : Michel Legrand , French composer and pianist († 2019 )
• February 25 : Faron Young , American country singer († 1996 )
• February 26 : Johnny Cash , American country musician († 2003 )
• February 27 : Roger Boutry , French composer and professor († 2019 )
• February 27 : Gerhard Braun , German musician († 2016 )

March

• 0March 4th : Miriam Makeba , South African singer († 2008 )
• 0March 8 : Alain Bernaud , French composer
• 0March 8 : Erling Blöndal Bengtsson , Danish cellist († 2013 )
• 0March 8 : Franz Müller-Heuser , German concert singer († 2010 )
• March 11th : Leroy Jenkins , American composer († 2007 )
• March 12th : Don Drummond , Jamaican ska trombonist († 1969 )
• March 27th : Heinrich E. Weber , German vegetation expert and musicologist

April

• 0April 1st : Jiří Smutný , Czech composer, conductor and music teacher
• 0April 7 : Cal Smith , American country musician († 2013 )
• 0April 9 : Carl Perkins , American rockabilly musician († 1998 )
• April 10 : Blaze Starr , American burlesque dancer and stripper († 2015 )
• April 17 : Jiří Strejc , Czech composer, organist, choir director and music teacher († 2010 )
• April 22nd : Isao Tomita , Japanese musician and composer († 2016 )
• April 23 : Hansl Krönauer , German composer and singer († 2011 )
• April 25 : Roberto Yanés , Argentine singer († 2019 )
• April 26 : Francis Lai , French composer, accordionist and Oscar winner († 2018 )
• April 28 : Steven Staryk , Canadian violinist and music teacher
• April 29 : Nana Gualdi , Italian-German singer and actress († 2007 )

May

• 0May 5 : Antonio Agri , Argentine tango violinist († 1998 )
• 0May 5 : Aurel Stroe , Romanian composer and music teacher († 2008 )
• May 10 : Gottfried Aegler , Swiss musician
• May 13 : Yuri Michailowitsch Aronowitsch , Israeli conductor († 2002 )
• May 17 : David Izenzon , American jazz bassist († 1979 )
• May 19 : Claude Blanchard , Canadian actor and singer († 2006 )
• May 19 : Alma Cogan , English pop singer († 1966 )
• May 20th : Nazyl Báez Finol , Venezuelan composer, conductor and music teacher
• May 21 : Eugene Hartzell , American composer († 2000 )
• May 23 : Les Spann , American jazz musician († 1989 )
• May 27 : Junior Parker , American blues musician († 1971 )
• May 30th : Pauline Oliveros , American composer († 2016 )

June

• 0June 2nd : Robert Kohnen , Belgian harpsichordist and organist († 2019 )
• 0June 2 : Andor Losonczy , Hungarian-Austrian composer and pianist († 2018 )
• 0June 8 : Guy Lacour , French composer and professor († 2013 )
• June 12th : Mimi Coertse , South African soprano, Austrian chamber singer
• June 12 : Max Leemann , Swiss composer and conductor († 2002 )
• June 12 : Almut Rößler , German organist and church musician († 2015 )
• June 14 : Ramón Díaz Peralta , Dominican pianist and music teacher
• June 19 : Ernest Ranglin , Jamaican ska and jazz guitarist
• June 20 : Mzilikazi Khumalo , South African composer and choir director
• June 21 : Lalo Schifrin , Argentine pianist, composer, arranger and conductor
• June 24th : George Gruntz , Swiss jazz pianist († 2013 )
• June 30 : Martin Mailman , American composer and professor († 2000 )

July

• 0July 7th : Joe Zawinul , Austrian jazz pianist and keyboard player († 2007 )
• July 13 : Per Nørgård , Danish composer
• July 14 : Del Reeves , American country singer and songwriter († 2007 )
• July 17th : Wojciech Kilar , Polish film composer († 2013 )
• July 21 : Micheline Tessier , Canadian singer and vocal teacher († 2006 )
• July 25 : Smokey Joe Baugh , American pianist and country musician († 1999 )

August

• 0August 6 : Dorothy Ashby , American jazz harpist and composer († 1986 )
• 0August 8 : Bill Beach , American rockabilly musician
• 0August 8 : Lino Borges , Cuban bolero singer († 2003 )
• 0August 8 : Mel Tillis , American country singer († 2017 )
• August 10 : Alexander Goehr , German composer of classical music
• August 12 : Sergei Slonimski , Russian composer, pianist and musicologist († 2020 )
• August 23 : Jack Earls , American rockabilly musician
• August 24 : Bobby Sisco , American country and rockabilly musician († 2005 )
• August 25 : Lee Denson : American rockabilly musician († 2007 )
• August 25 : Daryl Irvine , Canadian pianist and music teacher
• August 29 : Jerry Dodgion , American jazz saxophonist
• August 31 : Willy Hautvast , Dutch composer and musician

September

• 0September 6 : Gilles Tremblay , Canadian composer († 2017 )
• 0September 8 : Patsy Cline , American country singer († 1963 )
• September 21 : Don Preston , American rock musician and film music composer, made famous through Zappa
• September 25 : Glenn Gould , Canadian pianist, composer, music author († 1982 )
• September 26 : Giacomo Manzoni , Italian composer and music teacher
• September 27 : Lucjan Kaszycki , Polish composer, music educator and scholar

October

• 0October 1 : Albert Collins , American blues guitarist and singer († 1993 )
• 0October 3 : Samuel Ekpe Akpabot , Nigerian composer († 2000 )
• 0October 7 : Baligh Hamdi , Egyptian composer († 1993 )
• October 11 : Dottie West , American country singer († 1991 )
• October 16 : Ben Aronov , American jazz pianist († 2015 )
• October 25 : Mary Schneider , Australian singer
• October 31 : Thomas Rolston , Canadian violinist, conductor and music teacher († 2010 )

November

• 0November 1st : Joaquín Achúcarro , Spanish pianist and music teacher
• November 10 : Richard Oesterreicher , Austrian conductor and jazz musician
• November 15 : Petula Clark , British actress and pop singer
• November 20 : John Barnes Chance , American composer († 1972 )
• November 23 : Ruth Watson Henderson , Canadian composer, pianist and music educator
• November 28 : Gato Barbieri , Argentine film composer and jazz musician († 2016 )
• November 29th : Antoine Tisné , French composer († 1998 )

December

• 0December 3 : Delbert Barker , American country and rockabilly musician
• 0December 5 : Little Richard , American singer and rock'n'roll pianist († 2020 )
• 0December 9 : Donald Byrd , American jazz trumpeter († 2013 )
• December 14 : Charlie Rich , American country singer († 1995 )
• December 15 : Jesse Belvin , American R&B singer († 1960 )
• December 16 : Rodion Konstantinowitsch Shchedrin , Russian composer and pianist
• December 19 : Rainer Bertram , German pop singer († 2004 )
• December 23 : Tito Lara , Puerto Rican singer and actor († 1987 )
• December 25th : Heinz Sauer , German jazz musician
• December 30th : H. Leslie Adams , American composer and pianist

Died

• January 27 : Mortimer Wilson , American composer (* 1876 )
• February 22 : George MacFarlane , American singer and actor (* 1878 )
• 0March 3 : Eugen d'Albert , German composer (* 1864 )
• 0April 3 : Friedrich Wilhelm Franke , German organist (* 1862 )
• April 16 : Ferruccio Cattelani , Italian composer (* 1867 )
• 0May 4th : José Mardones , Spanish opera singer (* 1868 )
• 0May 7 : Roméo Beaudry , Canadian composer, music critic, producer and publisher (* 1882 )
• 0June 1 : Bernard Crocé-Spinelli , French composer (* 1871 )
• 0June 5 : Karl Stiegler , Austrian horn player and professor (* 1876 )
• 0June 7th : Emil Paur , Austrian conductor and composer (* 1855 )
• July 27 : Alexandre-M. Clerk , Canadian composer and conductor (* 1861 )
• July 29 : Amelia Bailey , Australian singer (* 1842 )
• August 18 : George Whitfield Andrews , American composer, organist and music teacher (* 1861 )
• August 21 : Frederick Corder , English composer (* 1852 )
• 0September 1 : Irene Abendroth , German singer (* 1872 )
• 0September 1 : Santos Cifuentes Rodríguez , Colombian composer (* 1870 )
• 0September 7th : Josefine von Artner , Austrian-German opera singer and singing teacher (* 1869 )
• 0September 7th : Albert David Jordan , Canadian organist, conductor and music teacher (* 1877 )
• September 10 : Franz Liftl , Austrian musician and composer (* 1864 )
• September 20 : Léon Ringuet , Canadian organist, conductor and composer (* 1858 )
• October 19 : Arthur Friedheim , Russian-German pianist and composer (* 1859 )
• November 26 : Vincenzo Appiani , Italian composer, pianist and music teacher (* 1850 )
• December 22nd : François-Xavier Mercier , Canadian singer, music teacher and composer (* 1867 )
• December 24th : Eyvind Alnæs , Norwegian composer (* 1872 )

See also

Portal: Music  - Overview of Wikipedia content on music

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