1890 in Music - Births

Births

• February 25 - Myra Hess, pianist (d. 1965)
• February 27 - Freddie Keppard (d. 1933)
• March 12 - Evert Taube, writer, artist, composer and singer (d. 1976)
• March 17 - Harold Morris, pianist and composer (d. 1964)
• March 20
  • Beniamino Gigli, opera singer (d. 1957)
  • Lauritz Melchior, opera singer (d. 1973)
• March 28 - Paul Whiteman (d. 1967)
• April 17 - Gussie Mueller (d. 1965)
• May 21 - Harry Tierney, songwriter, composer of Irene and Rio Rita (d. 1965)
• June 6 - Ted Lewis (d. 1971)
• June 26 - Jeanne Eagels, Broadway star (d. 1929)
• August 12 - Lillian Evanti, opera singer (d. 1967)
• August 15 - Jacques Ibert, composer (d. 1962)
• August 28 - Ivor Gurney, poet and composer (d. 1937)
• September 15 - Frank Martin, composer (d. 1974)
• September 26 - Papanasam Sivan, Carnatic music composer (d. 1973)
• October 1 - Stanley Holloway, English actor and singer (d. 1982)
• October 8 - Samuel Hoffenstein, screenwriter and composer (d. 1947)
• October 13 - Gösta Nystroem, composer (d. 1966)
• November 10 - Mischa Bakaleinikoff, musical director (d. 1960)
• December 8 - Bohuslav Martinů (d. 1959)