1910 in music

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Events

• January 8th: On Carl theater in Vienna premiere of the operetta Gypsy Love by Franz Lehár takes place. The libretto by Alfred Maria Willner and Robert Bodanzky. However, Lehár can not quite equal the success of The Merry Widow in 1905 with the piece.
• January 13: From the Metropolitan Opera in New York City there is the first opera broadcast in the history of radio broadcasting, in which Enrico Caruso's voice sounds even.
• January 14: Premiere of the George -Lieder op.15 of Arnold Schoenberg on poems by Stefan George takes place in Vienna.
• February 19: One of the last opera by Jules Massenet, Don Quixote with the libretto by Henri Cain based on the novel Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes, Fyodor Ivanovich Chaliapin will be premiered with the title role in Monte Carlo. The opera was a great success from the start and will soon be listed in all of Europe.
• FEBRUARY 26: On Wilhelm- Theater in Magdeburg the operetta The chaste Susanne Jean Gilbert will be premiered.
• February 27: At the Mariinsky Theatre in Saint Petersburg, the opera will be premiered The Captain's Daughter by César Cui.
• April 2: On the Residenz Theater in Dresden, the premiere of the operetta The last of Jonas Rudolf Dellinger takes place.
• JUNE 25: Sergei Pavlovich Diaghilev Performed by the Ballets Russes in Paris has Igor Stravinsky's ballet L' Oiseau de feu ( The Firebird ) with conductor Gabriel Pierné premiere. The libretto by Michel Fokine based on two Russian folk tales. The piece is the first success of the composer.
• September 6: The world premiere of the string orchestra piece Tallis Fantasia by Ralph Vaughan Williams will be held in Gloucester.

• The patriotic song America the Beautiful is first published.

Born

January to April

• January 8, Galina Ulanova Sergejewna, Russian Prima Ballerina ( † 1998)
• JANUARY 9: Henriette Puig- Roget, French organist, pianist and composer († 1992)
• January 23: Django Reinhardt, the Belgian- French jazz musician († 1953)
• January 26: Little Shoe, American country musician
• FEBRUARY 3: Blas Galindo, Mexican composer († 1993)
• February 4: František Rauch, Czech pianist and music teacher († 1996)
• February 5: Mikhail Ignatiev, German musician (†)
• February 7: Elizabeth Reichelt, German opera singer and coloratura soprano († 2001)
• February 9: István Arató, Hungarian composer († 1980)
• February 9: Anna Sokolow, American dancer and choreographer († 2000)
• FEBRUARY 10: Maria Cebotari Moldovan opera singer († 1949)
• February 13: Elsa Barraine, French composer († 1999)
• FEBRUARY 16: Evgeny Golubev Kirilovitch, Russian composer († 1988)
• FEBRUARY 17: Alfred Mendelsohn, Romanian composer († 1966)
• February 22: Spade Cooley, American country musician and bandleader († 1969)
• FEBRUARY 26: Olav Roots, Estonian conductor and pianist († 1974)
• FEBRUARY 28: Roman Maciejewski, Polish composer, pianist and conductor († 1998)
• March 2: Harry Blech, British conductor and violinist († 1999)
• March 9: Samuel Barber, American composer († 1981)
• MARCH 12: Vakhtang Chabukiani, Georgian dancer and choreographer († 1992)
• MARCH 13: José María Cervera Lloret, Spanish composer and professor († 2002)
• MARCH 16: Yank Rachell, American blues musician († 1997)
• March 21: Gustav Neidlinger, German singer († 1991)
• MARCH 24: Jacques Chailley, French musicologist, music educator and composer († 1999)
• March 25: Magda Olivero, Italian opera singer
• April 1: Ace Harris, American R & B and jazz musicians († 1964)
• April 10: Abu -Bakr Khairat Mahmoud, Egyptian composer († 1963)
• April 26: Erland von Koch, Swedish composer and professor († 2009)
• April 30: Pierre Lantier, French composer († 1998)

May to August

• May 8: Carl Seemann, German pianist († 1983)
• May 8: Mary Lou Williams, American jazz pianist, composer, arranger and († 1981)
• May 23: Scatman Crothers, American singer and actor († 1986)
• MAY 23: Artie Shaw, American jazz musician and writer († 2004)
• May 24: Margeris Zariņš, Latvian composer and writer († 1994)
• MAY 26: Eddie Rosner, German, Polish and Soviet Jazz musician († 1976)
• MAY 28: T -Bone Walker, American blues musician († 1975)
• June 10: Howlin 'Wolf, American blues musician († 1976)
• JUNE 11: Carmine Coppola, American musician and composer († 1991)
• June 14: Rudolf Kempe, German conductor († 1976)
• June 17: Red Foley, American country musician († 1968)
• June 17: H. Owen Reed, American composer († 2014)
• 21 June: Béla Tardos, Hungarian composer († 1966)
• June 22: Willy Berking, German orchestra leader and composer († 1979)
• June 22: Peter Pears, British tenor († 1986)
• June 23: Milton Hinton, American jazz musician († 2000)
• 24 June: Cootie Williams, American jazz trumpeter († 1985)
• JUNE 27: Karel Reiner, Czech composer († 1979)
• July 15: Ronald Binge, British composer († 1979)
• JULY 18: Oskar Sala, German composer and physicist († 2002)
• August 4: William Schuman, American composer († 1992)
• August 6: Erich Schmidt, German church musician († 2005)
• August 12: Heinrich Suter champion, Swiss composer († 1995)
• August 14: Pierre Schaeffer, French composer († 1995)
• August 17: Roberto Kinsky, Argentine conductor († 1977)
• AUGUST 29: Roberto Pineda Duque, a Colombian composer († 1977)

September to December

Exact date of birth unknown

• Eddie Mapp, American blues harmonica player († 1931)
• Eliane Richepin, French pianist, music teacher and composer († 1999)

Died

• JANUARY 29: Edmond Missa, French composer (* 1861)
• February 14: Ludwig Hartmann, German composer and music critic (* 1836)
• March 8: Ronald M. Grant, American organist and church musician (* 1871)
• MARCH 28: Édouard Colonne, French conductor (* 1838)
• May 10: Carl Reinecke, German composer (* 1824)
• May 29: Mili Alexeyevich Balakirev, Russian composer, pianist and conductor (* 1837)
• June 17: Gustave Lefèvre, French composer and music teacher (* 1831)
• JULY 4: Louis -Albert Bourgault - Ducoudray, French composer (* 1840)
• JULY 21: Johan Peter Selmer, Norwegian composer (* 1844)
• August 16th: Charles Lenepveu, French composer and music teacher (* 1840)
• December 25: Richard Bartmuß, German composer (* 1859)