1920, from day to day
1920. With other artists, Camille Saint-Saëns, Richard Strauss and Giacomo Puccini influenced their time (modern & contemporary era). That year would see the birth of future classical or lyrical artists, such as Amália Rodrigues, while others would disappear. That year, new works would be composed, published or performed for the first time in public, such as “Pulcinella” de Igor Stravinsky, for example. That year, halls or orchestras would be founded or ceased to operate.
All these moments, more or less notable, make the year 1920 a page in the history of classical and lyrical music to be discovered or rediscovered. soclassiq currently lists more than 350 of these moments for 1920.
The year 1920 in classical music and in lyrical art
January
01
Birth of Suzanne Juyol That year: 1920, Classical music, French opera singer (dead in 1994)
Birth of Nicola Filacuridi That year: 1920, Classical music, Italian opera singer (dead in 2009)
Publishing of Fantasy for piano and orchestra That year: 1920, Classical music (Work for orchestra with soloist), Claude Debussy
05
Birth of Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli That year: 1920, Classical music, Italian pianist (dead in 1995)
07
Death of Smith Newell Penfield That year: 1920, Classical music, American composer (born in 1837)
08
Birth of Abbey Simon That year: 1920, Classical music, American musician (dead in 2019)
10
Birth of Baygali Dosimzjanovitsj Dosimzjanov That year: 1920, Classical music, Soviet singer and opera singer (1920-1998) (dead in 1998)
12
Birth of Theodor Uppman That year: 1920, Classical music, American opera singer (1920-2005) (dead in 2005)
Death of Arshak Kostanyan That year: 1920, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1865)
16
Death of Reginald de De Koven That year: 1920, Classical music, American music critic and composer (born in 1859)
18
Death of Harold Josiah Crosby That year: 1920, Classical music, composer (born in 1886)
19
Birth of Luciano Chailly That year: 1920, Classical music, Italian composer (1920-2002) (dead in 2002)
Death of Felix Burns That year: 1920, Classical music, composer (born in 1864)
21
Death of John Henry Maunder That year: 1920, Classical music, British musician (1858-1920) (born in 1858)
22
Birth of William Warfield That year: 1920, Classical music, American concert bass-baritone singer and actor (1920-2002) (dead in 2002)
23
Birth of Nejiko Suwa That year: 1920, Classical music, Japanese classical violinist (1920–2012) (dead in 2012)
24
Death of Percy French That year: 1920, Classical music, Irish composer and artist (1854-1920) (born in 1854)
Birth of Shin'ichi Takata That year: 1920, Classical music, (1920-1960) Japanese composer and conductor (dead in 1960)
27
Birth of Helmut Zacharias That year: 1920, Classical music, German violinist (dead in 2002)
Birth of Vicente Bianchi Alarcón That year: 1920, Classical music, Chilean pianist, composer and chef (dead in 2018)
30
Birth of Pál Járdányi That year: 1920, Classical music, Hungarian composer (1920-1966) (dead in 1966)
Also in January
Death of Odoardo Barri That year: 1920, Classical music, Irish composer (born in 1844) .
February
02
Birth of Heikki Suolahti That year: 1920, Classical music, Finnish composer (dead in 1936)
Death of Theo Marzials That year: 1920, Classical music, Anglo-French poet and eccentric (1850-1920) (born in 1850)
05
Birth of France Langus That year: 1920, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1972)
06
Birth of Prudencija Navickaitė That year: 1920, Classical music, Lithuanian opera singer (dead in 1993)
08
Death of Georges Gillet That year: 1920, Classical music, French oboist and music educator (born in 1854)
09
Death of John Varley Roberts That year: 1920, Classical music, composer (born in 1841)
12
Death of Émile Sauret That year: 1920, Classical music, French violinist and composer (1852-1920) (born in 1852)
Birth of Charles Jauquier That year: 1920, Classical music, Swiss singer (1920-1998) (dead in 1998)
Death of Sigizmund Blumenfeld That year: 1920, Classical music, Ukrainian composer and pianist (1852-1920) (born in 1852)
13
Birth of Eileen Farrell That year: 1920, Classical music, American soprano (dead in 2002)
Death of Josef Karbulka That year: 1920, Classical music, composer (born in 1866)
14
Death of Sol Paul Levy That year: 1920, Classical music, composer (born in 1881)
15
Death of Eva Hortensia Synnerberg That year: 1920, Classical music, Finnish musician (born in 1856)
16
Birth of Karsten Andersen That year: 1920, Classical music, Norwegian music conductor (1920-1997) (dead in 1997)
18
Birth of Rolande Falcinelli That year: 1920, Classical music, French musician (dead in 2006)
19
Death of Georges Fragerolle That year: 1920, Classical music, French musician and composer (born in 1855)
20
Premiere of Fantasia Baetica That year: 1920, Classical music (Work for soloist), Manuel de Falla
Birth of Friederike Sailer That year: 1920, Classical music, German singer and opera singer (dead in 1994)
23
Death of Alexander Ilyinsky That year: 1920, Classical music, Russian composer and music teacher (born in 1859)
25
Death of Roman Nejedlý That year: 1920, Classical music, composer (born in 1844)
26
Birth of Mikhail Meerovich That year: 1920, Classical music, Soviet composer, musician, music teacher (1920-1993) (dead in 1993)
27
Birth of Vilma Bukovec That year: 1920, Classical music, Slovenian opera singer (dead in 2016)
29
Birth of Ivan Petrov That year: 1920, Classical music, Russian singer (1920-2003) (dead in 2003)
Birth of David Lloyd That year: 1920, Classical music, American operatic tenor (dead in 2013)
March
01
Death of Louis Baron That year: 1920, Classical music, French opera singer (born in 1837)
05
Birth of Salomėja Nasvytytė-Valiukienė That year: 1920, Classical music, Lithuanian opera singer (dead in 2017)
10
Death of Otto Neitzel That year: 1920, Classical music, German composer (born in 1852)
11
Birth of Marcel Cordes That year: 1920, Classical music, German operatic baritone (dead in 1992)
12
Death of Julius Buths That year: 1920, Classical music, German musician (born in 1851)
Birth of Janina Garścia That year: 1920, Classical music, Polish composer (1920-2004) (dead in 2004)
14
Birth of Yara Bernette That year: 1920, Classical music, Brazilian pianist and music teacher of American origin (dead in 2002)
Birth of Zhou Baokui That year: 1920, Classical music, Yue opera actress (1920-2016) (dead in 2016)
16
Birth of John Addison That year: 1920, Classical music, British composer (1920–1998) (dead in 1998)
Death of Arthur Claassen That year: 1920, Classical music, German-born orchestral conductor (1859–1920) (born in 1859)
17
Birth of John La Montaine That year: 1920, Classical music, American musician (dead in 2013)
18
Birth of Michelangelo Verso That year: 1920, Classical music, Italian opera singer (dead in 2006)
19
Death of Alexandre Bernn That year: 1920, Classical music, composer (born in 1838)
20
Death of Henri Gobbi That year: 1920, Classical music, composer (born in 1841)
Death of Eva Mylott That year: 1920, Classical music, Opera singer (born in 1875)
Birth of Jolán Páka That year: 1920, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 2005)
21
Birth of Georg Ots That year: 1920, Classical music, Estonian singer and actor (1920-1975) (dead in 1975)
22
Birth of Werner Klemperer That year: 1920, Classical music, German-American actor and musician (dead in 2000)
Birth of Helmut Winschermann That year: 1920, Classical music, German conductor and oboist (1920-2021) (dead in 2021)
23
Birth of Roza Tamarkina That year: 1920, Classical music, Soviet pianist (1920-1950) (dead in 1950)
Birth of Geoffrey Bush That year: 1920, Classical music, British composer, organist and scholar (dead in 1998)
Birth of Pierre Mollet That year: 1920, Classical music, Canadian opera singer (dead in 2007)
Birth of Nybia Mariño That year: 1920, Classical music, Uruguayan pianist (dead in 2014)
25
Birth of Jean-Joël Barbier That year: 1920, Classical music, French writer and pianist (dead in 1994)
27
Birth of Angelo Lo Forese That year: 1920, Classical music, Italian opera singer (dead in 2020)
30
Death of Raymond Rôze That year: 1920, Classical music, English conductor and composer (1875-1920) (born in 1875)
April
03
Birth of Gisela Schmidting That year: 1920, Classical music, German actress and opera singer (dead in 2005)
Death of Homer Newton Bartelett That year: 1920, Classical music, organist, composer (born in 1845)
04
Death of Carl Bohm That year: 1920, Classical music, German composer (born in 1844)
05
Death of Edgardo Del Valle de Paz That year: 1920, Classical music, Italian pianist and composer (born in 1861)
06
Birth of Erika Schubert That year: 1920, Classical music, Austrian singer died 2019 (dead in 2019)
08
Death of Charles Tomlinson Griffes That year: 1920, Classical music, American composer (1884-1920) (born in 1884)
Birth of Lee Eitzen That year: 1920, Classical music, composer (dead in 1981)
Death of Alois Francis Lejeal That year: 1920, Classical music, composer (born in 1840)
11
Death of Jozefa Ellinger That year: 1920, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1852)
12
Birth of Rudolf Francl That year: 1920, Classical music, Yugoslav opera singer (dead in 2009)
13
Birth of Oldřich Dědek That year: 1920, Classical music, opera singer, artist (dead in 1973)
15
Birth of Vít Chlup That year: 1920, Classical music, musicologist, conductor, pianist, trombonist (dead in 1995)
17
Birth of Ada Thuma That year: 1920, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1990)
19
Death of Mathilde Mallinger That year: 1920, Classical music, Austrian opera singer (born in 1847)
21
Birth of Bruno Maderna That year: 1920, Classical music, Italian conductor and composer (1920-1973) (dead in 1973)
23
25
Death of Alfred John Goodrich That year: 1920, Classical music, composer (born in 1847)
27
Birth of Guido Cantelli That year: 1920, Classical music, Italian conductor (dead in 1956)
Birth of Anton Eberst That year: 1920, Classical music, Clarinetist, professor, author (dead in 2005)
28
Birth of Nan Merriman That year: 1920, Classical music, American operatic mezzo-soprano singer (dead in 2012)
30
Death of Margrethe Lendrop That year: 1920, Classical music, Danish opera singer (born in 1873)
May
01
Birth of Maýa Gulyýewa That year: 1920, Classical music, Soviet and Turkmen opera singer and actress (1920–2018) (dead in 2018)
Birth of Aleksander Kovač That year: 1920, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 2008)
02
Birth of Jean-Marie Auberson That year: 1920, Classical music, Swiss musician (dead in 2004)
03
Birth of Anatoly Vedernikov That year: 1920, Classical music, Soviet Russian pianist (dead in 1993)
05
Birth of Mukasch Abdrajew That year: 1920, Classical music, Soviet composer and music educator (1920-1979) (dead in 1979)
06
Death of Hortense Schneider That year: 1920, Classical music, singer (born in 1833)
Birth of Fanka Ikonomova That year: 1920, Classical music, Macedonian opera singer (dead in 2015)
10
Birth of Guðmundur Jónsson That year: 1920, Classical music, Icelandic opera singer (dead in 2007)
12
Death of Carl Fredrik Lundqvist That year: 1920, Classical music, Swedish actor (1841-1920) (born in 1841)
13
Birth of Gareth Morris That year: 1920, Classical music, British musician (dead in 2007)
15
Premiere of Pulcinella That year: 1920, Classical music (Ballet), Igor Stravinsky
Premiere of Italian Suite for cello and piano from “Pulcinella” That year: 1920, Classical music (Work for chamber orchestra), Igor Stravinsky
Premiere of Italian Suite for violin and piano from “Pulcinella” That year: 1920, Classical music (Work for chamber orchestra), Igor Stravinsky
20
Birth of Hephzibah Menuhin That year: 1920, Classical music, American musician (dead in 1981)
Birth of Carmelo Mollica That year: 1920, Classical music, opera singer, actor (dead in 2005)
Death of Emil Ábrányi I That year: 1920, Classical music, composer (born in 1850)
23
Birth of Howard Mawson That year: 1920, Classical music, Canadian singer and opera singer (1920-2004) (dead in 2004)
24
Death of Gustav Lazarus That year: 1920, Classical music, composer, musicologist, pianist (born in 1861)
25
Death of Georg Jarno That year: 1920, Classical music, Hungarian composer (1868-1920) (born in 1868)
Death of Edwin F. Kendall That year: 1920, Classical music, composer (born in 1870)
26
Birth of Stasys Baranauskas-Baras That year: 1920, Classical music, Lithuanian singer (dead in 2006)
28
Premiere of Die blaue Mazur That year: 1920, Classical music (Opera), Franz Lehár
30
Birth of George London That year: 1920, Classical music, opera singer from Canada (1920-1985) (dead in 1985)
June
01
Birth of Mikhail Fichtenholz That year: 1920, Classical music, Soviet musician (dead in 1985)
04
Birth of Fedora Barbieri That year: 1920, Classical music, Italian mezzo-soprano singer (dead in 2003)
06
Birth of Jan Ladislav Rubes That year: 1920, Classical music, Czech opera singer and actor (dead in 2009)
Birth of Robert Turner That year: 1920, Classical music, composer (1920-2012) (dead in 2012)
Death of Theodor Habelmann That year: 1920, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1834)
08
Birth of Peter Roth-Ehrang That year: 1920, Classical music, German opera singer and actor (1920-1966) (dead in 1966)
10
Birth of Zbyněk Vostřák That year: 1920, Classical music, Czech conductor and composer (1920-1985) (dead in 1985)
Birth of Jack Harrold That year: 1920, Classical music, American opera singer (1920-1994) (dead in 1994)
15
Death of Gaston Carraud That year: 1920, Classical music, French composer (born in 1864)
18
Birth of Karel Risinger That year: 1920, Classical music, Czech composer and musicologist (dead in 2008)
20
Birth of Paul Makanowitzky That year: 1920, Classical music, American musician (dead in 1998)
Birth of Jiří Joran That year: 1920, Classical music, opera singer, songwriter (dead in 2011)
24
Birth of Bernhard Krol That year: 1920, Classical music, German composer and hornist (dead in 2013)
26
Birth of Ludwig Streicher That year: 1920, Classical music, Austrian musician (1920-2003) (dead in 2003)
29
Birth of Vladimir Filippov That year: 1920, Classical music, Soviet opera singer (1920-2004) (dead in 2004)
30
Birth of Zdeněk Duda That year: 1920, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1980)
July
01
Birth of Henri Legay That year: 1920, Classical music, French opera singer (dead in 1992)
04
Birth of Jemal Gokieli That year: 1920, Classical music, Georgian conductor (dead in 1991)
Birth of Herta Talmar That year: 1920, Classical music, Austrian singer and opera singer (1920-2010) (dead in 2010)
05
Birth of Karl-Friedrich Hölzke That year: 1920, Classical music, German singer and opera singer (dead in 2012)
07
Birth of Marcel Merkès That year: 1920, Classical music, Opera tenor (dead in 2007)
08
Birth of Harald Pröglhöf That year: 1920, Classical music, Austrian opera singer (1920-1988) (dead in 1988)
10
Birth of László Domahidy, Sr. That year: 1920, Classical music, (1920-1996) opera singer (dead in 1996)
12
Birth of Keith Andes That year: 1920, Classical music, actor (dead in 2005)
Premiere of Le Bœuf sur le toit, Op. 58 That year: 1920, Classical music (Ballet), Darius Milhaud
16
Birth of Ivo Jirásek That year: 1920, Classical music, Czech conductor, music educator and composer (1920-2004) (dead in 2004)
19
Birth of Aldo Protti That year: 1920, Classical music, Italian opera singer (1920-1995) (dead in 1995)
20
Birth of Alois Jeřábek That year: 1920, Classical music, opera singer
21
Birth of Isaac Stern That year: 1920, Classical music, American musician (dead in 2001)
Birth of Manuel Valls i Gorina That year: 1920, Classical music, Catalan composer and musicologist (dead in 1984)
23
Birth of Amália Rodrigues That year: 1920, Classical music, Portuguese recording artist, fado singer, actress (1920-1999) (dead in 1999)
26
Death of Carlos Troyer That year: 1920, Classical music, American composer (1837-1920) (born in 1837)
29
Birth of Herbert Kegel That year: 1920, Classical music, German conductor (dead in 1990)
30
Birth of Ljubo Kobal That year: 1920, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 2014)
August
03
Birth of Jonas Brunvoll, Jr. That year: 1920, Classical music, opera singer (1920-1982) (dead in 1982)
Birth of Ladko Korošec That year: 1920, Classical music, opera singer (1920-1995) (dead in 1995)
Birth of Mečislovas Kymantas That year: 1920, Classical music, Lithuanian opera singer (dead in 1998)
04
Death of Vladimir Rebikov That year: 1920, Classical music, Russian composer (born in 1866)
08
Death of Eduard Birnbaum That year: 1920, Classical music, musicologist (born in 1855)
13
Birth of Elizabeth Fretwell That year: 1920, Classical music, Australian singer and opera singer (dead in 2006)
17
Birth of Ilse Hübener That year: 1920, Classical music, German voice actor, singer and opera singer
20
Death of Etelka Gerster That year: 1920, Classical music, Hungarian soprano and voice teacher (born in 1855)
22
Birth of Raffaele Arié That year: 1920, Classical music, Bulgarian singer (dead in 1988)
25
Death of Adolf Robinson That year: 1920, Classical music, Austrian opera singer (born in 1838)
27
Birth of Aleksandr Ognivtsev That year: 1920, Classical music, Soviet singer and opera singer (1920-1981) (dead in 1981)
28
Birth of Rimas Geniušas That year: 1920, Classical music, conductor, pianist (dead in 2012)
Birth of Siu Yin Fei That year: 1920, Classical music, opera singer ( 2013)
29
Death of Gustav Jenner That year: 1920, Classical music, German composer, conductor and musical scholar (1865-1920) (born in 1865)
Birth of Norman Platt That year: 1920, Classical music, British conductor (1920-2004) (dead in 2004)
September
03
Birth of Paul Hamburger That year: 1920, Classical music, British musician (dead in 2004)
Death of Jean Joseph Schluty That year: 1920, Classical music, composer (born in 1829)
05
Birth of Peter Racine Fricker That year: 1920, Classical music, English composer (dead in 1990)
06
Birth of Anders Näslund That year: 1920, Classical music, Swedish baritone, actor (1920-1974) (dead in 1974)
07
Birth of Hans Leygraf That year: 1920, Classical music, Swedish composer, pianist and music educator (dead in 2011)
Birth of Kurt Leimer That year: 1920, Classical music, German composer (1920-1974) (dead in 1974)
10
Birth of Miroslav Brajnik That year: 1920, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 2006)
15
Death of Andrew Black That year: 1920, Classical music, Scottish baritone (1859–1920) (born in 1859)
18
Death of Luigi Torchi That year: 1920, Classical music, Italian musicologist (born in 1858)
19
Birth of Karen Khachaturian That year: 1920, Classical music, Russian composer (dead in 2011)
Birth of Aleksandr Lokshin That year: 1920, Classical music, Russian composer (dead in 1987)
20
Death of Adam Józef Karasiński That year: 1920, Classical music, conductor, violinist (born in 1868)
23
Birth of Alexander Arutiunian That year: 1920, Classical music, Armenian composer, pianist (dead in 2012)
Birth of Jiří Jaroch That year: 1920, Classical music, Czech composer and violist (dead in 1986)
Death of Louis De Bondt That year: 1920, Classical music, organist, music teacher (born in 1877)
25
Death of William F. Sudds That year: 1920, Classical music, composer (born in 1843)
29
Birth of Václav Neumann That year: 1920, Classical music, Czech conductor, violinist and viola player (1920-1995) (dead in 1995)
30
Birth of Ghazaros Saryan That year: 1920, Classical music, Soviet armenian composer (1920-1998) (dead in 1998)
Birth of Roger Albin That year: 1920, Classical music, French cellist and composer (dead in 2001)
October
02
Death of Max Bruch That year: 1920, Classical music, German romantic composer and conductor (1838-1920) (born in 1838)
04
Birth of Charles Burell That year: 1920, Classical music, African American musician
05
Birth of Vincent DeRosa That year: 1920, Classical music, American musician (dead in 2022)
08
Birth of Dorothy Dow That year: 1920, Classical music, American dramatic soprano singer (dead in 2005)
09
Death of Selma Kronold That year: 1920, Classical music, Polish soprano (born in 1861)
12
Birth of Eric Shilling That year: 1920, Classical music, British opera singer (dead in 2006)
13
Death of Charles McCallon Alexander That year: 1920, Classical music, American gospel singer (born in 1867)
15
Birth of Claude Monteux That year: 1920, Classical music, American flutist and conductor (1920-2013) (dead in 2013)
16
Death of Alberto Nepomuceno That year: 1920, Classical music, Brazilian composer and conductor (1864-1920) (born in 1864)
17
Birth of Jan Broeckx That year: 1920, Classical music, Belgian musicologist, longtime director of IPEM (dead in 2006)
18
Birth of Alexander Young That year: 1920, Classical music, English tenor (1920-2000) (dead in 2000)
22
Death of Eugène Gazier That year: 1920, Classical music, composer (born in 1854)
25
Birth of Edmund Kossowski That year: 1920, Classical music, Polish singer (1920-2002) (dead in 2002)
26
Birth of Aarno Walli That year: 1920, Classical music, Finnish pianist and conductor (dead in 2007)
28
Birth of Claramae Turner That year: 1920, Classical music, American opera singer (dead in 2013)
29
Death of Ernst Perabo That year: 1920, Classical music, American musician (born in 1845)
30
Birth of Craig Timberlake That year: 1920, Classical music, American opera singer (dead in 2006)
31
Death of Joachim Bruun de Neergaard That year: 1920, Classical music, Danish composer (born in 1877)
November
02
Birth of Vieri Tosatti That year: 1920, Classical music, Italian composer (dead in 1999)
04
Death of Paul Knüpfer That year: 1920, Classical music, German opera singer (born in 1865)
Death of Paul Lebrun That year: 1920, Classical music, Belgian composer (born in 1863)
06
Birth of Nicola Rossi-Lemeni That year: 1920, Classical music, Italian opera singer (1920-1991) (dead in 1991)
Death of Maria Waldmann That year: 1920, Classical music, singer (born in 1844)
08
Death of Otto Hess That year: 1920, Classical music, composer (born in 1871)
11
Death of Fabian Rehfeld That year: 1920, Classical music, composer (born in 1842)
12
Birth of Michael Langdon That year: 1920, Classical music, British bass opera singer (dead in 1991)
20
Birth of Armin Schibler That year: 1920, Classical music, Swiss composer (1920-1986) (dead in 1986)
Death of Edward de Jong That year: 1920, Classical music, composer (born in 1837)
21
Birth of Yan Frenkel That year: 1920, Classical music, Ukrainian composer (1920-1989) (dead in 1989)
Birth of Nicola Monti That year: 1920, Classical music, Italian opera singer (dead in 1993)
Birth of Hŭi-ho Kim That year: 1920, Classical music, Korean composer (dead in 2001)
22
Death of Arthur A. Clappé That year: 1920, Classical music, composer (born in 1850)
23
Birth of Robert Alexander That year: 1920, Classical music, trombone
29
Birth of Vittoria Calma That year: 1920, Classical music, Polish singer (1920-2007) (dead in 2007)
December
04
Premiere of Die tote Stadt, Op. 12 That year: 1920, Classical music (Opera), Erich Wolfgang Korngold
06
Death of Karel Kovařovic That year: 1920, Classical music, Czech conductor and composer (born in 1862)
10
Birth of Aldona Žilinskaitė-Anderson That year: 1920, Classical music, Lithuanian opera singer
12
Premiere of La valse, Op. 72 That year: 1920, Classical music (Work for orchestra), Maurice Ravel
Death of Paul d'Lacôme That year: 1920, Classical music, French composer (born in 1838)
18
Birth of Rita Streich That year: 1920, Classical music, Russian-German soprano and opera singer (1920-1987) (dead in 1987)
23
Death of Adam Andrzejowski That year: 1920, Classical music, composer (born in 1880)
26
Birth of Maurice Gendron That year: 1920, Classical music, French musician (dead in 1990)
Death of Jakob Virgilius Holfeld That year: 1920, Classical music, Czech music educator, composer and pianist (1835-1920) (born in 1835)
This was also in 1920
Death of E. C. Essex That year: 1920, Classical music, composer (born in 1893) . Inauguration: Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre That year: 1920, Classical music (Vilnius, Lithuania). Death of Edgar P. Chipman That year: 1920, Classical music, composer (born in 1862) . Death of Paola Marié de l'Isle That year: 1920, Classical music, French opera singer (born in 1851) . Death of Alessandro Polonini That year: 1920, Classical music, Italian basso-baritono (1844-1920) (born in 1844) . Death of Hryhory Alchevsky That year: 1920, Classical music, Ukrainian musician (born in 1866) . Death of G. Labalestrier That year: 1920, Classical music, composer (born in 1850) . Death of Rolf Rueff That year: 1920, Classical music, composer (born in 1870) . Inception: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra That year: 1920, Classical music (United Kingdom). Death of François Borne That year: 1920, Classical music, French musician (born in 1840) . Inception: Virginia Symphony Orchestra That year: 1920, Classical music (United States of America). Inception: Edmonton Symphony Orchestra That year: 1920, Classical music (Canada). Death of Joan Elias i Llobet That year: 1920, Classical music, Spanish singer (born in 1882) . Inception: Uppsala Domkyrkas Gosskör That year: 1920, Classical music (Sweden). Death of Giovanni Paroli That year: 1920, Classical music, Italian singer (born in 1856) . Birth of Hella Ruttkowski That year: 1920, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 2008) . Inception: Southern Miss Symphony Orchestra That year: 1920, Classical music (United States of America). Inception: Azerbaijan State Symphony Orchestra That year: 1920, Classical music (Azerbaijan). Birth of Kyoko Suzuki That year: 1920, Classical music, Japanese violinist (1920-2002) (dead in 2002) . Birth of Dan'gui Xiao That year: 1920, Classical music, stage actor (dead in 1947) . Inception: Sydney Philharmonia Choirs That year: 1920, Classical music. Death of Léon Karren That year: 1920, Classical music, composer (born in 1854) . Death of Charles Lewis Hutchins That year: 1920, Classical music, composer (born in 1838) . Death of Emil Borgmann That year: 1920, Classical music, German stage actor and opera singer (born in 1874) . Birth of Egnar Holmström That year: 1920, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1986) . Inauguration: São João National Theatre That year: 1920, Classical music (Cedofeita, Santo Ildefonso, Sé, Miragaia, São Nicolau e Vitória, Portugal). Inception: Cincinnati Opera That year: 1920, Classical music (United States of America). Death of Amy Elsie Horrocks That year: 1920, Classical music, English pianist and composer (born in 1867) . Death of Franciszek Cieslewski That year: 1920, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1841) . Death of Paula Szalit That year: 1920, Classical music, pianist (born in 1887) . Birth of Edouard Bartlett That year: 1920, Classical music (dead in 2012) . Inception: The Concordia Choir That year: 1920, Classical music (United States of America). Death of Rudolf Jaengerich That year: 1920, Classical music, composer (born in 1864) . Inception: Orquestra Pau Casals That year: 1920, Classical music (Spain). Death of Rudolf Winkler That year: 1920, Classical music, composer (born in 1855) . Inception: English Singers That year: 1920, Classical music (United Kingdom). Closing: Carrera Theater That year: 1920, Classical music (Guatemala City, Guatemala). Death of Philippe Courras That year: 1920, Classical music, composer (born in 1863) . Death of Ricardo Mähllig That year: 1920, Classical music, composer (born in 1850) . Death of Paul Schierhorn That year: 1920, Classical music, composer (born in 1887) . Death of Félix Desgranges That year: 1920, Classical music, composer (born in 1858) . Birth of Nadezhda Silvestrova That year: 1920, Classical music, Soviet opera singer (dead in 1971) . Death of Bernhard Eduard Müller That year: 1920, Classical music, composer (born in 1842) . Death of Oskar Zapff That year: 1920, Classical music, composer (born in 1862) . Death of Carl Gleitz That year: 1920, Classical music, composer (born in 1862) . Birth of Olivia Bonelli That year: 1920, Classical music, singer (dead in 1990) . Inception: Felling Male Voice Choir That year: 1920, Classical music (United Kingdom). Birth of Käthe Maas That year: 1920, Classical music, opera singer (1920-2002) (dead in 2002) . Death of Volodymyr Yizhak That year: 1920, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1857) . Death of Attila Horváth That year: 1920, Classical music, composer (born in 1862) . Inauguration: Cincinnati Opera That year: 1920, Classical music (Cincinnati, United States of America). Inception: Orléans symphonic Orchestra That year: 1920, Classical music. Death of Bogomir Korsov That year: 1920, Classical music, Russian singer (born in 1845) . Inauguration: Göttingen International Handel Festival That year: 1920, Classical music (Göttingen, Germany). Birth of Gino Penno That year: 1920, Classical music, Italian opera singer (dead in 1998) . Inception: Chorale Elisabeth Brasseur That year: 1920, Classical music (France). Death of Léo Léonbro That year: 1920, Classical music, composer . Inception: Cornell University Chorus That year: 1920, Classical music (United States of America). Birth of Cesare Celani That year: 1920, Classical music, composer (dead in 1933) . Birth of Fakhereh Saba That year: 1920, Classical music, Iranian opera singer (dead in 2007) . Inauguration: Salzburg Festival That year: 1920, Classical music (Salzburg, Austria). Death of Georg Carl Bohlmann That year: 1920, Classical music, Danish musician (born in 1838) .
Works (composition or publishing)
- Camille Saint-Saëns (age 85)
- 6 Fugues, Opp. 161 (Work for soloist)
- Leoš Janáček (age 66)
- Ballade of Blaník (Work for orchestra)
- Lullaby (Song, lied)
- Edward Elgar (age 63)
- Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85 That year: 1920, Classical music (Work for orchestra with soloist), composed in 1918
- Jean Sibelius (age 55)
- 6 Bagatelles, Opp. 97 (Work for soloist)
- Alexander Glazunov (age 55)
- Fantasy in F minor, Op. 104 (Work for chamber orchestra)
- Erik Satie (age 54)
- La belle excentrique "fantaisie sérieuse" That year: 1920, Classical music (Ballet), published in 1921
- Premier menuet (Work for soloist)
- Marche de Cocagne (Work for chamber orchestra), composed in 1919
- Trois petites pièces montées (Work for soloist)
- 4 Short Melodies (Song, lied)
- Arnold Schoenberg (age 46)
- Slowly (Work for soloist)
- Piece (Work for soloist)
- Gustav Holst (age 46)
- The Sneezing Charm (Incidental music)
- 7 Choruses from the Alcestis of Euripides (Incidental music)
- Manuel de Falla (age 44)
- Homenaje. Pour "le tombeau de claude debussy" (Work for soloist)
- Béla Bartók (age 39)
- 15 Hungarian Peasant Songs (Work for soloist), composed in 1918
- 8 Improvisations on Hung. Peasant Songs, Opp. 20 list 3 (Work for soloist)
- Igor Stravinsky (age 38)
- Symphony for winds That year: 1920, Classical music (Work for orchestra)
- Piano-Rag-Music (Work for soloist), composed in 1919
- Concertino for string quartet (Work for chamber orchestra)
- Zoltán Kodály (age 38)
- Serenade for 2 violins and viola, Op. 12 (Work for chamber orchestra)
- Sergei Prokofiev (age 29)
- Chout: The Tale of the Buffoon, Op. 21 That year: 1920, Classical music (Ballet)
- Symphonic Suite from “Chout”, Op. 21bis (Work for orchestra)
- 5 Songs without words, Opp. 35 (Song, lied)
- Arthur Honegger (age 28)
- Pastorale d'été (Work for orchestra)
- Sonata for cello and piano in D minor (Work for chamber orchestra)
- Hymn for 10 string instruments in B minor (Work for chamber orchestra)
- Sonatina for 2 violins in G major (Work for chamber orchestra)
- Sonata for viola and piano (Work for chamber orchestra)
- 7 Short Pieces (Work for soloist)
- Sarabande (Work for soloist)
- Truth? Lies? (Ballet)
- Easter in New York (Song, lied)
- Darius Milhaud (age 28)
- Enfantines, Op. 59a (Work for chamber orchestra)
- Ballade, Op. 61 (Work for orchestra with soloist)
- 5 Studies, Opp. 63 (Work for orchestra with soloist)
- String Quartet No. 5, Op. 64 (Work for chamber orchestra)
- Printemps II, Op. 66 (Work for soloist)
- Caramel Mou, Op. 68 (Work for soloist)
- 3 Poems, Opp. 59 (Song, lied)
- Catalogue de fleurs, Op. 60 (Song, lied)
- Feuilles de température, Op. 65 (Song, lied)
- Catalogue de fleurs, Op. 60 (Song, lied)
- Cocktail, Op. 69 (Song, lied)
- Carl Orff (age 25)
- Als mich dein Wandeln an den Tod verzückte (Song, lied)
- Der gute Mensch (Song, lied)
- Ein Liebeslied (Song, lied)
- Mondlied eines Mädchens (Song, lied)
- Nacht (Song, lied)
- Rache (Song, lied)
- Erich Wolfgang Korngold (age 23)
- Songs of Farewell, Opp. 14 (Song, lied)
- Francis Poulenc (age 21)
- Suite in C, Op. 19 (Work for soloist)
- Aaron Copland (age 20)
- The Cat and the Mouse (Work for soloist), published in 1921
- Old Poem (Song, lied)
- Dmitri Shostakovich (age 14)
- 8 Preludes for piano, Opp. 2 (Work for soloist)
- Minuet, Prelude and Intermezzo for piano (Work for soloist)
- Murzilka (Work for soloist)