Music year 1944
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Events
Second World War
- August 24 : Joseph Goebbels decreed the “ total war effort of the cultural workers ”. When the order comes into force on September 1st, this will result in the closure of almost all German and Austrian theaters and cultural establishments. Artists who are not on the so-called God-gifted list are also called in for so-called "war-important activities" . Not affected are e.g. B. the Wiener Konzerthaus , the Berlin Philharmonic and the Vienna Philharmonic . The Simpl cabaret in Vienna benefits from its air raid shelter and is allowed to keep operations going.
World premieres
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- April 18 : The ballet Fancy Free by Jerome Robbins ( choreography and libretto ) based on music by Leonard Bernstein is premiered at the Ballet Theater in the Metropolitan Opera House in New York .
- July 2nd : The world premiere of the Komische Oper Die Hochzeit des Jobs by Joseph Haas takes place at the State Opera in Dresden. Ludwig Strecker the Younger wrote the libretto under the pseudonym Ludwig Andersen. It is based on the Jobsiade written by Carl Arnold Kortum .
- December 28 : On the Town , Leonard Bernstein's first musical , takes place at the Adelphi Theater in New York City. The book and lyrics are by Betty Comden and Adolph Green . It is based on the ballet Fancy Free by Jerome Robbins , which premiered in the same year . Directed by George Abbott .
Hit parades
- Jan 29 : Duke Ellington arrives at # 1 on the Harlem Hit Parade with Do Nothin 'Till You Hear from Me .
- April 15th : Nat King Cole enters the Harlem Hit Parade with Straighten Up and Fly Right , one of his first big hits.
- May 27 : Bing Crosby hits the pop charts with I'll Be Seeing You, making the 1938 song a number one hit in the United States.
New recordings
- September 15 : Charlie Parker records Tiny's Tempo and Red Cross with the Tiny Grimes Quintet ; they are among the earliest recordings of bebop .
Born
January February
- January 5th : Jo Ann Kelly , British blues singer and guitarist († 1990 )
- January 6th : Alan Stivell , Breton musician and singer
- January 7th : Mike McGear , British musician, younger brother of Paul McCartney
Jimmy Page , 2013
- January 9th : Jimmy Page , British musician, guitarist
- January 10 : Frank Sinatra junior , American pianist, actor, singer and entertainer († 2016 )
- January 14th : John Rea , Canadian composer
- January 16 : Jim Stafford , American country and pop singer
- January 17th : Françoise Hardy , French pop singer, lyricist, composer and film actress
- January 17th : Beatriz Lockhart , Uruguayan composer († 2015 )
- January 18 : Gunnar Kvaran , Icelandic cellist and chamber musician
- January 19 : Shelley Fabares , American singer
- January 19 : Laurie London , British singer
- January 19 : Pehr Henrik Nordgren , Finnish composer († 2008 )
- January 24th : Bob Degen , American jazz pianist
- January 24th : Klaus Nomi , German countertenor († 1983 )
- January 25th : Alfred Gulden , German writer, songwriter and filmmaker
- January 26th : Andreas Hauff , Austrian singer and lyricist
- January 27 : Kevin Coyne , British rock musician, painter and author († 2004 )
- January 27 : Nicholas Berkeley Mason , British musician
- January 28th : Achim Reichel , German musician, composer and producer
- January 28 : John Tavener , British composer († 2013 )
- January 30th : Daisy Door , German pop singer
- January 31 : Charlie Musselwhite , American blues musician
- February 1 : Ari Brown , American jazz saxophonist
- February 10 : Peter Allen , Australian composer and entertainer († 1992 )
- February 10 : Rufus Reid , American jazz bassist
- February 11 : Martin Drew , British jazz drummer and band leader († 2010 )
- February 13 : Yoram Paporisz , German-Israeli composer († 1992 )
- February 16 : Sigiswald Kuijken , Belgian violinist, viola player and conductor
- February 17th : Karl Jenkins , Welsh keyboardist, oboist, saxophonist and composer
- February 20 : Lew Soloff , American jazz trumpeter († 2015 )
- February 23 : Florian Fricke , German electronic music pioneer († 2001 )
- February 23 : Johnny Winter , American blues musician († 2014 )
- February 24 : Nicky Hopkins , British rock musician, pianist († 1994 )
- February 26 : Maria Creuza , Brazilian singer
- February 28 : Loek Dikker , Dutch film music composer and jazz musician
- February 29 : Bernd Witthüser , German folk musician († 2017 )
March April
- March 1 : Roger Daltrey , British musician
- March 3rd : Eva Astor , Austrian actress, pop singer and astrologer
- March 3 : Lee Holdridge , American composer
- March 4 : Ulrich Roski , German songwriter († 2003 )
- March 6 : Mickey Jupp , British musician
- March 6 : Kiri Te Kanawa , New Zealand opera singer (soprano)
- March 7th : Townes Van Zandt , American songwriter († 1997 )
- March 8th : Pepe Romero , Spanish guitarist
- March 10 : David Friedman , American jazz musician
- March 10th : Martin Mann , German pop singer
- March 12 : Peter Orloff , German pop singer, composer, lyricist, producer and actor
- March 13 : Chris Roberts , German pop singer and actor († 2017 )
- March 15 : Joachim Kühn , German musician
- March 17th : Anthony Monn , German singer, composer and music producer
- March 17 : John Sebastian , American rock musician
- March 18 : Dieter Birr , German singer, guitarist and composer
- March 19 : Joseph Celli , American composer and oboist
- March 19 : Tom Constanten , American musician
- March 21 : Jamary Oliveira , Brazilian composer
- March 22nd : Tony McPhee , British blues guitarist and singer
- March 23 : Michael Nyman , British film music composer
- March 26th : Reinhold Andert , German songwriter and satirical author
Diana Ross , 2008
- March 26 : Diana Ross , American singer
- March 29 : Terry Jacks , Canadian singer and record producer
- March 31 : Rod Allen , British guitarist and singer († 2008 )
- March 31 : Mick Ralphs , British guitarist
- April 6 : Bernd Spier , German pop singer († 2017 )
- April 7th : Detlef Kobjela , Sorbian composer and musicologist († 2018 )
- April 8 : Keef Hartley , British rock musician, drummer († 2011 )
- April 9th : Silvia Sommer , Austrian composer and pianist
- April 10th : Thüring Bräm , Swiss conductor and composer
- April 10 : Ladislav Chvalkovský , Czech bass guitarist and rock singer
- April 13 : Jack Casady , American blues and rock musician and bass player
- April 15th : Dave Edmunds , Welsh guitarist and singer
- April 16 : Dennis Russell Davies , American opera and concert conductor, pianist, and chamber musician
- April 19 : Bernie Worrell , American musician († 2016 )
- April 20 : Raúl Vale , Mexican singer, composer and actor († 2003 )
- April 21 : Peter Kowald , German double bass player and tuba player († 2002 )
- April 22nd : Joshua Rifkin , American conductor and musicologist
- April 30 : Andy Kulberg , American rock musician († 2002 )
May June
Costa Cordalis , 2011
- May 1st : Costa Cordalis , Greek singer of German hits († 2019 )
- May 1st : Anna-Lena Löfgren , Swedish pop singer († 2010 )
- May 1st : Józef Serafin , Polish organist and music teacher
- May 4th : Dave , Dutch singer and TV presenter
- May 8th : Gary Glitter , British rock and roll musician
- May 9 : Tony Oberdörffer , German singer and composer
- May 11 : Roy Blumenfeld , American rock musician
- May 16 : Billy Cobham , Panamanian jazz drummer and composer
- May 18 : Justus Frantz , German pianist and conductor
- May 18 : Albert Hammond , British singer-songwriter and record producer
- May 18 : Richard Grégoire , Canadian composer
Joe Cocker , 2003
- May 20 : Joe Cocker , British rhythm and blues singer († 2014 )
- May 24th : Patti LaBelle , American singer
- May 28 : Gladys Knight , American singer and actress
- May 28 : Patricia Quinn , Northern Irish actress and singer
- June 2 : Marvin Hamlisch , American composer († 2012 )
- June 4th : Ricky Shayne , French pop singer
- June 5 : Jaromír Klempíř , Czech pianist and composer († 2016 )
- June 6 : Edgar Froese , German pioneer of electronic music († 2015 )
- June 7th : Miguel Ríos , Spanish musician and rock singer
- June 7th : Clarence White , American bluegrass musician († 1973 )
- June 8 : Boz Scaggs , American musician
- June 19th : Chico Buarque , Brazilian singer, composer and writer
- June 21 : Ray Davies , British musician
- June 21 : Jon Hiseman , British drummer († 2018 )
- June 22nd : Peter Asher , English guitarist, singer, music manager and producer
- June 24th : Jeff Beck , British guitarist
- June 24 : Chris Wood , British rock musician († 1983 )
- June 26 : Arthur Doyle , American jazz musician († 2014 )
July August
- July 2 : Frederick A. Hall , Canadian musicologist and educator
- July 3 : Luis Cardei , Argentine tango singer († 2000 )
- July 3rd : Michel Polnareff , French pop musician
- July 4th : Harvey Brooks , American musician
- July 6 : Andor Izsák , Hungarian organist, musicologist and conductor, founder of the European Center for Jewish Music
- July 6 : Claude-Michel Schönberg , French musical composer
- July 12 : Jean-François Jenny-Clark , French double bass player († 1998 )
- July 15 : Iancu Dumitrescu , Romanian composer
- July 15 : Klaas de Vries , Dutch composer
- July 19 : Didier Levallet , French jazz double bass player and band leader
- July 20 : Jens-Peter Ostendorf , German composer († 2006 )
- July 22nd : Rick Davies , British musician and songwriter
- July 24th : Jim Armstrong , British rock and blues guitarist
- July 26th : Ann-Christine Nyström , Finnish pop singer
- July 26 : John Hawkins , Canadian composer and pianist († 2007 )
- July 27 : Barbara Thompson , British jazz saxophonist, flutist and composer
- August 2nd : Jim Capaldi , British musician († 2005 )
- August 2nd : Hans Muff , Swiss music producer, clarinet and saxophone player († 2015 )
- August 2nd : Mark Naftalin , American multi-instrumentalist
- August 2nd : Naná Vasconcelos , Brazilian jazz musician († 2016 )
- August 4th : Gregor Benko , American publicist and editor of historical piano recordings
- August 4th : Orhan Gencebay , Turkish musician and producer
- August 8 : John Renbourn , British folk singer and guitarist († 2015 )
- August 9 : Lars-Erik Rosell , Swedish composer († 2005 )
- August 15 : Sylvie Vartan , French chanson and pop singer and actress
- August 16 : Kevin Ayers , British musician († 2013 )
- August 18 : Volker Lechtenbrink , German actor and pop singer
- August 19 : Bernardo Baraj , Argentine jazz saxophonist
- August 20 : Michael B. Tretow , Swedish music producer, sound engineer and musician
- August 22 : Peter Hofmann , German opera singer (tenor) († 2010 )
- August 26th : Maureen Ann "Moe" Tucker , American drummer
- August 27 : Tim Bogert , American rock musician (bass)
- August 27 : Barry Conyngham , Australian composer and music educator
September October
- September 2nd : Pablo Ziegler , Argentine pianist, composer and arranger
- September 4 : Gene Parsons , American country musician
- September 5 : Hans-Jörg Böckeler , German composer († 2018 )
- September 9 : George Mraz , American jazz double bass player
- September 12 : Barry White , American soul singer and producer († 2003 )
- September 13 : Leslie Harvey , Scottish rock guitarist († 1972 )
- September 18 : Gunther Emmerlich , German singer and presenter
- September 18 : Michael Franks , American jazz singer
- September 23 : Eric Bogle , Scottish-Australian singer, singer-songwriter and peace activist
- September 24 : Henry Kotowski , German rock musician († 2019 )
- September 26th : András Adorján , Hungarian flautist
- September 27th : Angélica María , Mexican singer and actress
- September 29 : Mike Post , American composer and producer
- October 2nd : Ton Koopman , Dutch conductor, organist and harpsichordist
- October 4th : Eddie Gomez , American jazz bassist
- October 8 : Susan Raye , American country singer
- October 9 : John Entwistle , British rock musician († 2002 )
- October 11th : Joana , German singer
- October 18 : Nelson Freire , Brazilian pianist
- October 19 : George McCrae , American pop and R&B singer
- October 19 : Peter Tosh , Jamaican singer († 1987 )
- October 24 : Ted Templeman , American rock music producer
- October 25 : Jon Anderson , British rock musician and singer
- October 26 : Kenneth Lee Ascher , American pianist and keyboardist
- October 29 : Berta Ambrož , Yugoslav singer († 2003 )
- October 29 : Denny Laine , British rock musician
- October 29 : Fausto Leali , Italian singer
- October 31 : Kinky Friedman , American country musician, writer, and politician
November December
- November 2nd : Keith Emerson , keyboardist and pianist († 2016 )
- November 4th : Willem Breuker , Dutch jazz clarinetist, saxophonist, composer and band leader († 2010 )
- November 6 : Wild Man Fischer , American musician († 2011 )
- November 8 : Kamau Muata Adilifu , American jazz trumpeter and flugelhorn player
- November 9 : Phil May , British singer and composer († 2020 )
- November 10 : Tim Rice , British musical and film writer
- November 13 : Timmy Thomas , American singer and songwriter
- November 15 : Joy Fleming , German singer († 2017 )
- November 19 : Agnes Baltsa , Greek mezzo-soprano and chamber singer
- December 1 : John Densmore , American drummer
- December 3rd : Jesper Bøje Christensen , Danish harpsichordist and music researcher
- December 3rd : Ralph McTell , British musician
- December 4th : Chris Hillman , American musician, pioneer of country rock
- December 4 : Dennis Wilson , American musician (The Beach Boys) († 1983 )
- December 6 : Willie Hutch , American singer and record producer († 2005 )
- December 6th : Imre Kőszegi , Hungarian jazz drummer
- December 7th : Daniel Chorzempa , American organist
- December 9th : Christoph Albrecht , German theater and musicologist
- December 9 : Neil Innes , English musician and composer († 2019 )
- December 11th : Brenda Lee , American country singer
- December 11th : Gianni Morandi , Italian singer
- December 12th : Alex Acuña , Peruvian drummer and percussionist
- December 16 : John Abercrombie , American guitarist († 2017 )
- December 19 : William Christie , American-French conductor and harpsichordist
- December 19 : Alvin Lee , British guitarist († 2013 )
- December 24th : Woody Shaw , American jazz trumpeter († 1989 )
- December 25 : Henry Vestine , American guitarist († 1997 )
- December 27th : Hans-Jürgen Buchner , German musician and composer
- December 27 : Magne Hegdal , Norwegian composer, pianist and music critic
- December 27th : Mick Jones , British guitarist, songwriter and record producer
- December 29th : Friedrich Fröschle , German organist, church music director and cantor at Ulm Minster
Exact date of birth unknown
- Hans Georg Ahrens , German opera singer
- Conrad Artmüller , Austrian conductor
- Maria Brylanka , Polish violinist
- René Giessen , German musician, composer and conductor
- Jürgen Kussmaul , German musician
- Giselher Schubert , German musicologist
- Ernst-Erich Stender , German church musician and organist
- Andrzej Straszyński , Polish conductor
- Olga Szwajgier , Polish singer, composer and music teacher
Died
First half of the year
- January 13 : Geza Slovig , Romanian-German church musician, music teacher and composer (* 1897 )
- January 30th : Eduardo Dagnino , Italian composer, musicologist and chess player (* 1876 )
- February 10 : Alfred Bachelet , French composer, conductor and music teacher (* 1864 )
- March 14 : Pawel Grigoryevich Tschesnokow , Russian composer and choirmaster (* 1877 )
- March 20 : Felix Woyrsch , German composer and music director (* 1860 )
- March 28 : Jean-Marie Plum , Belgian composer and organist (* 1899 )
- April 9 : Bolesław Wallek-Walewski , Polish composer, conductor and music teacher (* 1885 )
- April 13 : Cécile Chaminade , French pianist and composer (* 1857 )
- April 27 : Dmitri Alexejewitsch Smirnow , Russian singer (tenor) (* 1881 )
- April 28 : Joseph-Arthur Bernier , Canadian composer, organist, pianist and music teacher (* 1877 )
- May 8 : Ethel Smyth , British composer, conductor, writer and suffragette (* 1858 )
- May 24th : Alfred Montmarquette , Canadian folk composer and accordionist (* 1871 )
- 30 May : Frédéric Pelletier , Canadian music critic, choir director and composer (* 1870 )
- May 30th : Bruno Granichstaedten , Austrian composer (* 1879 )
- June 5 : Riccardo Zandonai , Italian composer and conductor (* 1883 )
- June 14th : Georges Barrère , French flautist (* 1876 )
Second half of the year
- July 13 : José André , Argentine composer and music critic (* 1881 )
- July 14th : Amal al-Atrasch , Syrian-Druze singer and actress (* 1917 )
- July 19 : Will Marion Cook , American composer (* 1869 )
- August 2nd : Joseph Bonnet , French-Canadian organist, composer and music teacher (* 1884 )
- August 6 : Franciszek Brzeziński , Polish composer (* 1867 )
- August 7th : Agustín Barrios Mangoré , Paraguayan composer and guitarist (* 1885 )
- August 8 : Aino Ackté , Finnish soprano (* 1876 )
- August 14 : Joseph-Ermend Bonnal , French composer, organist and music teacher (* 1880 )
- August 16 : Roman Padlewski , Polish composer, violinist, pianist, musicologist and critic (* 1915 )
- August 29 : Jean-Claude Touche , French organist and composer (* 1926 )
- September 26 : Seweryn Barbag , Polish-Jewish composer, musicologist and teacher (* 1891 )
- October 6th : Efim Schachmeister , German violinist and dance band leader (* 1894 )
- October 17 : Hans Krása , Czech-German composer (* 1899 )
- October 18 : Viktor Ullmann , Czech musician (* 1898 )
- October 20 : Magda Spiegel , German concert and opera singer (* 1887 )
- October 30 : Paul Ladmirault , French composer (* 1877 )
- November 12 : Edgar Stillman Kelley , American composer, conductor, organist, pianist, music critic and music teacher (* 1857 )
- November 13 : Paul Graener , German composer (* 1872 )
- November 15 : Carl Flesch , Hungarian violinist and violin teacher (* 1873 )
- November 20 : Norman Wilks , Canadian pianist and music teacher (* 1885 )
- December 4 : Salvator Issaurel , French singer and music teacher (* 1871 )
- December 15 : Glenn Miller , American jazz trombonist, band leader, composer and arranger (* 1904 )
See also
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