The year 1937 in classical music and in lyrical art

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

Birth of Zygmunt KoniecznyThat year: 1937, Classical music, Polish musician

Death of Sofie Röhr-BrajninThat year: 1937, Classical music, Polish opera singer, music educator and singer (born in 1861)

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)

Premiere of String Quartet No. 4, Op. 37That year: 1937, Classical music (Work for chamber orchestra), Arnold Schoenberg

Death of Clarence EddyThat year: 1937, Classical music, American organist and composer (born in 1851)

Death of Guido PetersThat year: 1937, Classical music, Austrian composer and pianist (born in 1866)

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)

Birth of Milka StojanovićThat year: 1937, Classical music, singer

Birth of Hans-Martin NauThat year: 1937, Classical music, opera singer

Death of Philipp GretscherThat year: 1937, Classical music, German composer (born in 1859)

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

Birth of Rudolf A. HartmannThat year: 1937, Classical music, German opera singer (dead in 2006)

Death of Mary Helen BrownThat year: 1937, Classical music, composer (born in 1865)

Death of Harold SamuelThat year: 1937, Classical music, British musician (born in 1879)

Death of Mieczysław Apolinary HorbowskiThat year: 1937, Classical music, Polish singer (born in 1849)

Birth of Ágnes KrizaThat year: 1937, Classical music, (1937--1997) opera singer; theatre manager (dead in 1997)

Birth of Bohdan RiemerThat year: 1937, Classical music, Polish composer

Birth of Vaclovas DaunorasThat year: 1937, Classical music, Soviet singer, opera singer and music educator (dead in 2020)

Death of Fritz FuhrmeisterThat year: 1937, Classical music, German pianist (born in 1862)

Death of Malwine BréeThat year: 1937, Classical music, composer (born in 1851)

Birth of Wilfriede GünschelThat year: 1937, Classical music, German opera singer (soprano)

Birth of Wiesław OchmanThat year: 1937, Classical music, Polish singer

Death of Pier Adolfo TirindelliThat year: 1937, Classical music, Italian composer (born in 1858)

Death of Gottfried HuppertzThat year: 1937, Classical music, German composer (born in 1887)

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)

Birth of Catherine GayerThat year: 1937, Classical music, American musician, singer, opera singer and music educator

Birth of Anna Malewicz-MadeyThat year: 1937, Classical music, opera singer, singer

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)

Death of Leopold Julian KronenbergThat year: 1937, Classical music, Polish banker (born in 1849)

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)

Birth of Zajtuna GazizovaThat year: 1937, Classical music, Russian opera singer

Death of Hevesi JankaThat year: 1937, Classical music, Hungarian singer (born in 1863)

Birth of Ángeles ChamorroThat year: 1937, Classical music, Spanish opera and zarzuela singer (dead in 2003)

Death of Gustav WohlgemuthThat year: 1937, Classical music, German conductor and choir director (born in 1863)

Birth of Paul MéfanoThat year: 1937, Classical music, French composer (dead in 2020)

Birth of Siegfried VogelThat year: 1937, Classical music, German opera singer

Birth of Azio CorghiThat year: 1937, Classical music, Italian composer

Death of Georg AmftThat year: 1937, Classical music, musician (born in 1873)

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

Birth of Elizabeth VaughanThat year: 1937, Classical music, Welsh singer

Birth of David CameronThat year: 1937, Classical music, composer

Birth of Georges DelvalléeThat year: 1937, Classical music, French organist

Birth of Dave SaulThat year: 1937, Classical music, composer (dead in 2013)

Death of Eduardo BottiglieroThat year: 1937, Classical music, Italian organist and composer (born in 1864)

Birth of Václav HálekThat year: 1937, Classical music, Czech composer (dead in 2014)

Death of Tieste WilmantThat year: 1937, Classical music, Italian baritone (born in 1859)

Death of Joseph SieulleThat year: 1937, Classical music, composer (born in 1883)

Birth of Benjamin LuxonThat year: 1937, Classical music, British opera singer

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)

Birth of Bjørn Lie-HansenThat year: 1937, Classical music, Norwegian opera singer (dead in 2018)

Death of Kajetán TichýThat year: 1937, Classical music, Czech conductor, composer, choirmaster and organist (born in 1859)

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)

Death of Feodor KoenemannThat year: 1937, Classical music, Russian musician (born in 1873)

Birth of Kaljo JohannsonThat year: 1937, Classical music, opera singer, singer (dead in 2017)

Birth of Vojtech KociánThat year: 1937, Classical music, Slovak opera singer

Birth of Shuku IwasakiThat year: 1937, Classical music, Japanese pianist

Death of Antonín KarasThat year: 1937, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1869)

Death of William Henry HadowThat year: 1937, Classical music, British educational innovator/reformer, composer, and musicologist (born in 1859)

Death of Algernon AshtonThat year: 1937, Classical music, English Composer and Piano Teacher (born in 1859)

Birth of Lando BartoliniThat year: 1937, Classical music, Italian opera singer

Birth of Oslavio Di CredicoThat year: 1937, Classical music, Italian opera singer (dead in 2006)

Death of Nikolai ArtsybushevThat year: 1937, Classical music, Russian lawyer, publisher and promoter (born in 1858)

Birth of Rostyslav BabychThat year: 1937, Classical music, composer, conductor, music pedagogue (dead in 2021)

Birth of Klaus ThunemannThat year: 1937, Classical music, German bassoonist

Death of Virgilio RanzatoThat year: 1937, Classical music, Italian composer (born in 1882)

Birth of Svend NielsenThat year: 1937, Classical music, composer

Birth of Kim BazarsadaevThat year: 1937, Classical music, Soviet singer and opera singer (1937-2002) (dead in 2002)

Birth of Tamara BoboshkoThat year: 1937, Classical music, opera singer

Inauguration: Belarusian State PhilharmonicThat year: 1937, Classical music (Belarus)

Birth of Bernhard KontarskyThat year: 1937, Classical music, German musician

Birth of Adalbert KrausThat year: 1937, Classical music, German singer

Death of Gustav SchützendorfThat year: 1937, Classical music, German baritone (born in 1883)

Death of Carel van ButterThat year: 1937, Classical music, Dutch singer (born in 1881)

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)

Death of Arthur SomervellThat year: 1937, Classical music, British composer and art song writer (born in 1863)

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)

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

Death of Charles Lincoln EdwardsThat year: 1937, Classical music, American zoologist (born in 1863)

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)

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)

Birth of Eyvind SolåsThat year: 1937, Classical music, Norwegian musician and actor (dead in 2011)

Birth of David KrivitskyThat year: 1937, Classical music, Soviet composer (1937-2010) (dead in 2010)

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)

Death of Alfred BaubergerThat year: 1937, Classical music, opera singer, singer, stage actor (born in 1866)

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)

Birth of Vladislav KazeninThat year: 1937, Classical music, Russian composer (dead in 2014)

Birth of Agshin AlizadehThat year: 1937, Classical music, Azerbaijani composer (1937-2014) (dead in 2014)

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

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)

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

Death of Ernesto TagliaferriThat year: 1937, Classical music, Italian musician (born in 1889)

Birth of Valerie MastersonThat year: 1937, Classical music, singer and actress

Birth of Mechthild GessendorfThat year: 1937, Classical music, German opera singer and singer

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)

Death of Ferdinand SabathilThat year: 1937, Classical music, composer (1852-1937) (born in 1852)

Birth of Karl LeisterThat year: 1937, Classical music, German classical clarinet player

Birth of Rolf RiehmThat year: 1937, Classical music, German composer and oboist

Birth of Stafford DeanThat year: 1937, Classical music, British opera singer

Birth of Michael von BielThat year: 1937, Classical music, German composer, cellist, and graphic artist, born 1937

Birth of Edvardas KaniavaThat year: 1937, Classical music, Lithuanian singer, opera singer, politician and music educator

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

Death of Ernesto BadiniThat year: 1937, Classical music, Italian opera singer (born in 1876)

Death of Attilio BrugnoliThat year: 1937, Classical music, Italian pianist (1880-1937) (born in 1880)

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)

Birth of Aron AronovThat year: 1937, Classical music, Bulgarian tenor

Death of Jan ZwartThat year: 1937, Classical music, Dutch composer (born in 1877)

Death of Alfred RedheadThat year: 1937, Classical music, composer (born in 1855)

Birth of Leoš FaltusThat year: 1937, Classical music, Czech music educator and composer

Death of Marie ParcelloThat year: 1937, Classical music, composer, opera singer, singer (born in 1860)

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)

Death of Pietro MagriThat year: 1937, Classical music, Italian organist and choir director (born in 1873)

Birth of Magdalena CononoviciThat year: 1937, Classical music, Romanian soprano

Death of Julie Rivé-KingThat year: 1937, Classical music, Pianist and composer (born in 1854)

Birth of Tonny LandyThat year: 1937, Classical music, Danish tenor and actor

Birth of Dejan BravničarThat year: 1937, Classical music, Slovenian musician (dead in 2018)

Birth of Endre GranatThat year: 1937, Classical music, Hungarian violinist

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)

Birth of Ivo KuuskThat year: 1937, Classical music, Estonian opera singer

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)

Birth of Barbara Smith ConradThat year: 1937, Classical music, singer (1937-2017) (dead in 2017)

Death of Leo MoeremansThat year: 1937, Classical music, composer (born in 1861)

Birth of Felicia WeathersThat year: 1937, Classical music, American opera singer

Death of Mihail Nikolaevič KarakašThat year: 1937, Classical music, music pedagogue, opera singer, singer (born in 1887)

Birth of David BehrmanThat year: 1937, Classical music, American composer

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

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

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)

Birth of Juan Carlos GebelinThat year: 1937, Classical music, Lyric singer (dead in 2004)

Birth of Valery EgudinThat year: 1937, Classical music, Soviet singer and opera singer (1937-2007) (dead in 2007)

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)

Birth of Anita SaltaThat year: 1937, Classical music, American singer, opera singer, voice teacher and music educator

Birth of Antoinette MiggianiThat year: 1937, Classical music, singer

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)

Birth of Eduard SerovThat year: 1937, Classical music, Russian conductor (dead in 2016)

Birth of Ana Maria MirandaThat year: 1937, Classical music, opera singer

Birth of Lyudmila ErofeevaThat year: 1937, Classical music, Soviet opera singer (1937–2003) (dead in 2003)

Birth of Tibor KelenThat year: 1937, Classical music, Hungarian singer (1938-2001) (dead in 2001)

Death of John Piersol McCaskeyThat year: 1937, Classical music, American politician (born in 1837)

Birth of Franco PetracchiThat year: 1937, Classical music, Italian musician

Death of Albert SeitzThat year: 1937, Classical music, French musician (born in 1872)

Birth of Pablo ElviraThat year: 1937, Classical music, Puerto Rican opera singer (dead in 2000)

Birth of Franz GrundheberThat year: 1937, Classical music, German operatic baritone

Birth of Stefka TodorovaThat year: 1937, Classical music, (1937-1997) (dead in 1997)

Death of Marie Růžičková-StrozziThat year: 1937, Classical music, Croatian actor (born in 1850)

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

Birth of Ján SzelepcsényiThat year: 1937, Classical music, composer, conductor, diplomat, university teacher

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)

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

Death of Armand VivetThat year: 1937, Classical music, composer (born in 1869)

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)

Birth of Hallgerd Benum DahlThat year: 1937, Classical music, opera singer, singer

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)

Birth of Catarina LigendzaThat year: 1937, Classical music, singer

Death of Ragna FossThat year: 1937, Classical music, Norwegian operasinger (born in 1884)

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)

Birth of Tadeáš SalvaThat year: 1937, Classical music, composer and university teacher (1937-1995) (dead in 1995)

Death of Ferdinand KüchlerThat year: 1937, Classical music, German musician (born in 1867)

Death of Mikuláš Jan DemkovThat year: 1937, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1878)

Birth of Marie-Françoise BucquetThat year: 1937, Classical music, French classical pianist (dead in 2018)

Death of Carl StreitmannThat year: 1937, Classical music, Austrian actor and opera singer (born in 1858)

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

Death of Maude Valerie WhiteThat year: 1937, Classical music, French-born English composer (born in 1855)

Death of Rogelio del VillarThat year: 1937, Classical music, Spanish author (born in 1875)

Death of Nils LarsenThat year: 1937, Classical music, Norwegian composer (born in 1888)

Birth of Leo GoekeThat year: 1937, Classical music, American opera singer (dead in 2012)

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)

Death of Paul FauchetThat year: 1937, Classical music, French conductor, composer and musicologist (born in 1881)

Birth of Marta LambertiniThat year: 1937, Classical music, Argentine composer (dead in 2019)

Death of Kōichi KishiThat year: 1937, Classical music, Japanese composer, conductor, and violinist (born in 1909)

Birth of Ruth LaredoThat year: 1937, Classical music, American classical pianist (dead in 2005)

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)

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)

Death of Carl FrühlingThat year: 1937, Classical music, Austrian composer (born in 1868)

Death of Franz SchollarThat year: 1937, Classical music, composer (born in 1859)

Birth of Muriel Costa-GreensponThat year: 1937, Classical music, singer (dead in 2005)

Birth of Toktonali SeytalievThat year: 1937, Classical music, Soviet singer, opera singer and music educator (dead in 2021)

Death of Rodolfo FalvoThat year: 1937, Classical music, Italian musician (born in 1874)

Birth of Artur KornThat year: 1937, Classical music, German opera singer

Death of Henning Hugo MalmThat year: 1937, Classical music, Swedish opera singer (born in 1872)

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)

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

Birth of Roberto BenziThat year: 1937, Classical music, French conductor

Death of James H. PhillpotThat year: 1937, Classical music, composer (born in 1861)

Death of Vilhelm HeroldThat year: 1937, Classical music, Danish opera singer (born in 1865)

Death of Aleksandr ZhitomirskyThat year: 1937, Classical music, Soviet composer (1881-1937) (born in 1881)

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)

Death of Muriel FosterThat year: 1937, Classical music, British opera singer (born in 1877)

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)

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)

Death of Jan KersbergenThat year: 1937, Classical music, composer (born in 1857)

Birth of Tsisana TatishviliThat year: 1937, Classical music, Georgian opera singer and music educator (dead in 2017)

Birth of Kay JaffeeThat year: 1937, Classical music, performer