The year 1942 in classical music and in lyrical art

Death of Charles HackettThat year: 1942, Classical music, American opera singer (born in 1889)

Death of Julius ConusThat year: 1942, Classical music, Russian Empire and Soviet violinist and composer (born in 1869)

Death of Alexander FlessburgThat year: 1942, Classical music, German actor and opera singer (born in 1883)

Death of Carlo PerinelloThat year: 1942, Classical music, Italian composer (born in 1877)

Birth of Jerzy ErdmanThat year: 1942, Classical music, organist (dead in 2000)

Death of Catharinus EllingThat year: 1942, Classical music, Norwegian musician, composer, musicologist, and music educator (born in 1858)

Death of Meyrianne HéglonThat year: 1942, Classical music, Belgian lyric artist of Danish origin (born in 1867)

Death of Amadeu Cuscó i PanadèsThat year: 1942, Classical music, Catalan pianist, bandmaster and composer (born in 1876)

Birth of Mati PalmThat year: 1942, Classical music, Estonian opera singer (dead in 2018)

Birth of Vidutis BakasThat year: 1942, Classical music, Lithuanian opera singer

Birth of Nina TychynskaThat year: 1942, Classical music, Ukrainian opera singer (dead in 1989)

Death of Domenico MonleoneThat year: 1942, Classical music, Italian composer (born in 1875)

Birth of Ulf HoelscherThat year: 1942, Classical music, German violinist

Death of Helmut BräutigamThat year: 1942, Classical music, German composer (born in 1914)

Birth of Fumiaki KuriyamaThat year: 1942, Classical music, choir director, conductor

Birth of Georgy ZastavnyThat year: 1942, Classical music, Soviet Russian singer (dead in 2002)

Death of Désiré PauwelsThat year: 1942, Classical music, Belgian musician (born in 1861)

Birth of Kovács AttilaThat year: 1942, Classical music, opera singer

Birth of Attila Selmeczi KovácsThat year: 1942, Classical music, Romanian opera singer

Death of Pablo LunaThat year: 1942, Classical music, Spanish composer (born in 1879)

Death of Tamaki TokuyamaThat year: 1942, Classical music, Japanese singer (born in 1903)

Death of Gerald WalennThat year: 1942, Classical music, Australian composer (1871-1942) (born in 1871)

Birth of Wolfgang LenzThat year: 1942, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 2019)

Death of Karl GoepfartThat year: 1942, Classical music, German composer and conductor (born in 1859)

Death of Jennie NorelliThat year: 1942, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1863)

Death of Vladimír WuršerThat year: 1942, Classical music, conductor, opera singer (born in 1888)

Birth of Miloš ŠtědroňThat year: 1942, Classical music, Czech music educator, composer, musicologist, professor and university educator

Death of Bohumil BenoniThat year: 1942, Classical music, Bohumil Benoni (1862-1942), Czech opera singer (born in 1862)

Birth of Artashes HayriyanThat year: 1942, Classical music, Armenian opera singer

Death of Bernard TokkieThat year: 1942, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1867)

Birth of Dmitri MillerThat year: 1942, Classical music, Soviet cellist (dead in 2016)

Death of Leo AscherThat year: 1942, Classical music, Austrian composer (born in 1880)

Birth of Philippe BenderThat year: 1942, Classical music, French conductor

Death of Ingeborg LiljebladThat year: 1942, Classical music, Finnish opera singer (born in 1887)

Death of August William JunckerThat year: 1942, Classical music, composer (born in 1855)

Death of Yuliya VeysbergThat year: 1942, Classical music, Russian composer (born in 1879)

Death of Boris GoltzThat year: 1942, Classical music, Soviet composer (1913-1942) (born in 1913)

Birth of Anatoliĭ SukhorukovThat year: 1942, Classical music, horn player (dead in 2020)

Birth of Christopher SeamanThat year: 1942, Classical music, British conductor

Death of Enric Morera i ViuraThat year: 1942, Classical music, Spanish composer (born in 1865)

Birth of Makvala KasrashviliThat year: 1942, Classical music, Soviet and Russian opera singer (soprano)

Birth of Giuseppe VendittelliThat year: 1942, Classical music, Italian opera singer

Birth of Romalı PerihanThat year: 1942, Classical music, Turkish opera singer (soprano), model, and actress (dead in 2016)

Birth of Aleksey Anatolevitsj LjudmilinThat year: 1942, Classical music, conductor, violist (dead in 2019)

Death of Teodoro ValcárcelThat year: 1942, Classical music, Peruvian composer (born in 1900)

Death of Vasily KalafatiThat year: 1942, Classical music, Russian composer and pedagogue (born in 1869)

Death of Manuel HuarteThat year: 1942, Classical music, Spanish opera singer (born in 1861)

Death of Stepan TrezvinskiyThat year: 1942, Classical music, Soviet Russian singer (born in 1860)

Birth of Juozas RimasThat year: 1942, Classical music, Lithuanian musician

Birth of Ira B. KraemerThat year: 1942, Classical music, composer

Death of Adalbert AlbrechtThat year: 1942, Classical music, composer (born in 1863)

Birth of Robin DonaldThat year: 1942, Classical music, Australian opera singer

Death of Gustav HinrichsThat year: 1942, Classical music, American conductor (born in 1850)

Death of Alfred SittardThat year: 1942, Classical music, German musician, organist, singer, choir director, composer and music educator (born in 1878)

Death of David Dick SlaterThat year: 1942, Classical music, composer (born in 1869)

Death of Albert SiklósThat year: 1942, Classical music, Hungarian composer (born in 1878)

Birth of Masuko UshiodaThat year: 1942, Classical music, Japanese violinist (dead in 2013)

Birth of Ryszard KarczykowskiThat year: 1942, Classical music, opera singer, singer

Death of Lee Orean SmithThat year: 1942, Classical music, composer (born in 1874)

Death of Jenny Fleischer-AltThat year: 1942, Classical music, opera singer, singer (born in 1863)

Birth of Stephen GunzenhauserThat year: 1942, Classical music, American orchestral conductor

Birth of June CardThat year: 1942, Classical music, American soprano and stage director

Death of Vladislav BlazhevichThat year: 1942, Classical music, composer (born in 1886)

Death of Frederick HobbsThat year: 1942, Classical music, Singer, actor and theatre manager (born in 1880)

Birth of Aleksandr SkulskyThat year: 1942, Classical music, conductor

Birth of Thérèse CasadesusThat year: 1942, Classical music, French teacher and opera singer

Death of Julius MormanThat year: 1942, Classical music, Czech composer (born in 1877)

Birth of Clive StruttThat year: 1942, Classical music, English composer

Death of Ernest BrysonThat year: 1942, Classical music, composer (born in 1867)

Birth of Werner CompesThat year: 1942, Classical music, German musician, singer and music educator

Birth of Jorge AntunesThat year: 1942, Classical music, Brazilian politician and composer

Death of Arthur van OostThat year: 1942, Classical music, composer (born in 1870)

Death of Vilma Thierry - Kavčnik de ChâteauvieuxThat year: 1942, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1890)

Birth of Susan StarrThat year: 1942, Classical music, American musician

Birth of Wolf AppelThat year: 1942, Classical music, German singer and opera singer (1942-1999) (dead in 1999)

Death of Elisabeth DonsThat year: 1942, Classical music, Danish opera singer (born in 1864)

Birth of Lars KullenboThat year: 1942, Classical music, opera singer

Birth of Enrique Bátiz CampbellThat year: 1942, Classical music, Mexican musician

Death of Vasily OsipovThat year: 1942, Classical music, Russian singer and opera singer (1879-1942) (born in 1879)

Birth of Richard StilwellThat year: 1942, Classical music, opera singer

Birth of Helmut Berger-TunaThat year: 1942, Classical music, Austrian opera singer (dead in 2009)

Birth of David GearyThat year: 1942, Classical music, Canadian singer and director, active in Switzerland

Death of Helena FortiThat year: 1942, Classical music, German opera singer (born in 1884)

Death of George AitkenThat year: 1942, Classical music, composer (born in 1866)

Birth of Arto NorasThat year: 1942, Classical music, Finnish cellist

Death of Colin McAlpinThat year: 1942, Classical music, English composer and writer (born in 1870)

Death of Edmund SevernThat year: 1942, Classical music, American composer and violinist born in England (born in 1862)

Birth of Jean-Claude PennetierThat year: 1942, Classical music, French pianist, orthodox priest, composer and conductor

Death of William M. FeltonThat year: 1942, Classical music, composer (born in 1887)

Death of Alfred HollinsThat year: 1942, Classical music, English organist, composer and teacher (born in 1865)

Birth of Michail Fjodorovitsj GalkovskiyThat year: 1942, Classical music, opera singer, singer (dead in 2010)

Birth of Isoldé ElchleppThat year: 1942, Classical music, German singer and opera singer

Birth of Joseph WardThat year: 1942, Classical music, British opera singer (dead in 2019)

Death of Pavel JeralThat year: 1942, Classical music, holocaust victim, b. 1890-07-15 (born in 1890)

Birth of Mária SudlikThat year: 1942, Classical music, Hungarian singer (dead in 2015)

Birth of Marta NitranováThat year: 1942, Classical music, opera singer

Birth of Michael SchopperThat year: 1942, Classical music, German bass-baritone in opera and concert

Death of Ernest PingoudThat year: 1942, Classical music, Finnish composer (born in 1887)

Birth of Oleh KrysaThat year: 1942, Classical music, Ukrainian musician

Death of Grete ForstThat year: 1942, Classical music, soprano (born in 1878)

Birth of Sergej DubrovinThat year: 1942, Classical music, Serbian opera singer (1942-2015) (dead in 2015)

Birth of Raffi ArmenianThat year: 1942, Classical music, Armenian-Canadian musician

Death of Gérard HekkingThat year: 1942, Classical music, French musician (born in 1879)

Death of Ilka MedgyaszayThat year: 1942, Classical music, Hungarian opera singer and actress (born in 1851)

Birth of Paul EsswoodThat year: 1942, Classical music, British opera singer

Death of Ferdinand MarianThat year: 1942, Classical music, Austrian opera singer (born in 1859)

Death of Geoffrey ToyeThat year: 1942, Classical music, English conductor, composer and opera producer. (born in 1889)

Birth of Marina KriloviciThat year: 1942, Classical music, Romanian opera singer

Birth of Nunzio TodiscoThat year: 1942, Classical music, Italian opera singer

Death of Bernard AdlerThat year: 1942, Classical music, composer (born in 1879)

Death of Walter LeighThat year: 1942, Classical music, English composer (born in 1905)

Death of Ernst HeuserThat year: 1942, Classical music, German composer, pianist and music teacher (born in 1863)

Birth of Viktor SuslinThat year: 1942, Classical music, Russian composer (dead in 2012)

Death of Haldane StewartThat year: 1942, Classical music, Musician, composer and cricketer (1868-1942) (born in 1868)

Death of Emile ChaumontThat year: 1942, Classical music, composer (born in 1878)

Death of Jessie BondThat year: 1942, Classical music, singer and actress (born in 1853)

Death of Arthur Willard PryorThat year: 1942, Classical music, American bandleader, composer, virtuoso trombonist with the Sousa Band (born in 1870)

Birth of Vittorio TerranovaThat year: 1942, Classical music, Italian opera singer

Birth of Alain MeunierThat year: 1942, Classical music, French musician

Birth of Volker David KirchnerThat year: 1942, Classical music, German musician (dead in 2020)

Birth of Birgit Pitsch-SarataThat year: 1942, Classical music, Austrian singer and opera singer

Death of Arthur de MeulemeesterThat year: 1942, Classical music, composer (born in 1876)

Birth of John McGuireThat year: 1942, Classical music, American composer

Birth of József NémethThat year: 1942, Classical music, Hungarian opera singer

Death of William Henry ReedThat year: 1942, Classical music, British musician (born in 1876)

Birth of Attila FülöpThat year: 1942, Classical music, (1942--2020) opera singer and audio engineer (dead in 2020)

Birth of Florin DiaconescuThat year: 1942, Classical music, Romanian operatic tenor (dead in 2020)

Birth of Matthias BamertThat year: 1942, Classical music, Swiss composer and conductor

Death of William YounThat year: 1942, Classical music, Korean pianist (born in 1982)

Death of Ilya AizbergThat year: 1942, Classical music, composer (born in 1868)

Birth of Shigeaki SaegusaThat year: 1942, Classical music, Japanese composer

Death of Ernst BachrichThat year: 1942, Classical music, Austrian musician (born in 1892)

Birth of Bogdan Michaylovitsj SapeljukThat year: 1942, Classical music, composer, conductor, teacher (dead in 2001)

Death of Julio Salvador SagrerasThat year: 1942, Classical music, Argentine musician (born in 1879)

Birth of Ruža Pospiš-BaldaniThat year: 1942, Classical music, singer

Birth of Tsuyoshi TsutsumiThat year: 1942, Classical music, Japanese musician

Birth of Danguolė JuodikaitytėThat year: 1942, Classical music, Lithuanian opera singer

Birth of Claes-Håkan AhnsjöThat year: 1942, Classical music, Swedish operatic tenor

Death of Vojtěch KuchynkaThat year: 1942, Classical music, Czech composer, contrabassist and choirmaster (born in 1871)

Birth of Victor EreskoThat year: 1942, Classical music, Soviet pianist

Death of Paul CorderThat year: 1942, Classical music, British composer (born in 1879)

Birth of Udo ReinemannThat year: 1942, Classical music, German opera singer (dead in 2013)

Birth of Michael PabstThat year: 1942, Classical music, musician, opera singer, singer

Premiere of Les animaux modèles, Op. 111That year: 1942, Classical music (Ballet), Francis Poulenc

Death of Richard Heinrich SteinThat year: 1942, Classical music, author (born in 1882)

Birth of David MunrowThat year: 1942, Classical music, British musician (dead in 1976)

Birth of Sheila ArmstrongThat year: 1942, Classical music, English opera singer

Birth of William DehningThat year: 1942, Classical music, American conductor (dead in 2017)

Birth of Artashes AvetyanThat year: 1942, Classical music, Armenian singer

Death of Thorvald OtterströmThat year: 1942, Classical music, American composer (born in 1868)

Birth of Margarita ZimmermannThat year: 1942, Classical music, Argentine opera singer

Death of Eduardo SoutoThat year: 1942, Classical music, Brazilian pianist, composer and conductor (born in 1882)

Death of Clemens von und zu FranckensteinThat year: 1942, Classical music, German composer (born in 1875)

Birth of Allan MonkThat year: 1942, Classical music, Operatic baritone

Death of Henry EichheimThat year: 1942, Classical music, American composer (born in 1870)

Death of Floyd J. Saint ClairThat year: 1942, Classical music, composer, conductor (born in 1871)

Death of Caleb SimperThat year: 1942, Classical music, English organist and composer (born in 1856)

Death of Josef VašataThat year: 1942, Classical music, Czech conductor, composer and choirmaster (born in 1884)

Death of Hugo von SteinerThat year: 1942, Classical music, composer (born in 1862)

Death of Erika BodomThat year: 1942, Classical music, Norwegian composer (born in 1861)

Birth of Patrice FontanarosaThat year: 1942, Classical music, French violinist

Birth of Lutz-Michael HarderThat year: 1942, Classical music, German lyric tenor (dead in 2019)

Birth of Björn HauganThat year: 1942, Classical music, Norwegian singer (dead in 2009)

Closing: Tonhalle DuisburgThat year: 1942, Classical music (Duisburg, Germany)

Birth of Ondrej LenárdThat year: 1942, Classical music, Slovak conductor

Birth of Tomás MarcoThat year: 1942, Classical music, Spanish composer

Birth of Jill GomezThat year: 1942, Classical music, British opera singer

Death of Ivan LipaevThat year: 1942, Classical music, Russian trombonist, educator and music critic (1865-1942) (born in 1865)

Death of Otto ZweigThat year: 1942, Classical music, composer (born in 1874)

Birth of Thomas SanderlingThat year: 1942, Classical music, German conductor

Birth of Gro Schibsted SandvikThat year: 1942, Classical music, Norwegian musician

Death of Aristide MartzThat year: 1942, Classical music, composer (born in 1879)

Birth of Nella AnfusoThat year: 1942, Classical music, Italian singer and musicologist

Inception: Iași "Moldova" Philharmonic OrchestraThat year: 1942, Classical music (Romania)

Death of Pyotr RyazanovThat year: 1942, Classical music, Russian music teacher (born in 1899)

Death of Édouard NannyThat year: 1942, Classical music, French double bass player (born in 1872)

Birth of Jan Kanty PawluśkiewiczThat year: 1942, Classical music, Polish composer

Death of Ferdinand CapelleThat year: 1942, Classical music, composer (born in 1883)

Birth of Horiana BranisteanuThat year: 1942, Classical music, Swiss singer and opera singer

Death of Paul Nikolaus CossmannThat year: 1942, Classical music, German writer and journalist (born in 1869)

Birth of Ortrun WenkelThat year: 1942, Classical music, German operatic contralto

Birth of Pierre André BoveyThat year: 1942, Classical music, composer, instrumentalist

Death of Adolphe MartyThat year: 1942, Classical music, French organist, composer and music educator (born in 1865)

Birth of Loretta Di FrancoThat year: 1942, Classical music, American operatic soprano

Birth of Sven-David SandströmThat year: 1942, Classical music, Swedish composer (dead in 2019)

Birth of Ruth FalconThat year: 1942, Classical music, American operatic soprano and pedagogue (dead in 2020)

Birth of Clark KimberlingThat year: 1942, Classical music, Mathematician, musician and composer

Birth of Astrid SchirmerThat year: 1942, Classical music, German operatic soprano

Birth of Tove HyldgaardThat year: 1942, Classical music, Danish opera singer

Birth of Michel TabachnikThat year: 1942, Classical music, Swiss musician

Birth of Jevgenija LisicinaThat year: 1942, Classical music, Latvian musician

Death of Vladimir NardovThat year: 1942, Classical music, Soviet Russian singer (born in 1876)

Death of Germaine LaboleThat year: 1942, Classical music, composer (born in 1896)

Birth of Anikó RohonyiThat year: 1942, Classical music, opera singer

Birth of Howard DyckThat year: 1942, Classical music, Canadian conductor and broadcaster

Death of John David DavisThat year: 1942, Classical music, composer (born in 1869)

Birth of Lilla IzsófováThat year: 1942, Classical music, opera singer

Death of Boleslav YavorskyThat year: 1942, Classical music, Polish, Ukrainian and Russian musicologist (born in 1877)

Birth of Nicole BulozeThat year: 1942, Classical music, Swiss opera singer (1942-1991) (dead in 1991)

Birth of Michael DevlinThat year: 1942, Classical music, American opera singer

Death of Otto ManasseThat year: 1942, Classical music, holocaust victim, b. 1861-06-10 (born in 1861)

Publishing of Horn Concerto No. 2 in E-flat majorThat year: 1942, Classical music (Work for orchestra with soloist), Richard Strauss

Birth of Philippe HuttenlocherThat year: 1942, Classical music, Swiss opera singer

Birth of Luana DeVolThat year: 1942, Classical music, American soprano

Death of Ernst Hermann SeyffardtThat year: 1942, Classical music, German composer (born in 1859)

Birth of Marta BelenThat year: 1942, Classical music, American opera singer (dead in 2005)

Death of Pavel Ivanov-RadkevichThat year: 1942, Classical music, Soviet composer, pianist and educator (born in 1878)

Death of Dezider LaukoThat year: 1942, Classical music, composer, jurist (born in 1872)

Death of Blanche SelvaThat year: 1942, Classical music, French composer (born in 1884)

Death of Cecilia DobrovolskayaThat year: 1942, Classical music, Soviet opera singer and music educator (1881-1942) (born in 1881)

Death of Milada ModestinováThat year: 1942, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1888)

Birth of James HoulikThat year: 1942, Classical music, American musician

Death of Giovanni OcioThat year: 1942, Classical music, composer (born in 1874)

Death of Marie Emmanuel Augustin SavardThat year: 1942, Classical music, French composer (born in 1861)

Death of Eleanor Everest FreerThat year: 1942, Classical music, American composer and philanthropist (born in 1864)

Death of Richard BreitenfeldThat year: 1942, Classical music, baritone who was a member of the Frankfurt Opera (born in 1869)

Death of Hənəfi TerequlovThat year: 1942, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1877)

Death of António D'AndradeThat year: 1942, Classical music, Portuguese opera singer (born in 1854)

Death of Francis BousquetThat year: 1942, Classical music, French composer (born in 1890)

Death of Arturo VanbianchiThat year: 1942, Classical music, composer, kapellmeister, teacher (born in 1862)

Death of Walter AltschulThat year: 1942, Classical music, radiologist and an opera singer (born in 1883)

Death of Friedrich KloseThat year: 1942, Classical music, opera composer (born in 1862)

Death of Josef von ManowardaThat year: 1942, Classical music, Austrian singer and opera singer (born in 1890)

Death of George L. CobbThat year: 1942, Classical music, American composer (born in 1886)

Birth of Jana SmitkováThat year: 1942, Classical music, opera singer

Death of Benoit HollanderThat year: 1942, Classical music, composer (born in 1853)

Death of Karel MelicharThat year: 1942, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1872)