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Events
January 8
-
Alban Berg
's
Lyric Suite
is premiered in
Vienna
.
April 21
- Electric re-recording of
George Gershwin
's
Rhapsody in Blue
by
Paul Whiteman
's Orchestra directed by
Nathaniel Shilkret
, with Gershwin at the piano.
July 1
-
Béla Bartók
's
Piano Concerto No. 1
is premiered in
Frankfurt
, with the composer at the piano and
Wilhelm Furtwängler
conducting.
December 5
-
Leoš Janáček
's
Glagolitic Mass
is premiered in
Brno
.
Publishers Chappell & Co withdraw their financial support for the Promenade Concerts, to be replaced by the
BBC
.
Benjamin Britten
becomes a pupil of
Frank Bridge
.
Witold Lutosławski
enters the
Warsaw
conservatory.
Blind Willie McTell
's recording career begins.
The Soul Stirrers
' recording career begins.
Big Bill Broonzy
's recording career begins.
Louis Armstrong
and His Hot Seven record.
Jim Jackson
's recording career begins.
Published popular music
"
Adios Muchachos
" w. Cesar Felipe Vedani m. Julio Cesar Sanders (aka Lenny Sanders)
"
Ain't She Sweet
" w.
Jack Yellen
m.
Milton Ager
"
Among My Souvenirs
" w.
Edgar Leslie
m.
Horatio Nicholls
"
Are You Lonesome Tonight?
" w.
Roy Turk
m.
Lou Handman
"At Sundown" w.m.
Walter Donaldson
"The Babbitt And The Bromide" w.
Ira Gershwin
m.
George Gershwin
"The Best Things In Life Are Free" w.
B. G. De Sylva
&
Lew Brown
m.
Ray Henderson
"Black And Tan Fantasy" m.
Duke Ellington
"
Bless This House
" w. Helen Taylor m.
May Brahe
"
Blue Skies
" w.m.
Irving Berlin
"Broken Hearted" w.
B. G. De Sylva
&
Lew Brown
m.
Ray Henderson
"
Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man
" w.
Oscar Hammerstein II
m.
Jerome Kern
. Introduced by
Helen Morgan
in the musical
Show Boat
"Changes" w.m.
Walter Donaldson
"Chlo-e" w.
Gus Kahn
m. Neil Moret
"Creole Love Call" w.m.
Edward "Duke" Ellington
"Dew-Dew-Dewy Day" w.m.
Al Sherman
,
Charles Tobias
&
Howard Johnson
"
Diane
" w.m. Ernie Rapee &
Lew Pollack
"Did You Mean It?" w. Abe Lyman & Sid Silvers m. Phil Baker
"The Doll Dance" m.
Nacio Herb Brown
"Everywhere You Go" w.m.
Larry Shay
, Joe Goodwin &
Mark Fisher
"Fifty Million Frenchmen Can't Be Wrong" w. Willie Raskin & Billy Rose m. Fred Fisher
"Four Or Five Times" w.m. Byron Gay
"
Funny Face
" w.
Ira Gershwin
m.
George Gershwin
"Girl Of My Dreams" w.m. Sunny Clapp
"
Good News
" w.
B. G. De Sylva
&
Lew Brown
m.
Ray Henderson
"Hallelujah!" w. Leo Robin & Clifford Grey m. Vincent Youmans
"
He Loves and She Loves
" w.
Ira Gershwin
m.
George Gershwin
. Introduced by
Adele Astaire
and
Allen Kearns
in the musical
Funny Face
. Performed in the 1957 film version by
Fred Astaire
.
"High Hat" w.
Ira Gershwin
m.
George Gershwin
"Hoosier Sweetheart" w.m. Billy Baskette, Paul Ash & Joe Goodwin
"I Don't Know How" w.
Lorenz Hart
m.
Richard Rodgers
"I Feel At Home With You" w.
Lorenz Hart
m.
Richard Rodgers
"I Left My Sugar Standing In The Rain" w. Irving Kahal m. Sammy Fain
"I Scream You Scream" w.m. Robert King, Howard Johnson & Billy Moll
"I Still Suits Me" w.
Oscar Hammerstein II
m.
Jerome Kern
"I'll Take Care Of Your Cares" w. Mort Dixon m.
James V. Monaco
"I'm Gonna Meet My Sweetie Now" w. Benny Davis m. Jesse Greer
"I'm Looking Over A Four Leaf Clover" w. Mort Dixon m. Harry Woods
"I'm Proud Of A Baby Like You" Schoenberg, Stevens, Helmick
"In A Mist" m.
Bix Beiderbecke
"It All Belongs To Me" w.m.
Irving Berlin
"Just Like A Butterfly" w. Mort Dixon m. Harry Woods
"
Let A Smile Be Your Umbrella
" w.
Irving Kahal
&
Francis Wheeler
m.
Sammy Fain
"
Let's Kiss And Make Up
" w.
Ira Gershwin
m.
George Gershwin
. Introduced by
Fred Astaire
and
Adele Astaire
in the musical
Funny Face
"
Lindbergh (The Eagle of the U.S.A.)
" w.m.
Al Sherman
&
Howard Johnson
"
The Lonesome Road
" w.
Gene Austin
m.
Nathaniel Shilkret
"Lucky Lindy" w. L. Wolfe Gilbert m. Abel Baer
"Mary, (What Are You Waiting For)" w.m.
Walter Donaldson
"Maybe It's Me" w.
Lorenz Hart
m.
Richard Rodgers
"
Me And My Shadow
" w.m. Dave Dreyer,
Billy Rose
&
Al Jolson
"Miss Annabelle Lee" w.m. Lew Pollack, Sidney Clare & Harry Richman
"Mississippi Mud" w. James Cavanaugh m. Harry Barris
"
My Blue Heaven
" w.
George A. Whiting
m.
Walter Donaldson
"My Heart Stood Still" w.
Lorenz Hart
m.
Richard Rodgers
"
My One And Only
" w.
Ira Gershwin
m.
George Gershwin
"
Ol' Man River
" w.
Oscar Hammerstein II
m.
Jerome Kern
"Plenty Of Sunshine" w.
B. G. De Sylva
&
Lew Brown
m.
Ray Henderson
"Preludes" by
George Gershwin
"Rain" w.m. Eugene Ford, Carey Morgan & Arthur Swanstrom
"Ramona" w.
L. Wolfe Gilbert
m.
Mabel Wayne
"The Rangers' Song" w.
Joseph McCarthy
m. Harry A. Tierney. Introduced in the
musical
Rio Rita
by
J. Harold Murray
, Harry Ratcliffe,
Donald Douglas
and chorus. Performed in the
1929
film version by
John Boles
and chorus.
"A Room with a View" w.m.
Noel Coward
"Russian Lullaby" w.m.
Irving Berlin
"
'S Wonderful
" w.
Ira Gershwin
m.
George Gershwin
"Shaking The Blues Away" w.m.
Irving Berlin
"
Side By Side
" w.m. Harry Woods
"
Sometimes I'm Happy
" w.
Irving Caesar
m.
Vincent Youmans
from the musical
Hit the Deck
"The Song Is Ended" w.m.
Irving Berlin
"Strike Up The Band" w.
Ira Gershwin
m.
George Gershwin
"Struttin' With Some Barbecue" w.m.
Louis Armstrong
&
Lillian Hardin Armstrong
"
Thou Swell
" w.
Lorenz Hart
m.
Richard Rodgers
. Introduced by
William Gaxton
and
Constance Carpenter
in the musical
A Connecticut Yankee
. Performed in the 1948 film
Words and Music
by
June Allyson
and the Blackburn Twins.
"The Varsity Drag" w.
B. G. De Sylva
&
Lew Brown
m.
Ray Henderson
"Washboard Blues" m.
Hoagy Carmichael
& Irving Mills
"What Does It Matter?" w.m.
Irving Berlin
"Where's That Rainbow?"
Lorenz Hart
m.
Richard Rodgers
"Why Do I Love You?" w.
Oscar Hammerstein II
m.
Jerome Kern
"You Remind Me Of A Naughty Springtime Cuckoo" w.m.
Leslie Sarony
"Your Land And My Land" w. Dorothy Donnelly m.
Sigmund Romberg
"You're Always In My Arms" w. Joseph McCarthy m. Harry Tierney
Popular music on record
"Ain't She Sweet" by
Gene Austin
, accompanied
Nat Shilkret
Orchestra
"All Alone Monday" by
Nat Shilkret
, vocal Johnny Marvin
"Baby's Blue" by
Nat Shilkret
(with Victor files showing "Leonard Joy assistant director"), vocal Johnny Marvin
"Broken Hearted" by
Paul Whiteman
"The Calinda (Boo-Joom, Boo-Joom, Boo!)" by
Paul Whiteman
, vocal Jack Fulton, Charles Gaylord, Austin Young and
Bing Crosby
, from "A La Carte"
"Dancing Tambourine" by
Paul Whiteman
"The Desert Song" by
Nat Shilkret
, from the musical of the same name
"Diane (I'm in Heaven when I See You Smile)" by
Nat Shilkret
as the Troubadours, vocal
Franklyn Baur
,
Lewis James
and Elliot Shaw
"Diane (I'm in Heaven when I See You Smile)" by
Franklyn Baur
, accompanied
Nat Shilkret
Orchestra
"The Doll Dance" by
Nat Shilkret
"Fifty Million Frenchmen Can't Be Wrong" by
Sophie Tucker
with
Miff Mole
& His Little Molers
"Fifty Million Frenchmen Can't Be Wrong" by
Nat Shilkret
, vocal Joe Sherman and
Lewis James
"Flapperette" by
Nat Shilkret
"Forgive Me" by
Gene Austin
, accompanied celeste
Nat Shilkret
and piano Jack Shilkret
"Hallelujah" by
Nat Shilkret
, vocal
Franklyn Baur
, from "Hit the Deck"
"I Know That You Know" by
Nat Shilkret
, vocal
Franklyn Baur
"I'm Coming, Virginia" by
Paul Whiteman
, vocal Rhythm Boys (
Bing Crosby
,
Al Rinker
and Harry Barris)
"I'm Gonna Meet My Sweetie Now" by
Jane Green
, accompanied
Nat Shilkret
Orchestra
"In a Little Spanish Town" by
Paul Whiteman
, vocal Jack Fulton
"It All Depends on You" by
Paul Whiteman
"It's a Million to One You're in Love" by
Nat Shilkret
, vocal
Franklyn Baur
"I've Got the Girl" by
Gene Austin
, accompanied piano Abel Baer
"Just a Memory" by
Paul Whiteman
"Lucky Lindy" by
Nat Shilkret
Orchestra, directed Leonard Joy
"Mary (What Are You Waiting For?)" by
Paul Whiteman
"Maybe" by organist Jessie Crawford, accompanied
Nat Shilkret
Orchestra, from "Oh, Kay!"
"Me and My Shadow" by
Nat Shilkret
, vocal Johnny Marvin
"
My Blue Heaven
" by
Gene Austin
, accompanied
Nat Shilkret
Orchestra
"
My Blue Heaven
" by
Paul Whiteman
, vocal Jack Fulton, Charles Gaylord, Austin Young,
Bing Crosby
and
Al Rinker
"Paree" by
Nat Shilkret
as International Novelty Orchestra; American version of "Ca C'est Paris"
"One Alone" by
Nat Shilkret
, from "The Desert Song"
"One Sweet Letter from You" by
Gene Austin
, accompanied piano Abel Baer
"The Riff Song" by
Nat Shilkret
, vocal the Revelers, from "The Desert Song"
"A Shady Tree" by
Paul Whiteman
, vocal Mildred Hunt
"Side by Side" by
Paul Whiteman
, vocal Rhythm Boys (
Bing Crosby
,
Al Rinker
and Harry Barris)
"So Blue" by
Paul Whiteman
"Someday, Sweetheart" by
Gene Austin
, accompanied piano Abel Baer
"Sometimes I'm Happy" by
Roger Wolfe Kahn
"Sweetheart Of Sigma Chi" by
Ted Lewis
& His Band
"Sweetheart Of Sigma Chi" by
Gene Austin
, accompanied
Nat Shilkret
Orchestra
"Tonight You Belong to Me" by
Gene Austin
, accompanied
Nat Shilkret
Orchestra
"What Does It Matter Now?" by
Nat Shilkret
, vocal Elliot Shaw
"When Day Is Done" by
Nat Shilkret
, vocal
Lewis James
"When Day Is Done" by
Paul Whiteman
, trumpet solo
Henry Busse
"
Wild Cat
by
Eddie Lang
&
Joe Venuti
"Who's That Knocking On My Door?" by
Annette Hanshaw
"Your Land and My Land" by
Paul Whiteman
, vocal Charles Harrison,
Lewis James
, Elliot Shaw and Wilfred Glenn
"Mine, All Mine" by the
Coon-Sanders' Nighthawks
"Changes" by Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra
"Blue Skies/Falling In Love With You" by
Jesse Crawford
"Shaking The Blues Away" by
Ruth Etting
"Varsity Drag" by Ruth Etting
"It All Belongs To Me" by Ruth Etting
"In A Little Spanish Town" by
Carson Robison
"My Pretty Girl" by
Jean Goldkette
& His Orchestra
"Back Water Blues" by
Bessie Smith
"I'm Coming, Virginia" by
Bix Beiderbecke
"
Black and Tan Fantasy
" by
Duke Ellington
& His Orchestra
"Singin' The Blues" by
Frankie Trumbauer
's Orch., with
Bix
&
Lang
"Potato Head Blues" by
Louis Armstrong
"
Stardust
" by
Hoagy Carmichael
"Honky Tonk Train Blues" recorded
Meade Lux Lewis
(not released until
1930
)
"Match Box Blues" -
Blind Lemon Jefferson
"Mama 'T Ain't Long Fo' Day" -
Blind Willie McTell
"Roamin Rambler Blues" -
Lonnie Johnson
"
Jim Jackson's Kansas City Blues
" -
Jim Jackson
Classical music
Béla Bartók
-
String Quartet No. 3
Havergal Brian
-
Symphony No. 1
Gothic
Frank Bridge
-
Rhapsody: Enter Spring
John Alden Carpenter
- String Quartet
Gerald Finzi
-
Violin Concerto
André Fleury
-
Allegro symphonique
Reinhold Glière
-
The Red Poppy
(ballet)
Karl Amadeus Hartmann
- Two Sonatas for Unaccompanied Violin
Dmitri Kabalevsky
- Piano Sonata No. 1
Zoltán Kodály
- Suite from the opera
Háry János
Józef Koffler
-
Musique. Quasi una sonata
;
15 variations on a 12 tone series (15 variations d'après une suite de douze tons)
(opp. 8 & 9)
Bohuslav Martinů
-
La Revue de Cuisine
Carl Nielsen
-
An Imaginary Trip to the Faroe Islands
(orchestral)
Dane Rudhyar
-
Paeans
Henri Sauguet
-
La Chatte
(ballet)
Arnold Schoenberg
-
String Quartet No. 3
Roger Sessions
- Symphony No. 1
Dmitri Shostakovich
-
Symphony No. 2 in B major
, Op. 14
Igor Stravinsky
-
Oedipus Rex
Karol Szymanowski
- String Quartet No. 2
Edgard Varèse
-
Arcana
(1925–27)
Anton Webern
- String Trio, Op. 20
Opera
Franz Lehár
-
Der Zarewitsch
Sergei Prokofiev
-
The Fiery Angel
Jaromír Weinberger
-
Švanda the Bagpiper
Musical theater
Burlesque
Broadway production opened at the
Plymouth Theatre
on
September 1
and ran for 372 performances
Clowns in Clover
London
revue
opened at the
Adelphi Theatre
on
December 1
and ran for 508 performances
The Desert Song
(
Sigmund Romberg
) -
London
production opened at the
Drury Lane Theatre
on
April 7
and ran for 432 performances
Enchanted Isle
(Music, Lyrics and Book: Ida H. Chamberlain). Broadway production opened at the
Lyric Theatre
on
September 19
and ran for 32 performances. Starring Marga Waldron and Greek Evans.
The Five O'Clock Girl
opened at the
44th Street Theatre
on
October 10
and transferred to the
Shubert Theatre
on April 16, 1928 for a total run of 280 performances
Funny Face
Broadway production opened at the
Alvin Theatre
on
November 22
and ran for 250 performances
Golden Dawn
Broadway
operetta opened at the Hammerstein Theatre on
November 30
and ran for 184 performances
Good News!
Broadway production opened at the
46th Street Theatre
on
September 6
and ran for 557 performances
Hit The Deck
(
Vincent Youmans
and
Clifford Grey
)
Broadway production opened at the
Belasco Theatre
on
April 25
and ran for 532 performances
London production opened at the
Hippodrome
on
November 3
and ran for 277 performances
Just Fancy
Broadway production opened at the
Casino Theatre
on
October 11
and ran for 79 performances. Starring Mrs Thomas Whiffen,
Peggy O'Neill
,
Ivy Sawyer
,
Joseph Santley
,
Eric Blore
and
Raymond Hitchcock
.
The Merry Malones
Broadway
production opened at the
Erlanger's Theatre
on
September 26
and ran for 216 performances
My Maryland
Broadway production opened at the Jolson Theatre on
September 12
and ran for 312 performances
Oh, Kay!
London production opened at
His Majesty's Theatre
on
September 21
and ran for 214 performances
One Dam Thing After Another
London production opened at the
Pavilion Theatre
on
May 20
Peggy-Ann
London production opened at
Daly's Theatre
on
July 27
and ran for 130 performances
Polly of Hollywood
Broadway production opened at George M. Cohan's Theatre on
February 21
and ran for 24 performances. Starring
Midge Miller
.
Rio Rita
Broadway production opened at the
Ziegfeld Theatre
on
February 2
and ran for 494 performances
Show Boat
(
Jerome Kern
and
Oscar Hammerstein II
) - Broadway production opened at the
Ziegfeld Theatre
on
December 27
and ran for 572 performances
The Vagabond King
London production opened at the
Winter Garden Theatre
on
April 19
and ran for 480 performances
The White Eagle
Broadway production opened at the
Casino Theatre
on
December 26
and ran for 48 performances
Yes, Yes, Yvette
Broadway
production opened at the Sam H. Harris Theatre on
October 3
and ran for 40 performances
Musical film
The Jazz Singer
released
October 6
, starring
Al Jolson
Births
January 10
-
Johnnie Ray
, singer, pianist and songwriter (d. 1990)
January 17
-
Eartha Kitt
, singer (d. 2008)
January 26
-
Ronnie Scott
, jazz musician and club owner (d. 1996)
February 2
:
Stan Getz
, jazz musician (d. 1991)
Richard Maxfield
, composer (d. 1969)
February 7
-
Juliette Gréco
, singer
February 9
-
Joe Maneri
, composer (d. 2009)
February 10
-
Leontyne Price
, opera singer
February 23
-
Ivan Hrušovský
, composer (d. 2001)
February 27
-
Guy Mitchell
, singer (d. 1999)
March 3
-
Junior Parker
, blues musician (d. 1971)
March 16
-
Ruby Braff
, jazz trumpeter (d. 2003)
March 18
-
John Kander
, composer of musicals
March 20
-
John Joubert (composer)
, composer
March 27
-
Mstislav Rostropovich
, cellist (d. 2007)
April 6
-
Gerry Mulligan
, jazz saxophonist (d. 1996)
April 22
-
Laurel Aitken
, ska singer (d. 2005)
April 30
-
Johnny Horton
, country singer (d. 1960)
May 1
-
Gary Bertini
, conductor (d. 2005)
June 3
-
Boots Randolph
, session musician (d. 2007)
June 23
-
Bob Fosse
, choreographer (d. 1987)
July 3
-
Ken Russell
, controversial director of composer biopics
July 4
-
Wilfred Josephs
, composer (d. 1997)
July 7
:
Charlie Louvin
, country singer and songwriter
Doc Severinsen
, jazz trumpeter
July 16
-
Mindy Carson
, singer
August 1
-
Raymond Leppard
, conductor
September 11
-
Vernon Corea
, radio DJ, "Golden Voice of Radio Ceylon" (d. 2002)
September 19
–
Peter Van Wood
, Dutch guitarist, singer, songwriter, actor and astrologer (d. 2010)
September 25
- Sir
Colin Davis
, conductor
September 27
-
Red Rodney
, jazz trumpeter (d. 1994)
October 7
-
Al Martino
, singer (d. 2009)
October 25
-
Barbara Cook
, singer and actress
October 27
-
Dominick Argento
, composer
October 28
-
Cleo Laine
, singer
November 8
-
Patti Page
, singer
November 11
-
Mose Allison
, jazz pianist
November 18
–
Hank Ballard
, R&B singer (died 2003)
November 21
-
Charlie Palmieri
, salsa musician (d. 1988)
November 22
-
Jimmy Knepper
, jazz trombonist (d. 2003)
December 25
-
Ram Narayan
, Indian sarangi player
December 26
-
Denis Quilley
, musical theatre actor (d. 2003)
Deaths
February 9
-
James Warren York
, businessman and musical instrument maker
February 19
-
Robert Fuchs
, composer and teacher (b.1847)
February 23
-
Sveinbjörn Sveinbjörnsson
, composer (b. 1847)
February 26
-
Isabel Jay
, singer and actress with the
d'Oyly Carte Opera Company
March 3
-
Alberto Zelman
, musician and conductor
March 17
-
James Scott Skinner
, violinist
April 16
-
Rosa Sucher
, opera singer
May 3
-
Ernest Ball
, singer and songwriter (b. 1878)
May 4
-
Jakob Aljaž
, priest and composer (b. 1845)
May 16
-
Sam Bernard
, star of vaudeville and comic opera (b. 1863)
May 29
-
Jesse Shepard
, composer and pianist
July 2
-
Frank Curzon
, theatre manager (b. 1869)
July 17
-
Luise Adolpha Le Beau
, composer (b. 1850)
August 13
Hermann Abert
, music historian (b. 1871)
Árpád Doppler
, composer (b. 1857)
August 20
-
Fannie Bloomfield Zeisler
, pianist (b. 1863)
September 4
-
Isadora Duncan
, dancer (b. 1877) (strangled in freak accident)
October 1
-
Wilhelm Harteveld
, composer
November 2
-
Fred Billington
, singer and actor with the d'Oyley Carte
November 3
-
George Dallas Sherman
, bandleader
November 9
-
Ole Olsen
, organist, composer and conductor (b. 1850)
November 18
-
Emma Carus
, contralto (b. 1879)
November 20
John Stillwell Stark
, music publisher (b. 1841)
Wilhelm Stenhammar
, composer, pianist and conductor (b. 1871)
December 21
-
Courtice Pounds
, singer and actor with the d'Oyly Carte (b. 1862)
date unknown
Bulbuljan
, Azerbaijani folk musician (b. 1841)
Haldane Burgess
, writer and musician (b. 1862)
Pierre-Émile Engel
, operatic tenor (b. 1847)
Edward Lloyd
, concert and oratorio tenor (b. 1845)
probable
-
Ragbaby Stevens
, jazz musician (b. 1887)