1906 in music
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See also: 1905 in music, other events of 1906, 1907 in music and the list of 'years in music'.
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[edit] Events
- May 27 - Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 6 is premiered in Essen
- Amelita Galli-Curci makes her operatic debut
[edit] Published popular music
- "Abraham Jefferson Washington Lee" Harry Von Tilzer
- "Ain't You Coming Back To Old New Hampshire, Molly?" w. Robert F. Roden m. J. Fred Helf
- "Alice, Where Art Thou Going?" Heelan, Gumble
- "All In Down And Out" w. Cecil Mack m. Chris Smith, Billy B. Smith & Elmer Bowman
- "Anchors Aweigh" w. Alfred Hart Miles & R. Lovell m. Charles A. Zimmerman
- "Andulko Safárova" Kmoch
- "Anxious" William Jerome, Jean Kendis, Paley
- "Are You Coming Out Tonight, Mary Ann?" w. Andrew B. Sterling m. Harry Von Tilzer
- "Arrah Wanna" w. Jack Drislane m. Theodore F. Morse
- "At Dawning" w. Nelle Richmond Eberhart m. Charles Wakefield Cadman
- "Because You're You" w. Henry Blossom m. Victor Herbert
- "The Bee That Gets The Honey Doesn't Hang Around The Hive" w. Ed Rose m. J. Fred Helf
- "The Bird On Nellie's Hat" w. Arthur J. Lamb m. Alfred Solman
- "The Buffalo Rag" Tom Turpin
- "By The Side Of The Zuyder Zee" w. A. J. Mills m. Bennett Scott
- "Captain Baby Bunting Of The Rocking Horse Brigade" w. Ed Gardinier & Will D. Cobb m. J. Fred Helf
- "Cheyenne" w. Harry H. Williams m. Egbert Van Alstyne
- "Colleen Bawn" w. Edward Madden m. J. Fred Helf
- "College Life" w. Porter Emerson Browne m. Henry Frantzen
- "Come, Take A Skate With Me" w.m. Raymond Brown & Gus Edwards
- "Crocodile Isle" Morse
- "Dill Pickles Rag" m. Charles L. Johnson
- "Do Re Mi Fa So La Ti Do" w. William Cahill m. Benjamin Hapgood Burt
- "Don't You Think It's Time To Marry?" Edwards
- "Dreaming" w. L. W. Heiser m. J. Anton Dailey
- "Every Day Is Ladies' Day To Me" w. Henry Blossom m. Victor Herbert
- "The Free Lance March" m. John Philip Sousa
- "Frog Legs Rag" m. James Scott
- "The Game Of Peek-a-Boo" Edwards
- "Girlie, I Love You" Morse
- "The Good Old USA" w. Jack Drislane m. Theodore F. Morse
- "The Grand Old Rag" (aka "You're a Grand Old Flag") w.m. George M. Cohan
- "He Walked Right In Turned Around And Walked Right Out Again" w. Edward Rose m. Maxwell Silver
- "Here's To Our Absent Brothers" w.m. J. Fred Helf
- "He's A Cousin Of Mine" w. Cecil Mack m. Chris Smith & Silvio Hein
- "Highland Birthday Party" w.m. Hector Grant
- "Holding Hands (You Don't Say Nothing At All)" w. Jack Norworth m. Albert Von Tilzer
- "Honora H. Doolin" Mills
- "I Don't Like Your Family" Howard
- "I Just Can't Make My Eyes Behave" w.m. Will D. Cobb & Gus Edwards
- "I Miss You In A Thousand Different Ways" w. Will D. Cobb m. Gus Edwards
- "I Never Saw Such Jealousy In My Life" w. Andrew B. Sterling m. Harry Von Tilzer
- "I Was Born In Virginia" w.m. George M. Cohan
- "Ida-Ho!" Von Tilzer
- "If Anybody Wants To Meet A Jonah Shake Hands With Me" w.m. Harry Hoyt
- "If The Man In The Moon Were A Coon" w.m. Fred Fisher
- "I'm Sorry" Von Tilzer
- "In Old New York" w. Henry Blossom m. Victor Herbert
- "Is It Warm Enough For You?" Paley
- "I've Said My Last Farewell" Sischer
- "Just One Word Of Consolation" w. Frank B. Williams m. Tom Lemonier
- "Keep On The Sunny Side" w. Jack Drislane m. Theodore F. Morse
- "Kiss, Kiss, Kiss (If You Want To Learn To Kiss)" w. Harry B. Smith m. Gertrude Hoffmann
- "Lassie, Dinna Sigh For Me" w.m. Hector Grant
- "A Lemon In The Garden Of Love" w. M. E. Rourke m. Richard Carle
- "Let Bygones Be Bygones And Let Us Be Sweethearts Again" w. Alex Rogers m. Bert Williams
- "Let It Alone" w. Alex Rogers m. Bert Williams
- "Let Me See You Smile" Fischer
- "The Little Chauffeur" Bowers
- "The Load That Father Carried" w. Frank Fogerty m. J. B. Mullen
- "Love Me And The World Is Mine" w. Dave Reed Jr m. Ernest R. Ball
- "Mississippi Sunflower" (characteristic march & two-step) m. Otto and John Heinzman
- "Moonbeams" w. Henry Blossom m. Victor Herbert
- "Moonlight Dance" m. Herman Finck
- "Mr Monkey" Edwards
- "My Mariuccia Take A Steamboat" w. George Ronklyn m. Al Piantodosi
- "National Emblem March" w. E. E. Bagley
- "The Next Horse I Ride On" w.m. Fred Murray & George Everard
- "Not Because Your Hair Is Curly" w.m. Bob Adams
- "Nothing Like That In Our Family" Heelan, Furth
- "Poor John" w. Fred E. Leigh m. Henry E. Pether
- "The Poor Old Man" w.m. Vincent Bryan
- "School Days" w. Will D. Cobb m. Gus Edwards
- "Since Father Went To Work" w.m. William Cahill
- "Some One Looks Good To Some One" Weaver
- "The Streets Of New York" w. Henry Blossom m. Victor Herbert from the musical The Red Mill
- "Sunbonnet Sue" w. Will D. Cobb m. Gus Edwards
- "Sweet Anastasia Brady" Schwartz
- "That's The Reason Noo I Wear A Kilt" w.m. A. B. Kendal & Harry Lauder
- "Waltz Me Around Again Willie" w. Will D. Cobb m. Ren Shields
- "We Parted On The Shore" w.m. Harry Lauder
- "We've Been Chums For Fifty Years" w.m. Thurland Chattaway
- "What A Mouth" w.m. R. P. Weston
- "What's The Use Of Dreaming?" w.m. Joseph E. Howard
- "What's The Use Of Loving If You Can't Love All The Time" w. Joseph Mittenthal m. Harry Armstrong
- "When Love Is Young In Springtime" w.m. Rida Johnson Young & Melville Ellis
- "When The Whip-poor-will Sings, Marguerite" w. C. M. Denison m. J. Fred Helf
- "When Tommy Atkins Marries Dolly Gray" w. Will D. Cobb m. Gus Edwards
- "When You Know You're Not Forgotten By The Girl You Can't Forget" w. Ed Gardinier m. J. Fred Helf
- "While The Old Mill Wheel Is Turning" w. Will D. Cobb m. Kerry Mills
- "Whistle It!" Blossom, Herbert
- "Wonderland" w.m. Thomas S. Allen
- "Won't You Come Over To My House" w. Harry H. Williams m. Egbert Van Alstyne
- "Wouldn't You Like To Flirt with Me?" Rogers
- "You Can Have Broadway" w.m. George M. Cohan from the musical George Washington, Junior
- "You Can't Give Your Heart To Somebody Else And Still Hold Hands With Me" Edwards
[edit] Recorded popular music
- "Stop Your Tickling Jock" - Harry Lauder
[edit] Classical music
- Frank Bridge - Three Idylls for String Quartet, Quartet no. 1 in E minor Bologna
- Grigoraş Dinicu - Hora staccato
- Edward Elgar - The Kingdom (oratorio)
- Charles Ives - Central Park in the Dark
- Gustav Mahler - Symphony No. 6 (3rd version)
- Carl Nielsen - String Quartet in F, op. 44
- Sergei Rachmaninoff - Symphony No. 2 in E Minor
- Max Reger - Serenade in G for orchestra op. 95
- Arnold Schoenberg - Chamber Symphony No. 1
- Josef Suk - Symphony No. 2 Asrael finished
- Sergei Taneyev - Piano Quartet in E major op. 20
- Edgard Varèse - Un grand sommeil noir
- Anton Webern - Rondo for string quartet
[edit] Opera
- Walter Braunfels - Falada
- Jules Massenet - Ariane
- Sergei Rachmaninoff - Francesca Da Rimini
- Dame Ethel Smyth - The Wreckers
- Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari - I quattro rusteghi
[edit] Musical theater
- About Town Broadway production
- Forty-Five Minutes From Broadway Broadway production
- The Free Lance Broadway production
- George Washington, Junior Broadway production opened at the Herald Square Theatre on February 12 and ran for 81 performances.
- The Glass-Blowers Broadway production
- The Little Cherub London production
- The Red Mill Broadway production
- Seeing New York Broadway production opened at the New York Roof Theatre on June 5 and ran for 75 performances
- The Spring Chicken Broadway production opened at Daly's Theatre on October 8 and transferred to the New Amsterdam Theatre on December 10 and ran for a total of 91 performances.
- The Vicar of Wakefield London production
[edit] Births
- January 1 - Giovanni D'Anzi, Italian songwriter
- January 27 - Radamés Gnattali, Brazilian composer
- January 31
- Benjamin Frankel, composer (d. 1973)
- Roosevelt Sykes
- February 1 - Hildegarde, actress, singer
- February 19 - Grace Williams, Welsh composer
- February 21 - Jeanne Aubert, singer and actress
- March 3 - Barney Bigard
- March 13 - Frank Teschemacher
- March 20 - Ozzie Nelson, actor, band leader (d. 1975)
- March 25 - Jean Sablon, French singer (d. 1994)
- March 27 - Pee Wee Russell
- April 9 - Antal Doráti, conductor
- April 18 - Little Brother Montgomery, jazz musician
- May 23
- Libby Holman, US singer and actress
- Lucha Reyes, singer
- June 1 - Walter Legge, record producer
- June 3 - Josephine Baker, US singer, dancer and toast of Paris
- June 18 - Kay Kyser, US bandleader
- June 26 - Alberto Rabagliati, Italian singer and actor
- July 7 - Anton Karas, Austrian zither player and composer
- September 25
- Jaroslav Ježek, composer
- Dmitri Shostakovich, composer
- September 30 - Mireille Hartuch, French singer (d. 1996)
- October 9 - Janis Ivanovs, Latvian composer (d. 1983)
- October 10 - Paul Creston, composer (d. 1985)
- October 15 - Victoria Spivey, US singer, pianist and composer
- October 31 - Louise Talma, composer
- December 10 - Harold Adamson, US lyricist
- December 27 - Oscar Levant, pianist and actor (d. 1972)
[edit] Deaths
- January 30 - Paul Dresser, US composer
- February 25 - Anton Arensky, composer (b. 1861)
- April 25 - John Knowles Paine, organist and composer
- July 9 - Alfred Stelzner, designer of musical instruments
- August 26 - Eugen Gura, opera singer
- September 1 - Giuseppe Giacosa, librettist for Giacomo Puccini