Music year 1943
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Events
World war
- March 8 : Adolf Hitler orders: “The Bayreuth Festival will take place to the same extent as last year. […] The Salzburg Festival does not take place. For this purpose, Salzburg Theater Weeks are to be organized, in which the armaments workers and wounded in the Salzburg area take part in the performances. ” (See: Total war effort of cultural workers )
- The Russian exile Anna Marly wrote the Chant des Partisans in London , which became the most popular song of the French Forces françaises libres and the Resistance during World War II, and performed it on the French-language broadcasts of the BBC .
World premieres
- February 20 : The opera Die Kluge by Carl Orff , based on the fairy tale The Clever Farmer's Daughter by the Brothers Grimm , is premiered in Frankfurt am Main.
- April 1st : The opera Das Schloß Dürande by Othmar Schoeck with the libretto by Hermann Burte based on the novel of the same name by Joseph von Eichendorff is premiered at the State Opera Unter den Linden in Berlin.
- October 10 : The comic opera Barbe-bleue by Jacques Ibert has its world premiere in Paris.
- October: The operetta Die Schöne Carlotti by Willy Czernik is premiered in Prague and becomes the composer's greatest success.
- November 13th : The operetta Queen of One Night by Will Meisel with the libretto by Just Scheu and Ernst Nebhut is premiered in Berlin .
Others
- May 8 : The Duke Ellington Orchestra enters the Harlem Hit Parade , the forerunner of the rhythm and blues charts , with Don't Get Around Much Anymore . The song then came to # 1.
- November 14th : The 25-year-old Leonard Bernstein leads a concert of the New York Philharmonic Orchestra as a replacement for the sick Bruno Walter and thus begins his world career.
Born
January February
- January 2 : Barış Manço , Turkish singer, composer and television producer († 1999 )
- January 3 : Van Dyke Parks , American musician, composer and arranger
- January 6 : Barry Altschul , American jazz musician
- January 8th : Lee Jackson , British musician
- January 9 : Josef Bulva , Czech pianist
- January 9 : Scott Walker , American singer, musician and composer († 2019 )
- January 10 : Jim Croce , American singer and songwriter († 1973 )
- January 10 : Peter Strauch , German theologian, book author and songwriter
- January 14th : Mariss Jansons , Latvian conductor († 2019 )
- January 14 : José Luis Rodríguez González , Venezuelan singer and actor
- January 16 : Gavin Bryars , English composer and double bass player
- January 17 : Billy Harper , American jazz saxophonist
- January 17 : Chris Montez , American singer
- January 18th : Dave Greenslade , British keyboardist
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- January 19 : Janis Joplin , American singer, rock and blues musician († 1970 )
- January 20 : Rick Evans , American singer and guitarist
- January 21 : Steve Potts , American jazz saxophonist
- January 22nd : Maarten van Regteren Altena , Dutch composer and double bass player
- January 22nd : Michał Urbaniak , Polish jazz musician
- January 23 : Gary Burton , American jazz vibraphonist
- January 25 : Roy Black , German pop singer and actor († 1991 )
- February 5 : Ivan Tcherepnin , American composer, conductor and music teacher († 1998 )
- February 7th : Margit Sponheimer , German pop singer
- February 9 : Dieter Dierks , German recording studio operator and music producer
- February 11 : Alan Rubin , American trumpeter († 2011 )
- February 14 : Eric Andersen , American singer and songwriter
- February 14th : Maceo Parker , American radio musician
- February 16 : Anthony Dowell , famous ballet dancer and choreographer
- February 19 : Christopher Adey , British conductor and violinist
- February 25 : George Harrison , British musician (The Beatles) († 2001 )
- February 26 : Bob Hite , American singer and founding member of Canned Heat († 1981 )
- February 27 : Tom Astor , German singer, composer, lyricist and producer
- February 27 : Morten Lauridsen , American composer
- February 27 : Costin Miereanu , Romanian-French composer
- February 28 : Barbara Acklin , American soul singer and songwriter († 1998 )
March April
- March 2 : Daniel Joseph Anthony Meehan , British drummer († 2005 )
- March 4th : Lucio Dalla , Italian musician, cantautore and actor († 2012 )
- March 5 : Lucio Battisti , Italian singer († 1998 )
- March 14 : Brigitt Petry , German singer and composer († 1971 )
- March 16 : Jerry Goodman , American violinist
- March 16 : Horst Lohse , German composer
- March 18th : Nobuko Imai , Japanese violist
- March 18 : Midori Matsuya , Japanese pianist († 1994 )
- March 21 : Amina Claudine Myers , American jazz musician
- March 22nd : George Benson , American jazz guitarist and singer
- March 22 : Keith Relf , British musician († 1976 )
- March 22nd : Joseph Schwantner , American composer
- March 29 : Marta Ptaszyńska , Polish composer and music teacher
- March 29th : Vangelis , Greek composer and pioneer of electronic music
- March 31 : Sharon Hampson , Canadian actress and singer
- April 3 : Mario Lavista , Mexican composer
- April 10 : Julio Estrada , Mexican composer and musicologist
- April 10 : Bo Hansson , Swedish keyboardist and composer († 2010 )
- April 16 : Dave Peverett , English blues and hard rock musician († 2000 )
- April 16 : Jorge Pítari , Argentine tango composer
- April 16 : Sebastião Tapajós Pena Marcião , Brazilian guitarist and composer
- April 17th : James Curnow , American composer and professor
- April 17th : Roy Estrada , American rock singer and bassist
- April 18 : Alejandro Núñez Allauca , Peruvian composer
- April 20 : John Eliot Gardiner , British conductor and choirmaster
- April 25 : Tony Christie , British pop singer
- April 26 : Gary Wright , American musician
- April 27 : Freddie Waits , American jazz drummer († 1989 )
- April 28 : Jacques Dutronc , French chansonnier and actor
- April 28 : Bob Siebert , American composer and jazz musician
- April 28 : Jeffrey Tate , British conductor († 2017 )
- April 30 : Bobby Vee , American rock 'n' roll and pop singer († 2016 )
May June
- May 1st : Mohamed Askari , Egyptian musician, ethnomusicologist and music teacher
- May 2 : Mickey Bass , American jazz musician
- May 5th : Michael Palin , British actor singer and member of Monty Python
- May 14 : Jack Bruce , British rock musician († 2014 )
- May 14 : Tania León , Cuban composer, conductor and music teacher
- May 17th : Joanna Bruzdowicz , Polish composer
- May 19 : John Mills-Cockell , Canadian composer
- May 25 : Jessi Colter , American country singer
- May 27 : Cilla Black , British singer and television entertainer († 2015 )
- May 27 : Eva , German chanson singer († 2020 )
- May 29 : Burkhard Glaetzner , German oboist and conductor
- May 31 : Helge Jung , German composer and musician († 2013 )
- June 2nd : Graham Bonney , British pop singer
- June 3 : Ronald Aspery , British fusion musician († 2003 )
- June 8th : Penny Rimbaud , English musician, producer, sound engineer, sound designer and writer
- June 9 : Kenny Barron , American jazz pianist
- June 13 : Ludwig Güttler , German trumpeter
- June 15 : Johnny Hallyday , French singer, songwriter and actor († 2017 )
- June 17 : Barry Manilow , American singer
- June 23 : James Levine , American conductor and pianist
- June 24 : Frank Lowe , American jazz saxophonist († 2003 )
- June 26 : Georgie Fame , British R&B musician
- June 26 : Allen Strange , American composer, musicologist and musician († 2008 )
- June 29 : Little Eva , American singer († 2003 )
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- June 30 : Florence Ballard , American musician († 1976 )
July August
- July 1st : François Dompierre , Canadian composer
- July 1 : Jeff Wayne , American composer and musician
- July 4th : Conny Bauer , German trombonist
- July 4th : Fred Wesley , American trombonist
- July 4th : Alan Wilson , American musician († 1970 )
- July 5th : Robbie Robertson , Canadian rock musician
- July 7 : Toto Cutugno , Italian songwriter, songwriter and singer
- July 8th : Joe Kučera , Czech saxophonist and jazz flutist
- July 9 : František Ringo Čech , Czech drummer, singer, songwriter, actor, painter and writer
- July 12 : Christine McVie , British musician, singer and songwriter
- July 23 : Tony Joe White , American guitarist and singer († 2018 )
- July 25th : Jim McCarty , British musician
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- July 26th : Mick Jagger , British rock musician
- July 26th : Andrea True , American porn actress and singer († 2011 )
- July 28 : Richard Wright , English musician († 2008 )
- July 29th : Michael Holm , German musician, lyricist and producer
- July 31 : Lobo , American singer and songwriter
- August 5th : José Evangelista , Canadian composer
- August 5 : Sammi Smith , American singer († 2005 )
- August 7th : Luz Leskowitz , Austrian violinist and lecturer
- August 8 : Daniel Börtz , Swedish composer
- August 8 : Esma Redžepova , Macedonian singer († 2016 )
- August 10 : Gisela Ehrensperger , Swiss opera singer
- August 10 : Ronnie Spector , American singer
- August 13 : Geoff Muldaur , American folk singer
- August 13 : Gottfried Veit , South Tyrolean regional music director
- August 17th : Marion Maerz , German pop singer
- August 17th : Dave "Snaker" Ray , American blues singer and guitarist († 2002 )
- August 18 : Edwin Hawkins , American gospel musician († 2018 )
- August 18 : Manuela , German pop singer († 2001 )
- August 18 : Carl Wayne , British singer and actor († 2004 )
- August 19th : Don Fardon , British pop singer
- August 20 : Jorge Arriagada , Chilean composer
- August 23 : Pino Presti , Italian bassist, arranger, composer, orchestra leader and music producer
- August 24 : John Cipollina , American rock musician, guitarist († 1989 )
- August 25 : Günter "Baby" Sommer , German drummer and percussionist
- August 26 : Tadeusz Nalepa , Polish guitarist, composer and singer († 2007 )
- August 28 : David Soul , American actor and singer
- August 28 : Julio Viera , Argentine composer and music teacher
- August 30 : David Maslanka , American composer and music teacher († 2017 )
September October
- September 3 : Heinz Dieter Paul , German composer and conductor
- September 6 : Roger Waters , British musician and founding member of the rock group Pink Floyd
- September 7th : Friedemann Kupsa , Austrian cellist
- September 7th : Lena Valaitis , Lithuanian-German pop singer
- September 11th : Mickey Hart , American drummer and percussionist
- September 12 : Kurt Demmler , German songwriter and lyricist of many GDR rock bands († 2009 )
- September 12 : Hiroaki Kuwahara , Japanese composer and professor
- September 12 : Maria Muldaur , American folk, country, jazz and blues singer
- September 15 : Shin'ichirō Ikebe , Japanese composer
- September 16 : Klaus Uwe Ludwig , German church musician († 2019 )
- September 22nd : Paul Hoffert , Canadian composer, pianist, vibraphonist and music teacher
- September 23 : Julio Iglesias , Spanish singer
- September 27 : Randy Bachman , Canadian rock musician
- September 28 : Nick St. Nicholas , German-Canadian musician
- October 6 : Udo Zimmermann , German composer, director and conductor
- October 8th : Wolfgang Ziegler , German rock and pop singer and composer
- October 10 : Ursula Staack , German actress, singer and cabaret artist
- October 11 : Geert van Keulen , Dutch composer, conductor, clarinetist and music teacher
- October 14 : Anthony Iannaccone , American composer and music educator
- October 17th : Phelps "Catfish" Collins , American guitarist († 2010 )
- October 17 : Susan Davenny-Wyner , American singer and conductor
- October 20 : Micky , Spanish pop singer and actor
- October 20th : Elżbieta Sikora , Polish composer
- October 22nd : Blas Emilio Atehortúa , Colombian composer († 2020 )
- October 22nd : Urszula Dudziak , Polish jazz singer
- October 22 : Hans Hartz , German singer and songwriter († 2002 )
- October 24th : Fritz Näf , Swiss conductor
- October 24th : Seppo Paakkunainen , Finnish jazz saxophonist and composer
- October 28 : Cornelia Froboess , German actress and pop singer
- October 29 : Sigi Busch , German jazz bassist and university professor
November December
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- November 1st : Salvatore Adamo , Belgian musician, songwriter and pop singer
- November 3rd : Bert Jansch , British folk singer and guitarist († 2011 )
- November 5 : Mariano Etkin , Argentine composer and music teacher († 2016 )
- November 7th : Joni Mitchell , Canadian musician and painter
- November 9 : Michael Kunze , German songwriter, writer and librettist
- November 13 : Włodzimierz Korcz , Polish composer
- November 14 : Miklós Maros , Hungarian composer
- November 24 : Richard Tee , American pianist, organist and arranger († 1993 )
- November 25 : Gerard Mortier , Belgian artistic director and festival director († 2014 )
- November 25th : Jerry Portnoy , American blues musician
- November 28 : Alexander Aronowitsch Knaifel , Russian cellist and composer
- November 28 : Randy Newman , American singer / songwriter, pianist, and composer
- December 2 : Steve Rubell , founder of the New York discotheque Studio 54 († 1989 )
- December 4th : Werner Becker , German musician, arranger and music producer
- December 6th : Keith West , British singer
- December 7th : Jürgen Walter , German singer and composer
- December 8 : Jim Morrison , American rock singer and lyric poet († 1971 )
- December 9 : Jimmy Owens , American jazz trumpeter
- December 10th : Bruno Pasquier , French violist
- December 12th : Forrest Richard "Dickey" Betts , American guitarist and rock musician
- December 12th : Jerzy Husar , Polish composer and pianist
- December 14th : Lydia Huber , German singer of popular music
- December 14th : Monica Pick-Hieronimi , German soprano
- December 18 : Bobby Keys , American musician († 2014 )
- December 18 : Keith Richards , British guitarist (The Rolling Stones)
- December 21 : Albert Lee , British rock guitarist
- December 24th : Volker Kriegel , German jazz guitarist and composer as well as cartoonist († 2003 )
- December 25 : Trevor Lucas , Australian folk singer and guitarist († 1989 )
- December 27th : Joan Manuel Serrat , Catalan singer-songwriter
- December 27th : Stephan Sulke , Swiss singer and composer
- December 28 : Bernard Maury , French jazz pianist, arranger and music teacher († 2005 )
- December 31 : John Denver , American country and folk singer and songwriter († 1997 )
Exact date of birth unknown
- Mulatu Astatke , Ethiopian musician
- Christian Collum , German church musician
- Alex Hug , Swiss musician
- Sten Ingelf , Swedish composer, jazz musician and music teacher
- Sven-Åke Johansson , Swedish composer, musician, author and visual artist
- Winston Mankunku , South African musician († 2009 )
- Martin Ostertag , German cellist and music teacher
Died
First half of the year
- January 14 : Adolf Sandberger , German composer and musicologist (* 1864 )
- February 22nd : Dmitri Michejewitsch Melkich , Russian composer (* 1885 )
- March 7th : Alma Moodie , Australian violinist (* 1898 )
- March 19 : Abel Decaux , French composer, organist and music teacher (* 1869 )
- March 28 : Sergei Rachmaninow , Russian pianist, composer and conductor (* 1873 )
- April 4 : Raoul Laparra , French composer (* 1876 )
- April 29 : Joseph Isidor Achron , Polish-Lithuanian composer and violinist (* 1886 )
- April 30th : Leo Smit , Dutch composer and pianist (* 1900 )
- May 4th : Wilhelm Middelschulte , German composer and organist (* 1863 )
- May 16 : Roy Hall , American old-time musician (* 1907 )
- June 1 : Amédée Henri Gustave Noël Gastoué , French musicologist and composer (* 1873 )
Second half of the year
- July 10 : Arthur Nevin , American composer, conductor and music teacher (* 1871 )
- July 17 : Sepp Amschl , Austrian teacher and composer (* 1878 )
- July 30th : Benjamin Dale , English organist and composer (* 1885 )
- September 7th : Karlrobert Kreiten , German pianist (* 1916 )
- September 8 : João Gomez de Araújo , Brazilian composer (* 1846 )
- September 23 : Lucien Sicotte , Canadian violinist and music teacher (* 1902 )
- October 2 : Robert Nathaniel Dett , Canadian composer (* 1882 )
- October 15 : Stasys Šimkus , Lithuanian composer (* 1887 )
- October 22nd : Josef Venantius von Wöss , Austrian church musician, composer and publisher's editor (* 1863 )
- October 29 : Percy Goetschius , American music theorist and composition teacher (* 1853 )
- November 5 : Oskar Ameringer , German-American carpenter, musician, editor and politician (* 1870 )
- November 11 : Herbert A. Fricker , Canadian choir director, organist, music teacher and composer (* 1868 )
- November 11th : André Pirro , French musicologist (* 1869 )
- November 22nd : Pietro Yon , Italian-American organist and composer (* 1886 )
- November 23 : Torolf Voss , Norwegian composer and conductor (* 1877 )
- November 28 : Arthur Catterall , English violinist, conductor and music teacher (* 1883 )
- December 19 : Otto Barblan , Swiss composer, organist and music teacher (* 1860 )
- December 19 : Carl Busch , American composer (* 1862 )
Exact date of death unknown
- Rosebery d'Arguto , Polish music teacher, composer and conductor (* 1890 )
- Germaine Cernay , French mezzo-soprano (* 1900 )
- Vladimir Dyck , Ukrainian composer and music teacher (* 1882 )
- Wilmer Watts , American old-time musician (* around 1892 )
See also
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