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  2. History: That year
  3. 1942

The year 1942 in classical music and in lyrical art

1942. With other artists, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Jean Sibelius and Pietro Mascagni influenced their time (modern & contemporary era). That year would see the birth of future classical or lyrical artists, such as Daniel Barenboim, 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 Dmitri Shostakovich, for example. That year, halls or orchestras would be founded or ceased to operate.

All these moments, more or less notable, make the year 1942 a page in the history of classical and lyrical music to be discovered or rediscovered. soclassiq currently lists more than 400 of these moments for 1942.

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1942, from day to day

 

1942

modern & contemporary era

January


01

Jaroslav Ježek

Death of Jaroslav JežekThat year: 1942, Classical music, Czech conductor, Esperantist, composer and jazz musician (born in 1906)

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

03

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)

04

Leon Jessel

Death of Leon JesselThat year: 1942, Classical music, German composer (born in 1871)

05

Maurizio Pollini

Birth of Maurizio PolliniThat year: 1942, Classical music, Italian musician

06

Death of Emma CalvéThat year: 1942, Classical music, French operatic soprano (1858-1942) (born in 1858)

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)

07

Birth of Horațiu RădulescuThat year: 1942, Classical music, Romanian composer (dead in 2008)

08

Catharinus Elling

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

11

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

13

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)

14

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)

15

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

16

Premiere of Diversions, Op. 21That year: 1942, Classical music (Work for orchestra with soloist), Benjamin Britten

17

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

21

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

25

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

27

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

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

28

Pablo Luna

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)

29

Gerald Walenn

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)

30

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

February


02

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

06

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

09

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

10

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

15

Death of Stanislav BiničkiThat year: 1942, Classical music, composer (born in 1872)

18

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

19

Birth of Phil CoulterThat year: 1942, Classical music, Northern Irish musician, songwriter and record producer

20

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

22

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

25

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

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

28

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

August William Juncker

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

March


01

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

03

Boris Goltz

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

05

Premiere of Symphony No. 7 in C major, Op. 60, “Leningrad”That year: 1942, Classical music (Work for orchestra), Dmitri Shostakovich

06

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

07

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

11

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

13

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

15

Alexander von Zemlinsky

Death of Alexander von ZemlinskyThat year: 1942, Classical music, Austrian composer, conductor, and teacher (born in 1871)

Montserrat Figueras

Birth of Montserrat FiguerasThat year: 1942, Classical music, Catalan soprano singer (dead in 2011)

Giuseppe Vendittelli

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

18

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

19

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

20

Teodoro Valcárcel

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

Vasily Kalafati

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)

21

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

25

Juozas Rimas

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)

26

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

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

28

Samuel Ramey

Birth of Samuel RameyThat year: 1942, Classical music, Operatic bass

31

Alfred Sittard

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)

April


03

Paul Gilson

Death of Paul GilsonThat year: 1942, Classical music, Belgian composer (born in 1865)

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

04

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

06

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

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

07

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

08

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

10

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)

11

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

12

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

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

13

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

16

Leo Nucci

Birth of Leo NucciThat year: 1942, Classical music, opera singer

19

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

20

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

22

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

23

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)

25

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

27

Emil von Sauer

Death of Emil von SauerThat year: 1942, Classical music, German composer, pianist, score editor, and music (piano) teacher (born in 1862)

NHK Symphony Orchestra

Inception: NHK Symphony OrchestraThat year: 1942, Classical music (Japan)

29

Susan Starr

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

May


01

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

02

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

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

04

Enrique Bátiz Campbell

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)

06

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

07

Felix von Weingartner

Death of Felix von WeingartnerThat year: 1942, Classical music, Austrian conductor, composer and pianist (born in 1863)

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

08

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

11

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)

12

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

13

Colin McAlpin

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

14

Edmund Severn

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

16

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)

17

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

20

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

22

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

24

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

25

Emanuel Feuermann

Death of Emanuel FeuermannThat year: 1942, Classical music, Austrian musician (born in 1902)

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

26

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

28

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

June


01

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)

03

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

04

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

05

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)

06

Paul Esswood

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

09

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

11

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

Bernard Adler

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

12

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)

13

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

14

Haldane Stewart

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

16

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

17

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

18

Daniel Alomía Robles

Death of Daniel Alomía RoblesThat year: 1942, Classical music, Peruvian composer and ethnomusicologist (born in 1871)

Hans Vonk

Birth of Hans VonkThat year: 1942, Classical music, Dutch conductor (dead in 2004)

Arthur Willard Pryor

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

22

Alain Meunier

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

25

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

26

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

Arthur de Meulemeester

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

27

Jérôme Savary

Birth of Jérôme SavaryThat year: 1942, Classical music, French theater director and actor (dead in 2013)

John McGuire

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

29

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

July


02

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)

05

Matthias Bamert

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

07

William Youn

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)

08

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

11

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

12

Richard Stoltzman

Birth of Richard StoltzmanThat year: 1942, Classical music, American musician

17

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

Birth of Ivan AnguélovThat year: 1942, Classical music, Bulgarian conductor

20

Julio Salvador Sagreras

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

25

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

28

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

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

29

Bernd Weikl

Birth of Bernd WeiklThat year: 1942, Classical music, Austrian operatic baritone

Also in July

Death of Leon BoruńskiThat year: 1942, Classical music, Polish composer and pianist (born in 1909) .

August


01

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)

04

Alberto Franchetti

Death of Alberto FranchettiThat year: 1942, Classical music, Italian opera composer (born in 1860)

06

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)

07

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

08

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

11

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

12

Pasquale Amato

Death of Pasquale AmatoThat year: 1942, Classical music, Italian opera singer (born in 1878)

David Munrow

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

13

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

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

14

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

16

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

17

Muslim Magomayev

Birth of Muslim MagomayevThat year: 1942, Classical music, Soviet-Azerbajiani singer (dead in 2008)

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

18

Erwin Schulhoff

Death of Erwin SchulhoffThat year: 1942, Classical music, Czech composer and pianist (born in 1894)

Eduardo Souto

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

19

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

22

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

23

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

28

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

29

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

30

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

Also in August

Death of Ruth PoritzkyThat year: 1942, Classical music, German opera singer (born in 1902) .

September


02

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

04

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)

05

Eduardo Mata

Birth of Eduardo MataThat year: 1942, Classical music, Mexican musician (dead in 1995)

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

06

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

09

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

12

Tomás Marco

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

14

Birth of Eliso VirsaladzeThat year: 1942, Classical music, Georgian pianist

19

Birth of Yevhen StankovychThat year: 1942, Classical music, Ukrainian composer

21

Jill Gomez

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

25

Ivan Lipaev

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

28

Birth of Anatol UgorskiThat year: 1942, Classical music, German pianist

Also in September

Death of Charles GrelingerThat year: 1942, Classical music, Dutch composer (born in 1873) .

October


01

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

02

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

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

03

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

05

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

09

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

11

Death of Leonid NikolayevThat year: 1942, Classical music, Russian musician (born in 1878)

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

12

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

13

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

15

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

18

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

19

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

20

Frederick Stock

Death of Frederick StockThat year: 1942, Classical music, German composer (born in 1872)

25

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

27

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

28

Premiere of Capriccio, Op. 85That year: 1942, Classical music (Opera), Richard Strauss

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

30

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

31

Daniel Roth

Birth of Daniel RothThat year: 1942, Classical music, French organist

November


01

Hugo Distler

Death of Hugo DistlerThat year: 1942, Classical music, German organist, choral conductor, teacher and composer (born in 1908)

02

Ruth Falcon

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

05

George M. Cohan

Death of George M. CohanThat year: 1942, Classical music, American entertainer, composer and playwright (born in 1878)

07

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

08

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

09

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

10

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

11

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

12

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

13

Birth of Lothar ZagrosekThat year: 1942, Classical music, German conductor

Birth of Jenny AbelThat year: 1942, Classical music, German violinist

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

14

Natalia Gutman

Birth of Natalia GutmanThat year: 1942, Classical music, Russian musician

15

Daniel Barenboim

Birth of Daniel BarenboimThat year: 1942, Classical music, Israeli Argentine-born pianist and conductor

16

Death of Joseph SchmidtThat year: 1942, Classical music, Romanian opera singer (born in 1904)

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

17

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

18

Birth of Jeffrey SiegelThat year: 1942, Classical music, American pianist

20

Meredith Monk

Birth of Meredith MonkThat year: 1942, Classical music, American musician

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

21

Birth of Julia HamariThat year: 1942, Classical music, concert and opera singer, voice teacher

23

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

26

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)

27

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

Otto Manasse

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

28

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

29

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

30

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

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

December


01

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)

02

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

03

Wilhelm Peterson-Berger

Death of Wilhelm Peterson-BergerThat year: 1942, Classical music, Swedish composer (born in 1867)

Blanche Selva

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)

04

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

Giovanni Ocio

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

06

Marie Emmanuel Augustin Savard

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

13

Eleanor Everest Freer

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

16

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

18

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)

20

Jean Gilbert

Death of Jean GilbertThat year: 1942, Classical music, German composer and conductor (born in 1879)

21

Francis Bousquet

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

22

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

23

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

24

Friedrich Klose

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)

25

George L. Cobb

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

26

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

27

Benoit Hollander

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

28

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


This was also in 1942

Death of Carlo Adolfo CantùThat year: 1942, Classical music, Italian composer (born in 1875). Birth of Luigi RoniThat year: 1942, Classical music, Italian singer (dead in 2020). Birth of Wojciech RybickiThat year: 1942, Classical music, Pianist and composer (dead in 2019). Death of Léonie ChambonThat year: 1942, Classical music, French opera singer (born in 1863). Inception: China National OperaThat year: 1942, Classical music. Birth of Daniel Van GilstThat year: 1942, Classical music, composer . Death of Max AlexanderThat year: 1942, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1885). Birth of Shōkoku KinThat year: 1942, Classical music, Japanese conductor . Birth of Hideomi KuroiwaThat year: 1942, Classical music, conductor . Death of Adolf LotterThat year: 1942, Classical music, composer, music arranger (born in 1871). Death of Maurice AlquierThat year: 1942, Classical music, composer (born in 1867). Death of Mammadaga IsrafilzadeThat year: 1942, Classical music, composer (born in 1922). Death of Leonore Schwarz-NeumaierThat year: 1942, Classical music, Austrian opera singer (born in 1889). Death of Sigmund AuspitzerThat year: 1942, Classical music, opera singer, pedagogue (born in 1861). Death of Ernest ReevesThat year: 1942, Classical music, composer . Death of Arnaud Duarte de GouvêaThat year: 1942, Classical music, composer (born in 1865). Inception: Connecticut OperaThat year: 1942, Classical music (United States of America). Inception: Victorian Youth Symphony OrchestraThat year: 1942, Classical music (Australia). Death of Marianne AlfermannThat year: 1942, Classical music, actor and singer (born in 1891). Death of Wassili LepsThat year: 1942, Classical music, American conductor (born in 1870). Death of Aleksandr KabanovThat year: 1942, Classical music, Soviet Russian singer (born in 1891). Death of Amalia CarneriThat year: 1942, Classical music, Austrian opera singer (born in 1875). Death of Aleksandr KobylyanskyThat year: 1942, Classical music, composer (born in 1881). Birth of John PurserThat year: 1942, Classical music, Scottish composer and playwright . Birth of Prapancham SitaramThat year: 1942, Classical music, Carnatic music/flautist (dead in 2014). Death of Hans ErlThat year: 1942, Classical music, German operatic bass (born in 1882). Death of Anna Schoen-RenéThat year: 1942, Classical music, opera singer, performing artist (born in 1864). Inception: Alma TrioThat year: 1942, Classical music (United States of America). Inception: Coral Catalana de CaracasThat year: 1942, Classical music (Spain). Birth of Tatiana SterlingThat year: 1942, Classical music, Soviet Russian singer and pedagogue . Death of Hermann HornerThat year: 1942, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1892). Inception: Seattle Youth Symphony OrchestrasThat year: 1942, Classical music (United States of America). Death of Angelo BendinelliThat year: 1942, Classical music, Italian opera singer (born in 1876). Death of Maria SvanidzeThat year: 1942, Classical music, cantatrice, opera singer (born in 1888). Death of Vittorio BaravalleThat year: 1942, Classical music, Italian composer (1855-1942) (born in 1855). Death of William BastardThat year: 1942, Classical music, composer (born in 1880). Closing: TonhalleThat year: 1942, Classical music (Düsseldorf, Germany). Death of Luigi MariniThat year: 1942, Classical music, Italian opera singer (born in 1885). Death of Laura PasiniThat year: 1942, Classical music, Italian Opera singer (born in 1894). Birth of Philip BoothThat year: 1942, Classical music, American opera singer . Birth of Jeannette ZarouThat year: 1942, Classical music, Canadian singer, opera singer and music educator . Birth of Ewa KaraśkiewiczThat year: 1942, Classical music, opera singer . Birth of Verena KellerThat year: 1942, Classical music, German opera singer . Death of Wacław KaraśThat year: 1942, Classical music, composer (born in 1887). Death of Georg MeierThat year: 1942, Classical music, composer (born in 1865). Birth of Elisabeth TandbergThat year: 1942, Classical music, Norwegian opera singer . Death of William SewellThat year: 1942, Classical music, composer (born in 1861). Birth of Johannes GoritzkiThat year: 1942, Classical music, cellist (dead in 2018). Birth of Arne DichThat year: 1942, Classical music, composer . Inception: Orchestre de Chambre de LausanneThat year: 1942, Classical music (Switzerland). Birth of Carla PohlThat year: 1942, Classical music, (1942--) opera singer . Birth of Steven LubinThat year: 1942, Classical music, American musician . Birth of Mihaela MărăcineanuThat year: 1942, Classical music, Romanian opera singer (dead in 1977). Death of Fernand MassonThat year: 1942, Classical music, composer (born in 1882). Birth of Yuliya AbakumovskayaThat year: 1942, Classical music, opera singer . Death of Antonio RussoloThat year: 1942, Classical music, Italian composer (born in 1877). Death of Thérèse WittmannThat year: 1942, Classical music, composer (born in 1869). Death of Carl PeterThat year: 1942, Classical music, composer (born in 1866). Death of Patrice DevanchyThat year: 1942, Classical music, composer (born in 1876). Death of Philipp SilberThat year: 1942, Classical music, composer (born in 1876). Birth of Simon CarringtonThat year: 1942, Classical music, baritone, conductor, and double bass player . Birth of Daniel SchmidtThat year: 1942, Classical music, American musician . Death of Edmond Moïse SèchesThat year: 1942, Classical music, composer (born in 1848). Death of Lev Michaylovitsj ObraztsovThat year: 1942, Classical music, music pedagogue, opera singer, singer (born in 1865). Birth of Barbara BrandtThat year: 1942, Classical music, opera singer, singer .

Works (composition or publishing)
  • Richard Strauss (age 76)
    • 3 Lieder, Opp. 88 (Song, lied)
    • Xenion (Song, lied)
  • Arnold Schoenberg (age 68)
    • Piano Concerto, Op. 42 (Work for orchestra with soloist)
    • Ode to Napoleon Buonaparte, Op. 41 (Song, lied)
  • Igor Stravinsky (age 60)
    • Circus PolkaThat year: 1942, Classical music (Work for orchestra)
    • Danses concertantesThat year: 1942, Classical music (Ballet)
    • Four Norwegian Moods (Work for orchestra)
  • Zoltán Kodály (age 60)
    • Mass for voice and organ (Song, lied)
    • Missa brevis for voice and organ (Song, lied)
  • Sergei Prokofiev (age 51)
    • 3 Pieces for piano, Opp. 96, “War and Peace”That year: 1942, Classical music (Work for soloist), published in 1946
    • 3 Pieces for piano from “Cinderella”, Opp. 95That year: 1942, Classical music (Work for soloist)
    • Piano Sonata No. 7 in B-flat major, Op. 83That year: 1942, Classical music (Work for soloist)
    • Khan Buzay (Opera)
    • Kotovsky (Film score)
    • Lermontov (Film score)
    • Partisans in the Ukranian Steppes (Film score)
    • Tonya (Film score)
    • March for military orchestra, Op. 89b (Work for orchestra)
    • 7 Mass Songs for voice and piano, Opp. 89 (Song, lied)
  • Darius Milhaud (age 50)
    • String Quartet No. 11, Op. 232 (Work for chamber orchestra)
    • English Suite, Op. 234 (Work for orchestra with soloist)
    • Fanfare de la liberté, Op. 235 (Work for orchestra)
    • L'annonce faite à Marie, Op. 231 (Incidental music)
    • 5 Prayers, Opp. 231c (Song, lied)
    • 5 Prayers, Opp. 231c (Song, lied)
    • Rêves, Op. 233 (Song, lied)
    • 9 Preludes, Opp. 231b (Work for soloist)
  • Arthur Honegger (age 50)
    • Huit Hommes dans un château de Pottier (Film score)
    • La Boxe en France (Film score)
    • Le Grand Barrage (Work for orchestra)
    • Le Journal tombe à cinq heures (Film score)
    • Les Antiquités de l'Asie occidentale (Film score)
    • Secrets de Blanchart (Film score)
  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold (age 45)
    • King's Row (Film score)
  • Francis Poulenc (age 43)
    • 6 Chansons villageoises, Opp. 117 (Song, lied)
  • Aaron Copland (age 42)
    • Fanfare for the Common ManThat year: 1942, Classical music (Work for chamber orchestra)
    • RodeoThat year: 1942, Classical music (Ballet)
    • A Lincoln Portrait (Work for orchestra)
    • Danzon Cubano (Work for chamber orchestra)
    • Arrangement of Lincoln Portrait (Work for orchestra)
    • Las Agachadas (Work for choir)
    • Music for the Movies (Work for orchestra)
  • Dmitri Shostakovich (age 36)
    • Native Leningrad (Native Country), Op. 63 (Incidental music)
    • Solemn March (Work for orchestra)
    • 6 Romances, Opp. 62 (Song, lied)
  • Olivier Messiaen (age 34)
    • Musique de scène pour un Œdipe (Incidental music)
  • Samuel Barber (age 32)
    • 4 Excursions, Opp. 20 (Work for soloist), composed in 1944
    • Second Essay for orchestra, Op. 17 (Work for orchestra)
  • Benjamin Britten (age 29)
    • A Ceremony of Carols, Op. 28That year: 1942, Classical music (Work for choir)
    • String Quartet No. 1, Op. 25 (Work for chamber orchestra), composed in 1941
    • Hymn to St. Cecilia, Op. 27 (Work for choir)
  • Henri Dutilleux (age 26)
    • Sarabande et Cortège (Work for chamber orchestra)

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