Music year 1940
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Overview of the music years
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Events
- April 13 : at the Semper Opera in Dresden has opera Romeo and Juliet by Henry Suter champion its premiere .
- April 16 : The opera Maryša of Emil František Burian premiered in Brno. The libretto is based on a piece by Alois and Vilém Mrštík .
- May 18 : The world premiere of the opera Volo di notte by Luigi Dallapiccola based on Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's second novel Vol de nuit takes place at the Teatro della Pergola in Florence.
- November 13 : The good two-hour animated film by Walt Disney , titled Fantasia has on Broadway in New York City premiere. Based on the principle of the Silly Symphonies , the entire film is accompanied by classical music like a music video without speaking , played by the Philadelphia Orchestra , which is conducted by Leopold Stokowski .
Born
January February
- January 1 : Genya Ravan , American rock singer
- January 5th : Athol Guy , Australian musician
- January 5th : Phil Trim , Spanish musician of African-American descent
- January 6 : Van McCoy , American musician and producer († 1979 )
- January 8 : Miriam Ariza , Dominican pianist
- January 9 : Barbara Buczek , Polish composer, pianist and music teacher († 1993 )
- January 12 : Ronald Shannon Jackson , American jazz drummer († 2013 )
- January 13th : Detlef Engel , German pop singer
- January 13 : Tadaoki Ishihara , Japanese composer and professor
- January 14th : Siegmund Nimsgern , German opera and concert singer
- January 20th : Klaus the violinist , German musician and songwriter
- January 22nd : Eberhard Weber , German bass player and composer
- January 23 : Johnny Russell , American country musician and songwriter († 2001 )
- January 25 : Brent McCall , American composer
- January 26 : Rafael Martínez , Colombian singer, composer and poet
- February 1st : Erik Freitag , Austrian composer and violinist
- February 4th : Martin Jones , English pianist
- February 6th : Peter Baumeister , German jazz drummer and banker
- February 6 : Helga Thiede , German singer (soprano)
- February 9 : Brian Lawrence Bennett , English musician
- February 13 : Winfried Heurich , German organist, choir director and composer
- February 13 : Werner Pirchner , Austrian composer († 2001 )
- February 14 : Eberhard Blum , German flautist († 2013 )
- February 17 : Gene Pitney , American singer and songwriter († 2006 )
- February 18 : Fabrizio De André , Italian songwriter († 1999 )
- February 19 : Smokey Robinson , American singer
- February 20 : Christoph Eschenbach , German pianist and conductor
- February 27 : Barbara Collier , Canadian soprano
- February 28 : Joe South , American singer and songwriter († 2012 )
March April
- March 1st : Gene Perla , American jazz bassist
- March 1 : Ralph Towner , American jazz musician
- March 2 : Juraj Beneš , Slovak composer, teacher and pianist († 2004 )
- March 2 : Joyce Green , American rockabilly musician
- March 4th : Fernando Casado , Dominican singer, actor and entertainer
- March 6 : Billy Adams , American rockabilly musician († 2019 )
- March 8 : Johnny Ventura , Dominican singer
- March 10 : Francis Schwartz , American composer
- March 11 : Alberto Cortez , Argentine singer-songwriter († 2019 )
- March 12 : Al Jarreau , American jazz, pop and R&B singer and songwriter († 2017 )
- March 12th : Mauri Antero Numminen , Finnish singer, composer, author and filmmaker
- March 15 : Jacques Hustin , Belgian singer and painter († 2009 )
- March 16 : Vaqif Mustafazadə , Azerbaijani composer and pianist († 1979 )
- March 16 : Keith Rowe , British guitarist and artist
- March 21 : Walter Andreas Angerer , German painter and composer
- March 21 : Solomon Burke , American soul / R&B singer († 2010 )
- March 21 : Wilhelm Kaiser-Lindemann , contemporary German composer and horn player († 2010 )
- March 22nd : Gayle Griffith , American country and rockabilly musician
- March 22nd : Masahiko Togashi , Japanese jazz drummer († 2007 )
- March 23 : Alan Blaikley , British pop music writer
- March 25th : Rodolfo Mederos , Argentine tango bandoneonist
- March 25th : Mina , Italian singer
- March 27 : Derrick Morgan , Jamaican singer
- March 29 : Eden Kane , British singer
- March 29th : Octavian Nemescu , Romanian composer
- March 30th : Astrud Gilberto , American singer and composer
- April 1 : Graciela Paraskevaídis , Argentine composer († 2017 )
- April 5 : Tommy Cash , American country singer
- April 7th : Jan W. Morthenson , Swedish composer and musician
- April 12 : Herbie Hancock , American jazz pianist and composer
- April 13 : Vladimir Cosma , Romanian film composer and conductor
- April 17th : Billy Fury , English rock musician († 1983 )
- April 17th : Siegfried Jerusalem , German singer (tenor)
- April 17th : Anja Silja , German soprano
- April 25 : Ethel Afamado , Uruguayan singer and writer
- April 29 : George Rufus Adams , American jazz musician († 1992 )
- April 30 : John Grew , Canadian organist, harpsichordist and music educator
- April 30 : Darrell McCall , American country singer
May June
- May 5th : Lars Gunnar Åberg , Swedish actor, director, musician and artist
- May 8 : Ricky Nelson , American actor, musician and singer-songwriter
- May 9 : Richard Edwin Morrissey , British jazz musician († 2000 )
- May 20 : Frode Thingnæs , Norwegian jazz musician and composer († 2012 )
- May 21 : Martin Carthy , British folk singer, guitarist and mandolin player
- May 21 : Tony Sheridan , British musician, co-founder of beat music († 2013 )
- May 22nd : Carlos Galván , Argentinian bandoneonist and tango musician († 2014 )
- May 26 : Levon Helm , American musician († 2012 )
- May 28 : John Bergamo , American drummer and composer († 2013 )
- May 28th : Hans Dulfer , Dutch jazz musician
- May 31 : Augie Meyers , American musician
- June 7th : Helmut Bieler , German composer, pianist and music teacher
- June 7th : Tom Jones , Welsh pop singer
- June 8 : Nancy Sinatra , American singer and actress
- June 23 : Stuart Sutcliffe , British painter and musician, early member of the Beatles († 1962 )
July August
- July 3 : Peer Raben , German composer († 2007 )
- July 7 : Ringo Starr , British musician (The Beatles)
- July 10 : Helen Donath , American soprano
- July 17 : Mickey Hawks , American rock 'n' roll musician († 1989 )
- July 22 : Thomas Wayne , American rockabilly and pop singer († 1971 )
- July 27th : Pina Bausch , German dancer, choreographer, dance teacher and ballet director († 2009 )
- July 27 : Jonny Hill , Austrian musician, lyricist, producer and entertainer
- August 3 : Joseph Dorfman , Israeli composer and music teacher († 2006 )
- August 3rd : Raymond Allen "Ray" Draper , American jazz tuba player († 1982 )
- August 3 : Roscoe Mitchell , American jazz saxophonist
- August 4th : Coriún Aharonián , Uruguayan composer and musician († 2017 )
- August 5th : Sigi Schwab , German guitarist and composer
- August 6 : Egil Kapstad , Norwegian jazz pianist
- August 12 : Tony Oladipo Allen , Nigerian drummer, composer and songwriter († 2020 )
- August 12 : Aleksandar Jossifow , Bulgarian composer
- August 13 : Allen Blairman , American modern jazz drummer
- August 19 : Johnny Nash , American pop and reggae musician
- August 23 : Vicki Brown , British singer († 1991 )
- August 23 : André Laberge , Canadian organist and harpsichordist
- August 25 : Thomas Kakuska , Austrian musician, professor of music and performing arts in Vienna († 2005 )
- August 27 : Sonny Sharrock , American jazz guitarist († 1994 )
- August 29 : Bennie Maupin , American jazz musician
September October
- September 2nd : Rudolph Angermüller , German musicologist
- September 2nd : Jack White , German music producer
- September 10 : Dave Burrell , American jazz pianist
- September 16 : Hamiet Bluiett , American jazz musician († 2018 )
- September 18 : Frankie Avalon , American musician and actor
- September 21 : Rudolf Jaggi , Swiss composer († 2015 )
- September 22nd : Edward Bogusławski , Polish composer and music teacher († 2003 )
- September 24th : Amelita Baltar , Argentine tango and folk singer
- September 26 : Gary Bartz , American jazz saxophonist
- October 1 : Steve O'Rourke , British music manager, racing team owner and racing car driver († 2003 )
- October 3 : Alan O'Day , American singer and songwriter († 2013 )
- October 4th : Steve Swallow , American jazz musician
- October 7 : Larry Young , American jazz musician (organist, composer) († 1978 )
- October 9 : Hans Ulrich Humpert , German composer († 2010 )
- October 9 : John Lennon , British musician (The Beatles) († 1980 )
- October 13 : Chris Farlowe , English rhythm and blues singer
- October 14th : Cliff Richard , British pop singer
- October 18 : Cynthia Weil , American composer
- October 20 : Yossi Mar-Chaim , Israeli composer
- October 21 : Natalia Makarova , Russian ballet dancer
- October 21 : Manfred Mann , South African-British rock musician
- October 22 : José Colángelo , Argentine tango pianist and composer
- October 23 : Ellie Greenwich , American singer, songwriter and music producer († 2009 )
- October 29 : Frida Boccara , French singer († 1996 )
- October 31 : Reimer von Essen , German jazz clarinetist and band leader
November December
- November 2nd : Phil Minton , British jazz singer and trumpeter
- November 3 : Dieter Acker , German composer († 2006 )
- November 5 : Anthony Rolfe Johnson , English tenor († 2010 )
- November 5th : Elke Sommer , German actress, singer, director and painter
- November 10 : Screaming Lord Sutch , British musician and politician († 1999 )
- November 10 : Ralf Weikert , Austrian conductor
- November 11th : Dennis James Coffey , American studio guitarist
- November 11th : Mario Pavone , American jazz bassist
- November 11th : Jacob Stickelberger , Swiss songwriter and lawyer
- November 17 : Luke Kelly , Irish singer and banjo player († 1984 )
- November 21 : Alberto Villalpando , Bolivian composer
- November 25th : María Teresa Luengo , Argentine composer and music teacher
- November 25 : Percy Sledge , American R&B and soul singer († 2015 )
- November 27 : José Ramón Maranzano , Argentine composer
- November 28 : Kees Olthuis , Dutch composer, bassoonist and pianist († 2019 )
- November 29th : Seán Cannon , Irish singer and guitarist
- November 29 : Billy Hart , American jazz drummer
- December 4th : Freddy Cannon , American rock 'n' roll singer
- December 4th : Ulla Norden , German pop singer († 2018 )
- December 9 : Clancy Eccles , Jamaican reggae musician and producer († 2005 )
- December 12th : Dionne Warwick , American singer and television presenter
- December 17th : Anna Prucnal , Polish-French actress and singer
- December 19 : Phil Ochs , American protest singer († 1976 )
- December 21 : Frank Zappa , American composer, musician († 1993 )
- December 23 : Jorma Kaukonen , American blues, folk and rock guitarist
Exact date of birth unknown
- Jo Akepsimas , Greek-French chansonnier and composer
- Enrique Anleu-Díaz , Guatemalan composer, musicologist and ethnomusicologist
- Jerry Arnold , American rockabilly musician
- Klaus Eisenmann , German conductor and music teacher
- Klaus Trumpf , German musician and university professor
Died
Date of death secured
- January 9 : Josef Jiránek , Czech pianist, composer and music teacher (* 1855 )
- January 28 : Rodolphe Plamondon , Canadian singer, cellist and music teacher (* 1876 )
- February 18 : Rudy Wiedoeft , American saxophonist (* 1893 )
- March 15 : Robert Leffler , German singer, actor and director (* 1866 )
- March 25 : Ludwig Sauer , German organist (* 1861 )
- April 8 : Andrés Delgado Pardo , Venezuelan pianist, composer and music teacher (* 1870 )
- June 16 : Vítězslava Kaprálová , Czech composer (* 1915 )
- June 21 : Jean Vuillermoz , French composer (* 1906 )
- July 10 : Donald Francis Tovey , English composer, pianist and musicologist (* 1875 )
- September 30 : Walter Kollo , German composer (* 1878 )
- October 24 : Victor Hollaender , German composer and conductor (* 1866 )
- October 27 : Fini Valdemar Henriques , Danish composer and violinist (* 1867 )
- November 6th : Ivar Frithiof Andresen , Norwegian opera singer (* 1896 )
- November 12 : Alejandro García Caturla , Cuban composer (* 1906 )
- November 28 : James Hotchkiss Rogers , American organist and composer (* 1857 )
- December 18 : Georg Freundorfer , German zither player and composer (* 1881 )
Exact date of death unknown
- Louis Allard , French trombonist and music teacher (* 1852 )
- Cesare Bernardo Bellini , Italian composer and singing teacher (* 1853 )
See also
Web links
Commons : Music 1940 - collection of images, videos and audio files
Commons : Opera Libretti 1940 - Collection of images, videos and audio files