1924, from day to day
. With other artists, Jean Sibelius, Maurice Ravel and Arnold Schoenberg influenced their time (modern & contemporary era). That year would see the birth of future classical or lyrical artists, while others would disappear such as Giacomo Puccini. That year, new works would be composed, published or performed for the first time in public, such as “Rhapsody in Blue” de George Gershwin, for example. That year, halls or orchestras would be founded or ceased to operate.
All these moments, more or less notable, make the year 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 .
The year in classical music and in lyrical art
1924-01-01 - Birth of Lkhasaran Linkhovoin That year: 1924, Classical music, Soviet actor, singer and opera singer (1924-1980) (dead in 1980).
1924-01-01 - Birth of Jaroslava Vymazalová That year: 1924, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1991).
1924-01-01 - Death of Magda Bugge That year: 1924, Classical music, composer (born in 1846).
1924-01-02 - Death of Sabine Baring-Gould That year: 1924, Classical music, English hagiographer, antiquarian, novelist, eclectic scholar, folk song collector (1834-1924) (born in 1834).
1924-01-02 - Birth of Åse Wentzel That year: 1924, Classical music, Norwegian singer (1924-2009) (dead in 2009).
1924-01-03 - Birth of Nell Rankin That year: 1924, Classical music, singer (1924-2005) (dead in 2005).
1924-01-04 - Death of Alfred Grünfeld That year: 1924, Classical music, Czech composer and pianist (born in 1852).
1924-01-06 - Death of Albert Thierfelder That year: 1924, Classical music, German university teacher (1846-1924) (born in 1846).
1924-01-06 - Birth of Fan Ruijuan That year: 1924, Classical music, Chinese opera singer (dead in 2017).
1924-01-08 - Birth of Benjamin Lees That year: 1924, Classical music, American composer (dead in 2010).
1924-01-08 - Birth of Robert Starer That year: 1924, Classical music, Austrian-born American composer and pianist (dead in 2001).
1924-01-08 - Death of Ludwig André That year: 1924, Classical music, composer (born in 1858).
1924-01-09 - Death of Antoine Banès That year: 1924, Classical music, French choreographer and composer (born in 1856).
1924-01-10 - Birth of Marilyn Cotlow That year: 1924, Classical music, singer .
1924-01-11 - Death of Otakar Bradáč That year: 1924, Classical music, Czech composer and choirmaster (born in 1874).
1924-01-12 - Death of Hans von Zois That year: 1924, Classical music, Austrian composer (born in 1861).
1924-01-14 - Death of Géza Zichy That year: 1924, Classical music, Hungarian classical pianist, composer and poet (born in 1849).
1924-01-15 - Birth of Georg Ratzinger That year: 1924, Classical music, German musician and Catholic priest (dead in 2020).
1924-01-16 - Birth of Karagjule Petrov That year: 1924, Classical music, Macedonian opera singer (dead in 1963).
1924-01-16 - Death of Fritz Schrödter That year: 1924, Classical music, German opera singer (born in 1855).
1924-01-17 - Death of Georg Thouret That year: 1924, Classical music, composer (born in 1855).
1924-01-18 - Death of Alfred Moul That year: 1924, Classical music, composer .
1924-01-20 - Birth of Yvonne Loriod That year: 1924, Classical music, French musician (dead in 2010).
1924-01-21 - Birth of Shafiga Akhundova That year: 1924, Classical music, composer (1924-2013) (dead in 2013).
1924-01-21 - Birth of Katya Popova That year: 1924, Classical music, Bulgarian opera singer (dead in 1966).
1924-01-22 - Death of Edouard Destenay That year: 1924, Classical music, composer (born in 1850).
1924-01-24 - Birth of Ernst Kozub That year: 1924, Classical music, German opera singer (1924-1971) (dead in 1971).
1924-01-24 - Death of Stanislav Gabel That year: 1924, Classical music, Soviet singer (born in 1849).
1924-01-26 - Birth of Heinz Hoppe That year: 1924, Classical music, German singer and opera singer (dead in 1993).
1924-01-27 - Death of Alfred Rawlings That year: 1924, Classical music, composer (born in 1860).
1924-01-28 - Birth of Maria Fołtyn That year: 1924, Classical music, Polish singer, opera singer and music educator (dead in 2012).
1924-01-29 - Birth of Luigi Nono That year: 1924, Classical music, Italian composer (1924-1990) (dead in 1990).
1924-01-29 - Birth of Lois Marshall That year: 1924, Classical music, Canadian opera singer (1924-1997) (dead in 1997).
1924-01-29 - Death of Winfield Ripley That year: 1924, Classical music, composer (born in 1839).
1924-01-30 - Birth of Hanifa Mavlianova That year: 1924, Classical music, singer (1924-2010) (dead in 2010).
1924-02-01 - Death of Max Sannemann That year: 1924, Classical music, music teacher (born in 1867).
1924-02-02 - Birth of Elfi von Dassanowsky That year: 1924, Classical music, Austrian musician and filmmaker (1924-2007) (dead in 2007).
1924-02-02 - Death of Arthur Meyer That year: 1924, Classical music, French journalist (1844–1924) (born in 1844).
1924-02-05 - Death of Alexis Hollaender That year: 1924, Classical music, German pianist and music teacher (born in 1840).
1924-02-06 - Birth of Vassíl Іvánovitch Openko That year: 1924, Classical music, Soviet opera singer (1924-1991) (dead in 1991).
1924-02-12 - Death of Emanuel Kroupa That year: 1924, Classical music, opera singer, singer (born in 1857).
1924-02-15 - Death of Lionel Monckton That year: 1924, Classical music, British composer (1861–1924) (born in 1861).
1924-02-17 - Death of Oskar Merikanto That year: 1924, Classical music, Finnish musician and composer (1868–1924) (born in 1868).
1924-02-17 - Birth of Vlada Mikštaitė That year: 1924, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 2004).
1924-02-18 - Death of Victor Capoul That year: 1924, Classical music, French opera singer (1839-1924) (born in 1839).
1924-02-21 - Birth of Miloš Sedmidubský That year: 1924, Classical music, Czech conductor and composer (dead in 1995).
1924-02-22 - Birth of Suleĭman Aleskerov That year: 1924, Classical music, Soviet conductor and composer (1924-2000) (dead in 2000).
1924-02-23 - Death of Antonio Pasculli That year: 1924, Classical music, Italian oboist and composer (born in 1842).
1924-02-26 - Birth of Delkash That year: 1924, Classical music, Iranian musician (1924-2004) (dead in 2004).
1924-02-26 - Birth of Silvio Varviso That year: 1924, Classical music, Swiss conductor (1924-2006) (dead in 2006).
1924-02-26 - Birth of Freda Betti That year: 1924, Classical music, French operatic mezzo-soprano, singing teacher (dead in 1979).
1924-02-26 - Birth of Mark Bucci That year: 1924, Classical music, American composer, lyricist, and dramatist (1924-2002) (dead in 2002).
1924-02-27 - Death of Carolina Östberg That year: 1924, Classical music, singer (born in 1853).
1924-02-27 - Birth of Hjørdis Lauenborg That year: 1924, Classical music, Norwegian operasinger (1924-1988) (dead in 1988).
1924-02-01 - Death of Ada Adini That year: 1924, Classical music, Operatic soprano (born in 1855).
1924-03-01 - Birth of Elena Cernei That year: 1924, Classical music, singer (dead in 2000).
1924-03-01 - Death of Gustav Helsted That year: 1924, Classical music, Danish organist and composer (born in 1857).
1924-03-03 - Birth of Hermann Winkler That year: 1924, Classical music, German singer and opera singer (dead in 2009).
1924-03-04 - Birth of Taisia Burtseva That year: 1924, Classical music, Ukrainian singer (dead in 1997).
1924-03-06 - Death of Wilhelmina Koch That year: 1924, Classical music, composer of sacred and secular song melodies, biblical motets and choral and instrumental music (born in 1845).
1924-03-08 - Death of Mathilde Hannah von Rothschild That year: 1924, Classical music, German composer (1832-1924) (born in 1832).
1924-03-11 - Birth of Werner Enders That year: 1924, Classical music, German singer (dead in 2005).
1924-03-12 - Birth of Beatrice Krebs That year: 1924, Classical music, singer and actress (dead in 2011).
1924-03-17 - Birth of Lehte Mark That year: 1924, Classical music, actor, singer, opera singer, stage actor (dead in 2013).
1924-03-18 - Death of Frederick Bridge That year: 1924, Classical music, English organist, composer, teacher and writer (born in 1844).
1924-03-18 - Birth of Lotte Rysanek That year: 1924, Classical music, Austrian operatic soprano (dead in 2016).
1924-03-19 - Death of Ernest Claveaud-Vérinas That year: 1924, Classical music, composer (born in 1863).
1924-03-20 - Death of Alfred Patusset That year: 1924, Classical music, French composer, conductor and musical arrangeur (born in 1853).
1924-03-24 - Birth of Jerzy Kobza-Orłowski That year: 1924, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1974).
1924-03-25 - Birth of Julia Perry That year: 1924, Classical music, (1924-1979) American composer (dead in 1979).
1924-03-26 - Death of Augusto Machado That year: 1924, Classical music, Portuguese composer (born in 1845).
1924-03-26 - Birth of Oleksandr Taranets That year: 1924, Classical music, Ukrainian singer (1924-1998) (dead in 1998).
1924-03-27 - Death of Walter Parratt That year: 1924, Classical music, English organist and composer (born in 1841).
1924-03-28 - Birth of Claire Gagnier That year: 1924, Classical music, Canadian singer and opera singer (dead in 2022).
1924-03-29 - Death of Charles Villiers Stanford That year: 1924, Classical music, Irish composer, music teacher, and conductor (born in 1852).
1924-03-30 - Birth of Milko Kelemen That year: 1924, Classical music, Croatian composer (1924-2018) (dead in 2018).
1924-03-31 - Death of Constantin von Sternberg That year: 1924, Classical music, music teacher, pianist (born in 1852).
1924-04-01 - Birth of Robert Gerle That year: 1924, Classical music, American violinist and music educator (1924-2005) (dead in 2005).
1924-04-03 - Birth of Murray Dickie That year: 1924, Classical music, British opera singer (dead in 1995).
1924-04-06 - Birth of Revol Bunin That year: 1924, Classical music, Soviet Russian composer (1924—1987) (dead in 1976).
1924-04-06 - Death of Hermann Paul Claußnitzer That year: 1924, Classical music, composer (born in 1867).
1924-04-07 - Birth of Ikuma Dan That year: 1924, Classical music, Japanese composer, essayist (1924–2001) (dead in 2001).
1924-04-08 - Birth of Dušan Vrchoslav That year: 1924, Classical music, Czech conductor, composer and educator (dead in 2012).
1924-04-09 - Death of Stephan Krehl That year: 1924, Classical music, German composer, teacher and theorist (born in 1864).
1924-04-15 - Birth of Neville Marriner That year: 1924, Classical music, British conductor and violinist (1924–2016) (dead in 2016).
1924-04-15 - Death of Eduard Caudella That year: 1924, Classical music, Romanian composer (1841-1924) (born in 1841).
1924-04-15 - Death of Adolf Lieban That year: 1924, Classical music, German opera singer (1867-1924) (born in 1867).
1924-04-16 - Birth of Henry Mancini That year: 1924, Classical music, American film composer (1924–1994) (dead in 1994).
1924-04-16 - Death of Adolphe Wouters That year: 1924, Classical music, Belgian composer (born in 1849).
1924-04-17 - Death of Jules Baldran That year: 1924, Classical music, composer .
1924-04-18 - Birth of Evgeniy Chervonyuk That year: 1924, Classical music, Soviet singer, opera singer and music educator (1924-1982) (dead in 1982).
1924-04-18 - Death of William H. Tyers That year: 1924, Classical music, composer (born in 1876).
1924-04-19 - Birth of Hertha Töpper That year: 1924, Classical music, Austrian contralto opera singer (dead in 2020).
1924-04-19 - Birth of Masaru Kawasaki That year: 1924, Classical music, Japanese composer, conductor and musicologist (1924-2018) (dead in 2018).
1924-04-20 - Birth of Irma Keller That year: 1924, Classical music, Swiss mezzo-soprano (1924-1982) (dead in 1982).
1924-04-20 - Birth of Gerhard Samuel That year: 1924, Classical music, American conductor and composer (dead in 2008).
1924-04-22 - Birth of Franz Mazura That year: 1924, Classical music, Austrian opera singer (dead in 2020).
1924-04-23 - Birth of Arthur Frackenpohl That year: 1924, Classical music, composer (1924-2019) (dead in 2019).
1924-04-25 - Birth of Erzsébet Szőnyi That year: 1924, Classical music, (1924–2019) composer (dead in 2019).
1924-04-25 - Birth of Franco Mannino That year: 1924, Classical music, Italian composer (1924-2005) (dead in 2005).
1924-04-26 - Death of Josef Labor That year: 1924, Classical music, Austrian composer, pianist and organist (born in 1842).
1924-04-26 - Birth of William Diard That year: 1924, Classical music, American opera singer (dead in 2009).
1924-04-27 - Death of Andrei Arends That year: 1924, Classical music, Russian composer (born in 1855).
1924-04-29 - Death of Vilmos Maleczky That year: 1924, Classical music, (1845–1924) Polish born Hungarian opera singer (born in 1845).
1924-05-02 - Birth of Aafje Heynis That year: 1924, Classical music, Dutch singer (1924-2015) (dead in 2015).
1924-05-02 - Birth of Florence Kopleff That year: 1924, Classical music, American opera singer (dead in 2012).
1924-05-03 - Birth of Mimi Aarden That year: 1924, Classical music, Dutch opera singer (dead in 2013).
1924-05-03 - Birth of Stefan Wicik That year: 1924, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 2001).
1924-05-04 - Birth of Tatiana Nikolayeva That year: 1924, Classical music, Russian Soviet pianist, composer and teacher (dead in 1993).
1924-05-06 - Death of Émile Wambach That year: 1924, Classical music, Belgian conductor, composer, musicologist and music educator (1854-1924) (born in 1854).
1924-05-10 - Death of Hermann Kretzschmar That year: 1924, Classical music, German teacher, performer, musicologist and author (1848-1924) (born in 1848).
1924-05-12 - Death of Henri Maréchal That year: 1924, Classical music, French composer (born in 1842).
1924-05-13 - Death of Louis Hirsch That year: 1924, Classical music, American musician (born in 1887).
1924-05-14 - Birth of Joly Braga Santos That year: 1924, Classical music, Portuguese composer (1924-1988) (dead in 1988).
1924-05-15 - Birth of Ernst Gutstein That year: 1924, Classical music, Austrian singer and opera singer (1924-1998) (dead in 1998).
1924-05-17 - Birth of Gabriel Bacquier That year: 1924, Classical music, French opera singer (dead in 2020).
1924-05-18 - Birth of Samson François That year: 1924, Classical music, French pianist and composer (dead in 1970).
1924-05-18 - Birth of Anne Lise Grøtvik Lunde That year: 1924, Classical music, Norwegian opera singer (dead in 2003).
1924-05-20 - Birth of Françoise Renet That year: 1924, Classical music, French musician (1924-1995) (dead in 1995).
1924-05-22 - Birth of Claude Ballif That year: 1924, Classical music, French composer (dead in 2004).
1924-05-24 - Birth of Milada Šubrtová That year: 1924, Classical music, Czech opera singer (1924-2011) (dead in 2011).
1924-05-25 - Death of Theodore F. Morse That year: 1924, Classical music, American musician (born in 1873).
1924-05-26 - Death of Victor Herbert That year: 1924, Classical music, American composer (born in 1859).
1924-05-28 - Birth of Mikhaïl Nossyrev That year: 1924, Classical music, Russian composer (dead in 1981).
1924-05-29 - Death of Johann Baptist Singenberger That year: 1924, Classical music, Swiss composer, music teacher, editor and publisher (1848-1924) (born in 1848).
1924-05-31 - Birth of Ida Presti That year: 1924, Classical music, French musician (dead in 1967).
1924-05-31 - Death of Konstanty Gorski That year: 1924, Classical music, Polish musician (born in 1859).
1924-05-31 - Death of Jules Walter That year: 1924, Classical music, composer (born in 1856).
1924-06-01 - Death of Václav Viktorin That year: 1924, Classical music, opera singer, teacher, singer (born in 1849).
1924-06-02 - Birth of Nadya Sharkova That year: 1924, Classical music, Bulgarian opera singer .
1924-06-05 - Birth of Oskar Czerwenka That year: 1924, Classical music, Austrian singer and opera singer (dead in 2000).
1924-06-06 - Birth of Serge Nigg That year: 1924, Classical music, French composer (dead in 2008).
1924-06-08 - Birth of Leni Alexander That year: 1924, Classical music, composer (dead in 2005).
1924-06-11 - Death of Théodore Dubois That year: 1924, Classical music, French composer and Organist (1837-1924) (born in 1837).
1924-06-13 - Death of Valentina Serova That year: 1924, Classical music, Russian composer (born in 1846).
1924-06-13 - Death of Edward Baxter Perry That year: 1924, Classical music, composer (born in 1855).
1924-06-15 - Birth of Jean Costa That year: 1924, Classical music, French organist (dead in 2013).
1924-06-15 - Birth of André Dran That year: 1924, Classical music, French opera singer (dead in 2014).
1924-06-17 - Death of Victor-Charles Mahillon That year: 1924, Classical music, composer (born in 1841).
1924-06-23 - Death of Cecil Sharp That year: 1924, Classical music, founding father of the folklore revival in England in the early 20th century (born in 1859).
1924-06-23 - Death of Eugenio Giraldoni That year: 1924, Classical music, Italian opera singer (born in 1871).
1924-06-26 - Birth of Vaska Bidzhova That year: 1924, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 2004).
1924-06-27 - Birth of Ruth Schönthal That year: 1924, Classical music, German composer (1924–2006) (dead in 2006).
1924-06-28 - Birth of Kenneth Sandford That year: 1924, Classical music, British actor and opera singer (1924-2004) (dead in 2004).
1924-06-29 - Birth of Ezra Laderman That year: 1924, Classical music, Classical music composer (1924-2015) (dead in 2015).
1924-06-01 - Death of Eugenie Pappenheim That year: 1924, Classical music, Austrian-American opera singer (born in 1842).
1924-07-02 - Death of Medea Borelli That year: 1924, Classical music, singing teacher, soprano (1861-1924) (born in 1861).
1924-07-04 - Birth of Libuše Domanínská That year: 1924, Classical music, Czech opera singer and music educator (dead in 2021).
1924-07-05 - Birth of János Starker That year: 1924, Classical music, Hungarian-American cellist (1924–2013) (dead in 2013).
1924-07-06 - Birth of Jean Périsson That year: 1924, Classical music, French conductor (dead in 2019).
1924-07-09 - Birth of Pierre Cochereau That year: 1924, Classical music, French organist, improviser, composer, and pedagogue (dead in 1984).
1924-07-09 - Birth of Amy Shuard That year: 1924, Classical music, singer (dead in 1975).
1924-07-09 - Birth of Ludmilla Issakova That year: 1924, Classical music, music teacher, opera singer (dead in 2004).
1924-07-11 - Birth of Liliane Berton That year: 1924, Classical music, French opera singer (1924-2009) (dead in 2009).
1924-07-11 - Death of Platon Gregoriewitch Brounoff That year: 1924, Classical music, Conductor, arranger, and composer (1863–1924) (born in 1859).
1924-07-13 - Birth of Carlo Bergonzi That year: 1924, Classical music, Italian opera singer (1924-2014) (dead in 2014).
1924-07-13 - Birth of Christa Maria Ziese That year: 1924, Classical music, German singer, opera singer and music educator (1924-2012) (dead in 2012).
1924-07-14 - Death of Elza Szamosi That year: 1924, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1881).
1924-07-16 - Birth of Claude Abravanel That year: 1924, Classical music, Swiss-Israeli pianist and composer (dead in 2012).
1924-07-16 - Birth of Ondina Otta Klasinc That year: 1924, Classical music, Slovene opera singer (dead in 2016).
1924-07-16 - Birth of Zdeněk Švehla That year: 1924, Classical music, Czechoslovak opera singer (dead in 2014).
1924-07-16 - Death of Cipriano Martínez Rücker That year: 1924, Classical music, Spanish composer (1861-1924) (born in 1861).
1924-07-17 - Birth of Lilian Benningsen That year: 1924, Classical music, Austrian singer, opera singer and music educator (dead in 2014).
1924-07-21 - Birth of Anny Felbermayer That year: 1924, Classical music, soprano, opera singer and concert singer (dead in 2014).
1924-07-24 - Birth of Anne McKnight That year: 1924, Classical music, operatic singer from the US (dead in 2012).
1924-07-27 - Death of Ferruccio Busoni That year: 1924, Classical music, Italian composer, pianist, conductor, editor, born 1866 (born in 1866).
1924-07-27 - Birth of Otar Taktakishvili That year: 1924, Classical music, Georgian composer (1924-1989) (dead in 1989).
1924-07-27 - Death of Eugen Hildach That year: 1924, Classical music, German composer (born in 1849).
1924-07-30 - Birth of Zhivka Klinkova That year: 1924, Classical music, Bulgarian musician (dead in 2002).
1924-07-01 - Birth of Li Yuru That year: 1924, Classical music, Chinese opera singer (dead in 2008).
1924-08-02 - Birth of Marta Perez That year: 1924, Classical music, singer (dead in 2009).
1924-08-03 - Birth of Karl Kromer That year: 1924, Classical music, Austrian archaeologist and prehistorian (dead in 2003).
1924-08-04 - Birth of Raymonde Serverius That year: 1924, Classical music, Belgian singer (1924-2006) (dead in 2006).
1924-08-06 - Death of John Morgan Bentley That year: 1924, Classical music, composer (born in 1835).
1924-08-07 - Death of Camille Zeckwer That year: 1924, Classical music, American composer (born in 1875).
1924-08-09 - Death of Louis-Gustave Richelot That year: 1924, Classical music, French gynaecologist (1844-1924) (born in 1844).
1924-08-09 - Birth of Heinz Imdahl That year: 1924, Classical music, German singer and opera singer (1924-2012) (dead in 2012).
1924-08-09 - Birth of Janina Liustikaitė That year: 1924, Classical music, Lithuanian opera singer .
1924-08-13 - Death of Julián Aguirre That year: 1924, Classical music, Argentinian composer, pianist, conductor, musicologist and music educator (born in 1868).
1924-08-14 - Birth of Georges Prêtre That year: 1924, Classical music, French orchestral and opera conductor (1924-2017) (dead in 2017).
1924-08-15 - Birth of Elsie Morison That year: 1924, Classical music, australian operatic singer (1924-2016) (dead in 2016).
1924-08-17 - Birth of Jiří Kratochvíl That year: 1924, Classical music, Czech clarinetist, musicologist, composer, and music teacher. (dead in 2014).
1924-08-18 - Death of Ignaz Mitterer That year: 1924, Classical music, Austrian composer and choir director (1850-1924) (born in 1850).
1924-08-18 - Death of Laura Lemon That year: 1924, Classical music, Canadian composer (1866-1924) (born in 1866).
1924-08-23 - Death of Heinrich Berté That year: 1924, Classical music, Austrian composer (1857-1924) (born in 1857).
1924-08-23 - Birth of Edvard Fliflet Bræin That year: 1924, Classical music, Norwegian musician (dead in 1976).
1924-08-25 - Death of Renato Brogi That year: 1924, Classical music, Italian musician and composer (born in 1873).
1924-08-27 - Birth of Leonidas Muraška That year: 1924, Classical music, Lithuanian opera singer (dead in 2009).
1924-08-29 - Death of Jenny Dufau That year: 1924, Classical music, French soprano (born in 1878).
1924-09-01 - Birth of Arda Mandikian That year: 1924, Classical music, Soprano opera singer born in Greece (dead in 2009).
1924-09-01 - Birth of Michel Roux That year: 1924, Classical music, French opera singer (dead in 1998).
1924-09-02 - Birth of Maria Lúcia Godoy That year: 1924, Classical music, Brazilian opera singer, recording artist .
1924-09-03 - Birth of Erik Saedén That year: 1924, Classical music, Swedish opera singer (1924-2009) (dead in 2009).
1924-09-04 - Birth of Evgeniya Altukhova That year: 1924, Classical music, Soviet Russian singer .
1924-09-05 - Birth of Krystyna Moszumańska-Nazar That year: 1924, Classical music, Polish pianist and composer (dead in 2008).
1924-09-05 - Birth of Sydyk Mukhamedzhanov That year: 1924, Classical music, Soviet composer (1924-1991) (dead in 1991).
1924-09-05 - Death of Karel Komzák That year: 1924, Classical music, Austrian conductor and composer (1878-1924) (born in 1878).
1924-09-05 - Birth of Walter Carringer That year: 1924, Classical music, American opera singer (1924-2006) (dead in 2006).
1924-09-11 - Death of Mieczysław Surzyński That year: 1924, Classical music, Polish composer (born in 1866).
1924-09-13 - Death of Pekka Juhani Hannikainen That year: 1924, Classical music, Finnish composer (born in 1854).
1924-09-14 - Birth of Iosif Conta That year: 1924, Classical music, Romanian conductor (dead in 2006).
1924-09-14 - Death of Anthony Johnson Showalter That year: 1924, Classical music, American composer (1858-1924) (born in 1858).
1924-09-14 - Birth of Jitka Snížková That year: 1924, Classical music, Czech music educator, composer, pianist and musicologist (dead in 1989).
1924-09-15 - Birth of Spelios Constantine That year: 1924, Classical music, American singer and opera singer (1924-2010) (dead in 2010).
1924-09-18 - Birth of Arnold Katz That year: 1924, Classical music, Russian conductor (dead in 2007).
1924-09-21 - Death of William Thomas Dale That year: 1924, Classical music, composer (born in 1845).
1924-09-22 - Birth of Shakeh Vartenissian That year: 1924, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 2003).
1924-09-23 - Birth of Mária Mátyás That year: 1924, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1999).
1924-09-25 - Death of Karel Burian That year: 1924, Classical music, tenorista (born in 1870).
1924-09-28 - Birth of Rudolf Barshai That year: 1924, Classical music, Russian conductor (dead in 2010).
1924-10-02 - Birth of Philip Maero That year: 1924, Classical music, American opera singer (dead in 2003).
1924-10-04 - Birth of Sona Aslanova That year: 1924, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 2011).
1924-10-05 - Death of Joseph Vézina That year: 1924, Classical music, Canadian conductor-composer (born in 1849).
1924-10-05 - Birth of Matteo Manuguerra That year: 1924, Classical music, French singer (1924-1998) (dead in 1998).
1924-10-08 - Death of Charles Albert Lidgey That year: 1924, Classical music, composer (born in 1899).
1924-10-10 - Birth of Jacques Beaudry That year: 1924, Classical music, Canadian organist and conductor (dead in 2017).
1924-10-12 - Birth of John Shaw That year: 1924, Classical music, Australian operatic baritone (dead in 2003).
1924-10-13 - Birth of Jerzy Kurczewski That year: 1924, Classical music, conductor, composer (dead in 1995).
1924-10-13 - Death of Percival John Illsley That year: 1924, Classical music, composer (born in 1865).
1924-10-15 - Birth of Sakae Araki That year: 1924, Classical music, Japanese songwriter (dead in 1962).
1924-10-16 - Birth of Arthur Cosenza That year: 1924, Classical music, Stage director of opera snd impresario (dead in 2005).
1924-10-17 - Birth of Rolando Panerai That year: 1924, Classical music, Italian opera singer (1924-2019) (dead in 2019).
1924-10-18 - Birth of Anneli Aarika-Szrok That year: 1924, Classical music, Finnish opera singer (dead in 2004).
1924-10-21 - Death of Martin Pierre Marsick That year: 1924, Classical music, Belgian musician (1847-1924) (born in 1847).
1924-10-23 - Birth of Maaria Eira That year: 1924, Classical music, Finnish opera singer and film actor (1924–1999) (dead in 1999).
1924-10-26 - Birth of Johanna Martzy That year: 1924, Classical music, Hungarian violinist (dead in 1979).
1924-10-27 - Birth of Pompeyo Camps That year: 1924, Classical music, Argentinian composer (1924-1997) (dead in 1997).
1924-10-28 - Death of Emanuel Chvála That year: 1924, Classical music, Czech composer (born in 1851).
1924-10-30 - Birth of Pier Miranda Ferraro That year: 1924, Classical music, Italian opera singer (dead in 2008).
1924-10-30 - Death of Johann Müller That year: 1924, Classical music, composer (born in 1856).
1924-11-02 - Death of Dora Wiley That year: 1924, Classical music, American opera singer (born in 1852).
1924-11-03 - Death of Martin Klein That year: 1924, Classical music, Austro-Hungarian singer and actor (born in 1864).
1924-11-03 - Birth of Antoine d'd'Ormesson That year: 1924, Classical music, French composer and theatre director (dead in 2016).
1924-11-04 - Death of Gabriel Fauré That year: 1924, Classical music, French composer, organist, pianist and teacher (born in 1845).
1924-11-06 - Death of Georg Hieb That year: 1924, Classical music, actor, stage actor, opera singer (born in 1843).
1924-11-08 - Death of Sergei Lyapunov That year: 1924, Classical music, Russian composer and pianist (born in 1859).
1924-11-09 - Birth of Riichirō Manabe That year: 1924, Classical music, Japanese composer (dead in 2015).
1924-11-10 - Birth of Caterina Mancini That year: 1924, Classical music, singer (1924-2011) (dead in 2011).
1924-11-11 - Death of Vano Sarajishvili That year: 1924, Classical music, Georgian opera singer (born in 1879).
1924-11-14 - Birth of Leonid Kogan That year: 1924, Classical music, Soviet musician (dead in 1982).
1924-11-14 - Birth of Hercília Block That year: 1924, Classical music, Brazilian opera singer (1924-2002) (dead in 2002).
1924-11-16 - Death of Alexander Arkhangelsky That year: 1924, Classical music, Russian composer and conductor (1846-1924) (born in 1846).
1924-11-16 - Birth of Michèle Auclair That year: 1924, Classical music, French violinist (1924-2005) (dead in 2005).
1924-11-16 - Death of Edward E. Rice That year: 1924, Classical music, American composer (1847–1924) (born in 1847).
1924-11-17 - Death of Oscar Klose That year: 1924, Classical music, German composer (1859-1924) (born in 1859).
1924-11-25 - Birth of Tui St. George Tucker That year: 1924, Classical music, American composer (1924-2004) (dead in 2004).
1924-11-25 - Death of E. T. Paull That year: 1924, Classical music, American composer and publisher (1858-1924) (born in 1858).
1924-11-26 - Birth of Lois Hunt That year: 1924, Classical music, American singer (dead in 2009).
1924-11-26 - Death of Rose Hersee That year: 1924, Classical music, singer (1845-1924) (born in 1845).
1924-11-26 - Birth of Irwin Hoffman That year: 1924, Classical music .
1924-11-27 - Death of Elise Hall That year: 1924, Classical music, American musician (1853-1924) (born in 1853).
1924-11-29 - Death of Giacomo Puccini That year: 1924, Classical music, Italian opera composer (1858–1924) (born in 1858).
1924-11-29 - Death of Ernest Shand That year: 1924, Classical music, British musician (born in 1868).
1924-11-30 - Birth of Klaus Huber That year: 1924, Classical music, Swiss composer (1924-2017) (dead in 2017).
1924-12-02 - Death of Emmy Achté That year: 1924, Classical music, Finnish opera singer (born in 1850).
1924-12-02 - Death of Karl Henkel That year: 1924, Classical music, composer (born in 1867).
1924-12-05 - Birth of Antonio Zerbini That year: 1924, Classical music, Italian singer (1924-1987) (dead in 1987).
1924-12-05 - Birth of Jean-Pierre Hurteau That year: 1924, Classical music, Canadian opera singer (dead in 2009).
1924-12-05 - Death of Anton Balluff That year: 1924, Classical music, singer and opera singer (1846-1924) (born in 1846).
1924-12-05 - Death of William Harold Neidlinger That year: 1924, Classical music, composer (born in 1863).
1924-12-07 - Birth of Bent Fabric That year: 1924, Classical music, Danish pianist and composer (dead in 2020).
1924-12-07 - Death of Reinhold Becker That year: 1924, Classical music, German composer (1842-1924) (born in 1842).
1924-12-08 - Death of Xaver Scharwenka That year: 1924, Classical music, German pianist, composer and teacher (1850-1924) (born in 1850).
1924-12-08 - Death of Rudolph Sophus Bergh That year: 1924, Classical music, Danish composer and zoologist (born in 1859).
1924-12-09 - Death of Bernard Zweers That year: 1924, Classical music, Dutch composer (born in 1854).
1924-12-09 - Death of Ivan Kryzhanovsky That year: 1924, Classical music, Soviet composer, musicologist and university teacher (1867-1924) (born in 1867).
1924-12-12 - Birth of Nevit Kodallı That year: 1924, Classical music, Turkish composer (1924-2009) (dead in 2009).
1924-12-14 - Birth of Gohar Gasparyan That year: 1924, Classical music, Armenian opera singer (1924-2007) (dead in 2007).
1924-12-16 - Death of Pongrác Kacsóh That year: 1924, Classical music, Hungarian composer (1873–1923) (born in 1873).
1924-12-16 - Birth of Mildred Miller That year: 1924, Classical music, American singer and music pedagogue (dead in 2023).
1924-12-18 - Death of Joseph Vidal That year: 1924, Classical music, French composer (born in 1859).
1924-12-21 - Birth of Giangiacomo Guelfi That year: 1924, Classical music, Italian opera singer (1924-2012) (dead in 2012).
1924-12-23 - Death of Victor Gregory Boehnlein That year: 1924, Classical music, composer (born in 1873).
1924-12-25 - Birth of Noël Lee That year: 1924, Classical music, American musician (dead in 2013).
1924-12-25 - Death of Viktor Parma That year: 1924, Classical music, Slovene composer (1858-1924) (born in 1858).
1924-12-27 - Birth of Hung Sin-nui That year: 1924, Classical music, Chinese actress and Cantonese opera singer from Hong Kong and China (dead in 2013).
1924-12-27 - Death of Paul Hiller That year: 1924, Classical music, composer (born in 1850).
1924-12-28 - Birth of Jean Micault That year: 1924, Classical music, French pianist (dead in 2021).
1924-12-29 - Death of Luigi Bottazzo That year: 1924, Classical music, Italian organist and composer (1845-1924) (born in 1845).
1924-12-31 - Birth of Annagul Annakuliyeva That year: 1924, Classical music, Turkmenisti actor and singer (1924-2009) (dead in 2009).
Works (composition or publishing)
- Leoš Janáček (age 70)
- Taras bulba That year: 1924, Classical music (Work for orchestra), composed in 1915
- Youth (Work for chamber orchestra), published in 1925
- Capriccio, “Defiance” (Work for chamber orchestra), published in 1926
- Nursery Rhymes (1) (Song, lied)
- March of the Blue Boys (Work for chamber orchestra)
- Lachian Dances (Work for orchestra)
- Untitled Piece (Work for soloist)
- Edward Elgar (age 67)
- Pageant of Empire (Song, lied)
- Empire March (Work for orchestra)
- Suite from Arthur (Work for orchestra)
- A Song of Union (Work for choir)
- Richard Strauss (age 60)
- Schlagobers, Op. 70 That year: 1924, Classical music (Ballet), published in 1922
- Wedding Prelude (Work for chamber orchestra)
- Wiener Philharmonikee (Work for orchestra)
- Die Ruinen von Athen after Beethoven's Die Geschöpfe des Prometheus (Work for orchestra)
- Fanfare zur Eröffnung der Musikwoche der Stadt Wien (Work for orchestra)
- Jean Sibelius (age 59)
- 5 Characteristic Impressions, Opp. 103 (Work for soloist)
- Erik Satie (age 58)
- Relâche "ballet instantanéiste" That year: 1924, Classical music (Ballet)
- Mercure (Ballet)
- Franz Lehár (age 54)
- Cloclo (Opera)
- Arnold Schoenberg (age 50)
- Wind Quintet, Op. 26 (Work for chamber orchestra)
- Gustav Holst (age 50)
- At the Boar's Head, Op. 42 (Opera)
- First Choral Symphony, Opp. 41 (Work for choir)
- The Evening Watch, Op. 43 No. 1 (Work for choir)
- Sing me the men, Op. 43 No. 2 (Work for choir)
- Toccata (Work for soloist)
- A Piece for Yvonne (Work for soloist)
- Maurice Ravel (age 49)
- Tzigane, Op. 76 That year: 1924, Classical music (Work for chamber orchestra)
- Ronsard à son âme, Op. 75 (Song, lied)
- Manuel de Falla (age 48)
- Psyché (Song, lied)
- Béla Bartók (age 43)
- Dance Suite That year: 1924, Classical music (Work for orchestra), composed in 1923
- Village Scenes (Falun), Five Slovak Songs (Song, lied)
- Igor Stravinsky (age 42)
- Piano Sonata That year: 1924, Classical music (Work for soloist), published in 1925
- Zoltán Kodály (age 42)
- Székelyfonó (The Spinning Room) (Incidental music), published in 1932
- Alban Berg (age 39)
- 3 Pieces from “Wozzeck” (Song, lied)
- Sergei Prokofiev (age 33)
- Symphony No. 2 in D minor, Op. 136 That year: 1924, Classical music (Work for orchestra)
- Trapèze, Op. 39a (Ballet)
- Darius Milhaud (age 32)
- Les Malheurs d'Orphée, Op. 85 (Opera)
- Salade, Op. 83 (Ballet)
- Arthur Honegger (age 32)
- Concertino for piano and orchestra (Work for orchestra with soloist)
- Erich Wolfgang Korngold (age 27)
- 3 Songs, Opp. 18 (Song, lied)
- Aaron Copland (age 24)
- Symphony for organ and orchestra (Work for orchestra)
- Movement (Work for chamber orchestra)
- Dmitri Shostakovich (age 18)
- Symphony No. 1 in F minor, Op. 10 That year: 1924, Classical music (Work for orchestra)
- Scherzo in E-flat major, Op. 7 (Work for orchestra)
- 3 Pieces for cello and piano, Opp. 9 (Work for chamber orchestra)
- Samuel Barber (age 14)
- 3 Sketches (Work for soloist)