The year 1903 in classical music and in lyrical art
1903. With other artists, Giacomo Puccini, Erik Satie and Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov influenced their time (romantic era / modern & contemporary era). That year would see the birth of future classical or lyrical artists, such as Theodor W. Adorno, while others would disappear. That year, new works would be composed, published or performed for the first time in public, such as “Madama Butterfly” de Giacomo Puccini, for example. That year, halls or orchestras would be founded or ceased to operate.
All these moments, more or less notable, make the year 1903 a page in the history of classical and lyrical music to be discovered or rediscovered. soclassiq currently lists more than 320 of these moments for 1903.
1903, from day to day
January
02
Birth of Božena ŽlábkováThat year: 1903, Classical music, opera singer
04
Birth of Carroll GibbonsThat year: 1903, Classical music, American-born pianist, bandleader and popular composer who made his career primarily in England (dead in 1954)
06
Birth of Boris BlacherThat year: 1903, Classical music, German composer (dead in 1975)
Birth of Maurice AbravanelThat year: 1903, Classical music, Ottoman-American Jewish conductor (dead in 1993)
10
Birth of Jean MorelThat year: 1903, Classical music, American conductor (dead in 1975)
12
Birth of Sim VivaThat year: 1903, Classical music, Belgian actress (dead in 1982)
13
Birth of Charles KullmanThat year: 1903, Classical music, American opera singer (dead in 1983)
15
Birth of Yuliy MeitusThat year: 1903, Classical music, Ukrainian composer (dead in 1997)
18
Birth of Berthold GoldschmidtThat year: 1903, Classical music, German composer (dead in 1996)
Death of Friedrich RosenkranzThat year: 1903, Classical music, composer (born in 1818)
19
Birth of Ervin NyiregyháziThat year: 1903, Classical music, Pianist virtuoso (dead in 1987)
Birth of Ture AraThat year: 1903, Classical music, Finnish singer and stage actor (1903–1979) (dead in 1979)
Death of Furneaux CookThat year: 1903, Classical music, British opera singer and actor (born in 1839)
21
Death of Léo PougetThat year: 1903, Classical music, composer (born in 1875)
22
Birth of Robin MilfordThat year: 1903, Classical music, English composer (dead in 1959)
Birth of Alexander ZakinThat year: 1903, Classical music, Russian pianist (dead in 1990)
23
Birth of Ivan GalamianThat year: 1903, Classical music, American musician (dead in 1981)
28
Death of Augusta HolmèsThat year: 1903, Classical music, French composer (born in 1847)
Death of Robert PlanquetteThat year: 1903, Classical music, French composer of songs and operettas (born in 1848)
31
Death of Meyer LutzThat year: 1903, Classical music, German-born English composer and conductor (born in 1829)
Birth of Noboru ItōThat year: 1903, Classical music, Japanese composer (dead in 1993)
February
01
Death of Carl MachtsThat year: 1903, Classical music, composer (born in 1846)
03
Birth of Frances JamesThat year: 1903, Classical music, Canadian opera singer (dead in 1988)
Birth of Sergey TseninThat year: 1903, Classical music, Soviet singer and opera singer (dead in 1978)
04
Death of Marc BurtyThat year: 1903, Classical music, French composer (born in 1827)
Death of Georges BullThat year: 1903, Classical music, composer (born in 1827)
05
Death of William PaullThat year: 1903, Classical music, British baritone (born in 1872)
06
Birth of Claudio ArrauThat year: 1903, Classical music, Chilean pianist (dead in 1991)
08
Birth of Běla Rozumová-ChalabalováThat year: 1903, Classical music, opera singer, pedagogue (dead in 1986)
10
Birth of Gösta BäckelinThat year: 1903, Classical music, Swedish actor (dead in 1988)
Death of Hubbard T. SmithThat year: 1903, Classical music, composer (born in 1854)
11
Premiere of Symphony No. 9 in D minorThat year: 1903, Classical music (Work for orchestra), Anton Bruckner
Birth of Hans RedlichThat year: 1903, Classical music, Austrian composer (dead in 1968)
12
Birth of Fernand OubradousThat year: 1903, Classical music, French bassoonist, conductor and composer (dead in 1986)
Birth of Todd DuncanThat year: 1903, Classical music, American opera singer (1903-1998) (dead in 1998)
Birth of Rudolf DittrichThat year: 1903, Classical music, German singer and opera singer (1903-1990) (dead in 1990)
13
Birth of Thea Linhard-BöhmThat year: 1903, Classical music, German singer and opera singer (dead in 1981)
15
Birth of Marie-Thérèse GauleyThat year: 1903, Classical music, French opera and concert singer (dead in 1992)
Death of Eduard BrunnerThat year: 1903, Classical music, composer (born in 1843)
17
Death of Joseph ParryThat year: 1903, Classical music, Welsh composer (born in 1841)
Death of Adolf von HübbenetThat year: 1903, Classical music, German tenor (born in 1858)
20
Birth of Karel JanečekThat year: 1903, Classical music, Czech music educator, composer, and musicologist (dead in 1974)
21
Birth of Jožka KrálíkováThat year: 1903, Classical music, opera singer
22
Death of Hugo WolfThat year: 1903, Classical music, Austrian composer (born in 1860)
Birth of Robert WeedeThat year: 1903, Classical music, Operatic baritone (dead in 1972)
23
Death of Friedrich GrützmacherThat year: 1903, Classical music, German musician (born in 1832)
26
Birth of Jean MoscopolThat year: 1903, Classical music, Romanian singer (dead in 1980)
27
Death of Albert CahenThat year: 1903, Classical music, French composer (born in 1846)
28
Death of Ferdinand BauerThat year: 1903, Classical music, composer (born in 1836)
March
01
Death of Frédéric BoscovitzThat year: 1903, Classical music, composer (born in 1836)
02
Birth of Pierre SavignolThat year: 1903, Classical music, French singer (dead in 1990)
Death of Nina Zottmayr-HartmannThat year: 1903, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1836)
03
Birth of Margarete TeschemacherThat year: 1903, Classical music, singer (dead in 1959)
05
Birth of Gitta AlpárThat year: 1903, Classical music, Hungarian-born opera and operetta soprano (dead in 1991)
10
Death of Théodore Henri PontetThat year: 1903, Classical music, composer (born in 1833)
15
Birth of Arsen Dionisovitsj ArsenkoThat year: 1903, Classical music, Soviet singer and opera singer (1903-1945) (dead in 1945)
Birth of Gorō IshiiThat year: 1903, Classical music, Japanese composer (dead in 1978)
16
Birth of Nikolai LopatnikoffThat year: 1903, Classical music, Russian-American composer, music teacher and academic (dead in 1976)
21
Death of Franz Innozenz NachbaurThat year: 1903, Classical music, German opera singer (born in 1830)
25
Death of Adolphe HermanThat year: 1903, Classical music, 1863-1903 (born in 1823)
28
Birth of Rudolf SerkinThat year: 1903, Classical music, Concert Pianist (dead in 1991)
April
01
Death of Amelia LehmannThat year: 1903, Classical music, British composer (born in 1838)
03
Birth of Lili KrausThat year: 1903, Classical music, Hungarian born English classical pianist (dead in 1986)
07
Birth of Božena StoegrováThat year: 1903, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1961)
Death of Charles N. AllenThat year: 1903, Classical music, composer (born in 1837)
10
Death of Heinrich BellermannThat year: 1903, Classical music, German musicologist (born in 1832)
11
Death of Giuseppina BrambillaThat year: 1903, Classical music, Italian opera singer (born in 1819)
Death of Václav Vlastimil HausmannThat year: 1903, Classical music, Czech composer and organist (born in 1850)
15
Birth of Gerhard PechnerThat year: 1903, Classical music, German singer and opera singer (dead in 1969)
17
Birth of Gregor PiatigorskyThat year: 1903, Classical music, Russian-born American cellist (dead in 1976)
Birth of Nicolas NabokovThat year: 1903, Classical music, Russian composer (dead in 1978)
20
Birth of Josef HerrmannThat year: 1903, Classical music, German opera singer (dead in 1955)
Death of Anna SlachThat year: 1903, Classical music, German singer and opera singer (1900-1903) (born in 1855)
23
Death of Julius SiedeThat year: 1903, Classical music, composer (born in 1825)
25
Death of Richard ThieleThat year: 1903, Classical music, composer (born in 1847)
30
Birth of Günter RaphaelThat year: 1903, Classical music, German composer (dead in 1960)
May
01
Death of Luigi ArditiThat year: 1903, Classical music, Italian composer, conductor (born in 1822)
02
Birth of Øivin FjeldstadThat year: 1903, Classical music, Norwegian conductor and violinist (dead in 1983)
03
Death of William DayasThat year: 1903, Classical music, American composer (born in 1863)
04
Birth of Stanislav MašataThat year: 1903, Classical music, Czech composer, choirmaster and organist (dead in 1948)
05
Death of Anna ThillonThat year: 1903, Classical music, singer (born in 1819)
07
Death of Émile DurandThat year: 1903, Classical music, French musical theorist, teacher and composer (born in 1830)
09
Death of Giuseppe CremoniniThat year: 1903, Classical music, Italian opera singer (born in 1866)
12
Birth of Lennox BerkeleyThat year: 1903, Classical music, British composer (dead in 1989)
14
Death of Augusto BendelariThat year: 1903, Classical music, composer
16
Death of Eduard RappoldiThat year: 1903, Classical music, Austrian composer (born in 1831)
Death of Sibyl SandersonThat year: 1903, Classical music, American operatic soprano (1864-1903) (born in 1864)
17
Death of Karel ŠeborThat year: 1903, Classical music, Czech conductor, violinist and composer (born in 1843)
20
Birth of Jerzy FitelbergThat year: 1903, Classical music, American composer (dead in 1951)
Birth of Tadeusz PrejznerThat year: 1903, Classical music, composer, conductor, pedagogue (dead in 1944)
21
Birth of Matvey GozenpudThat year: 1903, Classical music, soviet composer and pianist (dead in 1961)
22
Death of Theodor ReichmannThat year: 1903, Classical music, opera singer (1849-1903) (born in 1849)
24
Birth of Aram KhachaturianThat year: 1903, Classical music, Armenian Soviet composer and conductor (1903-1978) (dead in 1978)
Birth of Jindřich BlažíčekThat year: 1903, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1979)
25
Birth of Yoshiko SatoThat year: 1903, Classical music, Japanese opera singer (dead in 1982)
27
Inauguration: Beurs van BerlageThat year: 1903, Classical music (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
28
Birth of Walter GoehrThat year: 1903, Classical music, German composer and conductor (dead in 1960)
June
01
Birth of Percy WhitlockThat year: 1903, Classical music, English organist (dead in 1946)
02
Birth of Mario PilatiThat year: 1903, Classical music, Italian composer (dead in 1938)
04
Birth of Yevgeny MravinskyThat year: 1903, Classical music, Russian conductor, pianist, and music pedagogue (1903–1988) (dead in 1988)
07
Birth of Margaret RitchieThat year: 1903, Classical music, English soprano (dead in 1969)
12
Birth of Vlastislav Antonín ViplerThat year: 1903, Classical music, Czech conductor and composer (dead in 1971)
13
Birth of Christoph ReulandThat year: 1903, Classical music, German opera singer (dead in 1983)
15
Birth of Kostia KonstantinoffThat year: 1903, Classical music, Russian pianist, conductor, and composer (dead in 1947)
18
Birth of Jeanette MacDonaldThat year: 1903, Classical music, American singer and actress (1903-1965) (dead in 1965)
21
Birth of Louis KrasnerThat year: 1903, Classical music, American musician (dead in 1995)
22
Death of Antonio Álvarez AlonsoThat year: 1903, Classical music, composer (born in 1867)
25
Death of Wilhelm PoppThat year: 1903, Classical music, German composer and flutist. (born in 1828)
26
Birth of Ján GajdošThat year: 1903, Classical music, organist, organ builder, composer, choir director (dead in 1980)
Birth of Otto KöhlerThat year: 1903, Classical music, German opera singer (dead in 1976)
27
Death of Jules PillevestreThat year: 1903, Classical music, French composer and conductor (born in 1837)
29
Death of Rentarō TakiThat year: 1903, Classical music, Japanese pianist (born in 1879)
Birth of Melanie BugarinovićThat year: 1903, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1986)
Also in June
Death of Constance BacheThat year: 1903, Classical music, British musician, teacher, writer (born in 1846) .
July
02
Birth of Mário Simões DiasThat year: 1903, Classical music, Portuguese musician (dead in 1974)
03
Birth of Jerzy GardaThat year: 1903, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1951)
04
Birth of Flor PeetersThat year: 1903, Classical music, Flemish organist and composer (dead in 1986)
08
Birth of Carlo ZecchiThat year: 1903, Classical music, Italian pianist (dead in 1984)
10
Birth of Ebe StignaniThat year: 1903, Classical music, Italian operatic mezzo-soprano singer (dead in 1974)
Birth of Henri KochThat year: 1903, Classical music, Belgian violinist (dead in 1969)
12
Birth of Muriel DicksonThat year: 1903, Classical music, singer and actress (dead in 1990)
13
Death of August ReissmannThat year: 1903, Classical music, German musicologist (born in 1825)
15
Death of Eugen Miroslav RutteThat year: 1903, Classical music, Czech composer and singer (born in 1855)
18
Birth of Martti SeiloThat year: 1903, Classical music, Finnish opera singer and actor (dead in 1963)
Death of Theodor KewitschThat year: 1903, Classical music, German composer, conductor, organist, trombonist, educator and journalist (born in 1834)
20
Birth of Anny HelmThat year: 1903, Classical music, Austrian opera singer (dead in 1993)
Death of Édouard CazaneuveThat year: 1903, Classical music, composer (born in 1835)
23
Birth of Boris GmyryaThat year: 1903, Classical music, Ukrainian singer (dead in 1969)
24
Birth of Robert DelaneyThat year: 1903, Classical music, American composer (dead in 1956)
25
Birth of André FleuryThat year: 1903, Classical music, French musician (dead in 1995)
27
Birth of Tamaki TokuyamaThat year: 1903, Classical music, Japanese singer (dead in 1942)
30
Death of Rosine StoltzThat year: 1903, Classical music, French operatic mezzo-soprano (born in 1815)
Also in July
Death of Minna NanitzThat year: 1903, Classical music, German singer and opera singer (born in 1842) .
August
07
Birth of Maria ReiningThat year: 1903, Classical music, singer (dead in 1991)
11
Birth of James JohnstonThat year: 1903, Classical music, British opera singer (1903-1991) (dead in 1991)
17
Birth of Georges SébastianThat year: 1903, Classical music, French conductor (dead in 1989)
Birth of Nanette GuilfordThat year: 1903, Classical music, American musician, singer and opera singer (dead in 1990)
23
Composition of Armida, Op. 115That year: 1903, Classical music (Opera), Antonín Dvořák
24
Birth of Ede ZathureczkyThat year: 1903, Classical music, Hungarian violinist (dead in 1959)
Birth of Nikolay Karpowich TchemberdgyThat year: 1903, Classical music, Soviet composer (1903-1948) (dead in 1948)
25
Death of Ludwig EbnerThat year: 1903, Classical music, German composer (born in 1858)
26
Death of Wilhelm ElsnerThat year: 1903, Classical music, Czech opera singer (born in 1869)
28
Birth of Rudolf Wagner-RégenyThat year: 1903, Classical music, Austro-Hungarian composer (dead in 1969)
29
Death of August LabitzkyThat year: 1903, Classical music, Czech conductor, violinist and composer (born in 1832)
Death of Enrico BevignaniThat year: 1903, Classical music, Italian composer and conductor (born in 1841)
September
03
Birth of Wiktor BrégyThat year: 1903, Classical music, Polish singer and music educator (dead in 1976)
04
Death of Hermann ZumpeThat year: 1903, Classical music, German conductor and composer (born in 1850)
05
Death of Frank B. ConverseThat year: 1903, Classical music, composer (born in 1837)
07
Death of Hippolyte Xavier GarimondThat year: 1903, Classical music, French oboist and composer (born in 1820)
11
Birth of Theodor W. AdornoThat year: 1903, Classical music, German sociologist, philosopher and musicologist (1903-1969) (dead in 1969)
Birth of Kurt MühlhardtThat year: 1903, Classical music, German opera singer and actor (dead in 1980)
13
Birth of Stasė Dievaitytė-SkačkauskienėThat year: 1903, Classical music, Lithuanian opera singer (dead in 1970)
15
Birth of Pia TassinariThat year: 1903, Classical music, Italian soprano (dead in 1995)
18
Birth of Vladimir HorowitzThat year: 1903, Classical music, American classical pianist and composer (dead in 1989)
Death of Theodor KirchnerThat year: 1903, Classical music, German musician (born in 1823)
19
Death of Anton RückaufThat year: 1903, Classical music, Austrian composer, pianist and music educator (born in 1855)
28
Death of Jesús de MonasterioThat year: 1903, Classical music, Spanish composer (born in 1836)
Death of Samuel A. WardThat year: 1903, Classical music, American organist and composer (born in 1847)
Death of Jean Jacques MassetThat year: 1903, Classical music, singer, opera singer (born in 1811)
Death of Clarence S. WallaceThat year: 1903, Classical music, composer (born in 1851)
29
Death of Marie GeistingerThat year: 1903, Classical music, Austrian opera singer (born in 1833)
Death of Amélie PerronnetThat year: 1903, Classical music, composer (born in 1838)
October
03
Death of Benedetto JunckThat year: 1903, Classical music, Italian composer (born in 1852)
Death of Peter August SchneckerThat year: 1903, Classical music, composer (born in 1850)
04
Birth of Varvara Adrianovna GaigerovaThat year: 1903, Classical music, Russian composer and pianist (dead in 1944)
10
Birth of Vernon DukeThat year: 1903, Classical music, American composer (dead in 1969)
13
Death of Herbert J. EllisThat year: 1903, Classical music, British musician (born in 1865)
14
Birth of José LuccioniThat year: 1903, Classical music, French opera singer (dead in 1978)
19
Birth of Vittorio GianniniThat year: 1903, Classical music, American composer (dead in 1966)
Death of Robert MusiolThat year: 1903, Classical music, German music writer, music pedagogue and composer (born in 1846)
21
Death of Mariya StepanovaThat year: 1903, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1815)
23
Death of Eduard DecarliThat year: 1903, Classical music, German opera singer (born in 1846)
25
Birth of Miroslav JiroušekThat year: 1903, Classical music, Czech composer, mathematician and choirmaster (dead in 1983)
26
Death of Maurice RollinatThat year: 1903, Classical music, French poet (born in 1846)
Death of Victorin de JoncièresThat year: 1903, Classical music, French composer (born in 1839)
Death of Herbert OakeleyThat year: 1903, Classical music, English composer (born in 1830)
28
Death of William ChaumetThat year: 1903, Classical music, composer (born in 1842)
30
Birth of Konrad Friedrich NoetelThat year: 1903, Classical music, German composer (dead in 1947)
November
01
Death of Richard LöfflerThat year: 1903, Classical music, composer
03
Birth of Witold SzpingierThat year: 1903, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1960)
05
Death of Heinrich SalomonThat year: 1903, Classical music, German singer and opera singer (born in 1825)
07
Birth of Noémie PérugiaThat year: 1903, Classical music, French singer and opera singer (dead in 1992)
08
Birth of Isca JarováThat year: 1903, Classical music, opera singer
13
Birth of Conrad ThibaultThat year: 1903, Classical music, singer (dead in 1954)
16
Birth of Arno SchellenbergThat year: 1903, Classical music, German singer (dead in 1983)
Death of Henri AppyThat year: 1903, Classical music, violinist (born in 1826)
Death of Léon PillautThat year: 1903, Classical music, composer (born in 1833)
17
Birth of Joseph KaminskiThat year: 1903, Classical music, Israeli composer (dead in 1972)
18
Death of Kaspar BauseweinThat year: 1903, Classical music, German opera singer (born in 1838)
Death of Heinrich BertramThat year: 1903, Classical music, singer, opera singer (born in 1825)
19
Birth of Josep Maria Tarridas i BarriThat year: 1903, Classical music, Spanish composer (1903-1992) (dead in 1992)
20
Death of Hart Pease DanksThat year: 1903, Classical music, American songwriter (born in 1834)
Death of Edmond PatzkéThat year: 1903, Classical music, composer, conductor (born in 1844)
21
Death of Julian MarshallThat year: 1903, Classical music, British music and print collector, tennis player and writer (born in 1836)
28
Death of Jules LevyThat year: 1903, Classical music, British musician (born in 1838)
30
Birth of Claude ArrieuThat year: 1903, Classical music, French composer (dead in 1990)
Also in November
Birth of Geneviève TouraineThat year: 1903, Classical music, French singer (dead in 1981) .
December
02
Death of Victor RogerThat year: 1903, Classical music, French composer (born in 1853)
Premiere of Kuolema (La mort) inclut 'la Valse Triste', Op. 44aThat year: 1903, Classical music (Theatrical music), Jean Sibelius
06
Death of Frederick Grant GleasonThat year: 1903, Classical music, American composer (born in 1848)
07
Death of Julius Otto GrimmThat year: 1903, Classical music, German composer and conductor (born in 1827)
08
Birth of Zoltán SzékelyThat year: 1903, Classical music, Hungarian musician (dead in 2001)
Birth of Zelma Watson GeorgeThat year: 1903, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1994)
Birth of Irene EisingerThat year: 1903, Classical music, German singer (dead in 1994)
10
Birth of Luis H. SalgadoThat year: 1903, Classical music, Ecuadorian composer (dead in 1977)
11
Birth of Stepas SodeikaThat year: 1903, Classical music, Lithuanian opera singer (dead in 1964)
16
Death of Paul d'IvryThat year: 1903, Classical music, French composer (born in 1829)
20
Death of Kornél ÁbrányiThat year: 1903, Classical music, (1822-1903) composer (born in 1822)
22
Birth of Marc LavryThat year: 1903, Classical music, Israeli musician (dead in 1967)
Death of Paul-Agricole GéninThat year: 1903, Classical music, French composer (born in 1832)
Death of Louis Emile MontrougeThat year: 1903, Classical music, French opera singer (born in 1826)
26
Birth of Herbert AlbertThat year: 1903, Classical music, German conductor (dead in 1973)
27
Composition of Madama ButterflyThat year: 1903, Classical music (Opera), Giacomo Puccini
Death of Adolf ČechThat year: 1903, Classical music, Czech conductor who premiered many of Dvořák pieces. (born in 1841)
This was also in 1903
Death of C. A. BraccoThat year: 1903, Classical music, Italian musician and composer (born in 1860). Inception: Ševčík-Lhatsky QuartetThat year: 1903, Classical music. Death of Vera ZorinaThat year: 1903, Classical music, Russian opera asinger (born in 1853). Inception: Seattle SymphonyThat year: 1903, Classical music (United States of America). Inauguration: Paramount TheatreThat year: 1903, Classical music (Alexandria, United States of America). Birth of Vittoria PalombiniThat year: 1903, Classical music, Italian opera singer (dead in 1971). Birth of Eric FoggThat year: 1903, Classical music, British composer and conductor (dead in 1939). Inception: The London ChorusThat year: 1903, Classical music (United Kingdom). Inception: Wetzler Symphony OrchestraThat year: 1903, Classical music (United States of America). Inauguration: Buxton Opera HouseThat year: 1903, Classical music (Buxton, United Kingdom). Death of Anatole LancelThat year: 1903, Classical music, composer (born in 2019). Birth of Andrew McKinleyThat year: 1903, Classical music, American opera singer (dead in 1996). Death of Louis Adolph KrantzThat year: 1903, Classical music, composer (born in 1846). Death of Eugène SatiasThat year: 1903, Classical music, composer (born in 1863). Inception: Russian Symphony Orchestra SocietyThat year: 1903, Classical music (United States of America). Death of Gustave PonceletThat year: 1903, Classical music, Belgian musician (born in 1844). Death of Edmond DédéThat year: 1903, Classical music, American composer (born in 1823). Birth of Janet FairbankThat year: 1903, Classical music, American opera singer (dead in 1947). Inception: St. Michel StringsThat year: 1903, Classical music. Birth of Aurora RettoreThat year: 1903, Classical music, Italian soprano . Death of Julia WoolfThat year: 1903, Classical music, English composer (born in 1831). Inception: Minnesota OrchestraThat year: 1903, Classical music (United States of America). Death of Germain ChevallierThat year: 1903, Classical music, composer . Death of Joseph BeckThat year: 1903, Classical music, Austrian singer (born in 1848). Inception: Madrid Symphony OrchestraThat year: 1903, Classical music (Spain). Inauguration: Opéra de VichyThat year: 1903, Classical music (Vichy, France). Death of Eugène CaronThat year: 1903, Classical music, French opera singer (born in 1834). Death of Enric CamóThat year: 1903, Classical music, Spanish composer (1842-1903) (born in 1842). Death of Georges TiercyThat year: 1903, Classical music, composer (born in 1861). Death of Jan MellerThat year: 1903, Classical music, opera singer, conductor (born in 1824). Death of Daniel GodfreyThat year: 1903, Classical music, English army officer, bandmaster, and composer (born in 1831). Birth of Caterina JarboroThat year: 1903, Classical music, American opera singer (dead in 1986). Inauguration: Pushkin State Academic Opera and Ballet TheatreThat year: 1903, Classical music (Nizhny Novgorod, Russia). Death of Nicolò CocconThat year: 1903, Classical music, Italian composer, conductor, organist (born in 1826). Inauguration: Bern TheatreThat year: 1903, Classical music (Bern, Switzerland). Birth of María RomeroThat year: 1903, Classical music, singer soprano (dead in 1975). Birth of Richard WatsonThat year: 1903, Classical music, Australian bass opera and concert singer (1903-1968) (dead in 1968). Death of Antonio de Maria y CamposThat year: 1903, Classical music, composer (born in 1836).
Works (composition or publishing)
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Camille Saint-Saëns (age 68) - Hélène (Opera)
- Andromaque (Theatrical music)
- Valse langoureuse, Op. 120 (Work for soloist)
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Antonín Dvořák (age 62) - Overture to Armida, Op. 115 (Work for orchestra)
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Edvard Grieg (age 60) - Slåtter, Opp. 72 (Work for soloist)
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Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (age 59) - The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh and the Maiden FevroniyaThat year: 1903, Classical music (Opera)
- The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh and the Maiden FevroniyaThat year: 1903, Classical music (Work for orchestra)
- Pan VoyevodaThat year: 1903, Classical music (Opera)
- Serenade for cello and orchestra, Op. 37 (Work for orchestra with soloist)
- Mlada Suite (Procession of the Nobles) (Work for orchestra)
- Themes and Variations No. 4 for string quartet (Work for orchestra)
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Leoš Janáček (age 49) - Veni Sancte Spiritus (Work for choir)
- Constitues (Work for choir)
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Edward Elgar (age 46) - The Apostles, Op. 49That year: 1903, Classical music (Work for choir), composed in 1902
- In the South (Alassio), Op. 50 (Work for orchestra), published in 1904
- Speak, my Heart! (Song, lied)
- Skizze (Work for soloist)
- Offertoire (Andante Religioso) (Work for chamber orchestra)
- Weary Wind of the West (Work for choir)
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Gustav Mahler (age 43) - Symphony No. 6 in A minor, “Tragische Sinfonie”That year: 1903, Classical music (Work for orchestra), published in 1906
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Isaac Albéniz (age 43) - The Catepillar (Song, lied)
- The gifts of God (Song, lied)
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Claude Debussy (age 41) - EstampesThat year: 1903, Classical music (Work for soloist)
- Estampes (orchestre) (Work for orchestra)
- D'un cahier d'esquisses (Work for soloist)
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Richard Strauss (age 39) - Domestic Symphony, Op. 53That year: 1903, Classical music (Work for orchestra)
- Taillefer, Op. 52 (Work for choir)
- Hans Huber in Vitznau, canon for four voices in C major (Work for choir)
- 2 Lieder for voice and orchestra, Opp. 51 (Song, lied)
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Alexander Glazunov (age 38) - Symphony No. 7 in F major, Op. 77, “Pastorale” (Work for orchestra)
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Jean Sibelius (age 38) - 10 Pieces, Opp. 24 (Work for soloist)
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Erik Satie (age 37) - 3 Pieces, “en forme de poire” (Work for soloist)
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Alexander Scriabin (age 31) - Sonata No. 4 in F-sharp major, Op. 30That year: 1903, Classical music (Work for soloist), published in 1904
- 2 Poems, Opp. 32 (Work for soloist)
- Poem in D-sharp major, Op. 41 (Work for soloist)
- 8 Studies, Opp. 42 (Work for soloist)
- 2 Mazurkas, Opp. 40 (Work for soloist)
- 3 Preludes, Opp. 35 (Work for soloist)
- 4 Preludes, Opp. 31 (Work for soloist)
- 4 Preludes, Opp. 33 (Work for soloist)
- 4 Preludes, Opp. 37 (Work for soloist)
- 4 Preludes, Opp. 39 (Work for soloist)
- Waltz in A-flat major, Op. 38 (Work for soloist)
- Poème satanique, Op. 36 (Work for soloist)
- Poème tragique, Op. 34 (Work for soloist)
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Sergei Rachmaninoff (age 30) - Variations on a theme by Chopin, Op. 22That year: 1903, Classical music (Work for soloist)
- 10 Preludes, Opp. 23That year: 1903, Classical music (Work for soloist)
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Arnold Schoenberg (age 29) - Pelleas und Melisande, Op. 5That year: 1903, Classical music (Work for orchestra)
- To submit to your sweet glance (Song, lied)
- Remembrance: His picture is still there (Song, lied)
- 6 Lieder, Opp. 3 (Song, lied)
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Gustav Holst (age 29) - Indra, Op. 13 (Work for orchestra)
- King Estmere, Op. 17 (Work for choir)
- Quintet in A-flat major, Op. 14 (Work for chamber orchestra)
- 6 Songs, Opp. 16 (Song, lied)
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Maurice Ravel (age 28) - Schéhérazade, Opp. 41That year: 1903, Classical music (Song, lied)
- String Quartet in F major, Op. 35That year: 1903, Classical music (Work for chamber orchestra)
- Sonatina, Op. 40That year: 1903, Classical music (Work for soloist), published in 1905
- Matinée de Provence, Op. 37 (Work for choir)
- Fugue in E minor, Op. 36 (Work for soloist)
- Alyssa, Op. 38 (Work for choir)
- Manteau des fleurs, Op. 39 (Song, lied)
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Manuel de Falla (age 27) - Your small black eyes (Song, lied)
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Béla Bartók (age 22) - Kossuth, symphonic poemThat year: 1903, Classical music (Work for orchestra)
- 4 Songs (Song, lied)
- Scherzo in C major (Work for orchestra)
- Violin Sonata in E minor (Work for chamber orchestra)
- 4 Pieces for piano (Work for soloist)
- Evening (Work for choir)
- Evening, for Voice and Piano (Song, lied)
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Arthur Honegger (age 11) - Philippa (Opera)
