1932 in music

Specific locations

• 1932 in British music
• 1932 in Norwegian music

  Specific genres

• 1932 in country music
• 1932 in jazz

  Events

• January 14 – Maurice Ravel's Piano Concerto in G is premièred in Paris.
• February 3–9 – Duke Ellington and his Orchestra record 2 medleys for Victor at 33⅓ rpm. Over half a century later it is discovered that 2 microphone-to-cutting table chains were used, and that the session exists in "accidental stereo."
• May 1 – The music to John Alden Carpenter's ballet Skyscrapers is recorded by the Victor Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Nathaniel Shilkret; in addition to be being issued as six sides on 78 rpm discs, the recording is made available as one Victor's early 33⅓ rpm LP releases.
• July 1 – The very young Eddie Duchin and his Central Park Casino Orchestra, and the Three X Sisters aka, Hamilton Sisters & Fordyce record The Clouds Will Soon Roll By for Columbia records.
• July 7 – Benny Carter's orchestra first records. Crown Records rejects all but one title, "Tell All You Daydreams to Me."
• August 15 – First successful electrical re-recording, directed by Nathaniel Shilkret, of an orchestral accompaniment of a Victor recording by Enrico Caruso.
• October 2 – Charles Seeger is divorced from his first wife, Constance de Clyver Edson. He subsequently marries composer Ruth Crawford.
• October 7 – The London Philharmonic Orchestra, recently founded by Thomas Beecham, gives its first public concert.
• October 13 – Isham Jones and the Three X Sisters record at New York Studio No.1. Several songs utilized for RCA Victor were labeled "experimental" as this blues era band-leader was fusing new arrangements, and an idea that would later influence part of the Swing era.
• October 19 – Frankie Laine and Ruthie Smith set the all-time dance marathon record of 3,501 hours at the Million Dollar Pier in Atlantic City, New Jersey
• October 31 – Sergei Prokofiev's Piano Concerto No. 5 is premiered in Berlin
• December 13 – Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra make their last record date for Victor. It becomes a singular example of early swing music.
• Henry Hall becomes Director of the BBC Dance Orchestra.
• Sydney Symphony comes into existence.

  Published popular music

• "After You, Who?" w.m. Cole Porter
• "Alone Together" w. Howard Dietz m. Arthur Schwartz
• "And Love Was Born" w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Jerome Kern
• "And So To Bed" w. Mack Gordon m. Harry Revel
• "April in Paris" w. E. Y. Harburg m. Vernon Duke
• "As You Desire Me" w.m. Allie Wrubel
• "Auf Wiedersehen, My Dear" w.m. Al Hoffman, Ed G. Nelson, Al Goodhart & Milton Ager
• "Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea" w. Ted Koehler m. Harold Arlen
• "Chinese Laundry Blues" Cottrell
• "The Clouds Will Soon Roll By" w.m. Billy Hill & Harry Woods
• "Dance Of The Cuckoos" w.m. T. Marvin Hatley & Harry Steinberg
• "Darkness On The Delta" w. Marty Symes & Al Neiburg m. Jerry Livingston
• "Eadie Was A Lady" w. B. G. De Sylva m. Richard Whiting & Nacio Herb Brown
• "The Echo Of A Song" Peter Mendoza
• "Eres Tú" Miguel Sandoval
• "Fit As A Fiddle" w.m. Arthur Freed, Al Hoffman & Al Goodhart
• "The Flies Crawled Up The Window" w.m. Douglas Furber & Vivian Ellis
• "Give Her A Kiss" w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers
• "Goodnight My Love" w.m. Gus Arnheim, Harry Tobias & Jules Lemare
• "Goodnight Vienna" w.m. Holt Marvell & George Posford
• "Got The South In My Soul" w.m. Ned Washington, Victor Young & Lee Wiley
• "Happy-Go-Lucky You " w.m. Al Goodhart, Al Hoffman & J. F. Murray
• "Have You Ever Been Lonely?" w. Billy Hill m. Peter De Rose
• "Here Lies Love" w. Leo Robin m. Ralph Rainger
• "How Deep Is The Ocean?" w.m. Irving Berlin
• "I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance with You" w. Bing Crosby & Ned Washington m. Victor Young
• "I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues" w. Ted Koehler m. Harold Arlen
• "If It Ain't Love" w.m. Andy Razaf, Don Redman & Fats Waller
• "I'll Do My Best To Make You Happy" w.m. Ray Noble
• "I'll Never Be The Same" w. Gus Kahn m. Matty Malneck & Frank Signorelli from the revue After Dinner
• "I'm Getting Sentimental Over You" w. Ned Washington m. George Bassman
• "In A Shanty In Old Shanty Town" w. Joe Young m. Ira Schuster & Jack Little
• "In Egern On The Tegern Sea" w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Jerome Kern. Introduced by Ivy Scott in the musical Music in the Air
• "Isn't It Romantic?" w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers
• "It Don't Mean A Thing " w. Irving Mills m. Duke Ellington
• "It Was So Beautiful" w. Arthur Freed m. Harry Barris
• "I've Got You On My Mind" w.m. Cole Porter
• "I've Told Every Little Star" w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Jerome Kern
• "Just An Echo In The Valley" w.m. Harry Woods, Jimmy Campbell & Reg Connelly
• "Keepin' Out Of Mischief Now" w. Andy Razaf m. Fats Waller
• ":File:HitOfTheWeekLabel.png|Lawd, You Made The Night Too Long" w. Sam M. Lewis m. Isham Jones
• "Let's All Sing Like The Birdies Sing" w. Robert Hargreaves & Stanley J. Damerell m. Tolchard Evans & H. Tilsley
• "Let's Call It A Day" w. Lew Brown m. Ray Henderson
• "Let's Have Another Cup of Coffee" w.m. Irving Berlin
• "Let's Put Out The Lights And Go To Sleep" w.m. Herman Hupfeld
• "A Little Street Where Old Friends Meet" w. Gus Kahn m. Harry Woods
• "Look What You've Done" w. Bert Kalmar & Irving Caesar m. Harry Ruby & Harry Akst
• "Looking On The Bright Side" w.m. Howard Flynn
• "Louisiana Hayride" w. Howard Dietz m. Arthur Schwartz
• "Love Is The Sweetest Thing" w.m. Ray Noble
• "Love Me Tonight" w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers
• "Love Me Tonight" w.m. Bing Crosby, Ned Washington & Victor Young
• "Lover" w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers
• "Lullaby of the Leaves" w. Joe Young m. Bernice Petkere
• "Mad About The Boy" w.m. Noël Coward
• "A Million Dreams" w. Gus Kahn m. J. C. Lewis Jr
• "Mimi" w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers
• "Mine" w. Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin
• "Minnie The Moocher's Wedding Day" w. Ted Koehler m. Harold Arlen
• "My Cousin in Milwaukee" w. Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin. Introduced by Lyda Roberti in the musical Pardon My English
• "My Silent Love" w. Edward Heyman m. Dana Suesse
• "My Sweet Virginia" w.m. Vincent Rose
• "Night And Day" w.m. Cole Porter introduced by Fred Astaire in Gay Divorce
• "Oh! That Mitzi" w. Leo Robin m. Ralph Rainger. Introduced by Maurice Chevalier in the film One Hour with You.
• "Old Yazoo" w. Andy Razaf m. Fats Waller
• "One Hour With You" w. Leo Robin m. Richard A. Whiting. From the film of the same name
• "Papirosn" w.m. Herman Yablokoff
• "The Party's Over Now" w.m. Noël Coward
• "Pink Elephants" w. Mort Dixon m. Harry Woods
• "Play, Fiddle, Play" w. Jack Lawrence m. Emery Deutsch & Arthur Altman
• "Please" w. Leo Robin m. Ralph Rainger
• "The Poor Apache" w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers
• "Precious Lord Take My Hand" by Thomas A. Dorsey, first major gospel music hit
• "Pu-leeze! Mr Hemingway" w. Walter Kent & Milton Drake m. Abner Silver
• "Say It Isn't So" w.m. Irving Berlin
• "Sentimental Gentleman From Georgia" w. Mitchell Parish m. Frank Perkins
• "Sleep, Come On And Take Me" w.m. Joe Young & Boyd Bunch
• "Smoke Rings" w. Ned Washington m. Gene Gifford
• "Snuggled On Your Shoulder" w. Joe Young m. Carmen Lombardo
• "So Do I" w. B. G. De Sylva m. Vincent Youmans
• "Soft Lights And Sweet Music" w.m. Irving Berlin
• "Somebody Loves You" w. Charlie Tobias m. Peter DeRose
• "The Song is You" w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Jerome Kern
• "Street of Dreams" w. Sam M. Lewis m. Victor Young
• "The Sun Has Got His Hat On" w.m. Ralph Butler & Noel Gay
• "Three's a Crowd" w. Al Dubin & Irving Kahal m. Harry Warren
• "Too Many Tears" w. Al Dubin m. Harry Warren
• "Try a Little Tenderness" w.m. Harry Woods, Jimmy Campbell & Reg Connelly
• "Underneath The Harlem Moon" w. Mack Gordon m. Harry Revel
• "Waltzing in a Dream" w. Ned Washington, Bing Crosby m. Victor Young
• "Wanderer" w.m. Bud Flanagan
• "We Just Couldn't Say Goodbye" w.m. Harry Woods
• "We've Got The Moon And Sixpence" Oscar Levant, Clifford Grey
• "We've Got To Put That Sun Back In The Sky" Kahal, Meyer
• "What More Can I Ask?" w. A. E. Wilkins m. Ray Noble
• "What Would You Do?" w. Leo Robin m. Richard A. Whiting. Introduced by Maurice Chevalier in the film One Hour with You
• "Why Don't Women Like Me?" Cottrell, Bennett, Formby
• "Willow Weep for Me" w.m. Ann Ronell
• "Wintergreen For President" w. Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin
• "You Are Too Beautiful" w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers
• "The Younger Generation" w.m. Noël Coward
• "You're An Old Smoothie" w.m. B. G. De Sylva, Richard A. Whiting & Nacio Herb Brown
• "You're Getting To Be A Habit With Me" w. Al Dubin m. Harry Warren
• "You've Got What Gets Me" w. Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin

  Biggest hit songs

#	Artist	Title	Year	Country	Chart Entries
1	Fred Astaire & Leo Reisman	"Night & Day"	1932		US Billboard 1 – 1932, US BB 1 of 1932, POP 1 of 1932, RYM 4 of 1932, Music Imprint 14 of 1930s, Brazil 21 of 1933, nuTsie 34 of 1930s, DMDB 52, RIAA 195, Acclaimed 1369
2	Louis Armstrong	"All of Me"	1932		US Billboard 1 – 1932, Grammy Hall of Fame in 2005, RYM 5 of 1932, US BB 8 of 1932, POP 8 of 1932, Brazil 19 of 1932, nuTsie 42 of 1930s
3	Duke Ellington	"It Don't Mean a Thing "	1932		Grammy Hall of Fame in 2008, RYM 1 of 1932, US Billboard 6 – 1932, Scrobulate 31 of swing, nuTsie 32 of 1930s, Song of 1932
4	Rudy Vallee	"Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?"	1932		US Billboard 1 – 1932, POP 4 of 1932, RYM 6 of 1932, Music Imprint 15 of 1930s, Brazil 60 of 1933, RIAA 196
5	Bing Crosby & The Mills Brothers	"Dinah"	1932		US Billboard 1 – 1932, US BB 5 of 1932, POP 5 of 1932, Brazil 27 of 1932, Europe 47 of the 1930s

Top hit records

• "All of Me" by Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra; also version by Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra, vocal; Mildred Bailey
• "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?" – Bing Crosby; also version by Rudy Vallee
• "Delishious" by Nat Shilkret and the Victor Orchestra, vocal Paul Small
• "The Flies Crawled Up the Window" by Jack Hulbert
• "Got The South In My Soul" by Paul Robeson; also version by Leo Reisman & His Orchestra, vocal; Lee Wiley
• "How Deep Is the Ocean?" by Ethel Merman, accompanied Nat Shilkret and the Victor Orchestra
• "I Can't Get Mississippi Off My Mind" by Billy Cotton Band
• "In A Shanty In Old Shanty Town" by Ted Lewis & His Band
• "Love Is The Sweetest Thing" by Ray Noble. vocal; Al Bowlly
• "Love Me Tonight" by Jeanette MacDonald
• "Mad Dogs and Englishmen" by Noël Coward
• "Mah Lindy Lou" by Paul Robeson
• "Ooh That Kiss" by Frances Day
• "Please" by Bing Crosby
• "Say It Isn't So" by George Olsen & His Music
• "The Thrill Is Gone" by Rudy Vallee
• "Was That the Human Thing To Do?" by The Boswell Sisters
• "Where the Blue of the Night " by Bing Crosby
• "The Younger Generation" by Ray Noble and Al Bowlly

  Top [blues] recordings

• "Worrying You Off My Mind" – Big Bill Broonzy
• "Mistreatin Mama" – Big Bill Broonzy
• "How You Want It Done" – Big Bill Broonzy
• "Searching the Desert For the Blues" – Blind Willie McTell
• "Winnie The Wailer" – Lonnie Johnson

  Classical music

• Henk Badings
• *Symphony for 16 soloists
• *Symphony No. 2
• Arnold Bax
• *Concerto for Cello and Orchestra
• *Sinfonietta
• *Sonata No. 4, for piano
• *Summer Music, for orchestra
• *Symphony No. 5
• *"Watching the Needleboats", for voice and piano
• Arthur Benjamin – Violin Concerto
• Arthur Bliss – A Colour Symphony
• Marc Blitzstein
• *The Condemned, choral opera in one act
• *Serenade, for string quartet
• John Cage – Greek Ode, for voice and piano
• Carlos Chávez
• *Antígona
• *Caballos de vapor
• *String Quartet No. 2
• *Tierra mojada
• *"Todo", for voice and piano
• Henry Cowell
• *Expressivo, for piano
• *Four Continuations, for string orchestra
• *Reel, for small orchestra
• *Rhythm Study, for piano
• *Two Appositions, for piano
• *Two Appositions: One Movement for Orchestra
• Ruth Crawford Seeger
• *Ricercari, for voice and piano
• *Songs, for alto voice, oboe, percussion, piano, and optional orchestra
• Jean Françaix – Piano Concerto
• Gunnar de Frumerie – Variations and Fugue
• George Gershwin – Cuban Overture, for orchestra
• Peggy Glanville-Hicks
• *Fantasy, for solo violin
• *"He Reproves the Curlew", for voice and piano
• *Prelude for a Pensive Pupil, for piano
• *"Sheiling Song", for voice and piano
• *"They Are Not Long", for voice and piano
• *"To the Moon", for voice and piano
• *"A Widow Bird", for voice and piano
• Percy Grainger – Handel in the Strand
• Camargo Guarnieri – String Quartet No. 1
• Alois Hába
• *Children's Choruses, in quarter tones, Op. 42
• *Children's Choruses, in quarter tones, Op. 43
• *Fantazie No. 2, for nonet, Op. 41
• *Pracující den, for male choir, in quarter tones, Op. 45
• Jascha Heifetz – arrangement of Grigoraş Dinicu's Hora staccato
• Gustav Holst
• *"If 'twer the Time of Lilies", for two-part choir and piano, H187
• *Jazz-Band Piece
• *Jig, for piano, H179
• John Ireland – A Downland Suite
• Dmitri Kabalevsky – Symphony No. 1
• Ernst Krenek – Kantate von der Vergänglichkeit des Irdischen, for soprano, mixed choir, and piano, Op. 72
• László Lajtha – Cello Sonata
• Nikolai Myaskovsky – Symphony No. 11
• Harry Partch – "The Lord Is My Shepherd", for voice and adapted viola
• Paul Pisk
• *Campanella, cantata for voice and orchestra, Op. 28
• *Little Suite, for chamber orchestra, Op. 11a
• Sergei Prokofiev –
• *Piano Concerto No. 5, Op. 55
• *Sonata for Two Violins in C major, Op. 56
• Ottorino Respighi – Huntingtower, for large wind band, P. 173
• Silvestre Revueltas
• *Alcancías, for orchestra
• *Colorines, for orchestra
• *Música de feria
• *Three Pieces for violin and piano
• Miklós Rózsa – Bagatelles for Piano, Op. 12
• Arnold Schoenberg
• *Mirror Canon, for string quartet
• *Mirror Canon in four parts, for Carl Moll
• *Moses und Aron, opera in 3 acts
• William Schuman
• *"God's World", for voice and piano
• *Potpourri, for orchestra
• Dmitri Shostakovich
• *Hamlet, Op. 32
• *Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District, opera in four acts, Op. 29
• *Six Romances, for tenor and orchestra, Op. 21
• *Twenty-Four Preludes, for piano, Op. 34
• *Vstrechnïy, Op. 33
• Igor Stravinsky
• *Chants du rossignol et Marche chinoise, for violin and piano
• *Danse russe, for violin and piano
• *Duo concertant, for violin and piano
• *Scherzo, for violin and piano
• *Suite italienne, for cello and piano
• *Suite italienne, for violin and piano
• *Simvol verï, for SATB choir
• Virgil Thomson
• *String Quartet No. 2
• *Symphony No. 2
• Joaquín Turina
• *Homenaje a Tárrega, Op. 69, for guitar
• *Silhouettes, Op. 70, for piano
• *Mujeres españolas, Series 2 Op. 73, for piano
• *Vocalizaciones, Op. 74, for soprano and piano
• Ivan Wyschnegradsky – Prelude and Fugue, for two pianos tuned a quarter tone apart, Op. 21

  Opera

• Amy Beach – Cabildo
• Ottorino Respighi – Maria egiziaca
• Pietro Mascagni – Pinotta
• Arnold Schoenberg – Moses und Aron
• Erwin Schulhoff – Flammen
• Kurt Weill – Die Bürgschaft

  [Jazz]

[Musical theater]

• After Dinner London revue opened at the Gaiety Theatre on October 21
• L'Auberge Du Cheval Blanc Paris production
• Ball im Savoy. Berlin production
• Ballyhoo London revue opened at the Comedy Theatre on December 22
• Casanova London production
• The Cat and the Fiddle London production opened at the Palace Theatre on March 4 and ran for 329 performances
• The Dubarry
• *London production opened at Her Majesty's Theatre on April 14 and ran for 398 performances
• *Broadway production opened at George M. Cohan's Theatre on November 22 and ran for 87 performances
• Face the Music Broadway revue opened at the New Amsterdam Theatre on February 17 and ran for 165 performances
• Gay Divorce Broadway production opened at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre on November 29 and transferred to the Shubert Theatre on January 16, 1933, for a total run of 248 performances
• Men Ken Lebn Nor Men Lost Nisht New York City production at the Parkway Theatre in Brooklyn
• Music in the Air Broadway production opened at the Alvin Theatre on November 8 and ran for 342 performances
• Out of the Bottle London production opened at the Hippodrome on June 11 and ran for 109 performances
• Over She Goes London revue opened at the Alhambra Theatre on August 27.
• Show Boat Broadway revival opened at the Casino Theatre on 50th Street on May 19 and ran for 180 performances
• Take a Chance Broadway production opened at the Apollo Theatre on November 26 and ran for 243 performances
• Tell Her the Truth London production opened at the Saville Theatre on June 14 and ran for 234 performances
• Wild Violets opened at the Theatre Royal on October 31 and ran for 291 performances
• Words and Music London revue opened at the Adelphi Theatre on September 16.

  [Musical film]s

• Carmen, starring Marguerite Namara
• Girl Crazy, starring Dorothy Lee, Robert Quillan, Mitzi Green and Kitty Kelly
• Goodnight, Vienna, starring Jack Buchanan and Anna Neagle
• Gräfin Mariza, starring Dorothea Wieck, Hubert Marischka and Charlotte Ander
• Grün ist die Heide, starring Camilla Spira, Peter Voß and Theodor Loos
• Kiki, starring Anny Ondra and Hermann Thimig and directed by Carl Lamac, with music by Rolf Marbot and lyrics by Bert Reisfeld
• Looking on the Bright Side, starring Gracie Fields.
• Love Me Tonight, starring Maurice Chevalier and Jeanette MacDonald.
• The Maid of the Mountains, starring Nancy Brown and Harry Welchman.
• The Midshipmaid, starring Jessie Matthews
• Monte Carlo Madness, starring Sari Maritza and Hans Albers and featuring the Comedian Harmonists
• One Hour with You, starring Jeanette MacDonald, Maurice Chevalier, Genevieve Tobin and Charles Ruggles
• Pergolesi, starring Elio Steiner, Dria Paola and Tina Lattanzi, directed by Guido Brignone, with music by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi
• The Phantom President, starring George M. Cohan, Claudette Colbert and Jimmy Durante. Directed by Norman Taurog.
• Sehnsucht 202, starring Luise Rainer
• Unshudat al-Fu'ad'', starring Nadra

  Births

• January 26 – Coxsone Dodd, record producer
• January 31 – Rick Hall, record producer
• February 8 – John Williams, film music composer
• February 16 – Harry Goz, musical theatre star
• February 24 – Michel Legrand, composer
• February 26 – Johnny Cash, country singer
• March 4 – Miriam Makeba, singer
• March 15 – Arif Mardin, record producer
• March 21 – Joseph Silverstein, violinist
• April 1 – Debbie Reynolds, actress and singer
• April 8 – John Kinsella, Irish composer
• April 9 – Carl Perkins, rockabilly singer
• April 10 – Kishori Amonkar, Hindustani classical singer
• April 12 – Tiny Tim, singer and ukulele player
• April 14 – Loretta Lynn, country singer
• April 26 – Francis Lai, songwriter and film composer
• April 27 – Maxine Brown, country singer
• May 19 – Alma Cogan, English singer
• May 30 – Pauline Oliveros, American electronic music composer
• June 7 – Tina Brooks, saxophonist
• June 19 – Ernest Ranglin, Jamaican guitarist
• June 21 – Lalo Schifrin, film composer
• June 27 – Anna Moffo, operatic soprano
• July 11 – Roquel Billy Davis, singer, songwriter and record producer
• July 12 – Eddy Wally, Flemish Schlager music singer
• July 13 – Per Nørgård, Danish composer
• July 16 – John Chilton, English jazz trumpeter
• July 19 – Buster Benton, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• August 2 – John Cohen, folk musician and photographer
• August 23 – Sinn Sisamouth, singer-songwriter, "the King of Khmer music"
• September 8 – Patsy Cline, country singer
• September 25 – Glenn Gould, classical pianist
• September 28 – Víctor Jara, Chilean singer-songwriter
• October 9 – Alfons Kontarsky, pianist
• November 10 – Paul Bley, jazz pianist
• November 15 – Clyde McPhatter,
• November 21 – Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen, Danish composer
• November 28 – Ethel Ennis, jazz singer
• November 30 – Bob Moore, bassist
• December 5 – Little Richard, rock singer, songwriter, pianist and actor
• December 9 – Donald Byrd, jazz trumpeter
• December 12 – Charlie Rich, country singer
• December 15 – Jesse Belvin, singer, pianist and songwriter
• December 20 – Leslie Adams, American composer and educator
• December 28 – Dorsey Burnette, Rockabilly pioneer

  Deaths

• January 16 – Joseph Kekuku, inventor of the steel guitar
• January 27 – Mortimer Wilson, composer
• February 22 – Johanna Gadski, opera singer
• March 1 – Frank Teschemacher, jazz musician
• March 3 – Eugen d'Albert, pianist and composer
• March 6 – John Philip Sousa, composer
• March 18 – Chauncey Olcott, songwriter
• March 19 – Richard Specht, musicologist
• April 2 – Hugo Kaun, composer and conductor
• May 5 – Hilda Clark, music hall singer
• May 6 – Roméo Beaudry, pianist, composer and record producer
• May 9 – Emil Hertzka, music publisher
• May 20 – Bubber Miley, jazz trumpeter
• May 28 – Pascual Contursi, singer and guitarist
• June 7 – Emil Paur, conductor
• July 8 – Samuel Castriota, pianist, guitarist and composer
• July 22
• *Hugh Blair, organist and composer
• *Florenz Ziegfeld, Broadway impresario
• August 16 – Pietro Floridia, composer and conductor
• September 13 – Julius Röntgen, composer
• September 14 – Jean Cras, composer
• September 26 – Pierre De Geyter, composer of The Internationale
• October 19 – Arthur Friedheim, pianist
• October 21 – Al Hopkins, country musician
• November 23 – Percy Pitt, organist and conductor
• November 27 – Evelyn Preer, actress and blues singer
• November 28 – Hubert de Blanck, pianist and composer
• December 1 – Amadeo Vives, composer
• December 24 – Eyvind Alnæs, pianist, organist and composer
• December 25 – Ernst Rolf, actor and singer
• December 26 – Dina Barberini, operatic soprano
• date unknown
• *Giulia Novelli, operatic mezzo-soprano
• *Emanuele Nutile, composer of Neapolitan songs