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Overview of the events of 1931 in music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1931.
Events
January 24 - The Romen Theatre opens as a studio in Moscow .
May 14 – After conducting a concert in memory of Giuseppe Martucci in Bologna, Arturo Toscanini is attacked by a crowd for having refused to perform the fascist Italian national anthem on the program.[1]
May 21 – RCA Victor 's first commercially issued 33⅓ rpm record, "Salon Suite, No. 1" by The Victor Salon Orchestra, directed by Nathaniel Shilkret , is recorded.[citation needed ]
July 22 –28 – The ninth annual ISCM Festival of Contemporary Music takes place in London and Oxford, with concerts of orchestral, choral, and chamber music.[2]
October 20 – The Indian Music Circle, dedicated to the revival of Indian classical music, is inaugurated with a ceremony held in the Jinnah Memorial Hall , Bombay.[3]
Roy Rogers ' musical career begins.[citation needed ]
Alberto Rabagliati 's singing career begins.[citation needed ]
Mary Garden retires from the Chicago Opera.[citation needed ]
Published popular music
"Adios" w. Eddie Wood m. Enric Madriguera
"All of Me " w.m. Seymour Simons & Gerald Marks
"As Time Goes By " w.m. Herman Hupfeld
"At Your Command " w.m. Harry Barris , Bing Crosby & Harry Tobias
"Black Jazz" m. Gene Gifford
"Blah, Blah, Blah" w. Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin . Introduced by El Brendel in the film Delicious
"Blues in My Heart " w. Irving Mills m. Benny Carter
"Brighter Than The Sun" w. Anona Winn m. Ray Noble
"Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? " w. E. Y. Harburg m. Jay Gorney
"By The River Sainte Marie" w. Edgar Leslie m. Harry Warren
"Call Me Darling, Call Me Sweetheart, Call Me Dear" w. (Eng) Dorothy Dick w.m. Bert Reisfeld, Mart Fryberg & Rolf Marbet
"Close Your Eyes " D. Carter - H. M. Tennent
"Come to Me" w. B. G. De Sylva & Lew Brown m. Ray Henderson
"Concentratin' On You" w. Andy Razaf m. Fats Waller
"Crosby, Columbo And Vallee" w. Al Dubin m. Joe Burke
"Cuban Love Song" w.m. Dorothy Fields , Jimmy McHugh & Herbert Stothart
"Dancing In The Dark " w. Howard Dietz m. Arthur Schwartz
"Delishious" w. Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin
"Doin' What I Please" w. Andy Razaf m. Thomas Waller
"Don't Take My Boop-Oop-A-Doop Away " w. Sammy Timberg m. Samuel Lerner. Introduced by Mae Questel and Rudy Vallee in the Betty Boop animated short Musical Justice (1931)
"Down Sunnyside Lane" Jimmy Campbell, Reg Connelly
"Dream a Little Dream of Me " w. Gus Kahn m. Fabian Andre & Wilbur Schwandt
"An Evening In Caroline" w.m. Walter Donaldson
"A Faded Summer Love" w.m. Phil Baxter
"Goodnight, Sweetheart " w.m. Ray Noble , James Campbell & Reg Connelly
"Got A Date With An Angel" w. Clifford Grey & Sonny Miller m. Jack Waller & Joseph Tunbridge
"Got the Bench, Got the Park " w.m. Al Sherman , Al Lewis & Fred Phillips
"Green Eyes " w. (Eng) E. Rivera & Eddie Woods (Sp) Adolfo Utrero m. Nilo Menendez
"Guilty " w. Gus Kahn m. Richard A. Whiting & Harry Akst
"Hang Out The Stars In Indiana" w. Billy Moll m. Harry Woods
"He Played His Ukulele As The Ship Went Down" w.m. Arthur Le Clerq
"Heartaches " w. John Clenner m. Al Hoffman
"Hello, My Lover, Goodbye " w. Edward Heyman m. John Green . Introduced by Frances Langford in the musical Here Goes the Bride
"Help Yourself to Happiness" w.m. Mack Gordon , Harry Revel and Harry Richman . Introduced by Harry Richman in the revue Ziegfeld Follies of 1931
"Hold My Hand " w. Douglas Furber m. Noel Gay
"Home" w.m. Peter Van Steeden, Harry Clarkson & Geoff Clarkson
"Hoops" w. Howard Dietz m. Arthur Schwartz
"I Apologize " w.m. Al Hoffman , Al Goodhart & Ed Nelson
"I Don't Know Why " w. Roy Turk m. Fred E. Ahlert
"I Found A Million Dollar Baby (In A Five And Ten Cent Store) " w. Billy Rose & Mort Dixon m. Harry Warren
"I Heard" w.m. Don Redman
"I Love Louisa" w. Howard Dietz m. Arthur Schwartz
"I Surrender, Dear " w. Gordon Clifford m. Harry Barris
"If You Should Ever Need Me" w. Al Dubin m. Joe Burke
"I'll Be Good Because Of You" w.m. Ray Noble & Alan Murray
"I'm All Dressed Up With A Broken Heart" Fisher, Unger, Stern
"I'm Crazy 'Bout My Baby" w. Alex Hill m. Fats Waller
"I'm Gonna Get You" w.m. Gus Arnheim, Harry Tobias & Jules Lemare
"I'm Good For Nothing But Love" Ballard, Maltin
"I'm Through with Love" w. Gus Kahn m. Matty Malneck & Fud Livingston
"It's the Darndest Thing" w. Dorothy Fields m. Jimmy McHugh
"It's the Girl" w. Dave Oppenheim m. Abel Baer
"It's You!" Razaf, Waller
"I've Got Five Dollars " w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers
"Jazz Nocturne" m. Dana Suesse
"Just One More Chance" w. Sam Coslow m. Arthur Johnston
"Kicking The Gong Around" w. Ted Koehler m. Harold Arlen
"A Lady Must Live" w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers . Introduced by Jeanne Aubert in the musical America's Sweetheart
"Lady Of Spain " w.m. Robert Hargreaves, Tolchard Evans, Stanley J. Damerell & Henry J. Tilsley
"Lies " w. George E. Springer m. Harry Barris
"Life Is Just A Bowl Of Cherries " w. B. G. De Sylva & Lew Brown m. Ray Henderson
"Little Girl" w.m. Madeline Hyde & Francis Henry
"Love Is Sweeping The Country" w. Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin
"Love Letters In The Sand " w. Nick Kenny & Charles Kenny m. J. Fred Coots
"Lullaby Of The Leaves" w. Joe Young m. Bernice Petkere
"Mad Dogs And Englishmen " w.m. Noël Coward
"Makin' Faces At The Man In The Moon" w.m. Max Rich, Kate Smith, Al Hoffman & Ned Washington
"Mama Inez " w. (Eng) L. Wolfe Gilbert m. Eliseo Grenet
"Maria, My Own" w. (Eng) L. Wolfe Gilbert m. Ernesto Lecuona
"Marta" w. (Eng) L. Wolfe Gilbert m. Moises Simons
"Mary (I'm in Love with You) " w.m. J. Fred Coots & Ozzie Nelson
"Mausie" w. (Eng) Harry Graham m. Paul Abraham
"Me!" w.m. Irving Berlin
"(There Ought to Be a) Moonlight Saving Time" w.m. Irving Kahal & Harry Richman
"My Canary Has Circles Under His Eyes" Koehler, Pola, Golden
"My Song" w. Lew Brown m. Ray Henderson
"Nevertheless " w. Bert Kalmar m. Harry Ruby
"Now's The Time To Fall In Love " w.m. Al Sherman & Al Lewis
"Of Thee I Sing " w. Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin
"Oh, Monah" w.m. Ted Weems & Joe "Country" Washburn
"One More Time " w.m. B. G. DeSylva , Lew Brown , and Ray Henderson .
"Ooh That Kiss" w. Mort Dixon & Joe Young m. Harry Warren
"Out Of Nowhere " w. Edward Heyman m. John Green
"Paradise " w. Nacio Herb Brown & Gordon Clifford m. Nacio Herb Brown
"Penthouse Serenade (When We're Alone)" w.m. Will Jason & Val Burton
"Pied Piper Of Hamelin" w.m. Noel Gay
"Poor Pierrot" w. Otto Harbach m. Jerome Kern
"Prisoner Of Love " w. Leo Robin m. Russ Columbo & Clarence Gaskill
"River, Stay 'Way From My Door" w. Mort Dixon m. Harry Woods
"Roll On, Mississippi, Roll On" w.m. James McCaffrey, Eugene West & Dave Ringle
"Running Between The Raindrops" w. James Dyrenforth m. Carroll Gibbons
"Sally" w.m. William Haines, Harry Leon & Leo Towers
"Shadrack" w.m. Robert MacGimsey
"She Didn't Say Yes " w. Otto Harbach m. Jerome Kern . Introduced by Bettina Hall in the musical The Cat and the Fiddle .
"Smile, Darn Ya, Smile" w. Charles O'Flynn & Jack Meskill m. Max Rich
"Somebody from Somewhere " w. Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin . Introduced by Janet Gaynor in the film Delicious
"Sweet And Lovely" w.m. Gus Arnheim, Harry Tobias & Jules Lemare
"Thanks To You" w. Grant Clarke m. Pete Wendling
"That Silver Haired Daddy Of Mine" w.m. Jimmy Long & Gene Autry
"That's My Desire " w. Carroll Loveday m. Helmy Kresa
"This Is The Missus" w.m. Lew Brown & Ray Henderson
"The Thrill Is Gone" w.m. Lew Brown & Ray Henderson
"Till The Real Thing Comes Along" w.m. Mann Holiner, Alberta Nichols , Sammy Cahn , Saul Chaplin & L. E. Freeman
"Twentieth Century Blues" w.m. Noël Coward
"Under the Bridges of Paris " w. (Fr) Jean Rodor, (Eng) Dorcas Cochran m. Vincent Scotto
"Underneath The Arches " w.m. Reg Connelly & Bud Flanagan
"Wabash Moon" w.m. Dave Dreyer & Morton Downey
"Was I?" w. Charles Farrell m. Chick Endor from the revue Ziegfeld Follies Of 1931
"Was That The Human Thing To Do?" w. Joe Young m. Sammy Fain
"We'll Be The Same" w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers
"Were You Sincere" w. Jack Meskill m. Vincent Rose
"When I Take My Sugar To Tea" w.m. Sammy Fain, Irving Kahal & Pierre Norman Connor
"When It's Sleepy Time Down South " w.m. Leon Rene , Otis Rene & Clarence Muse
"When The Bloom Is On The Sage" w.m. Nat Vincent & Fred Howard Wright
"When The Moon Comes Over The Mountain " w.m. Howard Johnson, Harry Woods & Kate Smith
"When Your Lover Has Gone " w.m. E. A. Swan
"When Yuba Plays The Rumba On The Tuba" w.m. Herman Hupfeld
"Where The Blue Of The Night " w.m. Roy Turk , Bing Crosby & Fred E. Ahlert
"Who Cares? " w.Ira Gershwin m.George Gershwin . Introduced by William Gaxton and Lois Moran in the musical Of Thee I Sing
"Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams " w. Ted Koehler & Billy Moll m. Harry Barris
"Yes, Yes, My Baby Said Yes, Yes" Cliff Friend , Con Conrad . Introduced by Eddie Cantor in the film Palmy Days
"You Are My Heart's Delight" w. Harry Graham m. Franz Lehár Music 1923
"You Call It Madness (But I Call It Love)" w.m. Con Conrad, Gladys Du Bois, Russ Columbo & Paul Gregory
"You Can't Stop Me From Loving You" w. Mann Holiner m.Alberta Nichols
"You Forgot Your Gloves" w. Edward Eliscu m. Ned Lehac. Introduced by Constance Carpenter and Carl Randall in the revue The Third Little Show
"You Rascal You" w.m. Sam Theard
"You Try Somebody Else" w. B. G. De Sylva & Lew Brown m. Ray Henderson
"You're Blasé " w. Bruce Sievier m. Ord Hamilton
"You're My Decline And Fall" George Posford
"You're My Everything" w. Mort Dixon & Joe Young m. Harry Warren
"Yours " (orig. "Quiéreme Mucho") w. (Eng) Jack Sherr (Sp) Augustin Rodriguez m. Gonzalo Roig
Biggest hit songs
The following songs achieved the highest chart positions
in the limited set of charts available for 1931.
#
Artist
Title
Year
Country
Chart Entries
1
Cab Calloway & His Cotton Club Orchestra
Minnie the Moocher
1931
RYM 1 of 1931, US BB 3 of 1931, POP 3 of 1931, RIAA 82, Scrobulate 87 of swing, Acclaimed 649
2
Ted Lewis
Just a Gigolo
1931
US BB 1 of 1931, POP 1 of 1931
3
Duke Ellington
Mood Indigo
1931
RYM 3 of 1931, US BB 7 of 1931, POP 7 of 1931, Acclaimed 518
4
Guy Lombardo
Goodnight, Sweetheart
1931
US BB 4 of 1931, POP 4 of 1931, RYM 40 of 1931
5
Isham Jones
Stardust
1931
US BB 5 of 1931, POP 5 of 1931, RYM 47 of 1930
Top hits on record
Top blues recordings
Classical music
Dans le rêve laissé par la ballade des pendus de Villon , for piano
En dévissant mes chaussettes , for piano
Heureusement, la bonne fé sa marraine y mit bon ordre , for piano
Histoire dur des tapis, entre des murs blancs , for piano
Lumière qui tombe d'un vasistas , for piano
Mélodie-sandwich , for piano
Nocturne , for piano
Petite rhapsodie , for piano
Verset-choral , for piano
26 septembre, 1931 , for piano
Due intermezzi , for strings
Vesuvius (Hic est illa Napolis) , ballet, for orchestra
Hymnus "Te Joseph celebrent" , for soprano, baritone, and organ
Missa pro defunctis , for three voices and organ
"O quam suavis est", for two voices and organ
Sonata No. 2, for violin and piano
À nous la liberté (music for the film by René Clair ),
La concurrence (ballet)
Le quatorze juillet (incidental music for the play by Romain Rolland )
Radiogramma , for piano
Uchben X'coholte , for soprano and chamber orchestra
Sextet, for alto voice, flute, clarinet, violin, viola, and piano
Sonata, for violin and piano [unnumbered, precedes Sonata No. 1]
String Quartet No. 1
Dover Beach , for mezzo-soprano or baritone and string quartet, op. 3
Pieces for Carillon: Round , Allegro , Legend
The School for Scandal (overture), for orchestra, op. 5
Duos (Forty-four) , for two violins
Hungarian Sketches , for orchestra
Piano Concerto No. 2
Transylvanian Dances , for orchestra
Northern Ballad No. 1 , for orchestra
Red Autumn , for piano duo
Symphony No. 4
The Tale the Pine-Trees Knew , for orchestra
Valse, for harp
"Christ in the universe", for alto, tenor, four-part choir, and orchestra, or organ, op. 132
"Juni", for four-part choir and piano (also version for three-part female choir), op. 51, no. 3
Prelude, for violin, cello, and piano
Sea Fever and The Last Prayer , for four-part male choir and piano, op. 126, nos. 1 and 2
"When the last sea is sailed", for four-part male choir and piano, op. 127
Concerto Grosso, for orchestra
Entrückung , for baritone and paino
Pan , for soprano and orchestra
La poulette grise , for two children's choirs, trumpet, and two pianos
Sonata No.1, for violin and piano
Concerto, for two trumpets and string orchestra
Concert Overture, for orchestra
Fünf Sinnsprüche Omars des Zeltmachers , for mezzo-soprano or baritone and piano, op. 3
Toccatas (two), for piano
Trio, for violin, viola, and cello
Zwei estnische Nationaltänze , for piano (later destroyed)
In the Platinum Forest , for medium voice and piano
Sonata, for oboe and clarinet
Tamanar , for piano
The Battle Song , symphonic poem, for brass band
Symphony No. 2 in E minor
Christ’s Nativity, Christmas Suite , for SATB choir
Fugue in A major, for piano
Plymouth Town , ballet, for orchestra
Rhapsodies, for violin, viola, and piano
String Quartet in D
Tit for Tat , for voice and piano
Twelve Variations, for piano
Fantasie, for organ, op. 32
Kleine Stücke , for piano, op. 31
Te Deum , for two-voice chorus, trumpet, trombone, timpani, and organ, op. 33
Vierundzwanzig Melodien aus den Hassler’schen Choralgesängen , for four-voice choir, op. 30
Estudio (A media noche en oriental) , for ¼-tone guitar
Estudios , for ⅓-tone arpa-citara
Preludios, for mictotonal arpa-citara
Sonata "Amanecer en Berlin 13", for ¼-tone arpa-citara
Symphony No. 3 "Colombia"
La donna serpente , Suite No. 1, op. 50 bis
La donna serpente , Suite No. 2, op. 50 ter
Ballade des biens immeubles , for voice and piano, op. 68
Concerto "I profeti", for violin and orchestra, op. 66
The Lark , for violin and piano, op. 64
Mi–la , for piano
Film Studies (Two), for piano, op. 67
A Highly Academic Diversion on Seven Notes , for orchestra
Symphony No. 9 in E♭ major (The Pioneers )
Arnold Cooke – Passacaglia, Scherzo, and Finale, for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, and string quartet
Aaron Copland – Miracle at Verdun , incidental music for the play by Hans Chlumberg, chamber orchestra
Henry Cowell –
479 [Gig], for piano
Competitive Sport , for piano
Heroic Dance , for ten instruments
"How Old Is Song?", for voice and piano
Rhythmicana , for rhythmicon and orchestra
Steel and Stone , original version, for piano?
Jean Cras – Concerto for Piano and Orchestra
Ruth Crawford Seeger - String Quartet
Nancy Dalberg – Tre danske Duetter, for voices
Georges Dandelot – Chansons de Bilitis , for voice and piano, second set
Johann Nepomuk David – Kleine Präludien und Fugen, in A minor and G major, for organ
Maurice Delage – Deux fables de Jean de La Fontaine, for voice, flute, oboe, two clarinets, bassoon, horn, trumpet, piano, and string quartet
Frederick Delius –
Fantastic Dance , for orchestra
Irmelin Prelude , for orchestra*Marcel Dupré –
Chorales (79), for organ, op. 28
Pieces (Seven), for organ, op. 27
Ballade , for piano and chamber orchestra
Printemps , for piano
Piano Concerto No. 1 (revised version)
Grave funèbre, for violin and chamber orchestra
Blasmusik No. 1 , for wind orchestra
Blasmusik No. 2 , for wind orchestra
Furchtlosigkeit und Wohlwollen , oratorio for tenor, mixed chorus, and orchestra
Musica per banda , for wind orchestra
Lied der roten Flieger , for voice and small orchestra or piano
Das Lied vom vierten Mann , for voice and small orchestra or piano
Die Mutter , for choir and orchestra, op. 25
Songs (Four) from the film Niemandsland
Songs (Three) from the film Kuhle Wampe, oder Wem gehört die Welt? , op. 27
Songs (Three) from the film Das Lied vom Leben , op. 36
Streiklied , for voice and small orchestra or piano
Suite No. 2, for orchestra, (from the film Niemandsland ), op. 24
Suite No. 3, for orchestra (from the film Kuhle Wampe ), op. 26
Elegy , for harp and string orchestra
String Quartet No. 2
Alla danza ungherese , for orchestra
Canephorae , five pieces for piano or organ
Passacaglia, for organ
Pastorali , for voice and piano or chamber orchestra
Quaderno Romano , six pieces for piano
Sonatina No. 2, for violin and piano
Grenzen der Menschheit , for baritone, five-part choir, and orchestra
Lied der Welt , for male choir
El caballo blanco , for four-part mixed choir
Rumba, for chamber orchestra
Suite cubana No. 1, for chamber orchestra (also chamber version for flute, oboe, cor anglais, clarinet, bass clarinet, bassoon, horn, piano, and timpani)
Yamba-O , for orchestra
Acalanto , for soprano and piano
Aquela china, for voice and piano
Balada para os carreteiros , for baritone and piano
Mãe d'agua canta , for violin and piano, or for string quartet
Madrigal, for four solo voice and string quartet
Quintet, for two violins, viola, cello, and piano
Suite, for orchestra
Trio, for violin, cello, and piano
The Flooded Stream , for voice and piano
The Orchard Sings to the Child , for voice and piano
Padraic the Fidiler , for voice and piano, with violin ad libitum
Pieces (two), for clarinet and piano
Para meu Rancho , for voice and piano
Poemas (Tres), for voice and piano
Rapsódia brasileira , for piano
Leopold Godowsky –
Capriccio, for piano left-hand
Etude (paraphrase of Adolf Henselt ), in F♯ major, for piano, op. 2 no. 6
Die Herde sucht (incidental music)
Zwei Betrachtungen (later retitled Letzte Kapitel ), for speaker, chamber choir, piano, and percussion, op. 15
Autumn Crocus (incidental music)
Songs (Two), op. 49
Songs (Four), op. 53
Lisbon (Dublin Bay ) (second setting)
'Tribute to Foster
Grand Canyon Suite , for orchestra
Knute Rockne , symphonic poem, for orchestra
Concerto No. 1, for piano and orchestra
Poemas de Macunaíma , for voice and orchestra
Sonata No. 1, for cello and piano
Trio, for violin, viola, and cello
Fantazie No. 1, for nonet, op. 40
Toccata quasi una fantasia , for piano, op. 38
Aurora Borealis , overture for orchestra
San Francisco , suite for orchestra, in C major, op. 121
Youth Triumphant , overture for band
Johan Halvorsen – Danses norvégiennes Nos. 3–6, for violin and orchestra [originally with piano accompaniment, 1930]
Roy Harris –
American Portrait (revised version)
Andantino , for orchestra
Concert Piece , for orchestra
Toccata, for orchestra
Sonatina, for piano
Tanzsuite , for wind quintet
Duette , for two violins
Einige Klavierstücke , for piano
Fünf-und-Vierzig Stücke , for 1 and 2 violins
Konzertstück , for trautonium and strings
Musik zu einem abstrakten Fischinger-Film , for string trio
Musik zu einen Trickfilm , for piano
Reklamefilm Clermont de Fouet , for string trio
Spiel- und Hörschule
"Der Tod", for TTBB choir
Das Unaufhörliche (oratorio), for soprano, tenor, baritone, bass, mixed choir, children’s choir, orchestra, and organ
Allegro affettuoso , for piano
Allegro sostenuto , for violin and piano
Chamber Music No. 1 , for chamber orchestra
Choral Pieces, for children's chorus
Concerto for chamber orchestra
Concerto, for solo piano
Duets, for two recorders
Provinsen [The Provinces], for soprano, alto, tenor, baritone, choir, flute, oboe, violin, and cello
Requiem, for children's voices, children's chorus, and chamber orchestra
Dirge , for orchestra
Der Einsame , for voice and piano
Liebeslied , for voice and piano
Mailied , for voice and piano
Schlaflied , for voice and piano
Suite mélancolique , for violin, cello, and piano
Whimsy , for piano
"Delicates so dainty", unison voices and piano
"A Maid Peerless", for SSAA choir and orchestra
Severn , for SATB choir
"Sweet Content", for unison voices and piano
Three Folksongs , for voice and piano
Les cinq gentlemen maudits , music for the film by J. Duvivier
S.O.S. Foch , music for the film by J. Arroy
Symphonie marine , for orchestra
Chanson en forme de canon à l’octave , for soprano and baritone, op. 102
Chant de nourrice , for three equal voices, op. 103
Cinq chansons folkloriques et deux rigaudons à une voix , for voice and piano
Le forgeron , for three-part choir and string quartet, op. 104
String Quartet No. 4 (unfinished)
La vengeance du mari, soprano, two tenors, four-part choit, small wind band or piano, op. 105
Passacaglia on a Well-Known Theme , for orchestra
Songs (Three), for soprano and clarinet
Études (Six), for piano
Mélodies sur des poésies anciennes (Quatre), for voice and piano or chamber orchestra
Prière des 13 hommes dans la mine , for baritone or mezzo-soprano and piano
Rondels de François Villon (Trois), for voice and piano
Suite, for viola and piano
Pièces en trio , for violin, cello, and piano, op. 95,
String Quartet No. 5, op. 95
Music for Organ , op. 145
Passacaglia and Fugue on BACH , op. 150
Sempre semplice , for organ, op. 142, no. 2
Hommage à Haendel , for orchestra
Kohtauksia nukketeatterista [Scenes from a Puppet Theatre], for orchestra
Rag-Time and Blues , for two violins, clarinet, trumpet, and piano
Tsheremissiläinen fantasia [Cheremis Fantasia], for cello and orchestra
Mátrai képek , for mixed choir
Nagyszalontai köszöntő , for mixed choir or treble choir
Prelude, for organ
Chorals (22), op. 117
Chorals dans les modes du moyen-âge (Cinq), for orchestra, op. 117bis
Bagatelles (Four), for piano four-hands, op. 70
Durch die Nacht , song cycle, for soprano and orchestra, op. 67a
Die Nachtigall , concert aria, for coloratura soprano and orchestra, op. 68a
Gesänge des späten Jahres , for voice and piano, op. 71
Theme and Thirteen Variations, for orchestra, op. 69
Concerto for Piano & 9 Instruments
Salome (incidental music for the play by Oscar Wilde), for clarinet, trumpet, cello, and percussion
Íslendingaljóð [Poems of Icelanders], for male choir, op. 15a
Íslenskir söngdansar [Icelandic Dance-Songs], for voices with ad lib instrumental accompaniment, op. 17a
Ný rímnadanslög [New Icelandic Dances], for piano, op. 14b
Preludes (Three), for organ, op. 16
Sjávarvísur [Ocean Verses], for male choir, op. 15b
A Hymn to Christ, A Hymn to God the Father , for double choir
The Leaden Echo and the Golden Echo , for choir and orchestra
The Willow Plate (dramatic work in three parts, unfinished)
Concerti, for orchestra
Epitaffio , for piano
String Quartet No. 3 "Cantari alla madrigalesca"
Igor Markevitch - Serenade for Three Instruments
Frank Martin – La nique à Satan (spectacle populaire), for baritone, children’s choir, female choir, male choir, wind instruments, 2 pianos, percussion, and contrabass
Bohuslav Martinů –
Borova , for oboe, clarinet, trumpet, piano, and strings
Concerto for String Quartet and Orchestra
Doux esquisses , for piano
Jeux , for piano
Partita (Suite No. 1), for string orchestra
Sept études rhythmiques , for violin and piano
Seven Arabesques , for violin and piano
Slavnostní ouvertura k sokolskému sletu , for orchestra
Sonata No. 2, for violin and piano
"Staročeská říkadla", for women's choir
Untitled Pieces (four), for piano
Leichte Klavierstücke (Zwei), in B♯ major and A minor, for piano
Sonata minacciosa in F minor, for piano, op. 53, no. 2
Festliches Präludium , for organ
Höstkvällen , for voice and piano, op. 170, no. 2
Hvarje årstid , for voice and piano, op. 171
Långt från land , for voice and piano
Lohdutus [Consolation], for chamber orchestra, op. 168
Muistathan [Do you remember?], for voice and piano (composed under the pseudonym Eero Mela)
Runebergsånger , for voice and piano, op. 172
Sånger till ord av Jarl Hemmer , for voice and piano, op. 162
Sonata, for flute and harp, op. 135b
Sonatina No. 2, for piano, op. 135a
Törnet , for voice and piano, op. 170, no. 3
L’ensorceleuse , cantata for soprano, tenor, bass, and piano or orchestra
Fugue sur un sujet de Georges Hüe , for four unspecified instruments
Le tombeau resplendissant , for orchestra
Suffolk Folksongs (Six), for voice and piano
Trio, for violin, viola, and cello
Whythorne's Shadow , for orchestra
Allegretto , in F ,major, for two recorders
Commotio , for organ, op. 50
"Det som lysner over vangen", for voice and piano
Klaverstykke , for piano
"Kvadet om Nordens harpe", for TTBB choir
Ligbraendings–Kantate , for choir and orchestra
Paaske-aften (incidental music)
Cantata (Werkbuch II ), for choir, piano, and percussion
Catulli Carmina II , for choir
"By the Waters of Babylon", for voice and adapted viola
Potion Scene from Romeo and Juliet (Shakespeare), for voice and adapted viola
Suite for Emperor and Galilean by Henrik Ibsen , for orchestra
Pieces (Three), for orchestra
Sonata, for vioin and piano
Danslek ur Ran [Dance Game from Ran], for choir a capella or choir and piano
Jämtlandssången [Song of Jämtland], for unison choir and piano
Lieder (Sechs), for voice and piano, op. 40
Sonette (Drei), op. 41
Canzoni popolari italiane (Quattro), for small orchestra
String Quartet in A major
Songs for Helen on Nursery Rhymes (Twelve), for voice and piano
String Quartet No. 4
Cinq poèmes de Max Jacob , for voice and piano
Concertino, for piano four hands
Quatre poèmes de Guillaume Apollinaire , for voice and piano
Sonata for Violin and Piano
Trois poèmes de Louise Lalanne , for voice and piano
Sonata no. 2, for piano, in B♭ minor, op. 36 (revised version)
Variations on a Theme of Corelli, for piano, op. 42
Antiche danze ed arie per liuto , Suite No. 3, for string quartet
Belkis, regina di Saba (ballet), for orchestra
Maria egiziaca (trittico da concerto), for voices and orchestra
Canons for Woodwinds (Three), for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, op. 9
Fantasy and Fugue, for orchestra and organ, op. 10
Preludes (Three), for piano
Serenata, for violin and eleven instruments or chamber orchestra
Symphony No. 2
Tres toques , for orchestra
Curujey , son for choir, two pianos, and two percussionists
Female Choruses (Two)
Medea , incidental music for the play by Euripides
Song of Mourning and Pastoral (from the incidental music for Medea ), female choir and piano
A Flower Given to my Daughter , for voice and piano
Idylles (Deux), for voice and piano, op. 44
Sonata No. 1, for violin and piano, in D minor, op. 11 (revised version)
Suite, for piano, op. 6
Variazioni piccole (50), for orchestra, op. 8
Aire de siembra , for orchestra
Canciones románticas peruanas , for voice and piano, no. 1: "Arrullo de muñeca", op. 17, no. 1
Canciones simbólicas (Tres), for voice and piano, op. 14
Kcachampa , for orchestra
Prelude, for string quartet, op. 15
Suite peruana, for piano, op. 16
Divertissement de chambre , for flute, clarinet, bassoon, viola, and piano
Polymètres , for voice and piano
Choeurs (six), for four-part women’s choir, a capella or with orchestra, op. 81
Symphonie concertante, for piano and orchestra, op. 82
Four-part Mirror Canon
Klavierstück , op. 33b
Mirror Canon, for string quartet
Two-part Mirror Canon for Herrmann Abraham "Spiegle Dich im Werk"
Concerto, for cello and orchestra
Trio No. 1, for violin, viola, and cello
Trio No. 2, for violin, viola, and cello
Movement for Voice and Piano
Piano Symphony No. 0
"O ti thel ē mana sou?" [Oh What Does Your Mother Want?], for voice and piano
Octet, for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, two violins, viola, and cello
Piano Concerto No. 1
Concertino, for piano and orchestra, 1931;
Danses polonaises (quatre), for orchestra
Symphony no. 3 (Symphonie concertante), for violin, viola, cello, piano, and orchestra
La belle en dormant , for voice and piano
Chamber Music , for voice and piano
Serenade, for flute and violin
Stabat mater , for soprano and string quartet
String Quartet No. 1
Symphony No. 2
Capriccio, for violin and orchestra
Chansons des sables , for voice and orchestra [from Tam-tam ]
Chants de Cyrnos , for voice and orchestra or piano
Fantoches , for piano
Tam-tam , symphonic poem, for orchestra
El castillo de Almodóvar , for piano (also orchestrated), op. 65
El circo , for piano, op. 68
Jardín de niños , for piano, op. 63
Pieza romántica , for piano, op. 64
Quartet, for violin, viola, cello, and piano, op. 67
Radio Madrid , for piano, op. 62,
Rapsodia sinfónica , for piano and strings op. 66
Sonata for Guitar, op. 61
Abinger (I Vow to Thee My Country)
Mantegna (Into the Woods My Master Went)
Marathon (Servants of the Great Adventure)
Piano Concerto in C major
White Gates (Fierce Raged the Tempest)
La ballade du désespéré , for soprano and orchestra, op. 61
Triptyque , for organ, op. 58,
Caixinha de música quebrada , for piano
String Quartet No. 5 (Quarteto brasileiro no. 1)
Belshazzar's Feast (oratorio)
"Make we joy in this fest" (traditional carol), set for SATB choir
Ouverture zu einem ritterlichen Spiel , for orchestra
Passacaglia, for orchestra with organ
Mitte des Lebens , for soprano, choir, and orchestra, op. 45
Piano Concerto, op. 49
Ballade , for violin, oboe, and string orchestra
Feminine Conversations and Promenade of Respectable People , for piano
Prelude and Fugue, for string quartet
Scherzo burlesque , for piano and orchestra
Sextet, for woodwinds and piano
String Quartet No. 1
Lieder (Acht), for voice and piano
Die Mausefalle , incidental music for the play by Gustav von Wangenheim , for instrumental ensemble
Deux études de concert , for two pianos tuned in quarter tones, op. 19
Etude en forme de scherzo , for two pianos tuned in quarter tones, op. 20
The Emperor Jones , op. 36 (not staged until 1933)
Jack and the Beanstalk , op. 35, staged 20 November, Juilliard School , New York
Jesús Guridi – La cautiva , staged 10 February, Calderón Theater, Madrid
Arthur Honegger – La belle de Moudon (operetta), staged 30 May, in Mézières , Jorat (Switzerland)
Jacques Ibert – Gonzague , staged 17 December, Monte Carlo
Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov – Zhenit′ba [The Marriage], op. 70, staged 18 October at the Radio Theatre, Moscow [first of the four acts is by Musorgsky]
Lev Knipper – Goroda i godï [Cities and Years], op. 22
Eduard Künneke – Nadja , op. 28, performed in Kassel
Gian Francesco Malipiero –
Torneo notturno , staged 15 May at the Nationaltheater in Munich
I trionfi d’amore , triptych (unperformed except for the second opera, Mascherati , not staged until 1954)
Italo Montemezzi – La notte di Zoraima , staged 31 January, Teatro alla Scala , Milan
Hans Pfitzner – Das Herz , op. 39, staged 12 November, simultaneously in Berlin and Munich
Jean Roger-Ducasse – Cantegril , staged 9 February at the Opéra-Comique (Salle Favart), Paris
Germaine Tailleferre – Zoulaina (never performed)
Deems Taylor – Peter Ibbetson , op. 20, staged 7 February, Metropolitan Opera , New York
Gabriel von Wayditch - Horus (not staged until 1939)
Egon Wellesz – Die Bakchantinnen , staged 20 June, Wiener Staatsoper , Vienna
Jaromir Weinberger – Milovaný hlas [Die geliebte Stimme ], staged 28 February, Munich
Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari – La vedova scaltra , staged 5 March, at the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma , Rome
Eugène Ysaÿe - Piére li houïeu [Peter the Miner], staged 4 March in Liège
Births
January 5 – Alfred Brendel , pianist
January 8 – Bill Graham , rock music entrepreneur (died 1991)
January 12 – Roland Alphonso , saxophonist (died 1998)
January 14 – Caterina Valente , multilingual singer
January 21 – Rudi Maugeri (The Crew-Cuts )
January 22 – Sam Cooke , singer (died 1964)
February 12 – Walt Groller , accordionist and polka musician
February 14 – Phyllis McGuire , vocalist (The McGuire Sisters )
March 15 – D. J. Fontana , drummer
March 25 – Paul Motian , jazz drummer (died 2011)
April 29 – Lonnie Donegan , skiffle musician (died 2002)
May 4 – Ed Cassidy , drummer (Spirit )
May 7 – Teresa Brewer , singer (died 2007)
May 14 – Alvin Lucier , composer
June 10 – João Gilberto , bossa nova musician
July 6 – Della Reese , actress and singer
July 11 – Tab Hunter , actor and singer
July 18 – Papa Dee Allen , (War ) (died 1988)
July 21 – Plas Johnson , American saxophonist (B. Bumble and the Stingers and The Wrecking Crew )
July 31
August 28
September 12 - George Jones , country singer
September 19 - Brook Benton , singer and songwriter (died 1988)
September 22 - George Chambers (The Chambers Brothers )
September 24 - Anthony Newley , English songwriter, actor and singer (died 1999)
October 24 - Sofia Gubaidulina , composer
November 2 - Phil Woods , jazz saxophonist (died 2015)
November 5 - Ike Turner , musician and record producer (died 2007)
November 16 - Hubert Sumlin , blues guitarist (died 2011)
December 21 - David Baker , American composer and educator
December 24
December 27 - Scotty Moore , guitarist (died 2016)
December 30 - Skeeter Davis , country singer (died 2004)
Deaths
January 5 - Colonel Charles Gerard Conn , instrument manufacturer (born 1884)
January 21 - Felix Blumenfeld , pianist, conductor and composer (born 1863)
January 23 - Anna Pavlova , ballerina (born 1881)
February 16 - Dirk Schäfer , pianist and composer (born 1873)
February 23
March 25 - Tomasz Bartkiewcz , organist and composer (born 1865)
April 4 - George Whitefield Chadwick , composer
May 8 - Bertha Lewis , singer and actress with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company (born 1887) (car accident)
May 12 - Eugène Ysaÿe , violinist and composer (born 1858)
May 13 - Josif Marinković , composer (born 1851)
June 18 - Fanny Holland , singer and actress (born 1847)
June 21 - Jimmy Blythe , jazz pianist (born 1901)
July 2 - Charles Quef , organist and composer (born 1873)
July 4 - Buddy Petit , jazz cornet player (born c. 1890)
August 6 - Bix Beiderbecke , jazz musician (born 1903)
August 11 - Linda Loredo , dancer (born 1907)
August 22 - Joseph Tabrar , songwriter (born 1857)
August 26 - Heinrich Grünfeld , cellist (born 1855)
August 28 - Jane Green singer (born 1897)
September 3 - Franz Schalk , conductor (born 1863)
September 20 - Ugo Falena , opera librettist (born 1875)
September 23 - Harry Macdonough , pioneer recording artist (born 1871)
October 3 - Carl Nielsen , composer (born 1865)
October 8 - Luigi von Kunits , violinist, conductor and composer (born 1870)
October 18 - Thomas Edison , inventor of the phonograph (born 1847)
October 20 - Emánuel Moór , pianist, composer and inventor of the Duplex-Coupler Grand Pianoforte (born 1863)
October 21 - Barbecue Bob , blues musician (born 1902)
October 29 - Luciano Gallet , composer (born 1893)
November 4 - Buddy Bolden , jazz musician (born 1877)
November 17 – Georgi Atanasov , composer (born 1882)
November 19 - Frederic Cliffe , composer (born 1857)
November 23 - Leonora Braham , operatic soprano and actress (Gilbert & Sullivan)
December 2 - Vincent d'Indy , composer (born 1851)
date unknown
References
^ David Darrah, "Slap Toscanini: Refuses to Play Fascist Antham", Chicago Tribune 90, no. 117 (16 May 1931): 3.
^ Anon., "Contemporary Music: Festival in England This Year", The Times , issue 45735 (Saturday, 31 January 1931): 10C.
^ Anon., "Indian Music: Inauguration of Circle in Bombay", The Times of India (Thursday, 22 October 1931): 7.