The year 1940 in classical music and in lyrical art

Birth of Nurtan Alan EsmenThat year: 1940, Classical music, composer

Death of Maia BangThat year: 1940, Classical music, composer (born in 1877)

Death of Louis DeluneThat year: 1940, Classical music, Belgian composer (born in 1876)

Birth of Shirley LoveThat year: 1940, Classical music, American opera singer

Death of Josef JiránekThat year: 1940, Classical music, Czech music educator, composer and pianist (born in 1855)

Birth of Claudine ArnaudThat year: 1940, Classical music, Belgian opera singer (dead in 2017)

Birth of Naoyuki InoueThat year: 1940, Classical music, Japanese pianist (dead in 2003)

Death of Miquel Jordana i PuigThat year: 1940, Classical music, Spanish musician and composer (1875-1940) (born in 1875)

Birth of Siegmund NimsgernThat year: 1940, Classical music, German opera singer

Death of Maximilian SchwedlerThat year: 1940, Classical music, German musician and musicologist (born in 1853)

Birth of Yukinori TezukaThat year: 1940, Classical music, Japanese conductor (dead in 2020)

Birth of Marijan GabrijelčičThat year: 1940, Classical music, composer, music pedagogue, university teacher (dead in 1998)

Death of Felix CorbettThat year: 1940, Classical music, composer (born in 1861)

Birth of Lajos MillerThat year: 1940, Classical music, opera singer

Death of Charles Whitney CoombsThat year: 1940, Classical music, American musician (born in 1859)

Death of Emile van BoschThat year: 1940, Classical music, Belgian opera singer (born in 1888)

Death of Hubert GruenderThat year: 1940, Classical music, composer (born in 1870)

Death of Jacques PintelThat year: 1940, Classical music, composer (born in 1881)

Birth of Justino DíazThat year: 1940, Classical music, Puerto Rican opera singer

Birth of Helmut PampuchThat year: 1940, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 2008)

Death of Julius LiebanThat year: 1940, Classical music, German singer and opera singer (born in 1858)

Death of Arnold VolpeThat year: 1940, Classical music, Lithuanian American composer, conductor (born in 1869)

Death of Nikolay Kedrov, Sr.That year: 1940, Classical music, Russian singer (born in 1871)

Death of C. Roland FlickThat year: 1940, Classical music, composer (born in 1875)

Death of Maurice DuhamelThat year: 1940, Classical music, French musician (born in 1884)

Birth of Helga ThiedeThat year: 1940, Classical music, German singer

Birth of Wolfgang SchöneThat year: 1940, Classical music, German singer

Death of Carlo BöhmThat year: 1940, Classical music, singer from Austria (born in 1874)

Birth of Gilda Cruz-RomoThat year: 1940, Classical music, singer

Death of Otto HolldackThat year: 1940, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1861)

Birth of Trygve MadsenThat year: 1940, Classical music, Norwegian classical pianist

Birth of Renate LenhartThat year: 1940, Classical music, Austrian opera singer

Death of Ulrich HildebrandtThat year: 1940, Classical music, German church musician (1870-1940) (born in 1870)

Death of Emil LiepeThat year: 1940, Classical music, German opera vocalist (born in 1860)

Death of Marie DelornThat year: 1940, Classical music, French opera singer (born in 1861)

Birth of Heinz ZednikThat year: 1940, Classical music, austrian tenor

Birth of Ryszard ArningThat year: 1940, Classical music, Polish singer (dead in 2008)

Birth of Barbara CollierThat year: 1940, Classical music, Canadian singer

Death of Emil PrillThat year: 1940, Classical music, German musician (born in 1867)

Birth of Derek Reginald MorganThat year: 1940, Classical music, composer

Birth of Rotraud HansmannThat year: 1940, Classical music, Austrian soprano in opera and concert

Birth of Robert LloydThat year: 1940, Classical music, English operatic bass

Death of Ange-Marie AuzendeThat year: 1940, Classical music, composer (born in 1850)

Death of Alexei DavidovThat year: 1940, Classical music, Russian musician and businessman (born in 1867)

Birth of Pavel ČervinkaThat year: 1940, Classical music, Czech opera singer (1940-2015) (dead in 2015)

Death of Emerik BeranThat year: 1940, Classical music, Slovenian cellist (born in 1868)

Birth of Peter McKenzie ArmstrongThat year: 1940, Classical music, composer

Birth of Adolf DallapozzaThat year: 1940, Classical music, Austrian tenor (dead in 1940)

Death of Robert LefflerThat year: 1940, Classical music, German actor (born in 1866)

Birth of Iryna ShykunovaThat year: 1940, Classical music, Soviet Belarusian opera singer and pedagogue (dead in 2020)

Death of Rémy ClaversThat year: 1940, Classical music, composer (born in 1891)

Death of Lola BeethThat year: 1940, Classical music, singer (born in 1862)

Death of Oscar KlempererThat year: 1940, Classical music, composer (born in 1877)

Birth of Günter von KannenThat year: 1940, Classical music, (1940--) German opera singer (bass-baritone)

Death of Ludwig SauerThat year: 1940, Classical music, German composer (born in 1861)

Birth of Victor von HalemThat year: 1940, Classical music, German singer and opera singer

Death of Josep Cumellas i RibóThat year: 1940, Classical music, Spanish composer (1875-1940) (born in 1875)

Birth of John StewartThat year: 1940, Classical music, American tenor, conductor, and voice teacher

Death of Emil ŠtolcThat year: 1940, Classical music, Czech conductor and composer (born in 1888)

Death of Edward Johnson BellerbyThat year: 1940, Classical music, British composer (born in 1858)

Birth of François LoupThat year: 1940, Classical music, opera singer

Birth of Ken-Ichiro KobayashiThat year: 1940, Classical music, Japanese composer and conductor

Death of Nestor NyzhankivskyThat year: 1940, Classical music, Ukrainian composer, pianist and music critic (born in 1893)

Birth of Takaya UrakawaThat year: 1940, Classical music, Japanese violinist and concertmaster

Birth of Marcella CrudeliThat year: 1940, Classical music, Italian pianist

Birth of Joseph William FennimoreThat year: 1940, Classical music, American composer and pianist

Birth of Lilleba Lund KvandalThat year: 1940, Classical music, singer, opera singer (dead in 2016)

Birth of Bulat MinzhilkievThat year: 1940, Classical music, Soviet singer and opera singer (1940-1997) (dead in 1997)

Birth of Gerhart HetzelThat year: 1940, Classical music, * 24.4.1940 Neu-Werbaß (Novi Vrbas/YU), † 29.7.1992 Salzburg. Geiger. (dead in 1992)

Death of Emanuel Christian HedmondtThat year: 1940, Classical music, Canadian singer and singing teacher (born in 1857)

Death of Emanuel Christian HedmondtThat year: 1940, Classical music, Canadian singer and singing teacher (born in 1857)

Death of Rafaela HaroThat year: 1940, Classical music, singer, actor (born in 1889)

Death of Kornélia GábosThat year: 1940, Classical music, Hungarian opera singer (soprano), singing master (born in 1868)

Death of William C. StahlThat year: 1940, Classical music, composer (born in 1869)

Inauguration: Elliott Hall of MusicThat year: 1940, Classical music (West Lafayette, United States of America)

Birth of Eliška PappováThat year: 1940, Classical music, opera singer, singer

Birth of Aatos TapalaThat year: 1940, Classical music, Finnish actor

Death of Ernest GilletThat year: 1940, Classical music, French musician and composer (born in 1856)

Death of James M. FultonThat year: 1940, Classical music, American conductor and composer (born in 1873)

Death of Leon FontbonneThat year: 1940, Classical music, composer (born in 1858)

Birth of Ron BottcherThat year: 1940, Classical music, American opera singer (dead in 1991)

Birth of Jozef SixtaThat year: 1940, Classical music, composer, music pedagogue (dead in 2007)

Death of Dinh GillyThat year: 1940, Classical music, French opera singer (born in 1877)

Birth of Karl Anton RickenbacherThat year: 1940, Classical music, Swiss conductor (1940-2014) (dead in 2014)

Birth of António Victorino de AlmeidaThat year: 1940, Classical music, Portuguese Composer

Death of Walther FalkensteinThat year: 1940, Classical music, German operatic tenor and theater actor (born in 1862)

Death of Theodor StreicherThat year: 1940, Classical music, Austrian composer (born in 1874)

Birth of Vernon MidgleyThat year: 1940, Classical music, British opera singer

Death of Mathilda GrabowThat year: 1940, Classical music, Swedish opera singer (born in 1852)

Death of Robert-Guillaume CasadesusThat year: 1940, Classical music, French actor and musician (born in 1878)

Death of Franz BlumenbergThat year: 1940, Classical music, composer (born in 1869)

Birth of Heljä AngervoThat year: 1940, Classical music, Finnish opera singer (dead in 2019)

Birth of Yuriko KuronumaThat year: 1940, Classical music, Japanese musician

Birth of Alfreda HodgsonThat year: 1940, Classical music, English contralto singer (dead in 1992)

Birth of Valeriy SobolevThat year: 1940, Classical music, Soviet Russian musician (dead in 2002)

Death of Fermo Dante MarchettiThat year: 1940, Classical music, Italian songwriter (born in 1876)

Birth of Dary John MizelleThat year: 1940, Classical music, American composer

Death of Joseph BéesauThat year: 1940, Classical music, composer (born in 1871)

Birth of Teruyuki NodaThat year: 1940, Classical music, Japanese composer

Birth of Pirkko Talola-AaltonenThat year: 1940, Classical music, Finnish opera singer

Death of Albert ReissThat year: 1940, Classical music, German opera singer (born in 1870)

Death of Emma NevadaThat year: 1940, Classical music, singer (born in 1859)

Death of Frederick RosseThat year: 1940, Classical music, British conductor and composer (born in 1867)

Death of Hans Ingi HedemarkThat year: 1940, Classical music, Norwegian actor (born in 1875)

Death of Tekla Griebel-WandallThat year: 1940, Classical music, Danish composer (born in 1866)

Birth of Vyacheslav ArtyomovThat year: 1940, Classical music, Russian composer

Death of Hans FährmannThat year: 1940, Classical music, German composer (born in 1860)

Death of Marie HlouškováThat year: 1940, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1895)

Death of Peder MøllerThat year: 1940, Classical music, Danish musician (born in 1877)

Birth of Dale ClevengerThat year: 1940, Classical music, American musician

Death of Bartholomeus Adrianus VerhallenThat year: 1940, Classical music, Dutch conductor and composer (born in 1870)

Birth of Bernadette GreevyThat year: 1940, Classical music, singer (dead in 2008)

Birth of Donald ShanksThat year: 1940, Classical music, Australian bass-baritone opera singer (dead in 2011)

Death of Marguerite UgaldeThat year: 1940, Classical music, French singer and actress (born in 1861)

Death of Marie PivodováThat year: 1940, Classical music, opera singer, music pedagogue (born in 1862)

Birth of Manfred JungThat year: 1940, Classical music, German singer and operatic tenor (dead in 2017)

Birth of Helen DonathThat year: 1940, Classical music, American soprano

Death of Josef WerthThat year: 1940, Classical music, composer (born in 1873)

Birth of Pedro Seiji AsatoThat year: 1940, Classical music, Peruvian composer

Death of Walter RablThat year: 1940, Classical music, Austrian conductor and composer (born in 1873)

Death of Oksana PetrusenkoThat year: 1940, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1900)

Death of Lujo Šafranek-KavićThat year: 1940, Classical music, composer (born in 1882)

Birth of Valentin BibikThat year: 1940, Classical music, Ukrainian composer (1940-2003) (dead in 2003)

Death of Max WarneckeThat year: 1940, Classical music, composer (born in 1878)

Death of Metoděj JaníčekThat year: 1940, Classical music, Czech composer and organist (born in 1862)

Birth of Radmila SmiljanićThat year: 1940, Classical music, Serbian singer

Death of Lucie WeidtThat year: 1940, Classical music, soprano (1876-1940) (born in 1876)

Birth of Claudio FabiThat year: 1940, Classical music, Italian composer

Birth of Carlo CarfagnaThat year: 1940, Classical music, Italian musician

Death of Henri de SaussineThat year: 1940, Classical music, composer (born in 1859)

Birth of Jozsef GregorThat year: 1940, Classical music, Hungarian singer (dead in 2006)

Birth of Rimma VolkovaThat year: 1940, Classical music, opera singer

Death of Heinrich PestalozziThat year: 1940, Classical music, composer (born in 1878)

Birth of Alden JenksThat year: 1940, Classical music, American composer

Death of Alfred ZamaraThat year: 1940, Classical music, Austrian composer (born in 1863)

Birth of Alexander YossifovThat year: 1940, Classical music, Bulgarian composer (dead in 2016)

Birth of Dorothea ChrystThat year: 1940, Classical music, German singer and opera singer

Birth of Yuriy RomThat year: 1940, Classical music, Soviet flautist and pedagogue (dead in 1996)

Birth of Hans-Joachim BeyerThat year: 1940, Classical music, German opera singer

Birth of Lieuwe VisserThat year: 1940, Classical music, Dutch singer, opera singer and musicologist (dead in 2014)

Death of Max MarschalkThat year: 1940, Classical music, German composer and musicologist (born in 1863)

Death of Karl NowotnyThat year: 1940, Classical music, composer (born in 1858)

Birth of Heinz KruseThat year: 1940, Classical music, German singer and opera singer (dead in 2008)

Death of Fritz FeinhalsThat year: 1940, Classical music, German singer and opera singer (born in 1869)

Death of František ČernýThat year: 1940, Classical music, Czech music educator, composer and contrabassist (1861–1940) (born in 1861)

Birth of Rubén DomínguezThat year: 1940, Classical music, Venezuelan opera singer

Death of Georgiĭ Nikolaevich DulovThat year: 1940, Classical music, violinist (born in 1875)

Birth of Lewis SpratlanThat year: 1940, Classical music, American music academic and composer of contemporary classical music

Birth of Giuseppe GiacominiThat year: 1940, Classical music, Italian opera singer

Birth of Günter PichlerThat year: 1940, Classical music, Austrian violinist, conductor, university professor, musician and concertmaster

Death of Alexandra AhngerThat year: 1940, Classical music, singer, opera singer (born in 1859)

Death of Hermine Braga-JaffThat year: 1940, Classical music, Hungarian opera singer (born in 1857)

Death of Waddington CookeThat year: 1940, Classical music, composer (born in 1868)

Death of Emmanuel Rhené-BatonThat year: 1940, Classical music, French musician (born in 1879)

Birth of Josephine BarstowThat year: 1940, Classical music, singer

Birth of Evgenia GorokhovskayaThat year: 1940, Classical music, Russian singer and teacher (1940-)

Death of Paul DecourcelleThat year: 1940, Classical music, composer (born in 1854)

Birth of Taijirō IimoriThat year: 1940, Classical music, conductor

Birth of Louise Le CavelierThat year: 1940, Classical music, Canadian soprano

Birth of José TodaroThat year: 1940, Classical music, Italian opera singer

Birth of Alain LombardThat year: 1940, Classical music, French conductor

Death of Hermann GenssThat year: 1940, Classical music, German musician (born in 1856)

Birth of Rakhilia MiftakhovaThat year: 1940, Classical music, Russian singer (1940-2000) (dead in 2000)

Death of Anna EdströmThat year: 1940, Classical music, Swedish actress (born in 1884)

Birth of Ruthild Engert-ElyThat year: 1940, Classical music, German singer and opera singer (1940-2013) (dead in 2013)

Birth of Valentin TimaruThat year: 1940, Classical music, composer, musicologist, pedagogue

Birth of Joanna SimonThat year: 1940, Classical music, American opera singer (mezzosoprano)

Death of Emanuela FrankThat year: 1940, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1870)

Death of Victor HollaenderThat year: 1940, Classical music, German composer and conductor (born in 1866)

Birth of Dany BarraudThat year: 1940, Classical music, French opera singer (dead in 2016)

Birth of Hana JankůThat year: 1940, Classical music, Czech opera singer (dead in 1995)

Birth of Jörn W. WilsingThat year: 1940, Classical music, German singer and opera singer (dead in 2010)

Death of Alice GuszalewiczThat year: 1940, Classical music, singer (born in 1879)

Death of Fini HenriquesThat year: 1940, Classical music, Danish composer (born in 1867)

Birth of Luis CobosThat year: 1940, Classical music, Composer and music conductor

Birth of Alain M. JacquesThat year: 1940, Classical music, composer

Birth of Anthony Rolfe JohnsonThat year: 1940, Classical music, British opera singer (dead in 2010)

Birth of Frank GersthoferThat year: 1940, Classical music, German singer and opera singer (dead in 2011)

Death of Leo PortnoffThat year: 1940, Classical music, musician, composer, teacher (born in 1875)

Birth of Franz LukasovskyThat year: 1940, Classical music, An Austrian operatic tenor and music educator.

Death of Alejandro García CaturlaThat year: 1940, Classical music, Cuban musician (born in 1906)

Death of Aleksandr BorkhmanThat year: 1940, Classical music, composer (born in 1872)

Death of Johanna MugrauerThat year: 1940, Classical music, Austrian opera singer (born in 1869)

Death of Jindřich SoučekThat year: 1940, Classical music, Czech composer and choirmaster (born in 1863)

Birth of Václav KozelThat year: 1940, Classical music, Czech conductor, music educator and composer

Death of Ivar F. AndresenThat year: 1940, Classical music, Norwegian singer (born in 1896)

Death of Hans WuzélThat year: 1940, Classical music, German opera vocalist (born in 1865)

Death of Emilio PizziThat year: 1940, Classical music, Italian composer (born in 1861)

Death of James Hotchkiss RogersThat year: 1940, Classical music, American organist and composer (born in 1857)

Death of Fritz VolbachThat year: 1940, Classical music, German conductor, composer and musicologist (born in 1861)

Death of Leokadiya KashperovaThat year: 1940, Classical music, composer, pianist (born in 1872)

Death of Carl HagmanThat year: 1940, Classical music, Norwegian singer (born in 1872)

Death of Blanche MarchesiThat year: 1940, Classical music, French lyric artist (born in 1863)

Premiere of Chamber Symphony No. 2 in E-flat minor, Op. 38That year: 1940, Classical music (Work for chamber orchestra), Arnold Schoenberg

Death of Carrie B. Wilson AdamsThat year: 1940, Classical music, American musician (born in 1858)

Death of William WallaceThat year: 1940, Classical music, Scottish composer and writer (1860-1940) (born in 1860)

Death of Joan Viladomat MassanasThat year: 1940, Classical music, Spanish composer and musician born in Manlleu (Barcelona) in 1885 and died and Barcelona in 1940. (born in 1885)

Death of Rudolf PiskáčekThat year: 1940, Classical music, Czech composer (born in 1884)

Birth of Kay GriffelThat year: 1940, Classical music, Operatic spinto soprano

Birth of Vladimir KomarovThat year: 1940, Classical music, Soviet composer

Birth of Alvin SingletonThat year: 1940, Classical music, American composer

Death of Yonejirō SuzukiThat year: 1940, Classical music, composer (born in 1868)