The year 1941 in classical music and in lyrical art
1941. With other artists, Pietro Mascagni, Sergei Rachmaninoff and Sergei Prokofiev influenced their time (modern & contemporary era). That year would see the birth of future classical or lyrical artists, such as Plácido Domingo, while others would disappear. That year, new works would be composed, published or performed for the first time in public, such as “Symphony No. 7 in C major, Op. 60, “Leningrad”” de Francis Poulenc, for example. That year, halls or orchestras would be founded or ceased to operate.
All these moments, more or less notable, make the year 1941 a page in the history of classical and lyrical music to be discovered or rediscovered. soclassiq currently lists more than 360 of these moments for 1941.
1941, from day to day
January
02
Death of Mischa LevitzkiThat year: 1941, Classical music, Russian-born American concert pianist (born in 1898)
Birth of Kazuyoshi AkiyamaThat year: 1941, Classical music, Japanese conductor
Death of Ary SchuyerThat year: 1941, Classical music, composer (born in 1881)
03
Premiere of Symphonic Dances, Op. 45That year: 1941, Classical music (Work for orchestra), Sergei Rachmaninoff
06
Birth of Tamara LundThat year: 1941, Classical music, Finnish actor, singer and opera singer (dead in 2005)
07
Birth of Iona BrownThat year: 1941, Classical music, British violinist and conductor (dead in 2004)
Death of Henry B. VincentThat year: 1941, Classical music, Composer and organist (born in 1872)
10
Death of Frank BridgeThat year: 1941, Classical music, English composer and violist (born in 1879)
12
Death of Ren GuangThat year: 1941, Classical music, Chinese musician (born in 1900)
18
Birth of Yuriy BatsazovThat year: 1941, Classical music, Soviet singer
21
Birth of Plácido DomingoThat year: 1941, Classical music, Spanish tenor and conductor
23
Death of Dobri HristovThat year: 1941, Classical music, Bulgarian composer (born in 1875)
26
Death of Georg ZollerThat year: 1941, Classical music, German composer (born in 1852)
27
Death of Iver HolterThat year: 1941, Classical music, Norwegian composer (born in 1850)
Death of Louis BleuzetThat year: 1941, Classical music, French oboist and music educator (born in 1874)
28
Birth of Malini RajurkarThat year: 1941, Classical music, Indian singer
31
Birth of Alexander SatzThat year: 1941, Classical music, Soviet musician (dead in 2007)
Also in January
Death of Otto KockertThat year: 1941, Classical music, German composer, conductor, pianist and arranger (born in 1865) .
February
01
Death of Aleksandr ChesnokovThat year: 1941, Classical music, composer (born in 1880)
04
Birth of Vladislav PyavkoThat year: 1941, Classical music, Soviet singer and opera singer (dead in 2020)
06
Birth of Stephen AlbertThat year: 1941, Classical music, American composer (dead in 1992)
Death of Arthur A. PennThat year: 1941, Classical music, composer (born in 1875)
08
Birth of Carol PlantamuraThat year: 1941, Classical music, American opera singer
13
Birth of Eleonora JankovičThat year: 1941, Classical music, musician, opera singer, singer (dead in 2019)
15
Death of Guido AdlerThat year: 1941, Classical music, Austrian musicologist, writer (born in 1855)
16
Death of Frida FelserThat year: 1941, Classical music, German opera singer and singer (born in 1872)
17
Birth of Glyn EvansThat year: 1941, Classical music, (David) Glyn Evans. Tenor, b Brampton, Ont, 17 Feb 1941; Artist Diploma opera (Toronto) 1973. Professional debut: 1965, in a performance of Handel's Messiah with the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir prior to attending the University of Toronto Opera School.
19
Death of Hamilton HartyThat year: 1941, Classical music, Irish composer, conductor, pianist and organist (born in 1879)
24
Birth of Kari OnstadThat year: 1941, Classical music, Norwegian actor and singer (dead in 2020)
Death of Willy StrehlThat year: 1941, Classical music, Austrian film actor, stage actor and opera singer (born in 1881)
March
01
Death of August WeissThat year: 1941, Classical music, composer (born in 1861)
04
Birth of Yuri SimonovThat year: 1941, Classical music, Russian conductor
Death of Edoardo MascheroniThat year: 1941, Classical music, Italian composer and conductor (1852-1941) (born in 1852)
07
Death of Arnold ScheringThat year: 1941, Classical music, German musicologist (born in 1877)
Birth of Ivan ZelenkaThat year: 1941, Classical music, Czech conductor, composer and musician
08
Death of José SerranoThat year: 1941, Classical music, Spanish composer (born in 1873)
Birth of Ivana LoudováThat year: 1941, Classical music, Czech music educator and composer (dead in 2017)
09
Death of Casper ReardonThat year: 1941, Classical music, American harpist (born in 1907)
11
Death of Walford DaviesThat year: 1941, Classical music, British composer (born in 1869)
Death of Melanie KurtThat year: 1941, Classical music, Austran soprano opera singer (born in 1880)
Birth of Allan EvansThat year: 1941, Classical music, American bass-baritone (dead in 2018)
12
Birth of Erkki SalmenhaaraThat year: 1941, Classical music, Finnish composer, critic and musicologist (dead in 2002)
Death of Charles Sanford SkiltonThat year: 1941, Classical music, American composer, teacher and musicologist (born in 1868)
Birth of Tapani ValtasaariThat year: 1941, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 2004)
Death of Isidore LuckstoneThat year: 1941, Classical music, composer (born in 1861)
16
Birth of Volodymyr KozhukharThat year: 1941, Classical music, Ukrainian conductor
17
Death of Wassily SapellnikoffThat year: 1941, Classical music, Russian musician (born in 1867)
Birth of Georges DumortierThat year: 1941, Classical music, Belgian television presenter
19
Birth of Bruno Leonardo GelberThat year: 1941, Classical music, pianist
22
Birth of Alide Maria SalvettaThat year: 1941, Classical music, singer (dead in 1991)
23
Death of Angelo BadàThat year: 1941, Classical music, Italian opera singer (born in 1876)
Birth of Sergey KadantsevThat year: 1941, Classical music, opera singer, singer (dead in 2010)
27
Death of Primo RiccitelliThat year: 1941, Classical music, Italian composer (born in 1875)
Death of Rita StrohlThat year: 1941, Classical music, French composer (born in 1865)
Death of Stewart MacphersonThat year: 1941, Classical music, British composer (born in 1865)
Birth of Maria SzczuckaThat year: 1941, Classical music, opera singer
28
Birth of Nicola MartinucciThat year: 1941, Classical music, Italian opera singer
29
Premiere of Sinfonia da Requiem, Op. 20That year: 1941, Classical music (Work for orchestra), Benjamin Britten
Death of Henry S. SawyerThat year: 1941, Classical music, composer (born in 1864)
30
Birth of Uwe MundThat year: 1941, Classical music, Austrian conductor
Birth of Laila Andersson-PalmeThat year: 1941, Classical music, Swedish actress
31
Death of Hans SiewertThat year: 1941, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1872)
April
03
Birth of Jorma HynninenThat year: 1941, Classical music, Finnish singer
05
Birth of Oqtay RadjabovThat year: 1941, Classical music, composer
06
Birth of Zdeněk HatinaThat year: 1941, Classical music, Czech composer
09
Death of Hedy Iracema-BrügelmannThat year: 1941, Classical music, German operatic soprano (born in 1881)
Death of Isidore WitmarkThat year: 1941, Classical music, composer (born in 1871)
11
Birth of Arthur DaviesThat year: 1941, Classical music, Welsh tenor singer (dead in 2018)
12
Birth of Jadwiga GadulankaThat year: 1941, Classical music, Polish opera singer
13
Birth of Margaret PriceThat year: 1941, Classical music, Welsh opera singer (dead in 2011)
15
Birth of Konstantin Ilyich PluzhnikovThat year: 1941, Classical music, singer
16
Death of Pearl G. CurranThat year: 1941, Classical music, American songwriter (born in 1875)
19
Death of Johanna Müller-HermannThat year: 1941, Classical music, Austrian composer (born in 1868)
20
Birth of Paul FreyThat year: 1941, Classical music, Canadian opera singer
21
Death of Agustín BardiThat year: 1941, Classical music, Argentine musician (born in 1884)
22
Birth of Rudolf MazzolaThat year: 1941, Classical music, Swiss singer and opera singer (1941-2010) (dead in 2010)
23
Birth of Gillian WhiteheadThat year: 1941, Classical music, New Zealand composer
24
Birth of John WilliamsThat year: 1941, Classical music, Australian classical guitarist
Death of Wilhelm GuttmannThat year: 1941, Classical music, German opera singer (born in 1886)
25
Birth of Rudolf RůžičkaThat year: 1941, Classical music, Czech composer
26
Birth of Marko SavićThat year: 1941, Classical music, Serbian musician (dead in 2013)
27
Birth of Carmen ReppelThat year: 1941, Classical music, German soprano
30
Birth of Luis Antonio García NavarroThat year: 1941, Classical music, conductor (dead in 2001)
May
01
Birth of Juraj HatríkThat year: 1941, Classical music, Slovakian composer
Death of Julia ClaussenThat year: 1941, Classical music, Swedish mezzo-soprano (born in 1879)
02
Birth of Grigory KontsurThat year: 1941, Classical music, Soviet Russian opera singer (dead in 2020)
03
Death of Selma EkThat year: 1941, Classical music, singer (born in 1856)
Birth of Samvel AloumyanThat year: 1941, Classical music, Armenian pianist (dead in 1987)
06
Birth of Ghena DimitrovaThat year: 1941, Classical music, Bulgarian lyric singer (dead in 2005)
07
Birth of Ernesto GavazziThat year: 1941, Classical music, opera singer, singer
08
Death of Heinrich ZöllnerThat year: 1941, Classical music, German composer and conductor (born in 1854)
Birth of Michael Jon SmithThat year: 1941, Classical music, composer (dead in 2009)
11
Death of Charles-Hilaire LaurentThat year: 1941, Classical music, composer
Death of James C. BradfordThat year: 1941, Classical music, composer (born in 1885)
12
Birth of Valery Vladimirovich KastelskyThat year: 1941, Classical music, Russian pianist (dead in 2001)
14
Birth of Gertrud SpliidThat year: 1941, Classical music, Danish opera singer (dead in 2007)
Death of Maurice SimonThat year: 1941, Classical music, French organist (born in 1879)
18
Death of Milka TerninaThat year: 1941, Classical music, Croatian opera singer (born in 1863)
19
Death of Thomas Whitney SuretteThat year: 1941, Classical music, US writer and lecturer (born in 1862)
21
Death of Miron PolyakinThat year: 1941, Classical music, Russian musician (born in 1895)
22
Death of Jaroslav GaliaThat year: 1941, Classical music, Czech composer and choirmaster (born in 1875)
23
Death of Slavko OstercThat year: 1941, Classical music, Slovenian composer (born in 1895)
24
Birth of Konrad BoehmerThat year: 1941, Classical music, composer (dead in 2014)
25
Birth of Diane BishThat year: 1941, Classical music, composer, organist, executive producer
Death of Miguel Lerdo de TejadaThat year: 1941, Classical music, Mexican musician (born in 1869)
26
Birth of Imants KalniņšThat year: 1941, Classical music, Latvian composer
27
Birth of Teppo Hauta-ahoThat year: 1941, Classical music, Finnish musician
Death of Kate CondonThat year: 1941, Classical music, American opera singer (1877-1941) (born in 1877)
29
Death of Oskar JoostThat year: 1941, Classical music, musician (born in 1898)
30
Death of John ForsellThat year: 1941, Classical music, Swedish opera singer and administrator (born in 1868)
Death of Edmund L. GruberThat year: 1941, Classical music, United States general (born in 1879)
June
01
Birth of Edo de WaartThat year: 1941, Classical music, Dutch musician
Birth of Simeon GugulovskiThat year: 1941, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1995)
03
Birth of Genady IskhakovThat year: 1941, Classical music, Polish actor and singer
05
Birth of Martha ArgerichThat year: 1941, Classical music, Argentine/Swiss pianist
06
Death of Ben GoodsonThat year: 1941, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1878)
07
Birth of Jaime LaredoThat year: 1941, Classical music, American conductor and violinist
Birth of Jan RybarskiThat year: 1941, Classical music, choir director, composer, conductor, music pedagogue, organist (dead in 2018)
08
Birth of Paula RobisonThat year: 1941, Classical music, American musician
Death of Eugène GrassiThat year: 1941, Classical music, composer (born in 1881)
10
Death of H. M. TennentThat year: 1941, Classical music, British songwriter (born in 1879)
12
Birth of Lyudmila CheshmedzhievaThat year: 1941, Classical music, actor, opera singer
16
Birth of Dino CianiThat year: 1941, Classical music, Italian musician (dead in 1974)
17
Death of Johan WagenaarThat year: 1941, Classical music, Dutch composer, teacher, and organist (born in 1862)
24
Death of Ernest Bryant CramptonThat year: 1941, Classical music, composer (born in 1881)
25
Death of Alfred PringsheimThat year: 1941, Classical music, German Jewish mathematician, art collector, patron of the arts and refugee from Nazis (1850-1941) (born in 1850)
27
Death of Mikhail KurbanovThat year: 1941, Classical music, composer (born in 1857)
28
Birth of Gunilla von BahrThat year: 1941, Classical music, flutist (dead in 2013)
29
Death of Ignacy Jan PaderewskiThat year: 1941, Classical music, Polish pianist, composer, supporter of Poland's independence movements, politician, Prime Minister of reborn Poland (1860-1941) (born in 1860)
30
Birth of Peter KarnerThat year: 1941, Classical music, Austrian singer and opera singer
July
01
Death of Paul AmbroseThat year: 1941, Classical music, Canadian organist, composer, conductor (born in 1868)
03
Birth of Miroslav KejmarThat year: 1941, Classical music, Czech music educator and trumpeter
04
Death of Karl RorichThat year: 1941, Classical music, composer (born in 1869)
05
Death of Oskar FriedThat year: 1941, Classical music, German composer and conductor (born in 1871)
08
Death of Philippe GaubertThat year: 1941, Classical music, French musician (born in 1879)
09
Birth of Timothy NolenThat year: 1941, Classical music, American opera singer
10
Death of Jelly Roll MortonThat year: 1941, Classical music, American ragtime and jazz pianist, bandleader and composer (born in 1890)
14
Birth of Karel JeričThat year: 1941, Classical music, opera singer
Death of Hermann KleemeyerThat year: 1941, Classical music, composer (born in 1859)
17
Death of Jean Marie MissudThat year: 1941, Classical music, clarinetist, composer, conductor (born in 1852)
18
Birth of Frank ProtoThat year: 1941, Classical music, American musician
19
Birth of Édith LejetThat year: 1941, Classical music, French composer
24
Birth of Laraine StephensThat year: 1941, Classical music, American actress
25
Birth of Dimi PalosThat year: 1941, Classical music, opera singer, singer (dead in 2018)
27
Birth of Johannes FritschThat year: 1941, Classical music, German musician (dead in 2010)
Birth of Christian BoeschThat year: 1941, Classical music, Operatic baritone
28
Birth of Izudin ČavrkovićThat year: 1941, Classical music, Bosnia and Herzegovina musician (dead in 2007)
Birth of Anna Maria KiefferThat year: 1941, Classical music, Brazilian singer
29
Birth of Gennadiy Ivanovitsj VaskoThat year: 1941, Classical music, opera singer
30
Death of Hugo BeckerThat year: 1941, Classical music, German cellist and composer (born in 1863)
31
Birth of Frøydis Ree WekreThat year: 1941, Classical music, Norwegian musician
August
01
Birth of Jordi SavallThat year: 1941, Classical music, Spanish musician, conductor, and composer
02
Birth of Moya HendersonThat year: 1941, Classical music, Australian composer
Birth of Hannelore BodeThat year: 1941, Classical music, German opera singer
05
Birth of Lenny BreauThat year: 1941, Classical music, Canadian musician (dead in 1984)
08
Death of Andrey LabinskyThat year: 1941, Classical music, Russian opera singer (born in 1871)
09
Death of Ingeborg Nørregaard HansenThat year: 1941, Classical music, Danish opera singer (born in 1874)
11
Death of Arthur HintonThat year: 1941, Classical music, composer (born in 1869)
13
Death of Walter PetzerThat year: 1941, Classical music, composer, music critic, music pedagogue, pianist (born in 1866)
16
Death of John CoatesThat year: 1941, Classical music, British opera singer (born in 1865)
Birth of Josef ÁbelThat year: 1941, Classical music, Czech singer and actor
17
Death of Ferdinand EckertThat year: 1941, Classical music, Czech conductor, hornist and composer (1865-1941) (born in 1865)
18
Death of Josef Adel WünschThat year: 1941, Classical music, Czech composer and organist (born in 1850)
20
Birth of Anne EvansThat year: 1941, Classical music, British operatic soprano
24
Death of Rafael Vásquez ÁlvarezThat year: 1941, Classical music, Guatemalan composer (1885-1941) (born in 1885)
26
Birth of Raúl JaurenaThat year: 1941, Classical music, Uruguayan composer (dead in 2021)
28
Birth of Paul PlishkaThat year: 1941, Classical music, Operatic bass
Death of Emmanuel MetterThat year: 1941, Classical music, Ukrainian conductor (born in 1878)
Death of Hans MelmsThat year: 1941, Classical music, film actor, opera singer, silent film actor, singer (born in 1869)
31
Birth of Emmanuel NunesThat year: 1941, Classical music, Portuguese composer and music teacher (dead in 2012)
September
01
Birth of Júlia VáradyThat year: 1941, Classical music, singer
03
Death of Kamillo HornThat year: 1941, Classical music, choir director, composer, harpist, pedagogue, poet (born in 1860)
04
Death of Emilio López del ToroThat year: 1941, Classical music, Spanish composer (born in 1873)
05
Death of Ernst KrausThat year: 1941, Classical music, tenor (born in 1863)
Birth of Valentina KochurThat year: 1941, Classical music, opera singer, singer
09
Birth of Sachiko YasudaThat year: 1941, Classical music, Japanese singer
Death of Helena Stone TorgersonThat year: 1941, Classical music, composer, harpist, musician (born in 1878)
10
Birth of Christopher HogwoodThat year: 1941, Classical music, English conductor, harpsichordist and musicologist (dead in 2014)
Death of Mykhailo Donets'That year: 1941, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1883)
11
Birth of Ève BrennerThat year: 1941, Classical music, French opera singer (born 1941)
Birth of Miklós MerseiThat year: 1941, Classical music, opera singer (1941-2020) (dead in 2020)
14
Death of Veniamin FleishmanThat year: 1941, Classical music, Russian Jewish opera composer (born in 1913)
Birth of Nicola SamaleThat year: 1941, Classical music, Italian composer, director and musicologist
18
Death of Louis FeuillardThat year: 1941, Classical music, French cellist (born in 1872)
22
Birth of Anna Tomowa-SintowThat year: 1941, Classical music, Bulgarian soprano
Birth of Maurizio FrusoniThat year: 1941, Classical music, Italian opera singer (dead in 2000)
26
Birth of Salvatore AccardoThat year: 1941, Classical music, Italian classical violinist and conductor
28
Birth of Avraham Eilam-AmzallagThat year: 1941, Classical music, musician
29
Birth of Glenys LinosThat year: 1941, Classical music, opera singer, singer (dead in 2020)
October
03
Birth of Ruggero RaimondiThat year: 1941, Classical music, Italian opera singer
04
Death of Albert RobervalThat year: 1941, Classical music, opera singer, stage actor (born in 1869)
08
Death of Alma KuulaThat year: 1941, Classical music, Finnish singer (born in 1884)
09
Birth of Wicus SlabbertThat year: 1941, Classical music, music pedagogue, opera singer, singer
11
Birth of Zsuzsanna DobránszkyThat year: 1941, Classical music, (1941--2019) opera singer (dead in 2019)
16
Birth of Derek BourgeoisThat year: 1941, Classical music, English composer (b. 1941) (dead in 2017)
Birth of Eva-Maria BundschuhThat year: 1941, Classical music, German singer and opera singer
17
Death of Guglielmo ZuelliThat year: 1941, Classical music, Italian composer/conductor (born in 1859)
Birth of Paul EllisonThat year: 1941, Classical music, professor
18
Death of Margit NagyThat year: 1941, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1893)
Birth of Juozas MalikonisThat year: 1941, Classical music, Lithuanian opera singer
19
Death of Wilhelm KienzlThat year: 1941, Classical music, Austrian composer (born in 1857)
Birth of Ernst-Dieter SuttheimerThat year: 1941, Classical music, German singer and opera singer
23
Birth of Lawrence FosterThat year: 1941, Classical music, American conductor
26
Death of Victor SchertzingerThat year: 1941, Classical music, American composer, film director, film producer, and screenwriter (1888-1941) (born in 1888)
Death of Georgette LeblancThat year: 1941, Classical music, French singer (born in 1869)
Death of Leopolda HanusováThat year: 1941, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1875)
27
Birth of Hartmut WelkerThat year: 1941, Classical music, bariton vocalist (1941-)
29
Death of Edmée FavartThat year: 1941, Classical music, singer (born in 1886)
Also in October
Death of Franz CostaThat year: 1941, Classical music, opera singer, singer, stage actor (born in 1861) .
November
01
Death of Gustáv StaníkThat year: 1941, Classical music, choir director, composer, conductor, organist (born in 1857)
04
Birth of Glenys FowlesThat year: 1941, Classical music, singer
06
Birth of James BowmanThat year: 1941, Classical music, British countertenor
07
Birth of Trudeliese SchmidtThat year: 1941, Classical music, German singer and opera singer (dead in 2004)
08
Birth of Simon StandageThat year: 1941, Classical music, English violinist and conductor
Death of Léon EscalaisThat year: 1941, Classical music, French opera singer (born in 1859)
10
Birth of Graham ClarkThat year: 1941, Classical music, British opera singer
12
Death of Mária SámsonThat year: 1941, Classical music, (1893--1941) opera singer (born in 1893)
16
Death of Miina HärmaThat year: 1941, Classical music, Estonian composer (born in 1864)
Death of Eugénie VerginThat year: 1941, Classical music, opera singer, vocal coach (born in 1854)
19
Birth of Ralf DöringThat year: 1941, Classical music, singer
20
Birth of Gary KarrThat year: 1941, Classical music, American musician
21
Birth of İdil BiretThat year: 1941, Classical music, Turkish pianist
23
Death of Toshiko SekiyaThat year: 1941, Classical music, Japanese composer and singer (1904-1941) (born in 1904)
25
Birth of Eleni KaraindrouThat year: 1941, Classical music, Greek musician
Death of Henri ChristinéThat year: 1941, Classical music, composer and conductor (1867-1941) (born in 1867)
Birth of Miwako MatsumotoThat year: 1941, Classical music, Japanese singer
26
Birth of Susanne MarseeThat year: 1941, Classical music, American mezzo-soprano
28
Death of Gustav ErnestThat year: 1941, Classical music, composer (born in 1858)
29
Death of Frank WallerThat year: 1941, Classical music, athletics competitor (born in 1884)
December
02
Birth of Sergei BanevichThat year: 1941, Classical music, Soviet and Russian composer
03
Death of Christian SindingThat year: 1941, Classical music, Norwegian composer (born in 1856)
06
Birth of John NelsonThat year: 1941, Classical music, American conductor, born 1941
07
Death of Lluís MilletThat year: 1941, Classical music, Catalan composer and musician (born in 1867)
11
Death of Paul ViardotThat year: 1941, Classical music, French violinist and musicologist (born in 1857)
Death of Georg ZottmayrThat year: 1941, Classical music, German singer and opera singer (born in 1869)
Birth of Sung KwakThat year: 1941, Classical music, Conductor and Music Director
14
Birth of Karan ArmstrongThat year: 1941, Classical music, Operatic soprano (dead in 2021)
20
Birth of Barbara McAlisterThat year: 1941, Classical music, American artist
21
Birth of Ming-Ming HsiaoThat year: 1941, Classical music, Taiwanese opera actress (dead in 2017)
22
Death of Karel HašlerThat year: 1941, Classical music, Czech songwriter and actor (born in 1879)
Death of Leopoldo MugnoneThat year: 1941, Classical music, Italian composer (born in 1858)
Death of Jurgis KarnavičiusThat year: 1941, Classical music, Lithuanian composer and violist (born in 1884)
Death of Santos JorgeThat year: 1941, Classical music, Panamanian composer (born in 1870)
Death of Jacob Henry HallThat year: 1941, Classical music, composer (born in 1855)
24
Death of Siegfried AlkanThat year: 1941, Classical music, German composer (born in 1858)
29
Death of Teiichi OkanoThat year: 1941, Classical music, Japanese composer (born in 1878)
Death of Robert Hood BowersThat year: 1941, Classical music, American conductor (born in 1877)
Death of Pierre KuncThat year: 1941, Classical music, French composer and organist (born in 1865)
31
Death of Jānis VītiņšThat year: 1941, Classical music, Latvian opera singer (born in 1897)
Also in December
Death of Aleksandra PanayevaThat year: 1941, Classical music, Russian opera singer (1853-1941) (born in 1853) .
This was also in 1941
Death of Frank Addison PorterThat year: 1941, Classical music, Pianist; Composer (born in 1859). Death of Auguste ZurfluhThat year: 1941, Classical music, composer (born in 1870). Death of Aino BergöThat year: 1941, Classical music, Swedish actress (born in 1915). Birth of Horst VladarThat year: 1941, Classical music, German opera singer . Death of Žiga HirschlerThat year: 1941, Classical music, Croatian composer (born in 1894). Death of Gustaf Erik BrutsnerThat year: 1941, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1893). Birth of Hubert SchoonbroodtThat year: 1941, Classical music, Belgian musician (dead in 1992). Death of Federico ChavesThat year: 1941, Classical music, Spanish composer (born in 1877). Inception: Columbus Philharmonic OrchestraThat year: 1941, Classical music (United States of America). Death of Nicolai de SeverskyThat year: 1941, Classical music, actor (born in 1875). Death of Hermann WesselerThat year: 1941, Classical music, composer (born in 1869). Inception: Windsor Symphony OrchestraThat year: 1941, Classical music (Canada). Death of Arthur MasonThat year: 1941, Classical music, composer (born in 1870). Inception: First Piano QuartetThat year: 1941, Classical music (United States of America). Birth of Evi VanamölderThat year: 1941, Classical music, music pedagogue, opera singer . Death of Aleksandr Petrovič Koptjae͏̈vThat year: 1941, Classical music, composer, musicographer, musicologist (born in 1868). Inception: Birmingham Philharmonic OrchestraThat year: 1941, Classical music (United Kingdom). Death of Michael DachsThat year: 1941, Classical music, German composer (born in 1876). Inception: Ukrainian Bandurist ChorusThat year: 1941, Classical music (United States of America). Death of Pjotr Ivanovitsj ZasetskiyThat year: 1941, Classical music, opera singer, singer (born in 1899). Birth of Rainer MoogThat year: 1941, Classical music, German violist . Birth of José de Oliveira LopesThat year: 1941, Classical music, Portuguese opera singer (dead in 2013). Birth of Jürgen HartfielThat year: 1941, Classical music, bariton (1941-) . Death of Pyotr RenchitskyThat year: 1941, Classical music, pianist (born in 1874). Birth of Yutaka HoshideThat year: 1941, Classical music, Japanese conductor (1941-) . Inauguration: Donetsk State Academic Opera and Ballet TheatreThat year: 1941, Classical music (Voroshylovskyi District (Donetsk), Ukraine). Death of Félix Ortiz de San PelayoThat year: 1941, Classical music, Spanish composer (born in 1857). Death of Oscar J. LehrerThat year: 1941, Classical music, composer (born in 1871). Death of Michał JózefowiczThat year: 1941, Classical music, composer (born in 1860). Birth of Irina SchnittkeThat year: 1941, Classical music, Russian pianist . Death of Mary LewisThat year: 1941, Classical music, American soprano opera singer (1897-1941) (born in 1897). Inception: Collegiate ChoraleThat year: 1941, Classical music (United States of America). Birth of Dietrich LohffThat year: 1941, Classical music, composer . Birth of Hideo KojimaThat year: 1941, Classical music, concertmaster, conductor, violinist . Death of Adolph MannThat year: 1941, Classical music, composer (born in 1874). Death of Erima Maewa KaihauThat year: 1941, Classical music, composer (born in 1879). Death of Jacques ZoubaloffThat year: 1941, Classical music, composer (born in 1876). Inception: National Symphony OrchestraThat year: 1941, Classical music (Dominican Republic). Closing: Queen's HallThat year: 1941, Classical music (City of Westminster, United Kingdom). Death of Amalia PaoliThat year: 1941, Classical music, Puerto Rican operatic soprano (born in 1861). Inception: Cathedral Choral SocietyThat year: 1941, Classical music (United States of America). Inception: Florida Grand OperaThat year: 1941, Classical music (United States of America). Death of Cecil ForsythThat year: 1941, Classical music, British musician (born in 1870). Death of Valentin NeuvilleThat year: 1941, Classical music, French composer and organist (born in 1863). Inception: Victoria SymphonyThat year: 1941, Classical music (Canada). Inauguration: Cow PalaceThat year: 1941, Classical music (San Francisco, United States of America). Death of Jacobus Hendrik OushoornThat year: 1941, Classical music, composer (born in 1874). Birth of Janet PriceThat year: 1941, Classical music, Welsh soprano . Death of Albert Edward RileyThat year: 1941, Classical music, composer (born in 1884). Birth of Helmut HolzapfelThat year: 1941, Classical music, South African tenor . Death of Giuseppe GiannelliThat year: 1941, Classical music, composer (born in 1864). Death of Wladimir PogojeffThat year: 1941, Classical music, composer (born in 1872). Inception: Northwest Indiana Symphony OrchestraThat year: 1941, Classical music (United States of America). Death of Arthur Murray GoodhartThat year: 1941, Classical music, British composer and organist (born in 1866). Death of William HargreavesThat year: 1941, Classical music, English composer (born in 1880). Death of Chrétien RogisterThat year: 1941, Classical music, composer (born in 1884).
Works (composition or publishing)
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Richard Strauss (age 75) - Verklungene Feste, after piano pieces by Couperin (Ballet)
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Arnold Schoenberg (age 67) - Organ Sonata (Work for soloist)
- Variations, Op. 40 (Work for soloist)
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Béla Bartók (age 60) - Suite for 2 pianos, Op. 4b list 3 (Work for chamber orchestra)
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Sergei Prokofiev (age 50) - Betrothal in the Monastery, Op. 86That year: 1941, Classical music (Opera)
- String Quartet No. 2 in F major, Op. 92That year: 1941, Classical music (Work for chamber orchestra)
- The Year 1941, Op. 90 (Work for orchestra)
- A Summer's Day, Op. 65b (Work for orchestra)
- Symphonic March in B-flat major, Op. 88 (Work for orchestra)
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Arthur Honegger (age 49) - Symphony No. 2 for strings and trumpetThat year: 1941, Classical music (Work for chamber orchestra)
- 800 Meters (Incidental music)
- L'Ombre de la ravine (Incidental music)
- La Ligne d'horizon (Incidental music)
- La Mandragore (Incidental music)
- The Dream Eater (Ballet)
- Les Suppliantes (Incidental music)
- Petits Airs sur une basse célèbre (Work for soloist)
- The Shadow of the Ravine (Work for chamber orchestra)
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Darius Milhaud (age 49) - Choral "Hommage à Paderewski" (Work for soloist)
- Touches blanches, Easy Pieces, Op. 222 No. 1 (Work for soloist)
- Touches noires, Easy Pieces, Op. 222 No. 2 (Work for soloist)
- 2 Exercises for clarinet and piano, Opp. 227 (Work for chamber orchestra)
- Concerto, Op. 230 (Work for orchestra with soloist)
- Concerto No. 1, Op. 228 (Work for orchestra with soloist)
- Sonatina for violin and viola, Op. 226 (Work for chamber orchestra)
- 4 Sketches, Opp. 227 (Work for orchestra)
- 4 Sketches, Opp. 227 (Work for soloist)
- Touches noirs, touches blanches, Op. 222 (Work for soloist)
- Pastorale, Op. 229 (Work for soloist)
- Mills Fanfare, Op. 224 (Work for chamber orchestra)
- Concerto No. 2, Op. 225 (Work for orchestra with soloist)
- 4 Sketches, Opp. 227b (Work for chamber orchestra)
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Carl Orff (age 46) - Entrata für Orchester, nach „The Bells" von W. Byrd (Work for orchestra)
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Erich Wolfgang Korngold (age 44) - The Sea Wolf (Film score)
- A Passover Psalm, Op. 30 (Work for choir)
- Prayer, Op. 32 (Work for choir)
- Four Shakespeare-Songs, Opp. 31 (Song, lied)
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Francis Poulenc (age 42) - Symphony No. 7 in C major, Op. 60, “Leningrad”That year: 1941, Classical music (Work for orchestra)
- Les animaux modèles, Op. 111 (Ballet)
- The Oath to the People's Commissar (Work for choir)
- Songs of a Guard's Division : The Fearless Regiments Are On the Move (Work for choir)
- Polka in F-sharp minor, Op. 58i (Work for chamber orchestra)
- Deux poèmes d'Apollinaire, Opp. 127 (Song, lied)
- Exultate Deo, Op. 109 (Work for choir)
- Salve regina, Op. 110 (Work for choir)
- Improvisation No. 11, Op. 113 (Work for soloist)
- Improvisation No. 12, Op. 113, “Hommage à Schubert” (Work for soloist)
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Aaron Copland (age 41) - Arrangement of An Outdoor Overture (Work for orchestra)
- Episode (Work for soloist)
- Piano Sonata (Work for soloist)
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Olivier Messiaen (age 33) - Quartet for the End of TimeThat year: 1941, Classical music (Work for chamber orchestra)
- Chœurs pour une Jeanne d'Arc (Work for choir)
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Benjamin Britten (age 28) - Paul Bunyan, Op. 17That year: 1941, Classical music (Opera)
- Matinées musicales on a theme by Gioachino Rossini, Op. 24 (Work for orchestra)
- String Quartet No. 1, Op. 25 (Work for chamber orchestra), published in 1942
- An American Overture, Op. 27 (Work for orchestra)
- Scottish Ballad, Op. 26 (Work for orchestra with soloist)
