1943, from day to day
1943. With other artists, Richard Strauss, Igor Stravinsky and Pietro Mascagni influenced their time (modern & contemporary era). That year would see the birth of future classical or lyrical artists, while others would disappear such as Sergei Rachmaninoff. That year, new works would be composed, published or performed for the first time in public, such as “Concerto for orchestra” de Béla Bartók, for example. That year, halls or orchestras would be founded or ceased to operate.
All these moments, more or less notable, make the year 1943 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 1943.
The year 1943 in classical music and in lyrical art
January
01
Death of Solomon Smulewitz That year: 1943, Classical music, composer (born in 1868)
03
Birth of Heinz Karl Gruber That year: 1943, Classical music, Austrian composer
09
Birth of Josef Bulva That year: 1943, Classical music, Czech musician (1943–2020) (dead in 2020)
Birth of Ariel Bybee That year: 1943, Classical music, singer (1943-2018) (dead in 2018)
14
Birth of Mariss Jansons That year: 1943, Classical music, Latvian conductor (1943–2019) (dead in 2019)
Death of Adolf Sandberger That year: 1943, Classical music, German musicologist and composer (1864-1943) (born in 1864)
Birth of Alice Hekimbashyan That year: 1943, Classical music, Armenian opera singer, director
15
Birth of Ernst Lintner That year: 1943, Classical music, Austrian opera singer
Death of Matthew A. Horen That year: 1943, Classical music, composer (born in 1875)
16
Birth of Brian Ferneyhough That year: 1943, Classical music, British composer
Birth of Gavin Bryars That year: 1943, Classical music, English composer and double bassist
Death of Wincenty Rapacki That year: 1943, Classical music, Polish actor (1865-1943) (born in 1865)
Birth of Klaus Gerber That year: 1943, Classical music, German singer and opera singer
17
Death of Georges Sporck That year: 1943, Classical music, French composer (1870-1943) (born in 1870)
18
Birth of Lajos Lencsés That year: 1943, Classical music, Hungarian oboist
19
Death of Rudolf Kaulfus That year: 1943, Classical music, opera singer, pedagogue (born in 1878)
20
Death of Eben Howe Bailey That year: 1943, Classical music, American composer (born in 1843)
21
Death of Otakar Šín That year: 1943, Classical music, Czech composer, musicologist and choirmaster (1881-1943) (born in 1881)
22
Birth of Tigran Alikhanov That year: 1943, Classical music, Russian music educator, university teacher and pianist (dead in 2023)
Birth of Claudio Macchi That year: 1943, Classical music, composer
Death of Kenneth S. Clark That year: 1943, Classical music, composer (born in 1882)
23
Death of Berthold Sterneck That year: 1943, Classical music, German opera singer (1887-1943) (born in 1887)
Death of Charles N. Daniels That year: 1943, Classical music, American composer, occasional lyricist, and music publishing executive (born in 1878)
27
Death of Philipp Mittell That year: 1943, Classical music, composer (born in 1865)
28
Birth of Malvina Major That year: 1943, Classical music, New Zealand opera soprano
29
Birth of Irma Urrila That year: 1943, Classical music, Finnish singer and opera singer
Death of Marina Skibitskaya That year: 1943, Classical music, Russian opera singer and music educator (1884-1943) (born in 1884)
30
Death of Frida Weber-Flessburg That year: 1943, Classical music, German singer and opera singer (1890-1943) (born in 1890)
Birth of Ilpo Mansnerus That year: 1943, Classical music, conductor
February
03
Birth of Anegina Egorovna Ilʹina That year: 1943, Classical music, Soviet singer, opera singer and music educator
Birth of Matti Kastu That year: 1943, Classical music, Finnish opera singer (dead in 2015)
04
Death of Aleksey Yanshinov That year: 1943, Classical music, composer (born in 1871)
05
Birth of Ivan Tcherepnin That year: 1943, Classical music, American composer born in France of Russian-Chinese parentage, son of Alexander Tcherepnin (dead in 1998)
06
Birth of Csaba Ötvös That year: 1943, Classical music, Hungarian opera singer
07
Death of Sigrid Arnoldson That year: 1943, Classical music, Swedish soprano singer (born in 1861)
Death of Clara Novello Davies That year: 1943, Classical music, Welsh singer, teacher and conductor (born in 1861)
08
Birth of Malcolm Donnelly That year: 1943, Classical music, Australian opera singer
09
Birth of Ryland Davies That year: 1943, Classical music, Welsh opera singer (dead in 2023)
12
Birth of Wacław Kisielewski That year: 1943, Classical music, Polish musician (dead in 1986)
16
Death of Adele Lewing That year: 1943, Classical music, German pianist and composer (1866-1943) (born in 1866)
18
Birth of Alice Shields That year: 1943, Classical music, American composer and librettist
Birth of Penka Dilova That year: 1943, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1998)
19
Birth of Stefania Toczyska That year: 1943, Classical music, Polish mezzo-soprano
20
Premiere of The Wise (Girl) That year: 1943, Classical music (Opera), Carl Orff
Death of Elsie Houston That year: 1943, Classical music, Brazilian singer (1902-1943) (born in 1902)
22
Death of Albert Vaguet That year: 1943, Classical music, French singer (1865-1943) (born in 1865)
Death of Dmitry Melkikh That year: 1943, Classical music, composer (born in 1885)
26
Birth of David Thomas That year: 1943, Classical music, British singer, born 1943
27
Birth of Morten Lauridsen That year: 1943, Classical music, American composer
Birth of Costin Miereanu That year: 1943, Classical music, French composer
March
04
Birth of Zoltán Jeney That year: 1943, Classical music, Hungarian composer (dead in 2019)
Death of Joseph Bucciali That year: 1943, Classical music, French organist (born in 1859)
06
Birth of Michail Svetlev That year: 1943, Classical music, Bulgarian opera tenor
07
Birth of Turibio Santos That year: 1943, Classical music, Brazilian musician
Birth of Gunilla Söderström That year: 1943, Classical music, Swedish actress (dead in 2004)
08
Death of Alice Nielsen That year: 1943, Classical music, American opera singer (1872-1943) (born in 1872)
10
Death of Priska Aich That year: 1943, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1887)
11
Birth of Sarah Walker That year: 1943, Classical music, British mezzo-soprano
12
Premiere of Fanfare for the Common Man That year: 1943, Classical music (Work for chamber orchestra), Aaron Copland
13
Birth of Volker Horn That year: 1943, Classical music, Austrian opera singer and tenor (1943-2009) (dead in 2009)
14
Birth of Liudmyla Yurchenko That year: 1943, Classical music, Ukrainian singer
15
Birth of Oskar Hillebrandt That year: 1943, Classical music, German singer and opera singer
18
Birth of Nobuko Imai That year: 1943, Classical music, Japanese violist and professor
19
Death of Abel Decaux That year: 1943, Classical music, French organist and composer (born in 1869)
Death of Aleksandr Nikolsky That year: 1943, Classical music, Soviet composer (1874-1943) (born in 1874)
Death of Jean Paul Kürsteiner That year: 1943, Classical music, American composer (born in 1864)
20
Birth of Heikki Siukola That year: 1943, Classical music, Finnish singer and opera singer
21
Birth of Hartmut Haenchen That year: 1943, Classical music, German conductor
Death of Clarence Blakiston That year: 1943, Classical music, British actor, comedian and singer (born in 1864)
22
Birth of Joseph Schwantner That year: 1943, Classical music, American composer
23
Death of Joseph Schillinger That year: 1943, Classical music, American musician (1895-1943) (born in 1895)
24
Death of Gizella Flatt-Győrffy That year: 1943, Classical music, (1870--1943) opera singer (born in 1870)
25
Birth of Malcolm McNab That year: 1943, Classical music, American musician
Death of George Albert Burdett That year: 1943, Classical music, composer (born in 1856)
26
Birth of Jerzy Romaniuk That year: 1943, Classical music, Polish pianist, pedagogue
Death of Jan Skrzydlewski That year: 1943, Classical music, Polish composer, pianist (born in 1867)
27
Death of Emile-Robert Blanchet That year: 1943, Classical music, Swiss pianist, composer and mountaineer (1877-1943) (born in 1877)
28
Death of Sergei Rachmaninoff That year: 1943, Classical music, Russian composer, pianist and conductor (1873–1943) (born in 1873)
Death of Benjamin Davies That year: 1943, Classical music, Welsh opera singer (1858–1943) (born in 1858)
30
Death of Walter Bromme That year: 1943, Classical music, German composer (born in 1885)
April
03
Birth of Mario Lavista That year: 1943, Classical music, Mexican composer (dead in 2021)
04
Death of Raoul Laparra That year: 1943, Classical music, French composer (born in 1876)
09
Birth of Claudio Desderi That year: 1943, Classical music, Italian singer (dead in 2018)
Birth of Michel Laplénie That year: 1943, Classical music, French singer
10
Birth of Julio Estrada That year: 1943, Classical music, Mexican musician
Death of Siegfried Fall That year: 1943, Classical music, Austrian composer (1877-1943) (born in 1877)
12
Death of Edoardo Garbin That year: 1943, Classical music, Italian opera singer (1865-1943) (born in 1865)
Birth of Ernst Kovacic That year: 1943, Classical music, Austrian violinist and conductor
14
Birth of Nikolai Arnoldovich Petrov That year: 1943, Classical music, Russian pianist (1943-2011) (dead in 2011)
Death of Geoffrey Shaw That year: 1943, Classical music, British composer (born in 1879)
15
Death of Raffaele Casimiri That year: 1943, Classical music, Italian musicologist, composer and organist (born in 1880)
16
Birth of Jan Dobosz That year: 1943, Classical music, Polish Baritone opera singer
18
Death of Timothee Adamowski That year: 1943, Classical music, Polish violinist and conductor (born in 1857)
19
Death of Gustave Doret That year: 1943, Classical music, Swiss composer and conductor (1866-1943) (born in 1866)
20
Birth of John Eliot Gardiner That year: 1943, Classical music, English conductor
Death of Roberto Bracco That year: 1943, Classical music, Italian writer (born in 1861)
21
Death of Heinrich Bading That year: 1943, Classical music, composer (born in 1864)
23
Birth of Hugh Seymour Davies That year: 1943, Classical music, English musician, 1943-2005 (dead in 2005)
Death of Frédéric Alfred d'Erlanger That year: 1943, Classical music, Anglo-French composer, banker and patron of music (born in 1868)
24
Birth of Alexander Vustin That year: 1943, Classical music, Russian composer (dead in 2020)
25
Birth of Richard J. Clark That year: 1943, Classical music, Operatic baritone
26
Death of Else Gentner-Fischer That year: 1943, Classical music, singer (born in 1883)
27
Birth of Judith Blegen That year: 1943, Classical music, American soprano
Birth of Jon Deak That year: 1943, Classical music, American composer and musician
28
Birth of Jeffrey Tate That year: 1943, Classical music, British conductor (dead in 2017)
Birth of Yoav Talmi That year: 1943, Classical music, Israeli conductor-composer
Birth of Jana Jonášová That year: 1943, Classical music, Czech opera singer and educator
29
Death of Ricard Viñes That year: 1943, Classical music, Catalan pianist and composer (born in 1875)
Death of Joseph Achron That year: 1943, Classical music, Russian composer and violinist (1886-1943) (born in 1886)
Birth of Ulrich Hielscher That year: 1943, Classical music, German singer and opera singer
30
Death of Leo Smit That year: 1943, Classical music, Dutch musician (born in 1900)
Death of Karl Wohlfart That year: 1943, Classical music, Swedish composer (born in 1874)
Death of Mildred Adair That year: 1943, Classical music, composer (born in 1896)
Also in April
Death of Therese Rothauser That year: 1943, Classical music, German opera singer and music educator (born in 1865) .
May
03
Death of Leslie Heward That year: 1943, Classical music, British composer and conductor (born in 1897)
04
Death of Cesira Ferrani That year: 1943, Classical music, singer (born in 1863)
Death of Wilhelm Middelschulte That year: 1943, Classical music, German musician (born in 1863)
Birth of Rüdiger Wohlers That year: 1943, Classical music, German singer and opera singer
05
Birth of Kaie Konrad That year: 1943, Classical music, Estonian opera singer (dead in 2010)
Death of Albert Venning That year: 1943, Classical music, composer
09
Birth of Jaroslava Janská That year: 1943, Classical music, opera singer
12
Death of Albert Stoessel That year: 1943, Classical music, American conductor (born in 1894)
Birth of Roman Leonidovitsj Leonidov That year: 1943, Classical music, violinist (dead in 2015)
14
Birth of Tania León That year: 1943, Classical music, Cuban composer and conductor (dead in 1996)
15
Birth of Ryan Allen That year: 1943, Classical music, American opera singer (dead in 2018)
Birth of Salvatore Fisichella That year: 1943, Classical music, Italian operatic tenor
17
Birth of Joanna Bruzdowicz That year: 1943, Classical music, Polish composer (dead in 2021)
18
Birth of Werner Hink That year: 1943, Classical music, Austrian violinist
Death of Robert Bartram That year: 1943, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1859)
21
Death of Juan Luria That year: 1943, Classical music, Polish baritone (born in 1862)
26
Death of Alice Tegnér That year: 1943, Classical music, Swedish music teacher and children's songs composer (born in 1864)
27
Birth of Izabella Nawe-Spychalska That year: 1943, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 2018)
28
Birth of Elena Souliotis That year: 1943, Classical music, Greek operatic soprano singer (1943-2004) (dead in 2004)
Death of Marie Ludmila Körberová That year: 1943, Classical music, actor, opera singer, singer (born in 1860)
29
Death of Hermann Hans Wetzler That year: 1943, Classical music, German musician (1870-1943) (born in 1870)
Birth of Lukáš Matoušek That year: 1943, Classical music, Czech composer and clarinettist
30
Closing: Stadthalle Barmen That year: 1943, Classical music (Wuppertal, Germany)
Death of Ferdinand Sládek That year: 1943, Classical music, Czech composer, collector of regional songs and organist (born in 1872)
Birth of Gábor Andrássy That year: 1943, Classical music, Romanian opera singer (1943-2004) (dead in 2004)
31
Death of Paul Pallos That year: 1943, Classical music, composer (born in 1870)
Also in May
Birth of Chitaru Asahina That year: 1943, Classical music, conductor .
June
01
Birth of Richard Goode That year: 1943, Classical music, American musician
Death of Amédée Gastoué That year: 1943, Classical music, French composer and musicologist (born in 1873)
Birth of Florence Delaage That year: 1943, Classical music, French classical pianist
Birth of Elisabeth Glauser That year: 1943, Classical music, Swiss singer and opera singer
03
Birth of Greg Sandow That year: 1943, Classical music, American composer
Birth of Hans Meierhofer That year: 1943, Classical music, composer, conductor, professor
04
Birth of Tom Sutcliffe That year: 1943, Classical music, British opera critic
Death of Judith Toff That year: 1943, Classical music, Dutch opera singer (born in 1907)
06
Death of Emma Turolla That year: 1943, Classical music, Italian soprano (born in 1858)
08
Birth of Şahan Arzruni That year: 1943, Classical music, Armenian musician
10
Death of Carmen Tur Melchor That year: 1943, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1900)
13
Birth of Ludwig Güttler That year: 1943, Classical music, German trumpet and corno da caccia virtuoso, conductor
14
Birth of Edith Guillaume That year: 1943, Classical music, Danish opera singer (dead in 2013)
16
Death of Sigrid Onégin That year: 1943, Classical music, Franco-German operatic contralto (born in 1889)
18
Birth of Éva Marton That year: 1943, Classical music, opera singer
21
Death of Oscar Johanson That year: 1943, Classical music, Swedish actor (1865-1943) (born in 1865)
23
Birth of James Levine That year: 1943, Classical music, American conductor and pianist (dead in 2021)
Birth of William Cochran That year: 1943, Classical music, American opera singer (dead in 2022)
Death of Jean Beck That year: 1943, Classical music, composer (born in 1881)
26
Death of Ruby Elzy That year: 1943, Classical music, American opera singer (1908-1943) (born in 1908)
28
Death of Gennaro Napoli That year: 1943, Classical music, composer (born in 1881)
Also in June
Inception: Film Symphony Orchestra That year: 1943, Classical music (Czech Republic) .
July
06
Birth of Tamara Sinyavskaya That year: 1943, Classical music, Russian singer
08
Birth of Helmut Tromm That year: 1943, Classical music, opera singer
10
Death of Arthur Nevin That year: 1943, Classical music, American composer, conductor and teacher (1871-1943) (born in 1871)
11
Birth of Sándor Bárdi That year: 1943, Classical music, (1943-2009) opera singer, music teacher (dead in 2009)
14
Death of Jules Bledsoe That year: 1943, Classical music, American opera singer (born in 1897)
15
Birth of Maria Pellegrini That year: 1943, Classical music, Italian-Canadian opera singer
20
Birth of Norma Sharp That year: 1943, Classical music, American soprano, Professor of voice
21
Birth of Barbara Schlick That year: 1943, Classical music, German soprano
29
Death of Maria Gay That year: 1943, Classical music, Catalan opera singer (born in 1876)
30
Death of Benjamin Dale That year: 1943, Classical music, British composer (born in 1885)
31
Death of Paavo Kostioja That year: 1943, Classical music, Finnish actor (born in 1891)
Also in July
Closing: Volksoper Hamburg That year: 1943, Classical music (Hamburg, Germany) .
August
02
Birth of Thomas Thomaschke That year: 1943, Classical music, German bass singer in opera and concert (born 1943)
04
Birth of Rainer Büsching That year: 1943, Classical music, German opera singer (dead in 2022)
05
Birth of James Allen Gähres That year: 1943, Classical music, American conductor and pianist
06
Birth of Dan Grigore That year: 1943, Classical music, Pianist, Composer
Death of Sofia Wilhelmina Lindegren That year: 1943, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1863)
08
Birth of Daniel Börtz That year: 1943, Classical music, Swedish composer
Death of Carlo Clausetti That year: 1943, Classical music, composer (born in 1869)
10
Birth of Gisela Ehrensperger That year: 1943, Classical music, German singer and opera singer
11
Birth of Krzysztof Meyer That year: 1943, Classical music, Polish composer
12
Death of Cornélie van Oosterzee That year: 1943, Classical music, Dutch pianist and composer (born in 1863)
Birth of Leonid Smetannikov That year: 1943, Classical music, Soviet singer and opera singer
Death of Georges Martin Witkowski That year: 1943, Classical music, French composer and conductor (born in 1867)
Birth of Gary Brain That year: 1943, Classical music, New Zealand conductor (1943-2015) (dead in 2015)
15
Birth of Hanna Schwarz That year: 1943, Classical music, German mezzo-soprano
Birth of Mihai Muntean That year: 1943, Classical music, Romanian singer and opera singer
16
Birth of Galina Gudkova That year: 1943, Classical music, singer (dead in 2011)
19
Death of Albert Edmund Tebbutt That year: 1943, Classical music, composer (born in 1878)
23
Death of Paul Zilcher That year: 1943, Classical music, composer (born in 1855)
28
Birth of Anne-Lise Berntsen That year: 1943, Classical music, Norwegian soprano (dead in 2012)
Birth of Roman Maiboroda That year: 1943, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 2018)
29
Birth of Anne Collins That year: 1943, Classical music, British opera singer (1943-2009) (dead in 2009)
Death of Gregor Spedener That year: 1943, Classical music, (1863-1943) (born in 1863)
September
01
Death of August Brunetti-Pisano That year: 1943, Classical music, Austrian composer (born in 1870)
05
Closing: Mannheim Court and National Theatre That year: 1943, Classical music (Mannheim, Germany)
Death of Carolina Lowthian That year: 1943, Classical music, composer (born in 1858)
07
Birth of Elżbieta Stefańska That year: 1943, Classical music, Polish harpsichordist
08
Death of João Gomez de Araújo That year: 1943, Classical music, Brazilian composer (1846-1943) (born in 1846)
15
Birth of Shin'ichirō Ikebe That year: 1943, Classical music, Japanese composer
Death of Hans Humpert That year: 1943, Classical music, composer (born in 1901)
18
Birth of Imant Raminsh That year: 1943, Classical music, Canadian composer
Birth of Michael Vetter That year: 1943, Classical music, German composer (1943-2013) (dead in 2013)
21
Birth of Werner Krenn That year: 1943, Classical music, Austrian tenor
24
Birth of Claudio Martelli That year: 1943, Classical music, pianist
27
Death of Leopold Suchsland That year: 1943, Classical music, Austrian composer and music educator (born in 1871)
28
Birth of Margriet Ehlen That year: 1943, Classical music, Dutch conductor
30
Death of Ralph Lyman Baldwin That year: 1943, Classical music, composer (born in 1872)
October
01
Death of Wilhelm von Winterfeld That year: 1943, Classical music, German musician (1880-1943) (born in 1880)
02
Death of Robert Nathaniel Dett That year: 1943, Classical music, Canadian-American composer (1882-1943) (born in 1882)
03
Birth of Bill McGlaughlin That year: 1943, Classical music, American composer, conductor, musicologist and music educator
05
Birth of Allen Shearer That year: 1943, Classical music, Composer Musician
06
Birth of Udo Zimmermann That year: 1943, Classical music, German composer, musicologist, opera director, and conductor (dead in 2021)
07
Death of Carlo Schmidl That year: 1943, Classical music, composer (born in 1859)
08
Death of Marianne Golz That year: 1943, Classical music, Austrian singer and opera singer (born in 1895)
09
Death of Hans Winckelmann That year: 1943, Classical music, German singer and opera singer (born in 1881)
10
Birth of Terje Stensvold That year: 1943, Classical music, Norwegian singer
15
Death of Stasys Šimkus That year: 1943, Classical music, Lithuanian composer (1887-1943) (born in 1887)
Death of Paul Büttner That year: 1943, Classical music, German composer, conductor, choir director, musicologist, oboist and music critic (1870-1943) (born in 1870)
Premiere of Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings, Op. 31 That year: 1943, Classical music (Song, lied), Benjamin Britten
Death of Joel Mossberg That year: 1943, Classical music, Swedish-American singer (1870-1943) (born in 1870)
17
Birth of Susan Davenny-Wyner That year: 1943, Classical music, American conductor
19
Birth of Robin Holloway That year: 1943, Classical music, English composer, academic and writer
20
Birth of Elżbieta Sikora That year: 1943, Classical music, Polish composer
Birth of Dunja Vejzović That year: 1943, Classical music, Croatian opera singer
21
Birth of John Robertson That year: 1943, Classical music, Canadian composer
22
Birth of Paul Zukofsky That year: 1943, Classical music, American violinist (1943-2017) (dead in 2017)
Death of Josef V. von Wöss That year: 1943, Classical music, Austrian composer, church musician, bandmaster, music teacher (born in 1863)
Birth of Blas Emilio Atehortúa Amaya That year: 1943, Classical music, Colombian composer and conductor (dead in 2020)
Closing: Preußisches Staatstheater Kassel That year: 1943, Classical music (Kassel, Germany)
23
Death of Charles Cerné That year: 1943, Classical music, pianist, composer (born in 1897)
24
Death of Léo Daniderff That year: 1943, Classical music, French composer (born in 1878)
25
Birth of Giuliano Ciannella That year: 1943, Classical music, Italian opera singer (dead in 2008)
29
Death of Percy Goetschius That year: 1943, Classical music, American composer (born in 1853)
Also in October
Closing: Stadthalle Hagen That year: 1943, Classical music (Hagen, Germany) .
November
04
Premiere of Symphony No. 8 in C minor, Op. 65 That year: 1943, Classical music (Work for orchestra), Dmitri Shostakovich
06
Birth of Nadine Denize That year: 1943, Classical music, French singer
Birth of Ann Hobson Pilot That year: 1943, Classical music, American harpist
07
Birth of Judith Forst That year: 1943, Classical music, opera singer
Birth of Paul Wolfrum That year: 1943, Classical music, Austrian opera singer (dead in 1990)
10
Death of Alberto Jonás That year: 1943, Classical music, Spanish musician (born in 1868)
11
Death of André Pirro That year: 1943, Classical music, French musician (born in 1869)
Death of Herbert A. Fricker That year: 1943, Classical music, composer (born in 1868)
12
Birth of François-Joël Thiollier That year: 1943, Classical music, French classical pianist
Birth of Richard Salter That year: 1943, Classical music, British singer and opera singer (dead in 2009)
Birth of Yōko Kubo That year: 1943, Classical music, violinist, pianist, composer
13
Birth of Kjell Sørensen That year: 1943, Classical music, Norwegian opera singer (1943-1997) (dead in 1997)
14
Birth of Miklós Maros That year: 1943, Classical music, Swedish composer
Death of Javid Ertoğrul That year: 1943, Classical music, Soviet composer (1919-1943) (born in 1919)
15
Death of Gordon Balch Nevin That year: 1943, Classical music, American composer and musician (born in 1892)
17
Death of Kálmán Szügyi That year: 1943, Classical music, (1888–1943) opera singer (born in 1888)
20
Birth of Marek Tomaszewski That year: 1943, Classical music, Polish pianist
Birth of Carmen Luisa Letelier That year: 1943, Classical music, Chilean contralto and singing teacher
21
Death of Ivan Yershov That year: 1943, Classical music, Russian opera singer (1867-1943) (born in 1867)
22
Death of Pietro Yon That year: 1943, Classical music, Italian organist and composer (1886-1943) (born in 1886)
Death of Karl von Kaskel That year: 1943, Classical music, German composer (1866-1943) (born in 1866)
23
Death of Maria Forescu That year: 1943, Classical music, German actress and singer (1875-1943) (born in 1875)
24
Birth of Vladimir Verbitsky That year: 1943, Classical music, Russian-Australian conductor
Death of Alexandre Mottu That year: 1943, Classical music, composer (born in 1883)
25
Death of Paul Tietjens That year: 1943, Classical music, American composer (born in 1877)
28
Birth of Randy Newman That year: 1943, Classical music, American singer-songwriter and pianist
Birth of Alexander Knaifel That year: 1943, Classical music, Soviet and Russian composer
December
01
Death of Felix McGlennon That year: 1943, Classical music, British songwriter and publisher (1856-1943) (born in 1856)
Death of Giovanni Battista Marzuttini That year: 1943, Classical music, Italian engineer and painter (born in 1863)
02
Birth of Giedrė Kaukaitė That year: 1943, Classical music, Lithuanian opera singer
03
Birth of Kanat Noermoechamedovitsj Omarbaev That year: 1943, Classical music, singer, opera singer, music teacher
Birth of Kirill Volkov That year: 1943, Classical music, Soviet composer
06
Death of Hermann Löhr That year: 1943, Classical music, British composer (1871-1943) (born in 1871)
07
Premiere of Sonata for flute and piano in D major, Op. 94 That year: 1943, Classical music (Work for chamber orchestra), Sergei Prokofiev
Death of Kostiantyn Bohuslavskyi That year: 1943, Classical music, Soviet singer and composer (1895-1943) (born in 1895)
10
Birth of Bruno Pasquier That year: 1943, Classical music, French musician
11
Birth of John Ayldon That year: 1943, Classical music, English singer and actor (dead in 2013)
Birth of Teiko Maehashi That year: 1943, Classical music, Japanese violinist
12
Birth of Michèle Reverdy That year: 1943, Classical music, French composer
Death of Marcel Lattès That year: 1943, Classical music, French pianist (1886-1943) (born in 1886)
Death of Rafaelo Diaz That year: 1943, Classical music, American opera singer (1883-1943) (born in 1883)
13
Death of Guillaume Balay That year: 1943, Classical music, composer (born in 1871)
15
Death of Fats Waller That year: 1943, Classical music, American jazz pianist and composer (1904–1943) (born in 1904)
Death of Ferris Tozer That year: 1943, Classical music, composer (born in 1858)
16
Death of Robert Primožič That year: 1943, Classical music, Slovene opera singer and director (born in 1893)
18
Death of Clara Russo That year: 1943, Classical music, holocaust victim, b. 1876-06-14 (born in 1876)
19
Birth of Faraj Garayev That year: 1943, Classical music, Azerbaijani musician
Death of Carl Busch That year: 1943, Classical music, Danish-born American composer and music teacher (born in 1862)
Death of Otto Barblan That year: 1943, Classical music, Swiss composer and music educator (1860-1943) (born in 1860)
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Birth of Ross Edwards That year: 1943, Classical music, Australian composer
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Birth of Libuše Márová That year: 1943, Classical music, Czech movie and television actress, opera singer, music educator and university educator
Birth of Karsten Küsters That year: 1943, Classical music, German opera singer
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Death of Raymond Huntington Woodman That year: 1943, Classical music, composer (born in 1861)
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Birth of Gösta Winbergh That year: 1943, Classical music, Swedish operatic tenor (dead in 2002)
This was also in 1943
Birth of Paul Lewis That year: 1943, Classical music, British composer . Birth of Reinhild Runkel That year: 1943, Classical music, German mezzo-soprano (1943-) . Inception: Valencia Orchestra That year: 1943, Classical music (Spain). Death of Germaine Cernay That year: 1943, Classical music, French opera singer (born in 1900) . Death of Jules Clémandh That year: 1943, Classical music, composer . Inception: Smetana Quartet That year: 1943, Classical music (Czech Republic). Death of Maurice Pesse That year: 1943, Classical music, composer (born in 1881) . Death of Kosta Armyanov That year: 1943, Classical music, Bulgarian opera singer (born in 1899) . Birth of Christiane Issartel That year: 1943, Classical music, opera singer . Inception: Toledo Symphony Orchestra That year: 1943, Classical music (United States of America). Death of Vladimir Dyck That year: 1943, Classical music, Ukrainian composer and music educator (1882-1943) (born in 1882) . Death of Pierre Blaauw That year: 1943, Classical music, composer (born in 1899) . Death of Leonard Butler That year: 1943, Classical music, composer (born in 1869) . Birth of Christian Collum That year: 1943, Classical music, musician, organist, choir director . Birth of Albert Sardà i Pérez-Bufill That year: 1943, Classical music, Spanish businessperson and composer . Death of Louis Tocaben That year: 1943, Classical music, composer (born in 1865) . Birth of Zino Vinnikov That year: 1943, Classical music, Russian-Dutch violinist . Death of Richard Tourbié That year: 1943, Classical music, composer (born in 1867) . Death of Adolf Bassermann That year: 1943, Classical music, opera singer, stage actor (born in 1866) . Birth of Geertje Nissen That year: 1943, Classical music, German opera singer . Birth of Allain Gaussin That year: 1943, Classical music, French composer . Inception: Aalborg Symphony Orchestra That year: 1943, Classical music. Birth of Philip Moore That year: 1943, Classical music, English composer, organist and choirmaster . Birth of Ingrid Haubold That year: 1943, Classical music, opera singer . Death of Theodore Ritch That year: 1943, Classical music, Russian tenor (born in 1894) . Inception: New York City Opera That year: 1943, Classical music (United States of America). Inception: Budapest Symphony Orchestra That year: 1943, Classical music (Hungary). Death of Giovanni Barbieri That year: 1943, Classical music, composer . Inauguration: Harrison Opera House That year: 1943, Classical music (Norfolk, United States of America). Birth of Alun Francis That year: 1943, Classical music, Welsh conductor . Death of Ottilie Metzger-Lattermann That year: 1943, Classical music, German operatic contralto (born in 1878) . Death of Georg Pietzsch That year: 1943, Classical music, composer (born in 1863) . Death of Erhard Wechselmann That year: 1943, Classical music, baritone (born in 1895) . Closing: Neues Theater That year: 1943, Classical music (Leipzig, Germany). Death of Carrie Williams Krogmann That year: 1943, Classical music, composer (born in 1860) . Closing: Municipal Theatre of Corfu That year: 1943, Classical music (Corfu, Greece). Birth of Sergio Mesa That year: 1943, Classical music, Colombian composer . Death of Arthur Fagge That year: 1943, Classical music (born in 1864) . Inception: Women's Orchestra of Auschwitz That year: 1943, Classical music. Death of Artur Gold That year: 1943, Classical music, violinist and composer (born in 1897) . Death of Henriette Gottlieb That year: 1943, Classical music, soprano (born in 1884) . Inception: Moscow State Symphony Orchestra That year: 1943, Classical music (Soviet Union). Death of Marian S. Różycki That year: 1943, Classical music, composer . Death of Emil Ohlsen That year: 1943, Classical music, composer (born in 1860) . Birth of Hans Tschammer That year: 1943, Classical music, musician, opera singer, singer . Death of Walter Rieß That year: 1943, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1885) . Death of Ina von Pfaler That year: 1943, Classical music, singer, music teacher (born in 1882) . Inception: Welsh National Opera That year: 1943, Classical music (United Kingdom). Death of Max Bouvet That year: 1943, Classical music, French opera singer (born in 1854) . Birth of Timothy Brown That year: 1943, Classical music, British classical horn player . Death of Roger de Beaumercy That year: 1943, Classical music, composer . Inauguration: New York City Opera That year: 1943, Classical music (Manhattan, United States of America). Death of Lidiya Zvyagina That year: 1943, Classical music, opera singer, music teacher (born in 1861) . Death of Zofia Iwanowska-Płoszko That year: 1943, Classical music, Polish violinist and composer (born in 1887) . Death of Victor Harris That year: 1943, Classical music, American composer conductor (born in 1869) . Birth of Károly Szilágyi That year: 1943, Classical music, Romanian opera singer . Death of Clemens Breitenbach That year: 1943, Classical music, composer (born in 1864) .
Works (composition or publishing)
- Richard Strauss (age 79)
- Horn Concerto No. 2 in E-flat major (Work for orchestra with soloist), published in 1942
- Festmusik der Stadt Wien (Work for orchestra)
- Sonatina No. 1 in F major, “Aus der Werkstatt eines Invaliden” (Work for chamber orchestra)
- Wer tritt herein (Song, lied)
- Divertimento on a theme by Couperin, Op. 86 (Work for chamber orchestra)
- An den Baum Daphne (Work for choir)
- Franz Lehár (age 73)
- The Wandering Scholar (Opera)
- Arnold Schoenberg (age 69)
- Themes and Variations, Op. 43a (Work for orchestra)
- Themes and Variations, Op. 43b (Work for orchestra)
- Béla Bartók (age 62)
- Concerto for orchestra That year: 1943, Classical music (Work for orchestra)
- Igor Stravinsky (age 61)
- Sonata for 2 pianos That year: 1943, Classical music (Work for chamber orchestra), published in 1944
- Ode (Work for orchestra)
- Sergei Prokofiev (age 52)
- 10 Pieces for piano from “Cinderella”, Opp. 97 That year: 1943, Classical music (Work for soloist)
- Sonata No. 2 for violin and piano in D major, Op. 94b (Work for chamber orchestra)
- Ballad of an Unknown Boy, Op. 93 (Work for choir)
- Darius Milhaud (age 51)
- Bolivar, Op. 236 (Opera)
- 4 Visages, Opp. 238 (Work for chamber orchestra)
- La libertadora, Op. 236 (Work for soloist)
- La libertadora, Op. 236a (Work for chamber orchestra)
- Les songes, Op. 237 (Work for chamber orchestra)
- Arthur Honegger (age 51)
- The Call of the Mountain (Ballet)
- Le Capitaine Fracasse (Film score)
- Mermoz (Film score)
- La Nativité (Film score)
- Un seul amour (Film score)
- Le Soulier de satin (Incidental music)
- Sodom and Gomorrah (Incidental music)
- Carl Orff (age 48)
- Catulli Carmina That year: 1943, Classical music (Work for choir) Premiere
- Erich Wolfgang Korngold (age 46)
- The Constant Nymph (Film score)
- Francis Poulenc (age 44)
- Sonata for violin and piano, Op. 119 (Work for chamber orchestra)
- Figure humaine, Op. 120 (Work for choir)
- Intermezzo No. 3, Op. 118 (Work for soloist)
- Métamorphoses, Opp. 121 (Song, lied)
- 2 Poems, Opp. 122 (Song, lied)
- Aaron Copland (age 43)
- Appalachian Spring That year: 1943, Classical music (Ballet)
- Song of the Guerillas (Work for orchestra)
- Sonata for violin or clarinet and piano (Work for chamber orchestra)
- North Star (Film score)
- Dmitri Shostakovich (age 37)
- Piano Sonata No. 2 in B minor, Op. 61 That year: 1943, Classical music (Work for soloist)
- Patriotic Song (Song, lied)
- Russian Folk Songs (Work for choir)
- Song About the Red Army (Song, lied)
- Three Russian Folk Songs (Work for choir)
- Olivier Messiaen (age 35)
- Visions of the Amen (Work for chamber orchestra)
- Rondeau (Work for soloist)
- Samuel Barber (age 33)
- 2 Songs, Opp. 18 (Song, lied)
- Commando March (Work for orchestra)
- Benjamin Britten (age 30)
- Rejoice in the Lamb, Op. 30 (Song, lied)
- Prelude and Fugue for 18 strings, Op. 29 (Work for orchestra)
- Henri Dutilleux (age 27)
- Flute Sonatina (Work for soloist)
- 4 Melodies (Song, lied)