[edit] Events [edit] Bands formed [edit] Published popular music  The first "jass" tune to be recorded. Click image for more information. [edit] Hit recordings [edit] Classical music - Alexander Glazunov - Piano Concerto No. 2 in B Op. 100
- Launy Grøndahl - Violin Concerto in D Major
- Charles Koechlin - Cello Sonata
- Sergei Prokofiev -
- Concerto no. 1, for violin and orchestra, op. 19
- Igrok [The Gambler] (opera), op. 24
- Mimoletnosti (Visions fugitives), 20 pieces for piano, op. 22
- Sonata No. 3 ("From Old Notebooks"), for piano, op. 28
- Sonata No. 4 ("From Old Notebooks"), for piano, op. 29
- Symphony No. 1 Classical, op. 25
- Ottorino Respighi - Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 1
- Jean Sibelius - Humoresques for Violin and Orchestra opp. 87 and 89
- Igor Stravinsky -
- Berceuse, for voice and piano
- Chant du Rossignol (opera)
- Cinq pièces faciles, for piano 4 hands
- "Ovsen'", no. 2 from Podblyudnïye (Saucers) (Four Russian Peasant Songs), for women's choir
- Song of the Volga Boatmen, arrangement for winds and percussion
- Study, for pianola
- Valse pour les enfants, for piano (possibly 1916)
- Karol Szymanowski - Demeter (cantata)
- Heitor Villa-Lobos - Symphony No. 2 Ascenção, The Ascension
- Anton Webern – Vier Lieder (Four Songs) for voice and piano, op. 12
[edit] Births - January 10 - Jerry Wexler, music journalist and record producer (d. 2008)
- January 15 - Tiny Timbrell, guitarist (d. 1992)
- February 11 - Arcesia, singer (d. 1983)
- February 18 - Dona Massin, choreographer (d. 2001)
- February 25 – Anthony Burgess, composer (d. 1993)
- February 27 - George Mitchell, founder of the Black and White Minstrels (d. 2002)
- March 2
- March 7 - Janet Collins, dancer and choreographer (d. 2003)
- March 12 - Leonard Chess, founder of Chess Records (d. 1969)
- March 17 - Brian Boydell, Irish composer (d. 2000)
- March 18 - Riccardo Brengola, violinist (d. 2004)
- March 19 - Dinu Lipatti, pianist (d. 1950)
- March 20 - Vera Lynn, singer
- March 23 - Oscar Shumsky, violinist (d. 2000)
- March 26 - Rufus Thomas, singer (d. 2001)
- March 30
- April 9 - Johannes Bobrowski, lyricist (d. 1965)
- April 22 - Yvette Chauviré, ballerina
- April 25 - Ella Fitzgerald, jazz singer (d. 1996)
- April 30 - Bea Wain, US band singer
- May 1 - Danielle Darrieux, singer and actress
- May 14 - Norman Luboff, US choral director (d. 1987)
- May 16 - Vera Rózsa, singer and voice teacher
- May 21 - Dennis Day, US singer (d. 1988)
- May 28 - Papa John Creach, fiddler (d. 1994)
- June 4 - Robert Merrill, operatic baritone (d. 2004)
- June 7 - Dean Martin. singer and actor
- June 19 - Dave Lambert, US singer and arranger (d. 1966)
- June 29 - Sylvia Olden Lee, vocal coach and accompanist (d. 2004)
- June 30 - Lena Horne, singer
- July 14 - Roshan, Bollywood composer (d. 1967)
- July 24
- August 3 - Antonio Lauro, guitarist and composer (d. 1986)
- August 22 - John Lee Hooker, blues musician (d. 2001)
- August 23 - Tex Williams, US country singer (d. 1985)
- September 5 - Art Rupe, founder of Specialty Records
- September 11 - Myrta Silva, singer and composer (d. 1987)
- September 13 - Robert Ward, composer
- September 30 - Buddy Rich, drummer (d. 1987)
- October 7 - June Allyson, US singer and actress (d. 2006)
- October 10 - Thelonious Monk, jazz musician (d. 1982)
- October 13 - George Osmond, father of the Osmond brothers (d. 2007)
- October 21
- October 31 - Anna Marly, French singer-songwriter (d. 2006)
- November 12 - Jo Stafford, singer (d. 2008)
- date unknown
[edit] Deaths - January 13 - Albert Niemann, Wagnerian tenor (b. 1831)
- February 10 - Emile Pessard, French composer (b. 1843)
- February 25 - Paul Rubens (composer), English songwriter (b. 1875)
- March 4 - Julius Bechgaard, Danish composer (b. 1843)
- March 25 - Spyridon Samaras, composer (b. 1861)
- April 1 - Scott Joplin, ragtime composer (b. 1868)
- April 29 - Florence Farr, actress, singer and composer (b. 1860)
- May 25 - Edouard de Reszke, operatic bass (b. 1853)
- June 12 - Teresa Carreño, pianist, singer and conductor (b. 1853)
- July 16 - Philipp Scharwenka, composer (b. 1847)
- August 7 - Basil Hood, librettist and lyricist (b. 1864)
- August 12 - Pavel Gerdt, dancer (b. 1844)
- September 5 - Marie Hanfstängl, operatic soprano (b. 1848)
- September 8 - Charles Edouard Lefebvre, French composer (b. 1843)
- September 11 - Evie Greene, actress and singer (b. 1875)
- December 7 - Ludwig Minkus, violinist and composer (b. 1826)
- October 3 - Eduardo di Capua, singer and songwriter (b. 1865)
- date unknown - Antonina Miliukova, widow of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
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