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  2. History: That year
  3. 1918

The year 1918 in classical music and in lyrical art

1918. With other artists, Camille Saint-Saëns, Maurice Ravel 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 Claude Debussy. That year, new works would be composed, published or performed for the first time in public, such as “Gianni Schicchi” 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 1918 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 1918.

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1918

modern & contemporary era

January


02

Death of Max BrauerThat year: 1918, Classical music, composer (born in 1855)

09

Ruthilde Boesch

Birth of Ruthilde BoeschThat year: 1918, Classical music, Austrian singer and opera singer (dead in 2012)

10

Birth of Hanna LudwigThat year: 1918, Classical music, German singer and opera singer (dead in 2014)

15

Death of Alphonse MaillyThat year: 1918, Classical music, Belgian composer (born in 1833)

16

Birth of Joseph Willard RooseveltThat year: 1918, Classical music, American musician (dead in 2008)

Birth of Valerija HeybalThat year: 1918, Classical music, Slovene opera singer (dead in 1994)

Birth of Vera BorisenkoThat year: 1918, Classical music, Soviet singer, opera singer and music educator (1918-1995) (dead in 1995)

17

Louise Héritte-Viardot

Death of Louise Héritte-ViardotThat year: 1918, Classical music, Singer, pianist and composer (born in 1841)

Anna Maria Canali

Birth of Anna Maria CanaliThat year: 1918, Classical music, Italian operatic mezzo-soprano (1918-2016) (dead in 2016)

18

Death of Amalie MaternaThat year: 1918, Classical music, Austrian operatic soprano (born in 1844)

22

Gustav Schreck

Death of Gustav SchreckThat year: 1918, Classical music, German composer, music educator, and choirmaster (born in 1849)

24

Gottfried von Einem

Birth of Gottfried von EinemThat year: 1918, Classical music, Austrian composer (dead in 1996)

25

Death of Alexander TaneyevThat year: 1918, Classical music, Russian composer (born in 1850)

27

Birth of Skitch HendersonThat year: 1918, Classical music, American pianist, conductor, and composer (1918-2005) (dead in 2005)

28

Birth of Larysa RudenkoThat year: 1918, Classical music, Ukrainian opera singer (dead in 1981)

30

Birth of Jaroslav KrombholcThat year: 1918, Classical music, Czech conductor, composer and pianist (dead in 1983)

31

Death of Daniël de LangeThat year: 1918, Classical music, Dutch conductor, composer and musicologist (born in 1841)

February


01

Premiere of Where the Lark SingsThat year: 1918, Classical music (Opera), Franz Lehár

02

Death of Theobald RehbaumThat year: 1918, Classical music, German composer (born in 1835)

05

Gara Garayev

Birth of Gara GarayevThat year: 1918, Classical music, Azerbaijani composer (1918-1982) (dead in 1982)

11

Death of Louise Le BaronThat year: 1918, Classical music, American opera singer (1874-1918) (born in 1874)

12

Constant Pierre

Death of Constant PierreThat year: 1918, Classical music, French musicologist (born in 1855)

19

Death of Josef GerhartzThat year: 1918, Classical music, musician, singer, music pedagogue, opera singer (born in 1865)

23

Sophie Menter

Death of Sophie MenterThat year: 1918, Classical music, German musician (born in 1846)

Fermín Ruiz Escobés

Death of Fermín Ruiz EscobésThat year: 1918, Classical music, Spanish composer (born in 1850)

25

Death of Amalia RamírezThat year: 1918, Classical music, Spanish singer and opera singer (1834-1918) (born in 1834)

26

Miguel Marqués

Death of Miguel MarquésThat year: 1918, Classical music, Spanish author (born in 1843)

27

Death of Vasily SafonovThat year: 1918, Classical music, Russian pianist, teacher, conductor and composer (born in 1852)

28

Birth of Pepita EmbilThat year: 1918, Classical music, Spanish singer (1918-1994) (dead in 1994)

March


01

Death of Emil SjögrenThat year: 1918, Classical music, Swedish composer (born in 1853)

07

Inauguration: Warner TheatreThat year: 1918, Classical music (Pittsburgh, United States of America)

Death of Václav KlimentThat year: 1918, Classical music, Czech opera singer (born in 1863)

08

Birth of Leokadiya MaslennikovaThat year: 1918, Classical music, Soviet opera singer and music educator (1918-1995) (dead in 1995)

Death of Louis RosoorThat year: 1918, Classical music, French organist (born in 1850)

10

Death of Frédéric BentayouxThat year: 1918, Classical music, French composer (born in 1840)

13

César Cui

Death of César CuiThat year: 1918, Classical music, Russian composer and army officer (born in 1835)

Death of Karel SteckerThat year: 1918, Classical music, musicologist, composer, organist, music pedagogue (born in 1861)

15

Lili Boulanger

Death of Lili BoulangerThat year: 1918, Classical music, French composer (born in 1893)

Birth of Zara DolukhanovaThat year: 1918, Classical music, singer (dead in 2007)

18

Willem Coenen

Death of Willem CoenenThat year: 1918, Classical music, Dutch pianist, teacher, and composer (born in 1836)

20

Bernd Alois Zimmermann

Birth of Bernd Alois ZimmermannThat year: 1918, Classical music, German composer (dead in 1970)

Birth of John CameronThat year: 1918, Classical music, Australian baritone singer, born 1918 (dead in 2002)

21

Birth of Broadus ErleThat year: 1918, Classical music, American musician (dead in 1977)

23

Birth of Matilde Salvador i SegarraThat year: 1918, Classical music, Spanish artist (1918-2007) (dead in 2007)

24

Death of Théo YsaÿeThat year: 1918, Classical music, Belgian composer, pianist (born in 1865)

Death of Antoon ArtsThat year: 1918, Classical music, organist, composer (born in 1866)

Death of Herbert MathesonThat year: 1918, Classical music, composer (born in 1888)

Death of Leonore RobinsonThat year: 1918, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1845)

25

Claude Debussy

Death of Claude DebussyThat year: 1918, Classical music, French composer (born in 1862)

26

Birth of József JoviczkyThat year: 1918, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1986)

27

Birth of Maria TitarenkoThat year: 1918, Classical music, Azerbaijani Soviet opera singer (dead in 2002)

28

Birth of Anselmo ColzaniThat year: 1918, Classical music, Italian opera singer (dead in 2006)

Death of Henry SchradieckThat year: 1918, Classical music, German musician (born in 1846)

Birth of Clara PetrellaThat year: 1918, Classical music, singer (dead in 1987)

Johann Christoph Lauterbach

Death of Johann Christoph LauterbachThat year: 1918, Classical music, German concertmaster (born in 1832)

29

Death of Herbert Walter WareingThat year: 1918, Classical music, British composer (born in 1857)

31

Death of Richard MandlThat year: 1918, Classical music, Austrian composer (born in 1859)

Death of Robert FischhofThat year: 1918, Classical music, Austrian pianist, composer and music teacher (born in 1856)

Also in March

Death of José White LafitteThat year: 1918, Classical music, Cuban violinist and composer (born in 1836) .

April


01

Death of Karl ValentinThat year: 1918, Classical music, Swedish composer (born in 1853)

Death of Félix Laurent-RolandezThat year: 1918, Classical music, composer (born in 1850)

02

Birth of Ernst KrukowskiThat year: 1918, Classical music, German opera singer (dead in 1982)

03

Birth of Sixten EhrlingThat year: 1918, Classical music, Swedish conductor (dead in 2005)

06

Birth of Mimi BenzellThat year: 1918, Classical music, singer (1918-1970) (dead in 1970)

13

Death of David Ffrangcon-DaviesThat year: 1918, Classical music, Welsh operatic baritone (born in 1855)

15

Death of Hermann EichbornThat year: 1918, Classical music, German composer and author (born in 1847)

16

Birth of Carol BriceThat year: 1918, Classical music, American opera singer (dead in 1985)

18

Death of Bruno WickThat year: 1918, Classical music, composer (born in 1882)

21

Death of Antonio Pini-CorsiThat year: 1918, Classical music, Italian opera singer (born in 1858)

Death of Adolfo BaciThat year: 1918, Classical music, composer (born in 1834)

Death of Edward J. StarkThat year: 1918, Classical music, composer (born in 1861)

25

Birth of Astrid VarnayThat year: 1918, Classical music, American singer (dead in 2006)

Birth of Marina KozolupovaThat year: 1918, Classical music, Soviet violinist (dead in 1978)

Also in April

Death of Adolf SigmundtThat year: 1918, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1845) .

May


02

Death of Emilio BozzanoThat year: 1918, Classical music, Italian composer and organist (born in 1840)

Death of Henri KlingThat year: 1918, Classical music, composer (born in 1842)

04

Death of Susan McFarland ParkhurstThat year: 1918, Classical music, composer (born in 1836)

07

Premiere of Cello Sonata, Op. 8That year: 1918, Classical music (Work for soloist), Zoltán Kodály

09

Death of Ernst CatenhusenThat year: 1918, Classical music, composer (born in 1841)

10

Death of Pauline Guéymard-LautersThat year: 1918, Classical music, opera singer in Paris (born in 1834)

17

Birgit Nilsson

Birth of Birgit NilssonThat year: 1918, Classical music, Swedish opera singer (dead in 2005)

18

Toivo Kuula

Death of Toivo KuulaThat year: 1918, Classical music, Finnish composer (born in 1883)

20

Death of Richard AnderssonThat year: 1918, Classical music, Swedish composer and music educator (born in 1851)

21

Birth of Quddus KhojamyarovThat year: 1918, Classical music, Soviet musician (dead in 1994)

22

Death of Friedrich SeitzThat year: 1918, Classical music, German composer (born in 1848)

Death of Charles James MottThat year: 1918, Classical music, British opera singer (born in 1880)

24

Premiere of Bluebeard's Castle, Op. 11 list 3That year: 1918, Classical music (Opera), Béla Bartók

Death of Evan WilliamsThat year: 1918, Classical music, American operatic tenor (born in 1867)

25

Death of Luis Foglietti AlberolaThat year: 1918, Classical music, Spanish composer (1877-1918) (born in 1877)

Death of Ercole MezzettiThat year: 1918, Classical music, composer (born in 1841)

28

Birth of Irma KolassiThat year: 1918, Classical music, Greek singer and pianist (dead in 2012)

29

Death of René VierneThat year: 1918, Classical music, French composer (born in 1878)

June


01

Death of Jaroslav NovotnýThat year: 1918, Classical music, Czech music educator, composer and choirmaster (born in 1886)

03

Birth of Irina MaslennikovaThat year: 1918, Classical music, Soviet and Russian opera singer (dead in 2013)

04

Birth of Jan van DijkThat year: 1918, Classical music, composer (dead in 2016)

10

Arrigo Boito

Death of Arrigo BoitoThat year: 1918, Classical music, Italian opera composer and librettist of Verdi's opera ''Otello'' (1842-1918) (born in 1842)

18

Birth of Pearl ChertokThat year: 1918, Classical music, American musician (dead in 1981)

21

Death of Richard ArnoldThat year: 1918, Classical music, composer (born in 1845)

26

Birth of Roger VoisinThat year: 1918, Classical music, American musician (dead in 2008)

July


05

Birth of George RochbergThat year: 1918, Classical music, American composer (dead in 2005)

07

Birth of Mirko Novák-MarkovThat year: 1918, Classical music, Czech opera singer

09

Birth of Herbert BrünThat year: 1918, Classical music, German composer (dead in 2000)

Birth of Hiroshi OhguriThat year: 1918, Classical music, Japanese musician (dead in 1982)

10

Birth of John FrandsenThat year: 1918, Classical music, Danish conductor (dead in 1996)

12

Birth of Ján BaranThat year: 1918, Classical music, composer, civil servant (dead in 1962)

13

Death of Herrmann ScholtzThat year: 1918, Classical music, composer (born in 1845)

14

Lothar Kempter

Death of Lothar KempterThat year: 1918, Classical music, composer and conductor (1844-1918) (born in 1844)

Birth of Maria MuranoThat year: 1918, Classical music, singer (dead in 2009)

16

Death of Josep Jordà i ValorThat year: 1918, Classical music, Spanish composer (1839-1918) (born in 1839)

18

Birth of Jørgen FønssThat year: 1918, Classical music, Danish opera singer (dead in 2003)

19

Birth of Willy ClémentThat year: 1918, Classical music, French opera singer (dead in 1965)

Birth of Claude LavoieThat year: 1918, Classical music, Canadian organist (dead in 2014)

23

Birth of Ann AyarsThat year: 1918, Classical music, actor; The Youngest Profession (1918-1995) (dead in 1995)

24

Ruggiero Ricci

Birth of Ruggiero RicciThat year: 1918, Classical music, American classical violinist (dead in 2012)

27

Leonard Rose

Birth of Leonard RoseThat year: 1918, Classical music, American musician (dead in 1984)

Loretta di Lelio

Birth of Loretta di LelioThat year: 1918, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 2013)

Death of Edward HorsmanThat year: 1918, Classical music, composer (born in 1873)

28

Birth of Gerard HoningThat year: 1918, Classical music, tenor (dead in 1995)

29

Death of Charles Henry HartThat year: 1918, Classical music, American biographer and art expert (born in 1847)

August


02

Death of Martin KrauseThat year: 1918, Classical music, German musician (born in 1853)

Birth of Lorne BettsThat year: 1918, Classical music, Canadian composer (dead in 1985)

07

Hugo Schlemüller

Death of Hugo SchlemüllerThat year: 1918, Classical music, German composer and music educator (born in 1872)

08

Birth of Otte SvendsenThat year: 1918, Classical music, Danish opera singer and autobiographer (dead in 2008)

Birth of Ruth Glowa-BurkhardtThat year: 1918, Classical music, German singer (dead in 1971)

12

Birth of Michael MinskyThat year: 1918, Classical music, Russian and Ukrainian singer (dead in 1988)

15

Heinrich Köselitz

Death of Heinrich KöselitzThat year: 1918, Classical music, German composer (born in 1854)

Birth of Raymond Gallois-MontbrunThat year: 1918, Classical music, French composer (dead in 1994)

Death of Otto von TideböhlThat year: 1918, Classical music, composer (born in 1863)

21

Birth of Miriam PirazziniThat year: 1918, Classical music, Operatic mezzo-soprano (dead in 2016)

23

Birth of Hans KrotthammerThat year: 1918, Classical music, Austrian opera singer (dead in 1977)

25

Leonard Bernstein

Birth of Leonard BernsteinThat year: 1918, Classical music, American composer, conductor, author, music lecturer, and pianist (dead in 1990)

27

Birth of Maria CurcioThat year: 1918, Classical music, pianist (dead in 2009)

30

Birth of Vera FirsovaThat year: 1918, Classical music, Russian opera singer (1918-1993) (dead in 1993)

Gabriel Verdalle

Death of Gabriel VerdalleThat year: 1918, Classical music, composer (born in 1847)

September


01

Birth of Lubomír KoželuhaThat year: 1918, Classical music, Czech music educator, composer and choirmaster (dead in 2008)

05

Birth of Rosl SchwaigerThat year: 1918, Classical music, Austrian singer and opera singer (dead in 1970)

07

Death of Ella TvrdkováThat year: 1918, Classical music, Czech opera singer (born in 1878)

Death of Morfydd Llwyn OwenThat year: 1918, Classical music, Welsh opera singer and composer (born in 1891)

12

Death of Francesc de Paula Sànchez i CavagnachThat year: 1918, Classical music, Catalan composer (born in 1845)

14

Birth of Paul BonneauThat year: 1918, Classical music, French composer (dead in 1995)

16

Birth of Władysław KędraThat year: 1918, Classical music, Polish musician (dead in 1968)

17

Death of Luiza TrstenjakThat year: 1918, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1863)

18

Ernest Farrar

Death of Ernest FarrarThat year: 1918, Classical music, English composer, pianist and organist (born in 1885)

Birth of Willis PageThat year: 1918, Classical music, musician and symphony orchestra conductor (dead in 2013)

Death of Vladimir SenilovThat year: 1918, Classical music, Russian composer (born in 1875)

19

Liza Lehmann

Death of Liza LehmannThat year: 1918, Classical music, English operatic soprano and composer (born in 1862)

Death of Nikolaj Mihajlovič LaduhinThat year: 1918, Classical music, composer, musicologist (born in 1860)

21

Birth of Margrit ConradThat year: 1918, Classical music, Swiss singer (1918-2005) (dead in 2005)

22

Henryk Szeryng

Birth of Henryk SzeryngThat year: 1918, Classical music, Polish-Mexican violinist (dead in 1988)

Birth of A. J. PotterThat year: 1918, Classical music, Irish composer (dead in 1980)

26

Birth of Endel AimreThat year: 1918, Classical music, actor, opera singer (dead in 2006)

Marco Túnez

Birth of Marco TúnezThat year: 1918, Classical music, Spanish actor and singer (1918-1987) (dead in 1987)

28

Premiere of The Soldier's TaleThat year: 1918, Classical music (Ballet), Igor Stravinsky

29

Premiere of The Planets, Opp. 32That year: 1918, Classical music (Work for orchestra), Gustav Holst

Death of Nils ChrisanderThat year: 1918, Classical music, composer (born in 1846)

30

Birth of Aldo ParisotThat year: 1918, Classical music, Brazilian-American music educator and cellist (dead in 2018)

October


03

Birth of Else LiebesbergThat year: 1918, Classical music, Austrian singer and opera singer (dead in 1996)

07

Hubert Parry

Death of Hubert ParryThat year: 1918, Classical music, English composer, teacher and historian of music (born in 1848)

08

Károly Aggházy

Death of Károly AggházyThat year: 1918, Classical music, Pianist, composer (born in 1855)

11

Death of Eugène ThomasThat year: 1918, Classical music, composer (born in 1841)

12

Death of Émile Étienne GuimetThat year: 1918, Classical music, French businessman (born in 1836)

Death of Pedro GailhardThat year: 1918, Classical music, French opera singer and theatre director (born in 1848)

Death of A. D. GorodtsovThat year: 1918, Classical music, opera singer, lawyer (born in 1857)

13

António Fragoso

Death of António FragosoThat year: 1918, Classical music, Portuguese composer (born in 1897)

Death of Charles Joseph FrostThat year: 1918, Classical music, composer (born in 1848)

14

Birth of Ellen FaullThat year: 1918, Classical music, American operatic soprano singer (dead in 2008)

Death of Wilhelm WeberThat year: 1918, Classical music, composer (born in 1859)

15

Death of Antonio CotogniThat year: 1918, Classical music, Italian opera singer (born in 1831)

Death of Alois Ladislav VymetalThat year: 1918, Classical music, Czech composer (born in 1865)

David Hochstein

Death of David HochsteinThat year: 1918, Classical music, composer (born in 1892)

16

Felix Arndt

Death of Felix ArndtThat year: 1918, Classical music, American pianist and composer (born in 1889)

Birth of Géori BouéThat year: 1918, Classical music, French opera singer (dead in 2017)

17

Death of Ludvík LošťákThat year: 1918, Classical music, Czech poet and composer (born in 1862)

18

Charles Crozat Converse

Death of Charles Crozat ConverseThat year: 1918, Classical music, United States attorney and composer (born in 1832)

Death of František PickaThat year: 1918, Classical music, Czech conductor, composer, choirmaster and organist (born in 1873)

20

Death of Roger BoucherThat year: 1918, Classical music, French composer and organist (born in 1885)

Joseph Boulnois

Death of Joseph BoulnoisThat year: 1918, Classical music, French organist and composer (born in 1884)

24

Charles Lecocq

Death of Charles LecocqThat year: 1918, Classical music, French composer (born in 1832)

Death of Marianne ScharwenkaThat year: 1918, Classical music, German musician (born in 1856)

Death of Karel BastlThat year: 1918, Classical music, Czech violinist and composer (born in 1873)

25

Death of Berardo BerardiThat year: 1918, Classical music, Italian opera singer (born in 1878)

26

Birth of Eric EricsonThat year: 1918, Classical music, Swedish conductor (dead in 2013)

28

Death of Lillian Polychron HansenThat year: 1918, Classical music, Norwegian opera singer (born in 1890)

Death of Georges CucuëlThat year: 1918, Classical music, composer (born in 1884)

29

Death of Rudolf TobiasThat year: 1918, Classical music, Estonian composer (born in 1873)

Death of Philippe BérotThat year: 1918, Classical music, composer

31

Théophile Laforge

Death of Théophile LaforgeThat year: 1918, Classical music, French musician (born in 1863)

Birth of Dagmar HermannThat year: 1918, Classical music, Austrian opera singer (dead in 1997)

November


02

Birth of Mikhail Petrovich KrasnovThat year: 1918, Classical music, musician, flautist (dead in 1998)

04

Death of Joaquín Valverde SanjuánThat year: 1918, Classical music, Spanish composer (born in 1875)

Death of Marie BobillierThat year: 1918, Classical music, French musicologist (born in 1858)

05

Death of Tom DobsonThat year: 1918, Classical music, composer (born in 1890)

06

Death of Josep Martí i CristiàThat year: 1918, Classical music, Spanish composer (1884-1918) (born in 1884)

Death of Faith Helen RogersThat year: 1918, Classical music, composer (born in 1886)

09

Death of Max JentschThat year: 1918, Classical music, composer (born in 1855)

11

Birth of Jürg BaurThat year: 1918, Classical music, German composer (dead in 2010)

Death of Richard HofmannThat year: 1918, Classical music, German composer (born in 1844)

12

Birth of Bartolomej UrbanecThat year: 1918, Classical music, Slovak composer and conductor (1918-1983) (dead in 1983)

14

Jean Madeira

Birth of Jean MadeiraThat year: 1918, Classical music, singer (dead in 1972)

15

Death of Georges AntoineThat year: 1918, Classical music, Belgian composer (born in 1892)

18

Death of Augusto StresserThat year: 1918, Classical music, Brazilian composer (born in 1871)

20

Death of Jules CapriThat year: 1918, Classical music, composer, pianist (born in 1831)

26

Birth of Stig WesterbergThat year: 1918, Classical music, Swedish conductor (dead in 1999)

28

Alexis Contant

Death of Alexis ContantThat year: 1918, Classical music, Canadian composer, pianist and educator (born in 1858)

30

Birth of Kurt HübenthalThat year: 1918, Classical music, German opera singer (dead in 2007)

Birth of Alceo BocchinoThat year: 1918, Classical music, Brazilian conductor and composer (dead in 2013)

December


01

Birth of Platon MaiborodaThat year: 1918, Classical music, Ukrainian composer (dead in 1989)

02

Death of Thorleif AllumThat year: 1918, Classical music, Swedish actor (born in 1882)

03

Death of Anders HeyerdahlThat year: 1918, Classical music, Norwegian musician (born in 1832)

07

Birth of Tibor NádasThat year: 1918, Classical music, Hungarian singer (dead in 1995)

08

Gérard Souzay

Birth of Gérard SouzayThat year: 1918, Classical music, French opera singer (dead in 2004)

10

Birth of Gulkhar HasanovaThat year: 1918, Classical music, Azerbaijani opera singer (dead in 2005)

13

Death of Nikolaj Nikolaevič FignerThat year: 1918, Classical music, Russian singer and opera singer (born in 1857)

Death of Hermann ErlerThat year: 1918, Classical music, German composer and publisher (born in 1844)

14

Premiere of Gianni SchicchiThat year: 1918, Classical music (Opera), Giacomo Puccini

Premiere of Il tabarroThat year: 1918, Classical music (Opera), Giacomo Puccini

Premiere of Suor AngelicaThat year: 1918, Classical music (Opera), Giacomo Puccini

16

Death of Jacques ManheitThat year: 1918, Classical music, (1859--1918) opera singer, voice teacher (born in 1859)

18

Alfred Scott-Gatty

Death of Alfred Scott-GattyThat year: 1918, Classical music, long serving officer of arms at the College of Arms in London and a successful composer (born in 1847)

Death of Henryk JareckiThat year: 1918, Classical music, Polish conductor, composer and music educator (born in 1846)

Death of Frank ThorntonThat year: 1918, Classical music, British actor and singer (born in 1845)

20

Birth of Ernst GruberThat year: 1918, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1979)

21

Birth of Ashir KulievThat year: 1918, Classical music, Soviet composer and music educator (1918-2000) (dead in 2000)

23

Zara Nelsova

Birth of Zara NelsovaThat year: 1918, Classical music, Canadian musician (dead in 2002)

Tony Poncet

Birth of Tony PoncetThat year: 1918, Classical music, French opera singer (dead in 1979)

25

Birth of David JosefowitzThat year: 1918, Classical music, British conductor and violinist (1918-2015) (dead in 2015)

26

Bertram Luard-Selby

Death of Bertram Luard-SelbyThat year: 1918, Classical music, British composer and organist (born in 1853)

28

Birth of Vasiliy DulskiyThat year: 1918, Classical music, Soviet conductor, hornist and composer (dead in 1993)

29

Mado Robin

Birth of Mado RobinThat year: 1918, Classical music, French coloratura soprano (dead in 1960)


This was also in 1918

Inception: Bochumer SymphonikerThat year: 1918, Classical music (Germany). Birth of Mesude ÇağlayanThat year: 1918, Classical music, Turkish opera singer (dead in 2011). Inception: National Symphony Orchestra of UkraineThat year: 1918, Classical music (Ukraine). Death of Thomas AdamsThat year: 1918, Classical music, English composer and organist, born 1857 (born in 1857). Death of Annie Louise DavidThat year: 1918, Classical music, composer (born in 1891). Birth of Andrey SokolovThat year: 1918, Classical music, Soviet Russian singer (dead in 1984). Death of James Cartwright MacyThat year: 1918, Classical music, composer (born in 1845). Death of John Harrison TenneyThat year: 1918, Classical music, composer (born in 1840). Inception: Brooklyn TabernacleThat year: 1918, Classical music (United States of America). Death of Carl SchatzThat year: 1918, Classical music, composer (born in 1850). Death of Sarah LancasterThat year: 1918, Classical music, composer (born in 1834). Death of Bogumil ZeplerThat year: 1918, Classical music, composer (born in 1858). Inception: Slovene National Theatre Opera and Ballet CompanyThat year: 1918, Classical music (Slovenia). Inception: Iași "Moldova" Philharmonic OrchestraThat year: 1918, Classical music (Romania). Inception: Orchestre de la Suisse RomandeThat year: 1918, Classical music (Switzerland). Death of Alessandro ArcangeliThat year: 1918, Classical music, Italian opera singer (born in 1871). Death of Michał HertzThat year: 1918, Classical music, composer (born in 1844). Inception: Rotterdam Philharmonic OrchestraThat year: 1918, Classical music (Kingdom of the Netherlands). Death of Johanna van Hasselt-BarthThat year: 1918, Classical music, music pedagogue, opera singer (born in 1841). Inception: Melrose Symphony OrchestraThat year: 1918, Classical music (United States of America). Death of Ladislav AloisThat year: 1918, Classical music, composer, pianist, cellist (born in 1860). Death of Charles HambitzerThat year: 1918, Classical music, American musician, teacher of George Gershwin (born in 1878). Death of Oskar RiedingThat year: 1918, Classical music, German composer, اهنگساز المانی (born in 1840). Death of Paolo WulmanThat year: 1918, Classical music, opera singer, singer, teacher (born in 1863). Death of Monroe H. RosenfeldThat year: 1918, Classical music, American journalist and composer (born in 1861). Death of Joseph WinnerThat year: 1918, Classical music, American composer, music publisher (born in 1837). Inception: Cleveland OrchestraThat year: 1918, Classical music (United States of America). Death of Aleksandr KuznetsovThat year: 1918, Classical music, composer, cellist (born in 1847). Inception: Brown University OrchestraThat year: 1918, Classical music (United States of America). Death of Józef SierosławskiThat year: 1918, Classical music, composer . Death of Frédéric BinetThat year: 1918, Classical music, composer (born in 1862).

Works (composition or publishing)
  • Camille Saint-Saëns (age 83)
    • Vers la victoire, Op. 152 (Work for choir)
    • Marche interalliée, Op. 155 (Work for chamber orchestra)
    • L'Air de la pendule (Work for chamber orchestra)
  • Leoš Janáček (age 64)
    • The Czech Legion (Work for choir)
    • Slezské písně (ze sbírky Heleny Salichové) (Song, lied)
  • Edward Elgar (age 61)
    • Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85That year: 1918, Classical music (Work for orchestra with soloist), published in 1920
    • Big Steamers (Work for choir)
    • String Quartet in E minor, Op. 83 (Work for chamber orchestra)
    • Piano Quintet in A minor, Op. 84 (Work for chamber orchestra)
    • Violin Sonata in E minor, Op. 82 (Work for chamber orchestra)
  • Claude Debussy (age 56)
    • Estampes (orchestre) (Work for orchestra)
    • La Boîte à joujoux (Ballet)
  • Richard Strauss (age 54)
    • 6 Lieder, Opp. 68 (Song, lied)
    • Krämerspiegel, Opp. 66 (Song, lied)
    • 3 Lieder, Opp. 67 (Song, lied)
    • 3 Lieder from “Hamlet” (Shakespeare), Opp. 67 (Song, lied)
    • 5 Lieder, Opp. 69 (Song, lied)
  • Alexander Glazunov (age 53)
    • Romance of Nina from the play "Masquerada", Op. 102 (Incidental music)
    • Poems-Improvisations in G minor and E minor (Work for soloist)
    • Song of the Volga-skippers, Op. 97 (Work for choir)
  • Jean Sibelius (age 53)
    • Our Fatherland, Op. 92 (Work for choir)
  • Erik Satie (age 52)
    • Musique d'ameublementThat year: 1918, Classical music (Work for chamber orchestra)
    • Socrate, "drame symphonique"That year: 1918, Classical music (Song, lied)
  • Gustav Holst (age 44)
    • I vow to thee, my countryThat year: 1918, Classical music (Work for choir)
    • The Perfect Fool, Op. 39That year: 1918, Classical music (Opera)
  • Arnold Schoenberg (age 44)
    • Measured, but very expressive (Work for soloist)
  • Maurice Ravel (age 43)
    • Le Tombeau de Couperin (orch.), Op. 68aThat year: 1918, Classical music (Work for orchestra), composed in 1917
    • Le Tombeau de Couperin, Opp. 68That year: 1918, Classical music (Work for soloist), composed in 1917
    • Frontispiece, Op. 70 (Work for chamber orchestra)
  • Béla Bartók (age 37)
    • The Miraculous Mandarin, Op. 19 list 3That year: 1918, Classical music (Ballet)
    • Allegro barbaroThat year: 1918, Classical music (Work for soloist), composed in 1911
    • Suite, Op. 14 list 3 (Work for soloist), composed in 1916
    • 15 Hungarian Peasant Songs (Work for soloist)
    • 3 Hungarian Folksongs (Work for soloist), published in 1914
    • Studies, Op. 18 list 3 (Work for soloist)
  • Igor Stravinsky (age 36)
    • 4 Studies for orchestra (Work for orchestra), composed in 1928
    • Berceuse (Song, lied)
  • Zoltán Kodály (age 36)
    • 5 Songs, Opp. 9 (Song, lied)
    • String Quartet No. 2, Op. 10 (Work for chamber orchestra)
  • Sergei Prokofiev (age 27)
    • Tales of an Old Grandmother, Op. 31 (Work for soloist)
    • Seven, They Are Seven, Op. 30 (Work for choir), published in 1917
    • 4 Pieces for piano, Opp. 32 (Work for soloist)
  • Darius Milhaud (age 26)
    • L'Homme et son désir, Op. 48 (Ballet)
    • L'ours et la lune (Incidental music)
    • Chamber Symphony No. 2, Op. 49, “Pastorale” (Work for orchestra)
    • Sonata for flute, oboe, clarinet and piano, Op. 47 (Work for chamber orchestra)
    • String Quartet No. 4, Op. 46 (Work for chamber orchestra)
    • 2 Poems, Opp. 39 (Song, lied)
    • 2 Poèmes tupis, Opp. 52 (Song, lied)
    • 2 Short Aria, Opp. 51 (Song, lied)
    • 4 Poems, Opp. 50 (Song, lied)
    • Psalm CXXXVI (136), Op. 53 No. 1 (Work for choir)
  • Arthur Honegger (age 26)
    • The Death of Saint Alméenne (Opera)
    • Le Dit des jeux du monde (Ballet)
    • First Sonata for violin and piano in C-sharp minor (Work for chamber orchestra)
  • Francis Poulenc (age 19)
    • 3 Mouvements perpétuels, Opp. 14 (Work for soloist)
    • Sonata, Op. 7 (Work for chamber orchestra)
    • Toréador, Chanson hispano-italienne, Op. 11 (Song, lied)
    • Sonata for piano 4 hands, Op. 8 (Work for soloist)
  • Aaron Copland (age 18)
    • A Summer Vacation (Song, lied)
    • My Heart is in the East (Song, lied)
    • Night (Song, lied)

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