1915, from day to day
1915. With other artists, Camille Saint-Saëns, Edward Elgar and Erik Satie influenced their time (modern & contemporary era). That year would see the birth of future classical or lyrical artists, while others would disappear such as Alexander Scriabin. That year, new works would be composed, published or performed for the first time in public, such as “An Alpine Symphony, Op. 64” de Richard Strauss, for example. That year, halls or orchestras would be founded or ceased to operate.
All these moments, more or less notable, make the year 1915 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 1915.
The year 1915 in classical music and in lyrical art
January
02
Death of Karl Goldmark That year: 1915, Classical music, Hungarian-born Viennese composer (1830–1915) (born in 1830)
Death of Bertha Tammelin That year: 1915, Classical music, singer (1836-1915) (born in 1836)
04
Death of Michael Haller That year: 1915, Classical music, German composer (born in 1840)
05
Death of Jeanne Gerville-Réache That year: 1915, Classical music, French opera singer (born in 1882)
08
Birth of Karl Dönch That year: 1915, Classical music, German actor and opera singer (dead in 1994)
09
Birth of Olga Marie Mikalsen That year: 1915, Classical music, Norwegian singer (dead in 2006)
10
Birth of Dean Dixon That year: 1915, Classical music, American conductor (dead in 1976)
11
Death of Jan Hřímalý That year: 1915, Classical music, Czech musician (born in 1844)
13
Birth of Alberto Bruni Tedeschi That year: 1915, Classical music, italian composer (1915-1996) (dead in 1996)
15
Death of Guillaume Couture That year: 1915, Classical music, Canadian choir conductor, composer, music critic, and music educator (born in 1851)
16
Death of Gus Williams That year: 1915, Classical music, American comedian and songwriter (1848-1915) (born in 1848)
19
Death of Ernest de Demunck That year: 1915, Classical music, Belgian composer (born in 1840)
21
Death of Louis Gregh That year: 1915, Classical music, French composer (1843-1915) (born in 1843)
23
Birth of Magafur Khismatullin That year: 1915, Classical music, Soviet Bashkir singer (dead in 2004)
24
Birth of Vítězslava Kaprálová That year: 1915, Classical music, Czech conductor and composer (1915-1940) (dead in 1940)
Death of Thorvald Hansen That year: 1915, Classical music, trumpeter (born in 1847)
25
Death of Rudolf Tillmetz That year: 1915, Classical music, German flute virtuoso and pedagogue (born in 1847)
Birth of Zofia Stachurska That year: 1915, Classical music, opera singer, pedagogue (dead in 1980)
27
Birth of Jack Brymer That year: 1915, Classical music, English clarinettist (dead in 2003)
29
Birth of John Serry Sr. That year: 1915, Classical music, American concert accordionist, arranger, and composer (dead in 2003)
February
02
Birth of Göta Blomberg That year: 1915, Classical music, Finnish opera singer (1915-1991) (dead in 1991)
03
Birth of Jane Lawrence That year: 1915, Classical music, American opera singer and actor (1915-2005) (dead in 2005)
05
Birth of Alberto Soriano That year: 1915, Classical music, Argentine composer (dead in 1981)
07
Birth of Carlo Felice Cillario That year: 1915, Classical music, Italian conductor (1915-2007) (dead in 2007)
Death of Serafino Alassio That year: 1915, Classical music, Italian composer (born in 1836)
12
Death of Émile Waldteufel That year: 1915, Classical music, French composer (born in 1837)
13
Birth of Gerda Lammers That year: 1915, Classical music, German soprano (dead in 1993)
17
Birth of Anna Tassopoulos That year: 1915, Classical music, Greek singer and opera singer (1915-2007) (dead in 2007)
18
Birth of Marcel Landowski That year: 1915, Classical music, French composer (dead in 1999)
19
Death of Jules Écorcheville That year: 1915, Classical music, French musicologist and writer (1872-1915) (born in 1872)
23
Death of Valentin Duc That year: 1915, Classical music, French singer (1858-1915) (born in 1858)
Death of Jakob Quadflieg That year: 1915, Classical music, composer (born in 1854)
24
Death of Josef Paleček That year: 1915, Classical music, opera singer, singer, pedagogue, theatrical director, director, theatre manager, music teacher (born in 1842)
March
01
Death of Josef Modl That year: 1915, Classical music, Austrian author and singer (1863-1915) (born in 1863)
03
Death of Jacques Charlot That year: 1915, Classical music, French military personnel (born in 1885)
04
Birth of Carlos Surinach That year: 1915, Classical music, American composer (dead in 1997)
Death of Vittorina Bartolucci That year: 1915, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1859)
07
Birth of Sviatoslav Richter That year: 1915, Classical music, Soviet pianist (1915-1997) (dead in 1997)
Birth of Vladimir Mikhailovich Yurovsky That year: 1915, Classical music, Ukrainian Soviet film music composer (1915-1972) (dead in 1972)
08
Death of Siga Garsó That year: 1915, Classical music, composer (born in 1831)
10
Birth of Charles Groves That year: 1915, Classical music, British conductor (dead in 1992)
12
Death of Heinrich Schulz-Beuthen That year: 1915, Classical music, German composer (born in 1838)
13
Birth of Reine Gianoli That year: 1915, Classical music, French pianist (1915-1979) (dead in 1979)
15
Birth of Mirto Picchi That year: 1915, Classical music, Italian opera singer (dead in 1980)
17
Birth of Mária Kišonová-Hubová That year: 1915, Classical music, Czechoslovak opera singer and music educator (dead in 2004)
19
Death of Franz Xaver Neruda That year: 1915, Classical music, moravian-danish composer (born in 1843)
Birth of Nancy Evans That year: 1915, Classical music, English mezzo-soprano (1915-2000) (dead in 2000)
20
Birth of Gabor Carelli That year: 1915, Classical music, Hungarian opera singer (1915–1999) (dead in 1999)
23
Premiere of All-Night Vigil (Vespers), Op. 37 That year: 1915, Classical music (Work for choir), Sergei Rachmaninoff
Birth of Michał Szopski That year: 1915, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 2011)
24
Birth of Władysław Szeptycki That year: 1915, Classical music, Polish singer (dead in 1980)
27
Birth of László Nagypál That year: 1915, Classical music, Hungarian opera singer (dead in 1981)
28
Death of Mariska Kordin That year: 1915, Classical music, Hungarian opera singer (1855-1915) (born in 1855)
April
01
Death of Johann Joseph Abert That year: 1915, Classical music, German composer, conductor, double-bassist (1832-1915) (born in 1832)
03
Birth of Charles Jordan That year: 1915, Classical music, Canadian opera singer (dead in 1986)
13
Birth of Eleonora Nikolaevna Tomm That year: 1915, Classical music, Soviet singer and opera singer (1915-1988) (dead in 1988)
15
Premiere of Love, the Magician That year: 1915, Classical music (Ballet), Manuel de Falla
18
Birth of Klaas Boon That year: 1915, Classical music, violist (dead in 2002)
20
Birth of Monique de la Bruchollerie That year: 1915, Classical music, French musician (dead in 1972)
Birth of Robert Wagner That year: 1915, Classical music, Austrian conductor (dead in 2008)
21
Death of Johan Schmier That year: 1915, Classical music, Dutch opera singer (born in 1852)
22
Death of Christian Schiemann That year: 1915, Classical music, composer (born in 1823)
24
Birth of Ğosman Älmief That year: 1915, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 2011)
25
Birth of Italo Tajo That year: 1915, Classical music, Italian opera singer (dead in 1993)
Birth of Willy Lockwood That year: 1915, Classical music, double-bassist (dead in 2006)
Death of Nicola D'Arienzo That year: 1915, Classical music, composer (born in 1842)
26
Birth of Jiří Kozderka That year: 1915, Classical music, Czech opera singer (dead in 2010)
Death of Ernesto Vieira That year: 1915, Classical music, composer (born in 1848)
27
Death of Alexander Scriabin That year: 1915, Classical music, Russian composer and pianist (1872–1915) (born in 1872)
May
01
Death of J. Sebastian B. Hodges That year: 1915, Classical music, composer (born in 1830)
02
Birth of Jan Hanuš That year: 1915, Classical music, Czech composer (1915-2004) (dead in 2004)
03
Birth of Evencio Castellanos That year: 1915, Classical music, Venezuelan composer (dead in 1984)
06
Birth of George Perle That year: 1915, Classical music, American composer (1915–2009) (dead in 2009)
07
Death of Thomas O'Brien Butler That year: 1915, Classical music, Irish composer (born in 1861)
09
Birth of Aldo Bertocci That year: 1915, Classical music, Italian singer (dead in 2004)
Birth of Drahomíra Tikalová That year: 1915, Classical music, Czechoslovak singer (dead in 1997)
12
Birth of Joseph R. Wood That year: 1915, Classical music, American composer (1915-2000) (dead in 2000)
Death of Willard, Jr. Burr That year: 1915, Classical music, composer (born in 1852)
14
Death of Rudolf Strobl That year: 1915, Classical music, Polish pianist (1831-1915) (born in 1831)
16
Birth of Jan Zborovský That year: 1915, Classical music, Czech composer and organist
Death of Béla Halasi That year: 1915, Classical music, Hungarian opera singer (born in 1853)
17
Birth of Berthe di Vito-Delvaux That year: 1915, Classical music, Belgian composer (dead in 2005)
22
Birth of Vilem Sokol That year: 1915, Classical music, American conductor and music educator (dead in 2011)
24
Birth of Rena Galibova That year: 1915, Classical music, Tajikistani actor (1915-1995) (dead in 1995)
25
Birth of Wolfgang Schneiderhan That year: 1915, Classical music, Austrian classical violinist (dead in 2002)
28
Death of Alfonso Garulli That year: 1915, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1856)
29
Birth of Karl Münchinger That year: 1915, Classical music, German conductor (dead in 1990)
Also in May
Birth of Fyodor Kuzminov That year: 1915, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1989) .
June
02
Death of Botho Sigwart zu de Eulenburg That year: 1915, Classical music, German composer (born in 1884)
Birth of Josef Metternich That year: 1915, Classical music, German opera singer (1915-2005) (dead in 2005)
Birth of Olga Morávková That year: 1915, Classical music, opera singer, singer (dead in 1989)
06
Death of Sergei Ivanovich Taneyev That year: 1915, Classical music, Russian composer, pianist, music theorist and teacher (1856–1915) (born in 1856)
Death of William Hayman Cummings That year: 1915, Classical music, British musician (born in 1831)
Death of Benjamin Lambord That year: 1915, Classical music, composer (born in 1879)
10
Birth of Inia Te Wiata That year: 1915, Classical music, Ngati Raukawa; opera singer, film actor, carver, artist (dead in 1971)
13
Birth of Carolyn Long That year: 1915, Classical music, American singer (1915-1991) (dead in 1991)
Birth of Mario Carlin That year: 1915, Classical music, Italian opera singer (1915-1984) (dead in 1984)
16
Birth of Gladys Kuchta That year: 1915, Classical music, American opera singer (1915-1998) (dead in 1998)
18
Birth of Joan Trimble That year: 1915, Classical music, Irish composer (dead in 2000)
Birth of Vic Legley That year: 1915, Classical music, Belgian composer (1915-1994) (dead in 1994)
21
Death of Johann Gustav Eduard Stehle That year: 1915, Classical music, Swiss kapellmeister (1839-1915) (born in 1839)
25
Death of Rafael Joseffy That year: 1915, Classical music, Hungarian musician (1853-1915) (born in 1853)
July
02
Composition of Taras bulba That year: 1915, Classical music (Work for orchestra), Leoš Janáček
05
Death of Celestino de Vila That year: 1915, Classical music, Spanish author (born in 1830)
06
Birth of Marcel Quinet That year: 1915, Classical music, Belgian composer and musicologist (1915-1986) (dead in 1986)
Death of Paul Wachs That year: 1915, Classical music, French organist (born in 1851)
09
Birth of David Diamond That year: 1915, Classical music, American classical composer (1915-2005) (dead in 2005)
12
Death of Daniel Fleuret That year: 1915, Classical music, composer (born in 1869)
15
Death of Ludwik Grossman That year: 1915, Classical music, Polish composer (born in 1835)
Birth of František Vitásek That year: 1915, Classical music, Czech composer and roman catholic priest (dead in 1979)
Death of Siegfried Kuhn That year: 1915, Classical music, German composer (born in 1893)
18
Death of Louis Marie François Andlauer That year: 1915, Classical music, French composer (born in 1876)
Death of Peter Petrovich Schenck That year: 1915, Classical music, composer, pianist (born in 1870)
19
Birth of Ağababa Bünyadzadə That year: 1915, Classical music, musician, singer (dead in 1974)
21
Birth of Olda Andreeva That year: 1915, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 2007)
22
Birth of Willy Rosenau That year: 1915, Classical music, German singer and opera singer (dead in 1999)
27
Birth of Mario del Del Monaco That year: 1915, Classical music, Italian opera singer (dead in 1982)
Death of Johan Adam Krygell That year: 1915, Classical music, Danish composer and organist (1835-1915) (born in 1835)
29
Death of Ernest Gerny That year: 1915, Classical music, composer
August
01
Death of Albert Augustinus Vennekens That year: 1915, Classical music, composer (born in 1844)
Death of Edwin Greene That year: 1915, Classical music, composer (born in 1856)
04
Birth of Ivo Anžlovar That year: 1915, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1974)
07
Death of Wenzel Ludwig That year: 1915, Classical music, composer (born in 1837)
09
Death of Georg Nollet That year: 1915, Classical music, German opera singer (born in 1842)
11
Birth of Kunio Toda That year: 1915, Classical music, Japanese composer and musicologist (1915-2003) (dead in 2003)
Death of Léon Reuchsel That year: 1915, Classical music, French organist (born in 1840)
13
Birth of Ily Márkus-Szoyer That year: 1915, Classical music, opera singer, child actor (dead in 1945)
21
Birth of Mechislav Shchavinskiy That year: 1915, Classical music, Soviet Russian actor and singer (dead in 2001)
22
Death of Augustin Barié That year: 1915, Classical music, French musician (born in 1883)
Birth of Gert Bastian That year: 1915, Classical music, Danish actor and opera singer (1915-1987) (dead in 1987)
25
Birth of Walter Trampler That year: 1915, Classical music, German-American viola player (dead in 1997)
26
Birth of Humphrey Searle That year: 1915, Classical music, English composer (1915-1982) (dead in 1982)
Birth of Gré Brouwenstijn That year: 1915, Classical music, Dutch soprano (dead in 1999)
Death of François Anatole Laurent de Rillé That year: 1915, Classical music, French composer (born in 1824)
27
Birth of Ilse Hülper That year: 1915, Classical music, German opera singer (dead in 2002)
28
Death of Virginia Naumann-Gungl That year: 1915, Classical music, American opera singer (born in 1848)
29
Birth of Alvinio Misciano That year: 1915, Classical music, Italian opera singer (dead in 1997)
Birth of Amedeo Berdini That year: 1915, Classical music, Italian opera singer (dead in 1964)
30
Birth of Robert Strassburg That year: 1915, Classical music, American composer (dead in 2003)
Death of Fidelis Zitterbart Jr. That year: 1915, Classical music, composer (born in 1845)
31
Death of W. H. Denny That year: 1915, Classical music, British singer and actor (1853–1915) (born in 1853)
Also in August
Death of Manuel Nieto That year: 1915, Classical music, Spanish composer (1844-1915) (born in 1844) .
September
02
Birth of Vicente Lillo Cánovas That year: 1915, Classical music, musician, composer (dead in 1985)
04
Birth of Rudolf Schock That year: 1915, Classical music, German tenor (dead in 1986)
15
Death of Isidor Bajić That year: 1915, Classical music, Serbian composer (born in 1878)
Death of Ernest Gagnon That year: 1915, Classical music, composer (1834-1915) (born in 1834)
Death of Joseph Heckmann That year: 1915, Classical music, composer (born in 1835)
19
Birth of Blanche Thebom That year: 1915, Classical music, American opera singer (1915–2010) (dead in 2010)
Death of Anna Dorothea Oscàr That year: 1915, Classical music, Swedish actress (born in 1875)
22
Birth of Grigory Frid That year: 1915, Classical music, Soviet and Russian composer (1915—2012) (dead in 2012)
24
Birth of Ettore Gracis That year: 1915, Classical music, Italian conductor (dead in 1992)
25
Birth of Vanda Ziherl That year: 1915, Classical music, opera singer (1915-1992) (dead in 1992)
29
Death of Rudi Stephan That year: 1915, Classical music, German composer (born in 1887)
Death of Luther Orlando Emerson That year: 1915, Classical music, United States composer (1820-1915) (born in 1820)
Also in September
Death of Amanda Tscherpa That year: 1915, Classical music, German mezzo-soprano (1846-1915) (born in 1846) .
October
05
Death of Otto Malling That year: 1915, Classical music, Danish composer, organist and educator (born in 1848)
Death of José María Usandizaga That year: 1915, Classical music, Spanish composer (1887-1915) (born in 1887)
07
Death of Samuel Prowse Warren That year: 1915, Classical music, Canadian composer (1841-1915) (born in 1841)
08
Death of Josef Krug-Waldsee That year: 1915, Classical music, German composer (born in 1858)
09
Birth of Vivian della Della Chiesa That year: 1915, Classical music, singer (dead in 2009)
12
Birth of José Bragato That year: 1915, Classical music, Argentine musician (dead in 2017)
Birth of Marie-Louise Girod That year: 1915, Classical music, French organist (dead in 2014)
13
Death of Jan Talich That year: 1915, Classical music, musical pedagogue 1851-1915 (born in 1851)
14
Death of Jeanne Danglas That year: 1915, Classical music, composer
15
Birth of Chrystia Kolessa That year: 1915, Classical music, cellist, music teacher (dead in 1978)
Birth of Carlos Alexander That year: 1915, Classical music, Operatic baritone (dead in 1991)
17
Death of Heinrich Molbe That year: 1915, Classical music, composer (born in 1835)
18
Birth of Thomas Round That year: 1915, Classical music, English opera singer (1915-2016) (dead in 2016)
22
Death of Adèle Isaac That year: 1915, Classical music, opera singer (1854-1915) (born in 1854)
25
Birth of Antonín Ulrich That year: 1915, Classical music, Czech violinist, music educator and composer (dead in 1995)
Death of J. Henry Kappes That year: 1915, Classical music, composer (born in 1824)
26
Death of August Bungert That year: 1915, Classical music, German composer (born in 1845)
30
Birth of Pierre Wissmer That year: 1915, Classical music, French composer (dead in 1992)
November
02
Birth of Douglas Lilburn That year: 1915, Classical music, New Zealand composer (dead in 2001)
Death of Adèle Passy-Cornet That year: 1915, Classical music, German singer and opera singer (1838-1915) (born in 1838)
03
Birth of Herbert Brauer That year: 1915, Classical music, German voice actor, singer and opera singer (dead in 2013)
08
Birth of Maria Zhorella Fedorova That year: 1915, Classical music, Austrian opera singer (dead in 2017)
10
Birth of Ondrej Francisci That year: 1915, Classical music, composer, choir director, conductor (dead in 1985)
12
Birth of Lawrence Winters That year: 1915, Classical music, African-American opera singer (1915-1965) (dead in 1965)
Birth of Manja Mlejnik That year: 1915, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1998)
Death of Eugen Lindner That year: 1915, Classical music, German composer (born in 1858)
Death of Charles Delioux That year: 1915, Classical music, composer (born in 1825)
14
Death of Theodor Leschetizky That year: 1915, Classical music, Polish composer and pianist (born in 1830)
Birth of Gerald Cockshott That year: 1915, Classical music, British composer (1915-1979) (dead in 1979)
15
Birth of Magda Gabory That year: 1915, Classical music, (1915-?) opera and operetta singer (dead in 1953)
18
Death of Ilka Markovits That year: 1915, Classical music, Hungarian singer (born in 1839)
19
Death of Max Loewengard That year: 1915, Classical music, German composer, music critic and music educator (born in 1860)
20
Death of George Augustus Veazie That year: 1915, Classical music, composer (born in 1835)
26
Birth of Earl Wild That year: 1915, Classical music, American musician (dead in 2010)
27
Death of Sigismund Zaremba That year: 1915, Classical music, Ukrainian and Russian composer (1861-1915) (born in 1861)
Also in November
Death of Miquel Planàs Mora That year: 1915, Classical music, musician, composer (born in 1861) .
December
02
Death of Jan Malát That year: 1915, Classical music, Czech music educator and composer (1843-1915) (born in 1843)
03
Birth of Georgy Sviridov That year: 1915, Classical music, Russian composer (dead in 1998)
Death of Lewis F. Muir That year: 1915, Classical music, American composer (born in 1884)
04
Death of Gustav Hollaender That year: 1915, Classical music, German violinist, conductor and composer (born in 1855)
Death of Anton Hegner That year: 1915, Classical music, Danish cellist and composer (born in 1861)
08
Premiere of Symphony No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 82 That year: 1915, Classical music (Work for orchestra), Jean Sibelius
09
Birth of Elisabeth Schwarzkopf That year: 1915, Classical music, German opera soprano (dead in 2006)
15
Death of Ignace Schatté That year: 1915, Classical music, composer
17
Death of Adam Wroński That year: 1915, Classical music, composer (born in 1850)
24
Birth of Jean Vallerand That year: 1915, Classical music, Canadian composer (dead in 1994)
Birth of Bruno Aderhold That year: 1915, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 2005)
25
Birth of David Ashkenazi That year: 1915, Classical music, Russian musician (dead in 1997)
This was also in 1915
Death of John-Henri Croisier That year: 1915, Classical music, composer (born in 1894) . Death of John Denison Champlin That year: 1915, Classical music, composer (born in 1834) . Death of Alfred Oelschlegel That year: 1915, Classical music, organist (born in 1847) . Death of John S. Farmer That year: 1915, Classical music, composer (born in 1845) . Inauguration: Concertgebouw de Vereeniging That year: 1915, Classical music (Nijmegen, Netherlands). Death of Louis Paravey That year: 1915, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1850) . Inauguration: Gran Teatro de La Habana That year: 1915, Classical music (Havana, Cuba). Death of Amelia Patti That year: 1915, Classical music, Maurice Strakosch's spouse (born in 1831) . Birth of Aino Bergö That year: 1915, Classical music, Swedish actress (dead in 1941) . Birth of Alfred Orda That year: 1915, Classical music, Polish singer (dead in 2004) . Death of Richard Lange That year: 1915, Classical music, composer (born in 1867) . Birth of Waldemar Reichhard That year: 1915, Classical music, German opera singer (dead in 1988) . Death of Nikolai Klenovski That year: 1915, Classical music, conductor, composer (born in 1857) . Inception: Łódź Philharmonic Orchestra That year: 1915, Classical music (Poland). Inauguration: Albany Municipal Auditorium That year: 1915, Classical music (Albany, United States of America). Death of Zare Thalberg That year: 1915, Classical music, An operatic singer and actress from Greece? or Derbyshire (born in 1858) . Birth of Sol Schoenbach That year: 1915, Classical music, American bassoonist (dead in 1999) . Death of Warwick Williams That year: 1915, Classical music, composer (born in 1846) . Inception: Beecham Opera Company That year: 1915, Classical music (United Kingdom). Death of C. B. Hawley That year: 1915, Classical music, voice teacher, organist, composer (born in 1858) . Death of George Evans That year: 1915, Classical music, composer (born in 1870) . Death of Arthur B. Plant That year: 1915, Classical music, composer (born in 1853) . Death of Charles-Marie Pollet That year: 1915, Classical music, composer (born in 1876) . Inauguration: Operetta Theatre of Stavropol Krai That year: 1915, Classical music (Pyatigorsk, Russia). Birth of Yi-Kwei Sze That year: 1915, Classical music, chinese-born American opera singer (1915–1994) (dead in 1994) . Birth of Elen Dosia That year: 1915, Classical music, singer (dead in 2002) . Birth of Tadasuke Seki That year: 1915, Classical music, composer (dead in 1994) . Birth of Giuseppe Modesti That year: 1915, Classical music, Italian bass-baritone singer (dead in 1998) . Inauguration: Theater und Stadthalle That year: 1915, Classical music (Greifswald, Germany). Death of Julius Malten That year: 1915, Classical music, singer, opera singer (born in 1860) . Birth of Wong Hok Sing That year: 1915, Classical music, Chinese opera performer, film director, and actor (dead in 1993) . Inception: Jalisco Philarmonic Orchestra That year: 1915, Classical music (Mexico). Death of James William Elliott That year: 1915, Classical music, British historian (born in 1833) . Inauguration: Dothan Opera House That year: 1915, Classical music (Dothan, United States of America).
Works (composition or publishing)
- Camille Saint-Saëns (age 80)
- Élégie No. 1, Op. 143 (Work for chamber orchestra)
- La Cendre rouge, Opp. 146 (Work for choir)
- Hail California (Work for choir)
- Edward Elgar (age 58)
- Une voix dans le désert, Op. 77 (Theatrical music)
- The Starlight Express, Op. 78a (Theatrical music), published in 1916
- Polonia, Op. 76 (Work for orchestra)
- Quand nos bourgeons se rouvriront ("When the spring comes round"), Op. 77a (Theatrical music)
- Quand nos bourgeons se rouvriront (When the spring comes round again) (Song, lied)
- Rosemary ("Douce Pensée") (Work for orchestra)
- The Spirit of England, Opp. 80 (Work for choir)
- The Brook (Work for choir)
- The Windlass Song (Work for choir)
- Claude Debussy (age 53)
- 12 Studies That year: 1915, Classical music (Work for soloist), published in 1916
- En blanc et noir (Work for soloist)
- First Sonata (Work for chamber orchestra)
- Second Sonata (Work for chamber orchestra)
- Six Épigraphes antiques (Work for soloist)
- Fêtes galantes (Song, lied)
- Six Épigraphes antiques (Work for orchestra)
- Berceuse Héroïque (orchestre) (Work for orchestra)
- Album Leaf (Work for soloist)
- Elegy (Work for soloist)
- Noël des enfants qui n'ont plus de maison (Song, lied)
- Richard Strauss (age 51)
- An Alpine Symphony, Op. 64 That year: 1915, Classical music (Work for orchestra), composed in 1911
- Jean Sibelius (age 50)
- La marche du chasseur That year: 1915, Classical music (Work for orchestra), published in 1917
- Alexander Glazunov (age 50)
- Paraphrase on the Hymn of the Allies, Op. 96 (Work for orchestra)
- Erik Satie (age 49)
- Avant-dernières pensées (Work for soloist), published in 1916
- Cinq grimaces (Le songe d'une nuit d'été) (Theatrical music)
- Franz Lehár (age 45)
- Fieber : Tondichtung (Song, lied)
- Sergei Rachmaninoff (age 42)
- From the Gospel of St. John (Song, lied)
- Gustav Holst (age 41)
- Japanese Suite, Opp. 33 (Work for orchestra)
- Dirge and Hymeneal (Work for choir)
- Nunc dimittis (Work for choir)
- Maurice Ravel (age 40)
- 3 Songs, Opp. 69 (Work for choir)
- Manuel de Falla (age 39)
- The bread of Ronda has a taste of truth (Song, lied)
- Béla Bartók (age 34)
- Romanian Folk Dances That year: 1915, Classical music (Work for soloist)
- Romanian Folk Dances for small orchestra That year: 1915, Classical music (Work for orchestra with soloist)
- Sonatina (Work for soloist)
- 9 Romanian Folksongs (Song, lied)
- Romanian Christmas Carols (Work for soloist)
- 2 Romanian Folksongs (Work for choir)
- Zoltán Kodály (age 33)
- Cello Sonata, Op. 8 (Work for soloist)
- Igor Stravinsky (age 33)
- 3 Easy Pieces (Work for soloist), published in 1917
- Souvenir d'une marche Boche (Work for soloist)
- Alban Berg (age 30)
- 3 Pieces for orchestra, Opp. 6 (Work for orchestra)
- Sergei Prokofiev (age 24)
- Scythian Suite, Op. 20 That year: 1915, Classical music (Work for orchestra)
- Humorous Scherzo for Four Bassoons, Op. 12bis (Work for chamber orchestra)
- 5 Melodies, Opp. 23 (Song, lied)
- Ala and Lolli (Ballet)
- Darius Milhaud (age 23)
- String Quartet No. 2, Op. 16 (Work for chamber orchestra)
- Variations on a theme by Cliquet, Op. 23 (Work for soloist)
- Cantique de Notre-Dame de Sarrance, Op. 29 (Song, lied)
- D'un cahier inédit du journal d'Eugénie de Guérin, Op. 27 (Song, lied)
- L'arbre exotique, Op. 28 (Song, lied)
- 2 Poèmes d'amour, Opp. 30 (Song, lied)
- 2 Poèmes, Opp. 31 (Song, lied)
- Les Choéphores, Op. 24 (Incidental music)
- The Beloved Vagabond (Film score)
- George Gershwin (age 17)
- Tango (Work for soloist)