1903 in music
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[edit] Events
- February 11 - Anton Bruckner's 9th Symphony premieres in Vienna
- Enrico Caruso joins cast of New York's Metropolitan Opera Company and makes first records for the Victor Talking Machine Company
- Mississippi John Hurt begins performing
- Victor Herbert's Babes in Toyland premieres
[edit] Published popular music
- "Always In The Way" w.m. Charles K. Harris
- "Always Leave Them Laughing When You Say Goodbye" w.m. George M. Cohan
- "Are We To Part Like This?" w.m. Harry Castling & Charles Collins
- "Bedelia" w. William Jerome m. Jean Schwartz
- "The Beer That Made Milwaukee Famous" w.m. Dan McAvoy
- "The Burning of Rome" by E. T. Paull
- "By The Sycamore Tree" w. George V. Hobart m. Max Hoffmann
- "Congo Love Song" w.m. Bob Cole & J. Rosamond Johnson
- "Daisy Donahue" w. James O'Dea m. Robert J. Adams
- "Dear Old Girl" w. Richard Henry Buck m. Theodore F. Morse
- "Dear Sing Sing" Schwartz
- "Down At The Old Bull And Bush" w.m. Andrew B. Sterling m. Harry Von Tilzer
- "Flowers Of Dixieland" w. Edgar Smith m. J. Rosamond Johnson
- "General Hardtack On Guard" w.m. Dave Reed Jr
- "Good-bye, Eliza Jane" w. Andrew B. Sterling m. Harry Von Tilzer
- "Hamlet Was A Melancholy Dane" w. William Jerome m. Jean Schwartz
- "Hannah!" by Joseph Farrell
- "He Was A Sailor" w. William Jerome m. Jean Schwartz
- "Hurrah For Baffin's Bay" w. Vincent Bryan m. Theodore F. Morse
- "I Can't Do The Sum" w. Glen MacDonough m. Victor Herbert
- "I Could Love You In A Steam Heat Flat" w. Vincent Bryan m. J. B. Mullen
- "I Never Could Love Like That" Bowman, Johns
- "Ida, Sweet As Apple Cider" w. Eddie Leonard m. Eddie Munson
- "I'm A Jonah Man" w.m. Alex Rogers
- "I'm On The Water Wagon Now" w. Paul West m. John Walter Bratton
- "I'm Thinking Of You All The While" Reed Jnr
- "I'm Wearing My Heart Away For You" w.m. Charles K. Harris
- "In The Village By The Sea" w. Andrew B. Sterling m. Stanley Crawford
- "Indolence" Jason Mathews
- "Is Your Mother In, Molly Malone?" w.m. Mills & Everard
- "It Takes The Irish To Beat The Dutch" w. Edward Madden m. Theodore F. Morse
- "It Was The Dutch" w. Vincent Bryan m. J. B. Mullen
- "It's The Man In The Sailor Suit" w. Fred C. Farrell m. Theodore F. Morse
- "Jack Tar March" by John Philip Sousa
- "Julie" w. William Jerome m. Jean Schwartz
- "Lazy Moon" w. Bob Cole m. J. Rosamond Johnson
- "Like A Star That Falls From Heaven" w. Arthur Lamb m. Kerry Mills
- "Little Yellow Bird" w.m. C. W. Murphy & William Hargreaves
- "The Maid Of Timbucktoo" w. James Weldon Johnson m. Bob Cole
- "The March Of The Toys" m. Victor Herbert
- "Main Gazebo" Chris Praetorius
- "Mary Ellen" Bryan, Lemonier
- "Melody Of Love" w. Tom Glazer m. H. Engelmann
- "The Military Band" m. Victor Herbert
- "Moriaty" w. Charles Horwitz m. Fred V. Bowers
- "Mother O' Mine" w. Rudyard Kipling m. Frank E. Tours
- "My Cosy Corner Girl" w. Charles Noel Douglas m. John Walter Bratton
- "My Hula Lula Girl" by Jean Schwartz & William Jerome
- "My Little Coney Isle" w. Andrew B. Sterling m. Harry Von Tilzer
- "My Little Creole Babe" w.m. Maude Nugent
- "My Little 'Rang Outang" Madden, Morse
- "Navajo" w. Harry H. Williams m. Egbert Van Alstyne
- "Nellie Dean" w.m. Harry Armstrong
- "An Old Man's Darling" w.m. Fred Murray & George Everard
- "Only A Dream Of A Golden Past" w. Alfred Bryan m. Stanley Crawford
- "Out Where The Breakers Roar" w. Harlow Hyde m. H. W. Petrie
- "Over The Pilsner Foam" w. Vincent Bryan m. J. B. Mullen
- "Palm Leaf Rag" by Scott Joplin
- "Please Mother, Buy Me A Baby" w.m. Will D. Cobb & Gus Edwards
- "The Saftest Of The Family" w. Harry Lauder & Bobry Beaton m. Harry Lauder
- "Save It For Me" w. James Weldon Johnson m. Bob Cole
- "Spring Beautiful Spring" m. Paul Lincke
- "Stop Your Ticklin', Jock" w. Harry Lauder & Frank Folley m. Harry Lauder
- "Summer Breeze March & Two-Step" by James Scott
- "There's A Little Street In Heaven That They Call Broadway" w. Jack T. Waldron & A. Baldwin Sloane m. A. Baldwin Sloane
- "Toyland" w. Glen MacDonough m. Victor Herbert
- "The Toymaker's Shop" m. Victor Herbert
- "Two Eyes Of Blue" w. George H. Taylor m. Leslie Stuart
- "Two Eyes Of Brown" w. Edward Madden m. Stephen Howard
- "Under A Panama" Bryan, Mullen
- "Under The Anheuser Bush" w.m. Andrew B. Sterling & Harry Von Tilzer
- "Up In A Coconut Tree" Madden, Morse
- "Upper Broadway After Dark" w. Edward Gardinier m. Maurice Levi
- "When I'm Away From You Dear" w.m. Paul Dresser
- "The Woodchuck Song" w. Robert Hobart Davis m. Theodore F. Morse
- "The Wreck Of The Old '97" w.m. Henry C. Work
- "Your Dad Gave His Life For His Country" w. Harry J. Breen m. T. Mayo Geary
- "You're The Flower Of My Heart, Sweet Adeline" w. Richard H. Gerard m. Henry W. Armstrong
[edit] Recorded popular music
- "Always In The Way" (w.m. Charles K. Harris)
- Byron G. Harlan on Edison Records - "Any Rags?" (w.m. Thomas S. Allen)
- Arthur Collins on Edison - "The Arrow And The Song" (w. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow m. Michael William Balfe)
- Herbert Goddard on Victor Records - "Badinage" (m. Victor Herbert)
- Edison Grand Concert Band on Edison - "Bedelia" (w. William Jerome m. Jean Schwartz)
- George J. Gaskin on Columbia Records
- Edward M. Favor on Columbia
- Billy Murray on Edison - "The Beer That Made Milwaukee Famous" (w.m. Dan McAvoy)
- Edward M. Favor on Edison
- Dan W. Quinn on Victor - "Blaze Away" (m. Abe Holzmann)
- banjos Vess L. Ossman & Bill Farmer on Victor - "Blaze Away" (m. Abe Holzmann)
- Kendle's Band on Victor - "By The Sycamore Tree" (w. George V. Hobart m. Max Hoffmann)
- Harry Macdonough on Edison
- Bob Roberts on Columbia
- Billy Murray on Victor - "Come Down Ma' Evenin' Star" (w. Robert B. Smith m. John Stromberg)
- Mina Hickman on Victor - "Congo Love Song" (w.m. Bob Cole & J. Rosamond Johnson)
- Harry Macdonough on Edison
- Mina Hickman on Victor - "Could You Be True To Eyes Of Blue If You Looked Into Eyes Of Brown?" (w.m. Will D. Cobb & Gus Edwards)
- Harry Macdonough on Victor - "The Country Girl" (w. Stanislaus Stange m. Julian Edwards)
- Vesta Victoria on Gramophone Records - "Didn't Know Exactly What To Do" (w. Frank Pixley m. Gustav Luders)
- Edward M. Favor on Edison - "Down On The Farm" (w. Raymond A. Browne m. Harry Von Tilzer)
- Franklyn Wallace on Edison - "Flowers Of Dixieland" (w. Edgar Smith m. J. Rosamond Johnson)
- Franklyn Wallace on Edison - "The Gambling Man(1)" (w. William Jerome m. Jean Schwartz)
- Silas Leachman on Victor - "Good-bye, Eliza Jane" (w. Andrew B. Sterling m. Harry Von Tilzer)
- Arthur Collins on Edison - "Hamlet Was A Melancholy Dane" (w. William Jerome m. Jean Schwartz)
- Edward M. Favor on Edison - "He Ought To Have A Tablet In The Hall of Fame" (w. Arthur L. Robb m. John W. Bratton)
- Edward M. Favor on Edison - "He Was A Sailor" (w. William Jerome m. Jean Schwartz)
- Collins & Harlan on Edison - "Heidelberg Stein Song" (w. Frank Pixley m. Gustav Luders)
- Harry Macdonough on Edison & Victor - "Hiawatha" (w. James O'Dea m. Neil Moret)
- Edison Grand Concert Band on Edison
- Harry Macdonough on Edison
- Metropolitan Orchestra on Victor
- Sousa's Band on Victor - "Hurrah For Baffin's Bay" (w. Vincent Bryan m. Theodore F. Morse)
- Collins & Harlan on Edison
- Dan W. Quinn on Victor - "I Could Love You In A Steam Heat Flat" (w. Vincent Bryan m. J. B. Mullen)
- Harry West on Edison - "I Like You, Lil, For Fair" (Ade, Loraine)
- Billy Murray on Victor - "I Never Could Love Like That" (Bowman, Johns)
- Billy Murray on Victor - "I Want To Be A Lidy" (w. George Dance m. George Dee)
- Clarke's Band Of Providence on Victor - "I Wonder Why Bill Bailey Don't Come Home" (w.m. Frank Fogerty, Matt C. Woodward & William Jerome)
- Arthur Collins on Victor & Edison - "I'll Wed You In The Golden Summertime" (w. Alfred Bryan m. Stanley Crawford)
- John H. Bieling & Harry Macdonough on Victor - "I'm A Jonah Man" (w.m. Alex Rogers)
- Dan W. Quinn on Victor
- Arthur Collins on Edison & Victor - "I'm Thinking Of You All The While" (Reed Jnr)
- Billy Murray on Victor - "I'm Wearing My Heart Away For You" (w.m. Charles K. Harris)
- Harry Macdonough & John H. Bieling on Victor - "In Silence" (w. Sydney Rosenfeld m. A. Baldwin Sloane)
- Arthur Clifford on Edison - "In The City Of Sighs And Tears" (w. Andrew B. Sterling m. Kerry Mills)
- J. W. Myers on Victor - "In The Good Old Summertime" (w. Ren Shields m. George Evans)
- Haydn Quartette on Victor
- S. H. Dudley & Harry Macdonough with Sousa's Band on Victor
- Harry Macdonough on Victor - "In The Sweet Bye And Bye" (w. Vincent P. Bryan m. Harry Von Tilzer)
- J. Aldrich Libbey on Edison - "In The Village By The Sea" (w. Andrew B. Sterling m. Stanley Crawford)
- Byron G. Harlan on Edison - "It Takes The Irish To Beat The Dutch" (w. Edward Madden m. Theodore F. Morse)
- Billy Murray on Victor Monarch - "It Was The Dutch" (w. Vincent Bryan m. J. B. Mullen)
- Collins & Harlan on Edison - "Juanita" (w. Caroline Norton m. trad Sp.)
- Haydn Quartette on Victor - "Julie" (w. Wiliam Jerome m. Jean Schwartz)
- Edward M. Favor on Edison - "Just For Tonight(1)" (w.m. Frank O. French)
- Albert C. Campbell on Edison - "The Leader Of The Frocks And Frills" (w. Robert H. Smith m. Melville Ellis)
- Clarke's Band of Providence on Victor - "Like A Star That Falls From Heaven" (w. Arthur Lamb m. Kerry Mills)
- Joe Natus on Victor - "The Maid Of Timbucktoo" (w. James Weldon Johnson m. Bob Cole)
- Harry Macdonough on Edison - "Massa's In De Cold Ground" (w. m. Stephen Collins Foster)
- Edison Male Quartette on Edison - "Meet Me When The Sun Goes Down" (w. Vincent Bryan m. Harry von Tilzer)
- William H. Thompson (singer) on Victor - "Melody Of Love" (w. Tom Glazer m. H. Engelmann)
- Edison Symphony Orchestra on Edison - "The Message Of The Rose" (w. Will A. Heelan m. Leo Edwards)
- George Seymour Lenox on Edison - "The Message Of The Violet" (w. Frank Pixley m. Gustav Luders)
- J. W. Myers on Victor - "Mighty Lak' A Rose" (w. Frank L. Stanton m. Ethelbert Nevin)
- Arthur Clifford on Edison - "Moriaty" (w. Charles Horwitz m. Fred V. Bowers)
- Collins & Harlan on Edison - "My Cosy Corner Girl" (w. Charles Noel Douglas m. John W. Bratton)
- Henry Burr on Columbia
- Harry Macdonough on Edison - "My Little Coney Isle" (w. Andrew B. Sterling m. Harry von Tilzer)
- Harry Tally on Edison - "My Little 'Rang Outang" (Madden, Morse)
- Billy Murray on Victor - "My Own United States" (w. Stanislaus Stange m. Julian Edwards)
- J. W. Myers on Victor - "My Sulu Lulu Loo" (w. George Ade m. Nat D. Mann)
- Clarke's Band Of Providence on Victor - "Only A Dream Of A Golden Past" (w. Alfred Bryan m. Stanley Crawford)
- Franklyn Wallace on Edison - "Out Where The Breakers Roar" (w. Harlow Hyde m. H. W. Petrie)
- Frank C. Stanley on Edison - "Please Mother, Buy Me A Baby" (w.m. Will D. Cobb & Gus Edwards)
- Byron G. Harlan on Victor & Edison - "Pretty Little Dinah Jones" (w.m. J. B. Mullen)
- Harry Macdonough on Edison - "R-E-M-O-R-S-E" (w. George Ade m. Alfred G. Wathall)
- Joe Natus on Victor - "Sal" (w.m. Paul Rubens)
- Madge Crichton with piano Landon Ronald on Gramophone & Typewriter Records - "Sammy" (w. James O'Dea m. Edward Hutchinson)
- Harry Macdonough on Edison - "Sammy" (w. James O'Dea m. Edward Hutchinson)
- Henry Burr on Columbia - "Sly Musette" (w. Sydney Rosenfeld m. A. Baldwin Sloane)
- Harry Macdonough on Edison - "Tell Me Dusky Maiden" (w. James Weldon Johnson & Bob Cole m. J. Rosamond Johnson)
- S. H. Dudley & Harry Macdonough on Victor - "Then I'd Be Satisfied With Life" (w.m. George M. Cohan)
- Edward M. Favor on Edison - "There's One In A Million Like You" (w. Grant Clarke m. Jean Schwartz)
- Walter Van Brunt on Edison - "Two Eyes Of Blue" (w. George H. Taylor m. Leslie Stuart)
- Harry Macdonough on Victor
- Mina Hickman on Victor - "Under The Bamboo Tree" (w.m. Bob Cole & J. Rosamond Johnson)
- Mina Hickman on Victor - "Up In A Coconut Tree" (Madden, Morse)
- Billy Murray on Victor Monarch - "Upper Broadway After Dark" (w. Edward Gardinier m. Maurice Levi)
- Edward M. Favor on Edison - "The Vacant Chair" (w. Henry S. Washburne m. George Frederick Root)
- Byron G. Harlan on Edison - "Wait At The Gate For Me" (w. Ren Shields m. Theodore F. Morse)
- J. W. Myers on Victor - "What's The Matter With The Moon Tonight?" (w. Sydney Rosenfeld m. A. Baldwin Sloane)
- Arthur Clifford on Edison - "When The Fields Are White With Cotton" (w. Robert F. Roden w. Max S. Witt)
- Franklyn Wallace on Edison - "When We Were Two Little Boys" (w. Edward Madden m. Theodore F. Morse)
- Billy Murray on Victor
[edit] Classical music
- The Apostles (oratorio) by Edward Elgar
- The Bells by Joseph Holbrooke
- Romance for Cello and Piano/Orchestra by A. E. Håkon Borresen
- Sea Drift by Frederick Delius
- Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 1 by Joseph Jongen
- Slovak Suite by Vítězslav Novák
[edit] Opera
- Eugen d'Albert - Tiefland
- Juan Manen - Giovanna di Napoli
- Emile Pessard - L'épave premiered on February 17 at the Bouffes-Parisiens, Salle Choiseul, Paris
[edit] Musical theater
- Babes In Toyland Broadway production opened at the Majestic Theatre on October 13 and ran for 192 performances
- The Cherry Girl London production opened at the Vaudeville Theatre on December 29 and ran for 215 performances
- The Duchess of Dantzig London production opened at the Lyric Theatre on October 17 and ran for 236 performances
- The Earl and the Girl London production opened at the Adelphi Theatre on December 10 and transferred to the Lyric Theatre on September 12, 1904 for a total run of 371 performances
- The Fisher Maiden (Music: Harry von Tilzer) Broadway production opened at the Victoria Theater on October 5 and ran for 32 performances. Starring Al Shean, George A. MacFarlane, Edna Bronson, Bessie Tannehill, Dorothy Jardon and Frances Cameron.
- In Dahomey Broadway production opened at the New York Theatre on February 18 and ran for 53 performances
- In Dahomey London production opened at the Shaftesbury Theatre on May 16 and ran for 251 performances
- The Jersey Lily Broadway production opened at the Victoria Theater on September 14 and ran for 24 performances
- Madame Sherry Vienna production
- Madame Sherry London production opened at the Apollo Theatre on December 23
- The Medal and the Maid London production opened at the Lyric Theatre on April 25
- My Lady Molly London production opened at Terry's Theatre on March 14
- The Orchid London production opened at the Gaiety Theatre on October 26 and ran for 559 performances
- A Princess of Kensington London production opened at the Savoy Theatre on January 22 and ran for 115 performances
- The Rogers Brothers In London Broadway production opened at the Knickerbocker Theatre on September 7 and ran for 64 performances
- The School Girl London production opened on May 9 at the Prince of Wales Theatre and ran for 333 performances.
- Three Little Maids Broadway production opened at Daly's Theatre on September 1 and ran for 130 performances
- The Wizard of Oz [1] Broadway production opened at the Majestic Theatre on January 21 and ran for 293 performances
[edit] Births
- January 4 - Carroll Gibbons
- February 6 - Claudio Arrau, pianist
- February 12 - Todd Duncan, American baritone, first Porgy in Porgy and Bess
- March 10 - Bix Beiderbecke, jazz musician
- April 3 - Bubber Miley, jazz trumpeter
- May 3 - Bing Crosby, US singer and actor
- May 12 - Lennox Berkeley, composer
- May 26 - Bob Hope, English-born US actor, comedian and singer
- June 6 - Aram Khachaturian, composer
- June 18 - Jeanette MacDonald, US singer and actress
- June 26 - St. Louis Jimmy Oden, blues singer
- July 3 - Dick Robertson, US singer
- July 10 - Helen Pickens of the Pickens Sisters US singing group
- July 16 - Carmen Lombardo, Canadian singer, composer and saxophonist
- August 4 - Helen Kane, US singer
- August 20 - António Fortunato de Figueiredo, conductor
- September 15 - Roy Claxton Acuff, Country and Western singer
- September 16 - Joe Venuti, US jazz violinist
- October 1 (probable) - Vladimir Horowitz, pianist
- October 10 - Vladimir Dukelsky aka Vernon Duke, composer
- October 16 - Big Joe Williams, blues musician
- October 29 - Yvonne Georgi, ballet dancer and choreographer
- December 5 - Johannes Heesters, all-round entertainer
- December 17 - Ray Noble, bandleader, composer and arranger
- date unknown - Jules Bledsoe, operatic baritone
- date unknown - Caterina Jarboro, operatic soprano
[edit] Deaths
- January 28 - Robert Planquette, French composer (b. 1850)
- January 28 - Augusta Holmès, French composer
- February 11 - Henryk Szulc, composer (b. 1836)
- February 17 - Joseph Parry, composer
- February 22 - Hugo Wolf, composer (b. 1860)
- March 19 - Pista Dankó, "gypsy" bandleader and composer
- May 1 - Luigi Arditi, violinist, conductor and composer
- June 29 - Taki Rentaro, pianist and composer (b. 1879)
- July 27 - Lina Sandell, singer
- date unknown
- Sybil Sanderson, operatic soprano
- Samuel A. Ward, organist and composer (b. 1847)