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Contents
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Events
2
Published popular music
3
Recorded popular music
4
Classical music
5
Opera
6
Musical theater
7
Births
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Deaths
Events
April 30
-
Claude Debussy
's
opera
Pelléas et Mélisande
is premiered at the
Opéra-Comique
in
Paris
, with
André Messager
conducting.
June 9
- the first complete performance of
Gustav Mahler
's
Symphony No. 3
is given in
Krefeld
December 1
-
Carl Nielsen
conducts the premiėre of his
Symphony No. 2
,
The Four Temperaments
, in
Copenhagen
Leadbelly
begins performing.
Published popular music
"Any Rags?" w.m.
Thomas S. Allen
"
Because
" w. Edward Teschemacher m.
Guy d'Hardelot
"
Bill Bailey Won't You Please Come Home
" w.m.
Hughie Cannon
"Come Down Ma' Evenin' Star" w.
Robert B. Smith
m. John Stromberg
"Could You Be True To Eyes Of Blue If You Looked Into Eyes Of Brown?" w.m.
Will D. Cobb
&
Gus Edwards
"Didn't Know Exactly What To Do" w. Frank Pixley m. Gustav Luders
"Down On The Farm" w. Raymond A. Browne m.
Harry Von Tilzer
"Down The Line With Molly" w. George Totten Smith m. George L. Spaulding
"Down Where The Wurzburger Flows" w.
Vincent P. Bryan
m.
Harry Von Tilzer
"
The Entertainer
" m.
Scott Joplin
"The Face In The Firelight" w.m. Charles Shackford
"The Gambling Man" w. William Jerome m.
Jean Schwartz
"
The Glow Worm
" w. Lilla Cayley Robinson (Ger) Heinz Bolten-Backers m.
Paul Lincke
"
Happy Hooligan
" m.
Theodore Morse
"Have You Seen My Sweetheart In His Uniform Of Blue?" w.
Will D. Cobb
m.
Gus Edwards
"Heidelberg Stein Song" w. Frank Pixley m. Gustav Luders
"I Just Can't Help From Lovin' That Man" w. Andrew B. Sterling & Vincent P. Bryan m.
Harry von Tilzer
"I Sing A Little Tenor" w. Harry Linton m. John Gilroy
"I Went To See Them March Away" w. S. E. Keisser m.
R. J. Jose
"I Wonder Why Bill Bailey Don't Come Home" w.m. Frank Fogerty, Matt C. Woodward &
William Jerome
"If Money Talks It Ain't On Speaking Terms With Me" w.m.
J. Fred Helf
"I'll Be There Mary Dear" w.
Andrew B. Sterling
m.
Harry von Tilzer
"I'll Be Waiting In The Gloaming, Sweet Genevieve" w.m.
J. Fred Helf
"I'll Be Your Rain-beau" w. Ed Gardinier m.
J. Fred Helf
"I'll Wed You In The Golden Summertime" w. Alfred Bryan m. Stanley Crawford
"I'm The Man Who Makes The Money In The Mint" w.m.
Will D. Cobb
&
Gus Edwards
"I'm Unlucky" w.
William Jerome
m.
Jean Schwartz
"In Dear Old Illinois" by
Paul Dresser
"In Silence" w. Sydney Rosenfeld m. A. Baldwin Sloane
"In The City Of Sighs And Tears" w.
Andrew B. Sterling
m.
Kerry Mills
"
In The Good Old Summer Time
" w.
Ren Shields
m.
George Evans
. Introduced by
Blanche Ring
in the musical
The Defender.
"In The Sweet Bye And Bye" w.
Vincent P. Bryan
m.
Harry Von Tilzer
"In The Valley Of Kentucky" w.m. Tony Stanford
"It's Got To Be A Minstrel Show Tonight" w.
Ren Shields
m. George Evans
"Jennie Lee" w.
Arthur J. Lamb
m.
Harry Von Tilzer
"Just Can't Help From Lovin' That Man" w.
Andrew B. Sterling
&
Vincent P. Bryan
m.
Harry von Tilzer
"Just For Tonight" w.m. Frank O. French
"Just Next Door" w.m.
Charles K. Harris
"Kashmiri Love Song" w. Laurence Hope m.
Amy Woodforde-Finden
Words 1901.
"Katrina" w.m. Edward W. Corliss
"
Land Of Hope And Glory
" w. Arthur C. Benson m.
Edward Elgar
"The Leader Of The Frocks And Frills" w. Robert H. Smith m. Melville Ellis
"Less Than The Dust" w. Laurence Hope m.
Amy Woodforde-Finden
"Levee Rag" m. Charles Mullen
"The Mansion of Aching Hearts" w. Arthur J. Lamb m.
Harry Von Tilzer
"May Sweet May" w.
R. J. Jose
m. Robert S. Roberts
"The Meaning Of USA" w.m. Raymond A. Browne
"Meet Me When The Sun Goes Down" w.
Vincent P. Bryan
m.
Harry von Tilzer
"The Message Of The Rose" w. Will A. Heelan m.
Leo Edwards
"The Message Of The Violet" w. Frank Pixley m. Gustav Luders
"Mister Dooley" w.
William Jerome
m.
Jean Schwartz
"My Sulu Lulu Loo" w. George Ade m. Nat D. Mann
"Nobody's Looking But The Owl And The Moon" w.
Bob Cole
&
James Weldon Johnson
m.
J. Rosamond Johnson
"Nursery Rhymes" w. William Jerome m.
Jean Schwartz
"Oh! Didn't He Ramble" w.m.
Bob Cole
&
J. Rosamond Johnson
"On A Sunday Afternoon" w.
Andrew B. Sterling
m.
Harry Von Tilzer
"On The Day King Edward Gets His Crown On" w.m. Mark Lorne & Harry Pleon
"Paint Me A Picture Of Mama" w. Addison Burkhardt m.
Raymond Hubbell
"The Passing Of Rag-Time" m.
Arthur Pryor
"Pinky Panky Poo" w. Aaron S. Hoffman m. Andy Lewis
"Please Go 'Way And Let Me Sleep" w.
Cecil Mack
m.
J. Tim Brymn
"
Pomp and Circumstance
" by
Edward Elgar
"Pretty Little Dinah Jones" w.m. J. B. Mullen
"R-E-M-O-R-S-E" w. George Ade m. Alfred G. Wathall
"Rip Van Winkle Was A Lucky Man" w.
William Jerome
m.
Jean Schwartz
"Sal" w.m.
Paul Rubens
"Sammy" w. James O'Dea m. Edward Hutchinson
"Since Sister Nell Heard Paderewski Play" w.
William Jerome
m.
Jean Schwartz
"Those Things Cannot Be Explained" w. Junie McCree m. Ben M. Jerome
"The Troubles Of Reuben And The Maid" w. J. Cheever Goodwin m. Maurice Levi
"Under The Bamboo Tree" w.m.
Bob Cole
&
J. Rosamond Johnson
"
Under the Double Eagle
" by
Josef Franz Wagner
"Wait At The Gate For Me" w. Ren Shields m.
Theodore F. Morse
"What's The Matter With The Moon Tonight?" w. Sydney Rosenfeld m. A. Baldwin Sloane
"When Kate And I Were Comin' Thro' The Rye" w.
Andrew B. Sterling
m.
Harry Von Tilzer
"When The Fields Are White With Cotton" w. Robert F. Roden w. Max S. Witt
"When The Troupe Gets Back To Town" w. George Totten Smith m.
Harry von Tilzer
"Where The Sunset Turns The Ocean's Blue To Gold" w. Eva Fern Buckner m. Henry W. Petrie
Recorded popular music
"Arkansaw Traveler" -
Len Spencer
Classical music
Alexander Glazunov
-
From the Middle Ages
;
Symphony No. 7, op. 77
(
Pastoral
)
Johannes Hanssen
-
Valdres March
Alfred Hill
-
Hinemoa
Vítězslav Novák
-
In the Tatra Mountains
Opera
Francesco Cilea
-
Adriana Lecouvreur
Claude Debussy
-
Pelléas et Mélisande
Manuel de Falla
-
Los amores de la Inés
Alberto Franchetti
-
Germania
Edward German
-
Merrie England
Jules Massenet
-
Le Jongleur de Notre Dame
Carl Nielsen
-
Saul og David
Emile Pessard
-
L'armée des vierges
premiered on October 15 at the Bouffes-Parisiens, Salle Choiseul, Paris
George Stephanescu
-
Petra
Musical theater
Bob Herceg
(Prince Bob)
- by
Jenö Huszka
, with libretto by Ferenc Martos and Károly Bakonyi
A Country Girl
London production opened at
Daly's Theatre
on January 18 and ran for 729 performances
The Defender
(Music:
Charles Dennée
Book & Lyrics: Allen Lowe) Broadway production opened at the
Herald Square Theatre
on July 3 and ran for 60 performances. Starring
Blanche Ring
.
The Emerald Isle
Broadway production
The Girl From Kays
London production opened at the
Apollo Theatre
on November 15 and ran for 432 performances.
Madame Sherry
Berlin and Paris productions
The Rogers Brothers At Harvard
Broadway production
Three Little Maids
London
production opened at the
Apollo Theatre
on May 10 and transferred to the
Prince of Wales Theatre
on September 8 for a total run of 348 performances.
Tommy Rot
Broadway production
The Toreador
Broadway production
Twirly-Whirly
Broadway production
The Wild Rose
Broadway production opened at the
Knickerbocker Theatre
on May 5 and ran for 136 performances. Starring
Eddie Foy
, Albert Hart, Junie McCree, Irene Bentley,
Marguerite Clark
and
Marie Cahill
.
Births
January 11
-
Maurice Duruflé
, composer
February 26
-
Rudolf Moralt
, German conductor
March 16
-
Leon Roppolo
March 21
-
Son House
, blues musician
March 29
-
William Walton
, British composer
April 8
-
Maria Maksakova, Sr.
, Soviet opera singer
April 24
-
Rube Bloom
, US pianist and composer
April 26
–
Walter Dana
, polka-music promoter (d. 2000)
May 1
-
Sonnie Hale
- English actor and singer
May 11
-
Bidu Sayão
, Brazilian opera singer
May 18
-
Meredith Willson
, US composer (d. 1984)
May 19
-
Lubka Kolessa
, pianist and music teacher (d. 1997)
May 31
-
Billy Mayerl
, English pianist, composer and conductor (d. 1959)
June 6
-
Jimmie Lunceford
, bandleader
June 17
Sammy Fain
, US composer
Vivian Duncan
, singer, songwriter and actress, member of the
Duncan Sisters
June 19
-
Guy Lombardo
June 21
-
Skip James
, blues musician
July 19
-
Buster Bailey
, jazz clarinetist
July 20
-
Jimmy Kennedy
, Irish-born British songwriter
July 21
-
Omer Simeon
, jazz musician (d. 1959)
August 6
- Jim Davidson, Australian bandleader
August 9
-
Zino Francescatti
, violinist
October 25
-
Eddie Lang
, US jazz guitarist (d. 1933)
December 15
- Mary Skeaping, British choreographer
December 27
-
Sam Coslow
, US songwriter and singer
date unknown
-
Billy Pigg
, Northumbrian piper
Deaths
January 17
-
Elias Blix
, politician, poet and musician (b. 1836)
January 18
-
Filippo Marchetti
, opera composer
February 1
-
Salomon Jadassohn
, composer and music teacher
February 9
-
Ludwig von Brenner
, conductor and composer (b. 1833)
February 11
-
Leonid Malashkin
, conductor and composer (b. 1842)
April 21
-
Ethna Carbery
, songwriter (b. 1866)
June 17
-
Karl Piutti
, organist and composer (b. 1846)
July 6
-
Leopoldo Miguez
, composer (b. 1850)
August 3
-
August Klughardt
, conductor and composer (b. 1847)
September 7
Enrique Gaspar y Rimbau
,
zarzuela
writer (b. 1842)
Franz Wüllner
, conductor and composer (b. 1832)
September 11
-
Émile Bernard
, French composer and organist
September 26
-
Camille D'elmar
, actress and opera singer (b. 1861)
September 28
-
Ion Ivanovici
, bandleader and composer (b. 1845)
date unknown
Güllü Agop
, Turkish theatre director
Jones Hewson
, operatic baritone (b. 1874)
James James
, composer of the Welsh national anthem, "
Hen Wlad fy Nhadau
"
Franz Nachbaur
, opera singer (b. 1835)
Ramon Delgado Palacios, Venezuelan pianist and composer
Camilla Urso
, violinist (b. 1842)