The year 1938 in classical music and in lyrical art
1938. With other artists, Béla Bartók, Richard Strauss 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 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 380 of these moments for 1938.
1938, from day to day
January
03
Death of Arturo BeruttiThat year: 1938, Classical music, Argentinian composer (born in 1858)
05
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 (dead in 2021)
Premiere of Mont Juic, Op. 12That year: 1938, Classical music (Work for orchestra), Benjamin Britten
10
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
Death of Carl VenthThat year: 1938, Classical music, German-American musician (born in 1860)
Birth of Henry ElyThat year: 1938, Classical music, 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
Birth of Sergio OrtegaThat year: 1938, Classical music, Chilean musician (dead in 2003)
10
Death of Richard A. WhitingThat year: 1938, Classical music, American composer and songwriter (born in 1891)
11
Birth of Edith MathisThat year: 1938, Classical music, Swiss opera singer
12
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
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 and composer (born in 1878)
Birth of Vera LacićThat year: 1938, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1975)
23
Birth of Giovanni De AngelisThat year: 1938, Classical music, Italian sculptor
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)
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
Birth of Simon EstesThat year: 1938, Classical music, American opera singer
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
Death of Juan Bautista MassaThat year: 1938, Classical music, Argentinian composer (born in 1885)
09
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
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, Hungarrian 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
Birth of Kurt MollThat year: 1938, Classical music, German opera singer (dead in 2017)
12
Death of Feodor ChaliapinThat year: 1938, Classical music, Russian opera singer and actor (born in 1873)
13
Birth of Frederic RzewskiThat year: 1938, Classical music, American musician (dead in 2021)
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)
Death of Clementine KraussThat year: 1938, Classical music, Austrian dancer, actress, opera singer and director (born in 1877)
21
Death of Oskar BieThat year: 1938, Classical music, German art historian and publicist (born in 1864)
Birth of Michael JaffeeThat year: 1938, Classical music (dead in 2019)
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, music pedagogue, opera singer, singer (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
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, director, opera singer (dead in 1997)
22
Death of Amalia KasprowiczThat year: 1938, Classical music, Polish actress (born in 1854)
25
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, Romanian opera singer, voice teacher (1938-)
26
Birth of William BolcomThat year: 1938, Classical music, American composer
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
Birth of Elizabeth HarwoodThat year: 1938, Classical music, British opera singer (dead in 1990)
28
Birth of Ekkehard WlaschihaThat year: 1938, Classical music, German operatic baritone (dead in 2019)
29
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
Birth of Charles WuorinenThat year: 1938, Classical music, American composer (dead in 2020)
10
Birth of Violetta VillasThat year: 1938, Classical music, Polish cabaret star, singer, actress, composer, songwriter (dead in 2011)
12
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, music pedagogue, opera singer (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
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
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
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)
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
Birth of Francis BayerThat year: 1938, Classical music, French composer and musicologist (dead in 2004)
13
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, Austrian-born 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
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
Death of Heinrich WarnkeThat year: 1938, Classical music, composer (born in 1870)
08
Birth of Jacques HétuThat year: 1938, Classical music, Canadian composer (dead in 2010)
12
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
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)
Death of Emil AdamiThat year: 1938, Classical music, Swedish opera singer (born in 1860)
15
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 (dead in 1972)
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
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 architect (1934-)
04
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
Birth of Joan TowerThat year: 1938, Classical music, American composer, concert pianist and conductor
08
Birth of Reinbert de LeeuwThat year: 1938, Classical music, Dutch conductor (dead in 2020)
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
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 (dead in 2021)
19
Birth of Zygmunt KrauzeThat year: 1938, Classical music, Polish composer and pianist
20
Birth of Nobuyoshi IinumaThat year: 1938, Classical music, Japanese composer
Birth of John RobertsonThat year: 1938, Classical music, Scottish tenor
21
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
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
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)
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
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
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
Birth of Edda MoserThat year: 1938, Classical music, German operatic soprano
Death of Alma GluckThat year: 1938, Classical music, American singer (born in 1884)
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 (dead in 2021)
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
Death of Reginald SteggallThat year: 1938, Classical music, organist (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
Death of Ernst BoeheThat year: 1938, Classical music, German composer (born in 1880)
Birth of Akira EndoThat year: 1938, Classical music, American conductor (dead in 2014)
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
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
Birth of Yvonne MintonThat year: 1938, Classical music, singer
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 1880)
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
Birth of Yuri TemirkanovThat year: 1938, Classical music, Soviet musician
Death of Mario PilatiThat year: 1938, Classical music, Italian composer (born in 1903)
13
Birth of Alvin CurranThat year: 1938, Classical music, American musician and composer
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
Birth of John HarbisonThat year: 1938, Classical music, American composer
24
Birth of Mesías MaiguashcaThat year: 1938, Classical music, Ecuadorian composer
Birth of Denis KorolevThat 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
Death of Julio OsmaThat year: 1938, Classical music, composer (born in 1888). Death of Ruby HelderThat year: 1938, Classical music, British singer (born in 1890). Inauguration: Lucerne FestivalThat year: 1938, Classical music (Lucerne, Switzerland). Death of Roland RevellThat year: 1938, Classical music, composer (born in 1867). Inception: CBC Radio OrchestraThat year: 1938, Classical music. Death of Valentine HemeryThat year: 1938, Classical music, composer (born in 1865). Birth of Franca MattiucciThat year: 1938, Classical music, singer . Dissolution: Orchestre Philharmonique de ParisThat year: 1938, Classical music. Death of Salvator LéonardiThat year: 1938, Classical music, Italian composer (born in 1872). Death of Ferdinando RonchiniThat year: 1938, Classical music, composer (born in 1865). Death of Ladislas de RohozinskiThat year: 1938, Classical music, composer (born in 1886). Inception: Heinz Chapel ChoirThat year: 1938, Classical music (United States of America). Death of Giovanni CaramielloThat year: 1938, Classical music, composer (born in 1838). Death of Attilio SalvaneschiThat year: 1938, Classical music, Italian opera singer (born in 1873). Death of Emilie Henriette SpångbergThat year: 1938, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1860). Death of José María AlviraThat year: 1938, Classical music, Spanish teacher of music (born in 1864). Birth of Ernst SchützThat year: 1938, Classical music, Austrian singer and actor (dead in 2020). Birth of Annet Kazue StrnadtThat year: 1938, Classical music, Japanese opera singer . Birth of Elka MitzewaThat year: 1938, Classical music, Bulgarian opera singer . Birth of Aleida SchweitzerThat year: 1938, Classical music, Brazilian pianist . Birth of Sven BergerThat year: 1938, Classical music, musician . Death of Jean AthanasiuThat year: 1938, Classical music, Romanian singer and opera singer (born in 1885). Death of Mabel RidleyThat year: 1938, Classical music, American singer (born in 1895). Death of Mary Elizabeth Turner SalterThat year: 1938, Classical music, American soprano and composer (born in 1856). Death of Bruno GoyenecheThat year: 1938, Classical music, composer (born in 1850). Birth of William BrownThat year: 1938, Classical music, African-American operatic tenor (dead in 2004). Birth of Walter DonatiThat year: 1938, Classical music, German singer and opera singer . Inception: National Symphony OrchestraThat year: 1938, Classical music (Peru). Birth of Pier Narciso MasiThat year: 1938, Classical music, Italian pianist . Inauguration: Anhaltisches TheaterThat year: 1938, Classical music (Dessau-Roßlau, Germany). Death of Leopoldo SpivacchiniThat year: 1938, Classical music, Polish opera singer (born in 1869). Birth of Janice ChapmanThat year: 1938, Classical music, singer . Death of Abraham Zevi IdelsohnThat year: 1938, Classical music, Jewish ethnologist, musicologist and composer (born in 1882). 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 Barbara ZagórzankaThat year: 1938, Classical music, opera singer . Birth of Roberta KnieThat year: 1938, Classical music, singer (dead in 2017). Birth of Zinaida IgnatyevaThat year: 1938, Classical music, Russian pianist . Dissolution: Orchestre Symphonique de ParisThat year: 1938, Classical music. Inception: Los Angeles Civic Light OperaThat year: 1938, Classical music (United States of America). Death of Aristide AnceschiThat year: 1938, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1866). Birth of Ljiljana Molnar-TalajićThat year: 1938, Classical music, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Croatian opera singer (dead in 2007). Birth of Elsie MaurerThat year: 1938, Classical music, German singer and opera singer . Birth of Georges RabolThat year: 1938, Classical music, French pianist (1938-2006) (dead in 2006). Death of Hope TempleThat year: 1938, Classical music, Irish songwriter and composer (born in 1859). Dissolution: Rosé QuartetThat year: 1938, Classical music (Austria). Death of R.F. Martin AkermanThat year: 1938, Classical music, composer (born in 1871). Death of Franz PácalThat year: 1938, Classical music, Czech opera singer (born in 1865). Inception: Cleveland Philharmonic OrchestraThat year: 1938, Classical music (United States of America). Birth of Pauline WalesThat year: 1938, Classical music, English singer and actress . Death of Paul Fischer-WeberThat year: 1938, Classical music, composer (born in 1868). Death of Josep Maria Benaiges PujolThat year: 1938, Classical music, Spanish composer (1855-1938) (born in 1855). Birth of Mark DellerThat year: 1938, Classical music, British musician . Death of Benjamin M. JeromeThat year: 1938, Classical music, composer (born in 1881). Death of Heinrich BötelThat year: 1938, Classical music, German tenor (born in 1854). Death of Celian KottaunThat year: 1938, Classical music, composer (born in 1856). Birth of Mieko ShiomiThat year: 1938, Classical music, Japanese composer . Birth of Vladimir Pavlovitsj TarasovThat year: 1938, Classical music, opera singer . Death of Minnie EgenerThat year: 1938, Classical music, American singer (born in 1881). Inception: Schneiderhan QuartettThat year: 1938, Classical music. Death of Emil Karl JanserThat year: 1938, Classical music, composer (born in 1874). Inception: Stavanger Symphony OrchestraThat year: 1938, Classical music. Birth of Nikola MiticThat year: 1938, Classical music, opera singer, singer (dead in 2019). Death of Caroline Gardner BartlettThat year: 1938, Classical music, American singer, educator (born in 1868). Death of Bruce SteaneThat year: 1938, Classical music, composer, organist (born in 1866). Death of William Burdine Blake, Sr.That year: 1938, Classical music, American composer (born in 1852). Death of Gustav ZangerThat year: 1938, Classical music, composer (born in 1848). Inception: West Michigan Symphony OrchestraThat year: 1938, Classical music (United States of America).
Works (composition or publishing)
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Arnold Schoenberg (age 64)
- Double Canon (Work for choir)
- Kol Nidre (g-Moll), Op. 39 (Work for choir)
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Béla Bartók (age 57)
- Contrasts (Work for chamber orchestra)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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Arthur Honegger (age 46)
- The Dance of the Dead (Incidental music)
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Erich Wolfgang Korngold (age 41)
- The Adventures of Robin Hood (Film score)
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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)
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Aaron Copland (age 38)
- Lark (Work for choir)
- An Outdoor Overture (Work for orchestra)
- Waltz and Celebration (Work for orchestra)
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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)
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Olivier Messiaen (age 30)
- Songs of earth and heaven (Song, lied)
- Deux monodies en quarts de ton (Work for soloist)
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Samuel Barber (age 28)
- God’s Grandeur (Work for choir)
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Benjamin Britten (age 25)
- Violin Concerto, Op. 15That year: 1938, Classical music (Work for orchestra with soloist)
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Henri Dutilleux (age 22)
- L'Anneau du Roi (Work for choir)