1935 in music

Specific locations

• 1935 in British music
• 1935 in Norwegian music

Specific genres

• 1935 in country music
• 1935 in jazz

Events

• February 26 – Georges Bizet's Symphony in C is performed for the first time, under Felix Weingartner, in Basel, Switzerland.
• April 8 – Béla Bartók's String Quartet No. 5 is premièred in Washington, D.C.
• April 23 – Your Hit Parade is broadcast for the first time on radio.
• June 14 – Three X Sisters "2000 requests for the number, over W1XBS, Waterburians went into a spin. Many from this city." Song also performed June 3, on WJZ by the trio, guest appearance on the popular radio program 'One Night Stand.'
• June 27 --John Serry appears onstage at the Radio City Music Hall under the direction of Ernö Rapée in "The Magazine Rack" revue as choreographed by Russell Markert, founder of The Rockettes.
• July 15 – Alban Berg finishes his Violin Concerto.
• December 1 – Sergei Prokofiev's Violin Concerto No. 2 is premièred in Madrid
• date unknown
• *Soprano Bidu Sayão marries baritone Giuseppe Danise.
• *Swing music achieves popularity.
• *Frank Sinatra begins his professional singing career as a member of the Hoboken Four.
• *Natalino Otto makes his debut on US radio.
• *Brussels Philharmonic is founded as Groot Symfonie-Orkest within Dutch-language public broadcaster NRI/INR.
• *John Serry Sr. begins regular appearances at the Rainbow Room in Rockefeller Plaza, New York City.

Published popular music

• "About a Quarter to Nine" words: Al Dubin music: Harry Warren. Introduced by Al Jolson in the film Go into Your Dance
• "According to the Moonlight" w. Jack Yellen & Herb Magidson m. Joseph Meyer
• "Alone" w. Arthur Freed m. Nacio Herb Brown. Introduced by Allan Jones and Kitty Carlisle in the film A Night at the Opera
• "Animal Crackers in My Soup" w. Ted Koehler & Irving Caesar m. Ray Henderson. Introduced by Shirley Temple in the film Curly Top
• "A Beautiful Lady in Blue" w. Sam M. Lewis m. J. Fred Coots
• "Begin the Beguine" w.m. Cole Porter
• "Bess Oh Where Is My Bess" George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward
• "Bess, You Is My Woman Now" w. DuBose Heyward & Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin
• "The Blues Jumped A Rabbit" w.m. Jimmie Noone
• "Broadway Rhythm" w. Arthur Freed m. Nacio Herb Brown
• "The Broken Record" w.m. Cliff Friend, Charles Tobias & Boyd Bunch
• "But Where Are You?" w.m. Irving Berlin
• "The Buzzard" m. Bud Freeman
• "Buzzard Song" w. DuBose Heyward m. George Gershwin
• "Casino De Paree" w. Al Dubin m. Harry Warren. Introduced by Al Jolson in the film Go into Your Dance
• "Cheek to Cheek" w.m. Irving Berlin. Introduced by Fred Astaire in the film Top Hat
• "Christopher Robin is Saying His Prayers" w.m. A. A. Milne & Harold Fraser-Simson
• "Cidade Maravilhosa" by André Filho
• "Clouds" w. Gus Kahn m. Walter Donaldson
• "Cosi Cosa" w. Ned Washington m. Bronislaw Kaper & Walter Jurmann
• "Curly Top" w. Ted Koehler m. Ray Henderson. Introduced by John Boles in the film Curly Top
• "Darling, Je Vous Aime Beaucoup" w.m. Anna Sosenko
• "Dese Dem Dose" m. Glenn Miller
• "The Dixieland Band" m. Johnny Mercer m. Bernard Hanighen
• "Don't Give Up The Ship" w. Al Dubin m. Harry Warren
• "Don't Mention Love To Me" Oscar Levant & Dorothy Fields
• "Down By The River" w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers
• "Dust Off That Old Pianna" w.m. Irving Caesar, Sammy Lerner & Gerald Marks
• "East of the Sun (and West of the Moon)" w.m. Brooks Bowman
• "Eeny, Meeny, Miney, Mo" w.m. Johnny Mercer & Matt Malneck
• "Every Little Moment" w. Dorothy Fields m.Jimmy McHugh
• "Every Now and Then" w.m. Al Sherman, Abner Silver and Al Lewis.
• "Everything's Been Done Before" w.m. Harold Adamson, Jack King & Edwin H. Knopf
• "Everything's In Rhythm With My Heart" w.m. Al Goodhart, Al Hoffman & Maurice Sigler
• "Fanlight Fanny" George Formby, Harry Gifford and Frederick E. Cliffe
• "From The Top Of Your Head" w. Mack Gordon m. Harry Revel
• "Got A Bran' New Suit" w. Howard Dietz m. Arthur Schwartz
• "Harlem Chapel Chimes" m. Glenn Miller
• " Here Comes Cookie" w.m. Mack Gordon
• "Honky Tonk Train" m. Meade Lux Lewis
• "Hooray For Love" w. Dorothy Fields m. Jimmy McHugh. Introduced by Gene Raymond in the film Hooray for Love
• "I Built a Dream One Day" w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Sigmund Romberg. Introduced by Walter Slezak, Walter Woolf King and Robert C. Fischer in the musical May Wine.
• "I Can't Get Started" w. Ira Gershwin m. Vernon Duke
• "I Dream Too Much " w. Dorothy Fields m. Jerome Kern
• "I Feel A Song Coming On" w. Dorothy Fields & George Oppenheimer m. Jimmy McHugh
• "I Feel Like A Feather In The Breeze" w. Mack Gordon m. Harry Revel
• "I Got Plenty o' Nuttin'" w. Ira Gershwin & DuBose Heyward m. George Gershwin
• "I Loves You, Porgy" w. DuBose Heyward & Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin
• "I Wished on the Moon" w. Dorothy Parker m. Ralph Rainger
• "I Won't Dance" w. Dorothy Fields & Jimmy McHugh m. Jerome Kern
• "I'd Love To Take Orders From You" w. Al Dubin m. Harry Warren
• "I'd Rather Lead A Band" w.m. Irving Berlin. Introduced by Fred Astaire in the film Follow the Fleet
• "I'll Never Say "Never Again" Again" w.m. Harry M. Woods
• "I'm Building Up To An Awful Letdown" w. Johnny Mercer m. Fred Astaire
• "I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter" w. Joe Young m. Fred E. Ahlert
• "I'm in the Mood for Love" w. Dorothy Fields m. Jimmy McHugh. Introduced by Frances Langford in the film Every Night at Eight.
• "I'm Living In A Great Big Way" w. Dorothy Fields m. Jimmy McHugh. Introduced by Bill Robinson and Jeni Le Gon in the film Hooray for Love.
• "I'm Shooting High" w. Ted Koehler m. Jimmy McHugh
• "I'm Sitting High On A Hilltop" w. Gus Kahn m. Arthur Johnston
• "I'm Wearin' My Green Fedora" Al Sherman, Al Lewis, Joseph Meyer.
• "In A Little Gypsy Tea Room" w. Edgar Leslie m. Joe Burke
• "In a Sentimental Mood" w. Manny Kurtz & Irving Mills m. Duke Ellington
• "Isn't This a Lovely Day?" w.m. Irving Berlin. Introduced by Fred Astaire in the film Top Hat
• "It Ain't Necessarily So" w. Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin
• "It's An Old Southern Custom" w. Jack Yellen m. Joseph Meyer
• "It's Easy to Remember" w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers
• "I've Got My Fingers Crossed" w. Ted Koehler m. Jimmy McHugh
• "Just One of Those Things" w.m. Cole Porter
• "The Lady In Red" w. Mort Dixon m. Allie Wrubel. Introduced in the film In Caliente by Wini Shaw, Edward Everett Horton, George Humbert and Judy Canova.
• "Last Night When We Were Young" w. E. Y. Harburg m. Harold Arlen
• "Lights Out" by Billy Hill
• "A Little Bit Independent" w. Edgar Leslie m. Joe Burke
• "Little Girl Blue" w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers. Introduced by Gloria Grafton in the musical Billy Rose's Jumbo.
• "Love Me Forever" by Gus Kahn
• "Lovely to Look at" w. Dorothy Fields & Jimmy McHugh m. Jerome Kern
• "[Lullaby of Broadway theater|Broadway (song)|Lullaby of Broadway]" w. Al Dubin m. Harry Warren
• "Lulu's Back In Town" w. Al Dubin m. Harry Warren. Introduced by Dick Powell and The Mills Brothers in the film Broadway Gondolier.
• "Maybe" w.m. Allan Flynn & Frank Madden
• "Men About Town" w.m. Noël Coward
• "Miss Brown To You" w. Leo Robin m. Ralph Rainger & Richard A. Whiting
• "Moon Over Miami" w. Edgar Leslie m. Joe Burke
• "Moonburn" w. Edward Heyman m. Hoagy Carmichael
• "The Most Beautiful Girl in the World" w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers. Introduced by Donald Novis and Gloria Grafton in the musical Jumbo.
• "Mrs Worthington" w.m. Noël Coward
• "The Music Goes 'Round and Around" w. "Red" Hodgson m. Edward Farley & Michael Riley
• "My Heart And I" w. Leo Robin m. Frederick Hollander
• "My Man's Gone Now" w. DuBose Heyward m. George Gershwin
• "My Romance" w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers
• "My Very Good Friend The Milkman" w. Johnny Burke m. Harold Spina
• "Noche de ronda", by Agustin Lara
• "No Strings (I'm Fancy Free)" w.m. Irving Berlin. Introduced by Fred Astaire in the film Top Hat
• "On the Beach at Bali-Bali" w.m. Al Sherman, Abner Silver, Jack Meskill
• "On Treasure Island" w. Edgar Leslie m. Joe Burke, Myers, Wendling
• "Paris in the Spring" w. Mack Gordon m. Harry Revel. Introduced by Mary Ellis in the film Paris in Spring
• "The Piccolino" by Irving Berlin. Introduced by Ginger Rogers in the film Top Hat
• "A Picture Of Me Without You" w.m. Cole Porter. Introduced by June Knight and Charles Walters in the musical Jubilee
• "Red Sails in the Sunset" w. Jimmy Kennedy m. Will Grosz
• "Roll Along, Prairie Moon" w.m. Albert Von Tilzer, Harry McPherson & Ted Fiorito
• "The Rose In Her Hair" w. Al Dubin m. Harry Warren. Introduced by Dick Powell in the film Broadway Gondolier.
• "Say "Si Si"" w. Al Stillman Francia Luban m. Ernesto Lecuona
• "Shadow Play" w.m. Noël Coward
• "She's A Latin From Manhattan" w. Al Dubin m. Harry Warren. Introduced by Al Jolson in the film Go into Your Dance
• "Shoe Shine Boy" w. Sammy Cahn m. Saul Chaplin
• "So Long, It's Been Good To Know You" w.m. Woody Guthrie
• "Solo Hop" m. Glenn Miller
• "Soon " w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers
• "Summertime" w. DuBose Heyward m. George Gershwin
• "Take Me Back To My Boots And Saddle" w.m. Walter G, Samuels, Leonard Whitcup, & Teddy Powell
• "Thanks a Million" w. Gus Kahn m. Arthur Johnston. Introduced by Dick Powell in the film Thanks a Million.
• "There's A Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon For New York" w. Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin
• "There's No One With Endurance Like The Man Who Sells Insurance" Frank Crumit, Curtis
• "These Foolish Things" w. Holt Marvell m. Jack Strachey & Harry Link
• "This Time It's Love" by Sam M. Lewis
• "Tic-tac do Meu Coração" by Alcyr Pires Red and Walfrido Silva
• "Tomorrow's Another Day" w.m. Glenn Miller
• "Top Hat, White Tie and Tails" w.m. Irving Berlin. Introduced by Fred Astaire in the film Top Hat
• "Trois Fables de Lafontaine" w.m. Marcelle de Manziarly
• "When Icky Morgan Plays the Organ" w.m. Glenn Miller
• "When Somebody Thinks You're Wonderful" Harry M. Woods
• "Who's Been Polishing The Sun" w.m. Noel Gay
• "Why Shouldn't I?" w.m. Cole Porter. Introduced by Margaret Adams in the musical Jubilee.
• "Why Stars Come Out At Night" w.m. Ray Noble
• "With All My Heart" w. Gus Kahn m. Jimmy McHugh. Introduced by Peggy Conklin in the 1936 film Her Master's Voice
• "A Woman Is A Sometime Thing" w. DuBose Heyward m. George Gershwin
• "You Are My Lucky Star" w. Arthur Freed m. Nacio Herb Brown
• "You Hit the Spot" w. Mack Gordon m. Harry Revel. Performed by Frances Langford in the 1936 musical film Collegiate.
• "You Let Me Down" w. Al Dubin m. Harry Warren. Introduced by Jane Froman in the film Stars over Broadway
• "You're an Angel" by Jimmy McHugh
• "You're an Eyeful of Heaven" w. Mort Dixon m. Allie Wrubel. Introduced by Patricia Ellis in the film Bright Lights.
• "You're The Only Star " w.m. Gene Autry

Top popular recordings 1935

Christmas songs

• "När ljusen tändas därhemma" – translated into Swedish by Nils Hellström
• "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town" by J. Fred Coots and Haven Gillespie
• "Jingle Bells" by Benny Goodman & His Orchestra
• "Silent Night" by Bing Crosby

Classical music

Compositions

• Alban Berg – Violin Concerto
• Aaron Copland – Statements for Orchestra
• Ernst von Dohnányi – Sextet for piano, violin, viola, cello, clarinet and horn, Op. 37
• Sir George Dyson – Belshazzar's Feast
• Hanns Eisler – Lenin Requiem
• George Enescu
• *Cello Sonata No. 2 in C major, Op. 26, No. 2
• *Piano Sonata No. 3 in D major, Op. 24, No. 3
• Rudolf Escher – Piano Sonata No. 1
• Pierre-Octave Ferroud – Sonnerie pour le Hérault
• Vittorio Giannini – Piano Concerto
• Paul Hindemith – Der Schwanendreher for Viola and Orchestra
• André Hossein – Towards the Light
• Akira Ifukube – Japanese Rhapsody
• Uuno Klami – Psalmus
• Hans Pfitzner – Cello Concerto No. 1 in G Major
• Francis Poulenc – Suite française
• Sergei Prokofiev – Violin Concerto No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 63
• Roger Sessions – Violin Concerto
• Petar Stojanović – Sava
• William Walton – Symphony No. 1

[Opera]

• Brian Easdale – The Corn King
• Reynaldo Hahn – Le marchand de Venise
• Karl Amadeus Hartmann – Simplicius Simplicissimus Jugend
• Arthur Honegger – Jeanne d'Arc au bûcher
• Pietro Mascagni – Nerone
• Alexander Zemlinsky – ''Der König Kandaules''

Film

• Benjamin Britten – Coal Face
• Benjamin Britten – Men Behind the Meters
• Aram Khachaturian – Pepo (film)
• Erich Korngold – Captain Blood (1935 film)
• Franz Waxman – ''Bride of Frankenstein''

[Musical theatre]

• Jubilee Broadway production opened at the Imperial Theatre on October 12 and ran for 169 performances.Jumbo Broadway production opened at the Hippodrome on November 16 and ran for 233 performances.May Wine Broadway production opened at the St. James Theatre on December 5 and ran for 213 performances.Porgy and Bess – Broadway production opened at the Alvin Theatre on October 10 and ran for 124 performancesRivals! London production opened at the Kingsway Theatre and ran on October 23 for 86 performancesStop Press London production opened at the Adelphi Theatre on February 21.

[Musical film]s

• In Caliente starring Dolores del Río, Pat O'Brien, Leo Carrillo and Edward Everett Horton and featuring Wini ShawInvitation to the Waltz, starring Lilian HarveyKing Solomon of Broadway starring Edmund Lowe, Dorothy Page and Pinky TomlinKönigswalzer, starring Paul Hörbiger, Curd Jürgens and Carola HöhnNaughty Marietta starring Jeanette MacDonald, Nelson Eddy and Elsa LanchesterThe Night Is Young starring Ramon Novarro, Evelyn Laye, Charles Butterworth, Una Merkel and Edward Everett HortonPaddy O'Day starring Jane Withers, Pinky Tomlin and Rita HayworthPrincesse Tam Tam, starring Josephine Baker and Albert PréjeanReckless starring Jean Harlow and William Powell and featuring Allan Jones and Nina Mae McKinney.Redheads on Parade starring John Boles, Dixie Lee and Jack HaleyRoberta starring Ginger Rogers, Fred Astaire, Irene Dunne and Randolph Scott.She Shall Have Music starring Jack Hylton, June Clyde and Brian Lawrance. Directed by Leslie S. Hiscott.Shipmates Forever starring Dick Powell and Ruby KeelerStars Over Broadway, starring Jane Froman and James MeltonSweet Music starring Rudy Vallée, Ann Dvorak and Helen MorganThanks a Million starring Dick Powell and Ann DvorakTop Hat starring Fred Astaire and Ginger RogersTwo for Tonight starring Bing Crosby, Joan Bennett and Thelma ToddTwo Hearts in Harmony starring Bernice Claire and George Curzon and featuring Chick Endor, Charles Farrell and Jack Harris & his Orchestra. Directed by William Beaudine.

Births

• January 8 – Elvis Presley, American rock & roll singer
• January 10
• * Sherrill Milnes, American operatic baritone
• * Ronnie Hawkins, American rockabilly singer
• January 16 – Joachim Grubich, Polish concert organist
• January 19 – Johnny O'Keefe, Australian singer-songwriter
• January 20 – Dorothy Provine, American actress, singer and dancer
• January 24 – Gaqo Çako, Albanian opera singer
• February 3 – Johnny "Guitar" Watson, African-American singer-songwriter and musician
• February 5 – Alex Harvey, rock singer
• February 11
• *Bent Lorentzen, Danish composer
• *Gene Vincent, American rock & roll singer
• February 12 – Gene McDaniels, American singer-songwriter
• February 16 – Sonny Bono, American singer, actor and record producer
• February 18
• *Ciarán Bourke, Irish folk musician
• *Gennady Gladkov, Soviet and Russian composer
• February 27 – Mirella Freni, operatic soprano
• March 17 – Adam Wade, singer, drummer and actor
• March 20 - Aviva Semadar, Israeli folklore and chanson singer
• March 29 – Ruby Murray, singer
• March 30 – Gordon Mumma, composer
• March 31 – Herb Alpert, American trumpeter and bandleader
• April 5 – Peter Grant, manager and record executive
• April 6 – Fred Bongusto, Italian light music singer=songwriter and composer
• April 7 – Bobby Bare, American singer/songwriter
• April 9 – Aulis Sallinen, Finnish composer
• April 10 – Jerzy Milian, Polish jazz vibraphonist
• April 16 – Bobby Vinton, singer
• April 19 – Dudley Moore, English composer, jazz pianist and comic actor
• April 22 – Paul Chambers, jazz bassist
• April 23 – Ray Peterson, singer
• May 9 – Nokie Edwards, American guitarist and actor
• May 10 – Larry Williams, American singer-songwriter and pianist
• May 13 – Teddy Randazzo, American singer-songwriter and accordion player
• May 15 – Akihiro Miwa, Japanese singer, actor, director, composer, author and drag queen
• May 27 – Ramsey Lewis, African-American jazz musician and composer
• June 1 – Hazel Dickens, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• June 17 – Peggy Seeger, American folk singer
• June 24 – Terry Riley, American minimalist composer
• June 26 – Dwight York, American singer
• July 1 – James Cotton, African-American harmonica player and singer-songwriter
• July 2 – Gilbert Kalish, American pianist
• July 5 – Shirley Collins, English folk singer
• July 8 – Steve Lawrence, American singer
• July 9
• * Mercedes Sosa, Argentine singer
• * Mighty Sparrow, Grenadian singer
• July 12 – Barry Mason, English songwriter
• July 17
• * Diahann Carroll, American actress and singer
• * Peter Schickele, American composer and classical music parodist
• July 24 – Les Reed, English songwriter and light orchestra leader
• July 29
• *Jacques Levy, songwriter
• *Morella Muñoz, mezzo-soprano
• August 2 – Hank Cochran, country music singer/songwriter
• August 10 – Giya Kancheli, Soviet and Georgian composer
• August 15 – Jim Dale, singer-songwriter and actor
• August 16 – Bobby Mitchell, New Orleans do-wop and R&B singer
• August 18 – Sir Howard Morrison, concert singer
• August 21 – Lord Creator, born Kentrick Patrick, calypso singer
• August 30 – John Phillips, singer, guitarist and songwriter
• September 1 – Seiji Ozawa, Japanese conductor
• September 2 – Vladimír Válek, Czech conductor
• September 7 – Ronnie Dove, American pop and country singer with several chart records throughout the 60s and 70s
• September 9 – Chaim Topol, Israeli singer and performer
• September 11 – Arvo Pärt, Estonian classical composer
• September 14 – Ángel Medardo Luzuriaga, Ecuadorian musical artist
• September 19 – Nick Massi, American rock bass singer/guitarist
• September 20 – László Aradszky, Hungarian singer
• September 21 – Henry Gibson, American actor and singer-songwriter
• September 22 – Virgilijus Noreika, Lithuanian tenor
• September 29 – Jerry Lee Lewis, American singer-songwriter and pianist
• September 30
• *Z. Z. Hill, American blues singer
• *Johnny Mathis, American singer
• October 1 – Julie Andrews, singer and actress
• October 2 – Peter Frankl, British pianist
• October 5 – Khayyam Mirzazade, Azerbaijani composer and teacher
• October 12
• *Samuel David Moore, Southern soul and R&B singer
• *Luciano Pavarotti, operatic tenor
• October 14 – La Monte Young, composer
• October 15 – Barry McGuire, singer-songwriter
• October 17 – Michael Eavis, English dairy farmer, founder of the Glastonbury Festival
• October 20 – Jerry Orbach, musical theatre actor
• October 21 – Derek Bell, harpist and composer
• October 24 – Malcolm Bilson, American pianist
• November 4 – Laila Sari, Indonesian comedian and singer
• November 13 – P. Susheela, Indian playback singer
• November 17
• *Imrat Khan, sitar player
• * Masatoshi Sakai, Japanese record producer
• November 18 – Alain Barrière, French singer
• November 27 – Al Jackson, Jr., R&B drummer, producer and songwriter
• November 30 – Usha Mangeshkar, Indian singer
• December 23 – Little Esther Phillips, R&B singer
• December 26 – Abdul "Duke" Fakir, soul singer
• date unknown – Mogens Ellegaard, accordionist

Deaths

• January 8
• *Jesse Garon Presley, stillborn twin of Elvis Presley
• *Rauf Yekta, Turkish musicologist and author
• January 9 – Dina Edling, operatic mezzo-soprano
• January 11 – Marcella Sembrich, coloratura soprano
• January 13 – Heinrich Schenker, music theorist
• January 22 – Zequinha de Abreu, musician and composer
• January 28 – Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov, composer
• February – Alice Esty, operatic soprano
• February 2 – Clara Smith, blues singer
• February 28 – Chiquinha Gonzaga, composer
• April 2 – Bennie Moten, jazz pianist and bandleader
• April 5 – Emil Młynarski, violinist, conductor and composer
• April 9 – Israel Schorr, cantor
• April 16 – Victor Ewald, composer
• April 23 – Georgina Stirling, operatic soprano
• April 24 – Paul Klengel, pianist, violinist, composer
• April 29 – Leroy Carr, blues musician
• May 3 – Charles Manners, operatic bass
• May 10 – Herbert Witherspoon, operatic bass and opera manager
• May 16 – Leopold Lichtenberg, violinist
• May 17 – Paul Dukas, composer
• May 19 – Charles Martin Loeffler, American composer
• May 28 – Jelka Rosen, wife of Frederick Delius
• May 29 – Josef Suk, composer
• June 6 – Jacques Urlus, operatic tenor
• June 24 – in an air crash in Colombia:
• *Carlos Gardel, tango singer
• *Alfredo Le Pera, lyricist
• July 21 – Honoré Dutrey, jazz trombonist
• August 2 – Isidore de Lara, composer
• August 20 – Otakar Ostrčil, composer and conductor
• August 21 – Marjorie White, actress, singer and dancer
• September 11 – Evelyn Hoey, torch singer
• September 20 – Amy Sherwin, operatic soprano
• September 23 – DeWolf Hopper, US actor and singer
• October 4 – Marie Gutheil-Schoder, operatic soprano
• October 13 – Dranem, French singer and music hall entertainer
• October 22 – Komitas, exiled Armenian priest and ethnomusicologist
• November 16 – Kurt Schindler, conductor and composer
• November 18 – Anton Hekking, cellist
• November 27 – Charlie Green, jazz trombonist
• November 28 – Erich von Hornbostel, musicologist
• December 4 – Johan Halvorsen, violinist, conductor and composer
• December 9 – Nina Grieg, soprano and wife of Edvard Grieg
• December 12 – Cora S. Briggs, organist and composer
• December 24 – Alban Berg, composer

Awards

• Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition – Ginette Neveu