1926 in music

Events

April 9th: Americas , of Edgar Varèse.
April 18th: First spectacle of dance of Martha Graham with New York.
November 18th: Sonata " in the popular character roumain" of Georges Enesco.
November 27th: Creation with Cologne of the choreographic version of marvellous Mandarin , of Bleated Bartok. The representation makes such a scandal that the type-setter gives up making represent the ballet.

the Russian type-setter Dmitri Chostakovitch presents its First Symphony .
Revival of the Indian ballet dancing vis-a-vis the anti-nauch movement (anti-dance). Creation of a spectacle of dance Manipurî on the initiative of the poet and Bengali philosopher Rabîndranâth Tagore (Thâkur). The kind is a great success. The dancer Menakâ (1899 - 1947) occurs as a soloist in a spectacle of dance of style Kathak against the sandstone of her family. At the same time, a poet of the Kerala, Vallathôl Nârâyana Mênôn (1878-1958), militates for the rebirth of the dance Kathakali. The Tamilnâdu sees reappearing in 1926 the choreographic style Bhâratanatyam, undoubtedly oldest.

the charleston in France.
April 24th: Triumph over Joséphine Baker for the review the Folie of the Day to the Folies Shepherdess.
July 25th: Naked naked Nanette , re-examined parodying the American review No No Nanette .

January 12th: Morton Feldman, American Type-setter . († September 3rd 1987).
May 25th: Miles Davis, trumpet player of American jazz († September 28th, 1991).
August 10th: Edwin Carr, Compositeur néozélandais. († March 27th 2003).
September 17th: Bill Black, bass player of American rock'n'roll “roll
October 18th: Chuck Berry, type-setter, singer and guitarist of American rock'n'roll “roll.
December 24th: Lee Dorsey, singer of American twist

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