1899 in Music - Births

Births

• January 7
  • Al Bowlly, singer (died 1941)
  • Francis Poulenc, composer (died 1963)
• January 14 - Herbert Sumsion, composer and organist (died 1995)
• January 21 - Alexander Tcherepnin, pianist and composer (died 1977)
• February 15 - Georges Auric, composer (died 1983)
• February 21 - Clara Clairbert, operatic soprano (died 1970)
• March 5 - Patrick Hadley, composer (died 1973)
• April 5 - Leonard Falcone, baritone/eupohonium virtuosos and director of bands at Michigan State (died 1985)
• April 29 - Duke Ellington, jazz musician and composer (died 1974)
• May 1 - Jón Leifs, composer (died 1968)
• May 6 - Billy Cotton, bandleader (died 1969)
• May 10 - Fred Astaire, song-and-dance man (died 1987)
• May 30 - Little Jack Little, singer and songwriter (died 1956)
• June 1 - Werner Janssen, conductor and composer (died 1990)
• June 9 - Signe Amundsen, operatic soprano (died 1987)
• June 11 - George Frederick McKay, composer (died 1970)
• June 13 - Carlos Chávez, composer and conductor
• June 16 - Helen Traubel, opera singer (died 1972)
• June 19 - Pat Ballard, songwriter (died 1960)
• June 21 - Pavel Haas, composer (died 1944)
• June 30 - Harry Shields, jazz musician (died 1971)
• July 1 - Thomas A. Dorsey, "father of gospel music" (died 1993)
• July 3 - Benny Nawahi, ukulele player (died 1985)
• July 10 - André Souris, composer and writer (died 1970)
• July 17 - James Cagney, US actor, singer and dancer (died 1986)
• July 30 - John Woods Duke, composer (died 1984)
• August 6 - Margarete Klose, operatic mezzo-soprano (died 1968)
• August 12 - Leila Fletcher, pianist and composer (died 1988)
• September 6 - Billy Rose, Broadway producer and lyricist
• September 9 - Maria Yudina, pianist (died 1970)
• September 13 - Ephraim Amu, composer, musicologist and music teacher (died 1995)
• September 25 - Ricard Lamote de Grignon, conductor and composer (died 1965)
• September 26 - William Levi Dawson, composer (died 1990)
• October 9 - Mary Jarred, opera singer (died 1993)
• October 19 - Sidonie Goossens, harpist (died 2002)
• October 31 - Ted Shapiro, songwriter and pianist (died 1980)
• November 9 - Mezz Mezzrow, jazz musician (died 1972)
• November 18 - Eugene Ormandy, violinist and conductor (died 1985)
• November 22 - Hoagy Carmichael, composer, pianist and singer (died 1981)
• November 29 - Gustave Reese, musicologist (died 1977)
• November 30 - Hans Krása, Czech-German composer (died 1944)
• December 2 - Sir John Barbirolli, conductor (died 1970)
• December 11 - Julio de Caro, composer (died 1980)
• December 16 - Noël Coward, dramatist, actor, singer and composer (died 1973)
• December 18 - Muriel Brunskill, operatic contralto (died 1980 in music)
• December 21 - Silvestre Revueltas, composer (died 1940)
• date unknown - Sadettin Heper, composer (died 1980)