Music year 1901

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Music year 1901
Giuseppe Verdi dies in Milan at the age of 87.

Events

• April 18th - The soprano Mariska Horvath marries the politician J. Frank Aldrich .
• October 27th - First complete performance of Sergei Rachmaninoff 's 2nd piano concerto
• November 25th - Premiere of Gustav Mahler 's 4th Symphony
• The Universal Edition AG in Vienna established.
• Enrique Granados founds the Academia Granados in Spain.
• Geraldine Farrar celebrates her operatic debut.
• Percy Grainger makes his concert debut.
• 15-year-old Agustín Barrios received a music scholarship for the University of Asunción .
• Ragtime is proving to be very popular.

Classical music

• Hakon Børresen - String Sextet in G major op.5
• Frank Bridge - Scherzo Phantastick , string quintet in E minor
• André Caplet - Myrrha (Cantata)
• Ernő Dohnányi - Symphony No. 1 in D minor, Op. 9
• Felix Draeseke - String Quintet opus 77 in F major for two violins, viola and two cellos
• George Enescu -
  • Rhapsody roumaine No. 1 in A major, op.11, no.1
  • Rhapsody roumaine No. 2 in D major, op.11, no.2
  • Symphonie concertante for cello and orchestra in B minor, op.8
• Alexander Glazunov - Piano Sonatas 1 and 2 Opus 74 and 75 in B flat minor and E minor
• Gustav Mahler - 4th Symphony in G major
• Sergei Rachmaninoff - 2nd Piano Concerto in C minor, Op. 18th
• Ottorino Respighi - string quintet for two violins, two violas and cello
• Sergei Iwanowitsch Tanejew - 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 and operetta

• Pietro Mascagni - Le maschere Oper, premiered January 17th simultaneously in six Italian theaters
• 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 - distress
• Edmund Eysler - The Banquet of Lucullus (Operetta)
• Robert Stolz - Student Sulke (Operetta)

musical

• Blue Bell In Fairyland : London Production West End Theater
• A Chinese Honeymoon : London production at the Strand Theater ; First performance on October 5th; Duration: 1075 performances
• The Emerald Isle : London production at the Savoy Theater ; World premiere on April 27; Duration: 205 performances
• The Fortune Teller : London production at Shaftesbury Theater ; World premiere on April 7th
• Hoity-Toity : Broadway revue at Weber and Fields Music Hall ; World premiere on September 5; Duration: 225 performances
• Kitty Gray : London production at the Apollo Theater ; World premiere on September 7th; Duration: 220 performances
• The Little Duchess : Broadway production at the Casino Theater ; World premiere on October 14; Duration: 136 performances
• The Rogers Brothers In Washington : Broadway production at the Knickerbocker Theater ; Premiere on September 2nd; Duration: 49 performances
• The Silver Slipper : London production at the Lyric Theater ; First performance on June 1st; Duration: 197 performances
• The Supper Club : Broadway production at the Winter Garden Theater ; World premiere on December 23; Duration: 40 performances
• The Toreador : London production at the Gaiety Theater ; First performance on June 17th

Light music

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

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

Music recordings

• "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"
  - JJ Fisher on Consolidated Phonograph

Born

• January 9 - Ishman Bracey , American blues singer and guitarist († 1970 )
• January 12 - Kurt Jooss , German dancer and choreographer († 1979 )
• January 22nd - Hans Erich Apostel , German-Austrian composer († 1972 )
• January 24th :
  • Walther Bullerdiek , German actor, radio play speaker and composer († 1971 )
  • Willy Czernik , German operetta and film composer († 1996 )
• January 25 - Roman Cycowski , Polish-American singer; Member of the Comedian Harmonists († 1998 )
• January 30 - Ramón Díaz Freeman , Dominican composer, bassoonist and organist († 1976 )
• February 2nd
  • Jascha Heifetz , American violinist of Lithuanian origin († 1987 )
  • Walter Vinson , American blues guitarist and singer († 1975 )
• February 9 - Sebastian Kunjukunju Bhagavathar , Indian theater actor, singer and author († 1985 )
• February 15th
  • Kokomo Arnold , American blues musician († 1968 )
  • Jupp Schmitz , German entertainer and singer († 1991 )
• February 20 - César Geoffray , French composer and choir director († 1972 )
• 4th of March
  • Erwin Hartung , German singer († 1986 )
  • Piotr Perkowski , Polish composer († 1990 )
• March 5 - Leni Timmermann , German pianist, composer and author († 1992 )
• March 13 - Norman Woodlieff , American old-time musician († 1985 )
• March 15 - Theo Uden Masman , Dutch pianist and journalist († 1965 )
• March 22 - Oliver Strunk , American musicologist and educator († 1980 )
• March 27 - Enrique Santos Discépolo , Argentinian musician, composer and playwright († 1951 )
• April 4 - Adam Adrio , German musicologist († 1973 )
• April 11 - Theodor Rogalski , Romanian composer († 1954 )
• April 18 - Al Lewis , American songwriter († 1967 )
• April 21 - Julián Bautista , Argentine composer of Spanish origin († 1961 )
• May 3 - Hugo Friedhofer , American film composer († 1981 )
• May 5 - Blind Willie McTell , American blues musician († 1959 )
• May 7 - Marcel Poot , Belgian composer († 1988 )
• May 12 - Scrappy Lambert , American singer († 1987 )
• May 16 - Birch Monroe , American country musician († 1982 )
• May 17 - Werner Egk , German composer († 1983 )
• May 21 - Horace Heidt , American band leader, pianist and entertainer († 1986 )
• 23. May
  • Semjon Lwowitsch Ginsburg , Russian musicologist († 1978 )
  • Edmund Rubbra , British composer and pianist († 1986 )
• 30th May
  • Mieczysław Fogg , Polish chanson singer († 1990 )
  • Frankie Trumbauer , American jazz musician and saxophonist († 1956 )
• May 31 - Alfredo Antonini , Italian-American conductor and composer († 1983 )
• June 6 - Véra Korène , French actress and singer of Russian origin († 1996 )
• June 10 - Frederick Loewe , American composer of Austrian origin († 1988 )
• June 16 - Conrad Beck , Swiss composer († 1989 )
• June 22nd - Luís Armando Rivera , Dominican composer, pianist and violinist († 1986 )
• June 24th
  • Marcel Mule , French saxophonist and composer († 2001 )
  • Harry Partch , American composer, instrument maker and music theorist († 1974 )
• June 29 - Nelson Eddy , American singer and actor († 1967 )
• July 3 - Ruth Crawford Seeger , American composer († 1953 )
• July 14 - Gerald Finzi , British composer († 1956 )
• July 23 - Doc Walsh , American old-time musician († 1967 )
• July 28 - Rudy Vallée , American singer, bandleader, saxophonist and entertainer († 1986 )
• August 4 - Louis Armstrong , American jazz trumpeter and singer († 1971 )
• August 11 - Guido Agosti , Italian pianist († 1989 )
• August 14 - Franz Konwitschny , German conductor († 1962 )
• September 2 - Phil Napoleon , American jazz trumpeter and band leader († 1990 )
• September 9 - James Blades , British drummer († 1999 )
• September 12 - Ernst Pepping , German composer († 1981 )
• September 25 - Carlos Suffern , Argentine composer († 1991 )
• September 26 - Ted Weems , American band leader, jazz trombonist and violinist († 1963 )
• October 2nd
  • Walther Aeschbacher , Swiss conductor and composer († 1969 )
  • Kiki , French singer and actress († 1953 )
• October 4 - Alfred von Beckerath , German composer and conductor († 1978 )
• October 6 - Harry Adaskin , Canadian violinist and music teacher († 1994 )
• October 7 - Ralph Rainger , American film composer and pianist († 1942 )
• October 8 - Eivind Groven , Norwegian composer, music researcher and music ethnologist († 1977 )
• October 11 - Emil Hlobil , Czech composer and music teacher († 1987 )
• October 18 - Annette Hanshaw , American jazz singer († 1985 )
• the 20th of October
  • Frank Churchill , American film composer († 1942 )
  • Adelaide Hall , American jazz singer, actress and entertainer († 1993 )
• October 22nd - Gustav Scheck , German flautist († 1984 )
• October 24 - Gilda Gray , American actress and dancer of Polish origin († 1959 )
• November 1 - Hans Heinz Stuckenschmidt , German musicologist and music critic († 1988 )
• November 15 - Stanisław Szpinalski , Polish pianist and music teacher († 1957 )
• November 21 - Giacomo Vaghi , Italian opera singer († 1978 )
• November 22nd - Joaquín Rodrigo , Spanish composer and pianist († 1999 )
• November 25 - Tibor Serly , Hungarian composer († 1978 )
• December 4th - Michail Rafailowitsch Rauchwerger , Russian composer († 1989 )
• December 5th
  • Hanns Jelinek , Austrian composer and music teacher († 1969 )
  • Franz Königshofer , Austrian-Swiss conductor, composer & musicologist († 1970 )
• December 22nd - André Kostelanetz , American conductor and arranger of Russian origin († 1980 )
• December 7 - Troy Sanders , American composer († 1959 )
• December 24th - Enrique Mejía Arredondo , Dominican composer and conductor († 1951 )
• December 26 - Victor Hely-Hutchinson , British-South African composer († 1947 )
• December 27th - Marlene Dietrich , German-American actress and singer († 1992 )

Died

• January 11 - Vasily Sergejewitsch Kalinnikow , Russian composer (* 1866)
• January 13 - Jules Cohen , French composer and organist (* 1835)
• January 27th - Giuseppe Verdi , Italian composer (* 1813)
• February 11th - Henry Willis , British organ builder (* 1821)
• February 17 - Ethelbert Woodbridge Nevin , American pianist and composer (born 1862)
• February 26 - Léonce Cohen , French composer (* 1829)
• March 19 - Philippe Gille , French librettist and playwright (* 1831)
• March 31 - John Stainer , British organist and composer (* 1840)
• April 3 - Richard D'Oyly Carte , British theater agent and composer; Producer of Gilbert and Sullivan (* 1844)
• April 14 - Alice Barnett , British singer and actress (* 1846)
• April 15 - Leopold Magenbauer , Romanian choir director and composer (* 1835)
• April 18 - James Monroe Deems , American brigade general and composer (* 1818)
• May 2 - Franz Rummel , German pianist (* 1853)
• May 9 - Gottfried von Preyer , Austrian composer and conductor (* 1807)
• May 20 - Betty Fibichová , Czech opera singer (* 1846)
• June 17 - Cornelius Gurlitt , German composer (* 1820)
• June 23 - Charles Kensington Salaman , British pianist and composer (* 1814)
• July 18 - Carlo Alfredo Piatti , Italian cellist and composer (* 1822)
• August 17 - Edmond Audran , French organist and composer (* 1840)
• August 24 - Gunnar Wennerberg , Swedish poet, composer and poet (* 1817)
• September 3 - Friedrich Chrysander , German musicologist (* 1826)
• September 29 - Adelaide Borghi-Mamo , Italian opera singer (* 1826)
• October 22 - Frederic Archer , British organist, conductor and composer (* 1838)
• November 16 - Martin Blumner , German composer, conductor and music theorist (* 1827)
• November 24th - Heinrich Urban , German composer, violinist and music teacher (* 1837)
• November 25 - Josef Gabriel Rheinberger , German-Liechtenstein organist and composer (* 1839)
• December 15 - Elias Álvares Lôbo , Brazilian composer (* 1834)

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