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February 1 – Carl Nielsen conducts the première of his Symphony No. 4 , the Inextinguishable , in Copenhagen . February 11 – Baltimore Symphony Orchestra presents its first concert. March 3 – The Original Dixieland Jass Band begin playing at Schiller's Cafe in Chicago, Illinois , under the name Stein's Dixie Jass Band. March 10 – Sir Hubert Parry writes the choral setting of William Blake 's poem "And did those feet in ancient time " which becomes known as "Jerusalem" (first performed 28 March at the Queen's Hall , London). April 28 – Edison Records carry out the first public "comparison test" between live and recorded singing voices at Carnegie Hall, featuring soprano Marie Rappold . June 5 – Stein's Dixie Jass Band plays its first concert under its new name, the Original Dixieland Jass Band . August 3 – The musical comedy Chu Chin Chow , written, produced, directed and starring Oscar Asche , with music by Frederic Norton , premières at His Majesty's Theatre in London . It will run for five years and a total of 2,238 performances (more than twice as many as any previous musical), a West End theatre record that will stand for nearly forty years. December – Wilbur Sweatman records his hot ragtime for Emerson Records in New York City . Gustav Holst completes composition of his orchestral suite The Planets , Op. 32, in England. Sydney Conservatorium of Music in Australia accepts its first students. Soprano Hedy Iracema-Brügelmann is awarded the Charlottenkreuz . German soprano Vali von der Osten marries tenor Fritz Windgassen . Published popular music
Cover of sheet music for "The Moving Picture Hero Of My Heart" Joseph Lamb 's 1916 "The Top Liner Rag", a classic rag Hit recordings
Classical music
Film Births January 4 – Slim Gaillard , jazz musician (d. 1991) January 9 – Vic Mizzy , television theme composer (d. 2009) January 14 – Maxwell Davis , R&B musician (d. 1970) January 15 – Artie Shapiro , jazz bassist (d. 2003) January 16 – Rudolf Benesh , developer of the Benesh Movement Notation for dancing (d. 1975) January 22 – Henri Dutilleux , French composer (d. 2013) February 5 – Daniel Santos , singer (d. 1992) February 8 – Jimmy Skidmore , jazz musician (d. 1998) February 22 – Pedro Junco , composer (d. 1939) February 29 – Dinah Shore , singer (d. 1994) March 6 – Red Callender , jazz musician (d. 1992) March 10 – Jan Håkan Åberg , organist and composer (d. 2012) March 15 – Harry James , bandleader (d. 1983) March 17 – Ray Ellington , singer and bandleader (d. 1985) March 21 – Bismillah Khan , shehnai player (d. 2006) March 26 – Harry Rabinowitz , screen music composer and conductor (d. 2016) April 11 – Alberto Ginastera , Argentinian composer (d. 1983) April 12 – Russell Garcia , film score composer (d. 2011) April 14 – Denis ApIvor , composer (d. 2004) April 15 – Lee Vincent , DJ and orchestra leader (d. 2007) April 22 – Yehudi Menuhin , violinist (d. 1999) April 30 – Robert Shaw , conductor (d. 1999) May 6 – Adriana Caselotti , voice (and model) for Snow White (d. 1997) May 9 – Bernard Rose , organist and composer (d. 1996) May 10 – Milton Babbitt , composer (d. 2011) May 17 – Paul Quinichette , jazz musician (d. 1983) May 21 – Lydia Mendoza , guitarist and singer (d. 2007) May 26 – Moondog , singer, percussionist, composer and inventor of musical instruments (d. 1999) June 8 – Freddie Webster , jazz musician (d. 1947) June 15 – Horacio Salgán , tango pianist, composer and orchestra leader (d. 2016) June 17 – Einar Englund , Finnish composer (died 1999) June 26 – Giuseppe Taddei , operatic baritone (d. 2010) July 9 Dean Goffin , Salvation Army composer (d. 1984) Edward Heath , Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, organist and conductor (d. 2005) July 12 – Sam Taylor , jazz musician (d.1980) July 16 – Miles Copeland, Jr. , musician and CIA agent (d. 1991) July 24 – Bob Eberly , American singer with Jimmy Dorsey 's Orchestra (d. 1981) July 28 – Rosina Raisbeck , operatic mezzo-soprano (d. 2006) July 29 – Charlie Christian , jazz guitarist (d. 1942) August 3 – Claude Demetrius , songwriter (d. 1988) August 18 – Moura Lympany , pianist (d. 2005) August 21 – Bill Lee , singer (d. 1980) August 24 – Léo Ferré , singer, songwriter and composer (d. 1993) August 27 – Martha Raye , American singer and actress (d. 1994) September 8 – René Touzet , pianist, composer and bandleader (d. 2003) September 16 – M. S. Subbulakshmi , Carnatic vocalist (d. 2004) October 3 – David Mann , songwriter (d. 2002) October 19 October 28 – Bill Harris , jazz trombonist (d. 1973) October 29 – Hadda Brooks , pianist, singer and composer (d. 2002) November 6 – Ray Conniff , trombonist and bandleader (d. 2002) November 10 – Billy May , composer and arranger (d. 2004) November 15 – Greta Gynt , singer, dancer and actress (d. 2000) November 29 - Helen Clare , British singer (d. 2018) December 11 – Perez Prado , Cuban bandleader and composer (d. 1989) December 15 – Buddy Cole , jazz musician (d. 1964) December 18 – Betty Grable , star of many Hollywood musicals (d. 1973) December 25 December 27 – Johnny Frigo , American jazz violinist and bassist (d. 2007) Paddy Fahey , Irish fiddler (d. 2019) Deaths January 16 – Charles A. Zimmerman , composer (b. 1861) January 21 – George Musgrove , theatre and opera producer (b. 1854) February 4 – Adolphe Biarent , cellist and composer (b. 1871) February 5 – Francesco Marconi , operatic tenor (b. 1853/1855) February 20 – Giovanni Sbriglia , operatic tenor and singing teacher (b. 1832) March 7 – José Ferrer , guitarist (b. 1835) March 24 – Enrique Granados , composer (b. 1867) May 11 – Max Reger , composer (b. 1873) May 13 May 28 – Albert Lavignac , musicologist and composer (b. 1846) June 5 – Mildred J. Hill , songwriter (b. 1859) June 10 – Max Vogrich , pianist and composer (b. 1852) August 2 – Hamish MacCunn , composer (b. 1868) August 5 – George Butterworth , composer (b. 1885) (killed in action) August 8 – Franz Eckert , composer (b. 1852) September 10 – Friedrich Gernsheim , pianist, conductor and composer (b. 1839) September 15 – Julius Fučík , composer (b. 1872) November 2 – Marie Wieck , pianist, singer, piano teacher and composer (b. 1832) November 13 – Frederick Septimus Kelly , composer and Olympic rower (b. 1881) (killed in action) November 23 – Eduard Nápravník , conductor and composer (b. 1839) November 24 – John Francis Barnett , composer and music teacher (b. 1837) December 2 – Francesco Paolo Tosti , composer and music teacher (b. 1846) December 5 – Hans Richter , conductor (b. 1843) December 20 – William Gilchrist , composer (b. 1846) December 28 – Eduard Strauss , composer (b. 1835) December 31 – Ernst Rudorff , composer and music teacher (b. 1840) date unknown – Charlie Case , vaudeville entertainer (b. c. 1860) References
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