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Overview of the events of 1916 in music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1916.
Specific locations
Specific genres
Events
February 1 –
Carl Nielsen conducts the première of his
Symphony No. 4 , the Inextinguishable , in
Copenhagen .
February 11 –
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra presents its first concert.
March 3 – The
Original Dixieland Jass Band begin playing at Schiller's Cafe in
Chicago, Illinois , under the name Stein's Dixie Jass Band.
March 10 – Sir
Hubert Parry writes the choral setting of
William Blake 's poem "
And did those feet in ancient time " which becomes known as "Jerusalem" (first performed 28 March at the
Queen's Hall , London).
April 28 –
Edison Records carry out the first public "comparison test" between live and recorded singing voices at Carnegie Hall, featuring soprano
Marie Rappold .
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June 5 – Stein's Dixie Jass Band plays its first concert under its new name, the
Original Dixieland Jass Band .
August 3 – The
musical comedy
Chu Chin Chow , written, produced, directed and starring
Oscar Asche , with music by
Frederic Norton , premières at
His Majesty's Theatre in
London . It will run for five years and a total of 2,238 performances (more than twice as many as any previous musical), a
West End theatre record that will stand for nearly forty years.
December –
Wilbur Sweatman records his hot ragtime for
Emerson Records in
New York City .
Gustav Holst completes composition of his orchestral suite
The Planets , Op. 32, in England.
Sydney Conservatorium of Music in Australia accepts its first students.
Soprano
Hedy Iracema-Brügelmann is awarded the
Charlottenkreuz .
German soprano
Vali von der Osten marries tenor
Fritz Windgassen .
Published popular music
Cover of sheet music for "The Moving Picture Hero Of My Heart"
Joseph Lamb 's 1916 "The Top Liner Rag", a
classic rag
Hit recordings
Wilber Sweatman record
Classical music
Film
Births
January 4 –
Slim Gaillard , jazz musician (d. 1991)
January 9 –
Vic Mizzy , television theme composer (d. 2009)
January 14 –
Maxwell Davis , R&B musician (d. 1970)
January 15 –
Artie Shapiro , jazz bassist (d. 2003)
January 16 –
Rudolf Benesh , developer of the Benesh Movement Notation for dancing (d. 1975)
January 22 –
Henri Dutilleux ,
French composer (d. 2013)
February 5 –
Daniel Santos , singer (d. 1992)
February 8 –
Jimmy Skidmore , jazz musician (d. 1998)
February 22 –
Pedro Junco , composer (d. 1939)
February 29 –
Dinah Shore , singer (d. 1994)
March 6 –
Red Callender , jazz musician (d. 1992)
March 10 –
Jan Håkan Åberg , organist and composer (d. 2012)
March 15 –
Harry James , bandleader (d. 1983)
March 17 –
Ray Ellington , singer and bandleader (d. 1985)
March 21 –
Bismillah Khan , shehnai player (d. 2006)
March 26 –
Harry Rabinowitz , screen music composer and conductor (d. 2016)
April 11 –
Alberto Ginastera , Argentinian composer (d. 1983)
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April 12 –
Russell Garcia , film score composer (d. 2011)
April 14 –
Denis ApIvor , composer (d. 2004)
April 15 –
Lee Vincent , DJ and orchestra leader (d. 2007)
April 22 –
Yehudi Menuhin , violinist (d. 1999)
April 30 –
Robert Shaw , conductor (d. 1999)
May 6 –
Adriana Caselotti , voice (and model) for
Snow White (d. 1997)
May 9 –
Bernard Rose , organist and composer (d. 1996)
May 10 –
Milton Babbitt , composer (d. 2011)
May 17 –
Paul Quinichette , jazz musician (d. 1983)
May 21 –
Lydia Mendoza , guitarist and singer (d. 2007)
May 26 –
Moondog , singer, percussionist, composer and inventor of musical instruments (d. 1999)
June 8 –
Freddie Webster , jazz musician (d. 1947)
June 15 –
Horacio Salgán , tango pianist, composer and orchestra leader (d. 2016)
June 17 –
Einar Englund ,
Finnish composer (died 1999)
June 26 –
Giuseppe Taddei , operatic baritone (d. 2010)
July 9
Dean Goffin , Salvation Army composer (d. 1984)
Edward Heath , Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, organist and conductor (d. 2005)
July 12 –
Sam Taylor , jazz musician (d.1980)
July 16 –
Miles Copeland, Jr. , musician and CIA agent (d. 1991)
July 24 –
Bob Eberly , American singer with
Jimmy Dorsey 's Orchestra (d. 1981)
July 28 –
Rosina Raisbeck , operatic mezzo-soprano (d. 2006)
July 29 –
Charlie Christian , jazz guitarist (d. 1942)
August 3 –
Claude Demetrius , songwriter (d. 1988)
August 18 –
Moura Lympany , pianist (d. 2005)
August 21 –
Bill Lee , singer (d. 1980)
August 22 –
Paddy Fahey , Irish fiddler (d. 2019)
August 24 –
Léo Ferré , singer, songwriter and composer (d. 1993)
August 27 –
Martha Raye , American singer and actress (d. 1994)
September 8 –
René Touzet , pianist, composer and bandleader (d. 2003)
September 16 –
M. S. Subbulakshmi ,
Carnatic vocalist (d. 2004)
October 3 –
David Mann , songwriter (d. 2002)
October 19
October 28 –
Bill Harris , jazz trombonist (d. 1973)
October 29 –
Hadda Brooks , pianist, singer and composer (d. 2002)
November 6 –
Ray Conniff , trombonist and bandleader (d. 2002)
November 10 –
Billy May , composer and arranger (d. 2004)
November 15 –
Greta Gynt , singer, dancer and actress (d. 2000)
November 29 -
Helen Clare , British singer (d. 2018)
December 11 –
Perez Prado , Cuban bandleader and composer (d. 1989)
December 15 –
Buddy Cole , jazz musician (d. 1964)
December 18 –
Betty Grable , star of many Hollywood musicals (d. 1973)
December 25
December 27 –
Johnny Frigo , American jazz violinist and bassist (d. 2007)
Deaths
January 16 –
Charles A. Zimmerman , composer (b. 1861)
January 21 –
George Musgrove , theatre and opera producer (b. 1854)
February 4 –
Adolphe Biarent , cellist and composer (b. 1871)
February 5 –
Francesco Marconi , operatic tenor (b. 1853/1855)
February 20 –
Giovanni Sbriglia , operatic tenor and singing teacher (b. 1832)
March 7 –
José Ferrer , guitarist (b. 1835)
March 24 –
Enrique Granados , composer (b. 1867)
May 11 –
Max Reger , composer (b. 1873)
May 13
May 28 –
Albert Lavignac , musicologist and composer (b. 1846)
June 5 –
Mildred J. Hill , songwriter (b. 1859)
June 10 –
Max Vogrich , pianist and composer (b. 1852)
August 2 –
Hamish MacCunn , composer (b. 1868)
August 5 –
George Butterworth , composer (b. 1885) (killed in action)
August 8 –
Franz Eckert , composer (b. 1852)
September 10 –
Friedrich Gernsheim , pianist, conductor and composer (b. 1839)
September 15 –
Julius Fučík , composer (b. 1872)
November 2 –
Marie Wieck , pianist, singer, piano teacher and composer (b. 1832)
November 13 –
Frederick Septimus Kelly , composer and Olympic rower (b. 1881) (killed in action)
November 23 –
Eduard Nápravník , conductor and composer (b. 1839)
November 24 –
John Francis Barnett , composer and music teacher (b. 1837)
November 26 –
Charlie Case , vaudeville entertainer (b. c. 1860)
December 2 –
Francesco Paolo Tosti , composer and music teacher (b. 1846)
December 5 –
Hans Richter , conductor (b. 1843)
December 20 –
William Gilchrist , composer (b. 1846)
December 28 –
Eduard Strauss , composer (b. 1835)
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December 31 –
Ernst Rudorff , composer and music teacher (b. 1840)
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