The year 1939 in classical music and in lyrical art

Death of John PetersenThat year: 1939, Classical music, German composer (born in 1860)

Birth of Delores Ivory DavisThat year: 1939, Classical music, opera singer

Birth of Jon AppletonThat year: 1939, Classical music, American composer

Birth of Roderick BrydonThat year: 1939, Classical music, conductor (dead in 2010)

Birth of Mircea MoisaThat year: 1939, Classical music, Romanian opera singer

Death of Eugenio PiraniThat year: 1939, Classical music, Italian pianist and composer (born in 1852)

Death of Abe HolzmannThat year: 1939, Classical music, American composer (born in 1874)

Death of Ferdinand PourThat year: 1939, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1894)

Inauguration: Bashkir State PhilharmonicThat year: 1939, Classical music (Ufa, Russia)

Birth of Valeriy UspenskiyThat year: 1939, Classical music, Soviet Russian choir conductor and teacher (dead in 2019)

Birth of Gian Paolo ChitiThat year: 1939, Classical music, Italian musician

Birth of Svetlana ColosaryanThat year: 1939, Classical music, Armenian opera singer

Birth of Ermanno MauroThat year: 1939, Classical music, Italian/Canadian Operatic Tenor

Birth of Chikashi TanakaThat year: 1939, Classical music, Japanese violinist and concertmaster (1939-2009) (dead in 2009)

Birth of Aleksandr LomonosovThat year: 1939, Classical music, Soviet Russian singer

Death of Gizella BlätterbauerThat year: 1939, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1870)

Birth of Blazenka MilicThat year: 1939, Classical music, opera singer

Birth of Evžen ZámečníkThat year: 1939, Classical music, Czech conductor, violinist, music educator and composer (dead in 2018)

Death of Jan Václav NovákThat year: 1939, Classical music, Czech composer and clarinettist (born in 1876)

Birth of Jan SødalThat year: 1939, Classical music, opera singer, singer

Birth of Lois McDonallThat year: 1939, Classical music, singer

Death of Gennaro De TuraThat year: 1939, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1875)

Birth of Rayisa KolesnykThat year: 1939, Classical music, opera singer, singer

Death of Regine KleinThat year: 1939, Classical music, opera singer, singer, stage actor (born in 1856)

Death of Gustav Frederik LangeThat year: 1939, Classical music, composer (born in 1861)

Death of François-Xavier MathiasThat year: 1939, Classical music, composer (born in 1871)

Birth of Anatoly KapustinThat year: 1939, Classical music, opera singer, singer (dead in 2020)

Birth of Ángeles GulínThat year: 1939, Classical music, Spanish operatic soprano (dead in 2002)

Birth of Marita NapierThat year: 1939, Classical music, South African singer (dead in 2004)

Death of Ferdinand VachThat year: 1939, Classical music, Czech conductor, composer, choirmaster and organist (born in 1860)

Birth of Christer SolénThat year: 1939, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 2012)

Birth of Reinhard LeisenheimerThat year: 1939, Classical music, German singer and opera singer (dead in 2014)

Birth of Marlos NobreThat year: 1939, Classical music, composer

Birth of Vladimir AtlantovThat year: 1939, Classical music, Russian singer

Birth of Adele HaasThat year: 1939, Classical music, Austrian singer and opera singer

Birth of Nijolė AmbrazaitytėThat year: 1939, Classical music, opera singer and politician (dead in 2016)

Birth of Ingo GoritzkiThat year: 1939, Classical music, German musician

Birth of Jonas AleksaThat year: 1939, Classical music, Lithuanian conductor and university teacher (1939-2005) (dead in 2005)

Birth of Hartmut BauerThat year: 1939, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 2018)

Death of Andrea Avelina CarreraThat year: 1939, Classical music, Spanish opera singer (born in 1871)

Birth of Kenneth SillitoThat year: 1939, Classical music, English violinist and conductor

Death of Stanislao GastaldonThat year: 1939, Classical music, Italian composer (born in 1861)

Death of Emma JuchThat year: 1939, Classical music, singer (born in 1861)

Birth of Robert TearThat year: 1939, Classical music, Welsh tenor singer and conductor (dead in 2011)

Birth of Liu ShikunThat year: 1939, Classical music, Pianist, composer

Birth of Horst LaubenthalThat year: 1939, Classical music, German singer

Death of Russell King MillerThat year: 1939, Classical music, composer (born in 1871)

Death of Olena MuravyovaThat year: 1939, Classical music, Ukrainian opera singer and music educator (1867-1939) (born in 1867)

Birth of Veriano LuchettiThat year: 1939, Classical music, Italian opera singer (dead in 2012)

Birth of Lyndsie HollandThat year: 1939, Classical music, singer and actress (dead in 2014)

Death of Varvara Mikhailovna ZarudnayaThat year: 1939, Classical music, music pedagogue, opera singer (born in 1857)

Death of Duška VronskáThat year: 1939, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1885)

Birth of Klaus OfczarekThat year: 1939, Classical music, Austrian actor and opera singer (dead in 2020)

Birth of Jean-Pierre WallezThat year: 1939, Classical music, French musician

Birth of Hermann BechtThat year: 1939, Classical music, German opera singer (dead in 2009)

Birth of Beatriz ParraThat year: 1939, Classical music, Ecuadorian classical soprano

Birth of Delfina AmbroziakThat year: 1939, Classical music, Polish opera singer

Birth of Frank LittleThat year: 1939, Classical music, Operatic tenor (dead in 2006)

Birth of Kurt WestiThat year: 1939, Classical music, Danish opera singer (dead in 1996)

Death of Anton DianovThat year: 1939, Classical music, composer (born in 1882)

Death of Franz Joseph MoserThat year: 1939, Classical music, composer (born in 1880)

Death of Frank D. B. ByngThat year: 1939, Classical music, composer (born in 1866)

Birth of Guillermina HigaredaThat year: 1939, Classical music, Mexican opera singer (dead in 2005)

Death of Emilio Serrano y RuizThat year: 1939, Classical music, Spanish composer (born in 1850)

Death of Adolfina ZimajerThat year: 1939, Classical music, actor, opera singer (born in 1852)

Birth of Ángeles López A LópezThat year: 1939, Classical music, Spanish singer and composer

Birth of Sylvio GualdaThat year: 1939, Classical music, French musician and percussionist

Birth of Theodor GuschlbauerThat year: 1939, Classical music, Austrian conductor

Birth of Antxon AyestaránThat year: 1939, Classical music (dead in 1986)

Birth of Hans KennelThat year: 1939, Classical music, composer, instrumentalist, music arranger, producer, singer

Death of Herman FinckThat year: 1939, Classical music, British composer (born in 1872)

Birth of Jaroslav KrčekThat year: 1939, Classical music, Czech conductor, composer and musician

Birth of Gjergj KaçinariThat year: 1939, Classical music, Kosovo composer (dead in 2019)

Birth of Richard J. ClarkThat year: 1939, Classical music, Operatic baritone

Death of Viktor ZackThat year: 1939, Classical music, Austrian teacher (born in 1854)

Death of J. G. Adolf StierlinThat year: 1939, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1859)

Birth of Leonid SkirkoThat year: 1939, Classical music, Canadian opera singer (dead in 2012)

Birth of Mező LászlóThat year: 1939, Classical music, performer

Birth of František Xaver ThuriThat year: 1939, Classical music, Czech oboist, music educator and composer (dead in 2019)

Birth of Victor DaviesThat year: 1939, Classical music, Canadian composer

Birth of Natalya GaydaThat year: 1939, Classical music, Soviet actor

Death of Jørgen Ditleff BondesenThat year: 1939, Classical music, composer, music theorist (born in 1855)

Death of Franco EscherThat year: 1939, Classical music, composer (born in 1859)

Birth of Bruce MatherThat year: 1939, Classical music, Canadian composer

Birth of Giorgio ZancanaroThat year: 1939, Classical music, Italian opera singer

Death of George Alfred Grant-SchaeferThat year: 1939, Classical music, composer (born in 1872)

Birth of Kari LøvaasThat year: 1939, Classical music, Norwegian operatic soprano

Birth of Ona GlinskaitėThat year: 1939, Classical music, Lithuanian opera singer

Birth of Ulrik ColdThat year: 1939, Classical music, Danish operatic baritone (dead in 2010)

Birth of Dugarzhap DashievThat year: 1939, Classical music, Soviet singer and opera singer (1939-2003) (dead in 2003)

Birth of Urs SchneiderThat year: 1939, Classical music, Swiss conductor

Birth of Tomasz SikorskiThat year: 1939, Classical music, Polish composer (dead in 1988)

Death of Alexandra ČvanováThat year: 1939, Classical music, singer (born in 1897)

Birth of Raisa Vasilevna KotovaThat year: 1939, Classical music, Russian opera singer (dead in 2019)

Birth of Edith ÁgostonThat year: 1939, Classical music, (1939 - 2021) opera singer; voice teacher (dead in 2021)

Birth of Darina MauréryThat year: 1939, Classical music, Slovak opera singer

Death of Reinhard Frederik BokelmannThat year: 1939, Classical music, Dutch politician (born in 1851)

Birth of Valery SagaidatschnyThat year: 1939, Classical music, Soviet pianist (1939-2009) (dead in 2009)

Birth of Edna GarabedianThat year: 1939, Classical music, singer and opera director

Death of Josef ReiterThat year: 1939, Classical music, Austrian composer and conductor (born in 1862)

Death of Emile LévêqueThat year: 1939, Classical music, composer

Birth of Ludovic KonyaThat year: 1939, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 2014)

Birth of Grayr Grayrovitsj HanedanjanThat year: 1939, Classical music, opera singer

Birth of Yuli TurovskyThat year: 1939, Classical music, cellist and conductor (dead in 2013)

Death of José Mauri EsteveThat year: 1939, Classical music, violinist (born in 1855)

Death of Varvara MalamaThat year: 1939, Classical music, Estonian opera singer (born in 1870)

Death of Walter Bulkeley CoventryThat year: 1939, Classical music, composer (born in 1850)

Death of Viktor Roman MoserThat year: 1939, Classical music, Czech violinist, music educator and composer (born in 1864)

Birth of Oleg YanchenkoThat year: 1939, Classical music, Russian composer (dead in 2002)

Death of Ferruccio CorradettiThat year: 1939, Classical music, Italian baritone (born in 1867)

Death of Ernest HalseyThat year: 1939, Classical music, composer (born in 1867)

Birth of Evan Alva TonsingThat year: 1939, Classical music, composer (dead in 2017)

Death of Aleksandr AlekseyevThat year: 1939, Classical music, Soviet Russian singer (born in 1895)

Death of Pierre DonkThat year: 1939, Classical music, composer (born in 1871)

Birth of Margit ErcseThat year: 1939, Classical music, opera singer, voice teacher (dead in 2019)

Death of Ossip SchnirlinThat year: 1939, Classical music, violinist (born in 1874)

Birth of Lilian SukisThat year: 1939, Classical music, singer

Birth of Giancarlo LuccardiThat year: 1939, Classical music, operatic bass (1939-)

Birth of Jurij Alekszejevics MalininThat year: 1939, Classical music, opera singer, singer (dead in 2000)

Death of Sława Orłowska-CzerwińskaThat year: 1939, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1897)

Birth of Vladimir ShcherbakovThat year: 1939, Classical music, Soviet Russian singer and pedagogue

Death of Henry TolhurstThat year: 1939, Classical music, composer (born in 1854)

Death of Věra PivoňkováThat year: 1939, Classical music, czech opera singer (born in 1866)

Death of Pierre VellonesThat year: 1939, Classical music, French composer (born in 1889)

Birth of Jaromír VavruškaThat year: 1939, Classical music, music pedagogue, opera singer (dead in 2010)

Birth of Anoushiravan RohaniThat year: 1939, Classical music, Iranian Accordion, pianist and songwriter

Birth of Richard Aaker TrythallThat year: 1939, Classical music, American Italian composer

Death of William Arthur AikinThat year: 1939, Classical music, composer (born in 1857)

Death of Waldo Selden PrattThat year: 1939, Classical music, composer (born in 1857)

Death of Otakar MařákThat year: 1939, Classical music, Czech opera singer (born in 1872)

Birth of Paul TrépanierThat year: 1939, Classical music, Canadian singer

Death of Eino RautavaaraThat year: 1939, Classical music, Finnish opera singer (born in 1876)

Death of Jac. van KempenThat year: 1939, Classical music, singer, tenor (born in 1875)

Death of Josef EgemThat year: 1939, Classical music, Czech music educator, composer and singer (born in 1874)

Death of Gustav BeckmannThat year: 1939, Classical music, composer (born in 1865)

Birth of Attila BozayThat year: 1939, Classical music, Hungarian composer and university professor (dead in 1999)

Death of G. Rudolf PreissThat year: 1939, Classical music, composer (born in 1881)

Birth of Hélène GarettiThat year: 1939, Classical music, French opera singer

Birth of Reijo LahtinenThat year: 1939, Classical music, Finnish actor

Birth of Janis MartinThat year: 1939, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 2014)

Birth of Valery GavrilinThat year: 1939, Classical music, Russian composer (dead in 1999)

Birth of Norbert OrthThat year: 1939, Classical music, opera singer

Birth of Gennadiy PiskunovThat year: 1939, Classical music, Soviet Russian singer (dead in 2020)

Death of Friedrich Max AntonThat year: 1939, Classical music, composer, conductor, music pedagogue (born in 1877)

Death of Sybil GreyThat year: 1939, Classical music, British singer and actress (born in 1860)

Death of Geneviève VixThat year: 1939, Classical music, French opera singer (born in 1879)

Birth of Gwendolyn KillebrewThat year: 1939, Classical music, American contralto (dead in 2021)

Birth of Walton GrönroosThat year: 1939, Classical music, Finnish opera singer (dead in 1999)

Death of Fritz BirrenkovenThat year: 1939, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1878)

Birth of Roger SoyerThat year: 1939, Classical music, French opera singer

Birth of Carl-Axel DominiqueThat year: 1939, Classical music, Swedish pianist

Death of Jozef BellensThat year: 1939, Classical music, composer (born in 1876)

Birth of Yoko KawaharaThat year: 1939, Classical music, Japanese opera singer

Death of Rosa EthoferThat year: 1939, Classical music, German opera singer (1877-1939) (born in 1877)

Death of Karl HammesThat year: 1939, Classical music, German singer and opera singer (born in 1896)

Death of Lawrence GilmanThat year: 1939, Classical music, American music critic (born in 1878)

Birth of Elisabeth ChojnackaThat year: 1939, Classical music, Polish musician (dead in 2017)

Birth of Hans SotinThat year: 1939, Classical music, German operatic bass

Birth of Judith NelsonThat year: 1939, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 2012)

Death of Walerian BayerleinThat year: 1939, Classical music, opera singer, singer (born in 1867)

Birth of Milan TurkovićThat year: 1939, Classical music, Austrian musician

Death of Armenak ShahmuradyanThat year: 1939, Classical music, Armenian opera singer (born in 1878)

Death of Giuseppina GarganoThat year: 1939, Classical music, Italian opera singer (born in 1853)

Death of John Augustine O'SheaThat year: 1939, Classical music, composer (born in 1864)

Birth of Julian Raoul BessetThat year: 1939, Classical music, composer

Birth of Andrzej BujakiewiczThat year: 1939, Classical music, conductor

Birth of Svyatlana DanilyukThat year: 1939, Classical music, Soviet singer and opera singer (1939-2003) (dead in 2003)

Birth of Robert GazizovThat year: 1939, Classical music, Soviet composer and music educator

Death of Camille DecreusThat year: 1939, Classical music, French composer and pianist (born in 1876)

Death of Felicjan SzopskiThat year: 1939, Classical music, Polish composer and music educator (born in 1865)

Birth of Mirjana BohanecThat year: 1939, Classical music, Croatian opera singer and actor

Birth of Angelo MichajlovThat year: 1939, Classical music, Czech composer (dead in 1998)

Birth of Frank LendorThat year: 1939, Classical music, opera singer, singer

Birth of Andrew ThomasThat year: 1939, Classical music, American composer

Inauguration: Wisconsin Union TheaterThat year: 1939, Classical music (Madison, United States of America)

Death of Evelyn ParnellThat year: 1939, Classical music, American opera singer (born in 1888)

Birth of Márta SzirmayThat year: 1939, Classical music, jazz singer, opera singer (dead in 2015)

Birth of Eike Wilm SchulteThat year: 1939, Classical music, German operatic baritone

Death of Adolf JellouscheggThat year: 1939, Classical music, Austrian opera singer (born in 1874)

Death of Marie WollnerováThat year: 1939, Classical music, opera singer, singer (born in 1858)

Birth of Reiner GoldbergThat year: 1939, Classical music, German opera singer

Birth of Jean-Claude AmiotThat year: 1939, Classical music, French musician

Death of Marie RenardThat year: 1939, Classical music, Austrian mezzo-soprano (born in 1864)

Death of Josef OmáčkaThat year: 1939, Classical music, Czech composer, choirmaster and organist (born in 1869)

Birth of Fausto CepedaThat year: 1939, Classical music, opera singer, singer

Death of Prince Joachim Albert of PrussiaThat year: 1939, Classical music, member of the House of Hohenzollern (born in 1876)

Birth of Keiichi AsaiThat year: 1939, Classical music, choir director, conductor

Birth of Mirjana IroschThat year: 1939, Classical music, Austrian singer and opera singer

Birth of Minna NyhusThat year: 1939, Classical music, Danish opera singer (dead in 1989)

Death of Nelly BromleyThat year: 1939, Classical music, singer and actress (born in 1850)

Death of Giulio CrimiThat year: 1939, Classical music, Italian opera singer (born in 1885)

Birth of Ute Trekel-BurckhardtThat year: 1939, Classical music, German singer and opera singer

Death of Alois BartschmidThat year: 1939, Classical music, composer (born in 1863)

Birth of Maurice BourgueThat year: 1939, Classical music, French conductor, composer and oboist (dead in 2009)

Birth of Eberhard BüchnerThat year: 1939, Classical music, German singer and opera singer

Birth of Yōji KawahitoThat year: 1939, Classical music, flutist

Birth of Tom JohnsonThat year: 1939, Classical music, American composer

Death of Borghild LangaardThat year: 1939, Classical music, Norwegian singer (born in 1883)

Death of Désiré PâqueThat year: 1939, Classical music, Belgian composer (1867-1939) (born in 1867)

Birth of Stefan DimitrovThat year: 1939, Classical music, Bulgarian singer (dead in 2004)

Birth of Maria ChiaraThat year: 1939, Classical music, singer

Death of Karel HolíkThat year: 1939, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1876)

Birth of Sevda IbrahimovaThat year: 1939, Classical music, composer, opera composer

Death of Johannes PughThat year: 1939, Classical music, composer (born in 1851)

Death of William LuggThat year: 1939, Classical music, British actor and singer (1852-1939) (born in 1852)

Death of Charles DalmorèsThat year: 1939, Classical music, French opera singer (born in 1871)

Death of Wilhelm GroszThat year: 1939, Classical music, Austrian composer, pianist and conductor (born in 1894)

Death of Alexander von DuschThat year: 1939, Classical music, composer (born in 1877)

Birth of Inger WikströmThat year: 1939, Classical music, composer

Birth of Jeffrey LawtonThat year: 1939, Classical music, British opera singer (dead in 2018)

Birth of Ján ZemkoThat year: 1939, Classical music, opera singer

Death of Marie DietrichThat year: 1939, Classical music, opera singer (1868-1939) (born in 1868)

Birth of Éva AndorThat year: 1939, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 2014)

Birth of Hildegard Kronstein-UhrmacherThat year: 1939, Classical music, German singer and opera singer

Birth of Philip LangridgeThat year: 1939, Classical music, British opera singer (dead in 2010)

Death of Jeanne GranierThat year: 1939, Classical music, French singer (born in 1852)

Death of Åke WallgrenThat year: 1939, Classical music, Swedish actor (born in 1873)

Birth of Giuliano BernardiThat year: 1939, Classical music, Italian opera singer (dead in 1977)

Premiere of Zdravitsa (Hail to Stalin), Op. 85That year: 1939, Classical music (Work for choir), Sergei Prokofiev

Birth of Vyacheslav NagovitsinThat year: 1939, Classical music, Russian composer

Birth of Franz KalchmairThat year: 1939, Classical music, Austrian singer (dead in 2020)

Birth of Nina GrigorievaThat year: 1939, Classical music, operatic singer

Death of Walter B. RogersThat year: 1939, Classical music, American cornet player, conductor and composer (born in 1865)

Death of Emil MattiesenThat year: 1939, Classical music, German composer, philosopher and academic (born in 1875)

Birth of Yuriy GorbunovThat year: 1939, Classical music, Soviet Russian singer

Birth of Larry CombsThat year: 1939, Classical music, American musician