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''See also:''
[[1905 in music]],
{{YYYY music|1906}}
{{Year nav topic5|1906|music|film|radio}}
[[1906|other events of 1906]],
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1906.
[[1907 in music]] and the

[[list of 'years in music']].
==Specific locations==
*[[1906 in Norwegian music]]


==Events==
==Events==
*[[January 8]] – Pianist [[Arthur Rubinstein]] plays [[Camille Saint-Saens]]' [[Piano Concerto No. 2 (Saint-Saëns)|Piano concerto]] at his New York debut.<ref>{{cite book|last=Burbank|first=Richard|title=Twentieth Century Music|location=New York City, USA|publisher=Facts on File Publication, New York City, NY|year=1984|isbn=0-87196-464-3|page=30}}|</ref>
*[[May 27]] - [[Gustav Mahler]]'s ''[[Symphony No. 6 (Mahler)|Symphony No. 6]]'' is premiered in [[Essen]]
*[[January 15]] – Excerpts from [[Arthur Nevin]]'s opera ''Poia'' are premiered in concert form by the [[Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Burbank|first=Richard|title=Twentieth Century Music|location=New York City, USA|publisher=Facts on File Publication, New York City, NY|year=1984|isbn=0-87196-464-3|page=28}}|</ref>
*[[January 17]] – [[Felix Weingartner]] makes his Boston debut conducting the [[New York Symphony Orchestra]] in program that includes [[Symphonie fantastique]] by [[Hector Berlioz]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Burbank|first=Richard|title=Twentieth Century Music|location=New York City, USA|publisher=Facts on File Publication, New York City, NY|year=1984|isbn=0-87196-464-3|page=30}}|</ref>
*[[January 21]] – [[Georges Enesco]]'s ''[[Symphony No. 1 (Enescu)|Symphony No.1 in E-flat Major]]'' premieres in Paris. The work has three movements.<ref>{{cite book|last=Burbank|first=Richard|title=Twentieth Century Music|location=New York City, USA|publisher=Facts on File Publication, New York City, NY|year=1984|isbn=0-87196-464-3|page=30}}|</ref>
*[[January 27]] – [[Ernest Bloch]]'s symphonic work ''Hiver-Printemps'' premieres in Geneva, the composer conducting.<ref>{{cite book|last=Burbank|first=Richard|title=Twentieth Century Music|location=New York City, USA|publisher=Facts on File Publication, New York City, NY|year=1984|isbn=0-87196-464-3|page=30}}|</ref>
*[[January 27]] – Russian pianist [[Josef Lhevinne]] makes his American debut with the [[Russian Symphony Orchestra]], conducted by [[Vasily Safonov]] in New York.<ref>{{cite book|last=Burbank|first=Richard|title=Twentieth Century Music|location=New York City, USA|publisher=Facts on File Publication, New York City, NY|year=1984|isbn=0-87196-464-3|page=30}}|</ref>
*[[February 6]] – [[Karol Szymanowski]]'s ''Concert Overture in E major'' (Uwertura koncertowa E-dur) premiered by [[Gregor Fitelberg]] in Warsaw.<ref>{{cite book|last=Burbank|first=Richard|title=Twentieth Century Music|location=New York City, USA|publisher=Facts on File Publication, New York City, NY|year=1984|isbn=0-87196-464-3|page=29}}|</ref>
*[[February 18]] – [[Vincent d'Indy]]'s symphonic work ''Jour d'été à la montagne'' premieres at a Colonne concert in Paris.
* February – ''Abyssinia'' receives its première at the [[Majestic Theatre (Broadway)]], with a score co-written by [[Bert Williams]], including premiere of "[[Nobody (1905 song)|Nobody]]".
*[[March 7]] – [[Ernst von Dohnányi]]'s ''Concerto for Cello and Orchestra'' premieres with [[Hugo Becker]] as soloist and the composer conducting [[Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Burbank|first=Richard|title=Twentieth Century Music|location=New York City, USA|publisher=Facts on File Publication, New York City, NY|year=1984|isbn=0-87196-464-3|page=28}}|</ref>
*[[March 10]] – ''[[Don Procopio]]'', an opera buffa written by [[Georges Bizet]], is premiered posthumously at the Theatre du Casino, Monte Carlo.The two-act opera, written during Bizet's student days, had not been discovered until 30 years later.<ref>{{cite book|last=Burbank|first=Richard|title=Twentieth Century Music|location=New York City, USA|publisher=Facts on File Publication, New York City, NY|year=1984|isbn=0-87196-464-3|page=27}}|</ref>
*[[March 19]] – The premiere of ''[[I quattro rusteghi]]'' (or Die Vier Grobiane), by [[Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari]], takes place at the Hoftheater in Munich. The libretto, by Giuseppe Pizzolato, is based on a popular play of the same name by [[Carlo Goldoni]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Burbank|first=Richard|title=Twentieth Century Music|location=New York City, USA|publisher=Facts on File Publication, New York City, NY|year=1984|isbn=0-87196-464-3|page=27}}|</ref>
*[[March 27]] – [[John Philip Sousa]]'s comic opera ''The Free Lance'' receives its initial performance in Springfield, Massachusetts.<ref>{{cite book|last=Burbank|first=Richard|title=Twentieth Century Music|location=New York City, USA|publisher=Facts on File Publication, New York City, NY|year=1984|isbn=0-87196-464-3|page=27}}|</ref>
*[[April 2]] – Mayor [[Eugene Schmitz]] of San Francisco gives a lavish dinner party for the purpose of raising money to build a new opera house. Violinist [[Jan Kubelik]] is the guest of honor.
*[[April 8]] – [[Vincenzo Tommasini]]'s ''Medea'' premieres at the Teatro Verdi in Trieste. The libretto, written by the composer, is based on the Greek myth of Medea.<ref>{{cite book|last=Burbank|first=Richard|title=Twentieth Century Music|location=New York City, USA|publisher=Facts on File Publication, New York City, NY|year=1984|isbn=0-87196-464-3|page=27}}|</ref>
*[[April 18]] – The catastrophic [[1906 San Francisco earthquake|San Francisco earthquake]] occurs. The Grand Opera house, where [[Enrico Caruso]] performed last night, is destroyed by fire. Costumes and scenery of twelve operas go up in smoke, resulting in a loss of $120,000.
*[[May 24]] – The choral rhapsody for baritone solo, chorus and orchestra ''[[Sea Drift (Delius)|Sea Drift]]'' by [[Frederick Delius]] is performed for the first time at the music festival in [[Essen, Germany]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Burbank|first=Richard|title=Twentieth Century Music|location=New York City, USA|publisher=Facts on File Publication, New York City, NY|year=1984|isbn=0-87196-464-3|page=29}}|</ref>
*[[May 27]] – [[Gustav Mahler]]'s ''[[Symphony No. 6 (Mahler)|Symphony No. 6 in A Minor]]'' receives its première in [[Essen, Germany]].
*[[May 29]] – The University of Oxford in England awards an honorary Doctor of Music degree to [[Edvard Grieg]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Burbank|first=Richard|title=Twentieth Century Music|location=New York City, USA|publisher=Facts on File Publication, New York City, NY|year=1984|isbn=0-87196-464-3|page=32}}|</ref>
*[[June 20]] – [[Anton von Webern]]'s doctoral dissertation is approved by his doctoral advisors at the Musicological Institute of the [[University of Vienna]].
*July – The first console gramophone is released, known as ''[[Victrola]]'', a horn-enclosed phonograph, manufactured by [[Victor Talking Machine Company|Victor]] in the United States.<ref>{{cite book|last=Burbank|first=Richard|title=Twentieth Century Music|location=New York City, USA|publisher=Facts on File Publication, New York City, NY|year=1984|isbn=0-87196-464-3|page=32}}|</ref>
*[[July 25]] – [[Percy Grainger]] arrives at [[Brigg]] to start a 10-day tour of [[Lincolnshire]] making the first recordings of [[traditional singer]]s of [[English folk music]] onto [[phonograph cylinder]]s using an Edison machine. The following day he records Dean Robinson singing songs including "As I Walked Out One May Morning" and versions of "Turpin Hero" and "[[Seventeen Come Sunday]]".<ref>{{cite web|title=Percy Grainger ethnographic wax cylinders|url=https://sounds.bl.uk/World-and-traditional-music/Percy-Grainger-Collection|publisher=British Library|accessdate=2022-07-25}}</ref>
*[[August 23]] – ''[[Norfolk Rhapsodies|Norfolk Rhapsody No.1 in E Minor]]'' receives its first performance at a Promenade Concert in London. The work of [[Ralph Vaughan Williams]], it is based on Norfolk folk tunes.<ref>{{cite book|last=Burbank|first=Richard|title=Twentieth Century Music|location=New York City, USA|publisher=Facts on File Publication, New York City, NY|year=1984|isbn=0-87196-464-3|page=30}}|</ref>
*[[October 15]] – [[Giacomo Puccini]]'s ''[[Madama Butterfly]]'' receives its first American performance when the [[Henry W. Savage]] Opera Company performs the opera in Washington D.C.<ref>{{cite book|last=Burbank|first=Richard|title=Twentieth Century Music|location=New York City, USA|publisher=Facts on File Publication, New York City, NY|year=1984|isbn=0-87196-464-3|page=27}}|</ref>
*[[October 31]] – [[Jules Massenet]]'s ''[[Ariane (Massenet)|Ariane]]'' has its premiere at the Paris Opera. The libretto, by [[Catulle Mendes]], is based on the Greek myth of Ariane.<ref>{{cite book|last=Burbank|first=Richard|title=Twentieth Century Music|location=New York City, USA|publisher=Facts on File Publication, New York City, NY|year=1984|isbn=0-87196-464-3|page=28}}|</ref>
*[[October 27]] – [[Enrique Granados]]'s [[zarzuela]] ''Gaziel'' is produced in Barcelona.<ref>{{cite book|last=Burbank|first=Richard|title=Twentieth Century Music|location=New York City, USA|publisher=Facts on File Publication, New York City, NY|year=1984|isbn=0-87196-464-3|page=27}}|</ref>
*[[November 11]]
**''[[The Wreckers (opera)|Strandrecht (The Wreckers)]]'', by English composer [[Ethel Smyth]], premieres in Leipzig, at the Königliches Opernhause.<ref>{{cite book|last=Burbank|first=Richard|title=Twentieth Century Music|location=New York City, USA|publisher=Facts on File Publication, New York City, NY|year=1984|isbn=0-87196-464-3|page=28}}|</ref>
**''[[Maskarade]]'', a three-act opera by [[Carl Nielsen]], receives its first performance in Copenhagen, the composer conducting.<ref>{{cite book|last=Burbank|first=Richard|title=Twentieth Century Music|location=New York City, USA|publisher=Facts on File Publication, New York City, NY|year=1984|isbn=0-87196-464-3|page=28}}|</ref>
*[[November 16]] – In what becomes known as "monkey-house scandal", [[Enrico Caruso]] is arrested by a New York City officer on a charge of making improper advances to a passer-by, Mrs Hannah Stanhope. The police accuse him of pinching the buttocks of a married woman. The scandal threatens to reduce sales at the Metropolitan Opera box office, where Caruso sings.
*[[November 26]] – ''[[Geraldine Farrar]]'' makes her Metropolitan Opera debut as Juliette in [[Charles Gounod]]'s ''[[Romeo et Juliette]]''.
*[[November 28]] – [[Enrico Caruso]] sings Rodolfo in ''[[La Boheme]]'', by [[Giacomo Puccini]]. This is his first appearance after having been arrested, convinced and fined for making improper advances to a woman in the Central Park. He virtually bring down the house and the "monkey-house scandal" is quickly forgotten nad Caruso's stature remains unaffected.<ref>{{cite book|last=Burbank|first=Richard|title=Twentieth Century Music|location=New York City, USA|publisher=Facts on File Publication, New York City, NY|year=1984|isbn=0-87196-464-3|page=32}}|</ref>
*[[December 1]] – The celebrated soprano [[Adelina Patti]] gives her farewell concert at the Royal Albert Hall in London.<ref>{{cite book|last=Burbank|first=Richard|title=Twentieth Century Music|location=New York City, USA|publisher=Facts on File Publication, New York City, NY|year=1984|isbn=0-87196-464-3|page=30}}|</ref>
*[[December 3]] – Impresario [[Oscar Hammerstein I|Oscar Hammerstein]] opens the [[Manhattan Opera House]] to compete with the [[Metropolitan Opera]] in New York City. The first presentation is [[Vincenzo Bellini]]'s ''[[I Puritani]]''.<ref>{{cite book|last=Burbank|first=Richard|title=Twentieth Century Music|location=New York City, USA|publisher=Facts on File Publication, New York City, NY|year=1984|isbn=0-87196-464-3|page=32}}|</ref>
*[[December 8]] – ''Moloch'', an opera by [[Max von Schillings]], receives its first performance in Dresden.<ref>{{cite book|last=Burbank|first=Richard|title=Twentieth Century Music|location=New York City, USA|publisher=Facts on File Publication, New York City, NY|year=1984|isbn=0-87196-464-3|page=28}}|</ref>
*[[December 9]] – [[Richard Strauss]]' ''[[Salome (opera)|Salome]]'' receives its first Berlin performance. It stars [[Emmy Destinn]] and is so successful that, over next 27 years, it is performed 285 times in Berlin alone.<ref>{{cite book|last=Burbank|first=Richard|title=Twentieth Century Music|location=New York City, USA|publisher=Facts on File Publication, New York City, NY|year=1984|isbn=0-87196-464-3|page=28}}|</ref>
*[[December 11]] – The [[Melbourne Symphony Orchestra]] plays its first concert, the oldest continuously active professional orchestra in Australia.
*[[December 22]] – [[Alexander Glazunov]]'s ''[[Symphony No. 8 (Glazunov)|Symphony No.8 in E-flat Major]]'' premieres in Saint Petersburg, the composer conducting. This four-movement symphony is his last.<ref>{{cite book|last=Burbank|first=Richard|title=Twentieth Century Music|location=New York City, USA|publisher=Facts on File Publication, New York City, NY|year=1984|isbn=0-87196-464-3|page=30}}|</ref>
*[[December 26]] – Italian coloratura soprano [[Amelita Galli-Curci]] makes her operatic debut at [[Trani, Apulia|Trani]], as Gilda in [[Giuseppe Verdi|Verdi]]'s ''[[Rigoletto]]''.
*[[December 27]]
**''[[Mateo Falcone (opera)|Matteo Falcone]]'', a dramatic scene by [[Cesar Cui]], is performed for the first time in Moscow. The operatic work is based on a novella by [[Prosper Merimee]] about Corsicans.<ref>{{cite book|last=Burbank|first=Richard|title=Twentieth Century Music|location=New York City, USA|publisher=Facts on File Publication, New York City, NY|year=1984|isbn=0-87196-464-3|page=28}}|</ref>
**[[Florent Schmitt]]'s ''Psalm XLVII'' premieres at the a Paris concert of music by winners of the [[Prix de Rome]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Burbank|first=Richard|title=Twentieth Century Music|location=New York City, USA|publisher=Facts on File Publication, New York City, NY|year=1984|isbn=0-87196-464-3|page=30}}|</ref>
*[[December 29]] – [[Jean Sibelius]]'s symphonic tone poem ''[[Pohjola's Daughter]]'' premieres in Saint Petersburg, the composer conducting.<ref>{{cite book|last=Burbank|first=Richard|title=Twentieth Century Music|location=New York City, USA|publisher=Facts on File Publication, New York City, NY|year=1984|isbn=0-87196-464-3|page=30}}|</ref>
*Approximate start of [[Yue opera]].
*Last full-scale court performance of [[gambuh]] dance-drama with [[gamelan]] ensemble in [[Bali]].<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|url=http://www.answers.com/topic/gambuh|title=Gambuh|encyclopedia=Oxford Encyclopedia of Theatre and Performance|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2003|accessdate=2011-04-26}}</ref>
*[[Vassily Safonov]] becomes then new music director of the New York Philharmonics Society, after a three-year period during which guest conductors led this orchestra.


==Published popular music==
==Top Hits==
[[Image:Frog Legs Rag 1b.jpg|right|thumb|250px|"[[Frog Legs Rag]]" by [[James Scott (musician)|James Scott]].]]
*"Let It Alone" by [[Alex Rogers]]

*"Arrah Wanna" by [[Jack Drislane]]
* "Abraham Jefferson Washington Lee" [[Harry Von Tilzer]]
*"He's A Cousin" of [[Mine by Cecil Mack]]
* "Ain't You Coming Back To Old New Hampshire, Molly?" w. [[Robert F. Roden]] m. [[J. Fred Helf]]
*"Poor John!" by [[Fred W. Leigh]]
* "Alice, Where Art Thou Going?" Heelan, Gumble
*"Cheyenne" by [[Harry H. Williams]]
* "All In Down And Out" w. [[Cecil Mack]] m. Chris Smith, Billy B. Smith & Elmer Bowman
*"Anchors Aweigh" by [[A.H. Miles]]
* "[[Anchors Aweigh]]" w. [[Alfred Hart Miles]] & R. Lovell m. [[Charles A. Zimmerman]]
*"Dreaming" by [[L.W. Heiser]]
* "Andulko Safárova" Kmoch
*"Moonbeams" by [[Henry Blossom]]
* "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 (1906 song)|Cheyenne]]" w. [[Harry Williams (songwriter)|Harry H. Williams]] m. [[Egbert Van Alstyne]]
* "Colleen Bawn" w. [[Edward Madden (lyricist)|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 (vaudeville)|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 (musician)|James Scott]]
* "[[The Galloping Major (song)|The Galloping Major]]" w. Fred W. Leigh m. George Bastow
* "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 (vaudeville)|Gus Edwards]]
* "I Miss You In A Thousand Different Ways" w. [[Will D. Cobb]] m. [[Gus Edwards (vaudeville)|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
* "I'm Sorry" Von Tilzer
* "[[I'm Wise]]" w. [[Harry Williams (songwriter)|Harry Williams]] m. [[Egbert van Alstyne]]
* "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. [[Peter Dawson (bass-baritone)|Hector Grant]]
* "A Lemon In The Garden Of Love" w. [[Herbert Reynolds (lyricist)|M. E. Rourke]] m. Richard Carle
* "Let Bygones Be Bygones And Let Us Be Sweethearts Again" w. [[Alex Rogers (songwriter)|Alex Rogers]] m. [[Bert Williams]]
* "Let It Alone" w. [[Alex Rogers (songwriter)|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 (song)|Love Me And The World Is Mine]]" w. Dave Reed Jr m. [[Ernest Ball|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 Piantadosi]]
* "[[National Emblem March|National Emblem]]" m. [[Edwin Eugene Bagley|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
* "Pickles and peppers" [[Adaline Shepherd]]
* "Poor John" w. [[Fred W. Leigh]] m. Henry E. Pether
* "The Poor Old Man" w.m. [[Vincent Bryan]]
* "[[School Days (1907 song)|School Days]]" w. [[Will D. Cobb]] m. [[Gus Edwards (vaudeville)|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 (vaudeville)|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 (From the musical "His Honor the Mayor")
* "We Parted On The Shore" w.m. [[Harry Lauder]]
* "We've Been Chums For Fifty Years" w.m. Thurland Chattaway
* "[[What a Mouth (What a North and South)|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 (composer)|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 (vaudeville)|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

==Recorded popular music==
* "Stop Your Tickling Jock" – [[Harry Lauder]]

==[[European classical music|Classical music]]==
*[[Amy Beach]] – Variations on Balkan Themes, Op.60
*[[Frank Bridge]] –
**''Three Idylls for String Quartet''
**String Quartet No. 1 in E minor "Bologna"
*[[Grigoraş Dinicu]] – ''[[Hora staccato]]''
*[[Ernst von Dohnányi|Ernő Dohnányi]] – String Quartet No. 2, Op. 15
*[[Edward Elgar]] – ''[[The Kingdom (oratorio)]]''
*[[George Enescu]] –
**''Au soir'', for four trumpets
**''Concertstück'', for viola and piano
**[[Decet (Enescu)|Decet]] for winds in D major, Op. 14
**''[[Légende (Enescu)|Légende]]'', for trumpet and piano
*[[Charles Ives]] – ''[[Central Park in the Dark]]''
*[[Paul Ladmirault]] – Variations sur des airs de biniou trégorois
*[[Theodor Leschetizky|Theodore Leschetizky]] – 2 Morceaux, Op.47
*[[Gustav Mahler]] – [[Symphony No. 6 (Mahler)|Symphony No. 6]] (3rd version)
*[[Carl Nielsen]] – [[String Quartet No. 4 (Nielsen)|String Quartet No. 4 in F major]], 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 (Schoenberg)|Chamber Symphony No. 1]]
*[[Josef Suk (composer)|Josef Suk]] – Symphony No. 2 "Asrael"
*[[Sergei Taneyev]] – Piano Quartet in E major Op. 20
*[[Edgard Varèse]] – ''Un grand sommeil noir''
*[[Anton Webern]] – Rondo for string quartet
*[[Leó Weiner]]
**Serenade for Small Orchestra, Op. 3
**String Quartet No.1, Op. 4

==[[Opera]]==
*[[Walter Braunfels]] – ''Falada''
*[[Cesar Cui]] - ''[[Mateo Falcone (opera)|Mateo Falcone]]''
*[[Enrique Granados]] - ''Gaziel''
*[[Jules Massenet]] – ''Ariane''
*[[Carl Nielsen]] – ''[[Maskarade]]''
*[[Sergei Rachmaninoff]] – ''[[Francesca da Rimini|Francesca Da Rimini]]''
*[[Max von Schillings]] - ''Moloch''
*Dame [[Ethel Smyth]] – ''[[The Wreckers]]''
*[[John Philip Sousa]] - ''The Free Lance''
*[[Richard Strauss]] - ''[[Salome (opera)|Salome]]''
* [[Vincenzo Tommasini]] - ''Medea''
*[[Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari]] – ''[[I quattro rusteghi]]''

==[[Ballet]]==
*[[January 6]] - ''Cinderella'' - another new production of the [[Empire, Leicester Square|Empire Theater]] - premieres in London. It is a fairy ballet in five scenes, choreography by Fred Farren, music by [[Sidney Jones (composer)|Sidney Jones]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Burbank|first=Richard|title=Twentieth Century Music|location=New York City, USA|publisher=Facts on File Publication, New York City, NY|year=1984|isbn=0-87196-464-3|page=28}}|</ref>
*[[January 14]] - ''The Debutante'' is produced at London's [[Empire, Leicester Square|Empire Theater]]. The music by Cuthbert Clarke, the lead dancer Fred Farren.<ref>{{cite book|last=Burbank|first=Richard|title=Twentieth Century Music|location=New York City, USA|publisher=Facts on File Publication, New York City, NY|year=1984|isbn=0-87196-464-3|page=28}}|</ref>
*[[January 28]] - ''Radha'' - a modern dance work by [[Ruth Saint Denis]] - is performed for the first time at a private performance at the New York Theater. Music by [[Leo Delibes]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Burbank|first=Richard|title=Twentieth Century Music|location=New York City, USA|publisher=Facts on File Publication, New York City, NY|year=1984|isbn=0-87196-464-3|page=28}}|</ref>
*[[March 26]] - Choreographer [[Ruth Saint Denis]] has two premieres: ''The Cobras'' (music by [[Leo Delibes]]) and ''The Incense'' (music by [[Harvey Worthington Loomis]]). Performed at the Hudson Theater in New York. <ref>{{cite book|last=Burbank|first=Richard|title=Twentieth Century Music|location=New York City, USA|publisher=Facts on File Publication, New York City, NY|year=1984|isbn=0-87196-464-3|page=28}}|</ref>
*[[May 14]] - The London public sees its first complete performance of ''[[Coppélia]]'' by [[Leo Delibes]] as [[Adeline Genee]] recreates her famous role at the Empire Theater.<ref>{{cite book|last=Burbank|first=Richard|title=Twentieth Century Music|location=New York City, USA|publisher=Facts on File Publication, New York City, NY|year=1984|isbn=0-87196-464-3|page=1029}}|</ref>
*[[August 6]] - ''Fete Galante'' premieres at the Empire Theater, London. This ballet is an extended version of the first scene of ''Cinderella'', produced at the same theater on January 6 of this year.

==[[Musical theater]]==
* ''[[About Town (musical)|About Town]]'' Broadway production
* ''[[Forty-Five Minutes From Broadway]]'' Broadway production
* ''[[The Free Lance]]'' Broadway production
* ''[[George Washington, Junior]]'' [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] production opened at the [[Herald Square Theatre]] on February 12 and ran for 81 performances.
* ''[[The Glass-Blowers]]'' Broadway production
*''His Honor the Mayor'' Broadway production
* ''[[A Parisian Model]]'' Broadway production
* ''[[The Little Cherub]]'' London production
* ''[[The Red Mill]]'' Broadway production
* ''[[Seeing New York (show)|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 (musical)|The Vicar of Wakefield]]'' London production


==Births==
==Births==
*[[January 31]] - [[Roosevelt Sykes]]
*[[January 1]] [[Giovanni D'Anzi]], Italian songwriter (died [[1974 in music|1974]])
*[[January 4]] – [[Frankie Newton]], American trumpeter (died [[1954 in music|1954]])
*[[March 3]] - [[Barney Bigard]]
*[[January 15]] – [[Alessandro Cicognini]], film composer (died 1995)
*[[March 13]] - [[Frank Teschemacher]]
*[[January 21]] – [[Gunnar Johansen]], Danish composer and pianist (died 1991)
*[[April 18]] - [[Little Brother Montgomery]]
*[[January 21]] – [[Igor Moiseyev]], Russian dancer, choreographer and ballet director (died 2007)
*[[January 27]] – [[Radamés Gnattali]], Brazilian composer (died 1988)
*[[January 31]]
**<!--January 31-->[[Benjamin Frankel]], composer (died 1973)
**<!--January 31-->[[Roosevelt Sykes]], blues musician (died 1983)
*[[February 1]] – [[Hildegarde]], actress and cabaret singer (died [[2005 in music|2005]])
*[[February 1]] – [[Pierre Capdevielle (musician)|Pierre Capdevielle]], French pianist and composer (died 1969)
*[[February 5]] – [[Zara Levina]], pianist and composer (died 1976)
*[[February 8]] – [[Artur Balsam]], Polish pianist (died 1994)
*[[February 19]] – [[Grace Williams]], Welsh composer (died 1977)
*[[February 21]] – [[Jeanne Aubert]], singer and actress (died 1988)
*[[March 3]] – [[Barney Bigard]], jazz musician (died 1980)
*[[March 13]]
**<!--March 13-->[[Dave Kaye]], British pianist (died 1996)
**<!--March 13-->[[Frank Teschemacher]], jazz musician (died 1932)
*[[March 20]] – [[Ozzie Nelson]], actor, band leader (died 1975)
*[[March 25]] – [[Jean Sablon]], French singer (died 1994)
*[[March 27]] – [[Pee Wee Russell]], jazz musician (died 1969)
*[[March 29]] – [[E. Power Biggs]], English organist (died 1977)
*[[April 8]] – [[Raoul Jobin]], French-Canadian tenor (died 1974)
*[[April 9]] – [[Antal Doráti]], conductor (died 1988)
*[[April 18]] – [[Little Brother Montgomery]], jazz musician (died 1985)
*[[May 5]] – [[Maria Caniglia]], Italian soprano (died 1979)
*[[May 17]] – [[Zinka Milanov]], Croatian soprano (died 1989)
*[[May 23]] – [[Lucha Reyes (Mexican singer)|Lucha Reyes]], singer (d. 1944)
*[[June 1]] – [[Walter Legge]], record producer (died 1979)
*[[June 3]] – [[Josephine Baker]], US singer, dancer and toast of Paris (died 1975)
*[[June 26]] – [[Alberto Rabagliati]], Italian singer and actor (died 1974)
*[[June 28]] – [[Safford Cape]], American conductor and musicologist (died 1973)
*[[July 7]] – [[Anton Karas]], Austrian zither player and composer (died 1985)
*[[July 9]] – [[Elisabeth Lutyens]], English composer (died 1983)
*[[July 19]] – [[Klaus Egge]], Norwegian composer (died 1979)
*[[July 24]] – [[Pierre Fournier]], French cellist (died 1986)
*[[July 25]] – [[Arthur Kreutz]], American composer (died 1991)
*[[July 30]] – [[Ľudovít Rajter]], Slovak composer (died 2000)
*[[August 6]] – [[Cátulo Castillo]], Argentine tango composer (died 1975)
*[[September 1]] - [[Aksel Schiøtz]], Danish tenor and later baritone (died 1975)
*[[September 4]] – [[Alexander Moyzes]], Slovak composer and conductor (died 1984)
*[[September 25]] - [[Alfred Frankenstein]], American music critic (died 1981)
**[[Jaroslav Ježek (composer)|Jaroslav Ježek]], Czech composer (died 1942)
**[[Dmitri Shostakovich]], composer (died [[1975 in music|1975]])
*[[September 30]] – [[Mireille Hartuch]], French singer (died 1996)
*[[October 9]] – [[Janis Ivanovs]], [[Latvia]]n composer (died 1983)
*[[October 10]] – [[Paul Creston]], (born as Joseph Guttoveggio), American composer (died 1985)
*[[October 15]] – [[Victoria Spivey]], US singer, pianist and composer (died 1976)
*[[October 22]] – [[Charles Lynch (pianist)|Charles Lynch]], Irish concert pianist (died 1984)
*[[October 31]] – [[Louise Talma]], composer (died 1996)
*[[November 3]] – [[Alma Rosé]], violinist (died 1944)
*[[November 9]] – [[Pete Brown (jazz musician)|Pete Brown]], jazz musician (died 1963)
*[[December 5]]
**[[Ahn Eak-tai]], Korean-born conductor and composer (died 1965)
**[[Elisabeth Höngen]], German soprano (died 1997)
*[[December 10]] – [[Harold Adamson]], US lyricist (died 1980)
*[[December 23]] - [[Ross Lee Finney]] - American composer (died 1997)
*[[December 25]] - [[Peter Carl Goldmark]] - Hungarian electronic and recording engineer (died 1997)
*[[December 26]] – [[Morgan Lewis (songwriter)|Morgan Lewis]], songwriter (died [[1968 in music|1968]])
*[[December 27]] – [[Oscar Levant]], pianist and actor (died 1972)
*[[Billie Maxwell]], country guitarist/vocalist (died 1954)


==Deaths==
==Deaths==
*[[January 23]] – [[Charles Hunter (ragtime composer)|Charles Hunter]], ragtime composer (born 1876)
*[[January 30]] – [[Paul Dresser]], US composer (born 1857)
*[[February 25]] – [[Anton Arensky]], composer (born 1861)
*[[March 22]] – [[Martin Wegelius]], composer (born 1846)
*[[April 25]] – [[John Knowles Paine]], organist and composer (born 1839)
*[[May 9]] – [[Helen Lemmens-Sherrington]], operatic soprano (born 1834)
*[[May 11]] – [[Gottardo Aldighieri]], operatic baritone (born [[1824 in music|1824]])
*[[May 24]] – [[Heinrich Reimann]], organist and composer (born 1850)
*[[May 30]] – [[Enrique el Mellizo]], flamenco singer (born 1848)
*[[June 7]] – [[Signor Brocolini]], opera singer (born 1841)
*[[July 1]] – [[Manuel Patricio Rodríguez García]], singer and music teacher (born 1805)
*[[July 8]] – [[Ivan Melnikov (singer)|Ivan Melnikov]], operatic baritone (born 1832)
*[[July 9]] – [[Alfred Stelzner]], designer of musical instruments (born 1852)
*[[July 29]] – [[Alexandre Luigini]], composer (born 1850)
*[[August 26]] – [[Eugen Gura]], opera singer (born 1842)
*[[September 1]] – [[Giuseppe Giacosa]], librettist for [[Giacomo Puccini]]
*[[October 18]] – [[Léon Gastinel]], composer (born 1823)
*[[October 23]] – [[Vladimir Stasov]], Russian critic (born 1824)
*[[December 14]] – [[Federico Consolo]], violinist and composer (born 1841)
*[[December 30]] – [[Eugène Goossens, père]], conductor (born 1845)
*''date unknown''
**[[Léontine de Maësen]], operatic soprano (born [[1835 in music|1835]])
**[[Nissan Spivak]], cantor and composer (born 1824)

==References==
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