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January 9: Inspired by Aloysius Bertrand's eponymous short prose three-part piano piece Gaspard de la nuit by Maurice Ravel premiered by Ricardo Viñes in Paris.

JANUARY 25: At the Court Opera in Dresden Symphony opera Elektra by Richard Strauss with libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal is successfully premiered. The Clytemnestra sings Ernestine Schumann - Heink.
February 3: The premiere of the opera Il principe di Zilah by Franco Alfano takes place in Genoa at the Teatro Carlo Felice.
April 1: The opera fragment Marriage ( Orig: Shenitba ) by Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky based on the eponymous comedy by Nikolai Vasilyevich Gogol from 1868 will be premiered at the Court Opera in St. Petersburg.
May 2: The opera by Jules Massenet Bacchus has its world premiere at the Grand Opéra Paris.
MAY 5: The comic opera Robins end of Eduard Künneke will be premiered at the National Theatre in Mannheim.

February 01: Cilli Wang, Austrian cabaret artist and dancer († 2005)
February 05: Bacewicz, Polish composer († 1969)
09 February: Carmen Miranda, Portuguese - Brazilian singer and actress († 1955)
09 February: Harald Genzmer, German composer († 2007)
FEBRUARY 10: Alexander Holger Fransman, Finnish horn († 1997)
February 20: Heinz Erhardt, comedian, musician, entertainer, actor, poet († 1979)
February 20: Lorenzo Alvary, American opera singer (bass ) ( † 1996)
FEBRUARY 24: Will Höhne, German pop singers († 1992)

March 03: Johnny Barfield, American old-time and country musician († 1974)
March 04: Michael Schneider, German organist, choir director, music teacher and musicologist († 1994)
March 08: Alberto Echagüe, Argentine singer and songwriter († 1987)
MARCH 18: Ljubica Maric, Serbian composer († 2003)
MARCH 22: Bienvenido Troncoso, Dominican singer, guitarist and composer († 1961)
MARCH 27: Ben Webster, American jazz musician († 1973)

April 02: Jean Kurt Forest, German composer and musician († 1975)
08 April: Olavi Pesonen, Finnish composer († 1993)
APRIL 14: Isabel Aretz, Argentine ethnomusicologist, folklorist and composer († 2005)
APRIL 21: Karl log, Austrian guitarist, lutenist and music teacher († 1993)
APRIL 27: Jos Moerenhout, Belgian composer and conductor († 1985)

May 02: Teddy Stauffer, Swiss bandleader († 1991)
May 03: Colorado Pete, American country and cowboy musician and radio star († unknown)
May 10: Maybelle Carter, American country and folk singer († 1978)
May 20: Erich Kunz, Austrian opera singer (baritone ) ( † 1995)
MAY 24: Louis Fürnberg, German writer, poet and musician († 1957)
MAY 26: Charlie McCoy, American blues guitarist, singer and mandolin player († 1950)

01 June: Szymon Goldberg, American conductor and violinist († 1993)
June 07: Jean Laurent, Belgian violinist and music teacher († 2001)
June 14: Burl Ives, American folk singer, author and actor († 1995)
June 16: Willi Boskovsky, Austrian violinist and conductor († 1991)
21 June: Kurt Schwaen, German composer († 2007)
June 26: Jindřich Praveček, Czech conductor and composer ( brass bands ) ( † 2000)
June 30: Paul Constantinescu, Romanian composer († 1963)

01 August: Mary Elizabeth Caldwell, American composer and organist († 2003)
August 10: Claude Thornhill, American jazz musician († 1965)
August 10: Leo Fender, American music instrument makers and company founder († 1991)
August 11: Gaston Litaize, French composer, organist and organ teacher († 1991)
August 27: Lester Young, American tenor saxophonist († 1959)
AUGUST 28: Fritz Ihlau, German composer and musician († 1995)

September 09: Marin Goleminow, Bulgarian composer († 2000)
SEPTEMBER 15: Carlos Estrada, Uruguayan composer, conductor and music educator († 1970)
September 18: Willy Spilling, German composer and musicologist († 1965)
September 22: Václav Dobiaš, Czech composer († 1978)
September 28: Fred Rauch, Austrian singer, songwriter and radio host († 1997)

November 01: Bruno Bjelinski, Croatian composer († 1992)
November 03: Herbert Haufrecht, American composer and folklore researcher († 1998)
06 November: Henk Bijvanck, Dutch composer († 1969)
NOVEMBER 10: László Halmos, Hungarian composer († 1997)
November 16: Mado Michio, Japanese poet of children's songs
November 18: Valdemar Söderholm, Swedish composer († 1990)
NOVEMBER 29: Hans Gilles Berger, Austrian conductor ( † 1986)
November 30: Robert Nighthawk, American blues musician († 1967)

April 3: Benjamin Johnson Lang, American organist, pianist, conductor and composer (* 1837)
April 7: Carl Joachim Andersen, Danish flutist, conductor and composer (* 1847)

December 2: Rudolf Achleitner, Austrian conductor and composer (* 1864)
December 15: Francisco Tárrega (y Eixa ), Spanish guitarist and composer (* 1852)
DECEMBER 20: Benjamin Ipavec, Slovenian composer (* 1829)

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