1949, from day to day
1949. With other artists, Richard Strauss, Jean Sibelius and Pau Casals influenced their time (modern & contemporary era). That year would see the birth of future classical or lyrical artists, while others would disappear such as Richard Strauss. That year, new works would be composed, published or performed for the first time in public, such as “Turangalîla-Symphonie” de Olivier Messiaen, for example. That year, halls or orchestras would be founded or ceased to operate.
All these moments, more or less notable, make the year 1949 a page in the history of classical and lyrical music to be discovered or rediscovered. soclassiq currently lists more than 360 of these moments for 1949.
The year 1949 in classical music and in lyrical art
January
01
Birth of Igor Kuschpler That year: 1949, Classical music, opera singer, singer (dead in 2012)
Death of Donald Heins That year: 1949, Classical music, Canadian musician (born in 1878)
02
Birth of Philippe Lefebvre That year: 1949, Classical music, French organist
Death of Dynam-Victor Fumet That year: 1949, Classical music, French musician (born in 1867)
03
Birth of Jeffrey Solow That year: 1949, Classical music, American musician
Death of Georg Rathgeber That year: 1949, Classical music, composer (born in 1869)
04
Birth of Margaret Marshall That year: 1949, Classical music, singer
06
Birth of Stefan Soltesz That year: 1949, Classical music, Hungarian conductor (dead in 2022)
Death of Robert O'Dwyer That year: 1949, Classical music, Irish composer (born in 1862)
08
Birth of Bogdan Dowlasz That year: 1949, Classical music, music teacher, composer
09
Death of Amilcare Zanella That year: 1949, Classical music, Italian composer, pianist and conductor (born in 1873)
Death of Armida Parsi-Pettinella That year: 1949, Classical music, Italian mezzo-soprano died 1949 (born in 1868)
Death of Vernon Spencer That year: 1949, Classical music, composer (born in 1875)
13
Birth of Gülzhämīlya Qadyrbekova That year: 1949, Classical music, Kazakh classical pianist
14
Death of Joaquín Turina That year: 1949, Classical music, Spanish composer (born in 1882)
15
Death of Amedeo Bassi That year: 1949, Classical music, Italian opera singer (born in 1872)
Death of Robert Evett That year: 1949, Classical music, British opera singer, actor and theatre manager (1874–1949) (born in 1874)
16
Birth of Anne Øland That year: 1949, Classical music, Danish musician (dead in 2015)
17
Birth of Augustin Dumay That year: 1949, Classical music, French violinist and conductor
18
Birth of Christian Blackshaw That year: 1949, Classical music, British pianist
19
Birth of Vincenzo Manno That year: 1949, Classical music, American tenor (1949-2018) (dead in 2018)
Birth of Zbigniew Bagiński That year: 1949, Classical music, Polish composer
20
Birth of Leen Tuk That year: 1949, Classical music, composer
23
Death of Lino Mattioli That year: 1949, Classical music, composer (born in 1853)
25
Death of Emil Axman That year: 1949, Classical music, Czech composer, publicist and collector of regional songs (1887-1949) (born in 1887)
Birth of James O'Neal That year: 1949, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1998)
26
Birth of Jorge Cardoso That year: 1949, Classical music, Argentine musician
27
Death of Boris Asafyev That year: 1949, Classical music, Russian composer (1884-1949) (born in 1884)
30
Death of Enrico Cannio That year: 1949, Classical music, Italian composer (born in 1874)
February
04
Birth of Ludger Rémy That year: 1949, Classical music, German conductor and musicologist (1949-2017) (dead in 2017)
Death of Viktorija Dolenc Gollmayer That year: 1949, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1876)
05
Death of Juozas Tallat-Kelpša That year: 1949, Classical music, Lithuanian conductor and composer (born in 1889)
06
Birth of Sirje Puura That year: 1949, Classical music, Estonian opera singer
08
Death of Franco Leoni That year: 1949, Classical music, Italian composer and conductor (born in 1864)
Death of Leonid Polovinkin That year: 1949, Classical music, Russian conductor and composer (1894-1949) (born in 1894)
Birth of Stephen Roberts That year: 1949, Classical music, lyrical singer
09
Birth of Paul Hillier That year: 1949, Classical music, British singer and director
Death of Poul Schierbeck That year: 1949, Classical music, Danish composer and organist (born in 1888)
10
Birth of Carola Nossek That year: 1949, Classical music, German singer, opera singer and music educator
Birth of Anita Garanča That year: 1949, Classical music, Latvian singer and educationist (1949-2015) (dead in 2015)
11
Death of George Botsford That year: 1949, Classical music, American composer (born in 1874)
Death of Giovanni Zenatello That year: 1949, Classical music, Italian tenor (born in 1876)
15
Birth of Christopher Rouse That year: 1949, Classical music, American composer (dead in 2019)
Birth of Hans Graf That year: 1949, Classical music, Austrian conductor
Death of Egor Egorovich Egorov That year: 1949, Classical music, Russian Soviet opera singer and professor (born in 1877)
16
Birth of Nikolay Glazkov That year: 1949, Classical music, Russian opera singer
18
Death of Spéranza Calo-Séailles That year: 1949, Classical music, Greek painter, singer, inventor and opera singer (1885-1949) (born in 1885)
19
Birth of Fabio Vacchi That year: 1949, Classical music, Italian composer
Death of Auguste Sérieyx That year: 1949, Classical music, French composer (1865-1949) (born in 1865)
21
Death of Ernest Walker That year: 1949, Classical music, English composer (1870–1949) (born in 1870)
26
Birth of Emma Kirkby That year: 1949, Classical music, English soprano
Death of Juan Tellería That year: 1949, Classical music, Spanish composer and pianist (1895-1949) (born in 1895)
March
03
Birth of Roberta Alexander That year: 1949, Classical music, American operatic soprano
04
Birth of Volodymyr Ivasyuk That year: 1949, Classical music, Ukrainian composer and poet (1949-1979) (dead in 1979)
06
Death of Paul Dupin That year: 1949, Classical music, French composer (1865-1949) (born in 1865)
08
Birth of Barthold Kuijken That year: 1949, Classical music, Belgian musician
09
Birth of Kalevi Aho That year: 1949, Classical music, Finnish composer
Death of Manuel Quislant Botella That year: 1949, Classical music, Spanish composer (1871-1949) (born in 1871)
11
Death of Joan Lamote de Grignon That year: 1949, Classical music, Catalan pianist, conductor and composer (1872-1949) (born in 1872)
13
Birth of Julia Migenes That year: 1949, Classical music, American soprano
Birth of Emmy Verhey That year: 1949, Classical music, Dutch violinist
16
Birth of Jean Louis Steuerman That year: 1949, Classical music, Brazilian pianist
19
Birth of Carolyn Watkinson That year: 1949, Classical music, British mezzo-soprano singer (1949-)
21
Death of Erwin Lendvai That year: 1949, Classical music, Hungarian composer and conductor (born in 1882)
23
Birth of David Parry That year: 1949, Classical music, English conductor
Birth of Mikulas Dobos That year: 1949, Classical music, opera singer
24
Death of Alfred Dubois That year: 1949, Classical music, Belgian music educator (born in 1898)
25
Birth of Kaja Danczowska That year: 1949, Classical music, Polish violinist and teacher
Birth of Klaus Mertens That year: 1949, Classical music, German singer (dead in 2003)
26
Death of Szeréna Sziklai That year: 1949, Classical music, Hungarian singer (1879-1949) (born in 1879)
27
Birth of Poul Ruders That year: 1949, Classical music, Danish composer
28
Death of Grigoraș Dinicu That year: 1949, Classical music, Romanian Roma composer and violinist (1889-1949) (born in 1889)
30
Birth of Krunoslav Cigoj That year: 1949, Classical music, opera singer (1949-2015) (dead in 2015)
Birth of Walter Fink That year: 1949, Classical music, Austrian singer and opera singer
Death of Hubert Sydney Brown That year: 1949, Classical music, composer (born in 1898)
April
01
Birth of Gerhard Paul That year: 1949, Classical music, Austrian actor and opera singer
02
Death of Fritz Müller-Rehrmann That year: 1949, Classical music, composer (born in 1889)
03
Birth of Daniel Catán That year: 1949, Classical music, Mexican composer and writer (1949–2011) (dead in 2011)
Death of Basil Harwood That year: 1949, Classical music, English organist and composer (born in 1859)
05
Birth of Dominique Rouits That year: 1949, Classical music, French conductor and music educator
07
Death of Ignatz Waghalter That year: 1949, Classical music, Polish-German composer and conductor (1881-1949) (born in 1881)
08
Birth of Sabine Hass That year: 1949, Classical music, German opera singer (dead in 1999)
Birth of Fanie de Jager That year: 1949, Classical music, South African operatic tenor and singer of light classical music.
10
Birth of Vladimiras Prudnikovas That year: 1949, Classical music, Lithuanian singer, opera singer, politician and musicologist
13
Birth of Guido Maria Ferilli That year: 1949, Classical music, Italian composer and singer
15
Birth of Marc Soustrot That year: 1949, Classical music, French conductor
16
Birth of Meir Minsky That year: 1949, Classical music, conductor
Death of Richard Czerwonky That year: 1949, Classical music, composer (born in 1886)
18
Birth of Michaël Levinas That year: 1949, Classical music, French composer
Birth of Karl-Friedrich Dürr That year: 1949, Classical music, German opera singer
19
Birth of Valery Polyansky That year: 1949, Classical music, Russian conductor
Death of Wolfgang von Schwind That year: 1949, Classical music, Austrian actor, singer and opera singer (born in 1879)
Death of Elin Fohström That year: 1949, Classical music, Finnish operatic soprano (1868-1949) (born in 1868)
22
Birth of Araqsya Davtyan That year: 1949, Classical music, Armenian opera singer (1949-2010) (dead in 2010)
24
Birth of Peter Dyson That year: 1949, Classical music, composer
25
Birth of Filiberto Ricciardi That year: 1949, Classical music, Italian opera singer
Birth of Cynthia Clarey That year: 1949, Classical music, American opera singer and educator
26
Death of Émile Férir That year: 1949, Classical music, violist, composer (born in 1873)
27
Birth of Yoshiko Arai That year: 1949, Classical music, Japanese violinist
28
Birth of Gennadij Bezzubenkov That year: 1949, Classical music, opera singer
May
01
Birth of Georg Lukeschitsch That year: 1949, Classical music, composer
05
Birth of Jan Vičar That year: 1949, Classical music, Czech music educator, composer, musicologist and university educator
09
Death of Moesa Baetov That year: 1949, Classical music, Soviet opera singer and composer (1902-1949) (born in 1902)
11
Death of Cyril Pecháček That year: 1949, Classical music, Czech conductor, composer and choirmaster (born in 1899)
13
Birth of Jane Glover That year: 1949, Classical music, British-born conductor and music scholar
Birth of Piotr Moss That year: 1949, Classical music, Polish composer
16
Birth of Ferruccio Furlanetto That year: 1949, Classical music, Italian operatic bass
Birth of Guy-Claude Luypaerts That year: 1949, Classical music, French conductor, composer and musicologist
19
Birth of Stephen Varcoe That year: 1949, Classical music, English bass-baritone
21
Birth of Rosalind Plowright That year: 1949, Classical music, English opera singer
Death of Stanislav Otruba That year: 1949, Classical music, Czech composer and educator (1868-1949) (born in 1868)
22
Death of Hans Pfitzner That year: 1949, Classical music, German composer (born in 1869)
24
Birth of Andrzej Chorosiński That year: 1949, Classical music, organist, composer
25
Death of Piero Schiavazzi That year: 1949, Classical music, Italian opera singer (1875-1949) (born in 1875)
Birth of Evelina Pitti That year: 1949, Classical music, French pianist
26
Death of Euday L. Bowman That year: 1949, Classical music, American composer (born in 1887)
Birth of Deborah Polaski That year: 1949, Classical music, singer
27
Death of Rosy Wertheim That year: 1949, Classical music, Dutch composer, pianist and music teacher (1888-1949) (born in 1888)
29
Death of Vladimir Tsybin That year: 1949, Classical music, Russian musician (born in 1877)
31
Birth of Alfred Muff That year: 1949, Classical music, Swiss opera singer
Birth of Nancy Shade That year: 1949, Classical music, American opera singer
June
02
Birth of Neil Shicoff That year: 1949, Classical music, American opera singer
03
Birth of Sam Israël That year: 1949, Classical music, composer
04
Death of Mira Abendroth That year: 1949, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1878)
05
Birth of Jaroslav Mrázek That year: 1949, Classical music, Czech ice hockey player
06
Death of Malvīne Vīgnere-Grīnberga That year: 1949, Classical music, Latvian opera singer and vocal teacher (born in 1871)
07
Death of Anna Tijssen-Bremerkamp That year: 1949, Classical music, Dutch musician (born in 1871)
08
Birth of Emanuel Ax That year: 1949, Classical music, American pianist
09
Death of Maria Cebotari That year: 1949, Classical music, singer and actress (born in 1910)
10
Death of Elvira Colonnese That year: 1949, Classical music, Italian opera singer (born in 1859)
11
Death of Franz Egenieff That year: 1949, Classical music, German opera singer and actor (born in 1874)
Death of Anna Dočkalová That year: 1949, Classical music, choir director, opera singer (born in 1887)
13
Birth of Roberto Fabbriciani That year: 1949, Classical music, Italian composer
14
Premiere of The Little Sweep, Op. 45 That year: 1949, Classical music (Opera), Benjamin Britten
16
Birth of Xäydär Bigiçef That year: 1949, Classical music, Soviet Tatar singer (dead in 1998)
Death of Ludwig Zenk That year: 1949, Classical music, composer, conductor, music teacher (born in 1900)
17
Birth of Maximiano Valdés That year: 1949, Classical music, American conductor
20
Birth of Shūichi Tōma That year: 1949, Classical music, conductor
22
Birth of Pierre Amoyal That year: 1949, Classical music, French violinist
23
Birth of Peter Barcza That year: 1949, Classical music, Canadian opera singer
24
Birth of Peter Robinson That year: 1949, Classical music, musician; conductor
25
Birth of María Teresa Uribe That year: 1949, Classical music, Chilean opera singer
26
Birth of Georges Backes That year: 1949, Classical music, singer
July
01
Birth of Takehito Shimazu That year: 1949, Classical music, composer, conductor
03
Birth of Peter Cón That year: 1949, Classical music, Slovak Musical Composer (dead in 1992)
05
Death of Richard Kursch That year: 1949, Classical music, composer (born in 1879)
06
Birth of Kevin Volans That year: 1949, Classical music, South African-Irish composer
Death of Hermann Wilhelm Weil That year: 1949, Classical music, American opera singer (born in 1876)
Birth of Andrew David Boden That year: 1949, Classical music, composer
08
Death of Riccardo Pick-Mangiagalli That year: 1949, Classical music, Bohemia-born Italian composer (1882-1949) (born in 1882)
10
Birth of Muhai Tang That year: 1949, Classical music, Chinese conductor
11
Birth of Liona Boyd That year: 1949, Classical music, Canadian musician
12
Death of Douglas Hyde That year: 1949, Classical music, first President of Ireland; historian, poet, and folklorist (1860-1949) (born in 1860)
Death of Yuri Morfessi That year: 1949, Classical music, Greek-born Russian opera singer (born in 1882)
Death of Michał Julian Piotrowski That year: 1949, Classical music, Polish pedagogue, composer (born in 1887)
Birth of Kimihiro Kumatani That year: 1949, Classical music, Japanese singer
14
Premiere of Spring Symphony, Op. 44 That year: 1949, Classical music (Work for choir), Benjamin Britten
Death of Amédée Tremblay That year: 1949, Classical music, Canadian organist (born in 1876)
18
Death of Vítězslav Novák That year: 1949, Classical music, Czech composer and pedagogue (1870-1949) (born in 1870)
21
Death of Cesare Formichi That year: 1949, Classical music, Italian opera singer (1883-1949) (born in 1883)
Birth of Poul Elming That year: 1949, Classical music, Danish opera singer
Death of Albert Høeberg That year: 1949, Classical music, Danish singer and opera singer (1879-1949) (born in 1879)
22
Birth of Ulla Sell That year: 1949, Classical music, Danish opera singer
23
Birth of Sławomir Stanisław Czarnecki That year: 1949, Classical music, composer
25
Birth of Li-Kuo Chang That year: 1949, Classical music, musical artist
29
Birth of Larisa Marzoeva That year: 1949, Classical music, Soviet Russian singer and pedagogue
30
Birth of Alexina Louie That year: 1949, Classical music, Canadian classical composer
Birth of Sindo Saavedra That year: 1949, Classical music, Spanish composer (1949-2005) (dead in 2005)
Also in July
Birth of Takuo Yuasa That year: 1949, Classical music, Japanese conductor .
August
03
Birth of Gordon Sandison That year: 1949, Classical music, operatic singer, baritone (1949-2018) (dead in 2018)
05
Birth of Michael Dellaira That year: 1949, Classical music, American composer
07
Death of Emilio Sagi B Sagi That year: 1949, Classical music, Spanish singer (born in 1876)
08
Death of Ernesto Hervás Vercher That year: 1949, Classical music, Spanish opera singer (born in 1873)
09
Premiere of Antigone That year: 1949, Classical music (Opera), Carl Orff
10
Birth of James Campbell That year: 1949, Classical music, Canadian clarinetist
11
Death of Karl Weigl That year: 1949, Classical music, Austrian composer (born in 1881)
14
Birth of Jeanne Lamon That year: 1949, Classical music, American-born Canadian violinist and conductor (1949-2021) (dead in 2021)
16
Death of John Lemmoné That year: 1949, Classical music, Australian composer (born in 1861)
20
Birth of Leonard Lehrman That year: 1949, Classical music, American composer
23
Birth of Stanko Arnold That year: 1949, Classical music, Slovene trumpet player
24
Birth of Stephen Paulus That year: 1949, Classical music, American composer (dead in 2014)
Death of Herman Devriès That year: 1949, Classical music, French singer (born in 1858)
25
Death of James Lyon That year: 1949, Classical music, composer (born in 1872)
27
Birth of Ann Murray That year: 1949, Classical music, Irish opera singer
Birth of Martín José Rodríguez Peris That year: 1949, Classical music, composer
28
Birth of Imogen Cooper That year: 1949, Classical music, British pianist
Death of Scott Russell That year: 1949, Classical music, British opera singer and actor (1868–1949) (born in 1868)
Birth of Marc Durand That year: 1949, Classical music, Canadian pianist and music educator
31
Death of Paul Hoffer That year: 1949, Classical music, composer (born in 1895)
September
02
Birth of Ismail Gadzhibekov That year: 1949, Classical music, Azerbaijani music composer (dead in 2006)
06
Death of Walter Widdop That year: 1949, Classical music, British tenor (born in 1892)
08
Death of Richard Strauss That year: 1949, Classical music, German composer and orchestra director (1864–1949) (born in 1864)
09
Birth of Ádám Fischer That year: 1949, Classical music, Hungarian conductor
10
Birth of Viktor Paskov That year: 1949, Classical music, Bulgarian writer, musician, musicologist and screenwriter (dead in 2009)
Birth of Françoise Pollet That year: 1949, Classical music, French singer and opera singer
11
Death of Henri Rabaud That year: 1949, Classical music, French composer (1873-1949) (born in 1873)
12
Death of Harry T. Burleigh That year: 1949, Classical music, American composer, arranger, and baritone (born in 1866)
15
Death of Samuel Atkinson Baldwin That year: 1949, Classical music, composer (born in 1862)
17
Birth of Miguel Ángel Gómez Martínez That year: 1949, Classical music, Spanish composer and conductor
19
Death of Nikos Skalkottas That year: 1949, Classical music, Greek composer and musician (born in 1904)
21
Birth of Raimo Kangro That year: 1949, Classical music, Estonian composer (1949–2001) (dead in 2001)
24
Death of Pierre de Bréville That year: 1949, Classical music, French composer (born in 1861)
28
Birth of Hans Peter Blochwitz That year: 1949, Classical music, German singer and opera singer
29
Birth of Miroslav Urbánek That year: 1949, Classical music, opera singer
30
Birth of Eleanor Alberga That year: 1949, Classical music, Jamaican contemporary music composer
Birth of Gerd Büntzly That year: 1949, Classical music, composer
October
01
Birth of André Rieu That year: 1949, Classical music, Dutch violinist and conductor
Birth of Evgeni Koroliov That year: 1949, Classical music, Russian pianist
02
Birth of Avery Brooks That year: 1949, Classical music, American actor and director
04
Death of Edmund Eysler That year: 1949, Classical music, Austrian composer (1874-1949) (born in 1874)
Birth of John Aler That year: 1949, Classical music, American lyric tenor (dead in 2022)
Death of Chris Smith That year: 1949, Classical music, composer and vaudeville performer from the United States (1879-1949) (born in 1879)
Birth of Vojtěch Mojžíš That year: 1949, Classical music, Czech composer
06
Birth of John Thow That year: 1949, Classical music, American composer and music pedagogue (dead in 2007)
08
Birth of Viktor Gurjev That year: 1949, Classical music, Estonian music pedagogue
10
Death of Charles Silver That year: 1949, Classical music, French composer and music educator (born in 1868)
13
Birth of Leona Mitchell That year: 1949, Classical music, American opera singer
15
Birth of Leonid Bobylev That year: 1949, Classical music, Russian composer
16
Birth of Kazuhiro Koizumi That year: 1949, Classical music, Japanese conductor
19
Birth of George Fenton That year: 1949, Classical music, British film composer (born 1949)
21
Birth of Shulamit Ran That year: 1949, Classical music, American composer
Birth of Daniel E. Gawthrop That year: 1949, Classical music, American composer
22
Death of Kamil Voborský That year: 1949, Classical music, Czech composer (born in 1883)
23
Death of Helēna Kozlovska-Ersa That year: 1949, Classical music, Latvian opera and folksong singer (born in 1895)
24
Death of Joaquín Nin That year: 1949, Classical music, Spanish composer and pianist (1879-1949) (born in 1879)
28
Death of Ginette Neveu That year: 1949, Classical music, French musician (1919-1949) (born in 1919)
30
Birth of James Judd That year: 1949, Classical music, British conductor
November
01
Birth of David Foster That year: 1949, Classical music, Canadian musician, record producer, songwriter
03
Birth of Fumiaki Miyamoto That year: 1949, Classical music, Japanese oboist, conductor, music director (1949-)
Birth of Andrzej Malinowski That year: 1949, Classical music, Polish opera singer (1949-2018) (dead in 2018)
08
Death of Billy Baskette That year: 1949, Classical music, composer (born in 1884)
09
Death of Margit Bokor That year: 1949, Classical music, (1900-1949) opera and operetta singer (born in 1900)
11
Birth of Audrey Michael That year: 1949, Classical music, Swiss opera singer
12
Birth of Sinyan Shen That year: 1949, Classical music, American physicist (1949-2016) (dead in 2016)
14
Death of Magna Lykseth-Skogman That year: 1949, Classical music, Swedish opera singer (born in 1874)
Birth of Richard Mills That year: 1949, Classical music, Australian conductor and composer
15
Premiere of Song of the Forests, Op. 81 That year: 1949, Classical music (Work for choir), Dmitri Shostakovich
Death of Franz Neuhofer That year: 1949, Classical music, Austrian composer (born in 1870)
22
Birth of Elizabeth Laurence That year: 1949, Classical music, British opera singer
Death of Mikhail Lidskiy That year: 1949, Classical music, Soviet violinist and docent (1886-1949) (born in 1886)
Death of Georges Delaye That year: 1949, Classical music, composer (born in 1863)
23
Birth of Alison Crum That year: 1949, Classical music, Viola da gamba player
24
Birth of Bruno Weil That year: 1949, Classical music, German conductor
25
Birth of Jean-Marc Cochereau That year: 1949, Classical music, French conductor (1949-2011) (dead in 2011)
Death of Charles Edward Wheeler That year: 1949, Classical music, composer (born in 1870)
29
Birth of Vladimir Mendelssohn That year: 1949, Classical music, Romanian composer and violist (1949-2021) (dead in 2021)
Birth of Arild Helleland That year: 1949, Classical music, musician, performing artist, opera singer
Also in November
Birth of Yōko Suka That year: 1949, Classical music, Japanese violinist .
December
09
Premiere of Sonata for piano, Op. 26 That year: 1949, Classical music (Work for soloist), Samuel Barber
15
Birth of Sumire Yoshihara That year: 1949, Classical music, Japanese percussionist
16
Death of Ferdinand Pfohl That year: 1949, Classical music, German composer (born in 1862)
17
Death of David Stanley Smith That year: 1949, Classical music, American composer (1877-1949) (born in 1877)
18
Death of Zélie de Lussan That year: 1949, Classical music, American opera singer (born in 1861)
19
Death of Florence Perry That year: 1949, Classical music, British singer and actress (1869–1949) (born in 1869)
Birth of Sunil Edirisinghe That year: 1949, Classical music, Sri Lankan singer
Birth of Russell Smythe That year: 1949, Classical music, Irish operatic baritone
24
Death of Herbert James Wrightson That year: 1949, Classical music, composer (born in 1869)
25
Birth of Alina Farná That year: 1949, Classical music, opera singer
27
Birth of Isola Jones That year: 1949, Classical music, renowned mezzo-soprano and instructor at South Mountain Community College
30
Death of Heinrich Rehkemper That year: 1949, Classical music, German opera singer (1894-1949) (born in 1894)
31
Birth of Jean-Paul Penin That year: 1949, Classical music, French conductor
This was also in 1949
Birth of Jean-Thierry Boisseau That year: 1949, Classical music, French poet and music composer . Birth of Stephen Taylor That year: 1949, Classical music, oboist . Inception: Akron Symphony Orchestra That year: 1949, Classical music (United States of America). Birth of Igor Lazko That year: 1949, Classical music, Russian musician . Inception: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra That year: 1949, Classical music (Germany). Death of Leland Stanford Roberts That year: 1949, Classical music, composer (born in 1884) . Inception: Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra That year: 1949, Classical music (United States of America). Birth of Claude Sirois That year: 1949, Classical music, Canadian musician . Inception: Brabants Orkest That year: 1949, Classical music. Death of Euphemia Allen That year: 1949, Classical music, British composer (born in 1861) . Inception: Minneapolis Pops Orchestra That year: 1949, Classical music (United States of America). Inception: Sibiu Philharmonic Orchestra That year: 1949, Classical music (Romania). Death of Octave Crémieux That year: 1949, Classical music, French composer (1872-1949) (born in 1872) . Death of Harry Hiscocks That year: 1949, Classical music, composer (born in 1883) . Death of Atai Ogonbaev That year: 1949, Classical music, composer (born in 1904) . Birth of Alfred Eschwé That year: 1949, Classical music, Austrian musician . Birth of Jean-Claude Darcey That year: 1949, Classical music, French singer . Inception: Fort Lauderdale Symphony Orchestra That year: 1949, Classical music (United States of America). Inauguration: Rousse State Opera That year: 1949, Classical music (Ruse, Bulgaria). Inception: Kauppakorkeakoulun Ylioppilaskunnan Laulajat That year: 1949, Classical music (Finland). Birth of Zhu Xiao-Mei That year: 1949, Classical music, Chinese musician . Death of Ida Kleber That year: 1949, Classical music, composer (born in 1858) . Birth of Steven Cole That year: 1949, Classical music, tenor opera singer . Inception: Sofiyska Filharmoniya That year: 1949, Classical music. Birth of Gracinha Leporace That year: 1949, Classical music, Brazilian singer . Inception: Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra That year: 1949, Classical music (Canada). Birth of Tsutomu Hasegawa That year: 1949, Classical music, Japanese composer . Birth of Philip Myers That year: 1949, Classical music, American musician . Birth of Armin Caduff That year: 1949, Classical music, composer, music arranger, singer . Inception: Côr Godre'r Aran That year: 1949, Classical music. Death of Alice Cucini That year: 1949, Classical music, Italian opera singer (born in 1870) . Inauguration: Smetana’s Litomyšl That year: 1949, Classical music (Litomyšl, Czech Republic). Birth of Claude Schnitzler That year: 1949, Classical music, French organist and conductor . Birth of Dino Di Domenico That year: 1949, Classical music, Italian opera singer . Death of Robert-Charles Martin That year: 1949, Classical music, composer . Death of Francis J. Lapitino That year: 1949, Classical music, composer (born in 1879) . Inception: Orpheus Male Voice Choir, Grimsby & Cleethorpes That year: 1949, Classical music (United Kingdom). Inception: NBC Opera Theatre That year: 1949, Classical music (United States of America). Birth of William Harper That year: 1949, Classical music, American photographer and composer . Death of Kunihiko Hashimoto That year: 1949, Classical music, Japanese composer (born in 1904) . Birth of Irja Auroora That year: 1949, Classical music, Finnish opera singer . Death of Louise Drake Wright That year: 1949, Classical music, composer (born in 1867) . Inception: Côr Meibion Pontypridd That year: 1949, Classical music. Inception: Jeunesses Musicales World Orchestra That year: 1949, Classical music. Birth of Boris Petrushansky That year: 1949, Classical music, Russian musician . Birth of John Sampen That year: 1949, Classical music, American musician . Inception: Monmouth Civic Chorus That year: 1949, Classical music (United States of America). Birth of Masafumi Hori That year: 1949, Classical music, violinist, concertmaster . Inception: Boccherini Quintet That year: 1949, Classical music (Italy). Birth of Mina F. Miller That year: 1949, Classical music, American pianist, music scholar, writer . Birth of Flavio Cucchi That year: 1949, Classical music, classical guitarist . Birth of Giovanna Sterburina That year: 1949, Classical music, Composer (dead in 1985) . Inauguration: Rokoko-Festspiele That year: 1949, Classical music (Ansbach, Germany). Inception: Slovak Philharmonic That year: 1949, Classical music (Slovakia). Birth of Marianne Schroeder That year: 1949, Classical music, Classical pianist and composer . Death of Godfrey Sampson That year: 1949, Classical music, composer (born in 1902) . Death of Ernest Moret That year: 1949, Classical music, composer (born in 1871) . Birth of Wilhelmenia Fernandez That year: 1949, Classical music, American opera singer (dead in 2024) . Death of Max Begemann That year: 1949, Classical music, German opera singer (born in 1877) . Birth of Yordy Ramiro That year: 1949, Classical music, Mexican tenor . Inception: Peninsula Symphony That year: 1949, Classical music (United States of America). Inception: London Mozart Players That year: 1949, Classical music (United Kingdom). Inception: The Berlin Symphony Orchestra That year: 1949, Classical music. Birth of Dorothee Reingardt That year: 1949, Classical music, opera singer . Birth of Heidi Lehwalder That year: 1949, Classical music, harpist . Inauguration: Aspen Music Festival and School That year: 1949, Classical music (Colorado, United States of America). Birth of Stefan Zucker That year: 1949, Classical music, American Opera singer . Birth of Martin Egel That year: 1949, Classical music, German opera singer . Birth of John Casken That year: 1949, Classical music, English composer .
Works (composition or publishing)
- Richard Strauss (age 85)
- Des Esels Schatten (Opera)
- Besinnung (Work for choir)
- Erik Satie (1866-1925)
- Vexations That year: 1949, Classical music (Work for soloist), composed in 1893
- Arnold Schoenberg (age 75)
- You are the center of gravity of your own solar system (Work for choir)
- Three times a thousand years, Op. 50a (Work for choir)
- Fantasy for violin and piano, Op. 47 (Work for chamber orchestra)
- Sergei Prokofiev (age 58)
- Sonata for cello and piano in C major, Op. 119 (Work for chamber orchestra)
- 2 Waltzes, Opp. 120, “Pushkin” (Work for orchestra)
- Darius Milhaud (age 57)
- Naissance de Vénus, Op. 292 (Work for choir)
- Les rêves de Jacob, Op. 294 (Work for chamber orchestra)
- Concerto No. 4, Op. 295 (Work for orchestra with soloist)
- String Quartet No. 14, Op. 291 No. 1 (Work for chamber orchestra)
- String Quartet No. 15, Op. 291 No. 2 (Work for chamber orchestra)
- Sonata No. 2, Op. 293 (Work for soloist)
- Ballade nocturne, Op. 296 (Song, lied)
- La fin du monde, Op. 297 (Music for radio)
- Arthur Honegger (age 57)
- Saint François d'assise (Music for radio)
- Francis Poulenc (age 50)
- Concerto, Op. 146 That year: 1949, Classical music (Work for orchestra with soloist)
- Les bijoux aux poitrines, Mouvements du cœur, Op. 145 (Song, lied)
- Aaron Copland (age 49)
- Preamble for a Solemn Occasion (Work for orchestra)
- Dmitri Shostakovich (age 43)
- String Quartet No. 4 in D major, Op. 83 That year: 1949, Classical music (Work for chamber orchestra)
- The Fall of Berlin, Op. 82 (Film score)
- Ballet Suite No. 1, Op. 84a (Work for orchestra)
- Merry March for two pianos (Work for chamber orchestra)
- Olivier Messiaen (age 41)
- Turangalîla-Symphonie That year: 1949, Classical music (Work for orchestra with soloist)
- Benjamin Britten (age 36)
- A Charm of Lullabies, Op. 41 (Song, lied), composed in 1947
- A Wedding anthem Amo Ergo Sum, Op. 46 (Work for choir)
- Pierre Boulez (age 24)
- Livre pour quatuor (Work for chamber orchestra)