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This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1921.
Specific locations
- 1921 in British music
- 1921 in Norwegian music
Specific genres
Events
- January – Amelita Galli-Curci marries her accompanist, Homer Samuels, who had been named in her divorce from the Marchese Luigi Curci.
- June–July – The Harvard Glee Club takes its first trip to Europe, garnering international press attention.[1]
- November – A month before his death, Camille Saint-Saëns, 86, gives a final recital.[2]
- Clarence Williams makes his first recordings
- Mary Stafford becomes the first black woman to record for Columbia Records
- The 17-string koto, or "Jūshichi-gen", is invented by Michio Miyagi.
- Cyril Rootham dedicates his "Suite in Three Movements" for flute and piano to French flautist Louis Fleury.
Published popular music
Top hit recordings
- "Wang Wang Blues" by Paul Whiteman's Orchestra, featuring Gussie Mueller
- "Look for the Silver Lining" by Marion Harris
- "Margie" by Eddie Cantor
- "Margie, introducing Singing the Blues/Palesteena" by the Original Dixieland Jazz Band
- "The Wabash Blues" by Isham Jones & His Orchestra
- "Say It with Music" by Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra
- "All by Myself" by Ted Lewis & His Jazz Band
- "Everybody Step" by Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra
- "I'm A Jazz Vampire" by Marion Harris
Classical music
Opera
Main article: 1921 in jazz
- Bombo, Broadway production opened at Jolson's 59th Street Theatre on October 6 and ran for 213 performances
- The Broadway Whirl, Broadway revue opened at the Times Square Theatre on June 8 and ran for 85 performances
- The Golden Moth (Music: Ivor Novello) London production opened at the Adelphi Theatre on October 5. Starring Bobbie Comber and Thorpe Bates.
- Good Morning, Dearie, Broadway production opened at the Globe Theatre on November 1 and ran for 347 performances
- Pot Luck London production opened at the Vaudeville Theatre on December 24.
- The League of Notions London revue opened at the Oxford Theatre on January 17
- The Rebel Maid London production opened at the Empire Theatre on March 12 and ran for 114 performances.
- The Rose Girl (Music: Anselm Goetzl Book & Lyrics: William Carey Duncan) Broadway production opened at the Ambassador Theatre on February 11 and ran for 99 performances. Starring Mabel Withee, Charles Purcell and May Boley.
- Sally, London production opened at the Winter Garden Theatre on September 10 and ran for 387 performances
- Shuffle Along, Broadway production opened at the Daly's 63rd Street Theatre on May 23 and ran for 504 performances
- Sybil, London production opened at Daly's Theatre on February 19 and ran for 346 performances
Births
- January 10 – Helen Bonchek Schneyer, folk musician (d. 2005)
- January 17 – Lorna Cooke deVaron, choral conductor (d. 2018)
- January 22 – Arno Babajanian, composer (d. 1983)
- January 26 – Eddie Barclay, music producer (d. 2005)
- January 31
- February 5 – Sir John Pritchard, British conductor (d. 1989)
- February 16 – Vera-Ellen, dancer and actress (d. 1981)
- February 20 - Ruth Gipps, composer (d. 1999)
- February 26 – Betty Hutton, actress and singer (d. 2007)
- March 2 – Robert Simpson, musicologist and composer (d. 1997)
- March 6 – Julius Rudel, conductor (d. 2014)
- March 8 – Cyd Charisse, dancer (d. 2008)
- March 11 – Ástor Piazzolla, tango composer (d. 1992)
- March 12 – Gordon MacRae, singer and actor (d. 1986)
- March 21
- March 22 – Nino Manfredi, actor and film score composer (d. 2004)
- March 27 – Phil Chess, born Fiszel Czyż, record producer (d. 2016)
- April 1
- April 3 – Darío Moreno, Turkish singer and composer (d. 1968)[3]
- April 8
- Alfie Bass, actor (Tevye in West End production of Fiddler on the Roof) (d. 1987)
- Franco Corelli, operatic tenor (d. 2003)
- April 22 – Cándido Camero, percussionist (d. 2020)
- April 26 – Jimmy Giuffre, jazz musician (d. 2008)
- May 17
- May 23 – Humphrey Lyttelton, English jazz musician (d. 2008)
- May 25 – Hal David – US lyricist (d. 2012)
- June 1 – Nelson Riddle, US conductor, composer and arranger (d. 1985)
- June 3 – Betty Freeman, patron of classical music (d. 2009)
- June 21 – Judy Holliday, US actress and singer (d. 1965)
- June 24 – Peggy DeCastro, US singer born in the Dominican Republic, eldest of the DeCastro Sisters (d. 2004)
- June 25 – Celia Franca, dancer and choreographer (d. 2007)
- July 12 – Hilary Corke, writer and composer (d. 2001)
- July 15 – Jack Beeson, American pianist and composer (d. 2010)
- July 17
- George Barnes, jazz musician (d. 1977)
- Mary Osborne, American guitarist (d. 1992)
- July 20 – Carmen Carrozza, accordionist (d. 2013)
- July 24 – Giuseppe Di Stefano, opera singer (d. 2008)
- July 30 – Grant Johannesen, American pianist (d. 2005)[4]
- August 3 – Richard Adler, American composer and lyricist (d. 2012)
- August 4 – Herb Ellis, American guitarist (d. 2010)
- August 7
- August 9 – Lola Bobesco, Belgian violinist (d. 2003)
- September 3 – Thurston Dart, English musicologist, conductor and keyboard player (d. 1971)
- September 4 – Ariel Ramírez, Argentine composer (d. 2010)
- September 8 – Sir Harry Secombe, Welsh singer and comedian (d. 2001)
- September 19 – Billy Ward, R&B singer (The Dominoes) (d. 2002)
- September 21 – Chico Hamilton, jazz drummer (d. 2013)
- September 30 – Pedro Knight, Cuban musician, manager (d. 2007)
- October 1 – James Whitmore, actor in film musicals (d. 2009)
- October 21
- October 23 – Denise Duval, soprano (d. 2016)
- October 25 – Little Hatch, blues musician (d. 2003)
- November 5 – Georges Cziffra, pianist (d. 1994)
- November 9 – Pierrette Alarie, soprano (d. 2011)
- November 21 – Vivian Blaine, actress and singer (d. 1995)
- November 23 – Fred Buscaglione, Italian singer, musician and songwriter (d. 1960)
- December 3 – Phyllis Curtin, soprano (d. 2016)
- December 4 – Deanna Durbin, singer and actress (d. 2013)
- December 8 – Johnny Otis, blues musician (d. 2012)
- December 15 – Alan Freed, disc jockey (d. 1965)
- December 26 – Steve Allen, musician and comedian (d. 2000)
Deaths
- January 23 – Władysław Żeleński, pianist, organist and composer (b. 1837)
- February 8
- George Formby Sr, singer (b. 1875)
- Francisco D'Andrade, opera singer (b. 1856)
- March 14 – Gustave Barnes, artist and musician (b. 1877)
- March 24 – Déodat de Séverac, composer (b. 1872)
- April 3 – Annie Louise Cary, operatic contralto (b. 1842)
- April 5 – Alphons Diepenbrock, composer and writer (b. 1862)
- April 7 – Víctor Mirecki Larramat, cellist (b. 1847)
- April 20 – Tony Jackson, pianist, singer and composer (b. 1876)
- May 4 – Max Kalbeck, music writer and critic (b. 1850)
- June 8 – Natalie Bauer-Lechner, viola player (b. 1858)
- July 9 – Marianne Brandt, operatic contralto (b. 1842)
- August 2 – Enrico Caruso, operatic tenor (b. 1873)
- August 8 – Arthur Pougin, music critic (b. 1834)
- September 27
- Engelbert Humperdinck, composer (b. 1854)
- Zdzisław Birnbaum, violinist and conductor (b. 1878)
- September 28 – Princess Pauline von Metternich, patron of composers including Wagner and Smetana (b. 1836)
- October 4 – Sophie Stehle, operatic soprano (b. 1838)
- November 20 – Christina Nilsson, operatic soprano (b. 1843)
- November 25 – Théodore Lack, pianist (b. 1846)
- November 29 – Ivan Caryll, composer of operettas (b. 1861)
- December 10 – Victor Jacobi, composer of operettas (b. 1883)
- December 16 – Camille Saint-Saëns, composer (b. 1835)
- December 25 – Hans Huber, composer (b. 1852)
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