1944, from day to day
1944. With other artists, Arnold Schoenberg, Jean Sibelius and Arturo Toscanini influenced their time (modern & contemporary era). That year would see the birth of future classical or lyrical artists, such as Kiri Te Kanawa, while others would disappear. That year, new works would be composed, published or performed for the first time in public, such as “Concerto for orchestra” de Béla Bartók, for example. That year, halls or orchestras would be founded or ceased to operate.
All these moments, more or less notable, make the year 1944 a page in the history of classical and lyrical music to be discovered or rediscovered. soclassiq currently lists more than 430 of these moments for 1944.
The year 1944 in classical music and in lyrical art
January
02
Birth of Péter Eötvös That year: 1944, Classical music, Hungarian composer and conductor
03
Birth of David Atherton That year: 1944, Classical music, English conductor
Death of Julia Jahnke That year: 1944, Classical music, singer, opera singer (born in 1873)
04
Birth of Sadao Harada That year: 1944, Classical music, Japanese cellist
Birth of Yuankai Bao That year: 1944, Classical music, composer
05
Death of August Junker That year: 1944, Classical music, German musician (1868-1944) (born in 1868)
10
Death of Konstantin Minyar-Beloruchev That year: 1944, Classical music, Russian composer (1874-1944) (born in 1874)
11
Birth of York Höller That year: 1944, Classical music, German composer
12
Birth of Viktoria Postnikova That year: 1944, Classical music, Russian pianist
17
Birth of Joyce Castle That year: 1944, Classical music, American opera singer
18
Death of Lev Conus That year: 1944, Classical music, Russian musician (born in 1871)
Death of Marija Freudenreich That year: 1944, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1863)
Death of Walter Rolfe That year: 1944, Classical music, composer (born in 1880)
19
Death of Harold Fraser-Simson That year: 1944, Classical music, British composer (1872-1944) (born in 1872)
21
Birth of Uto Ughi That year: 1944, Classical music, Italian violinist and conductor
Death of Cesare Franco That year: 1944, Classical music, composer (born in 1885)
24
Birth of Klaus Nomi That year: 1944, Classical music, German countertenor (dead in 1983)
Death of Bernardo Gabiola Lazpita That year: 1944, Classical music, Spanish composer (born in 1880)
27
Birth of Jean Ferrard That year: 1944, Classical music, Belgian organist and musicologist
28
Birth of John Tavener That year: 1944, Classical music, British composer (1944-2013) (dead in 2013)
Death of Maartje Offers That year: 1944, Classical music, Dutch opera singer (1891-1944) (born in 1891)
Birth of Heidemarie Brüny That year: 1944, Classical music, German actress and opera singer
29
Death of Carl Aeschbacher That year: 1944, Classical music, Swiss composer, choir leader (1886-1944) (born in 1886)
Birth of Ivona Valentová That year: 1944, Classical music, opera singer, singer, operetta singer
30
Birth of Lynn Harrell That year: 1944, Classical music, American cellist (dead in 2020)
Closing: Alte Berliner Philharmonie That year: 1944, Classical music (Berlin, Germany)
Death of Eduardo Dagnino That year: 1944, Classical music, composer, librettist (1876-1944) (born in 1876)
31
Death of Edmund Parlow That year: 1944, Classical music, composer (born in 1855)
February
01
Birth of Aage Haugland That year: 1944, Classical music, Danish opera singer (1944-2000) (dead in 2000)
Death of Martin Lunssens That year: 1944, Classical music, Belgian conductor, composer and musicologist (1871-1944) (born in 1871)
02
Birth of Andrew Davis That year: 1944, Classical music, British conductor
Birth of Ursula Oppens That year: 1944, Classical music, American classical concert pianist and educator
03
Death of Yvette Guilbert That year: 1944, Classical music, French cabaret singer (born in 1865)
06
Premiere of Piano Concerto, Op. 42 That year: 1944, Classical music (Work for orchestra with soloist), Arnold Schoenberg
Death of Philip Michael Faraday That year: 1944, Classical music, British composer, lawyer and theatre producer (born in 1875)
07
Death of Lina Cavalieri That year: 1944, Classical music, Italian operatic soprano (1874-1944) (born in 1874)
Birth of Antoni Wit That year: 1944, Classical music, Polish conductor
08
Birth of Béatrice Haldas That year: 1944, Classical music, Swiss singer and opera singer (1944-1987) (dead in 1987)
10
Death of Alfred Bachelet That year: 1944, Classical music, French conductor and composer (1864-1944) (born in 1864)
11
Birth of Eszter Póka That year: 1944, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 2015)
Death of Vera Nikolaevna Petrova-Zvant︠s︡eva That year: 1944, Classical music, opera singer, music teacher (born in 1875)
12
Death of Annie Fortescue Harrison That year: 1944, Classical music, English composer (1848–1944) (born in 1848)
Death of Juliusz Wolfsohn That year: 1944, Classical music, composer, pianist (born in 1880)
13
Death of Louise von Ehrenstein That year: 1944, Classical music, Austrian singer and opera singer (born in 1867)
15
Death of Aleksandr Olenin That year: 1944, Classical music, Soviet composer and pianist (1861-1944) (born in 1861)
16
Birth of Sigiswald Kuijken That year: 1944, Classical music, Belgian musician
Death of Edmund von Borck That year: 1944, Classical music, German composer (born in 1906)
Birth of Katalin Mészöly That year: 1944, Classical music, (1944--) opera singer
Death of Carl Valentin Wunderle That year: 1944, Classical music, American musician (1866-1944) (born in 1866)
17
Birth of Karl Jenkins That year: 1944, Classical music, Welsh musician and composer (b. 1944)
Birth of Matti Heinikari That year: 1944, Classical music, Finnish opera singer (1944-2015) (dead in 2015)
19
Death of Richard Burmeister That year: 1944, Classical music, German composer (born in 1860)
20
Birth of Riki Turofsky That year: 1944, Classical music, Canadian opera singer
Death of Rudolf Ewald Zingel That year: 1944, Classical music, German composer, choir director and music educator (born in 1876)
23
Death of Henry Bickford Pasmore That year: 1944, Classical music, composer (born in 1857)
26
Birth of Peter Lindroos That year: 1944, Classical music, Finnish singer (1944-2003) (dead in 2003)
27
Birth of Rafi Haradžanjans That year: 1944, Classical music, Latvian pianist
Birth of Erland Hagegård That year: 1944, Classical music, Swedish singer
28
Birth of Loek Dikker That year: 1944, Classical music, Dutch musician and composer
Birth of Nezaket Memmedova That year: 1944, Classical music, Azerbaijani singer (1944-1980) (dead in 1980)
29
Death of Durward Lely That year: 1944, Classical music, British opera singer and actor (born in 1852)
March
01
Death of Siegfried Translateur That year: 1944, Classical music, Austrian conductor (born in 1875)
Birth of Hanuš Domanský That year: 1944, Classical music, Slovakian composer and pianist (dead in 2021)
02
Birth of Leif Segerstam That year: 1944, Classical music, Finland Swedish conductor and composer
03
Birth of Lee Holdridge That year: 1944, Classical music, Haitian-born, American composer and orchestrator
Premiere of Symphony No. 2, Op. 19 That year: 1944, Classical music (Work for orchestra), Samuel Barber
Birth of Florence Quivar That year: 1944, Classical music, singer
Death of Guido Volpi That year: 1944, Classical music, Italian opera singer (born in 1889)
04
Death of Louis Laloy That year: 1944, Classical music, French writer, musicologist and sinologist (1874-1944) (born in 1874)
Birth of Magda Kalmár That year: 1944, Classical music, (1944-) opera singer
05
Death of Sumner Salter That year: 1944, Classical music, composer (born in 1856)
Death of Heinrich Pfannschmidt That year: 1944, Classical music, composer (born in 1863)
06
Birth of Kiri Te Kanawa That year: 1944, Classical music, New Zealand opera singer
07
Birth of Uri Segal That year: 1944, Classical music, Israeli conductor
08
Birth of Pepe Romero That year: 1944, Classical music, Spanish musician
Death of Mathilde Kralik That year: 1944, Classical music, Austrian pianist and composer (1857-1944) (born in 1857)
Death of Aroldo Lindi That year: 1944, Classical music, Swedish singer (born in 1888)
10
Death of Karl Viitol That year: 1944, Classical music, Estonian opera singer (born in 1888)
12
Birth of William Stone That year: 1944, Classical music, American opera singer
14
Death of Pavel Chesnokov That year: 1944, Classical music, Pavel Grigoryevich Chesnokov (born in 1877)
17
Birth of John Lill That year: 1944, Classical music, English classical pianist
Birth of Balázs Hantos That year: 1944, Classical music, Hungarian opera singer
19
Birth of Eugenia Moldoveanu That year: 1944, Classical music, Romanian opera singer
20
Death of Felix Woyrsch That year: 1944, Classical music, German composer (born in 1860)
23
Birth of Michael Nyman That year: 1944, Classical music, English composer of minimalist music, pianist, librettist and musicologist
24
Death of Nicola Stame That year: 1944, Classical music, Italian opera singer (1908-1944) (born in 1908)
25
Death of Fujii Kiyomi That year: 1944, Classical music, Japanese composer (1889-1944) (born in 1889)
Birth of Yuri Arutyunyan That year: 1944, Classical music, Armenian composer (dead in 2019)
28
Death of Jean-Marie Plum That year: 1944, Classical music, Belgian composer and organist (born in 1899)
April
01
Birth of Vladimir Krainev That year: 1944, Classical music, Russian musician (1944-2011) (dead in 2011)
02
Birth of Malcolm Hill That year: 1944, Classical music, composer
04
Death of Karel Weis That year: 1944, Classical music, Czech composer, collector of regional songs and organist (born in 1862)
Death of Hedwige Chrétien That year: 1944, Classical music, French composer (1859-1944) (born in 1859)
06
Birth of Felicity Palmer That year: 1944, Classical music, English mezzo-soprano and music professor
Death of Varvara Adrianovna Gaigerova That year: 1944, Classical music, Russian composer and pianist (born in 1903)
Birth of Manfred Mayrhofer That year: 1944, Classical music, Austrian conductor
08
Death of Gustav Landauer That year: 1944, Classical music, German singer and opera singer (1866-1944) (born in 1866)
Birth of Giedrius Kuprevičius That year: 1944, Classical music, composer
09
Death of Bolesław Wallek-Walewski That year: 1944, Classical music, classical composer (born in 1885)
13
Death of Cécile Chaminade That year: 1944, Classical music, French composer and pianist (born in 1857)
Death of Aage Oxenvad That year: 1944, Classical music, Danish clarinetist (1884-1944) (born in 1884)
14
Birth of Takako Nishizaki That year: 1944, Classical music, Japanese violinist
Birth of Jacques Saldiën That year: 1944, Classical music, composer
16
Birth of Dennis Russell Davies That year: 1944, Classical music, American conductor and pianist
Birth of Elżbieta Głąbówna That year: 1944, Classical music, pianist, music teacher
17
Birth of Grit van Jüten That year: 1944, Classical music, German singer and opera singer
18
Death of Kurt Kárnauke That year: 1944, Classical music, composer (born in 1866)
20
Birth of Peter Parsch That year: 1944, Classical music, German singer and opera singer (1944-2009) (dead in 2009)
22
Birth of Joshua Rifkin That year: 1944, Classical music, American conductor, keyboard player, and musicologist
Death of Mezio Agostini That year: 1944, Classical music, Italian musician and composer (born in 1875)
24
Birth of Norma Burrowes That year: 1944, Classical music, Irish coloratura soprano
25
Closing: Kaim-Saal That year: 1944, Classical music (Maxvorstadt, Germany)
Birth of László Márk That year: 1944, Classical music, Hungarian opera singer
Birth of Tamara Lahunova That year: 1944, Classical music, Ukrainian opera singer
27
Death of Dmitrij Alekseevic Smirnov That year: 1944, Classical music, Russian tenor (born in 1882)
29
Death of Pyotr Stolyarsky That year: 1944, Classical music, Ukrainian music educator (1871-1944) (born in 1871)
May
01
Birth of Józef Serafin That year: 1944, Classical music, Polish organist and music educator
02
Death of Erich Knauf That year: 1944, Classical music, German journalist, author und songwriter (born in 1895)
04
Birth of Gabriela Moyseowicz That year: 1944, Classical music, Polish composer
06
Death of Carl Engel That year: 1944, Classical music, French composer (1883-1944) (born in 1883)
Death of Sofie Bonnevie That year: 1944, Classical music, Finnish children's writer and singer (1853-1944) (born in 1853)
07
Birth of Alison Bauld That year: 1944, Classical music, Australian composer
Birth of Melanya Abovyan That year: 1944, Classical music, Armenian singer
08
Death of Ethel Smyth That year: 1944, Classical music, English composer (born in 1858)
Death of Karl Hermann Pillney That year: 1944, Classical music, composer (born in 1867)
13
Death of Charles Herbert Kitson That year: 1944, Classical music, composer (born in 1874)
14
Death of Zola Amaro That year: 1944, Classical music, Brazilian singer (1891-1944) (born in 1891)
16
Death of Leone Sinigaglia That year: 1944, Classical music, Italian composer (born in 1868)
17
Birth of Paul Crossley That year: 1944, Classical music, British pianist
18
Birth of Justus Frantz That year: 1944, Classical music, German pianist and conductor
Death of Pál Hermann That year: 1944, Classical music, Hungarian composer and cellist (1902-1944) (born in 1902)
19
Death of Arseny Avraamov That year: 1944, Classical music, Russian composer (1886-1944) (born in 1886)
Death of Tadeusz Prejzner That year: 1944, Classical music, composer, conductor, pedagogue (born in 1903)
30
Death of Bruno Granichstaedten That year: 1944, Classical music, Austrian composer (1879-1944) (born in 1879)
Death of Delfino Thermignon That year: 1944, Classical music, composer (born in 1861)
June
02
Birth of Marvin Hamlisch That year: 1944, Classical music, American composer and conductor (1944-2012) (dead in 2012)
Birth of Tasso Adamopoulos That year: 1944, Classical music, French musician (dead in 2021)
Death of Bohumil Fidler That year: 1944, Classical music, Czech musician (1860-1944) (born in 1860)
Death of Richard Nitschke That year: 1944, Classical music, (1863-1944) (born in 1863)
Death of Alois Pivoňka That year: 1944, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1863)
05
Death of Riccardo Zandonai That year: 1944, Classical music, Italian composer and conductor (born in 1883)
07
Death of Homer Grunn That year: 1944, Classical music, composer (born in 1880)
10
Death of Sylvio Lazzari That year: 1944, Classical music, French composer (born in 1857)
14
Death of Georges Barrère That year: 1944, Classical music, French flutist (1876-1944) (born in 1876)
17
Death of Hermann Wenzel That year: 1944, Classical music, German composer (1863-1944) (born in 1863)
18
Birth of Audronė Simonaitytė-Gaižiūnienė That year: 1944, Classical music, Lithuanian opera singer
20
Death of Johannes Sembach That year: 1944, Classical music, German singer (born in 1881)
Birth of Claude Torrent That year: 1944, Classical music, composer
21
Death of Mia Delphie That year: 1944, Classical music, opera singer, actor
25
Birth of Katharina Dau That year: 1944, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 2018)
Birth of Aleksandr Nenadovskiy That year: 1944, Classical music, Soviet Russian singer
26
Death of Alfons Suys That year: 1944, Classical music, composer (born in 1883)
27
Death of Werner Wehrli That year: 1944, Classical music, Swiss composer (1892-1944) (born in 1892)
28
Death of Alexander Davydov That year: 1944, Classical music, Russian opera singer (born in 1872)
30
Death of Toivo Louko That year: 1944, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1884)
Death of Marie Běhavá That year: 1944, Classical music, opera singer, singer (born in 1880)
July
01
Death of Raoul Brunel That year: 1944, Classical music, composer (born in 1864)
02
Birth of Christian du Plessis That year: 1944, Classical music, British opera singer
04
Birth of Uroš Lajovic That year: 1944, Classical music, Slovenian conductor
Death of Alice Burville That year: 1944, Classical music, British actress and singer (born in 1856)
Birth of Hans-Georg Ahrens That year: 1944, Classical music, German singer and opera singer
05
Death of William G. Whittaker That year: 1944, Classical music, English-Scottish composer, pedagogue, conductor, musicologist, Bach scholar, publisher and writer (born in 1876)
06
Birth of István Rozsos That year: 1944, Classical music, Hungarian opera singer (1944-)
08
Death of Cor Kint That year: 1944, Classical music, Dutch composer and musicologist (born in 1890)
09
Death of Marie Joseph Erb That year: 1944, Classical music, French organist and composer (born in 1858)
12
Death of Nicolas Daneau That year: 1944, Classical music, Belgian composer (born in 1866)
13
Death of José André That year: 1944, Classical music, Argentinian composer (born in 1881)
15
Birth of Klaas de Vries That year: 1944, Classical music, Dutch composer, born Terneuzen, 15 July 1944, he teaches at the Conservatoire of Rotterdam
18
Birth of Rodney Slatford That year: 1944, Classical music, British musician
Birth of Arend Baumann That year: 1944, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 2014)
19
Death of Will Marion Cook That year: 1944, Classical music, African American composer and violinist (born in 1869)
Death of Karl Leimer That year: 1944, Classical music, German pianist and music educator (born in 1858)
Birth of Miroslav Kokoška That year: 1944, Classical music, Czech marimba player and composer (dead in 2005)
23
Birth of Maria João Pires That year: 1944, Classical music, Portuguese pianist
25
Birth of Hiroko Nakamura That year: 1944, Classical music, Japanese pianist (1944-2016) (dead in 2016)
Birth of Anthony Goldstone That year: 1944, Classical music, British pianist (dead in 2017)
26
Birth of Georges Pludermacher That year: 1944, Classical music, French pianist
27
Death of Victor Vreuls That year: 1944, Classical music, Belgian conductor and composer (born in 1876)
29
Birth of Vladimir Pasyoukov That year: 1944, Classical music, Russian opera singer (1944-2011) (dead in 2011)
August
01
Birth of Natan Brand That year: 1944, Classical music, Israeli pianist (dead in 1990)
02
Death of Joseph Bonnet That year: 1944, Classical music, French composer and organist (born in 1884)
03
Birth of György Geiger That year: 1944, Classical music, Hungarian musician
Birth of Uta Priew That year: 1944, Classical music, German singer and opera singer
04
Death of Giovanni Pagella That year: 1944, Classical music, composer (born in 1872)
06
Death of Franciszek Ksawery Brzeziński That year: 1944, Classical music, Polish composer (born in 1867)
Death of Jadwiga Zaleska-Mazurowska That year: 1944, Classical music, pianist (born in 1869)
Birth of Gleb Serafimovich Sedelʹnikov That year: 1944, Classical music, Soviet composer and poet (1944-2012) (dead in 2012)
07
Death of Agustín Pío Barrios That year: 1944, Classical music, Paraguayan composer and musician (1885-1944) (born in 1885)
08
Death of Aino Ackté That year: 1944, Classical music, Finnish soprano (1876-1944) (born in 1876)
12
Birth of Peter Hofmann That year: 1944, Classical music, German opera singer (dead in 2010)
13
Death of Clement Charlton Palmer That year: 1944, Classical music, composer (born in 1871)
14
Death of Joseph-Ermend Bonnal That year: 1944, Classical music, French organist, teacher and composer (born in 1880)
Death of Rudolf Bandler That year: 1944, Classical music, holocaust victim, b. 1878-03-05 (born in 1878)
16
Death of Godfrey Edward Pellew Arkwright That year: 1944, Classical music, British musicologist (1864-1944) (born in 1864)
17
Death of Max Wagner That year: 1944, Classical music, composer (born in 1865)
Death of Armand Narçon That year: 1944, Classical music, French opera singer (born in 1886)
18
Birth of Włodzimierz Tyszler That year: 1944, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 2006)
19
Death of Henry Wood That year: 1944, Classical music, English conductor (1869–1944) (born in 1869)
Birth of Lyn Vernon That year: 1944, Classical music, Canadian opera singer
20
Death of Arthur Preuss That year: 1944, Classical music, German singer (born in 1878)
23
Death of Nikolai Roslavets That year: 1944, Classical music, Russian modernist composer and music theorist (born in 1881)
Birth of Helmut Wildhaber That year: 1944, Classical music, Austrian tenor, born 23 August 1944 in Klagenfurt, Austria
25
Birth of Luca Pfaff That year: 1944, Classical music, musician, conductor
27
30
Birth of Jean Bernard Hoffmann That year: 1944, Classical music, instrumentalist, conductor
September
01
Birth of Leonard Slatkin That year: 1944, Classical music, American conductor and composer
03
Death of František Drdla That year: 1944, Classical music, Czech violinist and composer (1868-1944) (born in 1868)
07
Death of Eduardo Sánchez de Fuentes That year: 1944, Classical music, Cuban composer (1874-1944) (born in 1874)
08
Death of Jan van Gilse That year: 1944, Classical music, Dutch conductor (born in 1881)
10
Birth of Thomas Allen That year: 1944, Classical music, English operatic baritone
11
Death of Franja Verhunc That year: 1944, Classical music, sloven operatic soprano and voice teacher (1874-1944) (born in 1874)
Birth of Tor Fagerland That year: 1944, Classical music, Norwegian opera singer
12
Birth of Vladimir Spivakov That year: 1944, Classical music, Russian musician
14
Birth of Martyn Hill That year: 1944, Classical music, British tenor
Birth of Krisztina Laki That year: 1944, Classical music, Hungarian singer, opera singer and music educator
16
Birth of Alexei Lubimov That year: 1944, Classical music, Russian musician
Birth of B. J. Ward That year: 1944, Classical music, American actress and singer
17
Birth of Mária Malátková That year: 1944, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1983)
18
Birth of Gunther Emmerlich That year: 1944, Classical music, German opera singer and show presenter (1944–2023) (dead in 2023)
Birth of Siv Wennberg That year: 1944, Classical music, Swedish actress
19
Death of Robert Coverley That year: 1944, Classical music, composer (born in 1864)
22
Death of Nelly Quel That year: 1944, Classical music, Argentinian singer (born in 1896)
24
Birth of Aida Săvescu That year: 1944, Classical music, Romanian opera singer
Birth of Peter Roth That year: 1944, Classical music, composer, choir director, music teacher, singer, instrumentalist
25
Death of Leo Justinus Kauffmann That year: 1944, Classical music, German composer and conductor (born in 1901)
26
Death of Seweryn Barbag That year: 1944, Classical music, musicologist, composer (born in 1891)
27
Birth of Gizela Tsypola That year: 1944, Classical music, Soviet opera singer and music educator
Closing: Baden Court Theatre That year: 1944, Classical music (Karlsruhe, Germany)
30
Birth of John Duykers That year: 1944, Classical music, American opera singer
Birth of Remziye Alper-Tanrıkulu That year: 1944, Classical music, Turkish soprano
Death of František Weissenstein That year: 1944, Classical music, holocaust victim, b. 1899-02-15 (born in 1899)
Death of Ferenc Weisz That year: 1944, Classical music, composer (born in 1893)
October
01
Death of Willy Rosen That year: 1944, Classical music, German composer (born in 1894)
Birth of Arnold den Teuling That year: 1944, Classical music, composer
02
Birth of Ton Koopman That year: 1944, Classical music, Dutch conductor, organist and harpsichordist
05
Death of Laura Evans-Williams That year: 1944, Classical music, Welsh singer (1883-1944) (born in 1883)
07
Birth of Jack Body That year: 1944, Classical music, New Zealand composer, art photographer and musicologist (1944-2015) (dead in 2015)
09
Birth of Pavel Bubelnikov That year: 1944, Classical music, Russian conductor
10
Death of Erika Wedekind That year: 1944, Classical music, German opera singer (born in 1868)
11
Death of Lilly Jankelowitz That year: 1944, Classical music, German artist (born in 1907)
14
Death of František Dostalík That year: 1944, Classical music, composer, organist, music teacher (born in 1896)
15
Death of Max Grahl That year: 1944, Classical music, stage actor, opera singer (born in 1854)
17
Death of Pavel Haas That year: 1944, Classical music, Czech composer (born in 1899)
Death of Hans Krása That year: 1944, Classical music, Czech composer (1899-1944) (born in 1899)
18
Death of Viktor Ullmann That year: 1944, Classical music, Austrian composer (born in 1898)
Birth of Nelson Freire That year: 1944, Classical music, Brazilian pianist (1944–2021) (dead in 2021)
20
Death of Gabriel Grovlez That year: 1944, Classical music, eminent French composer and conductor (born in 1879)
Birth of Karl Herbst That year: 1944, Classical music, opera singer, stage actor (dead in 2015)
21
Birth of Polly Ferman That year: 1944, Classical music, Uruguayan Pianist and Music Director
23
Death of René Vermandere That year: 1944, Classical music, poet, playwright, writer, publisher, bookseller, insurance broker and traveling salesman from Belgium (1857-1944) (born in 1857)
24
Death of Tobias Wilhelmi That year: 1944, Classical music, violinist, composer (born in 1885)
29
Birth of Hristina Angelakova That year: 1944, Classical music, Bulgarian female opera singer (1944-2018) (dead in 2018)
30
Premiere of Appalachian Spring That year: 1944, Classical music (Ballet), Aaron Copland
Death of Paul Ladmirault That year: 1944, Classical music, French composer (born in 1877)
Death of Markian Frolov That year: 1944, Classical music, Soviet composer (1892-1944) (born in 1892)
31
Birth of Kirsten Vaupel That year: 1944, Classical music, Danish opera singer
Also in October
Death of James Simon That year: 1944, Classical music, German composer (1880-1944) (born in 1880) .
November
06
Closing: Festhalle (Koblenz) That year: 1944, Classical music (Koblenz, Germany)
07
Birth of Louis Hoofd That year: 1944, Classical music, composer
11
Birth of Jennifer Bate That year: 1944, Classical music, British concert organist (dead in 2020)
12
Death of Edgar Stillman Kelley That year: 1944, Classical music, American composer, conductor, teacher, and writer on music (born in 1857)
Death of Roy Agnew That year: 1944, Classical music, Australian composer and pianist (1891-1944) (born in 1891)
Birth of Mariya Lemesheva That year: 1944, Classical music, Soviet and Russian opera singer
13
Death of Paul Graener That year: 1944, Classical music, German composer (1872-1944) (born in 1872)
14
Death of Carl Flesch That year: 1944, Classical music, Hungarian violinist and teacher, 1873-1944 (born in 1873)
Premiere of String Quartet No. 2 in A major, Op. 68 That year: 1944, Classical music (Work for chamber orchestra), Dmitri Shostakovich
Premiere of Piano Trio No. 2 in E minor, Op. 67 That year: 1944, Classical music (Work for chamber orchestra), Dmitri Shostakovich
Death of Italia Vasquez That year: 1944, Classical music, (1867/1869--1944) opera singer (born in 1869)
17
Birth of Alfredo Nicolás Otero That year: 1944, Classical music, composer
18
Death of Ferdinand Scherber That year: 1944, Classical music, composer, librarian, musicologist, musician, music critic (born in 1874)
Birth of Karol Nicze That year: 1944, Classical music, Polish pianist (dead in 1999)
Death of Per Biørn That year: 1944, Classical music, Danish opera singer (1887-1944) (born in 1887)
19
Birth of Agnes Baltsa That year: 1944, Classical music, Greek mezzosoprano
Death of Carl Lafite That year: 1944, Classical music, Austrian composer, pianist and choir director (born in 1872)
Death of Antoni Marquès i Puig That year: 1944, Classical music, Spanish businessperson and composer (1897-1944) (born in 1897)
21
Death of Ciro Urbini That year: 1944, Classical music, composer (born in 1886)
22
Death of Domingo Prat That year: 1944, Classical music, composer (born in 1886)
23
Death of Hugo Schwelb That year: 1944, Classical music, German composer (1877-1944) (born in 1877)
24
Death of Václav Štěpán That year: 1944, Classical music, Czech music educator, composer and pianist (born in 1889)
25
Birth of Mark Minkov That year: 1944, Classical music, Russian music composer (1944-2012) (dead in 2012)
26
Death of Florence Foster Jenkins That year: 1944, Classical music, American soprano, renowned for her lack of musical skill and singing ability (born in 1868)
Premiere of Sonata for violin That year: 1944, Classical music (Work for soloist), Béla Bartók
Birth of Ikuko Endō That year: 1944, Classical music, Japanese pianist (1944-)
30
Death of Antoine Mariotte That year: 1944, Classical music, French composer, conductor and music administrator (1875-1944) (born in 1875)
Death of Giuseppina Finzi-Magrini That year: 1944, Classical music, Italian soprano (1878-1944) (born in 1878)
December
01
Premiere of Concerto for orchestra That year: 1944, Classical music (Work for orchestra), Béla Bartók
02
Death of Josef Lhévinne That year: 1944, Classical music, pianist (born in 1874)
Death of Hana Pírková That year: 1944, Classical music, Czech opera singer (born in 1894)
03
Death of Camille Joly That year: 1944, Classical music, composer (born in 1870)
04
Birth of Jean-Pierre Sabouret That year: 1944, Classical music, French violinist (dead in 2007)
Birth of Jana Majtnerová That year: 1944, Classical music, opera singer
11
Birth of Jon Garrison That year: 1944, Classical music, American opera singer
Birth of Csák József That year: 1944, Classical music, opera singer, painter, lecturer
15
Birth of Oleksandr Voroshilo That year: 1944, Classical music, Soviet and Ukrainian opera singer
16
Premiere of String Quartet No. 3 in F major, Op. 73 That year: 1944, Classical music (Work for chamber orchestra), Dmitri Shostakovich
17
Birth of Vyacheslav Ganelin That year: 1944, Classical music, Soviet-Lithuanian and Israeli improviser, pianist, composer
Birth of Carlos Barbosa-Lima That year: 1944, Classical music, Brazilian classical guitarist and arranger (dead in 2022)
18
Birth of Crispian Steele-Perkins That year: 1944, Classical music, British musician
19
Birth of William Christie That year: 1944, Classical music, American-born French conductor and harpsichordist
Death of Domènec Mas i Serracant That year: 1944, Classical music, Catalan organist, conductor and composer (born in 1866)
20
Death of Mary Knight Wood That year: 1944, Classical music, composer (born in 1857)
21
Birth of Michael Tilson Thomas That year: 1944, Classical music, American conductor, pianist and composer
24
Death of Joseph Gustav Mraczek That year: 1944, Classical music, Czech composer, violinist, conductor, and teacher (1878-1944) (born in 1878)
26
Death of Attilio Parelli That year: 1944, Classical music, Italian composer and conductor (born in 1874)
27
Death of Amy Beach That year: 1944, Classical music, American composer and pianist (born in 1867)
29
Death of Isidoro Capitanio That year: 1944, Classical music, composer (born in 1874)
This was also in 1944
Death of Léo Israélowicz That year: 1944, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1912) . Death of Sofie Irgens That year: 1944, Classical music, composer (born in 1853) . Closing: Stadttheater Dortmund That year: 1944, Classical music (Dortmund, Germany). Birth of Eugenia Zukerman That year: 1944, Classical music, American flutist, writer, and journalist . Birth of Valery Arzoumanov That year: 1944, Classical music, Russian composer . Birth of Martin Klietmann That year: 1944, Classical music, lyrical singer . Death of Orestas Marinis That year: 1944, Classical music, Lithuanian opera singer (born in 1876) . Death of Lalla Miranda That year: 1944, Classical music, Australian opera singer (1874-1944) (born in 1874) . Inception: Ottawa Symphony Orchestra That year: 1944, Classical music (Canada). Inception: Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra That year: 1944, Classical music (United States of America). Inception: Ensemble vocal Philippe Caillard That year: 1944, Classical music. Birth of Atsutada Otaka That year: 1944, Classical music, Japanese composer (dead in 2021) . Dissolution: Women's Orchestra of Auschwitz That year: 1944, Classical music. Death of Harvey Grace That year: 1944, Classical music, British musician (born in 1874) . Birth of Eduard Tumagian That year: 1944, Classical music, Romanian opera singer . Death of Józef Koffler That year: 1944, Classical music, Polish Composers, Jewish composers, Dodecaphony, Lwów, Lviv, Twelve-tone technique (born in 1896) . Birth of Kōtarō Satō That year: 1944, Classical music, Japanese conductor (1944-2006) (dead in 2006) . Inception: Florakören That year: 1944, Classical music (Finland). Inception: Kingston Orpheus Choir That year: 1944, Classical music (United Kingdom). Death of Alfred Heinrich Loreti That year: 1944, Classical music, composer (born in 1870) . Birth of Bernard Fabre-Garrus That year: 1944, Classical music (dead in 2006) . Inauguration: Philharmonic Hall That year: 1944, Classical music (Aktobe, Kazakhstan). Birth of Ellen Shade That year: 1944, Classical music, singer (dead in 2002) . Birth of Gregorio Paniagua That year: 1944, Classical music . Birth of Kazuki Sasaki That year: 1944, Classical music, violinist, concertmaster . Birth of Vincenzo Mariozzi That year: 1944, Classical music, Italian clarinettist . Birth of Loong Kin Sang That year: 1944, Classical music, Cantonese opera performer, Chinese actress . Closing: Teatrul Liric That year: 1944, Classical music (Romania). Inception: Barcelona Symphony and Catalonia National Orchestra That year: 1944, Classical music (Spain). Inception: Malmö Opera That year: 1944, Classical music (Sweden). Inception: Wichita Symphony Orchestra That year: 1944, Classical music (United States of America). Birth of Teófilo Álvarez That year: 1944, Classical music, composer, conductor . Death of John Bass That year: 1944, Classical music, composer (born in 1891) . Death of Magda Spiegel That year: 1944, Classical music, German operatic contralto (1887-1944) (born in 1887) . Death of White, Smith & Company That year: 1944, Classical music, composer (born in 1867) . Death of Alexander Shenshin That year: 1944, Classical music, Russian composer (1890-1944) (born in 1890) . Birth of William Parker That year: 1944, Classical music, baritone (dead in 1993) . Death of Juan A. Rodríguez Cabrera That year: 1944, Classical music, composer, lyricist (born in 1885) . Death of Thomas Case Sterndale Bennett That year: 1944, Classical music, composer (born in 1882) . Inception: Seattle Philharmonic Orchestra That year: 1944, Classical music (United States of America). Death of Geoffrey Gwyther That year: 1944, Classical music, composer (born in 1890) . Inception: Grant Park Symphony Orchestra That year: 1944, Classical music (United States of America). Death of Chester Edward Ide That year: 1944, Classical music, American composer and music teacher (born in 1878) . Death of Alice Furt That year: 1944, Classical music, singer, opera singer (born in 1918) . Dissolution: Tallinna Meestelaulu Selts That year: 1944, Classical music. Death of Kemani Serkis Efendi That year: 1944, Classical music, Ottoman Armenian musician (born in 1885) . Inception: Parrenin Quartet That year: 1944, Classical music (France). Inception: Iraqi National Symphony Orchestra That year: 1944, Classical music. Death of Stefan Malinowski That year: 1944, Classical music, composer (born in 1887) . Death of Samu Borsay That year: 1944, Classical music, composer (born in 1860) . Death of Karl Ziegler That year: 1944, Classical music, Operatic tenor (born in 1886) . Birth of Gordon W. Bowie That year: 1944, Classical music, Composer, conductor, trombonist (dead in 2012) . Birth of Michael Lankester That year: 1944, Classical music . Inauguration: Malmö Opera That year: 1944, Classical music (Malmö Municipality, Sweden). Birth of Susan Larson That year: 1944, Classical music, singer . Inception: Chamber Music Society of Detroit That year: 1944, Classical music (United States of America). Inception: Quintette à vent de Paris That year: 1944, Classical music (France). Closing: Harmonie That year: 1944, Classical music (Heilbronn, Germany). Death of Gisela von Ruttersheim That year: 1944, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1869) . Death of Louis Treumann That year: 1944, Classical music, Austrian singer and opera singer (born in 1872) . Inception: Oak Ridge Symphony Orchestra That year: 1944, Classical music (United States of America). Death of Oswald Anderson That year: 1944, Classical music, composer (born in 1885) . Birth of István Szeibert That year: 1944, Classical music, singer . Inception: Fort Wayne Philharmonic Orchestra That year: 1944, Classical music (United States of America). Inception: Springfield Symphony Orchestra That year: 1944, Classical music (United States of America). Inception: Estonian National Male Choir That year: 1944, Classical music (Estonia). Death of Anna Grigoryevna Zherebtseva-Andreeva That year: 1944, Classical music, Latvian opera singer (born in 1868) . Birth of Avo Kittask That year: 1944, Classical music, Estonian opera singer . Death of Gertrud Grunow That year: 1944, Classical music, Pianista y compositora alemana asociada a la Escuela de la Bauhaus (born in 1870) .
Works (composition or publishing)
- Igor Stravinsky (age 62)
- Sonata for 2 pianos That year: 1944, Classical music (Work for chamber orchestra), composed in 1943
- Scherzo à la russe (Work for orchestra)
- Scènes de ballet (Ballet)
- Elegy (Work for soloist)
- Babel (Work for choir)
- Sergei Prokofiev (age 53)
- Cinderella, Op. 87a That year: 1944, Classical music (Ballet)
- 6 Pieces for piano from “Cinderella”, Opp. 102 That year: 1944, Classical music (Work for soloist)
- Suite for 2 pianos from “Cinderella”, Op. 87b That year: 1944, Classical music (Work for chamber orchestra)
- Symphony No. 5 in B-flat major, Op. 100 That year: 1944, Classical music (Work for orchestra)
- Piano Sonata No. 8 in B-flat major, Op. 84 That year: 1944, Classical music (Work for soloist)
- Ivan the Terrible, Op. 116 That year: 1944, Classical music (Film score), composed in 1946
- Sonata for flute and piano in D major, Op. 94 That year: 1944, Classical music (Work for chamber orchestra), composed in 1943
- Adagio for Cello and Piano from 'Cinderella', Op. 97b (Work for chamber orchestra)
- March in B-flat major, Op. 99 (Work for orchestra)
- Twelve Russian Folk Songs, Op. 104 (Song, lied)
- O, no John! (Song, lied)
- Darius Milhaud (age 52)
- Symphony No. 2, Op. 247 (Work for orchestra)
- Jeux de printemps, Op. 243b (Ballet)
- Jeux de printemps, Op. 243 (Work for orchestra)
- Le bal martiniquais, Op. 249 (Work for orchestra)
- French Suite, Opp. 248 (Work for chamber orchestra)
- Air, Op. 242 (Work for orchestra with soloist)
- Sonata No.1 sur des thèmes inédits et anonymes de XVIIIe siècle, Op. 240 (Work for chamber orchestra)
- Sonata No. 2, Op. 244 (Work for chamber orchestra)
- La muse ménagère, Op. 245 (Work for soloist)
- Le bal martiniquais, Op. 249 (Work for chamber orchestra)
- Borechou – Schema Israël, Op. 239 (Work for choir)
- La libération des Antilles, Op. 246 (Song, lied)
- Printemps lointain, Op. 253 (Song, lied)
- Caïn et Abel, Op. 241 (Song, lied)
- Arthur Honegger (age 52)
- Battements du monde (Music for radio)
- Charles the Bold (Incidental music)
- Erich Wolfgang Korngold (age 47)
- Between Two Worlds (Film score)
- Tomorrow, Op. 33 (Work for choir)
- Francis Poulenc (age 45)
- Les mamelles de Tirésias, Op. 159 That year: 1944, Classical music (Opera)
- Un soir de neige, Petite cantate chambre, Op. 126 (Work for choir)
- Aaron Copland (age 44)
- Symphony No. 3 That year: 1944, Classical music (Work for orchestra)
- Letter from Home (Work for orchestra)
- Arrangement of Danzon Cubano (Work for orchestra)
- Arrangement of Appalachian Spring (Work for orchestra)
- Midday Thoughts (Work for soloist)
- Midday Thoughts (Work for soloist)
- Dmitri Shostakovich (age 38)
- Zoya, Op. 64 (Film score)
- Russian River, Op. 66 (Incidental music)
- Suite from Zoya, Op. 64a (Work for choir)
- Samuel Barber (age 34)
- Capricorn Concerto, Op. 21 (Work for orchestra with soloist)
- 4 Excursions, Opp. 20 (Work for soloist), published in 1942
- Benjamin Britten (age 31)
- Festival Te Deum, Op. 32 (Work for choir)
- Henri Dutilleux (age 28)
- La Geôle (Song, lied)