Composer events for 1920
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Birthdays
- John La Montaine ()
- Luciano Chailly (19 January)
- Ashraf Dzhalal ogly Abbasov (23 March)
- Bruno Maderna (21 April)
- Helmer-Rayner Sinisalo (14 June)
- Peter Racine Fricker (5 September)
- Alexander Lazarevich Lokshin (19 September)
- Alexander Árutiunian (23 September)
- Robert Moevs (2 December)
- Dave Brubeck (6 December)
Dying days
- Carl Bohm ()
- Alexander Iljynski (23 February)
- Charles Tomlinson Griffes (8 April)
- Gustav Uwe Jenner (0 August)
- Wladimir Ivanovich Rébikoff|Rebikov (4 August)
- Max Bruch (2 October)
Music events
- Premiere of Le Chant du Rossignol, in Paris, France. (2 February) → Igor Stravinsky
- Premiere of Le Boef sur le Toît, in Paris, France. (21 February) → Darius Milhaud
- Premiere of Tombeau de Couperin, in Paris, France. (28 February) → Maurice Ravel
- Premiere of Pulcinella, in Paris, France. (15 May) → Igor Stravinsky
- Premiere of Socrate, in Paris, France. (7 June) → Erik Satie
- Premiere of The Planets, in London, England. (15 November) → Gustav Theodore Holst
- Premiere of Die Toto Stadt, in Cologne, Germany. (4 December) → Erich Wolfgang Korngold
- Premiere of La Valse, in Paris, France. (12 December) → Maurice Ravel
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