1907 in music
Overview of the events of 1907 in music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1907.
Specific locations
Events
January 27 – Executives of the Metropolitan Opera removes Richard Strauss 's Salome [ 1] February 3 – Josef Suk 's first performance of Symphony č.2 C moll (Asrael) in the National Theatre in Prague , Karel Kovarovic conducting.February 7 – Jules Massenet 's Therese [ 2] February 20 – The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh and the Maiden Fevroniya Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov premieres at the Mariinsky Theatre in Saint Petersburg.[ 2] February 21 – Frederick Delius ' opera Romeo and Julia auf dem Dorf has its premiere at the Komische Oper Berlin .[ 2] February 22 - Maurice Ravel 's Introduction and Allegro for harp, string quartet, flute and clarinet premieres at the Cercle Masical in Paris.[ 2] March 1 - Claude Debussy 's La Mer Karl Muck and the Boston Symphony Orchestra .[ 2] March 19 - Edward Elgar conducts a New York performance of his oratio The Apostles April 20 - Vincent d'Indy 's symphonic work dedicated to the memory of his wife, Souvenirs premieres in Paris.[ 2] April 23 - Excerpts from Arthur Nevin 's opera Poia are premiered at the White House. President Theodore Roosevelt listens as the composer performs at the piano in the absence of an orchestra.[ 2] April 27 - Igor Stravinski 's Symphony No.1 E-flat receives its first private performance in Saint Peterburg at a private concertMay 10 – Ariane et Barbe-Bleue Paul Dukas by the libretto based on the play by Maurice Maeterlinck , premiers at the Paris Opéra-Comique May 16 – The first of series of five concerts is presented by Serge Diaghilev in Paris, featuring Russian music, including works of Nikolai Rimski-Korsakov , Alexander Glazunov , Mikhail Glinka , Alexander Borodin , Modest Mussorgsky and others. Feodor Chaliapin sings operatic excerpts, creating a sensation.May 27 – Bach House (Eisenach) opens in what is at this time believed to be the birthplace of Johann Sebastian Bach , the first museum devoted to a single composer.June 12 – Cambridge University awards the honorary degree of Doctor of Music to Alexander Glazunov .[ 3] June 18 – Oxford University awards the honorary degree of Doctor of Music to Alexander Glazunov .June 26 – Cambridge University awards the honorary degree of Doctor of Music to Camille Saint-Saens .August 24 - Edward Elgar 's Pomp and Circumstance September 25 – Jean Sibelius conducts the world première of his Symphony No. 3 in C major Op.52 in Helsinki .[ 4] September 27 - Norfolk Rhapsody No.2 and Norfolk Rhapsody No.3 by Ralph Vaughan Williams , are premiered at the Cardiff Festival.[ 2] November 9 – Umberto Giordano 's Marcella La Scala in Milan. The opera, in three episodes, is about the love affair between an artist and his model.[ 2] Publication of Sketch of a New Aesthetic of Music by Ferruccio Busoni .
November 20 – Feodor Chaliapin makes his American debut at the Metropolitan Opera house in Mefistofele Cosima Wagner steps down from her position as head of the Bayreuth Festival . She is succeeded by her son Siegfried .
Published popular music
The cover of Herman Carle's "Down Home Shout"
Classical music
Opera
Dance
Births
January 4 – Thrasybulos Georgiades , Greek musicologist (died 1977)January 7 – Nicanor Zabaleta , Spanish harpist (died 1993)January 16 – Martin Scherber , composer and music teacher (died 1974)January 17 – Henk Badings , Dutch composer (died 1987)February 1 – Günter Eich , German lyricist (died 1972)February 1 – Sándor Veress , Swiss-Hungarian composer born in Indonesia (died 1992)February 12 – Ennio Gerelli , Italian composer and conductorFebruary 13 – Katy de la Cruz , Filipino singer (died 2004 )February 15 – Jean Langlais , French organist and composer (died 1991)[ 8] February 26 – Harry Gold , British dixieland jazz saxophonist and bandleader (died 2005)February 27 – Mildred Bailey , US singer (died 1951 )[ 9] March 3 – Joy Finzi , wife of Gerald Finzi and founder of the Finzi Trust (died 1991)March 11 – Jessie Matthews , British actress and singer (died 1981)March 14 – Tolibjon Sadikov , Uzbek composer (died 1957)March 15 – Zarah Leander , Swedish singer and actress (died 1981)March 19 – Elizabeth Maconchy , English composer (died 1994)April 2 – Alfredo Giovine , Italian music historian (died 1995)April 12 – Imogen Holst , British conductor and composer (died 1984)April 18 – Miklós Rózsa , Hungarian-American film composer (died 1995)April 21 – Beatrice Kay , US singer and actress (died 1986)April 29 – Tino Rossi , French singer and actor (died 1983)May 1 – Kate Smith , US singer (died 1986)May 5 – Yoritsune Matsudaira , Japanese composer (died 2001)May 10 – Harilaos Perpessas , Greek composer (d. 1995)May 14 – Edythe Wright , US singer (died 1965)May 18
June 14 – Sid Phillips , jazz clarinetist, bandleader, and arranger (died 1973)June 22 – Ernest "Doc" Paulin , American trumpeter (died 2007 )July 17 - Kathleen Riddick , British conductor (died 1973)July 19 – Günter Bialas , German composer (died 1995)July 26 – André Gertler , Hungarian violinist (died 1998)August 3 – Lawrence Brown , US jazz trombonist (died 1988)August 8 – Benny Carter , US jazz saxophonist, composer, arranger and bandleader (died 2003)August 15 – Bob Pearson , British pianist and singer, part of Bob and Alf Pearson double act (died 1985)August 20 – Anatole Fistoulari , Russian composer (died 1995)August 21 – Hy Zaret , songwriter (died 2007)[ 11] September 29 – Gene Autry , US singer and performer (died 1998)October 5 – Mrs. Miller , US singer (died 1997)October 12 – Wolfgang Fortner , composer (died 1987)October 19 – Roger Wolfe Kahn , US jazz and popular musician, composer, and bandleader (died 1962)October 27 – Helmut Walcha , organist (died 1991)November 17 – James Moody , composer for harmonica (died 1995)November 18 – Compay Segundo , Cuban singer and songwriter, inventor of the armónico (died 2003)November 30 – György Ránki , Hungarian composer (died 1992)December 7 – Wanda Toscanini , daughter of Arturo Toscanini and wife of Vladimir Horowitz (died 1998)December 25 – Cab Calloway , US jazz singer and band leader (died 1994)[ 12] December 27 – Willem van Otterloo , Dutch composer and conductor (died 1978)date unknown
Seán Reid , Irish Uilleann piper (died 1978)N. Senada , German composer and music theorist (died 1993)
Deaths
January 19 – Beniamino Cesi , pianist, 62February 5 – Ludwig Thuille , composer, 45February 28 – Rosina Brandram , D'Oyly Carte singer and actress, 61March 1 – August Manns , conductor, 81March 17 – Ernesto Köhler , flautist and composer, 57April 3 – Désirée Artôt , operatic soprano, 71April 4 – Lucile Grahn , ballerina, 86June 1 – Richard Mühlfeld , clarinettist, 51June 2 – Anastazy Wilhelm Dreszer , pianist and composer, 62June 4 – Agathe Backer-Grøndahl , Norwegian pianist and composer, 59July 15 – Gustav Schirmer , American founder of the Boston Music Company, 43July 23 – William Shakespeare Hays , songwriter, 70August 15 – Joseph Joachim , violinist, composer, and conductor, 76September 4 – Edvard Grieg , Norwegian composer, 64September 5 – Adolf Østbye , first Norwegian recording artist, 39September 17 – Ignaz Brüll , Austrian pianist and composer, 60October 4 – Alfredo Keil , composer and painter, 57October 9 – Romualdo Marenco , composer, 66October 10 – Charles Dancla , violinist and composer, 89November 6 – Sophie Cruvelli , operatic soprano, 81November 8 – Marie Sasse , operatic soprano, 73November 21 – Gaetano Braga , cellist and composer, 78November 24 – Theodor Bertram , German opera singer, 38 (suicide)December 18 – Luscombe Searelle , composer and impresario, 54 (cancer)
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