1921 in music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1921.
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Events
- January – Amelita Galli-Curci marries her accompanist, Homer Samuels, who had been named in her divorce from the Marchese Luigi Curci.
- June–July – The Harvard Glee Club takes its first trip to Europe, garnering international press attention.[1]
- November – A month before his death, Camille Saint-Saëns, 86, gives a final recital.[2] (subscription required)
- Clarence Williams makes his first recordings
- Mary Stafford becomes the first black woman to record for Columbia Records
- The 17-string koto, or "Jūshichi-gen", is invented by Michio Miyagi.
- Cyril Rootham dedicates his "Suite in Three Movements" for flute and piano to French flautist Louis Fleury.
Published popular music
- "Ain't We Got Fun?" w.m. Richard A. Whiting, Raymond Egan & Gus Kahn
- "All by Myself" w.m. Irving Berlin
- "And Her Mother Came Too" w. Dion Titheradge m. Ivor Novello
- "Any Time" w.m. Herbert Happy Lawson
- "April Showers" w. B. G. De Sylva m. Louis Silvers
- "Baltimore Buzz" w.m. Noble Sissle & Eubie Blake
- "Bandana Days" w.m. Noble Sissle & Eubie Blake
- "Bimini Bay" w. Gus Kahn & Raymond Egan m. Richard Whiting
- "Boy Wanted" w. Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin
- "Dancing Time" w.(Eng) George Grossmith, Jr. (US) Howard Dietz m. Jerome Kern US words written 1924.
- "Dapper Dan" w. Lew Brown m. Albert Von Tilzer
- "Dear Old Southland" w. Henry Creamer m. Turner Layton
- "Down South" w. B. G. DeSylva m. Walter Donaldson. Introduced by Al Jolson in the musical Bombo
- "Down Yonder" w.m. L. Wolfe Gilbert
- "Everybody Step" w.m. Irving Berlin
- "Hawaiian Chimes" w. Irving Bibo m. Eva Applefield
- "I Ain't Nobody's Darling" w. Elmer Hughes m. Robert A. King
- "I Found A Rose In The Devil's Garden" w.m. Fred Fisher & Willie Raskin
- "I Wonder If You Still Care For Me" w.m. Harry B. Smith & Francis Wheeler
- "I'll Forget You" w. Annelu Burns m. Ernest R. Ball
- "I'm Just Wild About Harry" w.m. Noble Sissle & Eubie Blake
- "I'm Missin' Mammy's Kissin'" w. Sidney Clare m. Lew Pollack
- "I'm Nobody's Baby" w.m. Benny Davis, Milton Ager & Lester Santly
- "Jazz Me Blues" m. Tom Delaney
- "Keep Movin'" Helen Trix
- "Kitten On The Keys" m. Zez Confrey
- "Laughin' Rag" S. Moore, H. Skinner
- "Learn To Smile" w. Otto Harbach m. Louis A. Hirsch
- "Leave Me With A Smile" w.m. Charles Koehler & Earl Burtnett
- "Love Will Find A Way" w.m. Noble Sissle & Eubie Blake
- "Ma! He's Making Eyes at Me" w. Sidney Clare m. Con Conrad
- "Make Believe" w. Benny Davis m. Jack Shilkret
- "Mandy 'N' Me" w. Bert Kalmar m. Con Conrad
- "My Sunny Tennessee" w.m. Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby & Herman Ruby
- "Peggy O'Neill" w.m. Harry Pease, Ed G. Nelson & Gilbert Dodge
- "Sally" w. Clifford Grey m. Jerome Kern
- "Say It With Music" w.m. Irving Berlin
- "Second Hand Rose" w. Grant Clarke m. James F. Hanley
- "The Sheik of Araby" w. Harry B. Smith & Francis Wheeler m. Ted Snyder
- "She's Mine, All Mine" w.m. Bert Kalmar & Harry Ruby
- "Shuffle Along w.m. Noble Sissle & Eubie Blake
- "Shimmy With Me" w. P. G. Wodehouse m. Jerome Kern from the musical The Cabaret Girl
- "Song Of Love" w. Dorothy Donnelly m. Sigmund Romberg
- "Strut Miss Lizzie" w. Henry Creamer m. Turner Layton
- "Swanee River Moon" w.m. H. Pitman Clarke
- "Sweet Lady" w. Howard Johnson m. Frank Crumit & Dave Zoob
- "Ten Little Fingers And Ten Little Toes" w. Harry Pease & Johnny White m. Ira Schuster & Ed G. Nelson
- "There'll Be Some Changes Made" w. Billy Higgins m. Benton Overstreet
- "Tuck Me To Sleep In My Old 'Tucky Home" w. Sam H. Lewis & Joe Young m. George W. Meyer
- "Wabash Blues" w. Dave Ringle m. Fred Meinken
- "When Big Profundo Sang Low C" w. Marion T. Bohannon m. George Botsford
- "When Buddha Smiles" w. Arthur Freed m. Nacio Herb Brown
- "When Francis Dances With Me" w. Ben Ryan m. Sol Violinsky
- "When Shall We Meet Again" w. Raymond B. Egan m. Richard A. Whiting
- "Whip-poor-will" w. B. G. De Sylva m. Jerome Kern
- "Yoo-Hoo" w. B. G. De Sylva m. Al Jolson
Top hit recordings
- "Wang Wang Blues" by Paul Whiteman's Orchestra, featuring Gussie Mueller
- "Look for the Silver Lining" by Marion Harris
- "Margie" by Eddie Cantor
- "Margie, introducing Singing the Blues/Palesteena" by the Original Dixieland Jazz Band
- "The Wabash Blues" by Isham Jones & His Orchestra
- "Say It with Music" by Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra
- "All by Myself" by Ted Lewis & His Jazz Band
- "Everybody Step" by Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra
- "I'm A Jazz Vampire" by Marion Harris
Classical music
- Agustín Barrios – La Catedral
- George Enescu – Symphony No. 3 in C major, Op. 21 (revised version)
- Gabriel Fauré
- Cello Sonata No. 2
- Piano Quintet No. 2 in C minor, Op. 115
- John Foulds – World Requiem (1919–21; premiered 1923)
- Howard Hanson – Before the Night
- Albert Ketèlbey
- Rued Langgaard – Music of the Spheres
- Carl Nielsen – Moderen (stage music)
- Henrique Oswald – String Quartet No. 4 in C minor, Op. 46
- Willem Pijper
- Symphony No. 2
- Trio No. 2 for violin, violoncello & piano
- Sergei Prokofiev – Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Major
- Edgard Varèse
- Offrandes
- Amériques (1918–21)
- Ralph Vaughan Williams – A Pastoral Symphony
- Heitor Villa-Lobos – Fantasia de Movimentos Mistos, for violin & orchestra
- Arnold Schoenberg – Suite for Piano Op. 25
- John Ireland – Two Pieces for Piano
Opera
- Franco Alfano – La leggenda di Sakùntala
- Nicolae Bretan – Luceafarul
- Paul Hindemith – Mörder, Hoffnung der Frauen and Das Nusch-Nuschi (premiered together June 4 at Württembergisches Landestheater, Stuttgart)
- Leoš Janáček – Katya Kabanova
- Hans Jelmoli – Die Badener Fahrt
- Emmerich Kalman – Die Bajadere
- Pietro Mascagni – Il Piccolo Marat
Musical theater
- Bombo, Broadway production opened at Jolson's 59th Street Theatre on October 6 and ran for 213 performances
- The Broadway Whirl, Broadway revue opened at the Times Square Theatre on June 8 and ran for 85 performances
- The Golden Moth (Music: Ivor Novello) London production opened at the Adelphi Theatre on October 5. Starring Bobbie Comber and Thorpe Bates.
- Good Morning, Dearie, Broadway production opened at the Globe Theatre on November 1 and ran for 347 performances
- Pot Luck London production opened at the Vaudeville Theatre on December 24.
- The League of Notions London revue opened at the Oxford Theatre on January 17
- The Rebel Maid London production opened at the Empire Theatre on March 12 and ran for 114 performances.
- The Rose Girl (Music: Anselm Goetzl Book & Lyrics: William Carey Duncan) Broadway production opened at the Ambassador Theatre on February 11 and ran for 99 performances. Starring Mabel Withee, Charles Purcell and May Boley.
- Sally, London production opened at the Winter Garden Theatre on September 10 and ran for 387 performances
- Shuffle Along, Broadway production opened at the Daly's 63rd Street Theatre on May 23 and ran for 504 performances
- Sybil, London production opened at Daly's Theatre on February 19 and ran for 346 performances
Births
- January 10 – Helen Bonchek Schneyer, folk musician (d. 2005)
- January 17 – Lorna Cooke deVaron, choral conductor (d. 2018)
- January 22 – Arno Babajanian, composer (d. 1983)
- January 26 – Eddie Barclay, music producer (d. 2005)
- January 31
- Carol Channing, musical comedy star (d. 2019)
- Mario Lanza, operatic tenor and film star (d. 1959)
- February 5 – Sir John Pritchard, British conductor (d. 1989)
- February 16 – Vera-Ellen, dancer and actress (d. 1981)
- February 26 – Betty Hutton, actress and singer (d. 2007)
- March 2 – Robert Simpson, musicologist and composer (d. 1997)
- March 6 – Julius Rudel, conductor (d. 2014)
- March 8 – Cyd Charisse, dancer (d. 2008)
- March 11 – Ástor Piazzolla, tango composer (d. 1992)
- March 12 – Gordon MacRae, singer and actor (d. 1986)
- March 21
- Arthur Grumiaux, violinist (d. 1986)
- Antony Hopkins, composer and music writer (d. 2014)
- March 22 – Nino Manfredi, actor and film score composer (d. 2004)
- March 27 – Phil Chess, born Fiszel Czyż, record producer (d. 2016)
- April 1
- Douglas Allanbrook, composer (d. 2003)
- William Bergsma, composer (d. 1994)
- Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith, musician and composer (d. 2014)
- April 8
- Alfie Bass, actor (Tevye in West End production of Fiddler on the Roof) (d. 1987)
- Franco Corelli, operatic tenor (d. 2003)
- April 22 – Cándido Camero, percussionist
- April 26 – Jimmy Giuffre, jazz musician (d. 2008)
- May 17
- Dennis Brain, horn virtuoso (d. 1957)
- Bob Merrill, US songwriter (d. 1998)
- May 23 – Humphrey Lyttelton, English jazz musician (d. 2008)
- May 25 – Hal David – US lyricist (d. 2012)
- June 1 – Nelson Riddle, US conductor, composer and arranger (d. 1985)
- June 3 – Betty Freeman, patron of classical music (d. 2009)
- June 21 – Judy Holliday, US actress and singer (d. 1965)
- June 24 – Peggy DeCastro, US singer born in the Dominican Republic, eldest of the DeCastro Sisters (d. 2004)
- June 25 – Celia Franca, dancer and choreographer (d. 2007)
- July 12 – Hilary Corke, writer and composer (d. 2001)
- July 17
- George Barnes, jazz musician (d. 1977)
- Mary Osborne, American guitarist (d. 1992)
- July 20 – Carmen Carrozza, accordionist (d. 2013)
- July 24 – Giuseppe Di Stefano, opera singer (d. 2008)
- July 30 – Grant Johannesen, American pianist (d. 2005)[3]
- August 3 – Richard Adler, American composer and lyricist (d. 2012)
- August 4 – Herb Ellis, American guitarist (d. 2010)
- August 7
- Manitas de Plata, French Gitano flamenco guitarist (d. 2014)
- Karel Husa, Czech-born classical composer. (d. 2016)
- August 9 – Lola Bobesco, Belgian violinist (d. 2003)
- September 4 – Ariel Ramírez, Argentine composer (d. 2010)
- September 8 – Sir Harry Secombe, Welsh singer and comedian (d. 2001)
- September 19 – Billy Ward, R&B singer (The Dominoes) (d. 2002)
- September 21 – Chico Hamilton, jazz drummer (d. 2013)
- September 30 – Pedro Knight, Cuban musician, manager (d. 2007)
- October 1 – James Whitmore, actor in film musicals (d. 2009)
- October 21
- Sir Malcolm Arnold, composer (d. 2006)
- Jarmil Burghauser, conductor, composer and musicologist (d. 1997)
- October 23 – Denise Duval, soprano (d. 2016)
- October 25 – Little Hatch, blues musician (d. 2003)
- November 5 – Georges Cziffra, pianist (d. 1994)
- November 9 – Pierrette Alarie, soprano (d. 2011)
- November 21 – Vivian Blaine, actress and singer (d. 1995)
- November 23 – Fred Buscaglione, Italian singer, musician and songwriter (d. 1960)
- December 3 – Phyllis Curtin, soprano (d. 2016)
- December 4 – Deanna Durbin, singer and actress (d. 2013)
- December 8 – Johnny Otis, blues musician (d. 2012)
- December 15 – Alan Freed, disc jockey (d. 1965)
- December 26 – Steve Allen, musician and comedian (d. 2000)
Deaths
- January 23 – Władysław Żeleński, pianist, organist and composer (b. 1837)
- February 8
- George Formby Sr, singer (b. 1875)
- Francisco D'Andrade, opera singer (b. 1856)
- March 14 – Gustave Barnes, artist and musician (b. 1877)
- March 24 – Déodat de Séverac, composer (b. 1872)
- April 3 – Annie Louise Cary, operatic contralto (b. 1842)
- April 5 – Alphons Diepenbrock, composer and writer (b. 1862)
- April 7 – Víctor Mirecki Larramat, cellist (b. 1847)
- April 20 – Tony Jackson, pianist, singer and composer (b. 1876)
- May 4 – Max Kalbeck, music writer and critic (b. 1850)
- June 8 – Natalie Bauer-Lechner, viola player (b. 1858)
- July 9 – Marianne Brandt, operatic contralto (b. 1842)
- August 2 – Enrico Caruso, operatic tenor (b. 1873)
- August 8 – Arthur Pougin, music critic (b. 1834)
- September 27
- Engelbert Humperdinck, composer (b. 1854)
- Zdzisław Birnbaum, violinist and conductor (b. 1878)
- September 28 – Princess Pauline von Metternich, patron of composers including Wagner and Smetana (b. 1836)
- October 4 – Sophie Stehle, operatic soprano (b. 1838)
- November 20 – Christina Nilsson, operatic soprano (b. 1843)
- November 25 – Théodore Lack, pianist (b. 1846)
- November 29 – Ivan Caryll, composer of operettas (b. 1861)
- December 10 – Victor Jacobi, composer of operettas (b. 1883)
- December 16 – Camille Saint-Saëns, composer (b. 1835)
- December 25 – Hans Huber, composer (b. 1852)
References
- Harvard Glee Club: About Archived March 10, 2014, at the Wayback Machine. Accessed 10 March 2014
- Prod'homme, Jacques-Gabriel (October 1922). "Camille Saint-Saëns" (PDF). The Musical Quarterly. 8: 469–486. doi:10.1093/mq/viii.4.469. ISSN 0027-4631. JSTOR 737853.
- "Grant Johannesen – Obituaries – News". The Independent. April 30, 2005. Retrieved February 24, 2013.
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