The year 1909 in classical music and in lyrical art
1909. With other artists, Erik Satie, Alexander Scriabin and Camille Saint-Saëns influenced their time (romantic era / modern & contemporary era). That year would see the birth of future classical or lyrical artists, while others would disappear such as Isaac Albéniz. That year, new works would be composed, published or performed for the first time in public, such as “La fanciulla del West” 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 1909 a page in the history of classical and lyrical music to be discovered or rediscovered. soclassiq currently lists more than 300 of these moments for 1909.
1909, from day to day
January
01
Birth of Ğarïfolla QurmanğalïjevThat year: 1909, Classical music, Russian actor, singer and opera singer (1909-1993) (dead in 1993)
Birth of Leonard TreashThat year: 1909, Classical music, American opera singer (dead in 1996)
03
Birth of Victor BorgeThat year: 1909, Classical music, Danish-American comedian and musician (dead in 2000)
Death of Henri ConversetThat year: 1909, Classical music, composer
08
Death of Rudolph PalmeThat year: 1909, Classical music, German composer (born in 1834)
09
Premiere of Gaspard de la nuit, Opp. 55That year: 1909, Classical music (Work for soloist), Maurice Ravel
Birth of Herva NelliThat year: 1909, Classical music, Operatic soprano (dead in 1994)
10
Birth of Rudolf KubínThat year: 1909, Classical music, Czech composer and violoncellist (dead in 1973)
Birth of Renaat VerbruggenThat year: 1909, Classical music, Belgian singer (dead in 1981)
11
Birth of Gunnar BergThat year: 1909, Classical music, Danish composer (dead in 1989)
14
Death of Quido HavlasaThat year: 1909, Classical music, Czech music educator, composer, choirmaster and organist (born in 1839)
15
Death of Ernest ReyerThat year: 1909, Classical music, French opera composer and music critic (born in 1823)
Birth of Elie SiegmeisterThat year: 1909, Classical music, American composer (dead in 1991)
16
Death of Maria de MacchiThat year: 1909, Classical music, opera singer, soprano (born in 1867)
17
Birth of Anka JelačićThat year: 1909, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1968)
Birth of Stella AndrevaThat year: 1909, Classical music, Swedish opera singer
18
Death of Ernest LavigneThat year: 1909, Classical music, Canadian composer (born in 1851)
19
Birth of Hans HotterThat year: 1909, Classical music, German opera singer (dead in 2003)
20
Death of Zulma BouffarThat year: 1909, Classical music, actress and singer from France (born in 1843)
21
Birth of Todor SkalovskiThat year: 1909, Classical music, Macedonian composer, choir and orchestra conductor (dead in 2004)
Death of Eugène GayrhosThat year: 1909, Classical music, Swiss pianist (1843-1909) (born in 1843)
25
Premiere of Elektra, Op. 58That year: 1909, Classical music (Opera), Richard Strauss
28
Birth of Yoshio KodamaThat year: 1909, Classical music, singer, teacher (dead in 1986)
Birth of Otto KuhlmannThat year: 1909, Classical music, German actor, voice actor, singer and opera singer (dead in 1991)
31
Birth of William VennardThat year: 1909, Classical music, American opera singer (dead in 1971)
Death of Hermann SchröderThat year: 1909, Classical music, composer (born in 1843)
Also in January
Premiere of Nightride and Sunrise, Op. 55That year: 1909, Classical music (Work for orchestra), Jean Sibelius .
February
02
Death of Carlo ActonThat year: 1909, Classical music, Italian composer (born in 1829)
03
Death of Johann Georg HerzogThat year: 1909, Classical music, organist, composer, university teacher, church musician (born in 1822)
04
Birth of Agi JamborThat year: 1909, Classical music, (1909--1997) Hungarian born American classical pianist (dead in 1997)
Death of James Lynam MolloyThat year: 1909, Classical music, Irish composer, poet, and author (born in 1837)
05
Birth of Grażyna BacewiczThat year: 1909, Classical music, Polish musician (dead in 1969)
07
Birth of Rodrigo PratsThat year: 1909, Classical music, Cuban composer of zarzuelas (dead in 1980)
Death of Llewellyn CadwaladrThat year: 1909, Classical music, Welsh opera singer (born in 1857)
08
Death of Mieczysław KarłowiczThat year: 1909, Classical music, Polish composer and conductor (born in 1876)
Death of Edouard SilasThat year: 1909, Classical music, Dutch composer (born in 1827)
11
Birth of Lélia GousseauThat year: 1909, Classical music, French pianist and music educator (dead in 1997)
Birth of Luciano NeroniThat year: 1909, Classical music, Italian singer and opera singer (dead in 1951)
12
Death of Federico OlmedaThat year: 1909, Classical music, Spanish composer (1865-1909) (born in 1865)
14
Death of Clément LoretThat year: 1909, Classical music, French organist, composer and music educator (born in 1833)
16
Death of Friedrich WeberThat year: 1909, Classical music, organist (born in 1819)
18
Death of Victoria BundsenThat year: 1909, Classical music, Swedish opera singer (born in 1839)
20
Death of Frederic ToulmoucheThat year: 1909, Classical music, musician (born in 1850)
22
Birth of Angelo Francesco LavagninoThat year: 1909, Classical music, Italian composer (dead in 1987)
27
Birth of Boris MokrousovThat year: 1909, Classical music, Soviet composer (1909-1968) (dead in 1968)
Birth of Ruth MichaelisThat year: 1909, Classical music, German opera singer and music educator (dead in 1989)
28
Birth of Pavel SerebryakovThat year: 1909, Classical music, Russian pianist and music pedagogue (dead in 1977)
March
02
Birth of Urato WatanabeThat year: 1909, Classical music, conductor, musicologist, composer (dead in 1994)
09
Death of Adolph GrimmingerThat year: 1909, Classical music, opera singer, poet, sculptor (born in 1827)
14
Death of Jaume Bachs i RosésThat year: 1909, Classical music, Spanish businessperson and composer (1862-1909) (born in 1862)
Birth of Silveira PeixotoThat year: 1909, Classical music, Brazilian writer (dead in 2006)
16
Death of Isaac Van Vleck FlaglerThat year: 1909, Classical music, composer (born in 1844)
18
Death of Edward RedheadThat year: 1909, Classical music, composer (born in 1810)
22
Death of Frederick Henry PeaseThat year: 1909, Classical music, composer (born in 1839)
24
Death of Avon SaxonThat year: 1909, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1857)
25
Death of Ruperto ChapíThat year: 1909, Classical music, Spanish composer (born in 1851)
Death of Jules BosquinThat year: 1909, Classical music, French tenor (born in 1843)
28
Death of William Orville FiskeThat year: 1909, Classical music, composer (born in 1835)
31
Birth of Kōichi KishiThat year: 1909, Classical music, Japanese composer, conductor, and violinist (dead in 1937)
April
02
Death of Virginia Pozzi-BranzatiThat year: 1909, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1833)
05
Birth of Asaf ZeynallyThat year: 1909, Classical music, Azerbaijani composer (dead in 1932)
07
Death of George PerrenThat year: 1909, Classical music, British opera singer (born in 1827)
09
Birth of Ivan DzerzhinskyThat year: 1909, Classical music, Russian composer (dead in 1978)
Death of Giuseppe GalimbertiThat year: 1909, Classical music, composer (born in 1850)
10
Birth of Joseph OlahThat year: 1909, Classical music, Hungarian voice actor and opera singer
14
Death of José Cabas GalvánThat year: 1909, Classical music, Spanish composer (1853-1909) (born in 1853)
17
Birth of Roy AshtonThat year: 1909, Classical music, Australian tenor and make-up artist (dead in 1995)
20
Death of Manuel Penella RagaThat year: 1909, Classical music, Spanish composer (1847-1909) (born in 1847)
22
Death of Julius HeyThat year: 1909, Classical music, German music educator (born in 1832)
24
Birth of Hjördis SchymbergThat year: 1909, Classical music, singer (dead in 2008)
25
Birth of Jaroslav DoubravaThat year: 1909, Classical music, Czech composer (dead in 1960)
May
02
Death of Józef SzczepkowskiThat year: 1909, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1849)
07
Death of Joachim AndersenThat year: 1909, Classical music, Danish flutist, conductor and composer (born in 1847)
08
Birth of Thure BahneThat year: 1909, Classical music, Finnish actor (dead in 1956)
11
Birth of Herbert MurrillThat year: 1909, Classical music, British musician (dead in 1952)
12
Birth of Margaret HarshawThat year: 1909, Classical music, singer (dead in 1997)
14
Death of Gustave WettgeThat year: 1909, Classical music, French conductor and composer (born in 1844)
18
Death of Isaac AlbénizThat year: 1909, Classical music, Spanish composer (born in 1860)
20
Birth of Erich KunzThat year: 1909, Classical music, Austrian opera singer (dead in 1995)
Birth of Marie PaříkováThat year: 1909, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1999)
21
Birth of Giulio NeriThat year: 1909, Classical music, Italian operatic bass (dead in 1958)
22
Birth of Antal PenningerThat year: 1909, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1974)
24
Birth of Linda SellistemägiThat year: 1909, Classical music, Estonian opera singer (dead in 1981)
29
Birth of Vootele TammThat year: 1909, Classical music, musician (dead in 1981)
31
Death of Auguste DurandThat year: 1909, Classical music, French organist and music publisher (born in 1830)
June
01
Death of Giuseppe MartucciThat year: 1909, Classical music, Italian musician (born in 1856)
Birth of Szymon GoldbergThat year: 1909, Classical music, American conductor (dead in 1993)
Birth of Maria DziewulskaThat year: 1909, Classical music, Polish composer (dead in 2006)
02
Birth of Robin OrrThat year: 1909, Classical music, Scottish composer (dead in 2006)
05
Birth of Alfred UhlThat year: 1909, Classical music, Austrian musician (dead in 1992)
10
Birth of Erwin DresselThat year: 1909, Classical music, German musician (dead in 1972)
12
Birth of Mansel ThomasThat year: 1909, Classical music, British composer (dead in 1986)
15
Birth of Elena NikolaidiThat year: 1909, Classical music, Greek-American singer (dead in 2002)
16
Birth of Willi BoskovskyThat year: 1909, Classical music, Austrian musician (dead in 1991)
Death of Théophile-Adolphe ManouryThat year: 1909, Classical music, French baritone (born in 1846)
18
Birth of Willy HofmannThat year: 1909, Classical music, German singer and opera singer (dead in 1984)
21
Birth of Kurt SchwaenThat year: 1909, Classical music, German composer (dead in 2007)
24
Birth of Milton KatimsThat year: 1909, Classical music, American conductor (dead in 2006)
Birth of Tatiana MenottiThat year: 1909, Classical music, singer (dead in 2001)
30
Birth of Paul ConstantinescuThat year: 1909, Classical music, Romanian composer (dead in 1963)
Birth of Bruno LukkThat year: 1909, Classical music, pianist, music pedagogue (dead in 1991)
July
05
Birth of Sylvia GähwillerThat year: 1909, Classical music, Swiss soprano (1909-1999) (dead in 1999)
07
Death of Edward Vine HallThat year: 1909, Classical music, composer (born in 1837)
11
Birth of Frans GijsenThat year: 1909, Classical music, Belgian singer (dead in 1992)
12
Birth of Mária DósaThat year: 1909, Classical music, (1909--1980) opera singer (dead in 1980)
13
Birth of Einar AnderssonThat year: 1909, Classical music, Swedish opera singer (dead in 1989)
Birth of Boris ČechovskýThat year: 1909, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 2008)
15
Death of Władysław MierzwińskiThat year: 1909, Classical music, Polish singer (born in 1850)
17
Birth of Ignace StrasfogelThat year: 1909, Classical music, Polish composer, pianist, and conductor (dead in 1994)
19
Death of Leopold RosenfeldThat year: 1909, Classical music, Danish composer (born in 1849)
22
Birth of Licia AlbaneseThat year: 1909, Classical music, Italian-born American operatic soprano (dead in 2014)
Death of Oscar ByströmThat year: 1909, Classical music, Swedish composer (born in 1821)
Death of Herbert William BottingThat year: 1909, Classical music, composer (born in 1869)
23
Death of Zygmunt NoskowskiThat year: 1909, Classical music, Polish musician (born in 1846)
Birth of Raymond SabarichThat year: 1909, Classical music, French trumpeter (dead in 1966)
27
Birth of Gianandrea GavazzeniThat year: 1909, Classical music, Italian musician (dead in 1996)
30
Birth of Nada TončićThat year: 1909, Classical music, singer (dead in 1998)
August
06
Death of Maximilian HeidrichThat year: 1909, Classical music, composer (born in 1864)
10
Birth of Brian EasdaleThat year: 1909, Classical music, British composer (dead in 1995)
11
Birth of Gaston LitaizeThat year: 1909, Classical music, French musician (dead in 1991)
12
Death of Gabriel BailleThat year: 1909, Classical music, French composer (1832-1909) (born in 1832)
15
Birth of Maxmilián HájekThat year: 1909, Classical music, Czech conductor, composer and choirmaster (dead in 1969)
17
Death of Richard HoffmanThat year: 1909, Classical music, English-American pianist and composer (born in 1831)
18
Birth of Miliza KorjusThat year: 1909, Classical music, American coloratura soprano opera singer and actress (dead in 1980)
20
Death of Désiré DihauThat year: 1909, Classical music, French composer and bassoonist (born in 1833)
26
Inauguration: Preußisches Staatstheater KasselThat year: 1909, Classical music (Kassel, Germany)
30
Death of Inez FabbriThat year: 1909, Classical music, singer (born in 1831)
Death of Charles Warwick JordanThat year: 1909, Classical music, composer (born in 1841)
31
Death of Albrecht HänleinThat year: 1909, Classical music, composer (born in 1840)
September
05
Birth of Sixten EckerbergThat year: 1909, Classical music, Swedish conductor and composer (dead in 1991)
Birth of Marie PodvalováThat year: 1909, Classical music, Czech opera singer (dead in 1992)
Death of Pauline-Marie-Elisa ThysThat year: 1909, Classical music, French composer (born in 1835)
07
Death of Jean-Louis LasalleThat year: 1909, Classical music, French baritone (born in 1847)
09
Birth of Giulio GariThat year: 1909, Classical music, Hungarian singer (dead in 1994)
20
Birth of Richard TýnskýThat year: 1909, Classical music, Czech conductor, composer and choirmaster (dead in 1974)
Death of Will Lamartine ThompsonThat year: 1909, Classical music, American composer (born in 1847)
24
Premiere of The Golden CockerelThat year: 1909, Classical music (Opera), Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Premiere of The Golden Cockerel : Introduction and Wedding MarchThat year: 1909, Classical music (Work for orchestra), Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Premiere of The Golden Cockerel : SuiteThat year: 1909, Classical music (Work for orchestra), Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Death of Theodor MayerThat year: 1909, Classical music, singer, opera singer (born in 1839)
25
Birth of Raya GarbousovaThat year: 1909, Classical music, American musician (dead in 1997)
27
Death of CécilThat year: 1909, Classical music, composer
30
Death of Frederick Russell BurtonThat year: 1909, Classical music, composer (born in 1861)
Also in September
Death of Cecilia DavydovaThat year: 1909, Classical music, Russian soprano (born in 1878) .
October
01
Birth of Adam RiegerThat year: 1909, Classical music, Polish pianist (dead in 1998)
06
Death of Dudley BuckThat year: 1909, Classical music, American composer and organist (born in 1839)
08
Birth of Mack HarrellThat year: 1909, Classical music, American opera singer (dead in 1960)
09
Birth of William ColeThat year: 1909, Classical music, English conductor, composer and organist (dead in 1997)
Death of Heinrich GudehusThat year: 1909, Classical music, German singer (born in 1842)
14
Birth of Kalervo TuukkanenThat year: 1909, Classical music, Finnish composer (dead in 1979)
Death of Gottfred Matthison-HansenThat year: 1909, Classical music, Danish composer (born in 1832)
15
Death of Luise LimbachThat year: 1909, Classical music, German singer and opera singer (born in 1834)
17
Death of Niccola SpinelliThat year: 1909, Classical music, Italian opera composer (born in 1865)
Birth of Angelo MercurialiThat year: 1909, Classical music, Italian opera singer (dead in 1999)
18
Birth of Otto AckermannThat year: 1909, Classical music, Romanian conductor (dead in 1960)
20
Birth of Monique HaasThat year: 1909, Classical music, French musician (dead in 1987)
21
Birth of Celina SampaioThat year: 1909, Classical music, Brazilian opera singer (dead in 1974)
22
Birth of Leon BoruńskiThat year: 1909, Classical music, Polish composer and pianist (dead in 1942)
Death of Jules GodartThat year: 1909, Classical music, Belgian opera singer (born in 1877)
28
Birth of Ādolfs SkulteThat year: 1909, Classical music, composer (dead in 2000)
Birth of Josef GingoldThat year: 1909, Classical music, American musician (dead in 1995)
31
Birth of Erik SjøbergThat year: 1909, Classical music, Danish opera singer (dead in 1973)
November
01
Birth of Bruno BjelinskiThat year: 1909, Classical music, Croatian composer (dead in 1992)
Death of Hans von RokitanskyThat year: 1909, Classical music, Austrian operatic bass (born in 1835)
03
Birth of León SimarThat year: 1909, Classical music, Belgian musician (dead in 1983)
Birth of Jaroslav PejšaThat year: 1909, Classical music, Czech composer, choirmaster and organist (dead in 1973)
06
Birth of Heinz RöttgerThat year: 1909, Classical music, German composer (dead in 1977)
08
Death of Charles BordesThat year: 1909, Classical music, French music teacher and composer (born in 1863)
Death of Eduard de HartogThat year: 1909, Classical music, Dutch composer and pianist (born in 1828)
10
Death of Ludvig SchytteThat year: 1909, Classical music, Danish composer (born in 1848)
Death of Alois HniličkaThat year: 1909, Classical music, Czech composer (born in 1826)
Death of Stanisław OgurkowskiThat year: 1909, Classical music, composer, pedagogue (born in 1851)
12
Premiere of The Count of LuxembourgThat year: 1909, Classical music (Opera), Franz Lehár
Death of Mathias Joseph Hubert BeltjensThat year: 1909, Classical music, composer (born in 1820)
16
Death of Francis ThoméThat year: 1909, Classical music, French pianist and composer (born in 1850)
20
Birth of Natalia ShpillerThat year: 1909, Classical music, Russian opera singer and music educator (dead in 1995)
27
Birth of Miklós SzabóThat year: 1909, Classical music, opera singer, librettist, translator, (dead in 1999)
29
Death of Anton MoserThat year: 1909, Classical music, Austrian opera singer (born in 1872)
30
Death of Charles James DornThat year: 1909, Classical music, composer (born in 1839)
December
03
Birth of Dana SuesseThat year: 1909, Classical music, American composer (dead in 1987)
04
Death of Christian TeilmanThat year: 1909, Classical music, Norwegian organist and composer (born in 1843)
05
Death of Ebenezer ProutThat year: 1909, Classical music, English musical theorist, writer, teacher and composer (born in 1835)
07
Death of Harald TorsslowThat year: 1909, Classical music, Swedish actor and painter (1838-1909) (born in 1838)
08
Birth of Marijan KosThat year: 1909, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1973)
10
Birth of Otakar KrausThat year: 1909, Classical music, British opera singer (dead in 1980)
Birth of Georg Ludwig JochumThat year: 1909, Classical music, Music conductor (dead in 1970)
11
Death of Carl LorensThat year: 1909, Classical music, Austrian composer (born in 1851)
Death of Domenico SalvatoriThat year: 1909, Classical music, Italian actor (born in 1855)
14
Death of Édouard Ignace AndlauerThat year: 1909, Classical music, organist, composer, music pedagogue (born in 1830)
15
Death of Francisco TárregaThat year: 1909, Classical music, Spanish composer and classical guitarist (born in 1852)
Birth of Randi Heide SteenThat year: 1909, Classical music, Norwegian singer (dead in 1990)
19
Birth of Štefa PetrováThat year: 1909, Classical music, Czechoslovak opera singer (dead in 1972)
20
Birth of Vagn HolmboeThat year: 1909, Classical music, Danish composer (dead in 1996)
21
Death of Karel HalířThat year: 1909, Classical music, Czech violinist (born in 1859)
22
Death of F. W. MeachamThat year: 1909, Classical music, American composer (born in 1856)
28
Birth of Marjorie FultonThat year: 1909, Classical music, American concert violinist (dead in 1962)
Birth of Lucyna SzczepańskaThat year: 1909, Classical music, Polish actress (dead in 1999)
30
Death of Theodor Christoph BubeckThat year: 1909, Classical music, composer (born in 1866)
This was also in 1909
Death of Ernest HoganThat year: 1909, Classical music, Vaudeville performer (born in 1858). Inauguration: Victoria Theatre and Concert HallThat year: 1909, Classical music (Downtown Core, Singapore). Inception: Dragefjellets MusikkorpsThat year: 1909, Classical music (Norway). Death of Eugène DoizyThat year: 1909, Classical music, composer (born in 2018). Birth of Suzan LütfullahThat year: 1909, Classical music, Turkish opera singer (dead in 1932). Death of Ferdinand GroßThat year: 1909, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1835). Inauguration: Marquis Opera HouseThat year: 1909, Classical music (Scottsbluff, United States of America). Birth of Francia WhiteThat year: 1909, Classical music, American soprano (dead in 1984). Inception: Trondheim Symphony OrchestraThat year: 1909, Classical music. Birth of Primitivo LázaroThat year: 1909, Classical music, Spanish musician (dead in 1997). Inauguration: Harmony Opera HouseThat year: 1909, Classical music (Harmony, United States of America). Death of Martino FrontiniThat year: 1909, Classical music, Italian composer and writer (born in 1827). Death of Adolphe MatonThat year: 1909, Classical music, composer (born in 1833). Birth of Lampros MavrakisThat year: 1909, Classical music, Greek opera singer (dead in 1980). Inauguration: North Bohemian Theater of Opera and BalletThat year: 1909, Classical music (Ústí nad Labem-centrum, Czech Republic). Inauguration: Theater OsnabrückThat year: 1909, Classical music (Osnabrück, Germany). Death of John W. BischoffThat year: 1909, Classical music, Musician, organist and composer (born in 1850). Death of Étienne TroyThat year: 1909, Classical music, singer, opera singer (born in 1844). Birth of Sheung Hoi-MuiThat year: 1909, Classical music, Cantonese opera actor (dead in 1954). Inauguration: Selby Opera HouseThat year: 1909, Classical music (South Dakota, United States of America). Inauguration: Bashkir Theater of Opera and BalletThat year: 1909, Classical music (Ufa, Russia). Birth of Florence KirkThat year: 1909, Classical music, singer (dead in 1999). Inception: Kraków Philharmonic OrchestraThat year: 1909, Classical music (Poland). Inauguration: Teatro MunicipalThat year: 1909, Classical music (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil). Inauguration: Chemnitz OperaThat year: 1909, Classical music (Zentrum, Germany). Birth of Izabelė MotekaitienėThat year: 1909, Classical music, Lithuanian opera singer (dead in 1985). Death of Lucien DziarskiThat year: 1909, Classical music, composer (born in 1854). Death of Andrea DoriaThat year: 1909, Classical music, composer (born in 1836). Inauguration: Forest OperaThat year: 1909, Classical music (Sopot, Poland). Birth of Kazys GutauskasThat year: 1909, Classical music, Lithuanian singer (dead in 1995). Death of João da MattaThat year: 1909, Classical music, composer . Birth of Edwina Eustis DickThat year: 1909, Classical music, American opera singer (dead in 1997). Death of Herbert Hall WoodwardThat year: 1909, Classical music, composer (born in 1847). Birth of Kwai Ming-YangThat year: 1909, Classical music, Cantonese opera performer (dead in 1958). Death of Eugenio PozzoliThat year: 1909, Classical music, composer (born in 1830). Death of Robert MüllerThat year: 1909, Classical music, composer (born in 1849). Inauguration: Meiningen State TheatreThat year: 1909, Classical music (Meiningen, Germany). Inauguration: Krasnodar PhilharmonicThat year: 1909, Classical music (Krasnodar, Russia). Death of Katherine Senger-BettaqueThat year: 1909, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1862). Inauguration: Theater für NiedersachsenThat year: 1909, Classical music (Hildesheim, Germany).
Works (composition or publishing)
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Camille Saint-Saëns (age 74)
- La Fille du tourneur d'ivoire (Theatrical music)
- La Foi, 3 tableaux symphoniques, Op. 130 (Work for orchestra)
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Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky (1839-1881)
- ZhenitbaThat year: 1909, Classical music (Opera) Premiere, composed in 1868
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Leoš Janáček (age 55)
- Seventy-thousand (Work for choir)
- Christ, the Lord, Is Risen (Song, lied)
- 6 Folksongs (Song, lied)
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Edward Elgar (age 52)
- Violin Concerto in B minor, Op. 61That year: 1909, Classical music (Work for orchestra with soloist)
- Romance for bassoon and orchestra, Op. 62 (Work for orchestra with soloist), published in 1910
- Angelus (Tuscany), Op. 56 (Work for choir)
- Elegy, Op. 58 (Work for orchestra)
- Go, Song of Mine from “Cavalcanti”, Op. 57 (Work for choir)
- Lo! Christ the Lord is Born (Work for choir)
- Piano Concerto, Op. 90 (Work for orchestra with soloist)
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Giacomo Puccini (age 51)
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Gustav Mahler (age 49)
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Isaac Albéniz (age 49)
- Azulejos (Work for soloist)
- Navarra (Work for soloist)
- 4 Songs (Song, lied)
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Claude Debussy (age 47)
- First Rhapsody for clarinet in B-flatThat year: 1909, Classical music (Work for soloist), published in 1910
- The Little Nigar (Work for soloist)
- Hommage à Haydn (Work for soloist)
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Richard Strauss (age 45)
- Feierlicher Einzug der Ritter des Johanniterordens (Work for orchestra)
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Jean Sibelius (age 44)
- Voces intimae, Op. 56That year: 1909, Classical music (Work for chamber orchestra)
- 10 Pieces, Opp. 58 (Work for soloist)
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Alexander Glazunov (age 44)
- To the Memory of Gogol, Op. 87 (Work for orchestra)
- Finnish Fantasy in C major, Op. 88 (Work for orchestra)
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Erik Satie (age 43)
- Deux choses (Work for soloist)
- Le grand singe (Work for soloist)
- Le prisonnier maussade (Work for soloist)
- Profondeur (Work for soloist)
- Songe-creux (Work for soloist)
- La chemise "Dépaquit" (Song, lied)
- Short Sonata (Work for soloist)
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Franz Lehár (age 39)
- Das Fürstenkind (Opera)
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Sergei Rachmaninoff (age 36)
- Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30That year: 1909, Classical music (Work for orchestra with soloist)
- Isle of the Dead, Op. 29That year: 1909, Classical music (Work for orchestra), published in 1908
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Arnold Schoenberg (age 35)
- Erwartung, Op. 17That year: 1909, Classical music (Opera)
- 5 Pieces for orchestra, Opp. 16That year: 1909, Classical music (Work for orchestra)
- 15 Poems from The book of the hanging gardens, Opp. 15 (Song, lied)
- At the seashore (Song, lied)
- 2 Pieces (Work for soloist)
- 3 Pieces for piano, Opp. 11 (Work for soloist)
- Piece (Work for soloist)
- Piece (Work for soloist)
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Gustav Holst (age 35)
- Suite No. 1 in E-flat major, Op. 28 No. 1 (Work for orchestra)
- Beni Mora, Opp. 29 No. 1 (Work for orchestra)
- Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda (I), Opp. 26 (Work for choir)
- Stepney Pageant, Op. 27b (Incidental music)
- The Vision of Dame Christian, Opp. 27a (Incidental music)
- The Cloud Messenger, Op. 30 (Work for choir)
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Maurice Ravel (age 34)
- Menuet sur le nom de Haydn, Op. 58 (Work for soloist)
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Manuel de Falla (age 33)
- 4 Spanish Pieces (Work for soloist)
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Béla Bartók (age 28)
- String Quartet No. 1, Op. 7 list 3That year: 1909, Classical music (Work for chamber orchestra)
- For Children (Work for soloist)
- 2 Romanian Folksongs, Opp. 8a list 3 (Work for soloist)
- 2 Romanian Folksongs (Song, lied)
- 2 Elegies, Opp. 8b list 3 (Work for soloist)
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Zoltán Kodály (age 27)
- Sixteen Songs on Popular Words, Op. 1 (Song, lied)
- String Quartet No. 1, Op. 2 (Work for chamber orchestra)
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Sergei Prokofiev (age 18)
- Sinfonietta in A major, Op. 5 (Work for orchestra)
- 4 Studies for piano, Opp. 2 (Work for soloist)
- Piano Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 1 (Work for soloist)
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Darius Milhaud (age 17)
- Désespoir (Song, lied)
- Désespoir, Op. 33 (Song, lied)
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Erich Wolfgang Korngold (age 12)
- Don Quixote (Work for soloist)
- What the Forest tells : Suite for piano (Work for soloist)