1901 in Music - Births

Births

• January 22 – Hans Erich Apostel, composer (d. 1972)
• February 2 – Jascha Heifetz, violinist (d. 1987)
• February 9 - Sebastian Kunjukunju Bhagavathar, Malayalam actor, singer, and author (d. 1985)
• February 15 – Kokomo Arnold, blues musician (d. 1968)
• March 21 – Nikos Skalkottas, Greek composer (d. 1949)
• March 27 - Enrique Santos Discépolo, Argentinian tango musician, composer and writer (d. 1951)
• May 12 – Scrappy Lambert, US singer (d. 1987)
• May 17 – Werner Egk, composer (d. 1983)
• May 21 – Horace Heidt, US bandleader (d. 1986)
• May 23 – Edmund Rubbra, composer (d. 1986)
• May 30 – Frankie Trumbauer, US saxophonist, bandleader and singer (d. 1956)
• June 6 – Véra Korène, actress and singer (d. 1996)
• June 10 – Frederick Loewe, composer of musicals (d. 1988)
• June 24 – Harry Partch, composer (d. 1974)
• June 29 – Nelson Eddy, US singer and actor (d. 1967)
• July 3 – Ruth Crawford-Seeger, composer (d. 1953)
• July 28 – Rudy Vallée, singer & bandleader (d. 1986)
• August 4 – Louis Armstrong, jazz trumpeter, composer, bandleader, singer (d. 1971)
• September 2 – Phil Napoleon, jazz trumpeter (d. 1990)
• September 9 – James Blades, percussionist (d. 1999)
• September 12 – Ernst Pepping, composer (d. 1981)
• September 26 – Ted Weems, US bandleader (d. 1963)
• October 2
  • Walther Aeschbacher, Swiss conductor and composer (d. 1969)
  • Kiki, entertainer (d. 1953)
• October 7 – Ralph Rainger, US composer and pianist (d. 1942)
• October 8 – Eivind Groven, composer (d. 1977)
• October 18 – Annette Hanshaw, US singer (d. 1985)
• October 20 – Frank Churchill, US composer (d. 1942)
• November 21 - Giacomo Vaghi, Italian opera singer (d. 1978)
• November 22 – Joaquin Rodrigo, Spanish composer (d. 1999)
• December 22 – André Kostelanetz, conductor and arranger (d. 1980)
• December 26 - Victor Hely-Hutchinson, composer (d. 1947)