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Contents 1 Events 2 Published popular music 3 Recorded popular music 4 Classical music 5 Opera 6 Musical theater 7 Births 8 Deaths

Events

• October 27 - First complete performance of Sergei Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2
• November 25 - Premiere of Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 4
• The classical music publishing firm Universal Edition is founded in Vienna.
• Enrique Granados founds the Academia Granados in Spain.
• Geraldine Farrar makes her operatic debut.
• Percy Grainger makes his recital debut.
• Thirteen-year-old Agustín Barrios begins attending university in Asunción on a music scholarship.
• Ragtime popularity grows.

Published popular music

• "Ain't That A Shame" w. John Queen m. Walter Wilson
• "All That Glitters Is Not Gold" w. George A. Norton m. James W. Casey
• "Any Old Place I Can Hang My Hat Is Home Sweet Home To Me" w. William Jerome m. Jean Schwartz
• "At The Pan-I-Marry-Can" w. Harry Dillon m. John Dillon
• "Baby Mine" w. Raymond A. Browne m. Leo Friedman
• "The Billboard" m. John N. Klohr
• "Blaze Away" m. Abe Holzmann
• "Coon! Coon! Coon!" by Leo Friedman & Gene Jefferson
• "The Country Girl"      w. Stanislaus Stange m. Julian Edwards
• "Davy Jones' Locker"      w.m. H. W. Petrie
• "Don't Put Me Off At Buffalo Any More"      w. William Jerome m. Jean Schwartz
• "Down Where The Cotton Blossoms Grow"      w. Andrew B. Sterling m. Harry Von Tilzer
• "Eyes Of Blue, Eyes Of Brown"      w.m. Costen & Andrew B. Sterling
• "Flora, I Am Your Adorer" w. Vincent P. Bryan m. Charles Robinson
• "The Fortune Telling Man" w.m. Bert Williams & George Walker
• "Go Way Back And Sit Down" w. Elmer Bowman m. Al Johns
• "Good Morning, Carrie" w. Cecil Mack m. Chris Smith & Elmer Bowman
• "He Calls Me His Own Grace Darling" w.m.Lawrence Barclay
• "He Laid Away A Suit Of Gray To Wear The Union Blue" w. Edward M. Wickes m. Ben Jansen
• "He Ought To Have A Tablet In The Hall of Fame" w. Arthur L. Robb m. John Walter Bratton
• "Hello Central, Give Me Heaven" w.m. Charles K. Harris
• "Hiawatha" w. James O'Dea m. Neil Moret Words written 1903.
• "High Society" Porter Steele
• "Hoity-Toity" w. Edgar Smith m. John Stromberg
• "Jagtime Johnson's Ragtime March" by Fred L. Ryder
• "The Honeysuckle And The Bee" w. Albert H. Fitz m. William H. Penn
• "I Ain't A-goin' To Weep No More" w. George Totten Smith m. Harry von Tilzer
• "I Hate To Get Up Early In The Morning" w. John Queen m. Hughie Cannon
• "I Love You Truly" w.m. Carrie Jacobs-Bond
• "I Want To Be A Lidy" w. George Dance m. George Dee
• "If You Love Your Baby, Make Dem Goo-Goo Eyes" w. Bert Williams m. George Walker
• "I'll Be With You When The Roses Bloom Again" w. Will D. Cobb m. Gus Edwards
• "I'm Tired" w. William Jerome m. Jean Schwartz
• "In The Shade Of The Palm" w.m. Leslie Stuart
• "The Invincible Eagle March" w.m. John Philip Sousa
• "It Seems Like Yesterday" w. Frederic Ranken m. Isidore Witmark
• "I've Grown So Used To You" w.m. Thurland Chattaway
• "Josephine, My Jo" w. Cecil Mack m. J. Tim Brymn
• "Just A-Wearyin' For You" w. Frank Stanton m. Carrie Jacobs-Bond
• "The Maiden With The Dreamy Eyes" w. James Weldon Johnson & Bob Cole m. J. Rosamond Johnson
• "Mamie, Don't You Feel Ashamie" w. Will D. Cobb m. Gus Edwards
• "Mighty Lak' A Rose" w. Frank L. Stanton m. Ethelbert Nevin
• "My Castle On The Nile" w. Bob Cole & James Weldon Johnson m. J. Rosamond Johnson
• "My Japanese Cherry Blossom" w. Edgar Smith m. John Stromberg
• "My Lady Hottentot" w. William Jerome m. Harry von Tilzer
• "My Lonesome Little Louisiana Lady" w. Will D. Cobb m. Gus Edwards
• "My Own United States" w. Stanislaus Stange m. Julian Edwards
• "My Princess Zulu Lulu" w.m. Dave Reed Jr
• "Nancy Brown" w.m. Clifton Crawford
• "O Dry Those Tears!" w.m. Teresa del Riego
• "Oh! Oh! Miss Phoebe" w. Andrew B. Sterling m. Harry von Tilzer
• "Panamericana" m. Victor Herbert
• "The Phrenologist Coon" w. Ernest Hogan m. Will Accooee
• "A Picture Without A Frame" w.m. Al Wilbur & Harry Jonnes
• "Rusty Rags" Ossman
• "Sally's Sunday Hat" w. Will D. Cobb m. Gus Edwards
• "Serenade" w. Jerry Gray & Herb Hendler m. Riccardo Drigo
• "She's Getting More Like The White Folks Every Day" w.m. Bert Williams & George Walker
• "A Signal from Mars" by E. T. Paull
• "Simple Little Sister Mary Green" w.m. Clifton Crawford
• "Somehow It Made Him Think Of Home" w. Frederic Ranken m. Isidore Witmark
• "Sunflower Slow Drag" m. Scott Joplin & Scott Hayden

• "Sweet Annie Moore" by John H. Flynn
• "Tact" w.m. Leslie Stuart
• "The Tale Of A Bumble Bee" w. Frank Pixley m. Gustav Luders
• "Tell Me Dusky Maiden" w. James Weldon Johnson & Bob Cole m. J. Rosamond Johnson
• "Tell Us Pretty Ladies" w. Edgar Smith m. John Stromberg
• "There's No North Or South Today" w.m. Paul Dresser
• "Tobermory" w.m. Harry Lauder
• "Way Down In Indiana" w.m. Paul Dresser
• "Way Down Yonder In The Cornfield" w. Will D. Cobb m. Gus Edwards
• "We Shall Overcome" w. C. Albert Tindley Music 1794 "O Sanctissima".
• "The Wedding Of Reuben And The Maid" w. Harry B. Smith m. Maurice Levi
• "When It's All Goin' Out And Nothin' Comin' In" w.m. Bert Williams & George Walker
• "When Mr Shakespeare Comes To Town" w. William Jerome m. Jean Schwartz
• "When The Boys Go Marching By" w.m. Charles W. Doty
• "When Two Little Hearts Are One" w. Edgar Smith m. John Stromberg
• "Where The Silv'ry Colorado Wends Its Way" w. C. H. Scoggins m. Charles Avril
• "Zamona" w. Frederic Ranken m. William Loraine

Recorded popular music

• "A German Minstrel"
  - George P. Watson on Edison Records
• "Good Evening Carrie"
  - Dan W. Quinn
• "In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree"
  - William Baird
• "Just As the Sun Went Down"
  - J.J. Fisher on Consolidated Phonograph

Classical music

• Hakon Børresen - String Sextet opus 5 in G major
• Frank Bridge - Scherzo Phantastick, String Quintet in E minor (probably), Berceuse for viola or cello and piano ([1])
• Felix Draeseke - String Quintet opus 77 in F major for two violins, viola and two cellos
• Alexander Glazunov - Piano Sonatas 1 and 2 opus 74 and 75 in B-flat minor and E minor
• Gustav Mahler - Der Tambourg'sell
• Ottorino Respighi - String Quintet for two violins, two violas and cello
• Sergei Taneyev - String Quintet opus 14 in G major for two violins, viola and two cellos
• Ludwig Thuille - Piano Quintet opus 20 in E-flat major

Opera

• Frederick Delius - A Village Romeo and Juliet
• Antonín Dvořák - Rusalka
• Enrique Granados - Picarol
• Jules Massenet - Grisélidis
• Charles Villiers Stanford - Much Ado About Nothing
• Richard Strauss - Feuersnot

Musical theater

• Blue Bell In Fairyland London production
• A Chinese Honeymoon London production opened at the Strand Theatre on October 5 and ran for 1075 performances.
• The Emerald Isle London production opened at the Savoy Theatre on April 27 and ran for 205 performances.
• The Fortune Teller London production opened at the Shaftesbury Theatre on April 7.
• Hoity-Toity Broadway revue opened at the Weber and Fields Music Hall on September 5 and ran for 225 performances.
• Kitty Grey London production opened at the Apollo Theatre on September 7and ran for 220 performances.
• The Little Duchess Broadway production opened at the Casino Theatre on October 14 and ran for 136 performances.
• The Rogers Brothers In Washington Broadway production opened at the Knickerbocker theatre on September 2 and ran for 49 performances
• The Silver Slipper London production opened at the Lyric Theatre on June 1 and ran for 197 performances
• The Supper Club Broadway production opened on December 23 at the Winter Garden Theatre and ran for 40 performances.
• The Toreador London production opened at the Gaiety Theatre on June 17

Births

• January 22 - Hans Erich Apostel, composer (d. 1972)
• February 2 - Jascha Heifetz, violinist (d. 1987)
• February 15 - Kokomo Arnold, blues musician (d. 1968)
• March 21 - Nikolaos Skalkottas, Greek composer (d. 1949)
• May 12 - Scrappy Lambert, US singer (d. 1987)
• May 17 - Werner Egk, composer (d. 1983)
• May 21 - Horace Heidt, US bandleader (d. 1986)
• May 23 - Edmund Rubbra, composer (d. 1986)
• May 30 - Frankie Trumbauer, US saxophonist, bandleader and singer (d. 1956)
• June 6 - Véra Korène, actress and singer (d. 1996)
• June 10 - Frederic Loewe, composer of musicals (d. 1988)
• June 24 - Harry Partch, composer (d. 1974)
• June 29 - Nelson Eddy, US singer and actor (d. 1967)
• July 3 - Ruth Crawford-Seeger, composer (d. 1953)
• July 28 - Rudy Vallée, singer & bandleader (d. 1986)
• August 4 - Louis Armstrong, jazz trumpeter, composer, bandleader, singer (d. 1971)
• September 2 - Phil Napoleon, jazz trumpeter (d. 1990)
• September 9 - James Blades, percussionist (d. 1999)
• September 12 - Ernst Pepping, composer (d. 1981)
• September 26 - Ted Weems, US bandleader (d. 1963)
• October 18 - Annette Hanshaw, US singer (d. 1985)
• October 2 - Kiki, entertainer (d. 1953)
• October 7 - Ralph Rainger, US composer and pianist (d. 1942)
• October 8 - Eivind Groven, composer (d. 1977)
• October 20 - Frank Churchill, US composer (d. 1942)
• November 22 - Joaquin Rodrigo, Spanish composer (d. 1999)
• December 22 - André Kostelanetz, conductor and arranger (d. 1980)

Deaths

• January 11 - Vasily Kalinnikov, composer (b. 1866)
• January 27 - Giuseppe Verdi, composer (b. 1813)
• February 17 - Ethelbert Woodbridge Nevin, pianist and composer (b. 1862)
• March 19 - Philippe Gille, librettist (b. 1831)
• April 3 - Richard D'Oyly Carte, producer of Gilbert & Sullivan (b. 1844)
• April 14 - Alice Barnett, singer and actress (b. 1846)
• May 2 - Franz Rummel, pianist (b. 1853)
• May 9 - Gottfried von Preyer, conductor, composer and music teacher (b. 1807)
• June 17 - Cornelius Gurlitt, composer (b. 1820)
• June 23 - Charles Kensington Salaman, composer (b. 1814)
• July 18 - Carlo Alfredo Piatti, cellist (b. 1822)
• August 17 - Edmond Audran, composer (b. 1842)
• August 24 - Gunnar Wennerberg, poet, politician and composer (b. 1817)
• September 3 - Friedrich Chrysander, music historian and critic (b. 1826)
• October 22 - Frederic Archer, organist, conductor and composer (b. 1838)
• November 25 - Josef Rheinberger, Liechtensteinian organist and composer (b. 1839)
• December 15 - Elias Álvares Lobo, composer (b. 1834)

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