Editing 1911 in music (section)

==Births==
*[[January 10]] – [[Sidney Griller]], violinist and founder of the [[Griller Quartet]] (d. 1993)
*[[January 18]] 
**[[Gábor Darvas]], composer (d. 1985)
**[[Danny Kaye]], actor, singer, dancer and comedian (d. 1987)
*[[January 20]]
**[[Roy Eldridge]], jazz trumpeter (d. 1989)
**[[Wendell J. Westcott]], American [[carillon]] player and educator (d. 2010)
*[[January 24]] 
**[[Evelyn Barbirolli]], English oboist (d. 2008)
**[[Muir Mathieson]], Scottish conductor and composer (d. 1975)
*[[February 3]] – [[Jehan Alain]], organist and composer (d. 1940)
*[[February 5]] – [[Jussi Björling]], [[Sweden|Swedish]] tenor (d. 1960)
*[[February 11]] – [[Wesley Rose]], record producer (d. 1990)
*[[February 17]] – [[Orrin Tucker]], American saxophonist and bandleader (d. 2011)
*[[February 20]] – [[Robert McBride (composer)|Robert McBride]], composer (d. 2007)
*[[March 7]] – [[Stefan Kisielewski]], Polish composer (d. 1991)
*[[March 8]] – [[Alan Hovhaness]], composer (d. 2000)
*[[March 9]] – [[Clara Rockmore]], born Clara Reisenberg, [[theremin]]ist and violinist (d. 1998)
*[[March 16]] – [[Harper Goff]], Disney special effects man and Dixieland musician (d. 1993)
*[[March 18]] – [[Smiley Burnette]], singer-songwriter (d. 1967)
*[[April 6]] – [[Guillermo Portabales]], singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1970)
*[[April 8]] – [[Ichirō Fujiyama]], Japanese composer and singer (d. 1993)
*[[May 8]] 
**[[Robert Johnson]], blues guitarist and singer (d. 1938)
**[[Blanche Winogron]], harpsichordist (d. 2002)
*[[May 13]] – [[Maxine Sullivan]], singer (d. 1987)
*[[May 14]] – [[Hans Vogt (composer)|Hans Vogt]], composer and conductor (d. [[1992 in music|1992]])
*[[May 18]] – [[Big Joe Turner]], blues shouter (d. 1985)
*[[May 20]] – Vet Boswell of the [[Boswell Sisters]] singing group (d. 1988)
*[[June 4]] – [[Faustino Oramas]], Cuban singer, tres guitarist and composer (d. [[2007 in music|2007]])
*[[June 9]] – [[Frederick May (composer)|Frederick May]], Irish composer (d. 1985)
*[[June 24]] – [[Portia White]], contralto singer (d. 1968)
*[[June 29]] – [[Bernard Herrmann]], film composer (d. 1975)
*[[July 4]] – [[Mitch Miller]], arranger, conductor, record producer and oboe player (d. 2010)
*[[July 7]] – [[Gian Carlo Menotti]], composer (d. 2007)
*[[July 8]] – [[Gertrude Niesen]], American singer, actress, comedian and songwriter (d. [[1975 in music|1975]])
*[[July 16]] – [[Ginger Rogers]], dancer, actress and singer (d. 1995)
*[[July 26]] – [[Buddy Clark]], singer (d. 1949)
*[[July 29]] – [[Ján Cikker]], composer (d. 1989)
*[[July 31]] – [[George Liberace]], violinist and elder brother of [[Liberace]] (d. 1983)
*[[August 5]] – [[Roger Roger (composer)|Roger Roger]], film composer and bandleader (d. 2007)
*[[August 6]] – [[Lucille Ball]], actress and singer (d. 1989)
*[[August 26]] – [[Deva Dassy]], French opera singer (d. [[2016 in music|2016]])
*[[August 27]] – [[Kay Walsh]], dancer and actress (d. 2005)
*[[September 2]] – [[Floyd Council]], blues musician (d. 1976)
*[[September 11]] – [[Bola de Nieve]], singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1971)
*[[September 19]] – [[Allan Pettersson]], Swedish composer (d. 1980)
*[[September 24]] – [[Marie Kraja]], Albanian operatic and folk singer (d. 1999)
*[[October 1]] – [[Irwin Kostal]], arranger (d. 1994)
*[[October 7]]
**<!--October 7-->[[Shura Cherkassky]], pianist (d. 1995)
**<!--October 7-->[[Vaughn Monroe]], singer and bandleader (d. 1973)
*[[October 24]] – [[Sonny Terry]], blues musician (d. 1986)
*[[October 26]] – [[Mahalia Jackson]], gospel singer (d. 1972)
*[[October 29]] – [[Nelson Cavaquinho]], samba singer and composer (d. [[1986 in music|1986]])
*[[November 5]] – [[Roy Rogers]], singer, actor (d. 1998)
*[[November 30]] – [[Jorge Negrete]], Mexican singer and actor (d. [[1953 in music|1953]])<ref>{{citation|website=El Siglo de Torreón|title=1953: Muere Jorge Negrete, 'El Charro Cantor'|url=https://www.elsiglodetorreon.com.mx/noticia/814939.1953-muere-jorge-negrete-el-charro-cantor.html|date=December 5, 2012|access-date=August 23, 2019|language=es|trans-title=1953: Jorge Negrete, 'El Charro Cantor,' dies}}</ref>
*[[December 3]] – [[Nino Rota]], composer (d. [[1979 in music|1979]])<ref>{{cite book|title=[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music|The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]|editor=[[Colin Larkin (writer)|Colin Larkin]]|publisher=[[Guinness Publishing]]|date=1992|edition=First|isbn=0-85112-939-0|page=2149}}</ref>
*[[December 14]] – [[Spike Jones]], bandleader (d. 1965)
*[[December 15]] – [[Stan Kenton]], bandleader (d. [[1979 in music|1979]])<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/bday/0219.html |title=Stan Kenton, Band Leader, Dies; Was Center of Jazz Controversies |first=John S.|last= Wilson |date=August 27, 1979 |work=The New York Times |access-date=June 10, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304063008/http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/bday/0219.html |archive-date=March 4, 2016}}</ref>
*[[December 17]] – [[André Claveau]], French singer and Eurovision winner (d. [[2003 in music|2003]])
*[[December 25]] – [[Eric Gilder]], musicologist (d. 2000)
*[[December 27]] – [[Anna Russell]], singer and comedian (d. 2006)
*[[December 28]] – [[Max Jaffa]], violinist and bandleader (d. [[1991 in music|1991]])