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2.1 First half of
2.2 Second half of
2.3 Exact date of birth unknown

Events

The " scandal concert " in Vienna

February 23: The first performance of Gurrelieder of Arnold Schoenberg by the Musicians' Orchestra in the Musikverein in Vienna is an overwhelming success under the leadership of Franz Schreker. But the composer, offended by the previous conservative attitude of the Viennese public, refuses to accept the applause. This takes revenge for the scandal concert on March 31.
MARCH 31: A -directed by Arnold Schoenberg orchestra plays again at the Musikverein pieces by contemporary composers who belong mostly to Expressionism and the Second Viennese School. The audience responded with riots and riots on the unfamiliar music. The concert must eventually be canceled.

Other world premieres

January 22: The first performance of the comic opera by Ernst von Dohnányi Aunt Simona will take place at the Court Opera in Dresden.
April 1: La vida breve, a lyrical drama in two acts and four scenes by Manuel de Falla, with a libretto by Carlos Fernández- Shaw has its world premiere at the Casino Municipal to Nice in French. De Falla used in its veristic and impressionistic opera influenced many elements from the Spanish folklore, such as the Canto Jondo with rhythmic ostinatos, as well as flamenco.

MAY 29: At the premiere of the ballet Le sacre du printemps by Igor Stravinsky at the Théâtre des Champs- Élysées in Paris by the Ballets Russes of Sergei Pavlovich Diaghilev there is a chorus of whistles and riots. Only the stoic calm of the conductor Pierre Monteux, it is thanks to them that the performance can ever be played to the end. Also with the following performances it always comes back to public protests. The piece is now considered the beginning of modern ballet.
SEPTEMBER 24: The world premiere of the work Introduction, Passacaglia and Fugue in E minor, Op 127 by Max Reger, played by Karl Straube, the organ of the Centennial Hall, the largest at this time organ in the world, a creation of the Frankfurt organ builder William Sauer, carried out by the organ builder EF Walcker & Cie, inaugurated.
4 October: Am Berliner Theater in Berlin operetta As once premiered in May by Walter Kollo with a libretto by Rudolf Bernauer and Rudolph Schanzer.
October 11: The world premiere of the operetta The ideal wife of Franz Lehár takes place at the Theater an der Wien in Vienna.

December 3: At Luna Park Theatre in Saint Petersburg the futuristic opera Victory over the Sun ( Победа над Солнцем ) as a collective work of the artist Alexei Kruchenykh, Velimir Khlebnikov, Mikhail Matjuschin and Kazimir Malevich premiered. The plant has only one more performance on December 5 and leads to one of the greatest scandals in the history of theater.
December 4: The first performance of the comic opera L' amore medico ( The Lover as a doctor ) by Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari takes place in the German settlement of Richard Batka at the Dresden Court Opera.
December 15: The Opera Parisina by Pietro Mascagni to a libretto by Gabriele D' Annunzio has its world premiere at the Teatro alla Scala di Milano in Milan.
December 20: The world premiere of the operetta farce The night express train from Leo Fall takes place at the Johann Strauss Theatre in Vienna.

Others

In Atlanta, Georgia, the Georgia Old -Time Fiddlers organized ' conventions for the first time.

Born

First half year

January 2: Gardner Read, American composer († 2005)
JANUARY 18: Danny Kaye, American actor, comedian and singer († 1987)
January 24: Norman Dello Joio, American composer and professor († 2008)
JANUARY 25: Witold Lutosławski, Polish composer and conductor († 1994)
26 January: Jimmy Van Heusen, American composer († 1990)
FEBRUARY 4: Gerhard Mendelson, German music producer in Vienna († 1976)
FEBRUARY 17: René Leibowitz, a French composer, conductor, writer and music educator († 1972)
March 4: Willie Johnson, American blues musician († 1995)
March 11: John Weinzweig, Canadian composer († 2006)
MARCH 12: Loulie Jean Norman, American soprano († 2005)
MARCH 13: Irène Joachim, French soprano († 2001)
MARCH 13: Lightnin 'Slim, American blues musician († 1974)
March 14: Witold Rudziński, Polish composer († 2004)
MARCH 16: Rudi Schuricke, German singer and actor († 1973)
MARCH 19: Günter Neumann ( comedian ), German composer, author and comedian († 1972)
MARCH 26: Bruce Low, Dutch pop and gospel singers († 1990)
MARCH 31: Etta Baker, American blues singer and guitarist († 2006)
April 4: Cecil Gant, American blues singer and pianist († 1951)
April 4: Muddy Waters ( McKinley Morganfield ), American blues singer and guitarist († 1983)
April 6: Carmen Cavallaro, American musician and actor († 1989)
APRIL 14: Jean Fournet, French conductor († 2008)
April 24: Violet Archer, Canadian composer († 2000)
May 6: Gyula Dávid, Hungarian composer († 1977)
MAY 16: Woody Herman, American jazz musician, clarinetist and bandleader († 1987)
MAY 18: Charles Trenet, French singer, composer, poet and painter († 2001)
MAY 31: Peter Franken field, actor, emcee, singers († 1979)
JUNE 10: Tikhon Nikolayevich Khrennikov, Russian composer († 2007)
JUNE 27: Elton Britt, American country musician († 1972)
JUNE 28: George Lloyd, English composer († 1998)

Second half- year

July 5th: Smiley Lewis, American blues and R & B singers († 1966)
July 7: Pinetop Perkins, American blues musician († 2011)
July 12: André Lavagne, French composer († 2014)
July 15: Cowboy Copas, American country musician († 1963)
JULY 20: Iosifovich Veniamin Fleischmann, Soviet composer († 1941)
JULY 23: Ernest van der Eyken, Belgian composer and conductor († 2010)

August 22: Robert Schollum, Austrian composer and conductor († 1987)
AUGUST 23: Bob Crosby, American singer and big band conductor ( † 1993)

October 9: Liselotte Malkowsky, German pop singer († 1965)
October 10: France Ellegaard, Danish- Finnish pianist († 1999)
October 16: Cesar Bresgen, Austrian composer († 1988)
OCTOBER 17: Edwin Bear, Swiss conductor and composer († 2008)
OCTOBER 19: Vinícius de Moraes, Brazilian poet and guitarist († 1980)
October 20: Grandpa Jones, American country musician († 1998)
OCTOBER 26: Hans Jönsson, German film television and radio composer († 1993)
October 26th: Netty Simons, American composer († 1991)

November 5: Guy Jonson, English pianist and music teacher († 2009)
November 15th: Gus Johnson, American jazz bassist († 2000)
November 22: Benjamin Britten, English composer († 1976)

December 4: Johann Cilenšek, German composer and Vice- President of the Academy of Arts of the GDR († 1998)
December 7: John Davis, American blues pianist and singer († 1985)
December 10: Morton Gould, American composer, conductor and pianist († 1996)
December 10: Pannonia de Koenig Warter, British jazz patron († 1988)
December 10: Ray Nance, American jazz trumpeter and violinist († 1976)
December 21: Andor Foldes, American pianist of Hungarian descent († 1992)

Exact date of birth unknown

John R. Barrows, American horn player († 1974)

Died

January 6: Ernesto Elorduy, Mexican composer and pianist (* 1855)
FEBRUARY 26: Felix Draeseke, German composer (* 1835)
March 16: Tatyos Efendi, a Turkish composer (* 1855)
March 19: John Thomas, Welsh harpist and composer (* 1826)
August 7: David Popper, Czech cellist and composer (* 1843)
August 11: Brasilio Itiberê da Cunha, Brazilian composer and diplomat (* 1846)
9 December: Franz Kullak, German pianist and composer (* 1844)

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