The year 1942 in classical music and in lyrical art

1942. With other artists, Béla Bartók, Sergei Rachmaninoff and Arnold Schoenberg 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 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 1942 a page in the history of classical and lyrical music to be discovered or rediscovered. soclassiq currently lists more than 390 of these moments for 1942.

1942, from day to day

1942

modern & contemporary era

January

01

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)

08

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 Georgiy ZastavnyyThat 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

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

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)

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

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), Francis Poulenc

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

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

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

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

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)

21

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

25

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

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

31

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

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

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

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

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

29

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

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

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

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

14

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

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

27

Birth of Maryetta MidgleyThat year: 1942, Classical music, 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

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, singer

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

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 musician (born in 1863)

13

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

14

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

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

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

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

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

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

27

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

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

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

07

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

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

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

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

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

06

Birth of Victor EreskoThat year: 1942, Classical music, 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

25

Death of Ivan LipaevThat year: 1942, Classical music, Soviet composer (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

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

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

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

November

01

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

02

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

05

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

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

15

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

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

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

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

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

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

06

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

13

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

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

21

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

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

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

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

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)

Native Leningrad (Native Country), Op. 63 (Incidental music)
Solemn March (Work for orchestra)
6 Romances, Opp. 62 (Song, lied)
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)

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)