- 1923 in music
Events
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November 11 - Premiere ofJohn Foulds 's "World Requiem " at theRoyal Albert Hall inLondon . It is repeated on that date each year until 1926.
*November 19 - At a concert celebrating the 50th anniversary of the union of Buda and Pest (thus creatingBudapest ),Béla Bartók 's "Dance Suite" andZoltán Kodály 's "Psalmus Hungaricus " both receive their world premieres
* Explosion of recordings ofAfrican American musicians;Bessie Smith ,Ida Cox ,Joe "King" Oliver ,Louis Armstrong ,Jelly Roll Morton ,Sidney Bechet , many others make their first recordings.
*George Enescu makes his debut as a conductor with thePhiladelphia Orchestra in New York City.
*Henri Pawl-Pleyel ,Roger Desormière ,Maxime Jacob andHenri Sauguet form the Ecole d'Arcueil.Published popular music
* "Annabelle" w.
Lew Brown m.Ray Henderson
* "Back To Croa-Jingo-Long" w.m. Pat Dunlop
* "Bambalina" w.Otto Harbach &Oscar Hammerstein II m.Vincent Youmans . Introduced byEdith Day in the musical "Wildflower"
* "Barney Google" w.m.Billy Rose &Con Conrad
* "Beside A Babbling Brook" w.Gus Kahn m.Walter Donaldson
* "Charleston" w.m.Cecil Mack &James P. Johnson . Inspiration for a dance craze.
* "Chimes Blues" m.Joe "King" Oliver
* "Come On, Spark Plug!" w.m.Billy Rose &Con Conrad
* "Covered Wagon Days" w.m. Will Morrisey & Joe Burrows
* "Dizzy Fingers" m.Zez Confrey
* "Frasquita Serenade" m.Franz Lehár
* "Gulf Coast Blues" w.m.Clarence Williams
* "Horsey, Keep Your Tail Up" w.m.Walter Hirsch &Bert Kaplan
* "I Cried For You " w.Arthur Freed m.Gus Arnheim &Abe Lyman
* "I Love Life" w.Irwin M. Cassel m.Mana-Zucca
* "I Love You" w. Harlan Thompson m. Harry Archer. Introduced by John Boles andMargaret Wilson in the musical "Little Jessie James "
* "I Won't Say I Will But I Won't Say I Won't" w.B. G. De Sylva &Ira Gershwin m.George Gershwin . Introduced byIrene Bordoni in the play "Little Miss Bluebeard "
* "I'm Goin' South" w.m. Abner Silver & Harry Woods
* "I'm Sitting Pretty In A Pretty Little City" w.m. Lou Davis, Henry Santly & Abel Baer
* "Indiana Moon" w.Benny Davis m.Isham Jones
* "It Ain't Gonna Rain No Mo'" w.m.Wendell Hall
* "I've Got The Yes! We Have No Bananas Blues" w.Lew Brown m. James F. Hanley & Robert King
* "Just A Girl That Men Forget" w.Al Dubin & Fred Rath m. Joe Garron
* "Just One More Chance" m. Steiger
* "King Porter Stomp" m. Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton
* "Last Night On The Back Porch " w.Lew Brown m.Carl Schraubstader
* "Linger Awhile" w. Harry Owens m. Vincent Rose
* "Louisville Lou " w.Jack Yellen m.Milton Ager
* "Mama Goes Where Papa Goes" w.Jack Yellen m.Milton Ager
* "Mama Loves Papa" w.m.Cliff Friend & Abel Baer
* "March Of The Cameron Men" w.m. Campbell
* "Mexicali Rose " w.Helen Stone m. Jack B. Tenney
* "Milenberg Joys" m.Leon Rappolo ,Paul Mares &Jelly Roll Morton
* "Mon Paradis (Sérénade d'Aujourd'hui)" m. Cuthbert Clarke
* "Moon Love" w.George Grossmith, Jr. &P. G. Wodehouse m.Jerome Kern
* "My Sweetie Went Away" w. Roy Turk m. Lou Handman
* "Nashville Nightingale" w. Irving Caesar m.George Gershwin
* "No, No, Nora" w.Gus Kahn m.Ted Fio Rito &Ernie Erdman
* "Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out" w.m. Jimmy Cox
* "Oh Didn't It Rain" w.m. Eddie Leonard
* "Oh Gee Oh Gosh Oh Golly I'm In Love" w. Ole Olsen & Chic Johnson m. Ernest Breuer
* "Oklahoma Indian Jazz " (w. & m.) Ray Hibbler, T.J. Johnsen, J.W. Barna, J.W. Murrin, and T. Guarini
* "Old Fashioned Love" w.Cecil Mack m.James P. Johnson
* "Old King Tut" w.William Jerome m.Harry Von Tilzer
* "On The Mall" m. Edwin Franko Goldman
* "Once In A Blue Moon" w. Anne Caldwell m.Jerome Kern
* "An Orange Grove In California" w.m.Irving Berlin
* "Out Where The Blue Begins" Graff, McHugh, Grant
* "(Home In) Pasadena" w.m.Harry Warren , Grant Clarke & Edgar Leslie
* "Raggedy Ann" w. Anne Caldwell m.Jerome Kern
* "Rememb'ring" w.m.Vivian Duncan &Rosetta Duncan
* "La Rosita" w. Allan Stuart m. Paul Dupont (Pseud. of Walter Haenschen)
* "Seven Or Eleven" w.Lew Brown m.Walter Donaldson
* "Sittin' In A Corner" w.Gus Kahn m. George W. Meyer
* "Sleep" w.m. Earl Lebieg
* "A Smile Will Go A Long Long Way" w.Benny Davis m. Harry Akst
* "Snake Rag" m. King Oliver
* "Sobbin' Blues" w.m. Art Kassel
* "Some Sweet Day" w. Gene Buck m. Dave Stamper & Louis A. Hirsch
* "Stella" w.m.Al Jolson ,Benny Davis & Harry Akst
* "Swingin' Down The Lane" w.Gus Kahn m.Isham Jones
* "Tell Me With A Melody" w.m.Irving Berlin
* "That Old Gang Of Mine" w.Billy Rose & Mort Dixon m.Ray Henderson
* "Tin Roof Blues" m.Paul Mares ,Walter Melrose ,Ben Pollack ,Mel Stitzel ,George Brunies &Leon Roppolo
* "Waitin' For The Evenin' Mail" Billy Baskette
* "When Clouds Have Vanished And Skies Are Blue" w. William R. Clay m. Charles L. Johnson
* "When It's Night-Time In Italy, It's Wednesday Over Here" w.m.James Kendis &Lew Brown
* "When June Comes Along With A Song" w.m.George M. Cohan from the musical "The Rise Of Rosie O'Reilly"
* "When You Walked Out Someone Else Walked Right In" w.m.Irving Berlin
* "Who'll Buy My Violets" w. E. Ray Goetz m. Jose Padilla
* "Who's Sorry Now? " w.Bert Kalmar &Harry Ruby m.Ted Snyder
* "Wild Flower" w.Otto Harbach &Oscar Hammerstein II m.Vincent Youmans & Herbert Stothart
* "Wolverine Blues" w.m. Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton, Benjamin Spikes & John C. Spikes
* "Yes, We Have No Bananas " w.m.Frank Silver &Irving Cohn
* "You Can't Do What My Last Man Did" w.m. J. C. Johnson & Allie Moore
* "You've Got To See Mama Ev'ry Night" w.m. Con Conrad &Billy Rose Hit songs on record
*"Everything is K.O. in K.Y." by
Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra
*"Felix The Cat" byPaul Whiteman & His Orchestra
*"Swinging Down The Lane" byIsham Jones & His Orchestra
*"Down Hearted Blues" byBessie Smith
*"Waitin' For The Evenin' Mail" byAl Bernard
*"Cut Yourself A Piece of Cake (and Make Yourself at Home) byBilly Jones
*"Love Her By Radio" byBilly Jones
*"I Love Me (I'm Wild About Myself)" by Billy Murray
*"That Old Gang Of Mine" by Billy Murray
*"Yes, We Have No Bananas", recorded by:
**Billy Murray
**Billy Jones
**Ben Selvin & His Orchestra
*"Someboy Stole My Gal" byTed Weems And His Orchestra
*"No No Nora/I've Got the Yes We Have No Bananas Blues" byEddie Cantor
*"Parade of the Wooden Soldiers" byPaul Whiteman & His Orchestra
*"(Nothing Could Be Finer Than to be in)Carolina in the Morning " byVan & Schenck
*"Love Sends a Little Gift of Roses" byCarl Fenton & His Orchestra
*"Dreamy Melody" byArt Landry & His OrchestraOther important recordings
*"Dippermouth Blues" by King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band
*"High Society" by King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band
*"Milenburg Joys" by theNew Orleans Rhythm Kings withJelly Roll Morton
*"Wild Cat Blues/Kansas City Man Blues" byClarence Williams Blue 5, featuringSidney Bechet Classical music
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Henry Cowell - "Aeolian Harp"
*Gerald Finzi - "A Severn Rhapsody"
*Sigfrid Karg-Elert - "Cathedral Windows"
*Darius Milhaud - "La création du monde" (ballet)
*Hans Pfitzner - "Concerto for Violin in B minor"
*Igor Stravinsky - " Octet for wind Instruements"
*Joaquín Turina - "Jardin de Oriente"
*Edgard Varèse
**"Hyperprism" (1922-23)
**"Octandre"
*William Walton - "Toccata for Violin and Piano"
*Leó Weiner - "Concertino for Piano and Orchestra"
*Alexander von Zemlinsky - "Lyric Symphony"Opera *
Alfred Bruneau - "Le Jardin du paradis"
*Joaquín Turina - "Jardin de Oriente"Musical theater * "
The Beauty Prize " (Music:Jerome Kern Lyrics and Book:P. G. Wodehouse andGeorge Grossmith ). London production opened at theWinter Garden Theatre onSeptember 5 and ran for 214 performances
* "Catherine " London production opened at the Gaiety Theatre onSeptember 22 and ran for 217 performances
* "The Cousin from Nowhere " London production opened atPrince's Theatre onFebruary 24 and ran for 105 performances
* "Dover Street to Dixie " Londonrevue opened at the Pavilion onMay 31 and ran for 108 performances
* "George White's Scandals of 1923" Broadwayrevue opened at the Globe Theatre onJune 18 and transferred to theFulton Theatre onNovember 5 for a total run of 168 performances
* "Head over Heels " London production opened at theAdelphi Theatre onSeptember 8 and ran for 113 performances
* "Katinka " London production opened at theShaftesbury Theatre onAugust 30 and ran for 108 performances
* "Kid Boots " Broadway production opened at theEarl Carroll Theatre onDecember 31 and transferred to theSelwyn Theatre onSeptember 1 ,1924 for a total run of 489 performances
* "Little Nellie Kelly " London production opened at theNew Oxford Theatre onJuly 2 and ran for 265 performances
* "London Calling! " Londonrevue opened at theDuke of York's Theatre onSeptember 4 and ran for 367 performances
* "Madame Pompadour "
**Vienna production opened at theCarltheater onMarch 2
**London production opened atDaly's Theatre onDecember 20 and ran for 467 performances
* "The Music Box Revue " Londonrevue opened at thePalace Theatre onMay 15 and ran for 217 performances
* "The Rainbow " London production opened at theEmpire Theatre onApril 3 and ran for 113 performances
* "Rats " Londonrevue opened at theVaudeville Theatre onFebruary 4 and ran for 285 performances
* "The Rise of Rosie O'Reilly " Broadway production opened at theLiberty Theatre onDecember 25 and ran for 97 performances
* "Stop Flirting " London production opened at theShaftesbury Theatre onMay 30 and ran for 418 performances
* "Wildflower" Broadway production opened at theCasino Theatre onFebruary 7 and ran for 477 performances
* "You'd Be Surprised " London production opened at theRoyal Opera House onJanuary 27 and ran for 270 performances
* "Ziegfeld Follies of 1923" Broadwayrevue opened at theNew Amsterdam Theatre onOctober 20 and ran for 233 performancesBirths
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January 1 -Milt Jackson , jazz vibraphonist (d. 1999)
*January 5 -Sam Phillips , record producer (d. 2003)
*February 5 -Claude King , country singer and songwriter
*March 2 -Doc Watson , guitarist, singer and songwriter
*March 26 - Clifton Williams, composer (d. 1976)
*April 25 -Albert King , blues guitarist and singer (d. 1992)
*May 15 -John Lanchbery , composer and conductor (d. 2003)
*May 28 -György Ligeti , composer (d. 2006)
*July 22 -Mukesh , Bollywood playback singer (d. 1976)
*July 31 -Ahmet Ertegün , record industry executive (d. 2006)
*August 11 -June Hutton , singer (d. 1973)
*September 17 -Hank Williams , country musician (d. 1953)
*October 5 -Glynis Johns , actress and singer
*October 16 -Bert Kaempfert , songwriter and orchestra leader (d. 1980)
*October 20 -Robert Craft , conductor and music writer
*November 10 - Anne Shelton, singer (d. 1994)
*December 2 -Maria Callas , operatic soprano (d. 1977)Deaths
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January 5 -Emanuel Wirth , violinist (b. 1842)
*February 19 -Jeronimo Gimenez y Bellido , composer
*March 5 -Dora Pejačević , composer (b. 1885)
*March 8 -Krišjānis Barons , collector of Latvian folk songs (b. 1835)
*May 30 -Camille Chevillard , composer
*June 30 -Claude Terrasse , composer of operettas (b. 1867)
*July 10 -Albert Chevalier , English actor, singer, songwriter andmusic hall performer (b. 1861)
*July 13 -Asger Hamerik , composer
*August 31 -Ernest van Dyck , operatic tenor (b. 1861)
*October 22 -Victor Maurel , operatic baritone (b. 1848)
*October 28 -Theodor Reuss , music hall singer and polymath (b. 1855)
*December 2 -Tomás Bretón , composer (b. 1850)
*December 7 -Vess Ossman , banjoist (b. 1868)
*December 14 -Giuseppi Gallignani , composer
*December 19 -Gustav Dannreuther , violinist and conductor (b. 1853)
*"date unknown"
**Charles Jean Baptiste Collin-Mezin , violin-maker (b. 1841)
**Joseph Pothier , musicologist, reviver of the Gregorian chant (b. 1835)
**Kate Santley , actress and singer (b. 1837)
**Charitie Lees Smith , hymn-writer (b. 1841)
**Patsy Touhey , Irish-American piper (c. 1865)
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