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  2. History: That year
  3. 1931

The year 1931 in classical music and in lyrical art

1931. With other artists, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Maurice Ravel and Sergei Prokofiev influenced their time (modern & contemporary era). That year would see the birth of future classical or lyrical artists, while others would disappear such as Carl Nielsen. That year, new works would be composed, published or performed for the first time in public, such as “Four Portraits from 'The Gambler', Op. 49” de Sergei Prokofiev, for example. That year, halls or orchestras would be founded or ceased to operate.

All these moments, more or less notable, make the year 1931 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 1931.

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1931, from day to day

 

1931

modern & contemporary era

January


02

Birth of John NobleThat year: 1931, Classical music, English baritone singer (dead in 2008)

Birth of Aleksey LevitskiyThat year: 1931, Classical music, Soviet Russian singer (dead in 2008)

05

Alfred Brendel

Birth of Alfred BrendelThat year: 1931, Classical music, Austrian pianist, poet, and author

11

Eve Queler

Birth of Eve QuelerThat year: 1931, Classical music, American conductor

Oscar Fetrás

Death of Oscar FetrásThat year: 1931, Classical music, German composer (born in 1854)

Death of George Coleman YoungThat year: 1931, Classical music, composer (born in 1877)

13

Death of Arthur Jan Frans De HovreThat year: 1931, Classical music, composer (born in 1868)

14

Birth of Juraj PospíšilThat year: 1931, Classical music, Czech composer (dead in 2007)

17

Birth of Akhmad BabakulovThat year: 1931, Classical music, Soviet singer, opera singer and music educator (1931-1990) (dead in 1990)

19

Birth of Simone MangelsdorffThat year: 1931, Classical music, German opera singer (dead in 1973)

20

Birth of Birgit FinniläThat year: 1931, Classical music, Swedish singer

Birth of Roberto BañuelasThat year: 1931, Classical music, Mexican composer (dead in 2015)

21

Felix Blumenfeld

Death of Felix BlumenfeldThat year: 1931, Classical music, Russian composer, pianist, conductor (born in 1863)

24

Birth of Ib NørholmThat year: 1931, Classical music, Danish musician (dead in 2019)

26

Death of Alfredo BarbirolliThat year: 1931, Classical music, composer

28

Birth of Ezio FlagelloThat year: 1931, Classical music, American opera singer (dead in 2009)

30

Death of Alfred TofftThat year: 1931, Classical music, composer (born in 1865)

31

Birth of Nolan Van WayThat year: 1931, Classical music, American opera singer

February


01

Death of Alexander Thom CringanThat year: 1931, Classical music, composer (born in 1860)

03

Birth of Leonid YekimovThat year: 1931, Classical music, opera singer from Russia (dead in 2017)

04

Birth of Hidetake KonoeThat year: 1931, Classical music, Japanese composer and conductor (1931-2003) (dead in 2003)

07

Sven Nyblom

Death of Sven NyblomThat year: 1931, Classical music, Swedish actor (born in 1868)

09

Birth of Xavier BenguerelThat year: 1931, Classical music, Spanish composer (dead in 2017)

Death of William John HallThat year: 1931, Classical music, composer (born in 1867)

11

Birth of Takeshi KobayashiThat year: 1931, Classical music, violinist, concertmaster

12

Birth of Leonid BoldinThat year: 1931, Classical music, Soviet singer and opera singer (1931-2013) (dead in 2013)

15

Birth of Shigenobu YamaokaThat year: 1931, Classical music, Japanese conductor

Birth of Mark ReshetinThat year: 1931, Classical music, Soviet Russian singer (dead in 2001)

Death of Ottilie StrobachThat year: 1931, Classical music, Austrian opera singer (born in 1851)

16

Death of Dirk SchäferThat year: 1931, Classical music, Dutch concert pianist and composer (1873-1931) (born in 1873)

Death of Juan VertThat year: 1931, Classical music, Spanish composer (born in 1890)

Birth of Ana María OlariaThat year: 1931, Classical music, opera singer

17

Birth of Eberhard KrausThat year: 1931, Classical music, German composer (dead in 2003)

18

Birth of Victor MartensThat year: 1931, Classical music, Victor Martens. Tenor, teacher, conductor, b Yarrow, east of Vancouver, 18 Feb 1931; ARCT 1955, BA (Waterloo Lutheran) 1963. Victor Martens. Tenor, teacher, conductor, b Yarrow, east... (dead in 2018)

20

Birth of Margareta HallinThat year: 1931, Classical music, Swedish opera singer (dead in 2020)

Death of Grigory PirogovThat year: 1931, Classical music, Russian singer (born in 1885)

23

Nellie Melba

Death of Nellie MelbaThat year: 1931, Classical music, Australian opera singer (born in 1861)

Mario Ancona

Death of Mario AnconaThat year: 1931, Classical music, Italian opera singer (born in 1860)

Death of Emilio MesejoThat year: 1931, Classical music, Spanish actor (born in 1864)

Birth of Jon WeavingThat year: 1931, Classical music, Australian opera singer (dead in 2011)

24

Birth of Sei IkenoThat year: 1931, Classical music, Japanese composer (1931-2004) (dead in 2004)

26

Birth of Ruth-Margret PützThat year: 1931, Classical music, opera singer from Germany (dead in 2019)

Birth of Aleksandr Michaylovitsj VrabelThat year: 1931, Classical music, singer, opera singer (dead in 2002)

March


01

Death of Isabel BrúThat year: 1931, Classical music, Spanish actor and singer (born in 1874)

03

Otto Reutter

Death of Otto ReutterThat year: 1931, Classical music, German comedian, coupletist, and singer (born in 1870)

04

Birth of Manfred DrescherThat year: 1931, Classical music, German opera singer (1931-2015) (dead in 2015)

05

Barry Tuckwell

Birth of Barry TuckwellThat year: 1931, Classical music, Australian horn player (dead in 2020)

Anthony Hedges

Birth of Anthony HedgesThat year: 1931, Classical music, English composer (dead in 2019)

06

Birth of Oleksandr BilashThat year: 1931, Classical music, Ukrainian composer (dead in 2003)

07

Mady Mesplé

Birth of Mady MespléThat year: 1931, Classical music, French soprano (dead in 2020)

08

Clara Kathleen Rogers

Death of Clara Kathleen RogersThat year: 1931, Classical music, American composer (born in 1844)

10

Birth of Niza de Castro TankThat year: 1931, Classical music, Brazilian opera singer

11

Birth of Geraldine DeckerThat year: 1931, Classical music, American singer and opera singer (1931-2013) (dead in 2013)

12

Birth of François RabbathThat year: 1931, Classical music, French musician

13

Birth of Dodi ProteroThat year: 1931, Classical music, singer (dead in 2007)

14

Birth of Ian AdamThat year: 1931, Classical music, singer, opera singer (dead in 2007)

16

Birth of Theo AltmeyerThat year: 1931, Classical music, German classical tenor (dead in 2007)

17

Birth of SetrakThat year: 1931, Classical music, French Turkish pianist (dead in 2006)

Birth of Margit LászlóThat year: 1931, Classical music, Hungarian opera singer (dead in 2019)

Birth of Zlata Gašperšič OgnjanovićThat year: 1931, Classical music, Slovene soprano singer

19

Death of Ignatius de OrellanaThat year: 1931, Classical music, British xomposer (born in 1860)

21

Death of Erik SchmedesThat year: 1931, Classical music, Danish opera singer (born in 1868)

Death of Henry EymieuThat year: 1931, Classical music, composer (born in 1860)

22

Death of Ofelia NietoThat year: 1931, Classical music, Spanish singer (born in 1898)

Birth of Ramiz KovaçiThat year: 1931, Classical music, singer, opera singer (dead in 1994)

26

Otto Keller

Death of Otto KellerThat year: 1931, Classical music, German writer (1875-1931) (born in 1875)

28

Birth of Kalju KaraskThat year: 1931, Classical music, Estonian actor, singer and opera singer (1931-2011) (dead in 2011)

29

Birth of Gloria DavyThat year: 1931, Classical music, singer (dead in 2012)

Birth of Halina SłonickaThat year: 1931, Classical music, Polish opera singer (1931-2000) (dead in 2000)

30

Birth of Sándor SzokolayThat year: 1931, Classical music, Hungarian composer and professor (dead in 2013)

April


01

Death of Józefa RożnieckaThat year: 1931, Classical music, actress, opera singer (born in 1867)

02

Birth of Kunnakudi SubbalakshmiThat year: 1931, Classical music, Indian singer (dead in 2010)

03

Birth of Jiří LaburdaThat year: 1931, Classical music, Czech music educator, composer, musicologist and choirmaster

04

George Whitefield Chadwick

Death of George Whitefield ChadwickThat year: 1931, Classical music, American composer (born in 1854)

Birth of Jüri PärgThat year: 1931, Classical music, singer, opera singer

06

Birth of Joan CarlyleThat year: 1931, Classical music, singer

Birth of Radomil EliškaThat year: 1931, Classical music, Czech conductor, music educator, professor and university educator (dead in 2019)

09

Paul Vidal

Death of Paul VidalThat year: 1931, Classical music, French composer, conductor and music teacher (1863-1931) (born in 1863)

11

Death of Ludwig Hermann Otto FinzenhagenThat year: 1931, Classical music, composer (born in 1860)

12

Birth of Martin BoykanThat year: 1931, Classical music, American composer

Birth of Jacqueline DelmanThat year: 1931, Classical music, opera singer

13

Anita Cerquetti

Birth of Anita CerquettiThat year: 1931, Classical music, Italian singer (dead in 2014)

Death of Maurice AbrahamsThat year: 1931, Classical music, Ukrainian-born American song writer (born in 1883)

15

Birth of Noreen BerryThat year: 1931, Classical music, South African opera singer (dead in 2012)

18

Inauguration: Teatro PrincipalThat year: 1931, Classical music (Caracas, Venezuela)

21

Birth of Frederic MayerThat year: 1931, Classical music, German singer and opera singer (dead in 2013)

Birth of Bengt RundgrenThat year: 1931, Classical music, Swedish actor (dead in 2008)

Birth of John HsuThat year: 1931, Classical music, American academic (dead in 2018)

24

Death of Desider ZadorThat year: 1931, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1873)

27

Igor Oistrakh

Birth of Igor OistrakhThat year: 1931, Classical music, Ukrainian musician

30

Death of Richard SahlaThat year: 1931, Classical music, German concert violinist (born in 1855)

May


01

Death of Georges AuvrayThat year: 1931, Classical music, composer (born in 1858)

03

Death of Otto Winter HjelmThat year: 1931, Classical music, Norwegian composer (born in 1837)

Death of Frank H. LoseyThat year: 1931, Classical music, American composer and musician (born in 1870)

04

Gennady Rozhdestvensky

Birth of Gennady RozhdestvenskyThat year: 1931, Classical music, Russian conductor and composer (dead in 2018)

05

Birth of Mykola KondratyukThat year: 1931, Classical music, Soviet singer and opera singer (1931-2006) (dead in 2006)

Birth of Matti TuloiselaThat year: 1931, Classical music, Finnish opera singer

Death of Marino AinetoThat year: 1931, Classical music, Spanish opera singer (born in 1873)

06

Birth of Jane BerbiéThat year: 1931, Classical music, singer

07

Birth of Ingvar WixellThat year: 1931, Classical music, Swedish opera singer (1931-2011) (dead in 2011)

Birth of Helge BriliothThat year: 1931, Classical music, Swedish singer and opera singer (dead in 1998)

Death of Antonín PetzoldThat year: 1931, Classical music, Czech conductor, composer, choirmaster and organist (born in 1858)

08

Birth of Charles WilsonThat year: 1931, Classical music, Canadian composer, born 1931

Death of Bertha LewisThat year: 1931, Classical music, British opera singer and actress (born in 1887)

Death of Paolo LittaThat year: 1931, Classical music, composer (born in 1871)

09

Birth of Igor OzimThat year: 1931, Classical music, Slovene violinist, musician and music educator

Death of Johann NeunerThat year: 1931, Classical music, composer (born in 1867)

Death of Max RunzeThat year: 1931, Classical music, composer (born in 1849)

10

Birth of Yuzo ToyamaThat year: 1931, Classical music, Composer and conductor

12

Eugène Ysaÿe

Death of Eugène YsaÿeThat year: 1931, Classical music, Belgian violinist, composer and conductor (born in 1858)

Death of Ernestina Bendazzi-GarulliThat year: 1931, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1864)

16

Birth of Donald MartinoThat year: 1931, Classical music, American composer (dead in 2005)

Birth of Thomas UngarThat year: 1931, Classical music, Austrian conductor

18

Death of Hans HermannThat year: 1931, Classical music, German composer (born in 1870)

19

Birth of Éric TappyThat year: 1931, Classical music, Swiss opera singer

Birth of Tamara SorokinaThat year: 1931, Classical music, operatic singer (dead in 2021)

25

Birth of Włodzimierz DenysenkoThat year: 1931, Classical music, singer, opera singer (dead in 2019)

27

Birth of Věroslav NeumannThat year: 1931, Classical music, Czech composer and choirmaster (dead in 2006)

28

Birth of Peter WestergaardThat year: 1931, Classical music, American composer (dead in 2019)

Death of Regina PinkertThat year: 1931, Classical music, Polish opera singer and soprano (born in 1869)

29

Birth of Sheila Jones HarmsThat year: 1931, Classical music, singer (dead in 2004)

31

Shirley Verrett

Birth of Shirley VerrettThat year: 1931, Classical music, American opera singer, educator and writer (dead in 2010)

June


02

Birth of Elena KittnarováThat year: 1931, Classical music, soprano, opera singer (dead in 2012)

Death of Fedor PavlovThat year: 1931, Classical music, Soviet conductor and composer (1892-1931) (born in 1892)

Karolyn Wells Bassett

Death of Karolyn Wells BassettThat year: 1931, Classical music, composer (born in 1892)

06

Birth of Joyce BarkerThat year: 1931, Classical music, singer (dead in 1992)

07

Death of Auguste Caliga-IhleThat year: 1931, Classical music, singer, opera singer (born in 1862)

09

Henrique Oswald

Death of Henrique OswaldThat year: 1931, Classical music, Brazilian composer (1852–1931) (born in 1852)

11

Birth of Audrey SchuhThat year: 1931, Classical music, Operatic soprano

12

Birth of Yevheniia MiroshnychenkoThat year: 1931, Classical music, Ukrainian opera singer (dead in 2009)

15

Death of Paula DoengesThat year: 1931, Classical music, German opera singer (1874-1931) (born in 1874)

17

Birth of Mignon DunnThat year: 1931, Classical music, opera singer

18

Birth of Klaus WunderlichThat year: 1931, Classical music, German musician (dead in 1997)

Death of Fanny HollandThat year: 1931, Classical music, singer and actress (1847-1931) (born in 1847)

20

Birth of Arne NordheimThat year: 1931, Classical music, Norwegian composer (dead in 2010)

Death of Nellie StewartThat year: 1931, Classical music, singer and actress (born in 1858)

25

Birth of Iulia BuciuceanuThat year: 1931, Classical music, Romanian opera singer

26

Birth of Lucien GoethalsThat year: 1931, Classical music, Belgian composer (dead in 2006)

Death of Willem FeltzerThat year: 1931, Classical music, conductor, composer, violinist, music pedagogue (born in 1874)

30

Birth of James LoughranThat year: 1931, Classical music, British conductor

July


02

Charles Quef

Death of Charles QuefThat year: 1931, Classical music, French organist and composer (born in 1873)

06

Irène Mannheimer

Birth of Irène MannheimerThat year: 1931, Classical music, Swedish pianist

07

Birth of Mario BarrientosThat year: 1931, Classical music, Chilean singer

08

Birth of Barbara FeiThat year: 1931, Classical music, Hong Kong opera singer (dead in 2017)

11

Anđelko Klobučar

Birth of Anđelko KlobučarThat year: 1931, Classical music, Croatian composer and organist (dead in 2016)

12

Birth of André LaporteThat year: 1931, Classical music, Belgian composer

18

Birth of Yuri MazurokThat year: 1931, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 2006)

19

Death of Ettore GandolfiThat year: 1931, Classical music, Italian opera singer (born in 1862)

21

Herman Bemberg

Death of Herman BembergThat year: 1931, Classical music, French-Argentine composer (born in 1859)

23

Birth of Ava JuneThat year: 1931, Classical music, British singer and opera singer (dead in 2013)

Death of William WolstenholmeThat year: 1931, Classical music, British composer (born in 1865)

25

Birth of Liselotte Becker-EgnerThat year: 1931, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 2015)

26

Birth of Tony CurielThat year: 1931, Classical music, Dominican opera singer (dead in 2009)

27

Death of Lennart LundbergThat year: 1931, Classical music, Swedish composer and pianist (born in 1863)

30

Birth of Moshe AtzmonThat year: 1931, Classical music, Israeli conductor

31

Ivan Rebroff

Birth of Ivan RebroffThat year: 1931, Classical music, German singer (dead in 2008)

August


01

Nico Castel

Birth of Nico CastelThat year: 1931, Classical music, American opera singer (dead in 2015)

Death of André TabuteauThat year: 1931, Classical music, composer

02

Philippa Schuyler

Birth of Philippa SchuylerThat year: 1931, Classical music, American pianist and composer (dead in 1967)

04

Death of Marie WittichThat year: 1931, Classical music, German operatic soprano (born in 1868)

09

Birth of Ursula BrömmeThat year: 1931, Classical music, singer, opera singer (dead in 2000)

10

Birth of Renate HolmThat year: 1931, Classical music, German actor, singer and opera singer

11

Birth of Ricardo VisusThat year: 1931, Classical music, Spanish opera singer (dead in 2020)

12

Birth of Netania DavrathThat year: 1931, Classical music, Ukrainian-born Israeli operatic soprano (dead in 1987)

15

Mikael Tariverdiev

Birth of Mikael TariverdievThat year: 1931, Classical music, Soviet composer (dead in 1996)

17

Birth of István RuhaThat year: 1931, Classical music, concertmaster (dead in 2004)

19

Death of Oscar JüttnerThat year: 1931, Classical music, composer (born in 1863)

20

Waldemar von Baußnern

Death of Waldemar von BaußnernThat year: 1931, Classical music, German composer (born in 1866)

21

Death of César ThomsonThat year: 1931, Classical music, Belgian musician (born in 1857)

Birth of Gregg SmithThat year: 1931, Classical music, American choral conductor and composer (dead in 2016)

22

Birth of Yōichirō ŌmachiThat year: 1931, Classical music, Japanese conductor

Death of Joseph TabrarThat year: 1931, Classical music, composer (born in 1858)

25

Birth of Nancy TatumThat year: 1931, Classical music, American opera singer

28

Cristina Deutekom

Birth of Cristina DeutekomThat year: 1931, Classical music, Dutch operatic soprano (dead in 2014)

John Shirley-Quirk

Birth of John Shirley-QuirkThat year: 1931, Classical music, English bass-baritone (dead in 2014)

Also in August

Birth of Fernando Rosas PfingsthornThat year: 1931, Classical music, Chilean conductor (dead in 2007) .

September


01

Death of Stanislav SudaThat year: 1931, Classical music, Czech composer (born in 1865)

Death of Stanislav SudaThat year: 1931, Classical music, composer (born in 1865)

03

Franz Schalk

Death of Franz SchalkThat year: 1931, Classical music, Austrian composer (born in 1863)

Birth of Rudolf KelterbornThat year: 1931, Classical music, Swiss composer

05

Birth of Henrique MorelenbaumThat year: 1931, Classical music, Brazilian conductor

07

Birth of Charles CamilleriThat year: 1931, Classical music, Maltese composer (dead in 2009)

Birth of Herbert DoussantThat year: 1931, Classical music, American operatic tenor (dead in 2018)

10

Death of Alfonso RendanoThat year: 1931, Classical music, Italian composer (born in 1853)

Birth of Zdzisław NikodemThat year: 1931, Classical music, singer, opera singer (dead in 2012)

12

Death of Marie LehmannThat year: 1931, Classical music, German operatic soprano (born in 1851)

22

Nello Santi

Birth of Nello SantiThat year: 1931, Classical music, Italian conductor (dead in 2020)

Shirley Carpenter

Birth of Shirley CarpenterThat year: 1931, Classical music, composer

23

Death of Adolf WeidigThat year: 1931, Classical music, American composer (born in 1867)

26

Birth of Kazuo FukudaThat year: 1931, Classical music, Japanese conductor

28

Death of Sylvain DupuisThat year: 1931, Classical music, Belgian composer and conductor (born in 1856)

October


01

Birth of Sylvano BussottiThat year: 1931, Classical music, Italian composer

02

Birth of Pierre CogenThat year: 1931, Classical music, French musician

Birth of Richard NovákThat year: 1931, Classical music, Czech composer, opera singer and organist

03

Carl Nielsen

Death of Carl NielsenThat year: 1931, Classical music, Danish composer (born in 1865)

04

Birth of Anna ReynoldsThat year: 1931, Classical music, English classical mezzo-soprano (dead in 2014)

Death of Thomas Vowler ShortThat year: 1931, Classical music, composer (born in 1856)

07

Birth of Štefan BabjakThat year: 1931, Classical music, Slovak opera singer (dead in 2008)

08

Luigi von Kunits

Death of Luigi von KunitsThat year: 1931, Classical music, Austrian musician (born in 1870)

09

Death of Emanuel VeselíkThat year: 1931, Classical music, composer (born in 1857)

16

Birth of Valery KlimovThat year: 1931, Classical music, Russian musician

20

Death of Emánuel MoórThat year: 1931, Classical music, Hungarian musician (born in 1863)

Birth of Lauris ElmsThat year: 1931, Classical music, singer

22

Birth of Hikaru HayashiThat year: 1931, Classical music, Japanese composer (dead in 2012)

Birth of Wilhelm Dieter SiebertThat year: 1931, Classical music, German composer (dead in 2011)

23

Premiere of Violin Concerto in D majorThat year: 1931, Classical music (Work for orchestra with soloist), Igor Stravinsky

24

Sofia Gubaidulina

Birth of Sofia GubaidulinaThat year: 1931, Classical music, Russian composer

26

Celestino Piaggio

Death of Celestino PiaggioThat year: 1931, Classical music, Pianist and composer (born in 1886)

27

Death of Ludvík ČelanskýThat year: 1931, Classical music, Czech conductor, theater manager, music educator, composer and director conductor of Czech philharmony (born in 1870)

Birth of Mürsəl BədirovThat year: 1931, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 2003)

29

Birth of William WalkerThat year: 1931, Classical music, baritone, born 1931 (dead in 2010)

Birth of Stanislav MjartanThat year: 1931, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1997)

31

Birth of Božena Ruk-FočićThat year: 1931, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 2010)

November


01

Birth of Dimitri BashkirovThat year: 1931, Classical music, Russian musician

Birth of Jiří BerdychThat year: 1931, Classical music, Czechoslovak opera singer (dead in 2004)

04

Premiere of Judith, Op. 392That year: 1931, Classical music (Incidental music), Darius Milhaud

08

Death of Otto DornThat year: 1931, Classical music, composer (born in 1848)

11

Birth of Claude LefebvreThat year: 1931, Classical music, composer and poet from France (dead in 2012)

16

Death of Fritz BaseltThat year: 1931, Classical music, composer (born in 1863)

17

Death of Georgi AtanasovThat year: 1931, Classical music, Bulgarian composer (born in 1882)

18

Death of Oscar BergströmThat year: 1931, Classical music, Swedish actor (born in 1874)

19

Frederic Cliffe

Death of Frederic CliffeThat year: 1931, Classical music, British composer (born in 1857)

21

Birth of Malcolm WilliamsonThat year: 1931, Classical music, Australian composer (dead in 2003)

22

Death of Ellen SandelsThat year: 1931, Classical music, musician, author (born in 1859)

23

Death of Leonora BrahamThat year: 1931, Classical music, singer and actress (born in 1853)

26

Birth of Josef SivóThat year: 1931, Classical music, concertmaster (dead in 2007)

27

Premiere of Piano Concerto in D major, Op. 82That year: 1931, Classical music (Work for orchestra with soloist), Maurice Ravel

Akira Nakada

Death of Akira NakadaThat year: 1931, Classical music, Japanese composer (1886-1931) (born in 1886)

28

Birth of Joan GuinjoanThat year: 1931, Classical music, Catalan composer and pianist (dead in 2019)

30

Günther Herbig

Birth of Günther HerbigThat year: 1931, Classical music, German conductor

Marc Delmas

Death of Marc DelmasThat year: 1931, Classical music, French composer (born in 1885)

Death of Irma PolakThat year: 1931, Classical music, Slovene opera singer (born in 1875)

Death of Marcelle DemougeotThat year: 1931, Classical music, French lyric artist (born in 1876)

John Hyatt Brewer

Death of John Hyatt BrewerThat year: 1931, Classical music, composer (born in 1856)

December


02

Vincent d'Indy

Death of Vincent d'IndyThat year: 1931, Classical music, French composer and teacher (born in 1851)

Birth of Ratiba El-HefnyThat year: 1931, Classical music, Egyptian singer (dead in 2013)

03

Birth of Sergei DorenskyThat year: 1931, Classical music, Russian musician (dead in 2020)

Justin Elie

Death of Justin ElieThat year: 1931, Classical music, Hatian pianist (born in 1883)

Death of Anna HennebergThat year: 1931, Classical music, singer, music pedagogue, opera singer (born in 1862)

04

Birth of Cholo MontironiThat year: 1931, Classical music, Argentine musician

08

Birth of Rudolf KomorousThat year: 1931, Classical music, Czech electronic musician, bassoonist, music educator and composer

Birth of Franz WyznerThat year: 1931, Classical music, Austrian opera singer

09

Death of Raimund von zur MühlenThat year: 1931, Classical music, German operatic tenor (born in 1854)

10

Birth of Makoto ShinoharaThat year: 1931, Classical music, Japanese composer

13

Birth of George FortuneThat year: 1931, Classical music, us-american baritone (dead in 2019)

Death of Fritz ZierauThat year: 1931, Classical music, composer (born in 1865)

16

Kenneth Gilbert

Birth of Kenneth GilbertThat year: 1931, Classical music, Canadian musician (dead in 2020)

Death of Leo SchützendorfThat year: 1931, Classical music, singer, opera singer, bass-baritone, musician, actor, bass (born in 1886)

Death of Nathalie HansenThat year: 1931, Classical music, Norwegian opera singer (born in 1870)

17

Death of Milo Ellsworth BenedictThat year: 1931, Classical music, composer (born in 1866)

19

Birth of Dalton BaldwinThat year: 1931, Classical music, American musician (dead in 2019)

Death of Aranka FodorThat year: 1931, Classical music, Hungarian opera singer (born in 1885)

Death of Lech ChojeckiThat year: 1931, Classical music, composer (born in 1858)

23

Birth of Maria TipoThat year: 1931, Classical music, Italian pianist

24

Mauricio Kagel

Birth of Mauricio KagelThat year: 1931, Classical music, Argentine-German composer (dead in 2008)

27

Death of Walter CourvoisierThat year: 1931, Classical music, Swiss composer and music educator (1875-1931) (born in 1875)

Death of Agustarello AffreThat year: 1931, Classical music, French operatic tenor (born in 1858)

Peter Christian Lutkin

Death of Peter Christian LutkinThat year: 1931, Classical music, composer (born in 1858)

29

Birth of Thomas CareyThat year: 1931, Classical music, American opera singer, 1931-2002 (dead in 2002)


This was also in 1931

Birth of Rafael IbarbiaThat year: 1931, Classical music, conductor, composer, pianist (dead in 2003). Death of Ernst WachterThat year: 1931, Classical music, German opera singer and music educator (born in 1872). Death of Ludwig SchwabThat year: 1931, Classical music, composer (born in 1910). Inception: Fargo-Moorhead Symphony OrchestraThat year: 1931, Classical music (United States of America). Death of Pedro Antonio IparraguirreThat year: 1931, Classical music, composer (born in 1879). Death of Anthime DonnayThat year: 1931, Classical music, composer (born in 1841). Inception: Griller QuartetThat year: 1931, Classical music (United Kingdom). Death of Louis RaffyThat year: 1931, Classical music, French organist and composer (born in 1868). Birth of Susumu ŌnishiThat year: 1931, Classical music, composer . Death of Erik WarneckeThat year: 1931, Classical music, writer (born in 1856). Death of Guido SpinettiThat year: 1931, Classical music, composer (born in 1850). Birth of Georgi BožikovThat year: 1931, Classical music, Macedonian opera singer (dead in 1986). Birth of Hossein SarsharThat year: 1931, Classical music, Iranian singer and opera singer (dead in 1992). Death of Karoline Charles-HirschThat year: 1931, Classical music, music pedagogue, stage actor, opera singer (born in 1848). Death of Otton Mieczysław ŻukowskiThat year: 1931, Classical music, Polish composer (born in 1867). Birth of Otto PeterThat year: 1931, Classical music, Swiss opera singer . Inception: Harrisburg Symphony OrchestraThat year: 1931, Classical music (United States of America). Inception: Azerbaijan State Orchestra of Folk InstrumentsThat year: 1931, Classical music (Azerbaijan). Inauguration: Teatro BernocchiThat year: 1931, Classical music (Milan, Italy). Death of Hilarión Domingo Moreno Montes de OcaThat year: 1931, Classical music, Argentine diplomat (born in 1863). Death of Alexandre DebertThat year: 1931, Classical music, composer . Death of Franz KesselThat year: 1931, Classical music, composer (born in 1862). Death of John Mais CapelThat year: 1931, Classical music, composer (born in 1862). Death of Adolphe SchuppanThat year: 1931, Classical music, composer (born in 1863). Inception: Bel Canto ChorusThat year: 1931, Classical music (United States of America). Inception: Saint Petersburg Academic Symphony OrchestraThat year: 1931, Classical music. Death of Napoleon RutkowskiThat year: 1931, Classical music, composer (born in 1868). Birth of Claudia HellmannThat year: 1931, Classical music, German contralto (dead in 2017). Death of Désiré DemestThat year: 1931, Classical music, composer (born in 1864). Birth of Antonino Riccardo LucianiThat year: 1931, Classical music, composer . Inception: English National OperaThat year: 1931, Classical music (United Kingdom). Death of Eduard Rohde Jr.That year: 1931, Classical music, composer (born in 1856). Birth of Keiichi SugaThat year: 1931, Classical music, conductor . Death of Feliks DziubanThat year: 1931, Classical music, composer (born in 1924). Inception: Modesto Symphony OrchestraThat year: 1931, Classical music (United States of America). Birth of Hajo MüllerThat year: 1931, Classical music, German actor and opera singer (dead in 2020). Death of William ShakespeareThat year: 1931, Classical music, British opera singer (born in 1849). Inception: National Symphony OrchestraThat year: 1931, Classical music (United States of America). Inauguration: Paramount TheatreThat year: 1931, Classical music (Oakland, United States of America). Death of Anton W. RijpThat year: 1931, Classical music, composer (born in 1867). Death of Lucie MagagneThat year: 1931, Classical music, pianist, opera singer (born in 1882). Birth of Lyudmila HarutyunovaThat year: 1931, Classical music, Armenian Soviet opera singer . Inauguration: WeimarhalleThat year: 1931, Classical music (Weimar, Germany). Birth of Lenelies HöhleThat year: 1931, Classical music, German singer and opera singer (dead in 1990). Birth of Eric GarrettThat year: 1931, Classical music, English operatic bass (dead in 2009).

Works (composition or publishing)
  • Edward Elgar (age 74)
    • Nursery Suite (Work for orchestra)
    • The Rapid Stream (Work for choir)
    • When Swallows Fly (Work for choir)
  • Alexander Glazunov (age 66)
    • Concert Ballad for cello and orchestra in C major, Op. 108 (Work for orchestra with soloist)
  • Jean Sibelius (age 66)
    • Funeral Music, Op. 111b (Work for soloist)
  • Sergei Rachmaninoff (age 58)
    • Variations on a theme by Corelli, Op. 42That year: 1931, Classical music (Work for soloist)
  • Arnold Schoenberg (age 57)
    • Quarter note (Work for soloist)
    • Mirror canon with two free middle voices, A major (Work for choir)
    • Very fast, Slowly (Work for soloist)
    • 2 Pieces for piano, Opp. 33 (Work for soloist)
    • Andante (Work for soloist)
  • Gustav Holst (age 57)
    • 6 Choruses, Opp. 53 (Work for choir)
    • The Bells (Film score)
    • Wassail Song (Work for choir)
  • Maurice Ravel (age 56)
    • Piano Concerto in G major, Op. 83That year: 1931, Classical music (Work for orchestra with soloist)
  • Béla Bartók (age 50)
    • Piano Concerto No. 2That year: 1931, Classical music (Work for orchestra with soloist)
    • 44 Duets for 2 violinsThat year: 1931, Classical music (Work for chamber orchestra), composed in 1932
    • Hungarian Sketches (Work for orchestra)
    • Transylvanian Dances (Work for orchestra)
  • Zoltán Kodály (age 49)
    • Matrai kepek (Work for choir)
    • Prelude (Work for soloist)
  • Sergei Prokofiev (age 40)
    • Four Portraits from 'The Gambler', Op. 49That year: 1931, Classical music (Work for orchestra)
    • Piano Concerto No. 4, Op. 53That year: 1931, Classical music (Work for orchestra with soloist)
    • String Quartet No. 1 in B minor, Op. 50That year: 1931, Classical music (Work for chamber orchestra)
    • On the Dnieper, Op. 51 (Ballet)
    • 6 Pieces for piano, Opp. 52 (Work for soloist)
  • Arthur Honegger (age 39)
    • La Belle de Moudon (Opera)
    • Cris du monde (Incidental music)
  • Darius Milhaud (age 39)
    • Sonata, Op. 112 (Work for soloist)
  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold (age 34)
    • Piano Sonata No. 3 in C major, Op. 3 (Work for soloist)
  • George Gershwin (age 33)
    • Second Rhapsody (Work for orchestra with soloist)
  • Francis Poulenc (age 32)
    • 3 Poems, Opp. 57 (Song, lied)
    • 4 Poems, Opp. 58 (Song, lied)
    • 5 Poems, Opp. 59 (Song, lied)
    • Bagatelle for violin and piano in D minor, Op. 60 (Work for chamber orchestra)
  • Aaron Copland (age 31)
    • Miracle at Verdun (Work for orchestra)
  • Dmitri Shostakovich (age 25)
    • The Bolt, Op. 27That year: 1931, Classical music (Ballet)
    • Alone, Op. 26 (Film score)
    • Golden Mountains, Op. 30 (Film score)
    • Hypothetically Murdered, Op. 31 (Incidental music)
    • Rule, Britannia!, Op. 28 (Incidental music)
    • The Green Company (Work for orchestra)
    • 2 Pieces for string quartet (Work for chamber orchestra)
    • Suite from Golden Mountains, Op. 30a (Work for orchestra)
    • Suite from The Bolt, Op. 27a (Work for orchestra)
  • Olivier Messiaen (age 23)
    • The forgotten offerings (Work for orchestra)
    • le Tombeau resplendissant (Work for orchestra)
  • Samuel Osborne Barber (age 21)
    • The School for Scanda, Op. 5 (Work for orchestra)
    • Dover Beach, Op. 3 (Song, lied)
  • Benjamin Britten (age 18)
    • String Quartet in D major (Work for chamber orchestra)
    • Plymouth Town (Ballet)

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