1920 in music

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List of years in music (table)

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1920.

Specific locations[]

Specific genres[]

Events[]

  • January 19 – The Salzburg Festival is revived.[1]
  • September 4City of Birmingham Orchestra (England) first rehearses (in a city police bandroom). Later this month, its first concert, conducted by Appleby Matthews, opens with Granville Bantock's overture Saul; in November it gives its "First Symphony Concert" when Edward Elgar conducts a programme of his own music in Birmingham Town Hall.
  • November 15 – First complete public performance of Gustav Holst's suite The Planets given in London by the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Albert Coates.
  • December 4 – Première of the opera Die tote Stadt by 23-year-old Erich Wolfgang Korngold. It later becomes known that the librettist, "Paul Schott", is Korngold's father Julius.
  • December 30 – Pearl Hamilton (later with the Three X Sisters), plays piano with small jazz ensemble to appreciative audience at the Star Theater in New York City.
  • Mamie Smith's first blues recordings become a hit, alerting record companies to the African American market.
  • Hamilton Harty is appointed resident conductor of the Hallé Orchestra.
  • Henri Sauguet forms Groupe des Trois (the Group of Three) along with and .
  • The Central Band of the Royal Air Force is formed in Britain.
  • The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra launches its Mahler festival.
  • Gabriel Fauré retires from the Paris Conservatoire, and is awarded the Grand-Croix of the Légion d'Honneur.

Publications[]

  • Stewart MacphersonMelody and Harmony, Book 1. London: Stainer & Bell.

Published popular music[]

The Japanese Sandman
  • "After You Get What You Want, You Don't Want It" w.m. Irving Berlin
  • "All She'd Say Was "Umh Hum"" w.m. King Zany, Mac Emery, Gus Van & Joe Schenck
  • "All The Boys Love Mary" Gus Van & Joe Schenck
  • "Aunt Hagar's Blues" w.m. W. C. Handy
  • "Avalon" w.m. B. G. DeSylva, Al Jolson & Vincent Rose
  • "Blue Jeans" w. Harry D. Kerr, m. Lou Traveller
  • "Bright Eyes" w. Harry B. Smith m. Otto Motzan & M. K. Jerome
  • "Broadway Rose" w. Eugene West m. Martin Fried & Otis Spencer
  • "Chanson" m. Rudolf Friml
  • "Chili Bean" w. Lew Brown m. Albert Von Tilzer
  • "Crazy Blues" w.m. Percy Bradford
  • "The Cuckoo Waltz" w. Arthur Kingsley m. J. E. Jonasson
  • "Daddy, You've Been A Mother To Me" w.m. Fred Fisher
  • "Do You Ever Think Of Me?" w. John Cooper & Harry D. Kerr m. Earl Burtnett
  • "Down By The O-HI-O (I've Got The Sweetest Little O, My ! O ! )" w. Jack Yellen m. Abe Olman
  • "Feather Your Nest" w.m. James Kendis, James Brockman & Howard Johnson
  • "The Gipsy Warned Me" w.m. R. P. Weston & Bert Lee
  • "Great Camp Meeting Day" w. Noble Sissle
  • "He Went In Like A Lion (And Came Out Like A Lamb)" w. Andrew B. Sterling m. Harry von Tilzer
  • "Home Again Blues" w.m. Harry Akst & Irving Berlin
  • "I Belong to Glasgow" w.m. Will Fyffe
  • "I Never Knew I Could Love Anybody Like I'm Loving You" w.m. Tom Pitts, Raymond B. Egan & Roy Marsh
  • "I Used To Love You, But It's All Over Now" w. Lew Brown m. Albert Von Tilzer
  • "I'd Love To Fall Asleep And Wake Up In My Mammy's Arms" w. Sam M. Lewis & Joe Young m. Fred E. Ahlert
  • "I'll Be With You In Apple Blossom Time" w. Neville Fleason m. Albert Von Tilzer
  • "I'll See You In C-U-B-A" w.m. Irving Berlin
  • "In a Persian Market" m. Albert William Ketèlbey
  • "The Japanese Sandman" w. Raymond B. Egan m. Richard A. Whiting
  • "Jellybean" by Jimmie Dupre, Sam Rosen, and
Jellybean
  • "Kalua" w. Anne Caldwell m. Jerome Kern
  • "La Veeda" w. m. John Alden
  • "Left All Alone Again Blues" w. Anne Caldwell m. Jerome Kern
  • "Little Town In The Ould County Down" w. Richard Pascoe m. Monte Carlo & Alma Saunders
  • "Look for the Silver Lining" w. B. G. DeSylva m. Jerome Kern
  • "The Love Boat" by Gene Buck
  • "Love Nest" w. Otto Harbach m. Louis A. Hirsch
  • "Margie" w. Benny Davis m. Con Conrad & J. Russel Robinson
  • "Mary" w. Otto Harbach m. Louis A. Hirsch
  • "My Little Bimbo Down On A Bamboo Isle" w. Grant Clarke w. Walter Donaldson[2]
  • "My Mammy" w. Sam M. Lewis & Joe Young m. Walter Donaldson
  • "My Man" w. (Eng) Channing Pollock (Fr) Albert Willemetz & Jacques Charles m. Maurice Yvain
  • "O'er The Hills To Ardentinny" w.m. Harry Lauder
  • "Old Pal Why Don't You Answer Me" w. Sam M. Lewis & Joe Young m. M. K. Jerome
  • "Pale Moon" w. Jesse Glick m. Frederick Knight Logan
  • "Palesteena" w.m. Con Conrad & J. Russell Robinson
  • "Polly" w. Leo Wood m. Jack Richmond
  • "Pretty Kitty Kelly" w. Harry Pease m. Ed G. Nelson
  • "Rose Of Washington Square" w. Ballard MacDonald m. James F. Hanley
  • "San" w.m. Lindsay McPhail & Walter Michels
  • "So Long, Oo Long" w. Bert Kalmar m. Harry Ruby
  • "Tell Me Little Gypsy" w.m. Irving Berlin
  • "That Old Irish Mother Of Mine" w. William Jerome m. Harry Von Tilzer
  • "Wang Wang Blues" w. Leo Wood m. Gus Mueller, Buster Johnson & Henry Busse
  • "When My Baby Smiles At Me" w. Andrew B. Sterling m. Billy Munro
  • "Where Do They Go When They Row, Row, Row?" w. Bert Kalmar & George Jessel, m. Harry Ruby
  • "Whispering" w. Malvin Schonberger m. John Schonberger
  • "White Army, Black Baron" w. , m. Samuel Pokrass
  • "Whose Baby Are You?" w. Anne Caldwell m. Jerome Kern
  • "Wild Rose" w. Clifford Grey m. Jerome Kern
  • "A Young Man's Fancy" w. John Murray Anderson & Jack Yellen m. Milton Ager

Top hits on record[]

  • "Crazy Blues" by Mamie Smith
  • "Dardanella" by Ben Selvin's Novelty Orchestra
  • "I've Got My Captain Working for Me Now" by Al Jolson
  • "Love Nest" by John Steel
  • "O (Oh!)" by Ted Lewis and His Band
  • "Palesteena" by The Original Dixieland Jazz Band
  • "Whispering" by Paul Whiteman's Orchestra

Classical music[]

  • Granville BantockArabian Nights
  • Béla BartókEight Improvisations on Peasant Songs
  • Arnold BaxPhantasy for viola and orchestra
  • Arthur BlissThe Tempest, overture and interludes;
    • Concerto for piano, tenor voice, strings and percussion
    • Rout (for soprano and chamber orchestra)
  • Ernest Bloch – Violin Sonata No. 1
  • Max Bruch - String Octet
  • Ferruccio Busoni – Piano Sonatina No. 6 (Fantasia da camera super Carmen),
    • Divertimento for flute and orchestra
  • Frederick DeliusHassan
  • George EnescuString Quartet No. 1 in E-flat major, Op. 22, No. 1
  • Gabriel FauréMasques et Bergamasques
  • Johan HalvorsenNorwegian Rhapsody No. 2
  • Arthur HoneggerPastorale d'été
    • Viola Sonata
    • Cello Sonata
  • Leoš JanáčekBallad of Blanik (symphonic poem)
  • Darius Milhaud – Ballade (for piano and orchestra)
    • Le Boeuf sur le toit (ballet),
  • Francis PoulencFive Impromptus for Piano, Suite in C Major for Piano
  • Sergei ProkofievFive Songs without Words (for voice and piano)
  • Maurice RavelLa Valse
    • Sonata for violin and cello
  • Erik SatieLa Belle excentrique
  • Dmitri Shostakovich – Five Preludes for piano
  • Igor Stravinsky – Concertino for string quartet,
  • Ralph Vaughan WilliamsThe Lark Ascending
    • Mass in G minor
  • Heitor Villa-LobosSymphony No. 5, "A paz" (Peace)

Opera[]

  • Vincent D'IndyThe Legend of St. Christoper
  • Li-Tai-Pe
  • Henry HadleyCleopatra's Night
  • Leoš JanáčekThe Excursions of Mr. Broucek on the Moon and in the 15th Century
  • Erich KorngoldDie tote Stadt
  • Ruggiero LeoncavalloEdipo Re

Jazz[]

Musical theatre[]

  • Afgar Broadway production opened at the Central Theatre on November 8 and ran for 168 performances
  • Broadway revue by Arthur Wimperis opened at the Central Theatre on January 27 and ran for 143 performances. Starring Sam Bernard, Irene Bordoni, Clifton Webb and .
  • The Beggar's Opera London production opened at the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith on June 5 and ran for 1,463 performances
  • Die Blaue Mazur (The Blue Mazurka) (Music by Franz Lehár), Vienna
  • George White's Scandals Of 1920 Broadway revue opened at the Globe Theatre on June 7 and ran for 134 performances
  • The Gingham Girl Broadway production (music by Albert Von Tilzer) at the Central Theatre ran for 322 performances
  • Irene London production opened at the Empire Theatre on April 7 and ran for 399 performances
  • London production opened at the Alhambra Theatre on June 1 and ran for 349 performances
  • London revue opened at the Vaudeville Theatre on December 16 and ran for 176 performances
  • London production opened at the Vaudeville Theatre on March 26 and ran for 332 performances
  • Der letzte Walzer (The Last Waltz) (Music by Oscar Straus), Berlin
  • opened at the Lyric Theatre on December 1 and ran for 207 performances
  • The Night Boat Broadway production opened at the Liberty Theatre on February 2 and ran for 318 performances. Jeanette MacDonald made her first Broadway appearance as a member of the chorus.
  • A Night Out London production opened at the Winter Garden Theatre on September 18 and ran for 309 performances
  • Sally Broadway production opened at the New Amsterdam Theatre on December 21 and ran for 570 performances
  • The Shop Girl London revival opened at the Gaiety Theatre on March 25 and ran for 327 performances
  • Tickle Me ( Music: ) Broadway production opened at the Selwyn Theatre on August 17 and ran for 207 performances. Starring Louise Allen, Allen Kearns and Frank Tinney.
  • Broadway production opened at the Globe Theatre on October 5 and ran for 241 performances
  • Ziegfeld Follies of 1920 Broadway revue opened at the New Amsterdam Theatre on June 22 and ran for 123 performances, but ran most years until 1927.

Births[]

  • January 1
    • José Antonio Bottiroli, Argentine composer and poet (d. 1990)[3]
    • Virgilio Savona, Italian singer and songwriter (Quartetto Cetra) (d. 2009)
    • Mahmoud Zoufonoun, Iranian-American violinist (d. 2013)
  • January 3Renato Carosone, Italian musician and singer (d. 2001)
  • January 5Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, pianist (d. 1995)[4]
  • January 8Josef Josephi, Polish-born singer and actor (b. 1852)
  • January 14
    • Cris Alexander, American actor, singer, dancer, designer, and photographer (d. 2012)
    • Salvador Flores Rivera, Mexican composer and singer (d. 1987)[5]
  • January 16Claude Abadie, French jazz clarinetist (died 2020)
  • February 2
  • February 7Oscar Brand, Canadian-born American folk singer, songwriter and author (d. 2016)
  • February 12Yoshiko Yamaguchi, Chinese-Japanese actress and singer (d. 2014)[6]
  • February 13
    • Boudleaux Bryant, American songwriter (d. 1987)
    • Eileen Farrell, American soprano (d. 2002)
  • February 14Albert J. McNeil, American choral conductor, ethnomusicologist and author
  • February 18Rolande Falcinelli, organist, pianist and composer (d. 2006)
  • February 23Hall Overton, composer, jazz pianist and music teacher (d. 1972)
  • February 26Henri Crolla, jazz guitarist and film composer (d. 1960)
  • February 28Albert Elms, light music composer (d. 2009)[7]
  • March 10Boris Vian, French writer, poet, singer and musician (d. 1959)[8]
  • March 16John Addison, British film composer (d. 1998)[9]
  • March 17John La Montaine, American composer (d. 2013)
  • March 22Fanny Waterman, pianist and music educator (d. 2020)
  • March 23Geoffrey Bush, British composer, writer and broadcaster (d. 1998)
  • April 7Ravi Shankar, Indian sitarist (d. 2012)[10]
  • April 12
    • The Cox Twins, music hall entertainers (Frank, d. 2007; Fred, d. 2013)
    • Anita Ellis, Canadian-American singer and actress (d. 2015)[11]
  • April 21Bruno Maderna, conductor and composer (d. 1973)
  • April 23Louis Barron, film composer (d. 1989)[12]
  • April 27Guido Cantelli, Italian conductor (d. 1956)[13]
  • April 29Harold Shapero, composer (d. 2013)
  • May 2Jean-Marie Auberson, violinist and conductor (d. 2004)
  • May 4Ronald Chesney, harmonica player and comedy scriptwriter (d. 2018)
  • May 13Gareth Morris, flautist (d. 2007)[14]
  • May 18Lucia Mannucci, Italian singer (Quartetto Cetra) (d. 2012)
  • May 20Betty Driver, British singer and actress (d. 2011)[15]
  • May 21Bill Barber, jazz musician (d. 2007)
  • May 23Helen O'Connell, American big band singer (d. 1993)[16]
  • May 26Peggy Lee, singer and songwriter (d. 2002)[17]
  • June 6
  • June 10Bonnie Davis, R&B singer (d. 1976)
  • June 11Hazel Scott, jazz/classical pianist and singer (d. 1981)
  • June 19Johnny Douglas, film composer and conductor (d. 2003)
  • June 20Danny Cedrone, American guitarist and bandleader (d. 1954)
  • June 25Ozan Marsh, American concert pianist (d. 1992)
  • June 26Leonid Hambro, pianist (d. 2006)
  • July 1Amália Rodrigues, Portuguese singer and actress (d. 1999)
  • July 13
    • Anna Halprin, American dancer (d. 2021)
    • Don Ralke, American music arranger (d. 2000)
  • July 14Marijohn Wilkin, country and gospel songwriter (d. 2006)
  • July 19Robert Mann, violinist (d. 2018)[19]
  • July 20
  • July 21
    • Isaac Stern, Ukrainian-born violinist (d. 2001)<ref">Nielsen Business Media, Inc. (6 October 2001). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. p. 8.</ref>
    • Manuel Valls, composer (d. 1984)
  • July 23Amália Rodrigues, Portuguese fado singer and actress (d. 1999)[20]
  • July 31Walter Arlen, American composer
  • August 7Françoise Adret, French ballet dancer, choreographer (d. 2018)
  • August 8
    • Leo Chiosso, Italian lyricist (d. 2006)
    • Jimmy Witherspoon, blues singer (d. 1997)
  • August 26Emil Cadkin, film composer (d. 2020)
  • August 29Charlie Parker, jazz musician (d. 1955)[21]
  • September 3Chabuca Granda, Peruvian singer and composer (d. 1983)
  • September 7Al Caiola, American guitarist, composer, arranger (d. 2016)[22]
  • September 14Cascarita [a.k.a. Orlando Guerra], Cuban music singer (d. 1975)
  • September 17Jean Perrin, composer (d. 1989)
  • September 23
    • Alexander Arutiunian, Armenian composer (d. 2012)[23]
    • Mickey Rooney, actor and entertainer (d. 2014)
  • September 25Anne Triola, American actress, singer and musician (d. 2012)
  • September 28Irma Baltuttis, singer and entertainer (d. 1958)
  • October 5Vincent DeRosa, American musician
  • October 9Yusef Lateef, American jazz musician and composer (d. 2013)[24]
  • October 13Albert Hague, songwriter (d. 2001)
  • October 24Steve Conway, British singer (d. 1952)[25]
  • October 27Nanette Fabray, actress and singer (d. 2018)
  • October 31Joseph Gelineau, French composer (d. 2008)
  • November 23Enrico De Angelis, Italian singer and entrepreneur (d. 2018)
  • December 6Dave Brubeck, jazz pianist (d. 2012)[26]
  • December 13Teo Usuelli, Italian film composer (d. 2009)
  • December 14Clark Terry, American jazz musician and composer (d. 2015)[27]
  • December 19Little Jimmy Dickens, American country music singer-songwriter (d. 2015)[28]
  • December 31Rex Allen, American actor, singer and songwriter (d. 1999)[29]
  • date unknownJan Van Halen, musician, father of Eddie and Alex Van Halen

Deaths[]

  • January 8Maud Powell, violinist (b. 1867)
  • January 16Reginald De Koven, US music critic and composer (b. 1859)[30]
  • January 18Giovanni Capurro, poet, co-writer of "O Sole Mio" (b. 1859)
  • January 21John Henry Maunder, composer (b. 1858)
  • January 24William Percy French, songwriter (b. 1854)
  • February 2Theo Marzials, singer and composer (b. 1850)
  • February 11Gaby Deslys, dancer and actress (b. 1881)
  • February 12Émile Sauret, violinist and composer (b. 1852)
  • February 23Alexander Ilyinsky, music teacher and composer (b. 1859)
  • March 20Eva Mylott, operatic contralto (b. 1875) (domestic accident)
  • April 4Carl Bohm, pianist and composer (b. 1844)
  • April 8Charles Griffes, composer (b. 1884; Spanish flu)[31]
  • April 19Mathilde Mallinger, lyric soprano (b. 1847)
  • May 6Hortense Schneider, operatic soprano (b. 1833)
  • May 25Georg Jarno, composer of operettas (b. 1868)
  • May 28Hardwicke Rawnsley, hymn-writer (b. 1851)
  • June 27Adolphe-Basile Routhier, lyricist (b. 1839)
  • June 28Pauline Rita, singer and actress (b. c.1842)
  • July 17Dorothy Goetz, first wife of Irving Berlin (b. 1892) (typhoid)
  • July 26Carlos Troyer, composer (b. 1837)
  • August 13Carlos Hartling, German-born composer of the Honduras national anthem (b. 1869)
  • August 29Gustav Jenner, composer and conductor (b. 1865)
  • October 1Vladimir Rebikov, Russian pianist and composer (b. 1866)
  • October 2Max Bruch, composer (b. 1838)[32]
  • October 16Alberto Nepomuceno, composer and conductor (b. 1864)
  • November 6Maria Waldmann, operatic mezzo-soprano associated with Verdi (b. 1844)
  • December 14George J. Gaskin, singer (b. 1863)
  • December 31Paloke Kurti, Albanian composer (b. 1860)[33]

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