The year 1937 in classical music and in lyrical art
1937. With other artists, Béla Bartók, Arnold Schoenberg and Jean Sibelius influenced their time (modern & contemporary era). That year would see the birth of future classical or lyrical artists, while others would disappear such as Maurice Ravel. That year, new works would be composed, published or performed for the first time in public, such as “Carmina Burana” de Carl Orff, for example. That year, halls or orchestras would be founded or ceased to operate.
All these moments, more or less notable, make the year 1937 a page in the history of classical and lyrical music to be discovered or rediscovered. soclassiq currently lists more than 430 of these moments for 1937.
1937, from day to day
January
01
Birth of Carlos Prieto JacquéThat year: 1937, Classical music, Mexican musician
Birth of Rimma Moechtarovna JuldasjbaevaThat year: 1937, Classical music, Russian opera singer and music educator
03
Birth of Zygmunt KoniecznyThat year: 1937, Classical music, Polish musician
04
Birth of Grace BumbryThat year: 1937, Classical music, American opera singer
05
Death of Sofie Röhr-BrajninThat year: 1937, Classical music, Polish opera singer, music educator and singer (born in 1861)
08
Birth of Robert MoranThat year: 1937, Classical music, American composer
Death of Felix KörlingThat year: 1937, Classical music, Swedish composer, church musician and music teacher (born in 1864)
09
Premiere of String Quartet No. 4, Op. 37That year: 1937, Classical music (Work for chamber orchestra), Arnold Schoenberg
10
Death of Clarence EddyThat year: 1937, Classical music, American organist and composer (born in 1851)
11
Death of Guido PetersThat year: 1937, Classical music, Austrian composer and pianist (born in 1866)
12
Birth of Vicente SardineroThat year: 1937, Classical music, Spanish opera singer (dead in 2002)
Death of Vincenzo Di ChiaraThat year: 1937, Classical music, Italian composer (born in 1864)
13
Birth of Milka StojanovićThat year: 1937, Classical music, singer
16
Birth of Hans-Martin NauThat year: 1937, Classical music, opera singer
17
Death of Philipp GretscherThat year: 1937, Classical music, German composer (born in 1859)
18
Death of Halina KrzyżanowskaThat year: 1937, Classical music, Polish-French pianist and composer (born in 1867)
Birth of Maruja Troncoso OrtegaThat year: 1937, Classical music, Spanish opera singer
19
Birth of Rudolf A. HartmannThat year: 1937, Classical music, German opera singer (dead in 2006)
22
Death of Mary Helen BrownThat year: 1937, Classical music, composer (born in 1865)
25
Death of Harold SamuelThat year: 1937, Classical music, British musician (born in 1879)
26
Death of Mieczysław Apolinary HorbowskiThat year: 1937, Classical music, Polish singer (born in 1849)
27
Birth of John OgdonThat year: 1937, Classical music, English pianist and composer (dead in 1989)
29
Birth of Ágnes KrizaThat year: 1937, Classical music, (1937--1997) opera singer; theatre manager (dead in 1997)
30
Birth of Bohdan RiemerThat year: 1937, Classical music, Polish composer
31
Birth of Philip GlassThat year: 1937, Classical music, American composer and pianist
February
01
Birth of Vaclovas DaunorasThat year: 1937, Classical music, Soviet singer, opera singer and music educator (dead in 2020)
02
Death of Fritz FuhrmeisterThat year: 1937, Classical music, German pianist (born in 1862)
03
Death of Malwine BréeThat year: 1937, Classical music, composer (born in 1851)
05
Birth of Wilfriede GünschelThat year: 1937, Classical music, German opera singer (soprano)
06
Birth of Wiesław OchmanThat year: 1937, Classical music, Polish singer
Death of Pier Adolfo TirindelliThat year: 1937, Classical music, Italian composer (born in 1858)
07
Death of Gottfried HuppertzThat year: 1937, Classical music, German composer (born in 1887)
08
Death of Delfino MenottiThat year: 1937, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1858)
Death of Agostino DoniniThat year: 1937, Classical music, composer (born in 1874)
09
Birth of Hildegard BehrensThat year: 1937, Classical music, German operatic soprano (dead in 2009)
11
Birth of Catherine GayerThat year: 1937, Classical music, American musician, singer, opera singer and music educator
13
Birth of Anna Malewicz-MadeyThat year: 1937, Classical music, opera singer, singer
14
Death of Erkki MelartinThat year: 1937, Classical music, Finnish conductor and composer (born in 1875)
Birth of Jean BonhommeThat year: 1937, Classical music, opera singer, singer (dead in 1986)
Death of Grigory LyubomirskyThat year: 1937, Classical music, composer (born in 1865)
15
Birth of Zoltán PeskóThat year: 1937, Classical music, Hungarian conductor (dead in 2020)
23
Death of Leopold Julian KronenbergThat year: 1937, Classical music, Polish banker (born in 1849)
24
Birth of Leonid LyubovskyThat year: 1937, Classical music, Soviet composer and music educator
Birth of Aleksandr Nikolaevitsj ZagrebelniyThat year: 1937, Classical music, singer (dead in 1993)
26
Birth of Zajtuna GazizovaThat year: 1937, Classical music, Russian opera singer
27
Death of Hevesi JankaThat year: 1937, Classical music, Hungarian singer (born in 1863)
March
01
Birth of Eugen DogaThat year: 1937, Classical music, Moldovan composer
Birth of Ángeles ChamorroThat year: 1937, Classical music, Spanish opera and zarzuela singer (dead in 2003)
02
Death of Gustav WohlgemuthThat year: 1937, Classical music, German conductor and choir director (born in 1863)
06
Birth of Paul MéfanoThat year: 1937, Classical music, French composer (dead in 2020)
Birth of Siegfried VogelThat year: 1937, Classical music, German opera singer
07
Death of Paul BekkerThat year: 1937, Classical music, German musicologist (born in 1882)
09
Birth of Azio CorghiThat year: 1937, Classical music, Italian composer
Death of Georg AmftThat year: 1937, Classical music, musician (born in 1873)
11
Death of Paul ScheinpflugThat year: 1937, Classical music, German conductor and composer (born in 1875)
Premiere of L'AiglonThat year: 1937, Classical music (Opera), Arthur Honegger
Birth of Victoria BezettiThat year: 1937, Classical music, Romanian classical soprano
12
Death of Charles-Marie WidorThat year: 1937, Classical music, French organist and composer (1844–1937) (born in 1844)
Death of Jenő HubayThat year: 1937, Classical music, Hungarian musician (born in 1858)
Birth of Zurab SotkilavaThat year: 1937, Classical music, Georgian opera singer (1937-2017) (dead in 2017)
Birth of Elizabeth VaughanThat year: 1937, Classical music, Welsh singer
13
Birth of David CameronThat year: 1937, Classical music, composer
15
Birth of Georges DelvalléeThat year: 1937, Classical music, French organist
Birth of Dave SaulThat year: 1937, Classical music, composer (dead in 2013)
16
Death of Eduardo BottiglieroThat year: 1937, Classical music, Italian organist and composer (born in 1864)
17
Birth of Václav HálekThat year: 1937, Classical music, Czech composer (dead in 2014)
18
Death of Mélanie BonisThat year: 1937, Classical music, French composer (born in 1858)
20
Death of Tieste WilmantThat year: 1937, Classical music, Italian baritone (born in 1859)
22
Birth of Angelo BadalamentiThat year: 1937, Classical music, American composer
Death of Thorvald AagaardThat year: 1937, Classical music, Danish composer, organist and college teacher (born in 1877)
Death of Joseph SieulleThat year: 1937, Classical music, composer (born in 1883)
24
Birth of Benjamin LuxonThat year: 1937, Classical music, British opera singer
25
Birth of Vincentas KuprysThat year: 1937, Classical music, Lithuanian opera singer
Birth of Yevgeny RaikovThat year: 1937, Classical music, Russian actor, singer and opera singer (dead in 2010)
Death of Heghine GhorghanyanThat year: 1937, Classical music, opera singer, singer (born in 1864)
26
Birth of Bjørn Lie-HansenThat year: 1937, Classical music, Norwegian opera singer (dead in 2018)
27
Death of Kajetán TichýThat year: 1937, Classical music, Czech conductor, composer, choirmaster and organist (born in 1859)
28
Death of Josef KličkaThat year: 1937, Classical music, Czech conductor, violinist, music educator, composer and organist (1855-1937) (born in 1855)
Death of Paul WetzgerThat year: 1937, Classical music, composer (born in 1870)
29
Death of Karol SzymanowskiThat year: 1937, Classical music, Polish composer (born in 1882)
Death of Feodor KoenemannThat year: 1937, Classical music, Russian musician (born in 1873)
Also in March
Inception: Oulu Symphony OrchestraThat year: 1937, Classical music (Finland) .
April
01
Birth of Kaljo JohannsonThat year: 1937, Classical music, opera singer, singer (dead in 2017)
03
Birth of Vojtech KociánThat year: 1937, Classical music, Slovak opera singer
Birth of Shuku IwasakiThat year: 1937, Classical music, Japanese pianist
07
Death of Antonín KarasThat year: 1937, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1869)
08
Death of Arthur FooteThat year: 1937, Classical music, American composer (born in 1853)
Death of William Henry HadowThat year: 1937, Classical music, British educational innovator/reformer, composer, and musicologist (born in 1859)
10
Publishing of The Traveller without Luggage, Op. 157That year: 1937, Classical music (Incidental music), Darius Milhaud
Death of Algernon AshtonThat year: 1937, Classical music, English Composer and Piano Teacher (born in 1859)
11
Birth of Lando BartoliniThat year: 1937, Classical music, Italian opera singer
12
Birth of Oslavio Di CredicoThat year: 1937, Classical music, Italian opera singer (dead in 2006)
15
Death of Nikolai ArtsybushevThat year: 1937, Classical music, Russian lawyer, publisher and promoter (born in 1858)
18
Birth of Keiko AbeThat year: 1937, Classical music, Japanese composer and marimba player
Birth of Rostyslav BabychThat year: 1937, Classical music, composer, conductor, music pedagogue (dead in 2021)
19
Birth of Klaus ThunemannThat year: 1937, Classical music, German bassoonist
20
Death of Virgilio RanzatoThat year: 1937, Classical music, Italian composer (born in 1882)
Birth of Svend NielsenThat year: 1937, Classical music, composer
22
Birth of Kim BazarsadaevThat year: 1937, Classical music, Soviet singer and opera singer (1937-2002) (dead in 2002)
23
Birth of Tamara BoboshkoThat year: 1937, Classical music, opera singer
25
Inauguration: Belarusian State PhilharmonicThat year: 1937, Classical music (Belarus)
26
Birth of Bernhard KontarskyThat year: 1937, Classical music, German musician
27
Birth of Adalbert KrausThat year: 1937, Classical music, German singer
Death of Gustav SchützendorfThat year: 1937, Classical music, German baritone (born in 1883)
30
Death of Carel van ButterThat year: 1937, Classical music, Dutch singer (born in 1881)
May
01
Birth of Béla KovácsThat year: 1937, Classical music, (1937–2021) clarinetist (dead in 2021)
Death of Herbert HughesThat year: 1937, Classical music, Irish composer, music critic and collector of folk songs (born in 1882)
02
Death of Arthur SomervellThat year: 1937, Classical music, British composer and art song writer (born in 1863)
03
Birth of Agim KrajkaThat year: 1937, Classical music, Albanian pianist (dead in 2021)
Death of Ivan SteshenkoThat year: 1937, Classical music, Soviet opera singer (born in 1894)
04
Death of Vasily PetrovThat year: 1937, Classical music, Russian singer (born in 1875)
Death of Gina OselioThat year: 1937, Classical music, singer (born in 1858)
Birth of Marisa RoblesThat year: 1937, Classical music, Spanish musician
06
Death of Charles Lincoln EdwardsThat year: 1937, Classical music, American zoologist (born in 1863)
07
Death of W. O. ForsythThat year: 1937, Classical music, Canadian pianist and composer (born in 1859)
Death of Alfonso de Silva SantistebanThat year: 1937, Classical music, Peruvian composer and pianist (1902-1937) (born in 1902)
09
Death of Fridthjov AnderssenThat year: 1937, Classical music, Norwegian composer and musician (born in 1876)
Birth of Clara BonaldiThat year: 1937, Classical music, French violinist (dead in 2006)
11
Death of Viliam Figuš-BystrýThat year: 1937, Classical music, Slovak composer and teacher (born in 1875)
Birth of Eyvind SolåsThat year: 1937, Classical music, Norwegian musician and actor (dead in 2011)
12
Birth of David KrivitskyThat year: 1937, Classical music, Soviet composer (1937-2010) (dead in 2010)
14
Birth of Nicola SgròThat year: 1937, Classical music, Italian conductor and composer (dead in 2019)
Death of Hilmar MückenbergerThat year: 1937, Classical music, German composer (born in 1855)
18
Death of Alfred BaubergerThat year: 1937, Classical music, opera singer, singer, stage actor (born in 1866)
19
Death of Marie Selika WilliamsThat year: 1937, Classical music, American operatic soprano, known as "the Queen of Staccato" (born in 1849)
Death of Evelyn FaltisThat year: 1937, Classical music, Bohemian composer (born in 1887)
21
Birth of Vladislav KazeninThat year: 1937, Classical music, Russian composer (dead in 2014)
22
Birth of Agshin AlizadehThat year: 1937, Classical music, Azerbaijani composer (1937-2014) (dead in 2014)
26
Birth of Ron HolgateThat year: 1937, Classical music, American actor, director and opera singer
Death of Bertha May CrawfordThat year: 1937, Classical music, Canadian opera singer (1886-1937) (born in 1886)
Birth of Yehuda YannayThat year: 1937, Classical music, Romanian-Israeli composer
29
Birth of Henn PaiThat year: 1937, Classical music, Estonian opera singer (dead in 2021)
Death of Karl WolfrumThat year: 1937, Classical music, composer (born in 1856)
June
01
Birth of Lusine ZakaryanThat year: 1937, Classical music, Armenian soprano (dead in 1992)
02
Death of Louis mercuryThat year: 1937, Classical music, French organist and composer (born in 1870)
Premiere of LuluThat year: 1937, Classical music (Opera), Alban Berg
Premiere of 5 Symphonic Pieces, “Lulu-Suite”That year: 1937, Classical music (Song, lied), Alban Berg
Birth of Endre ÜtőThat year: 1937, Classical music, Hungarian opera singer (1937-2017) (dead in 2017)
Birth of Junsang BahkThat year: 1937, Classical music, South Korean composer
03
Death of Ernesto TagliaferriThat year: 1937, Classical music, Italian musician (born in 1889)
Birth of Valerie MastersonThat year: 1937, Classical music, singer and actress
06
Birth of Mechthild GessendorfThat year: 1937, Classical music, German opera singer and singer
07
Birth of Neeme JärviThat year: 1937, Classical music, Estonian conductor
Death of Hugo RöhrThat year: 1937, Classical music, German conductor and composer (born in 1866)
Death of Cayo Vela MarquetaThat year: 1937, Classical music, Spanish composer (1885-1937) (born in 1884)
08
Premiere of Carmina BuranaThat year: 1937, Classical music (Work for choir), Carl Orff
10
Death of Ferdinand SabathilThat year: 1937, Classical music, composer (1852-1937) (born in 1852)
15
Birth of Karl LeisterThat year: 1937, Classical music, German classical clarinet player
Birth of Rolf RiehmThat year: 1937, Classical music, German composer and oboist
20
Birth of Stafford DeanThat year: 1937, Classical music, British opera singer
30
Birth of Michael von BielThat year: 1937, Classical music, German composer, cellist, and graphic artist, born 1937
July
01
Birth of Edvardas KaniavaThat year: 1937, Classical music, Lithuanian singer, opera singer, politician and music educator
05
Death of Baptist HoffmannThat year: 1937, Classical music, German singer and opera singer (born in 1863)
Death of Hermann BachmannThat year: 1937, Classical music, singer, opera singer and music educator (1864-1937) (born in 1864)
Birth of Nikolaj OhotnikovThat year: 1937, Classical music, Soviet singer and opera singer (dead in 2017)
Birth of Valentino DonellaThat year: 1937, Classical music, composer
06
Birth of Vladimir AshkenazyThat year: 1937, Classical music, (1937 - ) Icelandic pianist and conductor from Russia
Death of Ernesto BadiniThat year: 1937, Classical music, Italian opera singer (born in 1876)
10
Death of Attilio BrugnoliThat year: 1937, Classical music, Italian pianist (1880-1937) (born in 1880)
11
Death of George GershwinThat year: 1937, Classical music, American composer and pianist (1897-1936) (born in 1898)
Birth of Jeannette PilouThat year: 1937, Classical music, Italian soprano of Greek parentage and Egyptian birth (dead in 2020)
Death of Marcia Van DresserThat year: 1937, Classical music, American operatic soprano and actress (born in 1877)
12
Birth of Aron AronovThat year: 1937, Classical music, Bulgarian tenor
13
Death of Jan ZwartThat year: 1937, Classical music, Dutch composer (born in 1877)
17
Death of Gabriel PiernéThat year: 1937, Classical music, French composer, conductor, and organist (born in 1863)
Death of Alfred RedheadThat year: 1937, Classical music, composer (born in 1855)
21
Birth of Leoš FaltusThat year: 1937, Classical music, Czech music educator and composer
22
Death of Marie ParcelloThat year: 1937, Classical music, composer, opera singer, singer (born in 1860)
23
Birth of Thomas HerndonThat year: 1937, Classical music, American opera singer (dead in 1981)
Death of Charles Henry MillsThat year: 1937, Classical music, English-American composer and administrator (born in 1873)
24
Death of Pietro MagriThat year: 1937, Classical music, Italian organist and choir director (born in 1873)
25
Birth of Magdalena CononoviciThat year: 1937, Classical music, Romanian soprano
28
Death of Muslim MagomayevThat year: 1937, Classical music, Azerbaijani composer and conductor (born in 1885)
Death of Julie Rivé-KingThat year: 1937, Classical music, Pianist and composer (born in 1854)
30
Birth of Tonny LandyThat year: 1937, Classical music, Danish tenor and actor
August
01
Birth of Dejan BravničarThat year: 1937, Classical music, Slovenian musician (dead in 2018)
02
Birth of Gundula JanowitzThat year: 1937, Classical music, (1937 - ) Austrian opera soprano
03
Birth of Endre GranatThat year: 1937, Classical music, Hungarian violinist
05
Birth of Pierre BartholoméeThat year: 1937, Classical music, Belgian composer
Death of Karel HaakThat year: 1937, Classical music, Czech music educator, composer and choirmaster (born in 1853)
08
Birth of Ivo KuuskThat year: 1937, Classical music, Estonian opera singer
09
Birth of Stane KoritnikThat year: 1937, Classical music, Slovene baritone, born 1937 in Lozice, Slovenia and died 6 February 2014 in Šempeter pri Gorici, Slovenia. (dead in 2014)
11
Death of Stéphan ElmasThat year: 1937, Classical music, Armenian musician (born in 1862)
Birth of Barbara Smith ConradThat year: 1937, Classical music, singer (1937-2017) (dead in 2017)
12
Death of Leo MoeremansThat year: 1937, Classical music, composer (born in 1861)
13
Birth of Felicia WeathersThat year: 1937, Classical music, American opera singer
15
Death of Mihail Nikolaevič KarakašThat year: 1937, Classical music, music pedagogue, opera singer, singer (born in 1887)
16
Birth of David BehrmanThat year: 1937, Classical music, American composer
18
Death of Antonín HradilThat year: 1937, Classical music, Czech conductor, music educator, composer and organist (born in 1874)
Birth of Joy DavidsonThat year: 1937, Classical music, American opera singer
20
Birth of Jean-Louis PetitThat year: 1937, Classical music, Composer and organist
Birth of Andrii IshchenkoThat year: 1937, Classical music, music pedagogue, opera singer, singer (dead in 2005)
Birth of Grigoriy KhersonskiyThat year: 1937, Classical music, Soviet trombonist
22
Birth of Enrique García AsensioThat year: 1937, Classical music, Spanish conductor
Birth of Lyudmyla TsurkanThat year: 1937, Classical music, Ukrainian opera singer and music educator (dead in 2019)
Death of Louis FrémauxThat year: 1937, Classical music, composer (born in 1876)
23
Death of Albert RousselThat year: 1937, Classical music, French composer (born in 1869)
24
Birth of Juan Carlos GebelinThat year: 1937, Classical music, Lyric singer (dead in 2004)
29
Birth of Valery EgudinThat year: 1937, Classical music, Soviet singer and opera singer (1937-2007) (dead in 2007)
31
Birth of Leif RoarThat year: 1937, Classical music, Danish opera singer and singer (dead in 2003)
Death of Sergey RosanovThat year: 1937, Classical music, composer (born in 1870)
September
01
Birth of Anita SaltaThat year: 1937, Classical music, American singer, opera singer, voice teacher and music educator
05
Birth of Antoinette MiggianiThat year: 1937, Classical music, singer
06
Death of Henry Kimball HadleyThat year: 1937, Classical music, American composer (born in 1871)
Birth of Wolf-Dieter HauschildThat year: 1937, Classical music, German conductor
07
Birth of Olly WilsonThat year: 1937, Classical music, American composer (1937-2018) (dead in 2018)
Birth of Vladislav UspenskyThat year: 1937, Classical music, Russian composer (dead in 2004)
09
Birth of Eduard SerovThat year: 1937, Classical music, Russian conductor (dead in 2016)
Birth of Ana Maria MirandaThat year: 1937, Classical music, opera singer
13
Birth of Lyudmila ErofeevaThat year: 1937, Classical music, Soviet opera singer (1937–2003) (dead in 2003)
16
Birth of Tibor KelenThat year: 1937, Classical music, Hungarian singer (1938-2001) (dead in 2001)
19
Death of John Piersol McCaskeyThat year: 1937, Classical music, American politician (born in 1837)
22
Birth of Franco PetracchiThat year: 1937, Classical music, Italian musician
23
Death of Albert SeitzThat year: 1937, Classical music, French musician (born in 1872)
24
Birth of Pablo ElviraThat year: 1937, Classical music, Puerto Rican opera singer (dead in 2000)
27
Birth of Franz GrundheberThat year: 1937, Classical music, German operatic baritone
28
Birth of Stefka TodorovaThat year: 1937, Classical music, (1937-1997) (dead in 1997)
29
Death of Marie Růžičková-StrozziThat year: 1937, Classical music, Croatian actor (born in 1850)
30
Birth of Valentyn SylvestrovThat year: 1937, Classical music, Ukrainian pianist and composer
October
04
Inauguration: Civic Center Music HallThat year: 1937, Classical music (Oklahoma City, United States of America)
Birth of Urszula Trawińska-MorozThat year: 1937, Classical music, Polish opera singer
05
Birth of Ján SzelepcsényiThat year: 1937, Classical music, composer, conductor, diplomat, university teacher
06
Death of Stanisław LipskiThat year: 1937, Classical music, Polish composer (born in 1880)
Death of Valéry HussonmorelThat year: 1937, Classical music, composer (born in 1851)
09
Death of August de BoeckThat year: 1937, Classical music, Flemish composer, organist and music pedagogue (born in 1865)
Inauguration: Complex "Bulgaria"That year: 1937, Classical music (Sofia, Bulgaria)
Birth of Joan CardenThat year: 1937, Classical music, singer
11
Death of Armand VivetThat year: 1937, Classical music, composer (born in 1869)
13
Birth of Loris TjeknavorianThat year: 1937, Classical music, Iranian conductor and composer
Death of William Henry PommerThat year: 1937, Classical music, American composer (born in 1851)
15
Birth of Hallgerd Benum DahlThat year: 1937, Classical music, opera singer, singer
17
Death of Ludvig Birkedal-BarfodThat year: 1937, Classical music, Danish musician (born in 1850)
Death of Paul LhérieThat year: 1937, Classical music, French opera singer (born in 1844)
Birth of Nonna SurzhynaThat year: 1937, Classical music, Ukrainian singer, opera singer and music educator
Birth of Bálint HorváthThat year: 1937, Classical music, (1937--2020) opera singer (dead in 2020)
18
Birth of Catarina LigendzaThat year: 1937, Classical music, singer
19
Death of Ragna FossThat year: 1937, Classical music, Norwegian operasinger (born in 1884)
20
Death of Josef PřibíkThat year: 1937, Classical music, Czech conductor and composer (born in 1855)
Birth of Saule KurmangaliyevaThat year: 1937, Classical music, Soviet opera singer (dead in 2020)
Death of Emil SöchtingThat year: 1937, Classical music, musicologist (born in 1858)
22
Birth of Tadeáš SalvaThat year: 1937, Classical music, composer and university teacher (1937-1995) (dead in 1995)
24
Death of Ferdinand KüchlerThat year: 1937, Classical music, German musician (born in 1867)
26
Death of Mikuláš Jan DemkovThat year: 1937, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1878)
28
Birth of Marie-Françoise BucquetThat year: 1937, Classical music, French classical pianist (dead in 2018)
29
Death of Carl StreitmannThat year: 1937, Classical music, Austrian actor and opera singer (born in 1858)
30
Death of Felix von KrausThat year: 1937, Classical music, Austrian opera singer (born in 1870)
Birth of Salvador NovoaThat year: 1937, Classical music, Operatic tenor
November
02
Death of Maude Valerie WhiteThat year: 1937, Classical music, French-born English composer (born in 1855)
04
Death of Rogelio del VillarThat year: 1937, Classical music, Spanish author (born in 1875)
05
Death of Nils LarsenThat year: 1937, Classical music, Norwegian composer (born in 1888)
06
Birth of Leo GoekeThat year: 1937, Classical music, American opera singer (dead in 2012)
07
Birth of Patricia BrooksThat year: 1937, Classical music, American soprano and music teacher (1937-1993) (dead in 1993)
Death of Maxmilian Bittner-WaldmüllerThat year: 1937, Classical music, composer (born in 1894)
12
Death of Paul FauchetThat year: 1937, Classical music, French conductor, composer and musicologist (born in 1881)
13
Birth of Marta LambertiniThat year: 1937, Classical music, Argentine composer (dead in 2019)
17
Death of Kōichi KishiThat year: 1937, Classical music, Japanese composer, conductor, and violinist (born in 1909)
20
Birth of René KolloThat year: 1937, Classical music, German opera singer
Birth of Ruth LaredoThat year: 1937, Classical music, American classical pianist (dead in 2005)
21
Premiere of Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47That year: 1937, Classical music (Work for orchestra), Dmitri Shostakovich
22
Birth of Nikolai KapustinThat year: 1937, Classical music, Soviet and Russian composer and pianist (dead in 2020)
23
Death of Herbert BunningThat year: 1937, Classical music, English composer and musical director (born in 1863)
Death of Louis Victor SaarThat year: 1937, Classical music, Dutch-born American pianist, teacher, and composer (born in 1868)
24
Death of William 'Tell' TaylorThat year: 1937, Classical music, American songwriter, lyricist, traveling vaudeville performer, tenor vocalist, playwright, and music publisher (1876-1937). (born in 1876)
Death of Victor SokovninThat year: 1937, Classical music, Russian opera singer (born in 1886)
25
Death of Carl FrühlingThat year: 1937, Classical music, Austrian composer (born in 1868)
29
Death of Franz SchollarThat year: 1937, Classical music, composer (born in 1859)
Also in November
Birth of Gabriel FumetThat year: 1937, Classical music, flutist .
December
01
Birth of Muriel Costa-GreensponThat year: 1937, Classical music, singer (dead in 2005)
03
Birth of Toktonali SeytalievThat year: 1937, Classical music, Soviet singer, opera singer and music educator (dead in 2021)
04
Death of Rodolfo FalvoThat year: 1937, Classical music, Italian musician (born in 1874)
Birth of Artur KornThat year: 1937, Classical music, German opera singer
05
Death of Henning Hugo MalmThat year: 1937, Classical music, Swedish opera singer (born in 1872)
08
Death of Adele aus der OheThat year: 1937, Classical music, German musician (born in 1861)
Birth of Mykola OhrenychThat year: 1937, Classical music, Ukrainian opera singer (dead in 2000)
Death of Wallace Arthur SabinThat year: 1937, Classical music, American organist and composer of English birth (born in 1869)
11
Birth of Jan BachThat year: 1937, Classical music, American composer
Birth of Vessa HanssenThat year: 1937, Classical music, opera singer, singer (dead in 2008)
Birth of Jitka PavlováThat year: 1937, Classical music, Czechoslovak opera singer
12
Birth of Roberto BenziThat year: 1937, Classical music, French conductor
13
Death of James H. PhillpotThat year: 1937, Classical music, composer (born in 1861)
15
Death of Vilhelm HeroldThat year: 1937, Classical music, Danish opera singer (born in 1865)
16
Death of Aleksandr ZhitomirskyThat year: 1937, Classical music, Soviet composer (1881-1937) (born in 1881)
18
Birth of Knut SkramThat year: 1937, Classical music, Norwegian opera singer
Death of Hans PatekThat year: 1937, Classical music, Austrian opera singer (born in 1857)
21
Death of Meliton BalanchivadzeThat year: 1937, Classical music, Georgian musician (born in 1862)
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Birth of Pierre CaoThat year: 1937, Classical music, Luxembourgian musician, conductor and composer
23
Death of Muriel FosterThat year: 1937, Classical music, British opera singer (born in 1877)
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Death of Ivor GurneyThat year: 1937, Classical music, British composer and poet (born in 1890)
Birth of Teresa KubiakThat year: 1937, Classical music, Polish soprano
Birth of Jiří KoutThat year: 1937, Classical music, Czech conductor
Death of Dan BeddoeThat year: 1937, Classical music, British opera singer (born in 1863)
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Death of Maurice RavelThat year: 1937, Classical music, French composer (born in 1875)
Birth of Rita Orlandi-MalaspinaThat year: 1937, Classical music, Operatic tenor (dead in 2017)
Birth of Klaus HirteThat year: 1937, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 2002)
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Death of Jan KersbergenThat year: 1937, Classical music, composer (born in 1857)
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Birth of Tsisana TatishviliThat year: 1937, Classical music, Georgian opera singer and music educator (dead in 2017)
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Death of Ernesto de De CurtisThat year: 1937, Classical music, Italian composer (born in 1875)
Birth of Kay JaffeeThat year: 1937, Classical music, performer
This was also in 1937
Death of Henri LibertThat year: 1937, Classical music, French composer and organist (born in 1869). Inception: Antwerp Symphony OrchestraThat year: 1937, Classical music (Belgium). Birth of Kenneth WoollamThat year: 1937, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 2020). Death of Graham PeelThat year: 1937, Classical music, English composer (born in 1878). Inauguration: Shalkyma Concert HallThat year: 1937, Classical music (Karaganda, Kazakhstan). Death of Capiton ZaporojetzThat year: 1937, Classical music, Russian singer and opera singer (born in 1880). Inauguration: Voronezh Philharmonic HallThat year: 1937, Classical music (Voronezh, Russia). Birth of Eleonora TesteļecaThat year: 1937, Classical music, Latvian cellist . Death of Fernando AutoriThat year: 1937, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1884). Death of Cinira PolonioThat year: 1937, Classical music, composer (born in 1858). Death of Carl Albert TietzelThat year: 1937, Classical music, composer (born in 1860). Death of Louis DelaquerrièreThat year: 1937, Classical music, French opera singer (born in 1856). Death of Frederick Newell ShackleyThat year: 1937, Classical music, composer (born in 1868). Death of Jules BrossetThat year: 1937, Classical music, composer (born in 1852). Inception: Rhodes SingersThat year: 1937, Classical music (United States of America). Death of Cecil BaumerThat year: 1937, Classical music, composer (born in 1891). Death of Saturnin ParaireThat year: 1937, Classical music, composer (born in 1883). Death of Caro RomaThat year: 1937, Classical music, American opera singer and composer (born in 1866). Birth of Charles van TasselThat year: 1937, Classical music, Dutch singer (dead in 2013). Death of Carl KiefertThat year: 1937, Classical music, composer and conductor (born in 1855). Birth of Marie-Luise GillesThat year: 1937, Classical music, German mezzo-soprano . Death of Emma SteinbachThat year: 1937, Classical music, (1854-1937) (born in 1854). Death of Maurice Arnold StrothotteThat year: 1937, Classical music, American composer (born in 1865). Inception: Vlaams Radio KoorThat year: 1937, Classical music (Belgium). Death of Franciszek WalczyńskiThat year: 1937, Classical music, composer (born in 1852). Inception: Louisville OrchestraThat year: 1937, Classical music (United States of America). Inception: Komorni zbor RTV SlovenijaThat year: 1937, Classical music (Slovenia). Death of Natalia Ermolenko-YuzhinaThat year: 1937, Classical music, singer (born in 1881). Inception: American Boychoir SchoolThat year: 1937, Classical music (United States of America). Death of Charles J. GebestThat year: 1937, Classical music, composer (born in 1872). Death of Semyon PanchenkoThat year: 1937, Classical music, composer (born in 1887). Birth of Ivo BeikircherThat year: 1937, Classical music, opera singer . Birth of John BrecknockThat year: 1937, Classical music, English operatic tenor (dead in 2017). Birth of Arie VardiThat year: 1937, Classical music, Israeli pianist, conductor and music teacher . Death of Walter Henry LewisThat year: 1937, Classical music, composer (born in 1866). Birth of Tiit TrallaThat year: 1937, Classical music, Estonian opera singer . Birth of Slavka Taskova PaolettiThat year: 1937, Classical music, Bulgarian-italian soprano . Inception: Des Moines SymphonyThat year: 1937, Classical music (United States of America). Death of Anna ErichsenThat year: 1937, Classical music, opera singer, singer (born in 1874). Death of Giuseppe RachelThat year: 1937, Classical music, composer (born in 1858). Birth of Fritz BrodersenThat year: 1937, Classical music, composer . Inception: Nederlands KamerkoorThat year: 1937, Classical music (Kingdom of the Netherlands). Birth of Rimma BobritskaïaThat year: 1937, Classical music, Russian pianist . Inception: Wartburg ChoirThat year: 1937, Classical music (United States of America). Death of Loraine WymanThat year: 1937, Classical music, American folksinger (born in 1885). Death of Oliver Ditson Co.That year: 1937, Classical music, composer (born in 1842). Death of Harry J. LincolnThat year: 1937, Classical music, American composer (born in 1878). Inception: Tehran Symphony OrchestraThat year: 1937, Classical music. Birth of Józef RadwanThat year: 1937, Classical music, Polish conductor (dead in 2009). Birth of Michael AspinallThat year: 1937, Classical music, British singer and opera singer . Birth of Quý DươngThat year: 1937, Classical music, singer and composer (dead in 2011). Birth of Yoshihisa TairaThat year: 1937, Classical music, Japanese-born French composer (dead in 2005). Death of Henri JoséThat year: 1937, Classical music, composer (born in 1893). Death of Francisco Hernández MonjoThat year: 1937, Classical music, composer (born in 1862). Death of Anna JägerThat year: 1937, Classical music, opera singer, singer (born in 1862). Inception: Canton Symphony OrchestraThat year: 1937, Classical music (United States of America). Inception: Brahe DjäknarThat year: 1937, Classical music (Finland). Inception: San Jose SymphonyThat year: 1937, Classical music (United States of America). Death of Riccardo BarthelemyThat year: 1937, Classical music, Italian composer (born in 1869). Birth of Bernard SinclairThat year: 1937, Classical music, French opera singer (dead in 2015).
Works (composition or publishing)
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Manuel de Falla (age 61)
- Himno marcial (Song, lied)
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Béla Bartók (age 56)
- Violin Concerto No. 2That year: 1937, Classical music (Work for orchestra with soloist), published in 1946
- Concerto for 2 pianos, percussions and orchestraThat year: 1937, Classical music (Work for orchestra with soloist), composed in 1940
- Sonata for 2 pianos and percussionsThat year: 1937, Classical music (Work for chamber orchestra)
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Igor Stravinsky (age 55)
- Card GameThat year: 1937, Classical music (Ballet), composed in 1936
- Prelude for jazz band (Work for chamber orchestra)
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Sergei Prokofiev (age 46)
- Cantata for the 20th Anniversary of the October Revolution, Op. 74 (Work for choir)
- Songs of Our Days, Op. 76 (Work for choir)
- 4 Marches for military orchestra, Opp. 69 (Work for orchestra)
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Arthur Honegger (age 45)
- 2 Songs (Incidental music)
- The Song of Songs (Ballet)
- The Thousand and One Nights (Work for orchestra)
- Prelude á la Mort de Jaurès (Liberté) (Incidental music)
- A White Bird Has Flown Away (Ballet)
- Scenic Railway (Work for soloist)
- Les Petites Cardinales (Opera)
- String Quartet No. 3 in E (Work for chamber orchestra)
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Darius Milhaud (age 45)
- Fête de la musique, Light and Water Spectacle, Op. 159 (Incidental music)
- Grands feux, Op. 182 (Film score)
- Hécube, Op. 177 (Incidental music)
- L'oiseau, Op. 181 (Work for orchestra)
- L'opéra du gueux, Op. 171 (Opera)
- La citadelle du silence, Op. 176 (Film score)
- La conquête du ciel, Op. 184 (Film score)
- La duchesse d'Amalfi, Op. 160 (Incidental music)
- Le carnaval de Londres, Op. 172 (Work for orchestra)
- Le médecin volant, Op. 165 (Incidental music)
- Le trompeur de Séville, Op. 152e (Incidental music)
- Liberté, Op. 163 (Incidental music)
- Macbeth, Op. 175 (Incidental music)
- Mollénard, Op. 174 (Film score)
- Naissance d'une cité, Opp. 173 (Incidental music)
- Roméo et Juliette, Op. 161 (Incidental music)
- Main tendue à tous, Op. 169 (Work for choir)
- Scaramouche, Opp. 165 (Work for orchestra with soloist)
- 5 Songs, Opp. 167 (Song, lied)
- 5 Songs, Opp. 167 (Song, lied)
- Prends cette rose, Op. 183 (Song, lied)
- Scaramouche, Op. 165b (Work for chamber orchestra)
- Les deux cités, Op. 170 (Work for choir)
- Cantate de la paix, Op. 166 (Work for choir)
- Cantate nuptial, Op. 168 (Song, lied)
- Cantate de l'Homme, Op. 164 (Work for choir)
- Quatrain, Op. 180 (Song, lied)
- Rondeau, Op. 178 (Song, lied)
- Suite on a theme by Corrette, Op. 161b (Work for chamber orchestra)
- Airs populaires palestiniens, Opp. 179 (Song, lied)
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Erich Wolfgang Korngold (age 40)
- Violin Concerto, Op. 35That year: 1937, Classical music (Work for orchestra with soloist)
- Another Dawn (Film score)
- The Prince And The Pauper (Film score)
- Songs of the Clown, Opp. 29 (Song, lied)
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George Gershwin (age 39)
- Walking the Dog ( for Shall We Dance) (Film score)
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Francis Poulenc (age 38)
- Sécheresses, Op. 90 (Work for choir)
- Mass in G major, Op. 89 (Work for choir)
- 3 Poems, Opp. 91 (Song, lied)
- 2 Marches et un intermède, Opp. 88 (Work for orchestra)
- Bourrée, au pavillon d’Auvergne (À l’exposition), Op. 87 (Work for soloist)
- Tel jour, telle nuit, Opp. 86 (Song, lied)
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Aaron Copland (age 37)
- The Second Hurricane (Opera)
- Prairie Journal (Music Radio) (Work for orchestra)
- Sextet (Work for chamber orchestra)
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Dmitri Shostakovich (age 31)
- The Return of Maxim, Op. 45 (Film score)
- Volochayev Days, Op. 48 (Film score)
- 4 Romances, Opp. 46 (Song, lied)
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Olivier Messiaen (age 29)
- Poèmes pour Mi - 1er & 2e Livr, pour grand soprano dramatique et orchestre (Song, lied)
- Fêtes des belles eaux (Work for chamber orchestra)
- O sacrum convivium ! (Work for choir)
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Samuel Barber (age 27)
- First Essay for orchestra, Op. 12 (Work for orchestra)
- Reincarnations, Opp. 16 (Work for choir)
- 10 Early songs (Song, lied)
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Benjamin Britten (age 24)
- Variations on a theme by Frank Bridge, Op. 10That year: 1937, Classical music (Work for orchestra)
- Mont Juic, Op. 12 (Work for orchestra)
- The Company of Heaven (Work for choir)
- On this Island (Song, lied)
- On this Island, Op. 11 (Song, lied)
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Henri Dutilleux (age 21)
- Barque d'or (Song, lied)