1927, from day to day
1927. With other artists, Béla Bartók, Maurice Ravel and Arnold Schoenberg influenced their time (modern & contemporary era). That year would see the birth of future classical or lyrical artists, such as Mstislav Rostropovich, while others would disappear. That year, new works would be composed, published or performed for the first time in public, such as “Œdipus Rex” de Igor Stravinsky, for example. That year, halls or orchestras would be founded or ceased to operate.
All these moments, more or less notable, make the year 1927 a page in the history of classical and lyrical music to be discovered or rediscovered. soclassiq currently lists more than 360 of these moments for 1927.
The year 1927 in classical music and in lyrical art
January
01
Birth of Juliusz Łuciuk That year: 1927, Classical music, Polish composer (dead in 2020)
02
Birth of Hilda Hölzl That year: 1927, Classical music, singer (dead in 1992)
04
Death of Eugen Grüel That year: 1927, Classical music, composer (born in 1847)
05
Birth of Sonja Draksler That year: 1927, Classical music, Austrian opera singer (1927-2016) (dead in 2016)
06
Birth of David Ohanesian That year: 1927, Classical music, Romanian opera singer (dead in 2007)
Birth of Levon Geokhlanyan That year: 1927, Classical music, Armenian Soviet opera singer
07
Death of Nikolay Potolovsky That year: 1927, Classical music, composer (born in 1878)
08
Birth of Zbigniew Frieman That year: 1927, Classical music, conductor, violist (dead in 2019)
09
Birth of Jean Kraft That year: 1927, Classical music, American operatic singer (1927-2021) (dead in 2021)
12
Death of Edmond Duvernoy That year: 1927, Classical music, French opera singer (born in 1844)
Birth of Salvatore Martirano That year: 1927, Classical music, American composer (dead in 1995)
Birth of André Luy That year: 1927, Classical music, Swiss organist and musicologist (1927-2005) (dead in 2005)
13
Death of William Barclay Squire That year: 1927, Classical music, British musicologist, librarian and librettist (1855-1927) (born in 1855)
Birth of Luigj Gurakuqi That year: 1927, Classical music, director, opera singer, translator, film director (dead in 2002)
Death of Marius Blanc That year: 1927, Classical music, composer (born in 1882)
14
Birth of Gotthard Kronstein That year: 1927, Classical music, German singer and opera singer (1927-1997) (dead in 1997)
15
Death of Julien Koszul That year: 1927, Classical music, French organist (1844-1927) (born in 1844)
19
Inauguration: Saenger Theatre That year: 1927, Classical music (Mobile, United States of America)
22
Birth of Hans Günter Nöcker That year: 1927, Classical music, German operatic bass (1927-2019) (dead in 2019)
23
Birth of Dorothy Irving That year: 1927, Classical music, Swedish-British singer (dead in 2018)
Birth of Aloyzas Domeika That year: 1927, Classical music, Lithuanian singer (dead in 2008)
26
Birth of Tadeusz Natanson That year: 1927, Classical music, Polish composer (dead in 1990)
29
Birth of Peter Minich That year: 1927, Classical music, Austrian singer and opera singer (dead in 2013)
Death of Grace Van Studdiford That year: 1927, Classical music, American singer and actress (1873-1927) (born in 1873)
30
Death of Friedrich Koch That year: 1927, Classical music, German composer, cellist and teacher (born in 1862)
Death of Ferdinando Russo That year: 1927, Classical music, Italian journalist, poet and lyricist (born in 1866)
31
Death of Rudolf del Zopp That year: 1927, Classical music, Austrian actor, film director, screenwriter, singer and opera singer (born in 1861)
February
01
Birth of Flaviano Labò That year: 1927, Classical music, Italian opera singer (dead in 1991)
03
Birth of Claire Watson That year: 1927, Classical music, singer (dead in 1986)
04
Death of Thomas Laub That year: 1927, Classical music, Danish organist and composer (1852-1927) (born in 1852)
Death of Giuseppina Borsi de Giuli That year: 1927, Classical music, Italian mezzo-soprano
Birth of Lucia Danieli That year: 1927, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 2005)
07
Birth of Laurie Johnson That year: 1927, Classical music, British film and tv composer and bandleader
Death of Wilhelm Speiser That year: 1927, Classical music, German politician and merchant (1838-1927) (born in 1838)
08
Birth of Zdeněk Zouhar That year: 1927, Classical music, Czech music educator, music publicist and composer (1927-2011) (dead in 2011)
Birth of Pauli Kurikka That year: 1927, Classical music, television presenter, opera singer (dead in 2015)
10
Birth of Leontyne Price That year: 1927, Classical music, American soprano
Death of Laura Netzel That year: 1927, Classical music, Swedish composer, pianist, conductor (born in 1839)
Birth of Olav Eriksen That year: 1927, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1992)
11
Death of Joel Engel That year: 1927, Classical music, composer (born in 1868)
Birth of Michel Sénéchal That year: 1927, Classical music, French opera singer (dead in 2018)
Birth of Alexei Gorokhov That year: 1927, Classical music, Soviet musician (dead in 1999)
Birth of Heinz Fricke That year: 1927, Classical music, German musician (dead in 2015)
Birth of Ilse von Alpenheim That year: 1927, Classical music, Austrian pianist
12
Death of Fernand de Beaufranchet That year: 1927, Classical music, composer (born in 1845)
14
Birth of Laurel Hurley That year: 1927, Classical music, American soprano (dead in 2013)
Birth of Elizabeth Mawson That year: 1927, Classical music, Canadian mezzo-soprano singer (dead in 2008)
Death of Max Peters That year: 1927, Classical music, German composer (born in 1849)
15
Death of Traian Grozăvescu That year: 1927, Classical music, Romanian singer and opera singer (1895-1927) (born in 1895)
19
Death of Robert Fuchs That year: 1927, Classical music, Austrian composer and music teacher (born in 1847)
21
Premiere of Der Zarewitsch That year: 1927, Classical music (Opera), Franz Lehár
Birth of Pierre Mercure That year: 1927, Classical music, Canadian musician (dead in 1966)
22
Birth of Gigliola Frazzoni That year: 1927, Classical music, Italian opera singer (1927-2016) (dead in 2016)
23
Death of Sveinbjörn Sveinbjörnsson That year: 1927, Classical music, Icelandic composer (born in 1847)
Birth of Régine Crespin That year: 1927, Classical music, French singer (dead in 2007)
Death of Viktor Kalinnikov That year: 1927, Classical music, Russian choral composer, conductor and teacher (born in 1870)
Birth of Ivan Hrušovský That year: 1927, Classical music, Slovak composer and educator (1927-2001) (dead in 2001)
26
Death of Isabel Jay That year: 1927, Classical music, English singer and actress (1879–1927) (born in 1879)
Birth of Donald Gramm That year: 1927, Classical music, American opera singer (dead in 1983)
28
Birth of Ragnar Ulfung That year: 1927, Classical music, Norwegian singer
Birth of Gérard Devos That year: 1927, Classical music, French conductor (1927-2018) (dead in 2018)
March
01
Birth of Lucine Amara That year: 1927, Classical music, American soprano of Armenian descent
Birth of Anneliese Zänsler That year: 1927, Classical music, German opera singer (dead in 2023)
02
Birth of Witold Szalonek That year: 1927, Classical music, composer (dead in 2001)
Death of Ida Marie Lipsius That year: 1927, Classical music, German writer and music historian (born in 1837)
Death of William Edwin Ashmall That year: 1927, Classical music, composer (born in 1860)
03
Birth of Sonja Hočevar That year: 1927, Classical music, singer, opera singer
04
Death of Romain Octave Pelletier That year: 1927, Classical music, composer (born in 1843)
05
Death of Jules Jordan That year: 1927, Classical music, American composer (born in 1850)
06
Inauguration: Süreyya Opera House That year: 1927, Classical music (Istanbul, Turkey)
Birth of Norman Treigle That year: 1927, Classical music, American operatic bass-baritone (1927-1975) (dead in 1975)
07
Death of Leo Friedman That year: 1927, Classical music, American composer (born in 1869)
08
Birth of Josef Berg That year: 1927, Classical music, Czech composer (dead in 1971)
Birth of Hugo Avendaño That year: 1927, Classical music, singer (1927-1998) (dead in 1998)
Birth of Jaromír Podešva That year: 1927, Classical music, Czech music educator and composer (dead in 2000)
Birth of Nikolai Dmitrienko That year: 1927, Classical music, Soviet Russian actor (dead in 2005)
09
Birth of Jerzy Szymański That year: 1927, Classical music, Polish opera singer and bass (dead in 2015)
10
Death of Michalina Frenkiel-Niwińska That year: 1927, Classical music, Polish opera singer (born in 1868)
13
Birth of André Charlet That year: 1927, Classical music, Swiss choir director and conductor (dead in 2014)
16
Death of Miloš Lihovecký That year: 1927, Classical music, composer, folklorist, teacher, cleric (born in 1862)
17
Birth of Betty Allen That year: 1927, Classical music, American singer (1927-2009) (dead in 2009)
19
Birth of Josef Vodák That year: 1927, Classical music, Czech composer, choirmaster and organist (1927-2018) (dead in 2018)
20
Birth of John Joubert That year: 1927, Classical music, British composer of South African descent (dead in 2019)
21
Birth of Stanislav Neuhaus That year: 1927, Classical music, Russian musician (dead in 1980)
27
Birth of Mstislav Rostropovich That year: 1927, Classical music, Russian cellist and conductor (1927-2007) (dead in 2007)
Death of Carl Prohaska That year: 1927, Classical music, Austrian composer (born in 1869)
30
Birth of Karola Ágai That year: 1927, Classical music, Hungarian singer (dead in 2010)
Birth of Barry Morell That year: 1927, Classical music, American opera singer (dead in 2003)
April
02
Birth of Jerzy Katlewicz That year: 1927, Classical music, Polish conductor (1927-2015) (dead in 2015)
03
Birth of Ladislav Burlas That year: 1927, Classical music, composer, music teacher, musicologist, music theorist
Birth of Pierre D'Archambeau That year: 1927, Classical music, Belgian violinist (dead in 2014)
06
Birth of Bogna Sokorska That year: 1927, Classical music, Polish singer and opera singer (1927-2002) (dead in 2002)
09
Birth of Jaroslav Foltýn That year: 1927, Classical music, Czech conductor, music educator and composer (dead in 2020)
10
Birth of Luigi Alva That year: 1927, Classical music, Peruvian opera tenor
12
Birth of Thomas Hemsley That year: 1927, Classical music, British opera singer (dead in 2013)
Birth of Günther Leib That year: 1927, Classical music, German singer and opera singer
14
Birth of Magda Marsay That year: 1927, Classical music, opera singer, voice teacher (1927-2012) (dead in 2012)
15
Birth of Helena Arizmendi That year: 1927, Classical music, Argentine opera singer (dead in 2015)
16
Birth of Marie Collier That year: 1927, Classical music, Australian opera soprano (1927-1971) (dead in 1971)
Death of Rosa Sucher That year: 1927, Classical music, German operatic soprano (1849-1927) (born in 1849)
17
Birth of Graziella Sciutti That year: 1927, Classical music, Italian soprano, vocal teacher and opera producer (dead in 2001)
Birth of Květa Belanová That year: 1927, Classical music, opera singer
20
Birth of Enzo Sordello That year: 1927, Classical music, Operatic baritone (dead in 2008)
21
Birth of Robert Savoie That year: 1927, Classical music, Canadian opera singer (dead in 2007)
Birth of Suzanne Sarroca That year: 1927, Classical music, French singer (dead in 2023)
22
Birth of Pascal Bentoiu That year: 1927, Classical music, Romanian composer and musicologist (dead in 2016)
23
Inauguration: Afundación Theatre That year: 1927, Classical music (Vigo, Spain)
25
Birth of Siegfried Palm That year: 1927, Classical music, German cellist (dead in 2005)
26
Birth of Anita Darian That year: 1927, Classical music, singer and actress (dead in 2015)
27
Birth of Pierre Vidal That year: 1927, Classical music, French composer (dead in 2010)
Also in April
Inauguration: White Rock Theatre That year: 1927, Classical music (Hastings, United Kingdom) .
May
01
Birth of Gary Bertini That year: 1927, Classical music, Israeli composer and conductor (dead in 2005)
03
Birth of David Rosenmann-Taub That year: 1927, Classical music, Chilean writer and musician (dead in 2023)
Death of Ernest Ball That year: 1927, Classical music, American musician (born in 1878)
Birth of Drahomíra Královcová That year: 1927, Classical music, opera singer
05
Birth of Charles Rosen That year: 1927, Classical music, American pianist and writer on music (dead in 2012)
07
Birth of Elisabeth Söderström That year: 1927, Classical music, Swedish opera singer (1927-2009) (dead in 2009)
09
Death of Lucrècia Arana That year: 1927, Classical music, Spanish singer (1867-1927) (born in 1867)
10
Birth of Eva Knardahl That year: 1927, Classical music, Norwegian musician (1927-2006) (dead in 2006)
14
Birth of Jutta Meyfarth That year: 1927, Classical music, German singer and opera singer
15
Birth of Consuelo Rubio That year: 1927, Classical music, Spanish singer (1927-1981) (dead in 1981)
16
Birth of Paul Angerer That year: 1927, Classical music, Austrian violist, conductor and composer (dead in 2017)
Birth of Pavlina Apostolova That year: 1927, Classical music, Yugoslav opera singer (dead in 2018)
21
Birth of Pia Košuta Cicciari That year: 1927, Classical music, Italian opera singer
Death of Alphonse Catherine That year: 1927, Classical music, composer (born in 1868)
Death of Sr., Gerhard Theodore Alexis That year: 1927, Classical music, composer (born in 1889)
24
Birth of Jadwiga Wysoczanská That year: 1927, Classical music, Czech opera singer (1927-2021) (dead in 2021)
26
Birth of John Modinos That year: 1927, Classical music, Cypriot baritone (1927-2011) (dead in 2011)
Death of Lucien Gates Chaffin That year: 1927, Classical music, composer (born in 1846)
29
Birth of Kurt Leo Sourisseaux That year: 1927, Classical music, German singer and opera singer (dead in 2015)
30
Premiere of Œdipus Rex That year: 1927, Classical music (Opera), Igor Stravinsky
Death of Max Büttner That year: 1927, Classical music, German baritone singer (1859-1927) (born in 1859)
31
Death of Giuseppe Campanari That year: 1927, Classical music, Italian musician (born in 1855)
June
02
Death of Friedrich Hegar That year: 1927, Classical music, Swiss composer, conductor and violinist (1841-1927) (born in 1841)
Birth of André Vandernoot That year: 1927, Classical music, Belgian conductor (dead in 1991)
04
Death of Paul Lacombe That year: 1927, Classical music, French musician (born in 1837)
08
Birth of Çesk Zadeja That year: 1927, Classical music, Albanian composer (1927-1997) (dead in 1997)
Birth of Arthur Eisen That year: 1927, Classical music, Russian actor and opera singer (1927-2008) (dead in 2008)
Birth of Robert Allman That year: 1927, Classical music, Australian operatic singer (dead in 2013)
Death of Ernst Urbach That year: 1927, Classical music, German composer, arranger and flutist (born in 1872)
09
Birth of Franco Donatoni That year: 1927, Classical music, Italian composer (dead in 2000)
Death of George Oakey That year: 1927, Classical music, composer (born in 1841)
18
Birth of Róbert Ilosfalvy That year: 1927, Classical music, Hungarian opera singer (1927-2009) (dead in 2009)
Birth of Simeon Pironkov That year: 1927, Classical music, Bulgarian composer (dead in 2000)
19
Birth of Karel Kupka That year: 1927, Classical music, Czech composer and choirmaster (1927-1985) (dead in 1985)
21
Birth of Liane Croon That year: 1927, Classical music, German actress and opera singer (dead in 2000)
23
Birth of Kenneth McKellar That year: 1927, Classical music, Scottish tenor (dead in 2010)
Death of Aloys Pennarini That year: 1927, Classical music, Austrian opera singer and singer (born in 1870)
24
Death of Antonín Barcal That year: 1927, Classical music, singer, opera singer, director, voice teacher (born in 1847)
26
Birth of Hanns Petersen That year: 1927, Classical music, German teacher, opera and pop singer (1927-2006) (dead in 2006)
27
Death of Théophile Hirlemann That year: 1927, Classical music, composer (born in 1855)
30
Birth of Patricia Snell That year: 1927, Classical music, Canadian singer and opera singer
July
01
Premiere of Piano Concerto No. 1 That year: 1927, Classical music (Work for orchestra with soloist), Béla Bartók
Death of Kazimiera Niewiarowska That year: 1927, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1890)
03
Death of Anastazja Szczepkowska That year: 1927, Classical music, singer (born in 1850)
04
Birth of Patricia Kern That year: 1927, Classical music, Welsh opera singer (1927-2015) (dead in 2015)
06
Death of Adrià Esquerrà i Codina That year: 1927, Classical music, Spanish businessperson and composer (born in 1873)
07
Birth of Doc Severinsen That year: 1927, Classical music, American jazz trumpeter
Death of Axel von Kothen That year: 1927, Classical music, Finnish singer and composer (born in 1871)
Birth of John Fryatt That year: 1927, Classical music, British actor and opera singer (1927-2011) (dead in 2011)
Birth of Vytautas Blažys That year: 1927, Classical music, Lithuanian opera singer (1927-1996) (dead in 1996)
08
Death of Rudolf von Milde That year: 1927, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1859)
11
Birth of Herbert Blomstedt That year: 1927, Classical music, Swedish conductor
12
Birth of Françoys Bernier That year: 1927, Classical music, Canadian music conductor and educator (1927-1993) (dead in 1993)
13
Death of Izydor Lotto That year: 1927, Classical music, Polish violinist and composer (born in 1840)
14
Birth of Bi Chunfang That year: 1927, Classical music, Chinese opera singer (dead in 2016)
16
Birth of Serge Baudo That year: 1927, Classical music, French conductor
17
Death of Luise Adolpha Le Beau That year: 1927, Classical music, German composer (born in 1850)
18
Birth of Kurt Masur That year: 1927, Classical music, German conductor (1927-2015) (dead in 2015)
Death of Pierre-Émile Engel That year: 1927, Classical music, French opera singer (born in 1847)
Birth of Edith Kertész-Gabry That year: 1927, Classical music, opera singer (1927-2012) (dead in 2012)
19
Birth of John Hopkins That year: 1927, Classical music, Australian conductor (dead in 2013)
20
Birth of Michael Gielen That year: 1927, Classical music, Austrian conductor (dead in 2019)
21
Birth of Vlastimil Lejsek That year: 1927, Classical music, Czech pianist and composer (dead in 2010)
Death of Henriette Fuchs That year: 1927, Classical music, opera singer, music critic (born in 1841)
22
Birth of Lars Frydén That year: 1927, Classical music, Swedish violinist (1927-2001) (dead in 2001)
23
Death of Sigrid Wolf That year: 1927, Classical music, Norwegian opera singer (born in 1863)
24
Birth of Wilfred Josephs That year: 1927, Classical music, British composer (1927-1997) (dead in 1997)
Birth of Zuqiang Wu That year: 1927, Classical music, Chinese composer (dead in 2022)
29
Birth of Carl Bay That year: 1927, Classical music, German singer and opera singer (1927-2014) (dead in 2014)
31
Birth of Dermot Troy That year: 1927, Classical music, Irish opera singer (dead in 1962)
August
03
Death of Maria Galvany That year: 1927, Classical music, Spanish soprano (born in 1875)
04
Birth of Jess Thomas That year: 1927, Classical music, American opera singer (dead in 1993)
05
Death of Joseph O'Mara That year: 1927, Classical music, Irish singer (1864-1927) (born in 1864)
Death of Octave Lamart That year: 1927, Classical music, composer (born in 1868)
07
Death of Wilhelm Rudnick That year: 1927, Classical music, German church musician and composer (born in 1850)
10
Birth of Geneviève Dinand That year: 1927, Classical music, French pianist (1927-1987) (dead in 1987)
11
Birth of Raymond Leppard That year: 1927, Classical music, British conductor and harpsichordist (1927-2019) (dead in 2019)
12
Birth of Ivan Růžička That year: 1927, Classical music, Czech conductor, actor and composer (1927-2014) (dead in 2014)
Birth of Milan Novák That year: 1927, Classical music, composer (dead in 2021)
13
Death of Hermann Abert That year: 1927, Classical music, German musicologist (born in 1871)
Death of Árpád Doppler That year: 1927, Classical music, Hungarian-German composer (1857-1927) (born in 1857)
15
Birth of Rino Loddo That year: 1927, Classical music, Italian opera singer (dead in 1988)
Birth of René Klopfenstein That year: 1927, Classical music, Swiss conductor (1927-1984) (dead in 1984)
20
Death of Fannie Bloomfield Zeisler That year: 1927, Classical music, American musician (born in 1863)
21
Birth of Wilhelm Killmayer That year: 1927, Classical music, German composer and academic (dead in 2017)
Birth of Włodzimierz Gołobów That year: 1927, Classical music, Polish singer (dead in 2008)
23
Birth of Raimund Herincx That year: 1927, Classical music, British opera singer (dead in 2018)
28
Birth of Nicolae Herlea That year: 1927, Classical music, Romanian singer (dead in 2014)
Birth of Jo Sullivan Loesser That year: 1927, Classical music, American actress and singer (1927-2019) (dead in 2019)
Death of Alfred Patzig That year: 1927, Classical music, composer (born in 1850)
30
Birth of Piet Kee That year: 1927, Classical music, Dutch organist and composer (dead in 2018)
September
01
Birth of Henry Peyrottes That year: 1927, Classical music, French singer (1927-2012) (dead in 2012)
Birth of Margarita Gonzalez Ontiveros That year: 1927, Classical music, Mexican opera mezzo-soprano (dead in 2006)
03
Death of Ralph Lyford That year: 1927, Classical music, American composer and conductor (born in 1882)
10
Birth of Johnny Keating That year: 1927, Classical music, British musician (dead in 2015)
11
Birth of Claudia Parada That year: 1927, Classical music, Chilean opera singer (dead in 2016)
12
Birth of Mathé Altéry That year: 1927, Classical music, French opera singer
13
Birth of Melitta Muszely That year: 1927, Classical music, Austrian opera singer (1927–2023) (dead in 2023)
16
Birth of Jeffrey Skitch That year: 1927, Classical music, Australian-British singer, actor and teacher (dead in 2013)
19
Premiere of String Quartet No. 3, Op. 30 That year: 1927, Classical music (Work for chamber orchestra), Arnold Schoenberg
20
Birth of John Dankworth That year: 1927, Classical music, British musician (1927-2010) (dead in 2010)
24
Birth of Richard Swift That year: 1927, Classical music, American composer (dead in 2003)
Birth of Marija Bedarfaitė That year: 1927, Classical music, Lithuanian opera singer
25
Birth of Colin Davis That year: 1927, Classical music, British conductor (dead in 2013)
28
Birth of Naum Shtarkman That year: 1927, Classical music, Russian musician (dead in 2006)
29
Birth of Gastone Limarilli That year: 1927, Classical music, Italian opera singer (1927-1998) (dead in 1998)
30
Birth of Hossein Dehlavi That year: 1927, Classical music, musician and composer (dead in 2019)
October
02
Birth of Günther Hofmann That year: 1927, Classical music, German opera baritone (1927-2013) (dead in 2013)
04
Birth of Aysoeloe Baykadamova That year: 1927, Classical music, Soviet opera singer (1927-1992) (dead in 1992)
05
Birth of Karin Langebo That year: 1927, Classical music, Swedish opera singer and harpist (dead in 2019)
06
Birth of Paul Badura-Skoda That year: 1927, Classical music, Austrian musician (1927-2019) (dead in 2019)
07
Premiere of Das Wunder der Heliane, Op. 20 That year: 1927, Classical music (Opera), Erich Wolfgang Korngold
08
Death of Ange Flégier That year: 1927, Classical music, French composer (born in 1846)
09
Birth of Włodzimierz Lwowicz That year: 1927, Classical music, Polish opera singer (1927-2002) (dead in 2002)
10
Birth of Thomas Wilson That year: 1927, Classical music, Scottish composer (1927-2001) (dead in 2001)
12
Death of Joseph Feehrer That year: 1927, Classical music, composer (born in 1838)
20
Death of Mikhail Ivanov That year: 1927, Classical music, Russian composer (born in 1849)
23
Birth of Christoph Stepp That year: 1927, Classical music, conductor (dead in 2014)
Death of Julian H. W. Nesbitt That year: 1927, Classical music, composer (born in 1877)
25
Birth of Claude Heater That year: 1927, Classical music, American opera singer (1927-2020) (dead in 2020)
26
Birth of Julian Patrick That year: 1927, Classical music, American opera singer (1927-2009) (dead in 2009)
27
Birth of Dominick Argento That year: 1927, Classical music, American composer (1927-2019) (dead in 2019)
Birth of Jiří Matys That year: 1927, Classical music, Czech composer and educator (1927-2016) (dead in 2016)
28
Death of Eaton Faning That year: 1927, Classical music, British composer and educator (born in 1850)
November
04
Death of Ole Olsen That year: 1927, Classical music, Norwegian conductor, composer and musicologist (born in 1850)
05
Premiere of Symphony No. 2 in B major, Op. 14, “October” That year: 1927, Classical music (Work for orchestra), Dmitri Shostakovich
06
Death of Alessandro Liberati That year: 1927, Classical music, composer (born in 1847)
08
Birth of Ingrid Bjoner That year: 1927, Classical music, Norwegian soprano (1927-2006) (dead in 2006)
Birth of Ivo Vinco That year: 1927, Classical music, Italian opera singer (dead in 2014)
Birth of Jan Joris That year: 1927, Classical music, opera singer, conductor (dead in 2011)
09
Birth of Huang Xiaofei That year: 1927, Classical music, Chinese composer and conductor
Birth of Maurice Moerlen That year: 1927, Classical music, French organist (dead in 2014)
10
Birth of Nicolae Florei That year: 1927, Classical music, Romanian opera singer (dead in 2000)
Birth of Dagmar Průšová That year: 1927, Classical music, opera singer
12
Birth of Rimantas Siparis That year: 1927, Classical music, Soviet singer and opera singer (1927-1990) (dead in 1990)
14
Birth of Narciso Yepes That year: 1927, Classical music, Spanish classical guitarist (dead in 1997)
Birth of Nóra Svéd That year: 1927, Classical music, Hungarian opera singer (1927–1982) (dead in 1982)
18
Birth of Hank Ballard That year: 1927, Classical music, American R&B recording artist; singer and songwriter (dead in 2003)
Birth of Georgia Ann Laster That year: 1927, Classical music, American singer (1927-1961) (dead in 1961)
20
Death of Wilhelm Stenhammar That year: 1927, Classical music, Swedish composer, pianist and conductor (born in 1871)
21
Death of Arthur Mancini That year: 1927, Classical music, composer (born in 1851)
24
Birth of Alfredo Kraus That year: 1927, Classical music, spanish tenor (dead in 1999)
Inauguration: Moscow Operetta State Academic Theatre That year: 1927, Classical music (Moscow, Russia)
26
Birth of Hildegard Hillebrecht That year: 1927, Classical music, German operatic soprano (1927-2018) (dead in 2018)
27
Birth of Guy Fallot That year: 1927, Classical music, French cellist (1927-2018) (dead in 2018)
28
Birth of Cvetka Ahlin That year: 1927, Classical music, Slovenian opera singer and mezzo-sopranist (dead in 1985)
30
Birth of Joachim Havard de la Montagne That year: 1927, Classical music, French organist and composer (dead in 2003)
Birth of Richard T. Gill That year: 1927, Classical music, American opera singer (dead in 2010)
Death of Célanie Carissan That year: 1927, Classical music, composer (born in 1843)
Also in November
Death of Luella Lockwood Moore That year: 1927, Classical music, American composer (born in 1864) .
December
02
Birth of Gaziza Zhubanova That year: 1927, Classical music, Kazakh composer (dead in 1993)
05
Death of Richard Eilenberg That year: 1927, Classical music, German composer (born in 1848)
06
Birth of Gé Korsten That year: 1927, Classical music, South African opera singer (dead in 1999)
Birth of Jacques Bondon That year: 1927, Classical music, French composer (dead in 2008)
07
Birth of Helen Watts That year: 1927, Classical music, Welsh opera singer (1927-2009) (dead in 2009)
Birth of Leo Berlin That year: 1927, Classical music, Swedish violinist (1927-2019) (dead in 2019)
08
Birth of Nikolay Manoylo That year: 1927, Classical music, Soviet singer and opera singer (1927-1998) (dead in 1998)
Birth of Marie Ovčačíková That year: 1927, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 2008)
09
Birth of Pierre Henry That year: 1927, Classical music, French composer (dead in 2017)
10
Death of Thomas Frederick Crane That year: 1927, Classical music, American folklorist, academic and lawyer (1844–1927) (born in 1844)
12
Premiere of Le Pauvre Matelot, Op. 92 That year: 1927, Classical music (Opera), Darius Milhaud
Death of Heinrich Rietsch That year: 1927, Classical music, Czech composer and musicologist (born in 1860)
13
Death of Jacqueline Seveste That year: 1927, Classical music, French opera singer (1844-1927) (born in 1844)
14
Birth of Richard Cassilly That year: 1927, Classical music, American opera singer (1927-1998) (dead in 1998)
16
Death of Hugh Archibald Clarke That year: 1927, Classical music, Canadian composer, organist and teacher (born in 1839)
17
Birth of Hans Rössling That year: 1927, Classical music, German opera singer (bass) (dead in 2013)
18
Death of René Esclavy That year: 1927, Classical music, composer
Death of Charles de Balorre That year: 1927, Classical music, composer (born in 1854)
21
Death of Courtice Pounds That year: 1927, Classical music, British singer and actor (1862-1927) (born in 1862)
23
Birth of Aleksandr Vedernikov That year: 1927, Classical music, Russian singer and opera singer (1927-2018) (dead in 2018)
Death of Philipp Brozel That year: 1927, Classical music, opera singer, music teacher (born in 1868)
24
Birth of Teresa Stich-Randall That year: 1927, Classical music, American singer (1927-2007) (dead in 2007)
25
Inauguration: Genesee Theatre That year: 1927, Classical music (Waukegan, United States of America)
28
Birth of Oleg Karavaychuk That year: 1927, Classical music, Russian composer (dead in 2016)
Premiere of Antigone That year: 1927, Classical music (Opera), Arthur Honegger
31
Death of Max Meyer-Olbersleben That year: 1927, Classical music, German musician (1850-1927) (born in 1850)
Birth of Jutta Vulpius That year: 1927, Classical music, German singer and opera singer (dead in 2016)
This was also in 1927
Death of Carlo Moreno That year: 1927, Classical music, composer (born in 1867) . Birth of Michiaki Okuda That year: 1927, Classical music, conductor (dead in 2009) . Inauguration: Salle Pleyel That year: 1927, Classical music (8th arrondissement of Paris, France). Death of Tecla Vigna That year: 1927, Classical music, Italian singer and educator . Death of Walter Francis Vreeland That year: 1927, Classical music, composer (born in 1868) . Death of Charles Macpherson That year: 1927, Classical music, British musician (born in 1870) . Birth of Valentina Savelievna Savitskaya That year: 1927, Classical music, Russian opera singer (dead in 2020) . Inception: Basel Boys Choir That year: 1927, Classical music. Death of Albert Kellermann That year: 1927, Classical music, composer (born in 1863) . Birth of Robert Austin Boudreau That year: 1927, Classical music . Death of Carlo Bodro That year: 1927, Classical music, Italian composer (born in 1850) . Inception: Asheville Symphony Orchestra That year: 1927, Classical music (United States of America). Inception: Nidaros Cathedral Boys' Choir That year: 1927, Classical music (Norway). Inception: Galimir Quartet That year: 1927, Classical music. Death of Isaac Doles That year: 1927, Classical music, composer (born in 1853) . Inauguration: Heinz Hall That year: 1927, Classical music (Pittsburgh, United States of America). Death of Sergei Yuferov That year: 1927, Classical music, Russian composer and pianist (born in 1865) . Birth of Eunice Alberts That year: 1927, Classical music, Contralto (dead in 2012) . Death of Rudolf Brinkmann That year: 1927, Classical music, German opera singer (1873-1927) (born in 1873) . Birth of Waldemar Maciszewski That year: 1927, Classical music, Polish musician (dead in 1956) . Birth of Janet Maguire That year: 1927, Classical music, American composer . Death of James Kwast That year: 1927, Classical music, Dutch-German pianist (1852–1927) (born in 1852) . Birth of Robert Mosley That year: 1927, Classical music, American opera singer (dead in 2002) . Death of Konstantin Antipov That year: 1927, Classical music, composer (born in 1859) . Inception: Antwerps Kathedraalkoor That year: 1927, Classical music. Death of Edouard Kann That year: 1927, Classical music, composer (born in 1857) . Death of Luigi Colazza That year: 1927, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1868) . Death of Mily-Meyer That year: 1927, Classical music, French singer (born in 1852) . Death of Katherine Senger-Bettaque That year: 1927, Classical music, German soprano (born in 1862) . Inception: Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra That year: 1927, Classical music (Finland). Inception: Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra That year: 1927, Classical music (Canada). Death of Charles Marshall That year: 1927, Classical music, composer (born in 1857) . Inception: Karlakórinn Heimir That year: 1927, Classical music. Death of Marie Mattfeld That year: 1927, Classical music, German opera singer (born in 1870) . Death of Edgar de Glimes That year: 1927, Classical music, composer (born in 1871) .
Works (composition or publishing)
- Leoš Janáček (age 73)
- Glagolitic Mass That year: 1927, Classical music (Work for choir)
- Andante (Work for soloist)
- Edward Elgar (age 70)
- Civic Fanfare (Work for orchestra)
- Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
- Syrinx That year: 1927, Classical music (Work for chamber orchestra), composed in 1913
- Sergei Rachmaninoff (age 54)
- 3 Russian Songs, Opp. 41 (Work for choir)
- Gustav Holst (age 53)
- Egdon Heath, Op. 47 (Work for orchestra)
- The Morning of the Year, Op. 45 No. 2 (Ballet)
- 2 Folk Song Fragments, Opp. 46 No. 2 (Work for soloist)
- The Coming of Christ (Incidental music)
- Eternal Father (Work for choir)
- Man born to toil (Work for choir)
- Arnold Schoenberg (age 53)
- Sonata for violin and piano (Work for chamber orchestra)
- Maurice Ravel (age 52)
- Sonata for violin and piano, Op. 77 That year: 1927, Classical music (Work for chamber orchestra)
- Fanfare, Op. 80 That year: 1927, Classical music (Ballet)
- Rêves, Op. 79 (Song, lied)
- Manuel de Falla (age 51)
- The great theatre of the world (Incidental music)
- Sonnet to Cordoba (Song, lied)
- Béla Bartók (age 46)
- Sonata for piano That year: 1927, Classical music (Work for soloist), composed in 1926
- String Quartet No. 3 (Work for chamber orchestra)
- Igor Stravinsky (age 45)
- Apollo That year: 1927, Classical music (Ballet), published in 1928
- Darius Milhaud (age 35)
- Opéra-minute, Op. 98 No. 2, “L'abandon d'Ariane” That year: 1927, Classical music (Opera)
- Opéra-minute, Op. 94 No. 1, “L'enlèvement d'Europe” (Opera)
- Opéra-minute, Op. 99 No. 3, “Le délivrance de Thésée” (Opera)
- Polka, Op. 95 (Ballet)
- Concerto No. 1, Op. 93 (Work for orchestra with soloist)
- 3 Capricci on a theme by Paganini, Opp. 97 (Work for chamber orchestra)
- Sonatina for clarinet and piano, Op. 100 (Work for chamber orchestra)
- Prières journalières à l'usage des juifs du Comtat Venaissin, Op. 96 (Song, lied)
- Arthur Honegger (age 35)
- Napoléon (Film score)
- Judith (Incidental music)
- Francis Poulenc (age 28)
- Pastourelle, Op. 45 (Ballet)
- Pastourelle, Op. 45 (Work for soloist)
- Vocalise, Op. 44 (Song, lied)
- Aaron Copland (age 27)
- Poet's Song (Song, lied)
- Dmitri Shostakovich (age 21)
- Aphorisms, ten pieces for piano, Op. 13 (Work for soloist)
- Olivier Messiaen (age 19)
- Esquisse modale (Work for soloist)