15 November:PETER DICKINSON = English composer, musicologist, and pianist
19 November:DAVE GUARD = American folk singer, songwriter, arranger and recording artist (The Kingston Trio) = [died: 1991]
24 November:ALFRED SCHNITTKE = Soviet and Russian composer [died: 1998]
1 December:BILLY PAUL = American soul singer
9 December:ALAN RIDOUT = British composer and music teacher = [died: 1996]
30 December:
DEL SHANNON = American singer = [died: 1990]
RUSS TAMBLYN = American dancer, singer and actor
Timeline of Musical Events
12 March: the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by WILHELM FURTWÄNGLER given the world premiere of PAUL HINDEMITH's symphony Mathis der Maler in Berlin
28 May: The Glyndebourne festival is inaugurated
June:Sir HENRY LYTTON retires from the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company
7 November: SERGEI RACHMANINOFF's Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini is premiered.
Also in 1934:-
SUN RA's musical career begins
DJANGO REINHARDT's musical career begins
Poet BUDDHADEB BOSU marries singer and writer PRATIBHA BASU
The Fujiwara Opera, Japan's oldest professional opera company, is founded in Tokyo by YOSHIE FUJIWARA.
Published Popular Music
"All I Do Is Dream Of You" = lyrics by ARTHUR FREED; music by NACIO HERB BROWN. Introduced by GENE RAYMOND in the film 'Sadie McKee'
"All Through The Night" = lyrics & music by COLE PORTER
"Anything Goes" = lyrics & music by COLE PORTER
"As Long as I Live" = lyrics by TED KOEHLER; music by HAROLD ARLEN. Introduced by LENA HORNE and AVON LONG in the revue 'Cotton Club Parade'
"Autumn In New York" = lyrics & music by VERNON DUKE
"Baby, Take A Bow" = lyrics by LEW BROWN; music by JAY GORNEY
"Be Like The Bluebird" = lyrics & music by COLE PORTER
"Be Still, My Heart" = lyrics & music by ALLAN FLYNN & JACK EGAN
"Beer Barrel Polka" Czech lyrics by VASEK ZEMAN, English lyrics by LEW BROWN; music by JAROMIR VEJVODA
"Believe It, Beloved" = lyrics by GEORGE WHITING & NAT SCHWARTZ; music by J. C. JOHNSON
"Big John's Special" = music by HORACE HENDERSON
"Blame It On My Youth" = lyrics by EDWARD HEYMAN; music by OSCAR LEVANT
"Blow, Gabriel, Blow" = lyrics & music by COLE PORTER
"Blue Moon" = lyrics by LORENZ HART; music by RICHARD RODGERS
"The Bluebird Of Happiness" = lyrics by EDWARD HEYMAN & HARRY PARR; music by SANDOR HAMATI
"The Boulevard Of Broken Dreams" = lyrics by AL DUBIN; music by HARRY WARREN
"Cocktails for Two" = lyrics & music by ARTHUR JOHNSTON & SAM COSLOW
"College Rhythm" = lyrics by MACK GORDON; music by HARRY REVEL
"The Continental" = lyrics by HERB MAGIDSON; music by CON CONRAD. Introduced by GINGER ROGERS in the film 'The Gay Divorcee'
"Dames" = lyrics by AL DUBIN; music by HARRY WARREN
"Don't Let It Bother You" = lyrics by MACK GORDON; music by HARRY REVEL from the film 'The Gay Divorcee'
"Don't Let Your Love Go Wrong" = lyrics by GEORGE WHITING & NAT SCHWARTZ; music by J. C. JOHNSON
"Down South Camp Meeting" = lyrics by IRVING MILLS; music by FLETCHER HENDERSON
"Easy Come, Easy Go" = lyrics by EDWARD HEYMAN; music by JOHN GREEN
"Everything Stops For Tea" = lyrics & music by MAURICE SIGLER, AL GOODHART & AL HOFFMAN
"Faint Harmony" = lyrics by DESMOND CARTER; music by VIVIAN ELLIS from the musical 'Jill Darling'
"Fair And Warmer" = lyrics by AL DUBIN; music by HARRY WARREN
"Fare Thee Well, Annabelle" = lyrics by MORT DIXON; music by ALLIE WRUBEL
"Flirtation Walk" = lyrics by MORT DIXON; music by ALLIE WRUBEL
"For All We Know" = lyrics by SAM M. LEWIS; music by J. FRED COOTS
"Fun To Be Fooled" = lyrics by IRA GERSHWIN & E. Y. HARBURG; music by HAROLD ARLEN
"Give Me A Heart To Sing To" = lyrics by NED WASHINGTON; music by VICTOR YOUNG
"Goodnight, My Love" = lyrics by MACK GORDON; music by HARRY REVEL
"The Gypsy In My Soul" = lyrics by MOE JAFFE; music by CLAY BOLAND
"Hands Across The Table" = English lyrics by MITCHELL PARISH; music by JEAN DELETTRE
"Here Come The British" = lyrics by JOHNNY MERCER; music by BERNARD HANIGHEN
"Hold My Hand" = lyrics by JACK YELLEN & IRVING CAESAR; music by RAY HENDERSON
"An Hour Ago This Minute" = by JAMES DYRENFORTH, JOHN W. GREEN
"The House Is Haunted" = lyrics by BILLY ROSE; music by BASIL G. ADLAM. Introduced by JANE FROMAN in the revue 'Ziegfeld Follies of 1934'
"I Get a Kick out of You" = lyrics & music by COLE PORTER
"I Hate Myself" = lyrics by BENNY DAVIS & JOE YOUNG; music by MILTON AGER
"I Never Had A Chance" = lyrics & music by IRVING BERLIN
"I Only Have Eyes For You" = lyrics by AL DUBIN; music by HARRY WARREN
"I Saw Stars" = lyrics & music by MAURICE SIGLER, AL GOODHART & AL HOFFMAN
"I See Two Lovers" = lyrics by MORT DIXON; music by ALLIE WRUBEL
"I Think I Can" = by DOUGLAS FURBER, RAY NOBLE
"I Wish I Were Twins" = lyrics by FRANK LOESSER & EDDIE DELANGE; music by JOSEPH MEYER
"If" = lyrics by ROBERT HARGREAVES & STANLEY DAMERELL; music by TOLCHARD EVANS
"If I Had A Million Dollars" = lyrics by JOHNNY MERCER; music by MATTY MALNECK. Introduced by THE BOSWELL SISTERS in the film 'Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round'.
"If It Isn't Love" = by BURTON, JASON
"If There Is Someone Lovelier Than You" = lyrics by HOWARD DIETZ; music by ARTHUR SCHWARTZ. Introduced by GEORGES METAXA in the musical 'Revenge with Music'
"I'll Follow My Secret Heart" = lyrics & music by NOËL COWARD, Introduced by NOËL COWARD and YVONNE PRINTEMPS in the musical 'Conversation Piece'
"I'll String Along With You" = lyrics by AL DUBIN; music by HARRY WARREN
"Ill Wind" lyrics by TED KOEHLER; music by HAROLD ARLEN. Introduced by AIDA WARD in the revue 'Cotton Club Parade'
"I'm On A Seesaw" = lyrics by DESMOND CARTER; music by VIVIAN ELLIS from the musical Jill Darling
"In My Little Bottom Drawer" = lyrics & music by WILL HAINES, JIMMY HARPER & MAURICE BERESFORD
"Isle of Capri" = lyrics by JIMMY KENNEDY; music by WILL GROSZ
"It's All Forgotten Now" = lyrics & music by RAY NOBLE
"It's Foolish But It's Fun" = lyrics & music by ROBERT STOLZ, GUS KAHN
"It's Funny To Everyone But Me" = lyrics & music by DAVE FRANKLIN & ISHAM JONES
"Judy" = lyrics & music by HOAGY CARMICHAEL & SAMMY LERNER
"June In January" = lyrics by LEO ROBIN; music by RALPH RAINGER from the movie 'Here Is My Heart'
"Junk Man" = lyrics by FRANK LOESSER; music by JOSEPH MEYER
"Lady Fair" = lyrics & music by COLE PORTER
"Let's Take a Walk Around the Block" = lyrics by IRA GERSHWIN & E. Y. HARBURG; music by HAROLD ARLEN. Introduced by DIXIE DUNBAR and EARL OXFORD in the revue Life Begins at 8:40.
"Little Dutch Mill" = lyrics by RALPH FREED; music by HARRY BARRIS
"Little Man, You've Had A Busy Day" = lyrics by MAURICE SIGLER & AL HOFFMAN; music by MABEL WAYNE
"Little Rock Getaway" = music by JOE SULLIVAN
"Lost In A Fog" = lyrics by DOROTHY FIELDS; music by JIMMY McHUGH
"Love In Bloom" = lyrics by LEO ROBIN; music by RALPH RAINGER
"Love Is Just Around The Corner" = lyrics by LEO ROBIN; music by LEWIS E. GENSLER
"Love Thy Neighbour" = lyrics by MACK GORDON; music by HARRY REVEL
"May I?" = lyrics by MACK GORDON; music by HARRY REVEL
"Midnight, The Stars And You" = by JIMMY CAMPBELL, REG CONNELLY, HARRY WOODS
"Miss Otis Regrets" = lyrics & music by COLE PORTER
"Moon Country" = lyrics by JOHNNY MERCER; music by HOAGY CARMICHAEL
"The Moon Was Yellow" = lyrics by EDGAR LESLIE; music by FRED E. AHLERT
"Moonglow" = lyrics by EDDIE DELANGE; music by WILL HUDSON & IRVING MILLS
"Moonlight Is Silver" = by CLEMENCE DANE, RICHARD ADINSELL
"My Old Flame" = lyrics by SAM COSLOW; music by ARTHUR JOHNSTON
"A New Moon Is Over My Shoulder" = lyrics by ARTHUR FREED; music by NACIO HERB BROWN
"Nobody Loves A Fairy When She's Forty" = lyrics & music by ARTHUR LE CLERQ
"The Object Of My Affection" = lyrics & music by PINKY TOMLIN, COY POE & JIMMIE GRIER
"Okay Toots" = lyrics by GUS KAHN; music by WALTER DONALDSON
"On The Good Ship Lollipop" = lyrics & music by SIDNEY CLARE & RICHARD A. WHITING
"One Night Of Love" = lyrics by GUS KAHN; music by VICTOR SCHERTZINGER
"Over My Shoulder" = lyrics & music by HARRY WOODS
"Over Somebody Else's Shoulder" = lyrics & music by AL SHERMAN & AL LEWIS
"P.S. I Love You" = lyrics by JOHNNY MERCER; music by GORDON JENKINS
"Pardon My Southern Accent" = lyrics by JOHNNY MERCER; music by MATTY MALNECK
"Rhythm Is Our Business" = lyrics by SAMMY CAHN; music by JIMMIE LUNCEFORD
"Ridin' Around in the Rain" = lyrics & music by GENE AUSTIN & CARMEN LOMBARDO
"Riptide" = lyrics by GUS KAHN; music by WALTER DONALDSON
"Rock And Roll" = lyrics by SIDNEY CLARE; music by RICHARD A. WHITING
"Rug Cutter's Swing" = music by HORACE HENDERSON
"Santa Claus Is Coming To Town" = lyrics & music by HAVEN GILLESPIE & J. FRED COOTS
"She Reminds Me Of You" = lyrics by MACK GORDON; music by HARRY REVEL. Introduced by BING CROSBY in the film 'We're Not Dressing'
"Sing As We Go" = lyrics & music by HARRY PARR-DAVIES, GRACIE FIELDS
"(In My) Solitude" = lyrics by EDDIE DELANGE & IRVING MILLS; music by DUKE ELLINGTON
"Stars Fell on Alabama" = lyrics by MITCHELL PARISH; music by FRANK PERKINS
"Stay As Sweet As You Are" = lyrics by MACK GORDON; music by HARRY REVEL. Introduced by LANNY ROSS in the film 'College Rhythm'
"Stompin' at the Savoy" = lyrics by ANDY RAZAF; music by BENNY GOODMAN, CHICK WEBB & EDGAR SAMPSON
"Straight from the Shoulder (Right from the Heart)" = lyrics by MACK GORDON; music by HARRY REVEL. Introduced by BING CROSBY and KITTY CARLISLE in the film 'She Loves Me Not'
"The Sweetest Music This Side Of Heaven" = lyrics & music by CARMEN LOMBARDO & CLIFF FRIEND
"Take a Number from One to Ten" = lyrics by MACK GORDON; music by HARRY REVEL. Introduced by LYDA ROBERTI in the film 'College Rhythm'
"Thank You So Much, Mrs Lowsborough-Goodby" = lyrics & music by COLE PORTER
"Then I'll Be Tired Of You" = lyrics by E. Y. HARBURG; music by ARTHUR SCHWARTZ
"There Goes My Heart" = lyrics by BENNY DAVIS; music by ABNER SILVER
"Trust in Me" = lyrics by NED WEVER; music by MILTON AGER and JEAN SCHWARTZ. Recorded by MILDRED BAILEY in 1937
"Tumbling Tumbleweeds" = lyrics & music by BOB NOLAN
"Two Cigarettes In The Dark" = lyrics by PAUL FRANCIS WEBSTER; music by LEW POLLACK
"The Very Thought Of You" = lyrics & music by RAY NOBLE
"Wagon Wheels" = lyrics by BILLY HILL; music by PETER DE ROSE
"What A Diff'rence A Day Made" = English lyrics by STANLEY ADAMS, Spanish lyrics by MARIA GREVER; music by MARIA GREVER
"What A Little Moonlight Can Do" = lyrics & music by HARRY WOODS
"What Now?" = by GREEN, DYRENFORTH
"What's The Reason (I'm Not Pleasin' You)" = lyrics & music by COY POE, JIMMIE GRIER, TRUMAN "PINKY" TOMLIN & EARL HATCH
"When A Woman Loves A Man" = lyrics by JOHNNY MERCER; music by BERNIE HANIGHEN & GORDON JENKINS
"When I Grow Too Old To Dream" = lyrics by OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II; music by SIGMUND ROMBERG
"When My Ship Comes In" = lyrics by GUS KAHN; music by WALTER DONALDSON
"When You've Got A Little Springtime In Your Heart" = lyrics & music by HARRY WOODS. Introduced by JESSIE MATTHEWS in the film 'Evergreen'
"Winter Wonderland" = lyrics by RICHARD B. SMITH; music by FELIX BERNARD
"With Every Breath I Take" = lyrics by LEO ROBIN; music by RALPH RAINGER
"With Her Head Tucked Underneath Her Arm" = lyrics & music by R. P. WESTON & BERT LEE
"With My Eyes Wide Open, I'm Dreaming" = lyrics by MACK GORDON; music by HARRY REVEL. Introduced by JACK OAKIE and DOROTHY DELL in the film 'Shoot the Works'. Performed by DEAN MARTIN in the 1952 film 'The Stooge'
"Wonder Bar" = lyrics by AL DUBIN; music by HARRY WARREN
"The World Owes Me a Living" = lyrics by LARRY MOREY; music by LEIGH HARLINE. Introduced by PINTO COLVIG on the soundtrack of the animated short 'The Grasshopper and the Ants'
"Wrappin' It Up" = music by FLETCHER HENDERSON
"You And The Night And The Music" = lyrics by HOWARD DIETZ; music by ARTHUR SCHWARTZ
"You Oughta Be In Pictures" = lyrics by EDWARD HEYMAN; music by DANA SUESSE
"You're A Builder-Upper" = lyrics by IRA GERSHWIN & E. Y. HARBURG; music by HAROLD ARLEN
"You're Not The Only Oyster In The Stew" = lyrics by JOHNNY BURKE; music by HAROLD SPINA
"You're the Top" = lyrics & music by COLE PORTER
"Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart" = lyrics & music by JAMES F. HANLEY. Introduced by HAL LE ROY and EUNICE HEALEY in the Broadway revue 'Thumbs Up!'
Classical Music
BÉLA BARTÓK
String Quartet No. 5
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Simple Symphony
KARL AMADEUS HARTMANN
Miserae
QUNIHICO HASHIMOTO
Cantata Celebrating the Birth of the Prince
JACQUES IBERT
Flute Concerto
DARIUS MILHAUD
Concertino de Printemps for violin and orchestra
SERGEI PROKOFIE
Egyptian Nights suite
HARALD SÆVERUD
Canto Ostinato
LEOPOLD SPINNER
Passacaglia
GERMAINE TAILLEFERRE
Concerto for 2 Pianos, Eight Solo Voices, Saxophone Quartet and Orchestra
EDUARD TUBIN
Symphony no 1 in C minor (1931-34)
EDGARD VARÈSE
Ecuatorial (1932-34)
KOSAKU YAMADA
Nagauta Symphony
Opera
VITTORIO GIANNINI
Lucedia
GUSTAV HOLST
The Wandering Scholar
LEOŠ JANÁCEK
Destiny
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District
VIRGIL THOMSON
Four Saints in Three Acts (libretto by GERTRUDE STEIN)
Musical Theatre
ANYTHING GOES
(Cole Porter)
Broadway production opened at the Alvin Theatre on November 21 and ran for 420 performances
THE BING BOYS ARE HERE
(Music = Nat D. Ayer; Lyrics = Clifford Grey; Book = George Grossmith, Jr. and Fred Thompson)
London revival
CAVIAR
(Book by Leo Randole; Lyrics by Edward Heyman; Music by Harden Church)
Broadway production opened at the Forrest Theatre on 7 June and ran for 20 performances closing on 23 June
COTTON CLUB PARADE starring Adelaide Hall
(Score written by Harold Arlen and Ted Koehler)
Broadway production Cotton Club Harlem
CONVERSATION PIECE
(Noël Coward)
London productions opened at His Majesty's Theatre on February 16 and ran for 177 performances
Broadway production opened at the 44th Street Theatre on October 23 and ran for 55 performances
THE GREAT WALTZ
(Conceived by Hassard Short; book by Moss Hart; lyrics by Desmond Carter, using themes by Johann Strauss I and Johann Strauss II)
Broadway production opened at the Center Theatre on September 22 and ran for 298 performances. The show returned only two months later for a further run of 49 performances.
HERE'S HOW starring George Robey
(Pola/Nesbitt/Walker)
London production opened at the Saville Theatre on February 22.
JILL DARLING starring Frances Day, John Mills and Louise Browne
(Vivian Ellis/Desmond Carter)
London production opened at the Saville Theatre on December 19 and ran for 242 performances.
LUCKY BREAK
(Archer/Furber)
London production opened at the Shaftesbury Theatre on November 14 and ran for 198 performances
MR. WHITTINGTON starring Jack Buchanan and Elsie Randolph
(Green/Waller/Tunbridge)
London production opened at the Hippodrome on February 1.
REVENGE WITH MUSIC
Broadway production opened on November 28 at the New Amsterdam Theatre and ran for 158 performances
SPORTING LOVE
opened at the Gaiety Theatre on March 31 and ran for 302 performances
STREAMLINE
(Vivian Ellis/AP Herbert/Ronald Jeans)
London production opened at the Palace Theatre on September 28
THUMBS UP!
Broadway revue opened at the St. James Theatre on December 27 and ran for 156 performances.
YES, MADAM?
(Music: Jack Waller and Joseph Tunbridge Lyrics: R. P. Weston and Bert Lee Book: R. P. Weston, Bert Lee and R. G. Browne)
London production opened at the Hippodrome on September 27 and ran for 302 performances
YOURS SINCERELY starring Binnie Barnes
London revue opened at Daly's Theatre on February 19.
ZIEGFELD FOLLIES OF 1934
Broadway revue opened at the Winter Garden Theatre on January 4 and ran for 182 performances
Please address any comments concerning this page to The Music Maestro
Mark Chard BSc, PLY
Page created: 5th August 2011
Last edited: 23rd December 2023
