Artists born in / bands formed in 1898

Artist Active Genre & Styles
George Gershwin 1910s - 1930s Stage & Screen, Classical, Vocal, Jazz, American Popular Song, Cast Recordings, Show Tunes, Standards, Tin Pan Alley Pop, Traditional Pop, Concerto, Film Score, Keyboard, Modern Composition, Show/Musical
Blind Willie McTell 1910s - 1950s Blues, Acoustic Blues, Country Blues, East Coast Blues, Piedmont Blues, Pre-War Country Blues, Regional Blues, Songster
Bertolt Brecht 1920s - 1950s Stage & Screen, Comedy/Spoken, Classical, International, Jazz, Pop/Rock, Poetry, Spoken Word, Opera, Vocal Music
Paul Robeson 1920s - 1960s Vocal, Religious, Gospel, Traditional Gospel, Traditional Pop, Vocal Music
Dock Boggs 1920s - 1970s Folk, Blues, Country, International, Appalachian, Country Blues, North American Traditions, Old-Timey, Traditional Folk, Folk Revival
Sippie Wallace 1910s - 1980s Blues, Classic Female Blues, Piano Blues
Zutty Singleton 1930s - 1970s Jazz, Big Band, Swing
Lotte Lenya 1920s - 1980s Vocal, Classical, Cabaret, Opera, Vocal Music
Lily Pons 1920s - 1970s Classical, Opera, Vocal Music
Hanns Eisler 1910s - 1950s Classical, Avant-Garde, Stage & Screen, Modern Composition, Film Music, Soundtracks, Vocal Music, Chamber Music, Keyboard
Lil Armstrong 1920s - 1960s Jazz, Blues, Vocal, Big Band, New Orleans Jazz, Swing, Tin Pan Alley Pop, Vocal Jazz, Classic Female Blues, Jazz Instrument, Piano Jazz
Grace Moore 1920s - 1940s Easy Listening, Classical, Vocal, Opera, Orchestral/Easy Listening, Vocal Pop, Vocal Music
Hubert Giesen 1920s - 1960s Classical, Vocal Music
Jascha Horenstein Classical, Orchestral, Choral, Opera, Symphony
Carlo Tagliabue 1920s - 1950s Classical, Opera
Julius Patzak 1930s - 1960s Vocal, Classical, Opera, Vocal Music
Maria Muller 1920s - 1940s Classical, Opera
Roy Harris 1930s - 1970s Classical, Avant-Garde, Chamber Music, Keyboard, Choral, Orchestral, Symphony, Vocal Music, Modern Composition
Federico García Lorca 1910s - 1930s Latin, Classical, Folk, International, Folksongs, Vocal Music, Folklore
Viktor Ullmann 1920s - 1940s Classical, Orchestral, Chamber Music, Choral, Keyboard, Vocal Music
Vincent Youmans 1920s - 1940s Jazz, Stage & Screen, Vocal, Pop/Rock, Classical, Cast Recordings, Musical Theater, Musicals, Show Tunes, Standards, Swing, Traditional Pop, Vocal Pop, Vocal Music, Show/Musical
Gertrude Lawrence 1910s - 1950s Folk, Vocal, Classical, Folk Revival, Cabaret, Show/Musical, Folk-Pop
Molly Picon 1970s Vocal, Classical, International, Opera, Jewish Music, Show/Musical, Film Score
Ernst Bacon 1930s - 1980s Classical, Vocal Music, Chamber Music, Keyboard
Jeanne Leleu 1910s - 1960s Classical, Chamber Music, Keyboard, Ballet, Choral, Orchestral
Ofelia Nieto Classical, Opera
Ernest Noyes Brookings Pop/Rock, Country, Americana
György Justus Classical, Keyboard
Mischa Spoliansky Vocal, Classical, Vocal Music, Film Score
Alfred Wallenstein 1930s - 1960s Classical, Concerto, Orchestral
Alfredo De Rocha Viana, Jr. Classical
Almeda Riddle 1950s - 1960s Country, Folk, International, Appalachian, Field Recordings, North American Traditions, Old-Timey
Andrew Blakeney Jazz, New Orleans Jazz
Andy Blakeney
Andy Kirk 1910s - 1990s Jazz, Swing, Big Band
Andy Kirk & Mary Lou Williams 1920s - 1990s Jazz, Big Band
Antonio De Curtis Classical, Vocal Music
Arletty 1920s - 1960s Pop/Rock, French Pop
Arthur Davenport Classical
Arthur Johnston 1930s - 1940s Vocal, Classical, Vocal Music
Avery Claflin
Baby Dodds 1910s - 1950s Jazz, New Orleans Jazz
Ben Selvin 1920s - 1930s Jazz, Vocal, Dance Bands, Tin Pan Alley Pop, Traditional Pop
Benny Krueger Vocal
Beryl Rubinstein Classical, Keyboard, Chamber Music
Bethlehem Bach Choir 1990s - 2010s Classical, Choral
Beulah Wallace
Boyd Senter 1920s - 1930s Jazz
Byron Brooke Classical
C.S. Lewis Comedy/Spoken, Spoken Word