1944 in music

none 1944 1944 music radio television film right|thumb|Singer Bing Crosby performing in London, 1944 This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1944. Specific locations 1944 in British music 1944 in Norwegian music Specific genres 1944 in country music 1944 in jazz Events January 18 – The Metropolitan Opera House in New York City for the first time hosts a jazz concert; the performers are Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman, Lionel Hampton, Artie Shaw, Roy Eldridge and Jack Teagarden. February – The Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra loses its concert hall in an Allied air raid. February 19 – The Billboard modifies its "Most Played Juke Box Records" chart to rank records (previously it had ranked songs, listing multiple records for each). The year-end "Top Disks" of 1944 will now be based on performance on the "Best Selling Retail Records" and "Most Played Juke Box Records" charts. July 28 – Sir Henry Wood, aged 75, conducts his last Promenade Concert, evacuated to Bedford. August 19 – Italian singers Lucia Mannucci and Virgilio Savona get married. September 20 – Yehudi Menuhin gives the first British performance of Béla Bartók's Second Violin Concerto in Bedford, in the opening concert of a tour with the B.B.C. Orchestra conducted by Sir Adrian Boult. Autumn – Peggy Guggenheim's The Art of This Century gallery on Manhattan releases a 78 rpm 3-record album containing Paul Bowles' Sonata for Flute and Piano and Two Mexican Dances with a cover by Max Ernst.Francine Prose Francine Prose Peggy Guggenheim: the shock of the new https://www.academia.edu/17789289 New Haven Yale University Press 2015 978-0-300-20348-6 140] October 25 – Notoriously bad amateur soprano Florence Foster Jenkins gives her only public recital, in Carnegie Hall, a month before her death. November 11 – AFM strike ends when Columbia, Victor and NBC "throw in the sponge" and agree to terms.March 3, 1945 The Ban Ended Five Months Ago The Billboard 57 9 92 December 15 – Glenn Miller is reported missing. The official explanation is that his plane went down somewhere over the English Channel, although many alternate theories have been suggested. Singer Billy Murray retires to Long Island. English contralto Kathleen Ferrier makes the first of her recordings of the aria "What is Life?" (Che farò) from Gluck's Orfeo ed Euridice which will rival sales by more popular singers over the next few years.Campion Paul Ferrier – A Career Recorded Thames Publishing London 2005 0-903413-71-X 43–44 Czech Jewish composer Hans Krása's children's opera Brundibár is performed many times in Theresienstadt concentration camp, where on October 17 the composer is killed. Flo Sandon's makes her stage debut, singing in a charity show. Jo Stafford launches her solo career. Frankie Laine cuts his first singles for the Beltone and Atlas labels. Albums released The Wayfaring Stranger – Burl Ives Girl Crazy – Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney Going My Way – Bing Crosby Boogie Woogie In Blue – Harry Gibson Top records On August 1, 1942, a strike by the American Federation of Musicians ended all recording sessions. Record companies kept business going by releasing recordings from their vaults, but by mid-1943, alternate sources were running dry, as the strike continued. Decca was the first company to settle in September 1943, but RCA Victor and Columbia held on until November 11, 1944.Peter A. Soderbergh, "Olde Records Price Guide 1900–1947", Wallace–Homestead Book Company, Des Moines, Iowa, 1980, pp.136–139 It comes as no surprise that fifteen of the top twenty records of 1944 were released by Decca, with two more by Capitol, the second company to settle. Beginning February 19, 1944, The Billboard modified its "Most Played Juke Box Records" chart to rank records (previously it had ranked songs, listing multiple records for each). The January 6, 1945, issue contained year-end top ten charts for "Best Selling Retail Records", "Most Played Juke Box Records" and "Top 10 Disks for 1944", the latter combining the scores of the former two charts. The chart below was compiled using Billboard's formula, but includes each record's full chart period, with weeks from 1943 and 1945 as needed. Details from "Most Played Juke Box Folk Records" (Hillbilly), "Harlem Hit Parade" (HHP) charts and the "American Folk Records" column late 1943-early 1944 were also considered. As always, numerical rankings are approximate. Rank Artist Title Label Recorded Released Chart positions 1 Bing Crosby "Swinging on a Star"Decca matrix L 3307. Swinging on a star / Bing Crosby – Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000269730/L_3307-Swinging_on_a_star 2022-04-23 adp.library.ucsb.edu Decca 18597 1944 2 7 1944 4 US BB 1944 #1, US #1 for 9 weeks, 28 total weeks, 1,000,000 salesWhitburn Joel Joel Whitburn Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890–1954 Record Research 1986 2 Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters "Don't Fence Me In"Decca matrix L 3475. Don't fence me in / The Andrews Sisters; Bing Crosby – Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000269898/L_3475-Dont_fence_me_in 2022-04-23 adp.library.ucsb.edu Decca 23364 1944 7 25 1944 11 US BB 1944 #2, US #1 for 8 weeks, 21 total weeks, 1,000,000 sales 3 Harry James and His Orchestra (Vocal Dick Haymes) "I'll Get By (As Long As I Have You)"Columbia 78rpm numerical listing discography: 35200–35500 https://www.78discography.com/COL35200.htm 2022-04-23 78discography.com Columbia 36698 1941 4 7 1944 3 US BB 1944 #3, US #1 for 6 weeks (Juke Box chart), 29 total weeks 4 The Mills Brothers "You Always Hurt The One You Love"Decca matrix 71812. You always hurt the one you love / Mills Brothers – Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000300029/71812-You_always_hurt_the_one_you_love 2022-04-23 adp.library.ucsb.edu Decca 18599 1944 2 27 1944 5 US BB 1944 #4, US #1 for 5 weeks, 32 total weeks, US R&B 1944 #29, Harlem Hit Parade #5 for 3 weeks, 24 total weeks, 1,000,000 sales 5 Jimmy Dorsey and his Orchestra (vocals Bob Eberle and Helen O'connell) "Besame Mucho"Decca matrix L 3214. Besame mucho (Kiss me much) / Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra – Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000269637/L_3214-Besame_mucho_Kiss_me_much 2022-04-23 adp.library.ucsb.edu Decca 18574 1943 10 7 1943 12 US BB 1944 #5, US #1 for 7 weeks, 25 total weeks, 1,000,000 salesAugust 28, 1954 Decca Records 20th Anniversary https://books.google.com/books?id=liEEAAAAMBAJ&dq=decca+vocalion+brunswick+1941&pg=PA14 The Billboard 46 6 Dinah Shore "I'll Walk Alone"RCA Victor 78rpm numerical listing discography: 20-1500–20-2000 https://www.78discography.com/RCA201500.htm 2022-04-22 78discography.com Victor 20-1586 1944 4 11Victor matrix D4VB-0091. I'll walk alone / Dinah Shore – Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/300001521/D4VB-0091-Ill_walk_alone 2022-05-29 adp.library.ucsb.edu 1944 5 19 US BB 1944 #6, US #1 for 4 weeks, 26 total weeks, US R&B 1944 #44, Harlem Hit Parade #10 for 2 weeks, 2 total weeks, CashBox #1, USPop #1 for 5 weeks, 14 total weeks 7 Bing Crosby "I'll Be Seeing You"Decca matrix L 3318. I'll be seeing you / Bing Crosby – Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000269741/L_3318-Ill_be_seeing_you 2022-04-23 adp.library.ucsb.edu Decca 18595 1944 2 17 1944 4 US BB 1944 #7, US #1 for 4 weeks, 28 total weeks 8 Glen Gray and the Casa Loma Orchestra "My Heart Tells Me (Should I Believe My Heart?)"Decca matrix 71439. My heart tells me / Glen Gray Orchestra – Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000299656/71439-My_heart_tells_me 2022-04-23 adp.library.ucsb.edu Decca 18567 1943 10 1 1943 11 US BB 1944 #8, US #1 for 5 weeks, 24 total weeks 9 Red Foley "Smoke on the Water"Decca matrix 72135. Smoke on the water / Red Foley – Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000300352/72135-Smoke_on_the_water 2022-01-18 adp.library.ucsb.edu Decca 6102 1944 5 4 1944 6 13 US BB 1944 #57, US #7 for 1 week, 11 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1944 #2, MPJBFR #1 for 13 weeks, 27 total weeks 10 Bing Crosby "I Love You"Decca matrix L 3314. I love you / Bing Crosby – Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000269737/L_3314-I_love_you 2022-04-23 adp.library.ucsb.edu Decca 18595 1944 2 11 1944 3 US BB 1944 #9, US #1 for 5 weeks, 19 total weeks 11 Ella Fitzgerald & The Ink Spots "I'm Making Believe"Decca matrix 72371. I'm making believe / Ella Fitzgerald – Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000300588/72371-Im_making_believe 2022-04-23 adp.library.ucsb.edu Decca 23356 1944 8 30 1944 10 US 1944 #10, US #1 for 2 weeks, 18 total weeks, CashBox #4, USPop #1 for 1 week, 24 total weeks, US R&B 1944 #18, Harlem Hit Parade #2 for 1 week, 14 total weeks 12 King Cole Trio "Straighten Up and Fly Right"Cogan Jim Clark William Temples of Sound: Inside the Great Recording Studios 2003 Chronicle Books San Francisco 0-8118-3394-1 17 Capitol 154 1943 11 30 1944 4 14 US BB 1944 #67, US #9 for 1 week, 12 total weeks, US R&B 1944 #2, Harlem Hit Parade #1 for 10 weeks, 24 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1944 #3, MPJBFR #1 for 5 weeks, 16 total weeks 13 Bing Crosby "San Fernando Valley"Decca matrix L 3275. San Fernando Valley / Bing Crosby – Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000269698/L_3275-San_Fernando_Valley 2022-04-23 adp.library.ucsb.edu Decca 18586 1943 12 29 1944 2 US BB 1944 #11, US #1 for 5 weeks (Juke Box chart), 24 total weeks 14 Ella Fitzgerald & The Ink Spots "Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall"Decca matrix 72370. Into each life some rain must fall / Ella Fitzgerald – Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000300587/72370-Into_each_life_some_rain_must_fall 2022-05-14 adp.library.ucsb.edu Decca 23356 1944 8 30 1944 10 US BB 1944 #16, US #1 for 2 weeks (Juke Box chart), 19 total weeks, US R&B 1944 #1, Harlem Hit Parade #1 for 11 weeks, 21 total weeks, CashBox #14, USPop #9 for 1 week, 19 total weeks, 1,000,000 sales 15 The Andrews Sisters "Shoo-Shoo Baby"Decca matrix L 3220. Shoo-shoo baby / The Andrews Sisters – Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000269643/L_3220-Shoo-shoo_baby 2022-04-23 adp.library.ucsb.edu Decca 18572 1943 10 5 1943 11 US BB 1944 #12, US #1 for 5 weeks (Juke Box chart), 22 total weeks 16 Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five "G.I. Jive"Decca matrix N 1920. G.I. jive / Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five – Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000300089/N_1920-G.I._jive 2022-05-14 adp.library.ucsb.edu Decca 8659 1944 3 15 1944 4 US BB 1944 #13, US #1 for 2 weeks (Juke Box chart), 22 total weeks, US R&B 1944 #4, Harlem Hit Parade #1 for 6 weeks, 26 total weeks 17 Merry Macs "Mairzy Doats"Decca matrix 71566. Mairzy doats / Merry Macs – Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000299783/71566-Mairzy_doats 2022-04-23 adp.library.ucsb.edu Decca 18588 1943 12 13 1944 1 US BB 1944 #14, US #1 for 5 weeks (Juke Box chart), 14 total weeks, Decca Records' best-selling release of 1944Popular Music, 1920–1979: A Revised Cumulation, Volume 2, Nat Shapiro & Bruce Pollock;, Gale Research Company, 1985, 0810308479; page 190 18 Helen Forrest and Dick Haymes "Long Ago (and Far Away)"Decca matrix 71714. Long ago (and far away) / Helen Forrest; Dick Haymes – Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000299931/71714-Long_ago_and_far_away 2022-04-23 adp.library.ucsb.edu Decca 23317 1944 1 27 1944 4 US BB 1944 #15, US #2 for 1 week, 20 total weeks 19 The Pied Pipers "The Trolley Song"Capitol 100–499, 78rpm numerical listing discography https://www.78discography.com/Capitol100.htm 2022-04-23 78discography.com Capitol 168 1944 5 19 1944 9 US BB 1944 #17, US #2 for 2 weeks, 15 total weeks 20 Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters "Hot Time in the Town of Berlin"Decca matrix L 3449. (There'll be a) Hot time in the town of Berlin / The Andrews Sisters; Bing Crosby – Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000269872/L_3449-Therell_be_a_Hot_time_in_the_town_of_Berlin 2022-05-14 adp.library.ucsb.edu Decca 23350 1944 6 30 1944 8 24 US BB 1944 #20, US #1 for 6 weeks (Juke Box chart), 15 total weeks Top race records Rank Artist Title Label Recorded Released Chart positions 1 Ella Fitzgerald & The Ink Spots "Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall" Decca 23356 1944 8 30 1944 10 US BB 1944 #16, US #1 for 2 weeks (Juke Box chart), 19 total weeks, US R&B 1944 #1, Harlem Hit Parade #1 for 11 weeks, 21 total weeks, CashBox #14, USPop #9 for 1 week, 19 total weeks 2 King Cole Trio "Straighten Up and Fly Right" Capitol 154 1943 11 30 1944 4 14 US BB 1944 #67, US #9 for 1 week, 12 total weeks, US R&B 1944 #2, Harlem Hit Parade #1 for 10 weeks, 24 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1944 #3, USHB #1 for 5 weeks, 16 total weeks 3 Duke Ellington "Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me" Victor 20-1547 1940 3 15 1943 12 US BB 1944 #73, US #10 for 2 weeks, 23 total weeks, US R&B 1944 #4, Harlem Hit Parade #1 for 9 weeks, 18 total weeks 4 Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five "G.I. Jive" Decca 8659 1944 3 15 1944 4 US BB 1944 #13, US #1 for 2 weeks (Juke Box chart), 22 total weeks, US R&B 1944 #4, Harlem Hit Parade #1 for 6 weeks, 26 total weeks 5 Lionel Hampton and His Orchestra "Hampton's Boogie Woogie" Decca 18613 1944 8 30 1944 8 US R&B 1944 #5, Harlem Hit Parade #1 for 6 weeks, 23 total weeks Popular hit records 30em "Amor" recorded by Andy Russell Bing Crosby "And Her Tears Flowed Like Wine" by Stan Kenton with Anita O'Day "Artistry In Rhythm" by Stan Kenton "Cherry" by Harry James "D-Day" by Nat King Cole "Don't Sweetheart Me" by Lawrence Welk "First Class Private Mary Brown" by Perry Como "Goodnight Irene" by Lead Belly "A Hot Time In the Town of Berlin" by Bing Crosby & the Andrews Sisters "Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby" performed by The Andrews Sisters Louis Jordan "It Could Happen To You" by Jo Stafford "It Had to Be You" by Dick Haymes and Helen Forrest "It's Love-Love-Love" by Guy Lombardo "Saturday Night (Is the Loneliest Night of the Week)" by Frank Sinatra "Speak Low" by Guy Lombardo "(There'll Be A) Hot Time in the Town of Berlin" by The Andrews Sisters "The Trolley Song" recorded by Judy Garland Vaughn Monroe and His Orchestra "Time Waits For No One" by Helen Forrest "There Goes That Song Again" by Russ Morgan Published popular music "Ac-cent-tchu-ate The Positive" words: Johnny Mercer, music: Harold Arlen "All of a Sudden My Heart Sings" w. (Eng) Harold Rome (Fr) Jean Marie Blanvillain m. Herpin "And Her Tears Flowed Like Wine" w. Joe Greene m. Stan Kenton & Charles Lawrence "As Long as There's Music" w. Sammy Cahn m. Jule Styne. Introduced in the film Step Lively by Frank Sinatra. "Bell Bottom Trousers" w.m. Moe Jaffe "The Boy Next Door" w.m. Hugh Martin & Ralph Blane "Candy" w. Mack David & Joan Whitney m. Alex Kramer "Can't Help Singing" w. E. Y. Harburg m. Jerome Kern "Dance with a Dolly" w.m. Terry Shand, Jimmy Van Eaton & David Kapp "Don't Explain" w. Billie Holiday m. Arthur Herzog Jr. "Don't Fence Me In" w.m. Cole Porter "Dream" w.m. Johnny Mercer "Fine Brown Frame" w.m. Guadalupe Cartiero & J. Mayo Williams "First Class Private Mary Brown" w.m. Frank Loesser "The Flaming Sword of Liberation" m. Glenn Miller "G.I. Jive" w.m. Johnny Mercer "Going My Way" w. Johnny Burke m. Jimmy Van Heusen "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas" w.m. Hugh Martin & Ralph Blane "A Hot Time in the Town Of Berlin" w. John De Vries m. Joe Bushkin "How Blue the Night" w. Harold Adamson m. Jimmy McHugh "How Little We Know" w. Johnny Mercer m. Hoagy Carmichael. Introduced by Lauren Bacall in the film To Have And Have Not. "I Begged Her" w. Sammy Cahn m. Jule Styne "I Didn't Know About You" w. Bob Russell m. Duke Ellington "I Dream of You (More Than You Dream I Do)" w.m. Marjorie Goetschius & Edna Osser "I Fall in Love Too Easily" w. Sammy Cahn m. Jule Styne "I Love You" w.m. Cole Porter "I'll Walk Alone" w. Sammy Cahn m. Jule Styne "I'm Beginning to See the Light" w.m. Duke Ellington, Don George, Johnny Hodges & Harry James "I'm Headin' For California" w.m. Glenn Miller & Artie Malvin "I'm Making Believe" w. Mack Gordon m. James V. Monaco "Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall" w.m. Allan Roberts & Doris Fisher "It Could Happen to You" w. Johnny Burke m. Jimmy Van Heusen. Introduced by Dorothy Lamour and Fred MacMurray in the film And the Angels Sing "It's Love, Love, Love" w. Mack David m. Alex Kramer & Joan Whitney "Jealous Heart" w.m. Jenny Lou Carson "Keep a Sunbeam in Your Pocket" w.m. V. Guest & M. Sherwin from the film Bees in Paradise "Leave the Dishes in the Sink, Ma" w.m. Milton Berle, Gene Doyle & Spike Jones "Like Someone in Love" w. Johnny Burke m. Jimmy Van Heusen. Introduced by Dinah Shore in the film Belle of the Yukon. "A Little on the Lonely Side" w.m. Dick Robertson, Frank Weldon & James Cavanaugh "Long Ago (and Far Away)" w. Ira Gershwin m. Jerome Kern. Introduced by Martha Mears dubbing for Rita Hayworth in the film Cover Girl "Milkman, Keep Those Bottles Quiet" w.m. Don Raye & Gene De Paul "More and More" w. E. Y. Harburg m. Jerome Kern From the Universal film Can't Help Singing "My Dreams Are Getting Better All The Time" w. Mann Curtis m. Vic Mizzy "Nancy (With the Laughing Face)" w. Phil Silvers m. Jimmy Van Heusen "New York, New York" w. Betty Comden & Adolph Green m. Leonard Bernstein "Now I Know" w. Ted Koehler m. Harold Arlen "On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe" w. Johnny Mercer m. Harry Warren "One Meat Ball" w. Hy Zaret m. Lou Singer "Please Don't Say No" w. Ralph Freed m. Sammy Fain from the film Thrill of a Romance "Put It There Pal" w. Johnny Burke m. Jimmy Van Heusen "Rum and Coca-Cola" w.m. Morey Amsterdam, Paul Baron & Jeri Sullivan "Saturday Night" w. Sammy Cahn m. Jule Styne "Sentimental Journey" w. Bud Green m. Les Brown & Ben Homer "Seven-O-Five" m. Glenn Miller "Sleighride in July" w. Johnny Burke m. Jimmy Van Heusen. Introduced by Dinah Shore in the film Belle of the Yukon. "Someday (You'll Want Me to Want You)" w.m. Jimmie Hodges "Spring Will Be a Little Late This Year" w.m. Frank Loesser "Stella by Starlight" w. Ned Washington m. Victor Young "Swinging on a Star" w. Johnny Burke m. Jimmy Van Heusen "There Goes That Song Again" w. Sammy Cahn m. Jule Styne "There's A Fellow Waiting In Poughkeepsie" w. Johnny Mercer m. Harold Arlen "There's No You" w. Tom Adair m. Hal Hopper "This Heart of Mine" w. Arthur Freed m. Harry Warren "Till Then" w.m. Eddie Seiler, Sol Marcus & Guy Wood "Twilight Time" w.m. Buck Ram, Mortie Nevins & Artie Dunn "Umbriago" w.m. Irving Caesar & Jimmy Durante "You Always Hurt the One You Love" w.m. Allan Roberts & Doris Fisher "You Belong To My Heart" w. (Eng) Ray Gilbert m. Agustín Lara "You Can't Get That No More" w.m. Louis Jordan & Sam Theard "You're Nobody till Somebody Loves You" w.m. Russ Morgan, Larry Stock & James Cavanaugh Classical music Premieres Composer Composition Date Location Performers Antheil, George 1942 (Symphony No. 4) 1944-02-13 New York City NBC Symphony – StokowskiMusicweb International Barber, Samuel Capricorn Concerto 1944-10-08 New York City Saidenberg Little Symphony – SaidenbergRedlands Symphony Barber, Samuel Symphony No. 2 1944-03-03 Symphony Hall, Boston Boston Symphony Orchestra – KoussevitzkyHeyman Barbara B. Samuel Barber: The Composer and His Music 220–221 1994 Oxford University Press 978-0-19-509058-1 New York 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195090581.001.0001 Bartók, Béla Concerto for Orchestra 1944-12-01 Boston Boston Symphony – KoussevitzkyBartók: Concerto for Orchestra Bartók, Béla Sonata for Solo Violin 1944-11-26 New York City MenuhinBartók's Viola Concerto: The Remarkable Story of his Swansong Bernstein, Leonard Jeremiah (Symphony No. 1) 1944-01-28 Pittsburgh Tourel / Pittsburgh Symphony – Bernstein35868 Leonard Bernstein: Symphony No. 1 Carter, Elliott Symphony No. 1 1944-04-27 Rochester, New York Eastman-Rochester Symphony – Hanson7225 Elliott Carter: Symphony No. 1 Copland, Aaron Letter from Home 1944-10-17 New York City Philco Radio Hour Orchestra – Whiteman33947 Aaron Copland: Letter from HomeLibrary of Congress Copland, Aaron Violin Sonata 1944-01-17 New York City Posselt, Copland33978 Aaron Copland: Violin Sonata Dallapiccola, Luigi Liriche Greche III – Sex Carmina Alcaei 1944-11-10 Rome Danco / RAI Symphony in Rome – Previtali7577 Luigi Dallapiccola: Liriche Greche III – Sex Carmina Alcaei Ginastera, Alberto Canciones populares argentinas 1944-07-17 Buenos Aires Frías de López, Luzzatti31599 Alberto Ginastera: Canciones populares argentinas Ginastera, Alberto Obertura para el Fausto criollo 1944-05-12 Santiago de Chile Chile Symphony – Castro31598 Alberto Ginastera: Obertura para el Fausto criollo Ginastera, Alberto Preludios americanos 1944-08-07 Buenos Aires Spivak31601 Alberto Ginastera: Preludios americanos Hindemith, Paul Symphonic Metamorphosis of Themes by Carl Maria von Weber 1944-01-20 New York City New York Philharmonic – RodzinskiSymphonic Metamorphosis https://en.schott-music.com/shop/symphonic-metamorphosis-no152691.html 2022-05-09 englisch en Jolivet, André Danses rituelles 1944-12-05 Paris Paris Conservatory Concert Society Orchestra – Cluytens35233 André Jolivet: Cinq danses rituelles Jolivet, André Poèmes intimes 1944-04-04 Paris Bernac / Paris Conservatory Concert Society Orchestra – Cluytens35239 André Jolivet: Poèmes intimes Jongen, Joseph Piano Concerto 1944-01-06 Brussels Del Pueyo / Brussels Philharmonic – AndréJoseph Jongen and his Organ Music Khachaturian, Aram Suite from Masquerade 1944-08-06 Moscow USSR Radio Symphony Orchestra – GorchakovGuide to the Soviet All-Union Radio Committee Collection ARS.0085 https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt0w1035dp/entire_text/ 2022-05-09 oac.cdlib.org Moore, Douglas In memoriam 1944-04-27 Rochester, New York Eastman-Rochester Symphony – HansonDouglas Moore: A Bio-Bibliography Piston, Walter Symphony No. 2 1944-03-05 Washington DC USA National Symphony – Kindlerhttp://americansymphony.org/walter-piston-1894-1976/ American Symphony Orchestra 2015-07-10 2016-08-14 https://web.archive.org/web/20160814140908/http://americansymphony.org/walter-piston-1894-1976/ dead Prokofiev, Sergei Piano Sonata No. 8 1944-12-30 Moscow Gilelshttp://www.laphil.com/philpedia/music/piano-sonata-no-8-b-flat-op-84-sergei-prokofiev Los Angeles Philharmonic 2015-07-08 https://web.archive.org/web/20150714020608/http://www.laphil.com/philpedia/music/piano-sonata-no-8-b-flat-op-84-sergei-prokofiev 2015-07-14 dead Rainier, Priaulx String Quartet 1944-07-03 London Zorian QuartetSA Composers Schoenberg, Arnold Ode to Napoleon Buonaparte 1944-11-23 New York City Harrel, Steuermann / New York Philharmonic – Rodzinski11857 Arnold Schoenberg: Ode to Napoleon Buonaparte Schoenberg, Arnold Piano Concerto 1944-02-06 New York City Steuermann / NBC Symphony – Stokowski23784 Arnold Schoenberg: Piano Concerto Schoenberg, Arnold Theme and Variations for Orchestra 1944-10-20 Boston Boston Symphony – Koussevitzky23789 Arnold Schoenberg: Theme and Variations for Orchestra Schoenberg, Arnold Variations on a Recitative (1941) 1944-04-10 New York City Weinrich11895 Arnold Schoenberg: Variations on a Recitative Shostakovich, Dmitri Piano Trio No. 2 1944-11-14 Leningrad Tsiganov, Chirinsky, Shostakovich7445 Dmitri Shostakovich: Piano Trio No. 2 Shostakovich, Dmitri String Quartet No. 2 1944-11-14 Leningrad Beethoven Quartet7371 Dmitri Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 2 Stravinsky, Igor Norwegian Moods 1944-01-13 Cambridge, Massachusetts Boston Symphony – Stravinsky24778 Igor Stravinsky: Norwegian Moods Stravinsky, Igor Scherzo à la russe (band version) 1944-09-05 New York City Whiteman Band24785 Igor Stravinsky: Scherzo à la russe Stravinsky, Igor Sonata for Two Pianos 1944-08-02 Madison, Wisconsin Boulanger, Johnston24830 Igor Stravinsky: Sonata for Two Pianos Tippett, Michael A Child of Our Time, oratorio 1944-03-19 London Cross, MacArthur, Pears, Lloyd / Morley College Choir / London Philharmonic – Goehr12378 Michael Tippett: A Child of Our Time Compositions George Antheil – Symphony No. 4 Samuel Barber – Capricorn Concerto, Op. 21, for flute, oboe, trumpet, and string orchestra Excursions, Op. 20, for piano Symphony No. 2, Op. 19 Béla Bartók – Sonata for solo violin Arnold Bax – A Legend, tone poem, for orchestra To Russia, for choir with baritone solo Leonard Bernstein – Fancy Free (ballet) John Cage – A Book of Music, for two prepared pianos Four Walls, for piano and voice The Perilous Night, suite for prepared piano Prelude for Meditation, for prepared piano Root of an Unfocus, for prepared piano Spontaneous Earth, for prepared piano Triple-Paced No. 2, for prepared piano The Unavailable Memory Of, for prepared piano A Valentine Out of Season, for prepared piano Julián Carrillo – Himno a la paz, for two choirs and piano Suite No. 4, for piano Elliott Carter – The Difference, for soprano, baritone, and piano The Harmony of Morning, for SSAA choir and small orchestra Holiday Overture Carlos Chávez – La hija de Cólquide (ballet) Aaron Copland – Appalachian Spring (ballet) Henry Cowell – Animal Magic of the Alaskan Esquimo, for band Derwent and the Shining Sword, incidental music Elegie for Hanya Holm, for piano Manaunaun's Birthing, for orchestra Hymn and Fuguing Tune No. 1, for band Hymn and Fuguing Tune No. 2, for string orchestra Hymn and Fuguing Tune No. 3, for orchestra Hymn and Fuguing Tune No. 4, for soprano, alto, and bass recorders, woodwinds, and strings Kansas Fiddler, for piano Mountain Music, for piano The Pasture, for voice and piano Sonatina, for baritone, violin, and piano George Crumb – Two Duos for flute and clarinet David Diamond – Rounds Ernő Dohnányi – Symphony No. 2 George Enescu – Piano Quartet No. 2 in D minor, Op. 30 John Fernström – Symphony No. 10 Vivian Fine – Concertante for Piano and Orchestra Gerald Finzi – Farewell to Arms Cecil Armstrong Gibbs – Westmoreland Symphony Camargo Guarnieri – String Quartet No. 2 Alois Hába – Milenci (The Lovers), song cycle for soprano and piano, Op. 57 Moravian Love-Songs (5), for mezzo-soprano with guitar or piano accompaniment, Op. 58 Sonata for chromatic harp, Op. 59 Sonata for diatonic harp, Op. 60 Suite, for quarter-tone trumpet and trombone, Op. 56 Paul Hindemith – Hérodiade, ballet, for orchestra Vagn Holmboe – Symphony No. 5 Alan Hovhaness – Armenian Rhapsody No. 1, Op. 45, for percussion and strings Armenian Rhapsody No. 2, Op. 51, for string orchestra Elibris, Op. 50, concerto for flute and strings Khrimian Hairig, Op. 49, for trumpet and strings Lousadzak, Op. 48, concerto for piano and strings Mazert Nman Rehan ("Thy Hair is Like Basil Leaf"), Op. 38, for piano Varak, Op. 47a, for violin and piano Jacques Ibert Trio, for violin, cello and harp Petite suite en 15 images, for piano Les Petites du quai aux fleurs, film score Joseph Jongen – Concerto for Harp No. 1 Dmitry Kabalevsky – Easy Pieces (24), Op. 39, for piano Easy Variations, in D major (Toccata) and A minor, Op. 40, for piano Preludes (24), Op. 38, for piano Aram Khachaturian – Anthem of the Armenian SSR, for orchestra Choreographic Waltz, for piano Russian Fantasy, for orchestra Suite from Masquerade, for orchestra Symphony No. 2, "The Bell" (second version) Zoltán Kodály – Missa Brevis Frank Martin – Petite symphonie concertante Bohuslav Martinů – Piano Quintet No. 2 Písničky na dvě stránky [Songs on Two Pages], for voice and piano Sonata No. 3, for violin and piano Symphony No. 3 Trio, for flute, cello, and piano Olivier Messiaen – Vingt regards sur l'Enfant-Jésus, for piano Darius Milhaud – Air, Op. 242, for viola and orchestra Le bal martiniquais, Op. 249, versions for orchestra and for two pianos Borechou – Schema Israël (Bless Ye the Lord – O Hear, Israel), Op. 239, for cantor, chorus, and organ Caïn et Abel, Op. 241, for reciter and orchestra Jeux de printemps, Op. 243, ballet La libération des Antilles, Op. 246, for voice and piano La muse ménagère, Op. 245, for piano (also orchestrated) Printemps lointain, Op. 253, for voice and piano Sonata No. 1 "sur des thèmes inédits et anonymes de XVIIIe siècle", Op. 240, for viola and piano Sonata No. 2, Op. 244, for viola and piano Suite française, Op. 248, for band or for orchestra Symphony No. 2, Op. 247 Harry Partch – Yankee Doodle Fantasy Two Settings from Joyce's Finnegans Wake Francis Poulenc – Un soir de neige, for six-part choir Sergei Prokofiev – Adagio, for cello and piano, Op. 97bis Cinderella, Op. 87, ballet, for orchestra March in B-flat, Op. 99, for band Piano Sonata No. 8 in B-flat major, Op. 84 Pieces (6) from Cinderella, Op. 102, for piano Russian Folksongs (12), Op. 104, for voice and piano Symphony No. 5, in B-flat major, Op. 100 Dmitri Shostakovich – Trio for violin, cello and piano No. 2 E minor, Op. 67 String Quartet No. 2 in A major, Op. 68 Igor Stravinsky – Babel, for choir Elegy, for solo viola Scherzo à la russe, for orchestra Scènes de ballet, for orchestra Stjepan Šulek – First Symphony Michael Tippett – Plebs Angelica, motet for double choir The Weeping Babe, motet for soprano and SATB choir Ralph Vaughan Williams – Oboe Concerto Heitor Villa-Lobos – Bachianas Brasileiras No. 8, for orchestra String Quartet No. 8 Symphony No. 2 Asenção (Ascension), revised or completed Symphony No. 6 – Sobre a linha das montanhas do Brasil (On the Outline of the Mountains of Brazil) William Walton – Lai and Rondet de carol, for piano Grace Williams – Sea Sketches Film Erich Korngold – Between Two Worlds (1944 film) Sergei Prokofiev – Ivan the Terrible (1944 film) David Raksin – Laura (1944 film) Hilding Rosenberg - Torment Miklós Rózsa - Double Indemnity William Walton - Henry V Jazz 1944 in jazz Musical theater Bloomer Girl Broadway production opened at the Shubert Theatre on October 5 and ran for 654 performances. Follow The Girls Broadway production opened at the New Century Theatre on April 8 and ran for 882 performances. Jenny Jones London production opened at the London Hippodrome on October 2 and ran for 153 performances Mexican Hayride Broadway production opened at the Winter Garden Theatre on January 28 and transferred to the Majestic Theatre on December 18 for a total run of 481 performances A Night In Venice (Johann Strauss II) London production opened at the Cambridge Theatre on May 25 On the Town (Leonard Bernstein, Betty Comden and Adolph Green) – Broadway production opened at the Adelphi Theatre (New York) on December 28, transferred to the 44th Street Theatre on June 4, 1945, and transferred to the Martin Beck Theatre on July 30, 1945, for a total run of 462 performances. Seven Lively Arts Broadway production opened at the Ziegfeld Theatre on December 7 and ran for 183 performances Song Of Norway Broadway production opened at the Imperial Theatre on August 21 and transferred to the Broadway Theatre on April 15, 1946, for a total run of 860 performances Sweeter And Lower London production Musical films Allergic to Love starring Noah Beery Jr., Martha O'Driscoll, David Bruce, Franklin Pangborn and Maxie Rosenbloom. Directed by Edward Lilley. And the Angels Sing starring Dorothy Lamour, Fred MacMurray and Betty Hutton. Directed by Claude Binyon. Babes on Swing Street starring Ann Blyth, Peggy Ryan and Andy Devine and featuring Marion Hutton and Freddie Slack & his Orchestra. Directed by Edward Lilley. Bees in Paradise released March 20 starring Arthur Askey, Anne Shelton, Ronald Shiner and Jean Kent Belle of the Yukon starring Randolph Scott, Gypsy Rose Lee, Dinah Shore and Bob Burns. Can't Help Singing starring Deanna Durbin, Robert Paige and Akim Tamiroff Carolina Blues starring Ann Miller and Kay Kyser & his band Champagne Charlie starring Tommy Trinder Cover Girl starring Rita Hayworth, Gene Kelly, Phil Silvers, Lee Bowman, Jinx Falkenburg, Otto Kruger and Eve Arden. Directed by Charles Vidor. Gharam Wa Intiqam, starring AsmahanOliver Leaman Companion Encyclopedia of Middle Eastern and North African Film https://books.google.com/books?id=LmSFAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA109 16 December 2003 Routledge 978-1-134-66252-4 109– Here Come the Waves starring Bing Crosby, Betty Hutton and Sonny Tufts. Hey, Rookie starring Ann Miller and Larry Parks Hollywood Canteen starring Jack Benny, Eddie Cantor, Joan Crawford, Bette Davis, Roy Rogers, Barbara Stanwyck and Jane Wyman and featuring The Andrews Sisters, Jimmy Dorsey & his Orchestra and Carmen Cavallaro & his Orchestra. Directed by Delmer Daves. Jam Session starring Ann Miller and featuring Louis Armstrong & his Orchestra, Alvino Rey & his Orchestra and Charlie Barnet & his Orchestra Knickerbocker Holiday starring Nelson Eddy and Charles Coburn Lady In The Dark starring Ginger Rogers and Ray Milland Lost in a Harem starring Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Marilyn Maxwell and John Conte, and featuring Jimmy Dorsey & his Orchestra. Directed by Charles Reisner. Meet Me in St. Louis starring Judy Garland, Mary Astor, Tom Drake, Lucille Bremer and Margaret O'Brien. Directed by Vincente Minnelli. Meet Miss Bobby Sox starring Bob Crosby, Lynn Merrick and Louise Erickson and featuring Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five. Directed by Glenn Tryon. The Merry Monahans starring Donald O'Connor, Peggy Ryan, Jack Oakie, Rosemary DeCamp, Ann Blyth and Isabel Jewell Minstrel Man starring Benny Fields and Gladys George One Exciting Night starring Vera Lynn Pardon My Rhythm starring Gloria Jean, Patric Knowles and Mel Torme and featuring Bob Crosby & his Orchestra. Directed by Felix E. Feist. Rainbow Island starring Dorothy Lamour and Eddie Bracken Shine on Harvest Moon starring Ann Sheridan, Dennis Morgan and Jack Carson. Something for the Boys released November 1 starring Carmen Miranda, Phil Silvers, Vivian Blaine and Perry Como. Step Lively starring Frank Sinatra, Gloria DeHaven, George Murphy and Anne Jeffreys. Sweet and Low-Down starring Benny Goodman & his Orchestra, Linda Darnell, Jack Oakie and Lynn Bari Swing in the Saddle starring Jane Frazee, The Hoosier Hot Shots, Cousin Emmy and featuring The King Cole Trio and Jimmy Wakely & his Oklahoma Cowboys Take It Big starring Jack Haley, Harriet Hilliard, Mary Beth Hughes and Richard Lane and featuring Ozzie Nelson & his Orchestra. Directed by Frank McDonald. Time Flies starring Tommy Handley and Evelyn Dall Two Girls and a Sailor starring June Allyson, Gloria DeHaven and Van Johnson You Can't Ration Love starring Betty Jane Rhodes and Johnny Johnston. Directed by Lester Fuller. Births January 2 – Péter Eötvös, Hungarian composer, conductor and teacher (died 2024) January 3 – David Atherton, British conductor January 6 – Alan Stivell, French folk musician January 9 Jimmy Page, English guitarist (Led Zeppelin) Scott Walker, American-born British singer (died 2019) January 10 – Frank Sinatra, Jr., American singer (died 2016) January 12 – Cynthia Robinson, American trumpeter and ad-lib vocalist (Sly and the Family Stone, Graham Central Station) (died 2015) January 16 – Jim Stafford, American singer-songwriter and musician January 17 – Françoise Hardy, French singer (died 2024) January 19 – Shelley Fabares, American actress and singer January 27 – Nick Mason, English rock drummer (Pink Floyd) January 28 – John Tavener, composer (died 2013) February 2 – Andrew Davis, conductor (died 2024) February 3 – Trisha Noble, singer and actress February 4 – Florence LaRue, American singer and actress (The 5th Dimension) February 5 – Al Kooper, musician, songwriter and record producer (Blood, Sweat & Tears) February 7 – Antoni Wit, Polish conductor and composer February 10 Rufus Reid, American bassist and composer (The Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra) Clifford T. Ward, singer-songwriter (died 2001) February 12 – Moe Bandy, American singer and guitarist February 15 – Mick Avory, drummer (The Kinks) February 17 – Karl Jenkins, composer February 20 – Lew Soloff, jazz trumpeter, composer and actor (Blood, Sweat & Tears) February 22 - Mick Green February 23 Mike Maxfield, lead guitarist (The Dakotas) Johnny Winter, blues guitarist, singer and producer (died 2014) February 24 Nicky Hopkins, keyboard player and session musician (died 1994) Paul Jones, R&B singer, actor and broadcaster March 1 Mike d'Abo, English vocalist (Manfred Mann) Roger Daltrey, English vocalist (The Who) March 2 – Leif Segerstam, Finnish composer and conductor (died 2024) March 4 – Bobby Womack, American singer-songwriter (died 2014) March 6 Kiri Te Kanawa, New Zealand operatic soprano Mary Wilson, American singer (The Supremes) (died 2021) March 8 - Carole Bayer Sager, American lyricist, singer, songwriter March 17 Pattie Boyd, English sometime wife and muse of both George Harrison and Eric Clapton John Lill, British pianist John Sebastian, American songwriter and harmonica player (The Lovin' Spoonful) March 23 Michael Nyman, English composer Ric Ocasek, American new wave singer-songwriter (The Cars) (died 2019) March 26 – Diana Ross, American singer March 29 – Terry Jacks, Canadian singer-songwriter, producer and environmentalist March 31 – Mick Ralphs, British rock guitarist and singer (Bad Company, Mott The Hoople) (died 2025) April 3 – Tony Orlando, singer April 5 – Crispian St. Peters, singer (died 2010) April 6 Felicity Palmer, operatic mezzo-soprano Michelle Phillips, actress and vocalist (The Mamas & the Papas) April 12 – John Kay, singer-songwriter and guitarist (Steppenwolf) April 13 – Brian Pendleton, original member of The Pretty Things (died 2001) April 13 – Jack Casady, bass guitarist (Jefferson Airplane) April 15 – Dave Edmunds, rock singer and guitarist April 17 – Bobby Curtola, pop singer and teen idol (died 2016) April 18 – Skip Spence, singer-songwriter (Moby Grape) (died 1999) April 27 – Cuba Gooding Sr., lead singer (The Main Ingredient) (died 2017) May 9 – Richie Furay, country musician and singer (Buffalo Springfield) May 12 – James Purify, singer (died 2021) May 14 – Gene Cornish, guitarist (The Rascals) May 16 – Billy Cobham, Panamanian-American drummer, composer, and bandleader May 17 – Jesse Winchester, musician and songwriter May 20 Joe Cocker, English singer (died 2014) Boudewijn de Groot, Dutch singer May 21 – Marcie Blane, singer May 23 – Tiki Fulwood, American R&B/funk/jazz drummer (died 1979) May 24 – Patti LaBelle, singer May 25 – Charlie Harper, singer, songwriter (U.K. Subs) May 26 – Verden Allen, British rock organist and singer (Mott The Hoople) May 28 Gladys Knight, singer Billy Vera, singer, actor and writer June 2 – Marvin Hamlisch, songwriter and composer (died 2012) June 6 – Edgar Froese, electronic music pioneer (Tangerine Dream) June 7 – Clarence White (The Byrds), guitarist (Nashville West) (died 1973) June 8 – Boz Scaggs, singer-songwriter June 17 – Chris Spedding, guitarist and songwriter June 21 – Ray Davies, singer-songwriter (The Kinks) June 22 – Peter Asher, singer and record producer (Peter and Gordon) June 23 – Rosetta Hightower, singer (died 2014) June 24 Jeff Beck, rock guitarist (died 2023) Arthur Brown, rock singer (The Crazy World of Arthur Brown) Chris Wood, rock musician (Traffic) (died 1983) June 26 – Arthur Doyle, American singer-songwriter, saxophonist and flautist (died 2014) June 30 – Glenn Shorrock, singer-songwriter (Little River Band) July 6 – Byron Berline, American fiddler (The Flying Burrito Brothers) July 8 Jai Johanny Johanson, drummer (The Allman Brothers Band) Michael Johnson, singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2017) July 22 – Rick Davies, keyboardist (Supertramp) July 26 – Betty Davis, funk and soul singer July 27 – Bobbie Gentry, singer-songwriter July 30 – Jimmy Cliff, reggae singer and musician (died 2025) August 2 – Jim Capaldi, drummer and singer-songwriter (Traffic) (died 2005) August 3 – Nino Bravo, singer (died 1973) August 12 – Larry Troutman, R&B musician (Zapp) (died 1999) August 18 – Carl Wayne, vocalist (The Move) (died 2004) August 19 – Eddy Raven, country musician August 26 – Alan Parker, guitarist and composer August 27 – Tim Bogert, bass guitarist (Vanilla Fudge) (died 2021) September 1 Archie Bell, R&B singer-songwriter (Archie Bell & the Drells) Leonard Slatkin, conductor (Detroit Symphony Orchestra) September 3 – Gary Leeds (The Walker Brothers) September 4 – Gene Parsons (The Byrds) (The Flying Burrito Brothers) September 12 – Barry White, soul singer-songwriter and record producer (died 2003) September 13 – Peter Cetera, vocalist (Chicago) September 16 Winston Grennan, drummer (died 2000) Betty Kelly (Martha and the Vandellas) September 23 – Ivan Martin Jirous, poet and musician (The Plastic People of the Universe) September 29 Tommy Boyce, songwriter (died 1994) Mike Post, TV theme composer October 7 – Judee Sill, singer-songwriter (died 1979) October 9 John Entwistle, bassist (The Who) (died 2002) Nona Hendryx, singer-songwriter, author and actress October 13 – Robert Lamm, keyboardist and singer-songwriter (Chicago) October 16 – Patsy Watchorn, folk musician October 19 George McCrae, soul and disco singer Peter Tosh, reggae musician (died 1987) October 24 - Bettye Swann, soul singer October 25 – Jon Anderson, lead singer (Yes) October 26 – Jim McCann, folk musician (died 2015) October 29 – Denny Laine, rock singer-songwriter, guitarist & multi-instrumentalist (The Moody Blues, Wings) (died 2023) October 30 – Kiril Marichkov, Bulgarian rock musician (died 2024) November 2 – Keith Emerson, keyboardist and composer (Emerson, Lake & Palmer) (died 2016) November 8 – Bonnie Bramlett, singer (Delaney & Bonnie) November 10 – Sir Tim Rice, lyricist November 11 – Jennifer Bate, concert organist (died 2020) November 12 – Booker T. Jones, musician, record producer, composer and arranger November 17 – Gene Clark, singer-songwriter (The Byrds) (died 1991) November 25 – Bev Bevan, drummer and vocalist (The Move) (Electric Light Orchestra), drummer (Black Sabbath) November 26 – Jean Terrell, singer November 28 – R. B. Greaves, singer December 1 – John Densmore, rock drummer (The Doors) December 3 – António Variações, Portuguese singer-songwriter (died 1984) December 4 Dennis Wilson, singer-songwriter and drummer (The Beach Boys) (died 1983) Chris Hillman, country rock bassist (The Byrds, The Flying Burrito Brothers, The Desert Rose Band) December 6 – Jonathan King, singer-songwriter and record producer December 7 – Daniel Chorzempa, organist December 9 Shirley Brickley, R&B singer (The Orlons) (murdered 1977) Neil Innes, singer-songwriter and comedian (died 2019) December 11 – Brenda Lee, singer December 12 – Rob Tyner, singer-songwriter and bass player (MC5) (died 1991) December 16 – John Abercrombie, jazz guitarist (died 2017) December 19 William Christie, harpsichordist and conductor Alvin Lee, guitarist and singer (Ten Years After) (died 2013) María Martha Serra Lima, ballad and bolero singer (died 2017) Zal Yanovsky, guitarist and singer (The Lovin' Spoonful) (died 2002) December 20 – Bobby Colomby, drummer (Blood, Sweat & Tears) December 21 – Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor (died 2026) December 22 – Barry Jenkins, drummer (The Animals) (died 2024) December 25 Henry Vestine, guitarist (Canned Heat) (died 1997) John Edwards, soul singer (The Spinners) (died 2025) December 27 – Mick Jones, guitarist, songwriter and record producer (Foreigner) Deaths January 9 – Johanna Beyer, pianist and composer (born 1888) January 25 – Luise Greger, pianist and composer (born 1862) January 29 – Carl Aeschbacher, choirmaster and composer (born 1886) February 4 – Yvette Guilbert, cabaret singer and actress (born 1865) February 7 – Lina Cavalieri, opera singer (born 1874) April 4 – Alma Rosé, violinist and composer (born 1906) (food poisoning or typhoid at Auschwitz concentration camp) April 13 – Cécile Chaminade, composer and pianist (born 1857) April 19 – Jimmie Noone, jazz musician (born 1895) April 23 – Marion Harris, jazz singer (born 1896) (hotel fire) May 6 – Carl Engel, composer (born 1883) May 9 – Dame Ethel Smyth, composer (born 1858) May 16 – Leone Sinigaglia, composer (born 1868) May 20 – Vincent Rose, Italian-born US bandleader and composer (born 1880) June 2 – Zikmund Schul, composer (born 1916) (tuberculosis) June 5 – Riccardo Zandonai, opera composer (born 1883) June 10 – Sylvio Lazzari, composer (born 1857) June 25 – Lucha Reyes, Mexican singer (born 1906) (suicide) July 4 – Alice Burville, singer and actress (born 1856) July 14 – Asmahan, Syrian singer and actress (born 1912) (drowned) July 19 – Will Marion Cook, violinist and composer (born 1869) August 1 – Cecil Mack, songwriter and music publisher (born 1883) August 7 – Agustin Barrios, composer (born 1885) August 8 – Aino Ackté, operatic soprano (born 1876) August 12 – James Simon, pianist, composer and musicologist (born 1880) (killed at Auschwitz concentration camp) August 19 – Sir Henry Wood, conductor (born 1869) September 24 – Olga Islar, operatic soprano (born 1865) (killed at Theresienstadt Ghetto) October 1 – Carlo Sigmund Taube, pianist, conductor and composer (born 1897) (killed at Auschwitz concentration camp) October 16 – Hans Krása, Czech-German composer (born 1899) (gassed in Auschwitz) October 17 – Pavel Haas, Czech composer (born 1899) (gassed in Auschwitz) October 18 – Orville "Hoppy" Jones, bass singer and cellist of The Ink Spots (born 1905) (dies in New York City) November 14 – Carl Flesch, violinist (born 1873) November 26 – Florence Foster Jenkins, soprano famous for her lack of musical ability (born 1868) November 27 – Margarete Dessoff, conductor, singer and voice teacher (born 1874) November 30 – Antoine Mariotte, conductor and composer (born 1875) December 2 – Josef Lhévinne, pianist (born 1874) December 15 – Glenn Miller, trombonist, composer and bandleader (born 1904) (missing in action) December 27 – Amy Beach, composer and pianist (born 1867) date unknown – Lalla Miranda, coloratura soprano (born 1874) References Category:20th century in music Category:Music by year