1907 in music
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[edit] Events
- February 21 - Frederick Delius's opera A Village Romeo and Juliet is premiered in Berlin
- General Porfirio Díaz legendarily orders a mariachi band to wear upper-class clothing (a charro suit) when they played for the visiting United States Secretary of State Elihu Root; this is the beginning of modern mariachi, as well as the traditional dress of future mariachi stars.
- Publication of Sketch of a New Aesthetic of Music by Ferruccio Busoni
[edit] Published popular music
- "All She Gets from The Iceman Is Ice" w. Arthur J. Lamb m. Alfred Solman
- "And A Little Bit More" w. Alfred Bryan m. Fred Fisher
- "Ballooning" w. Paul West m. Jerome Kern
- "The Bandolero" w. m. Leslie Stuart
- "Be My Little Teddy Bear" w. Vincent Bryan m. Max Hoffman
- "Because I'm Married Now" w.m. Herbert Ingraham
- "Bon Bon Buddy" by Alex Rogers
- "Brother Noah Gave Out Checks For Rain" w.m. Arthur Longbrake
- "Budweiser's A Friend Of Mine" w. Vincent P. Bryan m. Seymour Furth
- "Bye Bye Dearie" w. Andrew B. Sterling m. Harry Von Tilzer
- "The Caissons Go Rolling Along" m. Edmund L. Gruber
- "Come Along, My Mandy" w.m. Tom Mellor, Alfred J. Lawrence & Harry Gifford New words Nora Bayes & Jack Norworth 1910
- "Common Sense" w.m. Chris Smith & John Larkins
- "Don't Worry" w.m. Ed Rose & Ted Snyder
- "Down Home Shout" Herman Carle
- "Fairy Queen" m. Percy Wenrich
- "Fishing For the Moon" David Kilburn Stevens
- "Gladiolus Rag" by Scott Joplin
- "Golden Rod" McKinley
- "The Handsome, Brave Life Saver" Gumble
- "Harrigan" w.m. George M. Cohan. Introduced by George M. Cohan in the musical Fifty Miles from Boston
- "He Goes To Church On Sunday" w. Vincent Bryan m. E. Ray Goetz
- "The Homesick Yankee" Clark
- "Honey Boy" w. Jack Norworth m. Albert Von Tilzer
- "The Honeybee's Honeymoon" Reed
- "I Love You So" w. Adrian Ross m. Franz Lehár
- "I Wish I Had A Girl" w. Gus Kahn m. Grace Leboy Kahn
- "I'd Rather Be A Lobster Than A Wise Guy" Morse
- "I'd Rather Two-Step Than Waltz, Bill" w.m. Benjamin Hapgood Burt
- "I'm Afraid To Come Home In The Dark" w. Harry H. Williams m. Egbert Van Alstyne
- "I'm Happy When The Band Plays Dixie" Vandeveer
- "I'm Tying The Leaves So They Won't Come Down" w. E. S. S. Huntingdon m. J. Fred Helf
- "In A Hammock Built For Two" w. Andrew B. Sterling m. Harry von Tilzer
- "In The Land Of The Buffalo" Williams, Van Alstyne
- "In The Wildwood Where The Bluebells Grow" w.m. Herbert H. Taylor
- "In Washington" w. Vincent Bryan m. Gertrude Hoffmann
- "It's Delightful To Be Married" w. Anna Held m. Vincent Scotto
- "It's Great To Be A Soldier Man" Morse
- "It's Nice To Have A Sweetheart" Kerker
- "I've Told His Missus All About Him" Tate
- "Just Because He Couldn't Sing "Love Me And The World Is Mine"" w.m. Bert Fitzgibbon
- "Kansas City Rag" by James Scott
- "Keep On Smiling" Paley
- "The Last Rose Of Summer Is The Sweetest Rose Of All" w. Arthur Gillespie m. Harry Sidney
- "Lucia" Klein
- "A Man Without A Woman" Rogers
- "Marie From Sunny Italy" w. Irving Berlin m. M. Nicholson
- "Mariutch Down At Coney Island" (aka "Mariutch Dance Da Hootch-A-Ma-Kootch") w. Andrew B. Sterling m. Harry von Tilzer
- "(You'll Find Me At) Maxim's" w. Adrian Ross m. Franz Lehár
- "Meet Me Down At The Corner" w. Will D. Cobb m. Harry Hoyt
- "(The Best I Get Is) Much Obliged To You" w.m. Benjamin Hapgood Burt
- "'Neath The Old Acorn Tree, Sweet Estelle" w. C. M. Denison m. J. Fred Helf
- "'Neath The Old Cherry Tree, Sweet Marie" w.m. Harry Williams & Egbert van Alstyne
- "Nestle By My Side" Luders
- "No Wedding Bells For Me" w. E. P. Moran & Will A. Heelan m. Seymour Furth
- "No, No, Positively No" w.m. Chris Smith & Harry Brown
- "No-One Knows" w.m. Francis Mack
- "Not For Me" w.m. Bessie Wynn
- "On The Road To Mandalay" w. Rudyard Kipling m. Oley Speaks
- "The Peach That Tastes The Sweetest Hangs The Highest On The Tree" w. Will D. Cobb m. Gus Edwards
- "The Pride Of The Prairie" w. Harry Breen m. George Botsford
- "Put Me Among The Girls" w. C. W. Murphy m. Dan Lipton
- "Rain-in-the-Face" Burt
- "Red Wing" w. Thurland Chattaway m. Kerry Mills
- "Rum-Tiddley-Um-Tum-Tay Out For The Day Today" w. Fred Leigh m. Orlando Powell
- "San Antonio" w.m. Harry Williams & Egbert van Alstyne
- "Sandy, You're A Dandy" w.m. Hector Grant
- "Search Light Rag" by Scott Joplin
- "She's A Lassie From Lancashire" Murphy, Lipton, Neat
- "Sleepy Sidney" by Archie W Scheu
- "Smile, Smile, Smile" Hoffman
- "Somebody's Been Around Here Since I've Been Gone" m. John Walter Bratton
- "Somebody's Waiting For You" w. Vincent Bryan m. Albert Gumble
- "Take Me Back To New York Town" w. Andrew B. Sterling m. Harry Von Tilzer
- "Take Me Where There's A Big Brass Band" Morse
- "The Teddy Bears' Picnic" w. James B. Kennedy m. John Walter Bratton (Words 1932}
- "That Lovin' Rag" w. Victor H. Smalley m. Bernie Adler
- "Theodore" w.m. Vincent Bryan
- "There Never Was A Girl Like You" w. Harry H. Williams m. Egbert Van Alstyne
- "Tipperary" w. Leo Curley m. James M. Fulton & J. Fred Helf
- "Tommy, Lad!" w. Edward Teschemacher m. E. J. Margetson
- "Two Blue Eyes" by Edward Madden
- "Two Little Baby Shoes" w. Edward Madden m. Theodore F. Morse
- "Under Any Old Flag At All" Cohan
- "Vilia" w. Adrian Ross m. Franz Lehár
- "Wal, I Swan!" (aka "Ebeneezer Frye") w.m. Benjamin Hapgood Burt
- "'Way Down In Colon Town" Hoffman
- "When A Fellow's On The Level With A Girl That's On The Square" w.m. George M. Cohan from the musical The Talk Of New York
- "Who? Me?" Snyder
- "Won't You Be My Honey?" Morse
- "Won't You Waltz Home Sweet Home With Me" w.m. Herbert Ingraham
- "Wouldn't You Like To Have Me For A Sweetheart?" Robyn
- "You Splash Me And I'll Splash You" w. Arthur J. Lamb m. Alfred Solman
[edit] Classical music
- Frederick Delius - Songs of Sunset; Brigg Fair
- Edward Elgar - The Wand of Youth
- Reinhold Glière - Symphony No. 2 in C minor
- Gustav Holst - A Somerset Rhapsody
- Sergei Rachmaninoff - Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Piano Sonata No. 1 in D minor
- Max Reger - Piano Trio in E minor, Op. 102
- Ottorino Respighi - Quartet for Strings in D major
- Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov - Le Coq d'Or
- Charles Villiers Stanford - Stabat Mater
[edit] Opera
- Francesco Cilea - Gloria
- Luigi Mancinelli - Paolo e Francesca
[edit] Musical theater
- Die Dollarprinzessin Vienna production
- Follies Of 1907 Broadway production
- The Gay White Way Broadway revue opened at the Casino Theatre on October 7 and ran for 105 performances
- The Girls Of Gottenberg London production
- Franz Lehár - The Merry Widow London and Broadway productions
- Miss Hook Of Holland London and Broadway productions
- Nelly Neil London production
- The Orchid Broadway production
- The Rogers Brothers In Panama Broadway production
- The Talk Of New York Broadway production opened at the Knickerbocker Theatre on December 3 and ran for 157 performances.
- Ein Walzertraum (A Waltz Dream) Vienna production
- Ein Walzertraum Berlin production
[edit] Births
- February 1 - Günter Eich, West German lyricist (d. 1972)
- February 15 - Jean Langlais, French organist and composer (d. 1991)
- February 27 - Mildred Bailey, US singer (d. 1951)
- March 3 - Joy Finzi, widow of Gerald Finzi and founder of the Finzi Trust (d. 1991)
- March 11 - Jessie Matthews, British actress and singer (d. 1981)
- March 14 - Tolibjon Sadikov, Uzbek composer (d. 1957)
- March 15 - Zarah Leander, Swedish singer and actress (d. 1981)
- March 19 - Elizabeth Maconchy, English composer (d. 1994)
- April 12 - Imogen Holst, British conductor and composer (d. 1984)
- April 18 - Miklós Rózsa, Hungarian-American film composer (d. 1995)
- April 21 - Beatrice Kay US singer and actress (d. 1986)
- April 29 - Peggy English
- April 29 - Tino Rossi, French singer and actor (d. 1983)
- May 1 - Kate Smith, US singer (d. 1986)
- May 1 - Ralph Freed, US lyricist
- May 14 - Edythe Wright, US singer
- May 18 - Clifford Curzon, English pianist (d. 1982)
- July 26 - André Gertler, Hungarian violinist (d. 1998)
- August 8 - Benny Carter, US jazz saxophonist, composer, arranger and bandleader (d.2003)
- August 18 - Otto Jacob Hubertz Mortensen, Finnish composer (d. 1986)
- September 29 - Gene Autry, US singer and performer (d. 1998)
- October 5 - Mrs. Miller, US singer (d. 1997)
- October 12 - Wolfgang Fortner, composer (d. 1987)
- November 18 - Compay Segundo, Cuban singer and songwriter, inventor of the armónico (d. 2003)
- November 30 - György Ránki, Hungarian composer (d. 1992)
- December 7 - Wanda Toscanini (d. 1998)
- December 25 - Cab Calloway, US jazz singer and band leader (d. 1994)
- December 27 - Willem van Otterloo, Dutch composer and conductor (d. 1978)
- date unknown - N. Senada, German composer and music theorist (d. 1993)
[edit] Deaths
- February 5 - Ludwig Thuille, composer (b. 1861)
- April 4 - Lucile Grahn, ballerina
- June 4 - Agathe Backer Grøndahl, Norwegian pianist and composer (b. 1847)
- July 23 - William Shakespeare Hays, songwriter
- August 15 - Joseph Joachim, violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1831)
- September 4 - Edvard Grieg, Norwegian composer (b. 1843)
- September 5 - Adolf Østbye, first Norwegian recording artist (b. 1868)
- September 17 - Ignaz Brüll, Austrian pianist and composer (b. 1846)