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1937 in music

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This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1937.

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Specific genres

Events

  • January 24 – Ernest John Moeran completes the revised version of his Symphony in G minor, dedicated to conductor Hamilton Harty.
  • March 6 – Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears first meet, in London.
  • May 12 – At the coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth in Westminster Abbey, William Walton's ceremonial march, "Crown Imperial", originally written for his predecessor, King Edward VIII, is performed for the first time.
  • June 2 – The incomplete version of Alban Berg's opera Lulu is premièred in Zürich (it is later completed in a version premiered in 1979)
  • June 8 –
    • After a New York recital with pianist José Iturbi, violinist Manuel Quiroga is hit by a truck while crossing Times Square, leaving him with a paralysed arm.{{Cite web |title= Manuel Quiroga |website= www.spainisculture.com |access-date= 2021-09-10}}
    • Première of Carl Orff's Carmina Burana in Frankfurt, Germany.
  • November 30 – Ruth Etting divorces Martin Snyder.
  • December 9 - At the age of 22, the accordionist John Serry Sr. makes the first of several recordings with the Shep Fields Jazz Orchestra.
  • December 25 – At the age of 70, Italian-born conductor Arturo Toscanini conducts the NBC Symphony Orchestra on U.S. radio for the first time, beginning his 17-year tenure with the orchestra. This first concert consists of music by Vivaldi (at a time when he is seldom played), Mozart, and Brahms. Millions tune in to listen, including U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
  • Perry Como begins singing with the Ted Weems orchestra. Frankie Laine fills Como's vacated position with the Freddie Carlone band.
  • Renato Carosone obtains his pianoforte diploma.

Number one hit songs (in order)

  • "It's De-Lovely" – Eddy Duchin
  • "Goodnight My Love" – Benny Goodman and Ella Fitzgerald
  • "This Year's Kisses" – Benny Goodman, Helen Forrest
  • "Marie" – Tommy Dorsey, Jack Leonard, Bunny Berigan
  • "Boo Hoo" – Guy Lombardo
  • "Sweet Leilani" – Bing Crosby
  • "Too Marvelous For Words" – Bing Crosby
  • "They Can't Take That Away From Me" – Fred Astaire
  • "Carelessly" – Teddy Wilson with vocal by Billie Holiday
  • "September In the Rain" – Guy Lombardo
  • "It Looks Like Rain in Cherry Blossom Lane" – Guy Lombardo
  • "The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down" – Shep Fields
  • "Where Or When" – Hal Kemp
  • "Smarty" – Fats Waller
  • "A Sailboat in the Moonlight" – Guy Lombardo
  • "Satan Takes A Holiday" – Billy May, Tommy Dorsey
  • "Whispers In the Dark" – Bob Crosby
  • "The Big Apple" – Tommy Dorsey
  • "So Rare" – Guy Lombardo
  • "The Moon Got In My Eyes" – Bing Crosby
  • "That Old Feeling" – Shep Fields
  • "You Can't Stop Me From Dreaming" – Teddy Wilson
  • "Remember Me?" – Bing Crosby
  • "Once In Awhile" – Tommy Dorsey
  • "The Dipsy Doodle" – Tommy Dorsey
  • "Bob White (Whatcha Gonna Swing Tonight)" – Bing Crosby
  • "Nice Work If You Can Get It" – Fred Astaire
  • "Rosalie" – Sammy Kaye
  • "Vieni, Vieni" – Rudy Vallee

Top blues records

  • "Cross Road Blues" – Robert Johnson
  • "Don't Tear My Clothes" – Big Bill Broonzy
  • "Horny Frog" – Big Bill Broonzy
  • "Terraplane Blues" – Robert Johnson
  • "32-20 Blues" – Robert Johnson
  • "Come On In My Kitchen" – Robert Johnson
  • "Good Morning School Girl" – Sonny Boy Williamson

Classical music

Premieres

ComposerCompositionDateLocationPerformers
Bartók, Béla*Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta*1937-01-21Basel, SwitzerlandBasel Chamber Orchestra – Sacher
Benjamin, Arthur*Overture to an Italian Comedy*1937-03-02London[unknown ensemble] – Jacob
Bloch, Ernest*Voice in the Wilderness*1937-01-21Los AngelesBorisoff / Los Angeles Philharmonic – Klemperer
Britten, Benjamin*On this Island*1937-11-19LondonWyss, Britten
Britten, Benjamin*Reveille*1937-04-12LondonBrosa, Reizenstein
Britten, Benjamin*Variations on a Theme by Frank Bridge*1937-08-27Salzburg, Austria (Festival)Boyd Neel Orchestra – Neel
Copland, Aaron*El Salón México*1937-08-27Mexico CityMexico Symphony – Chávez
Copland, Aaron*Prairie Journal*1937-07-25New York CityColumbia Symphony – Barlow
Dallapiccola, Luigi*Tre laudi*1937-09-08Venice (Festival)Vivante / Grupo Strumentale Italiano – Sanzogno
Farkas, FerencHarp Concertino1937-03-11BudapestMolnár / [unknown ensemble] – Kenessey
Ginastera, Alberto*Danzas Argentinas*1937-10-27Buenos AiresDe Raco
Ginastera, AlbertoSuite from *Panambí*1937-11-27Buenos Aires[unknown ensemble] – Castro
Ives, Charles*Psalm 67* (1899)1937-05-06New York CityThe Madrigal Singers – Engel
Jolivet, André*Romantiques*1937-03-20ParisGérar, D'Aleman
Jolivet, André*Trois Chants des Hommes*1937-06-04ParisBastard / Paris Conservatory Concerts Society Orchestra – Modesti
Khachaturian, AramPiano Concerto1937-07-12MoscowOborin / Moscow Philharmonic – Steinberg
Messiaen, Olivier*Fêtes des belles eaux*1937-07-25Paris (Expo 37)[unknown ensemble]
Messiaen, Olivier*Poèmes pour Mi*1937-06-04ParisBunlet / Paris Conservatory Concerts Society Orchestra – Désormière
Milhaud, Darius*Suite provençale*1937-09-12Venice (Festival)[unknown ensemble] – Milhaud
Myaskovsky, NikolaySymphony No. 171937-12-17MoscowUSSR State Symphony – Gauk
Myaskovsky, NikolaySymphony No. 181937-10-01MoscowUSSR State Symphony – Gauk
Prokofiev, SergeiSuite No. 2 from *Romeo and Juliet*1937-04-15LeningradLeningrad Philharmonic – Mravinsky
Roussel, AlbertCello Concertino1937-02-06ParisFournier / Concerts Poulet Orchestra – Siohan
Rubbra, EdmundSymphony No. 11937-04-30LondonBBC Symphony – Boult
Schoenberg, ArnoldString Quartet No. 41937-01-08Los AngelesKolisch Quartet
Sessions, RogerString Quartet No. 11937-04-10Washington D.C.Coolidge Quartet
Shostakovich, DmitriSymphony No. 51937-11-21LeningradLeningrad Philharmonic – Mravinsky
Webern, AntonVariations for Piano1937-10-26ViennaStadlen

Compositions

  • Jehan Alain
    • Variations sur un thème de Clément Janequin, for organ
    • Trois danses: Joies, Deuils, Luttes, for orchestra
  • Luciano Berio – Pastorale for piano
  • Arthur Bliss – Checkmate (ballet)
  • Rutland Boughton – Symphony No. 3 in B minor
  • Benjamin Britten – Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge
  • John Alden Carpenter – Piano Quintet
  • David Diamond – Psalm
  • George Dyson – Symphony in G major
  • Hanns Eisler – String Quartet
  • Ferenc Farkas – Concertino for Harp and Orchestra
  • John Fernström – Viola Concerto
  • Alan Hovhaness – Cello Concerto
  • John Ireland – These Things Shall Be
  • Frank Martin – Symphony
  • Nikolai Medtner – sonate-idylle for piano, opus 56 in G major
  • Nikolai Myaskovsky – revision of String Quartet No. 4, composition of Symphony No. 17 in G♯ minor and Symphony No. 18 in C major
  • Dmitri Shostakovich – Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams – Job: A Masque for Dancing (ballet)
  • Heitor Villa-Lobos
    • Ciclo brasileiro for piano
    • Distribuição de Flores for flute and guitar
  • Percy Whitlock – Wessex Suite
  • Havergal Brian – Symphony No. 5 "The Wine of Summer"

Opera

  • Alban Berg – Lulu (composed 1929–35; incomplete opera premiered 1937)
  • Walter Damrosch – The Man Without a Country
  • Arthur Honegger and Jacques Ibert – L'Aiglon
  • Kurt Weill – The Eternal Road (Der Weg der Verheißung)

Film

  • Benjamin Britten – Love from a Stranger (1937 film)
  • Frank Churchill, Leigh Harline – Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937 film)
  • George Gershwin – A Damsel in Distress (1937 film)
  • George Gershwin – Shall We Dance (1937 film)
  • Erich Korngold – Another Dawn (1937 film)
  • Erich Korngold – The Prince and the Pauper (1937 film)
  • Miklós Rózsa – Knight Without Armour
  • Dimitri Tiomkin, Max Steiner – Lost Horizon (1937 film)

Jazz

Main article: 1937 in jazz

Musical theatre

  • Babes in Arms (Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart) Broadway production opened at the Shubert Theatre on April 14 and ran for 289 performances
  • Between the Devil Broadway production opened at the Imperial Theatre on December 23 and ran for 93 performances
  • The Cradle Will Rock (Marc Blitzstein) Broadway production directed by Orson Welles
  • Hooray for What! (lyrics E. Y. Harburg, music Harold Arlen, book Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse) Broadway production opened at the Winter Garden Theatre on December 1 and ran for 200 performances
  • I'd Rather Be Right (Rodgers & Hart) Broadway production opened on November 2 at the Alvin Theatre and ran for 290 performances
  • Me and My Girl (Noel Gay) – London production opened on December 16 at the Victoria Palace Theatre and ran for 1646 performances.
  • On Your Toes London production opened at the Palace Theatre on February 5 and ran for 123 performances
  • Pins and Needles Broadway revue opened at the Labor Stage Theatre on November 27 and ran for 1108 performances
  • Swing is in the Air London revue opened at the Palladium on March 29
  • Virginia opened at the Center Theatre on September 2 and ran for 60 performances

Musical films

  • 52nd Street, starring Leo Carrillo, Ian Hunter, Pat Paterson, Ella Logan, Sid Silvers, Zasu Pitts and Kenny Baker. Directed by Harold Young.
  • Ali Baba Goes to Town, starring Eddie Cantor, Tony Martin, Roland Young and June Lang and featuring Raymond Scott & his Quintet. Directed by David Butler.
  • Broadway Melody of 1938, starring Robert Taylor, Eleanor Powell, George Murphy, Binnie Barnes, Buddy Ebsen, Sophie Tucker and Judy Garland.
  • Calling All Stars, starring Bert Ambrose, Carroll Gibbons, Evelyn Dall, Sam Browne, Larry Adler, Elisabeth Welch and The Nicholas Brothers.
  • The Champagne Waltz starring Gladys Swarthout, Fred MacMurray, Jack Oakie and Veloz and Yolanda.
  • Chintamani, starring M. K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar
  • Command Performance (1937 film), starring Arthur Tracy and Lilli Palmer
  • A Damsel in Distress, starring Fred Astaire, Joan Fontaine, George Burns, Gracie Allen and Ray Noble.
  • A Day at the Races, released June 11, starring the Marx Brothers and Allan Jones, and featuring Ivie Anderson
  • Double or Nothing, released September 1, starring Bing Crosby and Martha Raye, and featuring Harry Barris and Frances Faye.
  • Duniya Na Mane, starring Shanta Apte
  • Every Day's a Holiday, starring Mae West, Edmund Lowe and Louis Armstrong. Directed by A. Edward Sutherland.
  • Fight for Your Lady, starring John Boles, Ida Lupino and Jack Oakie.
  • The Firefly, starring Jeanette MacDonald and Allan Jones.
  • Gangway, starring Jessie Matthews
  • Glamorous Night, starring Mary Ellis, Otto Kruger and Victor Jory.
  • Head over Heels, starring Jessie Matthews
  • Hideaway Girl, starring Shirley Ross, Robert Cummings and Martha Raye. Directed by George Archainbaud.
  • High, Wide and Handsome starring Irene Dunne, Dorothy Lamour, Randolph Scott and William Frawley.
  • Hit Parade of 1937, starring Frances Langford and Phil Regan and featuring Ivie Anderson and Duke Ellington and his orchestra.
  • Hollywood Hotel, starring Dick Powell, Rosemary Lane and Lola Lane, and featuring Frances Langford and Benny Goodman & his Orchestra.
  • Jericho, starring Paul Robeson
  • La Habanera, starring Zarah Leander
  • Let's Make a Night of It, starring Charles "Buddy" Rogers and June Clyde
  • The Life of the Party, released September 3, starring Joe Penner, Gene Raymond, Harriet Hilliard and Helen Broderick
  • The Lilac Domino (film), starring Michael Bartlett, June Knight, Fred Emney and S.Z. Sakall.
  • Love and Hisses, starring Walter Winchell, Ben Bernie, Simone Simon, Bert Lahr and Joan Davis
  • Make A Wish, starring Bobby Breen, Basil Rathbone, Marion Claire, Henry Armetta, Ralph Forbes and Leon Errol. Directed by Kurt Neumann.
  • Mayfair Melody, starring Keith Falkner, Chili Bouchier and Bruce Lester.
  • Maytime, starring Jeanette MacDonald, Nelson Eddy and John Barrymore.
  • Melodías porteñas, starring Enrique Santos Discépolo
  • Melody for Two, starring James Melton, Patricia Ellis and Wini Shaw
  • Mr. Dodd Takes the Air, released August 21, starring Kenny Baker and Jane Wyman.
  • My Song Goes Forth, starring Paul Robeson
  • On the Avenue, starring Dick Powell, Alice Faye, Madeleine Carroll and The Ritz Brothers.
  • 100 Men and a Girl, starring Deanna Durbin
  • Paradise for Two directed by Thornton Freeland and starring Jack Hulbert, Patricia Ellis and Arthur Riscoe.
  • Rootin' Tootin' Rhythm, starring Gene Autry
  • Rosalie, starring Nelson Eddy, Eleanor Powell and Ray Bolger.
  • Shall We Dance, starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers.
  • The Singing Marine, starring Dick Powell and Doris Weston
  • Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs, animated feature with Adriana Caselotti providing the voice of Snow White.
  • Something to Sing About, starring James Cagney and Evelyn Daw
  • Song at Midnight, directed by Ma-Xu Weibang.
  • Song of the Forge, starring Stanley Holloway.
  • Stardust, starring Ben Lyon and Lupe Vélez.
  • Swing High, Swing Low, released March 15, starring Carole Lombard, Fred MacMurray and Dorothy Lamour.
  • This Way Please, starring Charles "Buddy" Rogers, Betty Grable and Ned Sparks
  • Top of the Town, starring Doris Nolan, George Murphy and Ella Logan, and featuring Gertrude Niesen
  • Turn Off the Moon, starring Charles Ruggles and Eleanore Whitney and featuring Kenny Baker and Phil Harris. Directed by Lewis Seiler.
  • Varsity Show, starring Dick Powell, Rosemary Lane and Priscilla Lane and featuring Fred Waring and his Pennsylvanians and Buck and Bubbles
  • Waikiki Wedding, starring Bing Crosby, Bob Burns, Martha Raye and Shirley Ross.
  • Wake Up And Live, starring Walter Winchell, Alice Faye, Ben Bernie and Patsy Kelly. Directed by Sidney Lanfield.
  • When You're in Love, starring Grace Moore and Cary Grant.
  • You Can't Have Everything, starring Alice Faye, Don Ameche, The Ritz Brothers and Gypsy Rose Lee.
  • You're a Sweetheart, starring Alice Faye and George Murphy.

Births

  • January 4
    • Grace Bumbry, African American operatic mezzo-soprano (died 2023)
    • Lorene Mann, American country music singer-songwriter (died 2013)
  • January 6
    • Paolo Conte, Italian singer, pianist and composer
    • Doris Troy, R&B singer (died 2004)
  • January 8 – Shirley Bassey, Welsh singer
  • January 13 – Milka Stojanović, Serbian opera singer (died 2023)
  • January 14 – Billie Jo Spears, American country music singer (died 2011)
  • January 19
    • Clarence "Frogman" Henry, American R&B singer
    • Giovanna Marini, Italian singer and songwriter
  • January 22 – Ryan Davies, Welsh singer-songwriter and comedian (died 1977)
  • January 27 – John Ogdon, English pianist (died 1989)
  • January 29 – Bobby Scott, American singer-songwriter, pianist and producer (died 1990)
  • January 31 – Philip Glass, American composer
  • February 1
    • Don Everly, American country-rock musician (The Everly Brothers) (died 2021)
    • Ray Sawyer, American rock singer (Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show) (died 2018)
  • February 2
    • Martina Arroyo, American operatic soprano
    • Tom Smothers, American singer, composer and comedian (The Smothers Brothers) (died 2023)
  • February 8
    • Manfred Krug, German actor and singer (died 2016)
    • Joe Raposo, composer and lyricist (died 1989)
  • February 9 – Hildegard Behrens, operatic soprano (died 2009)
  • February 10 – Don Wilson, rock rhythm guitarist (The Ventures) (died 2022)
  • February 14
    • Jean Bonhomme, Canadian tenor (died 1986)
    • Magic Sam, American singer and guitarist (died 1969)
  • February 15 – Nathan Davis, American hard bop jazz woodwind player (died 2018)
  • February 19 – Robert "Bilbo" Walker Jr., American blues guitarist (died 2017)
  • February 20 – Nancy Wilson, jazz singer (died 2018)
  • February 27 – David Ackles, singer-songwriter (died 1999)
  • March 1 – Jimmy Little, Australian guitarist, actor and educator (died 2012)
  • March 9 – Azio Corghi, Italian composer and musicologist (died 2022)
  • March 17 – Vince Martin, American singer and songwriter (died 2018)
  • March 19 – Clarence "Frogman" Henry, American R&B singer
  • March 20
    • Jerry Reed, American singer-songwriter, actor and guitarist (died 2008)
    • Eddie Shaw, African-American saxophonist and songwriter (died 2018)
  • March 22 – Angelo Badalamenti, screen composer (died 2022)
  • March 24 – Billy Stewart, scat singer (died 1970)
  • April 5 – Marisa Robles, Spanish harpist
  • April 11 – Lando Bartolini, Italian operatic tenor (died 2024)
  • April 17 – Don Buchla, American pioneer of the synthesizer (died 2016)
  • April 21 – David Lucas, American rock and roll composer, singer and music producer
  • May 1 – Bo Nilsson, composer and lyricist (died 2018)
  • May 4
    • Dick Dale, surf rock guitarist (died 2019)
    • Ron Carter, American jazz double bassist
  • May 5
    • Delia Derbyshire, electronic composer (died 2001)
    • Johnnie Taylor, blues and soul singer (died 2000)
  • May 9
    • Sonny Curtis (The Crickets)
    • Dave Prater (Sam & Dave) (died 1988)
  • May 13 – Trini Lopez, singer (died 2020)
  • May 22 – Facundo Cabral, Argentine singer (died 2011)
  • June 2 – Jimmy Jones, singer-songwriter (died 2012)
  • June 4 – Freddy Fender, country musician (died 2006)
  • June 7
    • Roberto Blanco, German singer
    • Neeme Järvi, Estonian conductor
  • June 14 – Renaldo "Obie" Benson, soul and R&B bass singer-songwriter (The Four Tops) (died 2005)
  • June 15 – Waylon Jennings, country singer (died 2002)
  • June 25 – Eddie Floyd, African-American soul, R&B singer-songwriter
  • June 30 – Larry Henley, American singer-songwriter (The Newbeats) (died 2014)
  • July 4 – Ray Pillow, American country music singer
  • July 6
    • Vladimir Ashkenazy, pianist and conductor
    • Gene Chandler, singer-songwriter
  • July 12 – Guy Woolfenden, composer (died 2016)
  • July 18 – William Carragan, musicologist (died 2024)
  • July 22 – Chuck Jackson, R&B singer (died 2023)
  • July 26 – Al Banks (The Turbans)
  • August 2 – Garth Hudson, Canadian keyboard player, songwriter and producer (The Band and The Call) (died 2025)
  • August 6 – Baden Powell de Aquino, bossa nova guitarist (died 2000)
  • August 11 – Shel Talmy, record producer and songwriter (died 2024)
  • August 16 – David Behrman, composer and record producer
  • August 20
    • Clem Cattini, English session drummer
    • Stelvio Cipriani, Italian composer (died 2018)
    • Jean-Louis Petit, French composer, conductor and organist
  • August 27
    • Alice Coltrane, née McLeod, jazz multi-instrumentalist (died 2007)
    • J. D. Crowe, banjoist (died 2021)
  • September 10 – Tommy Overstreet, American country singer (died 2015)
  • September 11 – Joseph Kobzon, popular singer and politician (died 2018)
  • September 17
    • Phil Cracolici, rock singer (The Mystics)
    • Ilarion Ionescu-Galați, Romanian violinist and conductor
  • September 30 – Valentin Silvestrov, composer
  • October 9 – Joan Carden, operatic soprano
  • October 13 – Loris Tjeknavorian, conductor and composer
  • October 21 – Norman Wright, doo-wop singer (The Del-Vikings)
  • October 25 – Jeanne Black, American singer (died 2014)
  • October 29 – Michael Ponti, pianist (died 2022)
  • October 31 – Tom Paxton, folk singer-songwriter
  • November 1
    • Bill Anderson, American country singer-songwriter
    • Titiek Puspa, Indonesian singer-songwriter (died 2025)
  • November 2 – Earl "Speedo" Carroll, American vocalist (The Cadillacs, The Coasters) (died 2012)
  • November 6 – Eugene Pitt, American singer (The Jive Five) (died 2018)
  • November 15 – Little Willie John, American singer (died 1968)
    • Frank Ifield, British-born Australian yodelling singer (died 2024)
    • Luther Ingram, American soul singer-songwriter (died 2007)
    • Noel Stookey, American singer-songwriter (Peter, Paul & Mary)
  • December 1 – Gordon Crosse, English composer
  • December 12 – Connie Francis, American pop singer (died 2025)
  • December 14 – Warren Ryanes, American bass doo-wop singer (The Monotones) (died 1982)
  • December 17 – Art Neville, American rock-soul-jazz singer-songwriter and keyboardist (The Neville Brothers) (died 2019)
  • December 25 – O'Kelly Isley, Jr., American soul singer (The Isley Brothers) (died 1986)
  • December 26 – Ronnie Prophet, Canadian-American country musician (died 2018)
  • December 28 – Rita Orlandi-Malaspina, Italian operatic soprano (died 2017)
  • December 30
    • John Hartford, American folk and country musician and composer (died 2001)
    • Raquel Olmedo, Cuban-Mexican actress and singer
  • date unknown – Farhad Fakhreddini, conductor and composer, founder of Iran's National Orchestra

Deaths

  • January 10 – Clarence Eddy, American organist and composer (born 1851)
  • January 12 – Barney Fagan, American performer and composer (born 1850)
  • January 19 – Aristodemo Giorgini, Italian opera singer (born 1879)
  • February 14 – Erkki Melartin, Finnish composer (born 1875)
  • March 6 – George Washington Thomas, songwriter and pianist (born 1883)
  • March 12
    • Charles-Marie Widor, composer (born 1844)
    • Jenő Hubay, composer and violinist (born 1858)
  • March 22 – Thorvald Aagaard, composer (born 1877)
  • March 29 – Karol Szymanowski, composer (born 1882)
  • April 8 – Arthur Foote, composer (born 1853)
  • April 11 – Minnie Bell Sharp, pianist and singer (born 1865)
  • April 20 – Virgilio Ranzato, composer (born 1883)
  • May 2 – Arthur Somervell, composer (born 1863)
  • May 4 – Noel Rosa, singer, songwriter and guitarist (born 1910)
  • May 7 – W. O. Forsyth, pianist (born 1859)
  • May 11 – Viliam Figuš-Bystrý, composer (born 1875)
  • June 2 – Louis Vierne, organist and composer (born 1870)
  • June 10 – Malcolm Williams, actor and composer (born 1870)
  • July 11 – George Gershwin, composer (born 1898)
  • July 17 – Gabriel Pierné, organist and composer (born 1863)
  • July 23 – Charles Henry Mills, composer and music teacher (born 1873)
  • August 23 – Albert Roussel, composer (born 1869)
  • September 6 – Henry Kimball Hadley, composer and conductor (born 1871)
  • September 26 – Bessie Smith, blues singer, automobile accident (born 1895)
  • October 6 – Blind Uncle Gaspard, Cajun vocalist and guitarist (born 1878)
  • October 17 – Paul Lhérie, operatic tenor/baritone (born 1844)
  • October 22 – Frank Damrosch, organist, conductor and music teacher (born 1859)
  • November 3 – Winthrop Ames, theatrical director (born 1870)
  • November 24 – Tell Taylor, songwriter (born 1876)
  • November 25 – Lilian Baylis, founder of Sadler's Wells ballet company (born 1874)
  • November 29 – Ferdinand Buescher, instrument manufacturer (born 1861)
  • December 4 – :it:Rodolfo Falvo, composer (born 1873)
  • December 10 – Rosa Valetti, cabaret singer (born 1878)
  • December 26
    • Dan Beddoe, tenor (born 1863)
    • Ivor Gurney, composer-poet (born 1890)
  • December 28 – Maurice Ravel, composer (born 1875)
  • date unknown
    • Rabbit Brown, country blues singer (born c.1880)
    • Blind Uncle Gaspard, Cajun musician (born 1880)
    • Maude Valérie White, composer and songwriter (born 1855)
    • Loraine Wyman, folk singer and dulcimer player (born 1885)

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