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  2. History: That year
  3. 1938

The year 1938 in classical music and in lyrical art

1938. With other artists, Arnold Schoenberg, Pietro Mascagni and Richard Strauss influenced their time (modern & contemporary era). That year would see the birth of future classical or lyrical artists, while others would disappear such as Feodor Chaliapin. That year, new works would be composed, published or performed for the first time in public, such as “Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64” 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 1938 a page in the history of classical and lyrical music to be discovered or rediscovered. soclassiq currently lists more than 370 of these moments for 1938.

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1938, from day to day

 

1938

modern & contemporary era

January


03

Death of Arturo BeruttiThat year: 1938, Classical music, Argentinian composer (born in 1858)

05

Alice Gomme

Death of Alice GommeThat year: 1938, Classical music, British folklorist (born in 1853)

06

Birth of Walter BoeykensThat year: 1938, Classical music, Belgian clarinetist (dead in 2013)

Death of Vicent Peydró DíezThat year: 1938, Classical music, Spanish composer (1861-1938) (born in 1861)

08

Birth of Yevgeny NesterenkoThat year: 1938, Classical music, Russian singer

Premiere of Mont Juic, Op. 12That year: 1938, Classical music (Work for orchestra), Benjamin Britten

10

Donald Knuth

Birth of Donald KnuthThat year: 1938, Classical music, composer

11

Death of Abelardo AlbisiThat year: 1938, Classical music, Italian flautist and composer (born in 1872)

13

Birth of Paavo HeininenThat year: 1938, Classical music, Finnish composer and pianist

15

Birth of Tōru TamuraThat year: 1938, Classical music, composer, teacher

Death of Antoni Zygmunt BilińskiThat year: 1938, Classical music, composer (born in 1869)

16

Death of Elisa WiborgThat year: 1938, Classical music, Norwegian opera singer (born in 1862)

18

Death of Alexandre GeorgesThat year: 1938, Classical music, French organist and composer (born in 1850)

19

Birth of Bernd RiedelThat year: 1938, Classical music, German singer, musician and university teacher

20

Death of Nikolai ZhilyayevThat year: 1938, Classical music, Russian musicologist (born in 1881)

Death of Erik ÅkerbergThat year: 1938, Classical music, Swedish composer (born in 1860)

21

Death of Mary J. A. WurmThat year: 1938, Classical music, English composer (born in 1860)

22

Death of Richard FranckThat year: 1938, Classical music, German composer (born in 1858)

25

Death of Emma SaxlehnerThat year: 1938, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1849)

26

Birth of Ferdinand RadovanThat year: 1938, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 2009)

29

Carl Venth

Death of Carl VenthThat year: 1938, Classical music, German-American musician (born in 1860)

Birth of Henry ElyThat year: 1938, Classical music, singer, opera singer

30

Birth of Ernesto VeronelliThat year: 1938, Classical music, Italian opera singer

Also in January

Birth of Zhang JiqingThat year: 1938, Classical music, Chinese opera artist .

February


02

Sergio Ortega

Birth of Sergio OrtegaThat year: 1938, Classical music, Chilean musician (dead in 2003)

10

Richard A. Whiting

Death of Richard A. WhitingThat year: 1938, Classical music, American composer and songwriter (born in 1891)

11

Edith Mathis

Birth of Edith MathisThat year: 1938, Classical music, singer

12

Rafael Calleja Gómez

Death of Rafael Calleja GómezThat year: 1938, Classical music, Spanish composer and conductor (1870-1938). Conductor of Teatro Real de Madrid and Teatro de la Zarzuela. Founder with other composers (Ruperto Chapí, Sinesio Delgado, Carlos Arniches, Salvador Videgain Gómez) in 1899 of rights society Sociedad d... (born in 1870)

13

Premiere of The WeddingThat year: 1938, Classical music (Opera), Richard Wagner

Birth of Johanna MeierThat year: 1938, Classical music, American operatic soprano singer

16

John Corigliano

Birth of John CoriglianoThat year: 1938, Classical music, American composer

Birth of Hans-Dieter BaderThat year: 1938, Classical music, German singer and opera singer

18

Birth of Dominique MerletThat year: 1938, Classical music, French organist, pianist and music educator

21

Death of Albert HuybrechtsThat year: 1938, Classical music, Belgian composer (born in 1899)

22

Death of Miguel LlobetThat year: 1938, Classical music, Spanish Guitarist (born in 1878)

Birth of Vera LacićThat year: 1938, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1975)

24

Death of Louise JanssenThat year: 1938, Classical music, French opera singer (born in 1863)

25

Birth of Maryanne AmacherThat year: 1938, Classical music, Composer and installation artist (dead in 2009)

Death of Růžena MaturováThat year: 1938, Classical music, singer (born in 1869)

Julie Reisserová

Death of Julie ReisserováThat year: 1938, Classical music, Czech composer (born in 1888)

26

Death of Émile ScarembergThat year: 1938, Classical music, French singer (born in 1863)

Birth of Diane CurryThat year: 1938, Classical music, American operatic mezzo-soprano

Death of John Haraden PrattThat year: 1938, Classical music, composer (born in 1848)

27

Birth of Anne NyborgThat year: 1938, Classical music, Norwegian opera singer

March


02

Simon Estes

Birth of Simon EstesThat year: 1938, Classical music, American opera singer

Ben Harney

Death of Ben HarneyThat year: 1938, Classical music, American musician (born in 1872)

03

Birth of Rachel YakarThat year: 1938, Classical music, French Soprano

04

Birth of Werner JacobThat year: 1938, Classical music, German organist and composer (dead in 2006)

Death of Camilla WieseThat year: 1938, Classical music, Norwegian singer (1835-1938) (born in 1845)

07

Juan Bautista Massa

Death of Juan Bautista MassaThat year: 1938, Classical music, Argentinian composer (born in 1885)

09

Sydney Baynes

Death of Sydney BaynesThat year: 1938, Classical music, British composer and conductor (born in 1879)

12

Birth of Dimitri TerzakisThat year: 1938, Classical music, Greek composer

13

Birth of Jean-Claude RissetThat year: 1938, Classical music, French composer (dead in 2016)

15

Birth of Michael TrimbleThat year: 1938, Classical music, American opera singer

Death of Arthur StubbeThat year: 1938, Classical music, composer (born in 1866)

16

Death of Erna DeneraThat year: 1938, Classical music, German singer and opera singer (born in 1881)

18

Cyril Rootham

Death of Cyril RoothamThat year: 1938, Classical music, English composer, educator and organist (born in 1875)

21

Birth of Polina DorokhovaThat year: 1938, Classical music, Soviet opera singer

22

Birth of Earl WentzThat year: 1938, Classical music, American musician (dead in 2009)

23

Birth of Bruno BulgarelliThat year: 1938, Classical music, Italian opera singer

24

Birth of Holger CzukayThat year: 1938, Classical music, German bass-guitarist and co-founder of "Can" (dead in 2017)

26

Birth of Ursula SutterThat year: 1938, Classical music, opera singer, singer

Death of Alfréd PfeifferThat year: 1938, Classical music, opera singer

29

Death of Sophie WolfThat year: 1938, Classical music, German singer and opera singer (1880-1938) (born in 1880)

31

Birth of József DeneThat year: 1938, Classical music, opera singer

April


05

Premiere of Gaîté ParisienneThat year: 1938, Classical music (Ballet), Jacques Offenbach

06

Birth of Simon SargonThat year: 1938, Classical music, American composer

10

Birth of Éliane LublinThat year: 1938, Classical music, French opera singer (dead in 2017)

11

Kurt Moll

Birth of Kurt MollThat year: 1938, Classical music, German opera singer (dead in 2017)

12

Feodor Chaliapin

Death of Feodor ChaliapinThat year: 1938, Classical music, Russian opera singer and actor (born in 1873)

13

Frederic Rzewski

Birth of Frederic RzewskiThat year: 1938, Classical music, American musician

Birth of Heinz HolecekThat year: 1938, Classical music, Austrian opera singer (dead in 2012)

18

Death of Richard Runciman TerryThat year: 1938, Classical music, British composer (born in 1865)

19

Birth of Kenneth RiegelThat year: 1938, Classical music, American operatic tenor

Death of Wolfgang von BartelsThat year: 1938, Classical music, composer (born in 1883)

21

Death of Oskar BieThat year: 1938, Classical music, German art historian and publicist (born in 1864)

Death of Leopold RudolphThat year: 1938, Classical music, composer (born in 1877)

22

Birth of Zinaida DidenkoThat year: 1938, Classical music, Soviet Russian singer (dead in 2018)

Death of Georges VillainThat year: 1938, Classical music, composer (born in 1881)

27

Death of Adolph MühlmannThat year: 1938, Classical music, singer, opera singer, music pedagogue (born in 1866)

29

Birth of Harald StammThat year: 1938, Classical music, German singer and opera singer

30

Birth of Aino TakalaThat year: 1938, Classical music, Finnish operatic mezzo (dead in 2020)

May


02

Death of Julius MaiThat year: 1938, Classical music, composer (born in 1862)

05

Birth of Vyacheslav OsipovThat year: 1938, Classical music, Soviet Russian singer (dead in 2009)

Death of Giuseppe ChiarolanzaThat year: 1938, Classical music, composer

08

Samuel Maykapar

Death of Samuel MaykaparThat year: 1938, Classical music, Russian composer (1867-1938) (born in 1867)

09

Death of Huang TzuThat year: 1938, Classical music, Chinese musician (born in 1904)

Death of Jean d' UdineThat year: 1938, Classical music, composer (born in 1870)

10

Birth of Maxim ShostakovichThat year: 1938, Classical music, Soviet, American and Russian conductor and pianist

12

Premiere of Jeanne d'Arc au bûcherThat year: 1938, Classical music (Incidental music), Arthur Honegger

13

Birth of Eberhard SchoenerThat year: 1938, Classical music, German composer

Birth of Ludovic SpiessThat year: 1938, Classical music, Romanian singer and opera singer (dead in 2006)

18

Birth of Jan MálekThat year: 1938, Classical music, Czech composer

Death of Nikolai KasatchenkoThat year: 1938, Classical music, Soviet composer (1858-1938) (born in 1858)

Death of Herbert SandersThat year: 1938, Classical music, Canadian organist, pianist, conductor, composer, writer on music, and music educator (born in 1878)

20

Birth of Lone KoppelThat year: 1938, Classical music, Danish opera singer (soprano).

Birth of Einar BerghThat year: 1938, Classical music, opera singer, director (dead in 1997)

22

Death of Amalia KasprowiczThat year: 1938, Classical music, Polish actress (born in 1854)

25

Franco Bonisolli

Birth of Franco BonisolliThat year: 1938, Classical music, Italian opera singer (dead in 2003)

Birth of Josef HopferwieserThat year: 1938, Classical music, Austrian opera singer. (dead in 2015)

Birth of Maria Slătinaru-NistorThat year: 1938, Classical music, opera singer, voice teacher

26

William Bolcom

Birth of William BolcomThat year: 1938, Classical music, American composer

Teresa Stratas

Birth of Teresa StratasThat year: 1938, Classical music, Canadian-American singer

Death of Preston Ware OremThat year: 1938, Classical music, American composer, pianist, and writer on music (born in 1865)

27

Elizabeth Harwood

Birth of Elizabeth HarwoodThat year: 1938, Classical music, British opera singer (dead in 1990)

28

Ekkehard Wlaschiha

Birth of Ekkehard WlaschihaThat year: 1938, Classical music, German operatic baritone (dead in 2019)

29

Miguel Fleta

Death of Miguel FletaThat year: 1938, Classical music, Spanish operatic tenor (born in 1897)

30

Death of Charles-Augustin CollinThat year: 1938, Classical music, composer (born in 1865)

June


05

Death of Walenty DecThat year: 1938, Classical music, composer (born in 1851)

06

Birth of Karl-Walter BöhmThat year: 1938, Classical music, German opera singe (dead in 2000)

09

Charles Wuorinen

Birth of Charles WuorinenThat year: 1938, Classical music, American composer (dead in 2020)

10

Violetta Villas

Birth of Violetta VillasThat year: 1938, Classical music, Polish cabaret star, singer, actress, composer, songwriter (dead in 2011)

12

Ian Partridge

Birth of Ian PartridgeThat year: 1938, Classical music, English lyric tenor

13

Birth of Gwynne HowellThat year: 1938, Classical music, Welsh Opera singer

Death of Jean DelvoyeThat year: 1938, Classical music, Belgian singer and opera singer (born in 1854)

Birth of Beatrisa OkulovaThat year: 1938, Classical music, opera singer, music pedagogue (dead in 2012)

14

Death of Tekla FalckThat year: 1938, Classical music, opera singer, voice teacher

15

Birth of Jean-Claude ÉloyThat year: 1938, Classical music, French composer

17

Birth of Thomas LawlorThat year: 1938, Classical music, Irish opera singer

18

Birth of Jan DrzewieckiThat year: 1938, Classical music, Polish pianist (dead in 2006)

19

Guillaume Frémolle

Death of Guillaume FrémolleThat year: 1938, Classical music, composer (born in 1865)

21

Birth of Vyacheslav GrinchenkoThat year: 1938, Classical music, Soviet singer and opera singer (1938-1998) (dead in 1998)

24

Anna Severine Lindeman

Death of Anna Severine LindemanThat year: 1938, Classical music, Norwegian composer and music educator (1859-1938) (born in 1859)

25

Birth of Gianfranco CeccheleThat year: 1938, Classical music, Italian opera singer (dead in 2018)

26

James Weldon Johnson

Death of James Weldon JohnsonThat year: 1938, Classical music, writer and activist (born in 1871)

July


02

Death of Oreste RavanelloThat year: 1938, Classical music, Italian musician (born in 1871)

06

Birth of Deborah CookThat year: 1938, Classical music, American operatic soprano (dead in 2019)

Mikhail Chernov

Death of Mikhail ChernovThat year: 1938, Classical music, Russian composer (1879-1938) (born in 1879)

09

Birth of Giorgio LambertiThat year: 1938, Classical music, Italian singer and opera singer

Birth of Daiva MongirdaitėThat year: 1938, Classical music, Lithuanian opera singer

10

Death of Ğäziz ÄlmöxämmädevThat year: 1938, Classical music, Russian opera singer (born in 1895)

Birth of Claus NørbyThat year: 1938, Classical music, Danish opera singer (dead in 1999)

Death of Alberto GascoThat year: 1938, Classical music, composer (born in 1879)

11

Francis Bayer

Birth of Francis BayerThat year: 1938, Classical music, French composer and musicologist (dead in 2004)

13

Myroslav Skoryk

Birth of Myroslav SkorykThat year: 1938, Classical music, Ukrainian composer (dead in 2020)

16

Death of Tomás BarreraThat year: 1938, Classical music, Spanish composer (1870-1938) (born in 1870)

18

Birth of Khuseyn MukhtarovThat year: 1938, Classical music, Soviet singer and opera singer (1938-2001) (dead in 2001)

20

Birth of Margaret van der PostThat year: 1938, Classical music, South African opera singer and music teacher

21

Birth of Anton KuertiThat year: 1938, Classical music, Canadian pianist and composer

24

Premiere of Peace Day, Op. 81That year: 1938, Classical music (Opera), Richard Strauss

Birth of Édouard LabkovskiThat year: 1938, Classical music, Soviet Russian singer

Birth of Édouard LabkovskiThat year: 1938, Classical music, Soviet Russian singer

25

Birth of George PappasThat year: 1938, Classical music, opera singer (bass) (dead in 2012)

27

James Thornton

Death of James ThorntonThat year: 1938, Classical music, American songwriter and vaudeville performer (born in 1861)

29

Birth of Ivan SancinThat year: 1938, Classical music, opera singer

August


01

Birth of Bruno LaplanteThat year: 1938, Classical music, Canadian singer

Death of Arthur MorrisThat year: 1938, Classical music, composer (born in 1858)

02

Death of Sofija KrambergerThat year: 1938, Classical music, Croatian opera singer (mezzo-soprano) (born in 1861)

04

Inauguration: TanglewoodThat year: 1938, Classical music (Massachusetts, United States of America)

Birth of Simon PrestonThat year: 1938, Classical music, British musician

06

Heinrich Warnke

Death of Heinrich WarnkeThat year: 1938, Classical music, composer (born in 1870)

08

Jacques Hétu

Birth of Jacques HétuThat year: 1938, Classical music, Canadian composer (dead in 2010)

12

Huguette Tourangeau

Birth of Huguette TourangeauThat year: 1938, Classical music, French-Canadian operatic mezzo-soprano (dead in 2018)

Birth of Gérard PouletThat year: 1938, Classical music, French classical violinist

14

Landon Ronald

Death of Landon RonaldThat year: 1938, Classical music, British musician (born in 1873)

Birth of Gregory ShortThat year: 1938, Classical music, Composer, pianist (dead in 1999)

15

Luiz Gonzaga Dalia

Death of Luiz Gonzaga DaliaThat year: 1938, Classical music, composer (born in 1884)

18

Premiere of Piano Concerto, Op. 13That year: 1938, Classical music (Work for orchestra with soloist), Benjamin Britten

Death of Antonina Adamowska-SzumowskaThat year: 1938, Classical music, Polish pianist (1868-1938) (born in 1868)

19

Death of Hakon SchmedesThat year: 1938, Classical music, Danish violinist (born in 1877)

22

Birth of Günter NeumannThat year: 1938, Classical music, German singer and opera singer

23

Birth of Celestina CasapietraThat year: 1938, Classical music, Italian singer and opera singer

24

Death of Richard Bruno HeydrichThat year: 1938, Classical music, German opera singer, composer, singer and music educator (born in 1865)

Birth of Bohdan BazylykutThat year: 1938, Classical music, Ukrainian opera singer (dead in 2020)

29

Death of Ismaele VoltoliniThat year: 1938, Classical music, Italian opera singer (born in 1887)

30

James Scott

Death of James ScottThat year: 1938, Classical music, American ragtime composer (born in 1885)

31

Birth of Wieland KuijkenThat year: 1938, Classical music, musician and player of the viola da gamba and baroque cello

September


01

Birth of Ralph MasonThat year: 1938, Classical music, British opera singer (dead in 2016)

02

Birth of Lajos KozmaThat year: 1938, Classical music, opera singer, voice teacher (dead in 2007)

Birth of Christian IvaldiThat year: 1938, Classical music, French pianist

04

Ladislas de Rohozinski

Death of Ladislas de RohozinskiThat year: 1938, Classical music, French composer (born in 1886)

05

Birth of Piotr LachertThat year: 1938, Classical music, Polish composer (dead in 2018)

06

Joan Tower

Birth of Joan TowerThat year: 1938, Classical music, American composer, concert pianist and conductor

08

Reinbert de Leeuw

Birth of Reinbert de LeeuwThat year: 1938, Classical music, Dutch conductor (dead in 2020)

Ramon L. Campillo Torralba

Death of Ramon L. Campillo TorralbaThat year: 1938, Classical music, composer (born in 1902)

09

Birth of István BerczellyThat year: 1938, Classical music, Hungarian opera singer

12

Tatiana Troyanos

Birth of Tatiana TroyanosThat year: 1938, Classical music, classical music and opera singer (dead in 1993)

13

Birth of János NégyesyThat year: 1938, Classical music, Hungarian musician (dead in 2013)

16

Birth of Taru ValjakkaThat year: 1938, Classical music, Finnish singer and musicologist

Birth of Irène JaumillotThat year: 1938, Classical music, French singer (dead in 1994)

17

Birth of Maarja HaamerThat year: 1938, Classical music, Estonian opera singer

19

Zygmunt Krauze

Birth of Zygmunt KrauzeThat year: 1938, Classical music, Polish composer and pianist

20

Birth of Nobuyoshi IinumaThat year: 1938, Classical music, Japanese composer

21

Yūji Takahashi

Birth of Yūji TakahashiThat year: 1938, Classical music, Japanese musician

Birth of Atli Heimir SveinssonThat year: 1938, Classical music, Icelandic composer (dead in 2019)

Birth of Helga Meyer-WagnerThat year: 1938, Classical music, Austrian opera singer

23

Aurelio Giorni

Death of Aurelio GiorniThat year: 1938, Classical music, Pianist, Composer, Pedagogue (born in 1895)

25

Death of Bruno WeiglThat year: 1938, Classical music, Czech composer (born in 1881)

Death of Christine FriedleinThat year: 1938, Classical music, German opera singer (born in 1862)

28

Con Conrad

Death of Con ConradThat year: 1938, Classical music, American songwriter, record producer (born in 1891)

29

Birth of Anatoly ShevchenkoThat year: 1938, Classical music, musician and painter (1938-2012) (dead in 2012)

Melchiorre Mauro-Cottone

Death of Melchiorre Mauro-CottoneThat year: 1938, Classical music, composer (born in 1885)

Also in September

Birth of Henri-Claude FantapiéThat year: 1938, Classical music, French conductor .

October


03

Viktor Kosenko

Death of Viktor KosenkoThat year: 1938, Classical music, Ukrainian composer (born in 1896)

Birth of Karl HelmThat year: 1938, Classical music, German opera singer (dead in 2012)

04

Death of Adolf FreyThat year: 1938, Classical music, American composer (born in 1865)

05

Birth of Frank PattersonThat year: 1938, Classical music, Irish tenor (dead in 2000)

09

Inauguration: Theater SaarbrückenThat year: 1938, Classical music (Saarbrücken, Germany)

10

Birth of Gloria CoatesThat year: 1938, Classical music, American composer

Premiere of String Quartet No. 1 in C major, Op. 49That year: 1938, Classical music (Work for chamber orchestra), Dmitri Shostakovich

13

Birth of Enzo DaraThat year: 1938, Classical music, Italian opera singer (dead in 2017)

15

Premiere of Daphne, Op. 82That year: 1938, Classical music (Opera), Richard Strauss

16

Premiere of Billy the KidThat year: 1938, Classical music (Ballet), Aaron Copland

17

Death of Aleksander MichałowskiThat year: 1938, Classical music, Polish musician (born in 1851)

Birth of John PringleThat year: 1938, Classical music, Australian operatic baritone

Death of Gustav LewinThat year: 1938, Classical music, composer (born in 1869)

19

Birth of Ed EvankoThat year: 1938, Classical music, Canadian opera singer (dead in 2018)

23

Oskar Böhme

Death of Oskar BöhmeThat year: 1938, Classical music, German composer and trumpeter (born in 1870)

Birth of Isabelle AboulkerThat year: 1938, Classical music, French composer

26

Birth of Janos SolyomThat year: 1938, Classical music, Swedish pianist (dead in 2017)

27

Death of Alma GluckThat year: 1938, Classical music, American singer (born in 1884)

Birth of Edda MoserThat year: 1938, Classical music, German operatic soprano

29

Death of Oscar RoelsThat year: 1938, Classical music, Belgian composer and conductor (1864-1938) (born in 1864)

30

Death of A. Emmett AdamsThat year: 1938, Classical music, composer (born in 1889)

November


02

Death of Carl SattlerThat year: 1938, Classical music, composer (born in 1871)

03

Birth of Ursula Reinhardt-KissThat year: 1938, Classical music, German singer and opera singer

08

Birth of Richard StokerThat year: 1938, Classical music, British composer

12

Death of Mikhail Fedorovich ShvetsThat year: 1938, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1880)

14

Death of Léon DelcroixThat year: 1938, Classical music, 15 September 1880 — 14 November 1938 (born in 1880)

15

Reginald Steggall

Death of Reginald SteggallThat year: 1938, Classical music, composer (born in 1867)

Birth of Sesshū KaiThat year: 1938, Classical music, Japanese composer (dead in 1978)

Birth of Dorit HanakThat year: 1938, Classical music, Austrian singer and opera singer

16

Ernst Boehe

Death of Ernst BoeheThat year: 1938, Classical music, German composer (born in 1880)

17

Birth of Lee PatrickThat year: 1938, Classical music, American musician

18

Death of Wilhelmine Holmboe-SchenströmThat year: 1938, Classical music, Wilhelmine Holmboe-Schenström (born in 1842)

Birth of Annon Lee SilverThat year: 1938, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1971)

19

Death of Remigio RenziThat year: 1938, Classical music, Italian composer and music educator (born in 1857)

21

Leopold Godowsky

Death of Leopold GodowskyThat year: 1938, Classical music, Polish American pianist, composer, and teacher (born in 1870)

Also in November

Birth of Jan VriendThat year: 1938, Classical music, Dutch pianist and composer .

December


03

Birth of José SerebrierThat year: 1938, Classical music, Uruguayan conductor and composer

Birth of Anatoly BerkovichThat year: 1938, Classical music, actor (1938-2013) (dead in 2013)

04

Yvonne Minton

Birth of Yvonne MintonThat year: 1938, Classical music, singer

Dina Appeldoorn

Death of Dina AppeldoornThat year: 1938, Classical music, Dutch musician (born in 1884)

Birth of Kazimierz MyrlakThat year: 1938, Classical music, Polish singer

06

Death of Georges BaklanoffThat year: 1938, Classical music, Russian singer and opera singer (1881-1938) (born in 1881)

Borghild Holmsen

Death of Borghild HolmsenThat year: 1938, Classical music, Pianist and composer (born in 1865)

Birth of Wilma DriessenThat year: 1938, Classical music, singer

07

Death of Stanisława Korwin-SzymanowskaThat year: 1938, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1884)

10

Yuri Temirkanov

Birth of Yuri TemirkanovThat year: 1938, Classical music, Soviet musician

Mario Pilati

Death of Mario PilatiThat year: 1938, Classical music, Italian composer (born in 1903)

13

Alvin Curran

Birth of Alvin CurranThat year: 1938, Classical music, American musician and composer

Stephen W. Beatty

Birth of Stephen W. BeattyThat year: 1938, Classical music, composer

14

Death of Maurice EmmanuelThat year: 1938, Classical music, French composer (born in 1862)

16

Death of Emil KronkeThat year: 1938, Classical music, German composer (born in 1865)

Birth of Albert AssayagThat year: 1938, Classical music, French conductor and pianist

19

Birth of Karel SvobodaThat year: 1938, Classical music, Czech composer (1938—2007) (dead in 2007)

20

John Harbison

Birth of John HarbisonThat year: 1938, Classical music, American composer

24

Birth of Mesías MaiguashcaThat year: 1938, Classical music, Ecuadorian composer

Birth of Denis Alexandrowitsch KoroljowThat year: 1938, Classical music, Russian singer and opera singer

25

Birth of Alain MarionThat year: 1938, Classical music, French flutist (dead in 1998)

26

Death of Irene von ChavanneThat year: 1938, Classical music, Austrian opera singer (born in 1863)

Birth of Adriana MaliponteThat year: 1938, Classical music, opera singer

29

Birth of Bart BermanThat year: 1938, Classical music, Dutch-Israeli pianist and composer, best known as an interpreter of Franz Schubert and 20th century music.

30

Premiere of Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64That year: 1938, Classical music (Ballet), Sergei Prokofiev

Premiere of 10 Pieces for piano from “Romeo and Juliet”, Opp. 75That year: 1938, Classical music (Work for soloist), Sergei Prokofiev

Premiere of Suite No. 1 from “Romeo and Juliet”, Op. 64bisThat year: 1938, Classical music (Work for orchestra), Sergei Prokofiev

Premiere of Suite No. 2 from “Romeo and Juliet”, Op. 64terThat year: 1938, Classical music (Work for orchestra), Sergei Prokofiev

Premiere of Suite No. 3 from “Romeo and Juliet”, Op. 101That year: 1938, Classical music (Work for orchestra), Sergei Prokofiev

Also in December

Death of Cécile MerguillierThat year: 1938, Classical music, French opera singer (born in 1861) .


This was also in 1938

Birth of William BrownThat year: 1938, Classical music, African-American operatic tenor (dead in 2004). Dissolution: Orchestre Symphonique de ParisThat year: 1938, Classical music. Birth of Elka MitzewaThat year: 1938, Classical music, Bulgarian opera singer . Birth of Nikola MitićThat year: 1938, Classical music, opera singer, singer (dead in 2019). Inception: Heinz Chapel ChoirThat year: 1938, Classical music (United States of America). Birth of Mieko ShiomiThat year: 1938, Classical music, composer . Birth of Tibor KelenThat year: 1938, Classical music, Hungarian singer (dead in 2001). Inception: Stavanger Symphony OrchestraThat year: 1938, Classical music. Dissolution: Orchestre Philharmonique de ParisThat year: 1938, Classical music. Death of Gaston BélierThat year: 1938, Classical music, French organist (born in 1863). Death of Bjarni ÞorsteinssonThat year: 1938, Classical music, Icelandic priest and composer (born in 1861). Birth of Ernst SchützThat year: 1938, Classical music, Austrian singer and actor (dead in 2020). Birth of Barbara ZagórzankaThat year: 1938, Classical music, opera singer . Death of Caroline Gardner BartlettThat year: 1938, Classical music, American singer, educator (born in 1868). Death of Julio OsmaThat year: 1938, Classical music, composer (born in 1888). Death of Emilie Henriette SpångbergThat year: 1938, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1860). Dissolution: Rosé QuartetThat year: 1938, Classical music (Austria). Death of Gustav ZangerThat year: 1938, Classical music, composer (born in 1848). Inception: Cleveland Philharmonic OrchestraThat year: 1938, Classical music (United States of America). Death of Celian KottaunThat year: 1938, Classical music, composer (born in 1856). Birth of Walter DonatiThat year: 1938, Classical music, German singer and opera singer . Death of Paul Fischer-WeberThat year: 1938, Classical music, composer (born in 1868). Death of William Burdine Blake, Sr.That year: 1938, Classical music, American composer (born in 1852). Death of Aristide AnceschiThat year: 1938, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1866). Death of Mabel RidleyThat year: 1938, Classical music, American singer (born in 1895). Birth of Michèle Le BrisThat year: 1938, Classical music, French soprano (dead in 2018). Death of Abraham Zevi IdelsohnThat year: 1938, Classical music, Jewish ethnologist, musicologist and composer (born in 1882). Inception: Los Angeles Civic Light OperaThat year: 1938, Classical music (United States of America). Birth of Roberta KnieThat year: 1938, Classical music, singer (dead in 2017). Inception: National Symphony OrchestraThat year: 1938, Classical music (Peru). Death of Heinrich BötelThat year: 1938, Classical music, German tenor (born in 1854). Inauguration: Lucerne FestivalThat year: 1938, Classical music (Lucerne, Switzerland). Death of Ferdinando RonchiniThat year: 1938, Classical music, composer (born in 1865). Death of José María AlviraThat year: 1938, Classical music, Spanish teacher of music (born in 1864). Death of Ruby HelderThat year: 1938, Classical music, British singer (born in 1890). Birth of Franca MattiucciThat year: 1938, Classical music, singer . Death of Bruce SteaneThat year: 1938, Classical music, composer, organist (born in 1866). Death of Minnie EgenerThat year: 1938, Classical music, singer (born in 1881). Death of Ladislas de RohozinskiThat year: 1938, Classical music, composer (born in 1886). Inception: CBC Radio OrchestraThat year: 1938, Classical music. Birth of Ljiljana Molnar-TalajićThat year: 1938, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 2007). Birth of Vladimir Pavlovitsj TarasovThat year: 1938, Classical music, opera singer . Death of Jean AthanasiuThat year: 1938, Classical music, Romanian singer and opera singer (born in 1885). Birth of Elsie MaurerThat year: 1938, Classical music, German singer and opera singer . Birth of Sven BergerThat year: 1938, Classical music, musician . Birth of Aleida SchweitzerThat year: 1938, Classical music, Brazilian pianist . Birth of Zinaida IgnatyevaThat year: 1938, Classical music, Russian pianist . Birth of Janice ChapmanThat year: 1938, Classical music, singer . Death of Emil Karl JanserThat year: 1938, Classical music, composer (born in 1874). Death of Franz PácalThat year: 1938, Classical music, Czech opera singer (born in 1865). Birth of Annet Kazue StrnadtThat year: 1938, Classical music, Japanese opera singer . Death of Attilio SalvaneschiThat year: 1938, Classical music, Italian opera singer (born in 1873). Death of Josep Maria Benaiges PujolThat year: 1938, Classical music, Spanish composer (1855-1938) (born in 1855). Death of Roland RevellThat year: 1938, Classical music, composer (born in 1867). Birth of Pauline WalesThat year: 1938, Classical music, English singer and actress . Birth of Mark DellerThat year: 1938, Classical music, British musician . Birth of Georges RabolThat year: 1938, Classical music, French pianist (1938-2006) (dead in 2006). Death of Giovanni CaramielloThat year: 1938, Classical music, composer (born in 1838). Inauguration: Anhaltisches TheaterThat year: 1938, Classical music (Dessau-Roßlau, Germany). Death of Hope TempleThat year: 1938, Classical music, Irish songwriter and composer (born in 1859). Death of Valentine HemeryThat year: 1938, Classical music, composer (born in 1865). Death of Leopoldo SpivacchiniThat year: 1938, Classical music, Polish opera singer (born in 1869). Death of Benjamin M. JeromeThat year: 1938, Classical music, composer (born in 1881). Death of Salvator LéonardiThat year: 1938, Classical music, Italian composer (born in 1872). Death of R.F. Martin AkermanThat year: 1938, Classical music, composer (born in 1871). Death of Bruno GoyenecheThat year: 1938, Classical music, composer (born in 1850). Death of Mary Elizabeth Turner SalterThat year: 1938, Classical music, American soprano and composer (born in 1856). Inception: West Michigan Symphony OrchestraThat year: 1938, Classical music (United States of America).

Works (composition or publishing)
  • Arnold Schoenberg (age 64)
    • Double Canon (Work for choir)
    • Kol Nidre (g-Moll), Op. 39 (Work for choir)
  • Béla Bartók (age 57)
    • Contrasts (Work for chamber orchestra)
  • Igor Stravinsky (age 56)
    • Concerto for chamber orchestra in E-flat major, “Dumbarton Oaks”That year: 1938, Classical music (Work for chamber orchestra)
    • Petit Ramusianum Harmonique (Work for choir)
  • Sergei Prokofiev (age 47)
    • Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 58That year: 1938, Classical music (Work for orchestra with soloist)
    • Egyptian Nights, Op. 61 (Incidental music)
    • Hamlet, Op. 77 (Incidental music)
    • Divertimento for piano, Op. 43b (Work for soloist)
    • Gavotte, Op. 77b (Work for soloist)
  • Darius Milhaud (age 46)
    • La Tragédie impériale "Rasputin", Op. 187 (Film score)
    • La première famille, Op. 193 (Incidental music)
    • Le bal des voleurs, Op. 192 (Incidental music)
    • The Mayor's Dilemma, Op. 196 (Film score)
    • Médée, Op. 191 (Opera)
    • Plutus, Op. 186 (Incidental music)
    • Tricolore, Op. 190 (Incidental music)
    • Récréation, Op. 195 (Work for choir)
    • Quatre chants populaires de Provence, Opp. 194 (Work for choir)
    • Fantaisie pastorale, Op. 188 (Work for orchestra with soloist)
    • Les quatre éléments, Op. 189 (Song, lied)
    • Cantate de l'enfant et de la mère, Op. 185 (Song, lied)
  • Arthur Honegger (age 46)
    • The Dance of the Dead (Incidental music)
  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold (age 41)
    • The Adventures of Robin Hood (Film score)
  • Francis Poulenc (age 39)
    • Concerto for organ and orchestra in G minor, Op. 93That year: 1938, Classical music (Work for orchestra with soloist)
    • 4 Motets, Opp. 97, “pour un temps de pénitence” (Work for choir)
    • 2 Poems, Opp. 94 (Song, lied)
    • La grenouillère, Op. 96 (Song, lied)
    • Le portrait, Op. 92 (Song, lied)
    • Priez pour paix, Op. 95 (Song, lied)
    • 8 Nocturnes, Opp. 56 (Work for soloist)
  • Aaron Copland (age 38)
    • Lark (Work for choir)
    • An Outdoor Overture (Work for orchestra)
    • Waltz and Celebration (Work for orchestra)
  • Dmitri Shostakovich (age 32)
    • Suite No. 2 for jazz bandThat year: 1938, Classical music (Work for orchestra)
    • The Twelve Chairs (Opera)
    • Friends, Op. 51 (Film score)
    • The Great Citizen (I), Op. 52 (Film score)
    • The Man with a Gun, Op. 53 (Film score)
    • The Vyborg Side, Op. 50 (Film score)
    • Suite from The Maxim film-Trilogy, Op. 50a (Work for choir)
  • Olivier Messiaen (age 30)
    • Songs of earth and heaven (Song, lied)
    • Deux monodies en quarts de ton (Work for soloist)
  • Samuel Osborne Barber (age 28)
    • God’s Grandeur (Work for choir)
  • Benjamin Britten (age 25)
    • Violin Concerto, Op. 15That year: 1938, Classical music (Work for orchestra with soloist)
  • Henri Dutilleux (age 22)
    • L'Anneau du Roi (Work for choir)

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