1946, from day to day
1946. With other artists, Theodor W. Adorno, Arnold Schoenberg and Sergei Prokofiev influenced their time (modern & contemporary era). That year would see the birth of future classical or lyrical artists, such as José Carreras, while others would disappear. That year, new works would be composed, published or performed for the first time in public, such as “3 Pieces for piano, Opp. 96, “War and Peace”” de Sergei Prokofiev, for example. That year, halls or orchestras would be founded or ceased to operate.
All these moments, more or less notable, make the year 1946 a page in the history of classical and lyrical music to be discovered or rediscovered. soclassiq currently lists more than 450 of these moments for 1946.
The year 1946 in classical music and in lyrical art
January
03
Birth of Adrienne Csengery That year: 1946, Classical music, Hungarian opera singer
04
Death of Walfrid Lehto That year: 1946, Classical music, musical artist (born in 1896)
05
Death of Eduardo Brito That year: 1946, Classical music, Dominican opera singer (born in 1906)
Death of Hallet Gilberté That year: 1946, Classical music, composer (born in 1872)
07
Death of Adamo Didur That year: 1946, Classical music, Polish singer (born in 1874)
Birth of Agnieszka Duczmal That year: 1946, Classical music, Polish conductor
09
Birth of Nina Terenteva That year: 1946, Classical music, Soviet singer
10
Death of Harry Von Tilzer That year: 1946, Classical music, American composer (born in 1872)
11
Death of Cornélie van Zanten That year: 1946, Classical music, Dutch opera singer (born in 1855)
15
Birth of Joseph Kalichstein That year: 1946, Classical music, Israeli musician (dead in 2022)
16
Birth of Katia Ricciarelli That year: 1946, Classical music, Italian opera singer (1946)
17
Death of Gottfried Rüdinger That year: 1946, Classical music, composer (born in 1886)
18
Death of Feliks Nowowiejski That year: 1946, Classical music, Polish late romantic composer (1877–1946) (born in 1877)
Death of Lew Pollack That year: 1946, Classical music, American songwriter and musician (1895-1946) (born in 1895)
19
Birth of Georgeta Stoleriu That year: 1946, Classical music, Romanian musician and opera singer
20
Birth of Tahir Akber That year: 1946, Classical music, composer, singer, lecturer (dead in 2018)
23
Birth of Michael Neville Hankinson That year: 1946, Classical music, composer
24
Birth of Rafael Orozco That year: 1946, Classical music, Spanish musician (1946-1996) (dead in 1996)
Premiere of Symphony in Three Movements That year: 1946, Classical music (Work for orchestra), Igor Stravinsky
27
Death of Paul Kalisch That year: 1946, Classical music, German singer (born in 1855)
29
Death of Sidney Jones That year: 1946, Classical music, British composer (1861-1946) (born in 1861)
February
01
Birth of Carol Neblett That year: 1946, Classical music, American soprano (dead in 2017)
Death of John Spencer Camp That year: 1946, Classical music, composer (born in 1858)
04
Birth of Paul Van Nevel That year: 1946, Classical music, art historian, musician
06
Death of Oswald Kabasta That year: 1946, Classical music, Austrian conductor (born in 1896)
Birth of Douglas Hill That year: 1946, Classical music, American musician
Death of Eduard Behm That year: 1946, Classical music, German composer and pianist (1862-1946) (born in 1862)
07
Death of Georg Liebling That year: 1946, Classical music, German musician (born in 1865)
08
Premiere of Piano Concerto No. 3 That year: 1946, Classical music (Work for orchestra with soloist), Béla Bartók
Birth of Vyacheslav Voynarovsky That year: 1946, Classical music, Soviet and Russian opera singer, actor (dead in 2020)
09
Death of Robert Burg That year: 1946, Classical music, German singer and opera singer (1890-1946) (born in 1890)
13
Birth of Colin Matthews That year: 1946, Classical music, English composer (dead in 2016)
15
Death of Rudolf Zwintscher That year: 1946, Classical music, pianist, music teacher, composer (born in 1871)
Death of Benjamin Whelpley That year: 1946, Classical music, composer (born in 1864)
16
Birth of Maria Rosa Calvo That year: 1946, Classical music, Spanish musician
Birth of Jens-Ole Malmgren That year: 1946, Classical music, Danish composer
19
Death of Samuel Royle Shore That year: 1946, Classical music, composer (born in 1856)
20
Birth of Vladimir Martynov That year: 1946, Classical music, Russian composer
24
Birth of Jiří Bělohlávek That year: 1946, Classical music, Czech conductor (1946-2017) (dead in 2017)
Death of João dos Reis das Neves That year: 1946, Classical music, Portuguese musician and composer (born in 1881)
26
Premiere of Oboe Concerto in D major That year: 1946, Classical music (Work for orchestra with soloist), Richard Strauss
Birth of Wolfgang Schulz That year: 1946, Classical music, Austrian flutist (dead in 2013)
March
01
Death of Heikki Tuominen That year: 1946, Classical music, actor (born in 1898)
03
Death of Julius L. Makowski That year: 1946, Classical music, composer (born in 1896)
05
Death of Wilhelm Fassbinder That year: 1946, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1887)
06
Birth of Ewa Werka That year: 1946, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1997)
07
Birth of Okko Kamu That year: 1946, Classical music, Finnish conductor and violinist
09
Death of Pauline Mailhac That year: 1946, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1858)
11
Death of August von Othegraven That year: 1946, Classical music, German composer (born in 1864)
Birth of Henri Ledroit That year: 1946, Classical music, Contre tenor (1946-1988) (dead in 1988)
13
Birth of Tolib Shakhidi That year: 1946, Classical music, Soviet composer
Death of Thomas Dunhill That year: 1946, Classical music, British composer (born in 1877)
Death of Yelyzaveta Azerska That year: 1946, Classical music, Ukrainian opera singer and music educator (1868-1946) (born in 1868)
14
Birth of Jana Iskrová That year: 1946, Classical music, opera singer
15
Death of James Andrew Korman That year: 1946, Classical music, composer (born in 1870)
16
Birth of Hubert Soudant That year: 1946, Classical music, Dutch conductor
Birth of Sigmund Groven That year: 1946, Classical music, Norwegian harmonicist, traditional musician
17
Birth of Michael Finnissy That year: 1946, Classical music, British composer and pianist
18
Death of Adolph H. Schellschmidt That year: 1946, Classical music, composer (born in 1867)
19
Birth of Diana Soviero That year: 1946, Classical music, singer
Birth of David Knutson That year: 1946, Classical music, American opera singer
21
Death of Josep Masllovet i Sanmiquel That year: 1946, Classical music, Spanish composer (1879-1946) (born in 1879)
Death of Jean-Baptiste Ganaye That year: 1946, Classical music, composer (born in 1870)
22
Birth of Rivka Golani That year: 1946, Classical music, Israeli viola player
24
Death of Aline Friede That year: 1946, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1856)
25
Premiere of Ebony concerto That year: 1946, Classical music (Work for chamber orchestra), Igor Stravinsky
30
Death of Oscar Ferdinand Telgmann That year: 1946, Classical music, Canadian composer (born in 1855)
31
Death of Aleksandra Klamrzyńska That year: 1946, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1859)
Birth of Christine Weidinger That year: 1946, Classical music, American opera singer
April
01
Birth of Michel Brodard That year: 1946, Classical music, Swiss opera singer
04
Birth of Sergei Leiferkus That year: 1946, Classical music, Russian singer
Birth of Tamara Pronina That year: 1946, Classical music, opera singer, translator (dead in 2005)
05
Death of Vincent Youmans That year: 1946, Classical music, American composer (1898-1946) (born in 1898)
Death of Albert Mallinson That year: 1946, Classical music, composer (born in 1870)
10
Death of Alba Sehnalová That year: 1946, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1890)
11
Death of Léon Moreau That year: 1946, Classical music, French composer (born in 1870)
Birth of Teresa Pérez Frangie That year: 1946, Classical music, opera singer
12
Death of Alice Sauvrezis That year: 1946, Classical music, composer (born in 1866)
13
Birth of Della Jones That year: 1946, Classical music, Welsh mezzo-soprano
Death of William Henry Bell That year: 1946, Classical music, English composer, conductor and lecturer (1873–1946) (born in 1873)
16
Birth of Pēteris Vasks That year: 1946, Classical music, Latvian composer
18
Birth of Cristian Mandeal That year: 1946, Classical music, Romanian conductor
Birth of Igor Filipovič That year: 1946, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 2023)
20
Birth of Lambert Orkis That year: 1946, Classical music, American musician
Death of Alfred Rahlwes That year: 1946, Classical music, composer (born in 1878)
23
Death of Jesús Castillo That year: 1946, Classical music, Guatemalan composer (1877-1946) (born in 1877)
24
Birth of Benjamin Rawitz-Castel That year: 1946, Classical music, pianist (dead in 2006)
Birth of Bruce Saylor That year: 1946, Classical music, American composer and professor of music
25
Birth of Seppo Ruohonen That year: 1946, Classical music, Finnish opera singer (dead in 2020)
Birth of Rosemarie Landry That year: 1946, Classical music, Canadian soprano opera singer
26
Death of Oluf Ring That year: 1946, Classical music, Danish composer (born in 1884)
29
Death of Charles Dennée That year: 1946, Classical music, American composer (born in 1863)
Birth of Francis Bardot That year: 1946, Classical music, French conductor, singer and choir director
30
Birth of Coenraad Bloemendal That year: 1946, Classical music, Canadian musician
Birth of Wynford Evans That year: 1946, Classical music, Welsh opera singer (1946-2009) (dead in 2009)
May
01
Death of Edward Bairstow That year: 1946, Classical music, English composer and organist (born in 1874)
Death of Percy Whitlock That year: 1946, Classical music, English organist (1903-1946) (born in 1903)
02
Death of Anna Hagelstam That year: 1946, Classical music, Finnish singer and songwriter (born in 1883)
06
Death of Valentin Engel That year: 1946, Classical music, composer (born in 1859)
07
Birth of Gabriel Chmura That year: 1946, Classical music, Polish conductor (dead in 2020)
Death of Fernand Mawet That year: 1946, Classical music, composer (born in 1870)
08
Death of Vanda Wistinghausen-Chuławska That year: 1946, Classical music, opera singer, music teacher (born in 1877)
10
Birth of Kun-Woo Paik That year: 1946, Classical music, South Korean pianist
Birth of Piotr Paleczny That year: 1946, Classical music, Polish classical pianist
Birth of Klaus Ager That year: 1946, Classical music, Austrian composer
Birth of Levon Chaushian That year: 1946, Classical music, Armenian composer (dead in 2022)
11
Death of Eugeniusz Walkiewicz That year: 1946, Classical music, composer (born in 1880)
12
Birth of Józef Rychlik That year: 1946, Classical music, Polish composer
14
Death of Bianca Maleczky That year: 1946, Classical music, opera singer, voice teacher (born in 1889)
16
Birth of Olav Anton Thommessen That year: 1946, Classical music, Norwegian composer and librettist
20
Death of Emil Frey That year: 1946, Classical music, Swiss musician (1889-1946) (born in 1889)
Birth of Daniel Binelli That year: 1946, Classical music, Argentine composer, orchestra conductor, and bandoneon player
21
Birth of József Kovács That year: 1946, Classical music, opera vocalist (1946-2010) (dead in 2010)
24
Birth of János Berkes That year: 1946, Classical music, opera singer
Death of Vincenc Maixner That year: 1946, Classical music, Czech conductor and composer (born in 1888)
25
Death of Albert Viljam Hagelin That year: 1946, Classical music, Norwegian politician (1881-1946) (born in 1881)
26
Birth of Nicola Piovani That year: 1946, Classical music, Italian film composer
Death of Tamaki Miura That year: 1946, Classical music, Japanese singer (born in 1884)
27
Death of Claire Croiza That year: 1946, Classical music, Opera and concert singer (1882-1946) (born in 1882)
31
Birth of Gábor Gárday That year: 1946, Classical music, Hungarian opera singer
June
01
Death of Leo Slezak That year: 1946, Classical music, Austrian opera singer (1873–1946) (born in 1873)
Birth of Alastair Ross That year: 1946, Classical music, organist and harpsichordist
02
Birth of Inga Nielsen That year: 1946, Classical music, Danish opera soprano (1946-2008) (dead in 2008)
04
Death of George de Cairos-Rego That year: 1946, Classical music, composer (born in 1858)
05
Birth of Jacques Taddei That year: 1946, Classical music, French organist and pianist (1946-2012) (dead in 2012)
09
Death of Adolf Wallnöfer That year: 1946, Classical music, Austrian composer and singer (1854-1946) (born in 1854)
11
Birth of Philippe Hirschhorn That year: 1946, Classical music, Latvian violinist (1946-1996) (dead in 1996)
Birth of Pierre Dutot That year: 1946, Classical music, French classical trumpeter (dead in 2021)
12
Premiere of 3 Pieces for piano, Opp. 96, “War and Peace” That year: 1946, Classical music (Work for soloist), Sergei Prokofiev
13
Birth of Christian Tréguier That year: 1946, Classical music, musician
14
Death of Nobu Kōda That year: 1946, Classical music, Japanese composer, violinist and pianist (1870-1946) (born in 1870)
16
Death of Miloje Milojević That year: 1946, Classical music, Serbian musician (born in 1884)
Birth of Ravil Martynov That year: 1946, Classical music, Russian conductor (1946–2004) (dead in 2004)
Birth of Jiří Langmajer That year: 1946, Classical music, choir director, opera singer
17
Birth of Gérard Grisey That year: 1946, Classical music, French composer (dead in 1998)
18
Birth of Regina Maciūtė That year: 1946, Classical music, Lithuanian opera singer
20
Birth of André Watts That year: 1946, Classical music, American pianist (1946–2023) (dead in 2023)
21
Death of Heinrich Kaminski That year: 1946, Classical music, German composer (born in 1886)
Death of Amelia Pinto That year: 1946, Classical music, Italian operatic soprano (1876-1946) (born in 1876)
24
Death of George Thomas Francis That year: 1946, Classical music, composer (born in 1884)
28
Birth of Robert Xavier Rodriguez That year: 1946, Classical music, American composer
29
Birth of Joelle Wallach That year: 1946, Classical music, American composer
30
Birth of Giles Swayne That year: 1946, Classical music, British composer
July
03
Death of Lois Ewell That year: 1946, Classical music, American musician (born in 1885)
Death of Issay Barmas That year: 1946, Classical music, music teacher (born in 1872)
05
Death of Luisa Campos That year: 1946, Classical music, Spanish singer (1864-1946) (born in 1864)
06
Death of Vladimir Lossky That year: 1946, Classical music, opera singer and director (1874-1946) (born in 1874)
08
Death of Alexander Vasilyevich Alexandrov That year: 1946, Classical music, Russian Soviet composer (born in 1883)
09
Birth of Alida Ferrarini That year: 1946, Classical music, Italian singer (dead in 2013)
10
Birth of Udo Holdorf That year: 1946, Classical music, opera singer
12
Premiere of The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37 That year: 1946, Classical music (Opera), Benjamin Britten
13
Birth of Pierre-Yves Artaud That year: 1946, Classical music, French composer and music educator
Birth of Krystyna Michałowska That year: 1946, Classical music, Polish opera singer
14
Death of Gerardo Metallo That year: 1946, Classical music, Uruguayan conductor and composer (1871-1946) (born in 1871)
17
Birth of Michael Roll That year: 1946, Classical music, British musician
19
Birth of David Breeden That year: 1946, Classical music, Classical clarinet (dead in 2005)
Death of Dominique Charles Planchet That year: 1946, Classical music, composer (born in 1857)
20
Death of Jindřich Vacek That year: 1946, Classical music, Czech oboist, composer and organist (born in 1889)
21
Birth of Vuk Kulenovic That year: 1946, Classical music, Bosnia and Herzegovina musician (dead in 2017)
24
Birth of Eilene Hannan That year: 1946, Classical music, Australian singer and opera singer (dead in 2014)
Death of Florence Newell Barbour That year: 1946, Classical music, composer (born in 1866)
25
Birth of Federico Ibarra That year: 1946, Classical music, Mexican composer
Birth of Magdaléna Hajóssyová That year: 1946, Classical music, Slovak opera singer and music educator
Death of Amherst Webber That year: 1946, Classical music, English pianist and composer (born in 1867)
26
Birth of Pierre Duré That year: 1946, Classical music, Belgian singer (1946-2012) (dead in 2012)
Death of William Ramsey Spence That year: 1946, Classical music, composer (born in 1859)
27
Birth of Mayumi Fujikawa That year: 1946, Classical music, Japanese violinist
28
Birth of Suzanne Stephens That year: 1946, Classical music, American musician
29
Birth of David Geringas That year: 1946, Classical music, Lithuanian musician
Death of Bohuslav Tvrdý That year: 1946, Classical music, Czech conductor and composer (born in 1897)
31
Birth of Vladimir Yermakov That year: 1946, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 2007)
August
01
Birth of Arax Mansourian That year: 1946, Classical music, Armenian soprano classical singer
02
Birth of Liana Isakadze That year: 1946, Classical music, Georgian violinist
Death of Ernst Kurth That year: 1946, Classical music, Swiss music theorist (1886-1946) (born in 1886)
03
Death of Rudolf Fejfar That year: 1946, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1876)
07
Birth of Gail Robinson That year: 1946, Classical music, singer (1946-2008) (dead in 2008)
08
Birth of Joan Pons Álvarez That year: 1946, Classical music, Minorcan operatic baritone
Death of Maria Barrientos That year: 1946, Classical music, Spanish singer (born in 1884)
11
Death of Giuseppe Pietri That year: 1946, Classical music, Italian composer (1886-1946) (born in 1886)
13
Death of Valery Zhelobinsky That year: 1946, Classical music, Soviet composer and pianist (born in 1913)
17
Birth of Antonius Nicolescu That year: 1946, Classical music, Romanian singer and opera singer
19
Birth of Beat Raaflaub That year: 1946, Classical music, Swiss conductor
Death of Max Raebel That year: 1946, Classical music, German composer and painter (1874-1946) (born in 1874)
20
Death of Cécile Gauthiez That year: 1946, Classical music, composer (born in 1873)
21
Birth of María Uriz That year: 1946, Classical music, Spanish singer
24
Death of Antonio Paoli That year: 1946, Classical music, Puerto Rican opera singer (1871–1946) (born in 1871)
25
Death of Arnold Rosé That year: 1946, Classical music, Austrian musician (born in 1863)
26
Birth of Leonid Pavlov That year: 1946, Classical music, conductor, choir director, music teacher
27
Death of Batt Scanlon That year: 1946, Classical music, composer (born in 1876)
28
Birth of Elena Mauti Nunziata That year: 1946, Classical music, singer
Birth of Irina Zhurina That year: 1946, Classical music, Russian soprano
29
Birth of Lucia Valentini Terrani That year: 1946, Classical music, Italian lyric singer (1946-1998) (dead in 1998)
Death of Milan Harašta That year: 1946, Classical music, Czech composer (1919-1946) (born in 1919)
31
Death of Paul von Klenau That year: 1946, Classical music, Danish-born composer (1883-1946) (born in 1883)
September
02
Birth of Alejandro Ramírez That year: 1946, Classical music, Colombian opera singer, tenor and singer
03
Death of Paul Lincke That year: 1946, Classical music, German composer (1866–1946) (born in 1866)
Death of Moriz Rosenthal That year: 1946, Classical music, Polish pianist (born in 1862)
05
Birth of Alina Sánchez That year: 1946, Classical music, Cuban soprano and actress
08
Death of Caroline Creyke That year: 1946, Classical music, composer (born in 1844)
11
Birth of Lyudmila Shemchuk That year: 1946, Classical music, Ukrainian singer
17
Birth of Gennady Kim That year: 1946, Classical music, guitarist
21
Birth of Richard St. Clair That year: 1946, Classical music, American composer
22
Birth of John Tomlinson That year: 1946, Classical music, British opera singer
23
Death of Paul Friedrich Ernst Gerhardt That year: 1946, Classical music, organist, composer, music arranger (born in 1867)
Death of Paul Gerhardt That year: 1946, Classical music, organist and composer (born in 1867)
25
Death of Franz von Hoesslin That year: 1946, Classical music, German conductor (1885-1946) (born in 1885)
Birth of Şahlar Quliyev That year: 1946, Classical music, Soviet-Azerbaijani opera vocalist
Death of Erna Liebenthal That year: 1946, Classical music, German opera singer (born in 1889)
26
Death of Mária Basilides That year: 1946, Classical music, (1886–1946) opera singer, recitalist (born in 1886)
Birth of Bohdan Hlyvka That year: 1946, Classical music, opera singer
29
Birth of Vladimir Altschuler That year: 1946, Classical music, Russian conductor
October
02
Birth of Jonathan Summers That year: 1946, Classical music, Australian opera singer
Birth of Lars Waage That year: 1946, Classical music, Danish opera singer
04
Birth of Florian Cerny That year: 1946, Classical music, German-Australian actor and operatic baritone
05
Birth of Anatoliy Duda That year: 1946, Classical music, Ukrainian singer (1946-2020) (dead in 2020)
06
Death of Granville Bantock That year: 1946, Classical music, British composer and conductor (1868-1946) (born in 1868)
07
Birth of Chiara Banchini That year: 1946, Classical music, Swiss musician
Birth of Valju Totev That year: 1946, Classical music, Bulgarian opera singer
09
Death of Enrica Clay Dillon That year: 1946, Classical music, singer (born in 1881)
10
Birth of Willard White That year: 1946, Classical music, Jamaican-born British operatic bass-baritone
Death of Émile Goué That year: 1946, Classical music, French composer (1904-1946) (born in 1904)
12
Death of Franz Sauer That year: 1946, Classical music, operatic bass (born in 1884)
13
Birth of Max Méreaux That year: 1946, Classical music, French composer
17
Birth of Viktor Tretiakov That year: 1946, Classical music, Russian musician
18
Birth of Howard Shore That year: 1946, Classical music, Canadian film score composer (born 1946)
Birth of Andrea Zsadon That year: 1946, Classical music, (1946--) operetta and opera singer
Birth of Horia Andreescu That year: 1946, Classical music, conductor
Death of Consuelo Hidalgo That year: 1946, Classical music, actor, singer (born in 1898)
Death of Adelheid Ott That year: 1946, Classical music, Norwegian operasinger (born in 1878)
19
Birth of Ernesto Palacio That year: 1946, Classical music, Peruvian opera singer
20
Birth of John Elwes That year: 1946, Classical music, British opera singer
21
Birth of Dimitri Nicolau That year: 1946, Classical music, Italian composer (1946-2008) (dead in 2008)
22
Birth of Elizabeth Connell That year: 1946, Classical music, South African-born operatic soprano (1946-2012) (dead in 2012)
Death of William Christopher O'Hare That year: 1946, Classical music, composer (born in 1867)
24
Birth of Josef Köstlinger That year: 1946, Classical music, Austrian opera singer
25
Birth of Peter Lieberson That year: 1946, Classical music, American classical composer (1946-2011) (dead in 2011)
Death of Jules Mouquet That year: 1946, Classical music, French composer (born in 1867)
26
Birth of Elena Gaja That year: 1946, Classical music, singer
Birth of Ellada Chakhoyan That year: 1946, Classical music, opera singer
27
Death of Mikhail Adamov That year: 1946, Classical music, trumpeter, music teacher (born in 1874)
28
Death of Eugénie-Emilie Juliette Folville That year: 1946, Classical music, Belgian composer (1870–1946) (born in 1870)
29
Birth of Svetlana Navasardyan That year: 1946, Classical music, Armenian musician
Inauguration: Mersin Halkevi That year: 1946, Classical music (Mersin, Turkey)
30
Birth of René Jacobs That year: 1946, Classical music, Belgian (Flemish) countertenor and conductor
Also in October
Birth of Jean-Claude Wolff That year: 1946, Classical music, French composer .
November
01
Death of Adolf Huber That year: 1946, Classical music, German composer (born in 1872)
Birth of Bob Atwell That year: 1946, Classical music, composer
02
Birth of Giuseppe Sinopoli That year: 1946, Classical music, Italian conductor and composer (dead in 2001)
Death of Cyriel Van den Abeele That year: 1946, Classical music, Belgian composer (1875-1946) (born in 1875)
Death of Peter Hegar That year: 1946, Classical music, (1882-1946) (born in 1882)
Death of Sigfrid Walther Müller That year: 1946, Classical music, German composer (1905-1946) (born in 1905)
03
Premiere of Betrothal in the Monastery, Op. 86 That year: 1946, Classical music (Opera), Sergei Prokofiev
04
Birth of Luciana Serra That year: 1946, Classical music, Italian operatic soprano
05
Death of Zygmunt Stojowski That year: 1946, Classical music, Polish pianist and composer (1870-1946) (born in 1870)
10
Death of Nicholas Gatty That year: 1946, Classical music, English 20th-century composer and music critic (born in 1874)
11
Death of Vladimír Meličko That year: 1946, Classical music, composer, choir director, répétiteur (born in 1893)
13
Birth of Rino Vernizzi That year: 1946, Classical music, Italian musician (dead in 2022)
14
Death of Manuel de Falla That year: 1946, Classical music, Speper (born in 1876)
16
Birth of Mahasti That year: 1946, Classical music, Iranian musician (1946-2007) (dead in 2007)
Birth of Edward Higginbottom That year: 1946, Classical music, English conductor
Death of Gabriel Willaume That year: 1946, Classical music, composer (born in 1873)
20
Birth of Tsugio Tokunaga That year: 1946, Classical music, Japanese violinist and musician
22
Birth of Oleg Kagan That year: 1946, Classical music, Russian violinist (dead in 1990)
Death of Hans Bussard That year: 1946, Classical music, opera singer, music teacher, stage actor (born in 1863)
24
Birth of Guy Bélanger That year: 1946, Classical music, Canadian operatic tenor, conductor, composer
25
Death of Alfonso Broqua That year: 1946, Classical music, Uruguayan composer (1876-1946) (born in 1876)
26
Death of Boris Karagichev That year: 1946, Classical music, composer (born in 1879)
27
Birth of Michèle Command That year: 1946, Classical music, French singer
29
Birth of Carole Farley That year: 1946, Classical music, American opera singer
30
Death of Albert Gumble That year: 1946, Classical music, composer (born in 1883)
December
01
Birth of Rudolf Buchbinder That year: 1946, Classical music, classical pianist
02
Birth of Andrej Hoteev That year: 1946, Classical music, Russian pianist (dead in 2021)
03
Birth of Marjana Lipovšek That year: 1946, Classical music, opera and concert singer
Birth of Pavel Babakov That year: 1946, Classical music, actor, opera singer (dead in 1994)
04
Birth of Pierre Even That year: 1946, Classical music, Luxembourgian composer
05
Birth of José Carreras That year: 1946, Classical music, Spanish opera singer
Birth of Henrik Krogh Christensen That year: 1946, Classical music, Danish opera singer (dead in 2010)
06
Death of Maximilian Steinberg That year: 1946, Classical music, Russian composer (1883-1946) (born in 1883)
Death of Marie Ismaël-Garcin That year: 1946, Classical music, French opera singer (born in 1858)
07
Birth of Hopkinson Smith That year: 1946, Classical music, American lutenist and specialist in early music
09
Birth of Timothy Brown That year: 1946, Classical music, British conductor
10
Birth of Connie Chan That year: 1946, Classical music, Hong Kong singer and actress
11
Birth of Michel Lethiec That year: 1946, Classical music, French clarinetist
13
Death of Spencer Dyke That year: 1946, Classical music, musician (born in 1880)
14
Birth of Leon Botstein That year: 1946, Classical music, American scholar, conductor, and educator (born 1946)
16
Birth of Trevor Pinnock That year: 1946, Classical music, English harpsichordist and conductor
Death of Oldřich Hemerka That year: 1946, Classical music, Czech conductor and composer (born in 1862)
20
Death of William Clifford Heilman That year: 1946, Classical music, American composer (born in 1877)
21
Birth of Shunsaku Tsutsumi That year: 1946, Classical music, conductor (dead in 2013)
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Birth of Edita Gruberová That year: 1946, Classical music, (1946–2021) Slovak-born Austrian opera singer (dead in 2021)
Birth of Michiyoshi Inoue That year: 1946, Classical music, Japanese conductor
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Death of Rafael Martínez Valls That year: 1946, Classical music, Spanish composer (1895-1946) (born in 1887)
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Death of Johann Pfeifer That year: 1946, Classical music, composer (born in 1872)
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Death of Carrie Jacobs-Bond That year: 1946, Classical music, American composer (born in 1862)
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Death of Camillo Schumann That year: 1946, Classical music, German composer (born in 1872)
Death of Lucien Fontayne That year: 1946, Classical music, French composer (born in 1865)
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Death of Charles Wakefield Cadman That year: 1946, Classical music, American composer (1881-1946) (born in 1881)
Also in December
Death of Leonardo Aramesco That year: 1946, Classical music, voice teacher, opera singer, operetta singer (born in 1898) .
This was also in 1946
Inauguration: Eifel Music Festival That year: 1946, Classical music (Euskirchen, Germany). Inception: Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras That year: 1946, Classical music (United States of America). Inception: Atlanta Boy Choir That year: 1946, Classical music (United States of America). Birth of Hans-Jörg Brugger That year: 1946, Classical music, composer . Inception: London Bach Society That year: 1946, Classical music (United Kingdom). Death of Mario van Overeem That year: 1946, Classical music, composer (born in 1872) . Inception: MDR Rundfunkchor That year: 1946, Classical music. Death of Alexandre Barjansky That year: 1946, Classical music, Russian musician (born in 1885) . Inception: Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra That year: 1946, Classical music (Germany). Inception: Lubbock Symphony Orchestra That year: 1946, Classical music (United States of America). Birth of Thomas Pfeiffer That year: 1946, Classical music, German singer and opera singer . Inception: Chœurs des Universités de Grenoble That year: 1946, Classical music (France). Birth of Jan K. Myrstad That year: 1946, Classical music, composer . Death of William Edwin Thomas That year: 1946, Classical music, composer (born in 1867) . Birth of Michele Tiziano That year: 1946, Classical music, opera singer . Death of Clifford Demarest That year: 1946, Classical music, American composer (born in 1874) . Death of Frederic Norton That year: 1946, Classical music, British composer (born in 1869) . Death of Maria Muromceva That year: 1946, Classical music, opera singer, music teacher (born in 1857) . Inception: Kantorei Barmen-Gemarke That year: 1946, Classical music. Death of José Sevenants That year: 1946, Classical music, composer (born in 1868) . Birth of Nüzhet Öyken That year: 1946, Classical music, Turkish opera singer (dead in 2004) . Inauguration: Septembre musical That year: 1946, Classical music (Montreux, Switzerland). Inception: NDR Vokalensemble That year: 1946, Classical music. Inception: Bavarian Radio Chorus That year: 1946, Classical music (Germany). Birth of Janis Taylor That year: 1946, Classical music, Canadian mezzo-soprano . Death of Paul Otto Krause That year: 1946, Classical music, composer (born in 1880) . Inception: Bistritsa Babi That year: 1946, Classical music (Bulgaria). Death of Umberto di Lelio That year: 1946, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1890) . Death of Emilio Perea That year: 1946, Classical music, Italian singer (born in 1884) . Birth of Stephen Truelove That year: 1946, Classical music, composer . Inception: Aeolian Quartet That year: 1946, Classical music. Inception: Detska Kitka Choir That year: 1946, Classical music. Inception: Maîtrise de Radio France That year: 1946, Classical music. Birth of Yūko Shiokawa That year: 1946, Classical music, Japanese violinist . Inception: Agrupación Coral de Cámara de Pamplona That year: 1946, Classical music (Spain). Inception: Tokyo Symphony Orchestra That year: 1946, Classical music (Japan). Death of Aloys Ottenwälder That year: 1946, Classical music, composer (born in 1869) . Inception: Fine Arts Quartet That year: 1946, Classical music (United States of America). Birth of Peter Lyne That year: 1946, Classical music, Swedish composer . Inception: RIAS Kammerorchester That year: 1946, Classical music. Birth of Alain Lefébure That year: 1946, Classical music, composer . Birth of Czesław Grabowski That year: 1946, Classical music, conductor . Inception: Anchorage Symphony Orchestra That year: 1946, Classical music (United States of America). Birth of Branimir Slokar That year: 1946, Classical music, Slovene trombonist . Inception: Fischer-Chöre That year: 1946, Classical music. Inception: Norwegian Radio Orchestra That year: 1946, Classical music (Norway). Birth of Guan Guimin That year: 1946, Classical music, Chinese opera singer (dead in 2022) . Inauguration: Teatr Wybrzeże That year: 1946, Classical music (Gdańsk, Poland). Inauguration: Fort Worth Opera That year: 1946, Classical music (Fort Worth, United States of America). Birth of David Ezell That year: 1946, Classical music, composer . Birth of Rita Bergman That year: 1946, Classical music, Finnish opera singer . Inception: Vienna Chamber Orchestra That year: 1946, Classical music (Austria). Birth of Christof Perick That year: 1946, Classical music, German musician . Birth of Yannick Chauvin That year: 1946, Classical music, composer . Inception: Maryland Classic Youth Orchestras That year: 1946, Classical music (United States of America). Dissolution: Джаз-оркестр под управлением Александра Цфасмана That year: 1946, Classical music. Inception: Buenos Aires Philharmonic Orchestra That year: 1946, Classical music (Argentina). Inception: Texas Boys Choir That year: 1946, Classical music (United States of America). Inception: German Symphony Orchestra That year: 1946, Classical music. Birth of Étienne Péclard That year: 1946, Classical music, French cellist . Inception: Odense Symphony Orchestra That year: 1946, Classical music (Denmark). Inception: Leningrad Taneiev Quartet That year: 1946, Classical music (Soviet Union). Inception: Fort Worth Opera That year: 1946, Classical music (United States of America). Inception: Nashville Symphony That year: 1946, Classical music (United States of America). Death of Luise del Zopp That year: 1946, Classical music, German actress and screenwriter (born in 1871) . Inception: SWR Vokalensemble That year: 1946, Classical music (Germany). Birth of Henry Mollicone That year: 1946, Classical music, American composer (dead in 2022) . Inception: Nordic Choir That year: 1946, Classical music (United States of America). Inception: The Royal Opera That year: 1946, Classical music (United Kingdom). Death of Carlos Marchal That year: 1946, Classical music, composer (born in 1867) . Birth of Eric Urfer That year: 1946, Classical music, instrumentalist . Inception: Bach Aria Group That year: 1946, Classical music (United States of America). Birth of Neil Mackie That year: 1946, Classical music, British opera singer . Death of Charles Corbett Sumsion That year: 1946, Classical music, composer (born in 1890) . Birth of David Pittman-Jennings That year: 1946, Classical music, American music educator . Inception: City of Bath Bach Choir That year: 1946, Classical music (United Kingdom). Inception: Bamberg Symphony That year: 1946, Classical music. Birth of Daphne Evangelatos That year: 1946, Classical music, Greek singer and opera singer (dead in 2021) . Death of Ákos László That year: 1946, Classical music, Hungarian composer and classical violinist (1871-1946) (born in 1871) . Inception: Tátrai Quartet That year: 1946, Classical music. Inception: Froncysyllte Male Voice Choir That year: 1946, Classical music. Birth of Maurice Clerc That year: 1946, Classical music, French organist . Inception: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra That year: 1946, Classical music (United Kingdom). Inception: Juilliard String Quartet That year: 1946, Classical music (United States of America). Death of Joseph Snaga That year: 1946, Classical music, German musician and conductor (born in 1871) . Inception: State Symphony Orchestra of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea That year: 1946, Classical music. Inauguration: Prague Spring International Music Festival That year: 1946, Classical music (Prague, Czech Republic). Death of Frederic Alfonso i Ferrer That year: 1946, Classical music, Spanish composer (1879-1946) (born in 1879) . Death of Toni Claar-Eibenschütz That year: 1946, Classical music, Opera and Operetta Singer, Actress (born in 1866) . Inception: Akademiska Damkören Lyran That year: 1946, Classical music (Finland). Death of Giuseppe Bellantoni That year: 1946, Classical music, Italian baritone (1880-1946) (born in 1880) . Birth of Abbie de Quant That year: 1946, Classical music, Dutch musician . Inception: LaSalle Quartet That year: 1946, Classical music (United States of America). Birth of Suzanne Ramon That year: 1946, Classical music, Hungarian cellist . Birth of Claire Schapira That year: 1946, Classical music, Harpsichordist, pianist and composer . Inception: Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra That year: 1946, Classical music. Birth of Sofiya Yalysheva That year: 1946, Classical music, Russian opera singer and music educator . Birth of Sheila Silver That year: 1946, Classical music, American composer and music pedagogue . Birth of Julia Goss That year: 1946, Classical music, singer and actress . Inauguration: Sommerliche Musiktage Hitzacker That year: 1946, Classical music (Hitzacker, Germany). Inception: Windsbacher Knabenchor That year: 1946, Classical music (Germany).
Works (composition or publishing)
- Richard Strauss (age 82)
- Sonatina No. 2 in E-flat major, “Fröhliche Werkstatt” (Work for chamber orchestra)
- Arnold Schoenberg (age 72)
- String Trio, Op. 45 (Work for chamber orchestra)
- Manuel de Falla (age 70)
- Béla Bartók (1881-1945)
- Violin Concerto No. 2 That year: 1946, Classical music (Work for orchestra with soloist), composed in 1937
- Igor Stravinsky (age 64)
- Concerto for string orchestra in D major (Work for chamber orchestra)
- Sergei Prokofiev (age 55)
- Suite No. 1 for orchestra from “Cinderella”, Op. 107 That year: 1946, Classical music (Work for orchestra)
- Suite No. 2 for orchestra from “Cinderella”, Op. 108 That year: 1946, Classical music (Work for orchestra)
- Suite No. 3 for orchestra from “Cinderella”, Op. 109 That year: 1946, Classical music (Work for orchestra)
- Ivan the Terrible, Op. 116 That year: 1946, Classical music (Film score), published in 1944
- Sonata No. 1 for violin and piano in F minor, Op. 80 (Work for chamber orchestra)
- Waltz Suite for orchestra, Op. 110 (Work for orchestra)
- National Anthem of the Soviet Union, Op. 98 (Work for orchestra)
- Ivan the Terrible, Op. 116a (Work for choir)
- Arthur Honegger (age 54)
- Symphony No. 4 in A, “Deliciae basiliensis (Les délices de Bâle)” That year: 1946, Classical music (Work for orchestra)
- Magic Spell (Ballet)
- Les Démons de l'aube (Film score)
- Un Revenant (Film score)
- Prometheus (Incidental music)
- 800 Meters (Incidental music)
- Darius Milhaud (age 54)
- Symphony No. 3, Op. 271, “Te Deum” (Work for orchestra)
- The Bells, Op. 259 (Ballet)
- 2 Marches, Opp. 260, “pour la libération” (Work for chamber orchestra)
- Concerto No. 3, Op. 270 (Work for orchestra with soloist)
- Concerto No. 2, Op. 263 (Work for orchestra with soloist)
- Farandoleurs, Op. 262 (Work for chamber orchestra)
- String Quartet No. 13, Op. 268 (Work for chamber orchestra)
- Une journée, Op. 269 (Work for soloist)
- Une journée, Op. 269 (Work for soloist)
- 6 Sonnets composés au secret, Opp. 266 (Work for choir)
- Symphony No. 3, Op. 271, “Te Deum” (Work for choir)
- Chants de misère, Op. 265 (Song, lied)
- Lidoire, Op. 264 (Incidental music)
- The Private Affairs of Bel Ami, Op. 272 (Film score)
- Erich Wolfgang Korngold (age 49)
- Deception (Film score)
- Devotion (Film score)
- Of Human Bondage (Film score)
- Francis Poulenc (age 47)
- Deux poèmes d'Apollinaire, Opp. 131 (Song, lied)
- Paul et Virginie, Op. 132 (Song, lied)
- Dmitri Shostakovich (age 40)
- String Quartet No. 3 in F major, Op. 73 That year: 1946, Classical music (Work for chamber orchestra)
- Olivier Messiaen (age 38)
- Harawi: Songs of love and death (Song, lied)
- Samuel Barber (age 36)
- Medea (suite), Op. 23b (Work for orchestra)
- Cave of the Heart, Op. 23 (Ballet)
- Benjamin Britten (age 33)
- The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell, Op. 34 That year: 1946, Classical music (Work for orchestra), published in 1945
- String Quartet No. 2, Op. 36 (Work for chamber orchestra), composed in 1945
- Prelude and Fugue on a theme by Vittoria (Work for soloist)
- Occasional Overture, Op. 38 (Work for orchestra)
- Henri Dutilleux (age 30)
- Au Gré des Ondes (Work for soloist)
- Pierre Boulez (age 21)
- Piano Sonata I (Work for soloist)
- Quartet for 4 ondes Martenot (Work for chamber orchestra)
- Sonatina (Work for chamber orchestra)