- 1909 in music
Events
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November 28 -Sergei Rachmaninoff 's "Piano Concerto No. 3" is premiered inNew York City Albums Released
*"Tchailkovsky's Nutcracker Suite" - "Mark Hamburg And The Royal Albert Hall Orchestra"
Published popular music
* "Ace In The Hole" w.m. George D. Mitchell & James E. Dempsey
* "And Now Assemble" w.Adrian Ross m. Leo Fall
* "Arcady Is Ever Young" w. Arthur Wimperis m.Lionel Monckton . Introduced byFlorence Smithson in the musical "The Arcadians".
* "Beautiful Eyes, Beautiful Lies" w. George Whiting & Carter De Haven m.Ted Snyder
* "A Birthday" byChristina Rossetti
* "Blue Feather " w. Jack Mahoney, m. Theodore F. Morse
* "Boiled Beef and Carrots " w.m. Charles Collins & Fred Murray
* "By The Light Of The Silvery Moon" w.Edward Madden m. Gus Edwards
* "Carrie (Carrie Marry Harry)" w. Juni McCree m.Albert von Tilzer
* "Casey Jones " w. T. Lawrence Seibert m. Eddie Newton
* "Chewska" w.Adrian Ross m. Leo Fall
* "Christmas-Time Seems Years And Years Away" w.m.Irving Berlin &Ted Snyder
* "The Cubanola Glide" w. Vincent P. Bryan m.Harry Von Tilzer
* "The Dollar Princesses" w.Adrian Ross m. Leo Fall
* "Dublin Daisies" m.Percy Wenrich
* "Fickle Fortune" w. Arthur Wimperis m.Lionel Monckton &Howard Talbot
* "For You Alone" w.P. J. O'Reilly m.Henry E. Geehl
* "From the Land of the Sky-Blue Water " w. Nelle Richmond Eberhart m. Charles Wakefield Cadman
* "The Garden of Roses" by J.E. Dempsey
* "Golden Arrow w. Harry Williams, m.Egbert Van Alstyne
* "Heaven Will Protect The Working Girl" w. Edgar Smith m. A. Baldwin Sloane
* "How Do You Do?" w. Adrian Ross m. Leo Fall
* "I Just Came Back To Say Good Bye" w.m.Irving Berlin
* "I Love My Wife, But Oh, You Kid" w.m. Harry Armstrong & Billy Clark
* "I Wish That You Was My Gal, Molly" w.m.Irving Berlin &Ted Snyder
* "I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now " w. Will M. Hough & Frank R. Adams m. Joseph E. Howard & Harold Orlob
* "If The Wind Had Only Blown The Other Way" w.m. Edna Williams &Bessie Wynn
* "I'm A Member Of The Midnight Crew" w.William Jerome m.Jean Schwartz
* "I'm Alabama Bound " by Robert Hoffman
* "I'm Awfully Glad I Met You" w. Jack Drislane m. George W. Meyer
* "I'm Glad I'm A Boy/ I'm Glad I'm A Girl" w.m.Nora Bayes &Jack Norworth
* "I'm Going To Do What I Please" w. Alfred Bryan m.Ted Snyder
* "I've Got A Pain In My Sawdust " w. Henry Edward Warner m. Herman Avery Wade
* "I've Got Rings On My Fingers " w.R. P. Weston & F. J. Barnes m. Maurice Scott
* "Let's All Go Down The Strand" w.m. Harry Castling & C. W. Murphy
* "Kissing-Bug" m. Charles L. Johnson
* "Let's Go Into A Picture Show" w.m. Junie McCree &Albert von Tilzer
* "The Letter Song" w. Stanislaus Stange m. Oscar Straus
* "Meet Me Tonight in Dreamland " w.Beth Slater Whitson m.Leo Friedman
* "Moonstruck" w.m.Lionel Monckton
* "Moving Day In Jungle Town" w. A. Seymour Brown m. Nat D. Ayer
* "My Cousin Caruso" w.Edward Madden m. Gus Edwards
* "My Hero" w. (Eng)Stanislaus Stange (Ger) Rudolf Bernauer & Leopold Jacobson m. Oscar Straus
* "My Motter" w. Arthur Wimperis m.Howard Talbot
* "My Pony Boy " w. Bobby Heath m. Charles O'Donnell
* "My Prairie Song Bird " w.Jack Drislane , m.George W. Meyer
* "My Southern Rose" byEarl Taylor
* "My Wife's Gone To The Country" w. George Whiting &Irving Berlin m.Ted Snyder
* "Next To Your Mother Who Do You Love" w.Irving Berlin m.Ted Snyder
* "No One Could Do It Like My Father" w.m.Irving Berlin &Ted Snyder
* "Nobody Knows Nobody Cares" w.m.Charles K. Harris
* "Oh! You Candy Kid" w.m. Bob Adams & John Golden
* "Oh, What I Know About You"Irving Berlin , Joseph H. McKeon, Harry M. Piano, W. Raymond Walker
* "On Wisconsin" w. Carl Beck m. W. T. Purdy
* "Only a Dream of You" w. Carol Loveland m. Harry J. Lincoln
* "Our Farm" Caryll & Monckton
* "Pork And Beans" m. Theron C. Bennett
* "Put On Your Old Grey Bonnet" w. Stanley Murphy m.Percy Wenrich
* "Rainbow" w. Alfred Bryan m.Percy Wenrich
* "Sadie Salome Go Home" w.m.Irving Berlin & Edgar Leslie
* "She Was A Dear Little Girl" w.Irving Berlin m.Ted Snyder
* "Ship Ahoy!" w.m. A. J. Mills & Bennett Scott
* "Stop That Rag (Keep On Playing, Honey)"Irving Berlin ,Ted Snyder
* "Take Me Up With You, Dearie" w. Junie McCree m.Albert Von Tilzer
* "Temptation Rag" m. Henry Lodge
* "That Mesmerizing Mendelssohn Tune" w.m.Irving Berlin
* "That's A Plenty" w.Henry Creamer m.Bert A. Williams
* "When I Dream In The Gloaming Of You" w.m. Herbert Ingraham
* "When You First Kissed The Last Girl You Loved" w. Will M. Hough & Frank R. Adams m. Joseph E. Howard
* "Where My Caravan Has Rested" w. Edward Teschemacher m. Herman Lohr
* "The Whiffenpoof Song " w.Meade Minnigerode & George S. Pomeroy m. Tod B. Galloway
* "The White Wash Man" w.William Jerome m.Jean Schwartz
* "Wild Cherries (Coony, Spoony Rag)"Irving Berlin ,Ted Snyder
* "Yiddle On Your Fiddle" w.m.Irving Berlin
* "You Taught Me How To Love You Now Teach Me To Forget" w. Jack Drislane & Alfred Bryan m. George W. MeyerRecorded popular music
* "Beautiful Eyes, Beautiful Lies" -
Ada Jones
* "Believe Me, If All Those Endearing Young Charms" -Nellie Melba
* "Black And White Rag ", recorded by
**Victor Dance Orchestra
**Prince's Band
* "By The Light Of The Silvery Moon" - Billy Murray & Haydn Quartette
* "Carrie (Carrie Marry Harry)" - Billy Murray
* "College Life " - Billy Murray
* "Dill Pickles Rag" - Pryor's Band
* "Down Among The Sugar Cane" -Collins and Harlan
* "Down In Jungle Town" - Peter Dawson (as Charles Handy)
* "Face To Face" -Frank C. Stanley
* "Good Evening, Caroline " - Billy Murray
* "Has Anybody Here Seen Kelly?" -Florrie Forde
* "I Couldn't Hear Nobody Pray" -Fisk University Jubilee Quartet
* "I Do Like To Be Beside The Seaside", recorded by:
**Mark Sheridan
**Florrie Forde
* "I Just Came Back To Say Good Bye" -Amy Butler
* "I Love My Wife, But Oh, You Kid" - Billy Murray
* "I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now " - Billy Murray
* "If The Wind Had Only Blown The Other Way" -Grace Cameron
* "I'm A Member Of The Midnight Crew" -Eddie Morton
* "I'm Going To Do What I Please" -Stella Tobin
* "I've Got Rings On My Fingers ", recorded by:
**Ada Jones
**Blanche Ring
* "Just Before The Battle, Mother" -Will Oakland
* "Let's Go Into A Picture Show", recorded by:
**Harry Tally with O/Walter B. Rogers
**Pete Murray
* "The Longest Way 'Round Is The Sweetest Way Home" - Will Oakland
* "Maple Leaf Rag " - United States Marine Band
* "Meet Me In Rose-Time, Rosie" - Peter Dawson (as Mr C. Handy)
* "My Pony Boy" - Ada Jones & Peerless Quartette
* "My Wife's Gone To The Country" - Collins & Harlan
* "Not For Me" -Bessie Wynn
* "Now I Have To Call Him Father" - Florrie Forde
* "Oh You Kid!" - Billy Murray & Ada Jones
* "Oh! You Candy Kid" - Ada Jones
* "Oh, Dem Golden Slippers" - Fisk University Jubilee Quartet
* "Old Black Joe " - Fisk University Jubilee Quartet
* "Put Me Upon An Island" -Wilkie Bard
* "Put On Your Old Grey Bonnet" - Haydn Quartette
* "Rainbow" - Frank C. Stanley andHenry Burr
* "She Sells Sea-Shells" - Billy Murray
* "The Star Spangled Banner" -Geraldine Farrar w. male chorus (Harry Macdonough ,Reed Miller ,Reinald Werrenrath and Frank C.Stanley)
* "Sweet Simplicitas" - Peter Dawson (as Charles Handy) w. Chorus (Ernest Pike , Harold Wilde & Stewart Gardner)
* "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot " - Fisk University Jubilee Quartet
* "Take Me Up With You, Dearie" - Billy Murray & Haydn Quartet
* "That's A Plenty" -Arthur Collins
* "When I Dream In The Gloaming Of You", recorded by:
**Harry Tally with O/Charles A. Prince
**Walter Van Brunt
* "The Whole Damm Family" - Billy Murray
* "The Yama Yama Man" - Ada Jones
* "Ye Banks And Braes O' Bonnie Doon " - Nellie Melba
* "Yip-I-Addy-I-Ay!", recorded by:
**George Grossmith Jr.
**Blanche Ring with O/Walter B. RogersClassical music
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Arnold Bax - "In the Faery Hills"
*Ferruccio Busoni - "An die Jugend"
*Gustav Helsted - "Concerto for violin and orchestra in B minor"
*Anatoly Lyadov - "Kikimora", Op. 63
*John Blackwood McEwen - "A Solway Symphony"
*Gustav Mahler - "Das Lied von der Erde " completed
*Adolf Mišek - "Sonata for Double Bass and Piano no 1 in A major"
*Max Reger - "Psalm 100 op. 106", "Clarinet Sonata No. 3 op. 107", "String Quartet No. 4 op. 109"
*Sergei Taneyev - "Suite de concert for Violin and Orchestra"
*Charles Tournemire - "Symphony No. 2 (Ouessant)"
*Anton Webern - "5 movements"
*Anton Webern - "6 Pieces" for OrchestraOpera *
Jules Massenet - "Bacchus (opera) "
*Ruperto Chapí - "Margarita la tornera (Margarita the Gatekeeper)"
*Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov - "The Golden Cockerel "
*Richard Strauss - "Elektra"
*Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari - "Il segreto di Susanna "Musical theater * "The Arcadians" London production opened at the
Shaftesbury Theatre onApril 28 and ran for 809 performances.
* "The Beauty Spot " Broadway production opened at theHerald Square Theatre onApril 10 and ran for 137 performances
* "The Belle of Brittany " (Music:Howard Talbot &Marie Horne Lyrics:Percy Greenbank Book: P. J. Barron & Leedom Bantock) Broadway production opened at Daly's Theatre onNovember 8 and ran for 72 performances. StarringFrank Daniels andFrancis Kennedy .
* "A Broken Idol " Broadway production opened at theHerald Square Theatre onAugust 16 and ran for 40 performances
* "The Chocolate Soldier " Broadway production opened at the Lyric Theatre onSeptember 13 , transferred to theHerald Square Theatre onOctober 25 , transferred back to the Lyric Theatre onNovember 22 and transferred to theCasino Theatre onDecember 20 for a total run of 295 performances
* "The Dashing Little Duke " London production opened at Hicks Theatre onFebruary 17 and ran for 101 performances
* "Dear Little Denmark " opened at thePrince Of Wales Theatre onSeptember 1 and ran for 109 performances
* "The Dollar Princess " London production opened atDaly's Theatre onSeptember 25 and ran for 428 performances
* "The Dollar Princess " Broadway production opened at theKnickerbocker Theatre onAugust 6 and ran for 250 performances
* "Der Graf von Luxemburg " ("The Count of Luxembourg ") Vienna production opened at theTheater an der Wien onNovember 12 and ran for 299 performances
* "The Midnight Sons " Broadway production opened at theBroadway Theatre onMay 22 and ran for 257 performances
* "Our Miss Gibbs " London production opened at the Gaiety Theatre onJanuary 23 and ran for 636 performances.
* "A Persian Princess " London production opened at theQueen's Theatre onApril 27 and ran for 68 performances.
* "Ziegfeld Follies of 1909" Broadwayrevue opened at theJardin de Paris onJune 14 and ran for 64 performancesBirths
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January 3 -Victor Borge , musician, actor (d. 2000)
*January 13 - Ed Burke, jazz musician (d. 1988)
*January 15 -Gene Krupa , drummer (d. 1973)
*February 5 -Grazyna Bacewicz , Polish composer (d. 1969)
*February 9 -Carmen Miranda , Brazilian singer, actress (d. 1955)
*May 1 -George Melachrino , English conductor, singer and composer (d. 1965)
*May 10 -Maybelle Carter nee Addington, US country singer and musician, member of theCarter Family (d. 1978)
*May 13 -Ken Darby , US chorale director (d. 1992)
*May 30 -Benny Goodman , musician, actor (d. 1986)
*June 12 -Archie Bleyer , US arranger and bandleader (d. 1989)
*June 14 -Burl Ives (d. 1995)
*July 9 -Manolo Caracol , flamenco singer (d. 1973)
*July 18 -Harriet Hilliard , US singer and actress, wife ofOzzie Nelson and mother ofRick Nelson (d. 1994)
*August 10 -Claude Thornhill , US bandleader, pianist and composer (d. 1965)
*August 15 -Hugo Winterhalter , US conductor and arranger (d. 1973)
*August 17 -Larry Clinton , US bandleader and songwriter (d. 1985)
*August 25 -Ruby Keeler , dancer, actress (d. 1993)
*September 24 -Carl Sigman , songwriter (d. 2000)
*October 3 -Borney Bergantine , songwriter (d. 1952)
*November 10 -Johnny Marks , US songwriter (d. 1985)
*November 18 -Johnny Mercer , songwriter (d. 1976)
*December 15 - Jack Barry, singer (d. 1982)Deaths
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January 15 -Ernest Reyer , composer and music critic (b. 1823)
*March 22 -Gyula Erkel , Hungarian composer, son ofFerenc Erkel
*March 25 -Ruperto Chapí , composer (b. 1851)
*May 6 -Fanny Cerrito , ballet dancer and choreographer (b. 1817)
*May 19 -Isaac Albéniz , Spanish composer (born 1860)
*June 1 -Giuseppe Martucci , composer and conductor
*June 7 -P. W. Halton , conductor (b. 1841)
*October 6 -Dudley Buck , composer (b. 1839)
*October 13 -Julius Ruthardt , violinist and composer (b. 1841)
*November 8 -Charles Bordes , composer (b. 1863)
*November 16 -Francis Thomé , pianist and composer (b. 1850)
*December 11 -Domenico Salvatori , "castrato" singer (b. 1855)
*December 15 -Francisco Tárrega , guitarist and composer (b. 1852)
*"date unknown"
**Ernest Hogan , ragtime musician (b. 1865)
**August Jaeger , music publisher (b. 1860)
**Katharine Purvis , lyricist of "When The Saints Go Marching In "
**Ivan Vsevolozhsky , director of the Imperial Theatres of Russia
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