- 1903 in music
Events
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February 11 -Anton Bruckner 's "9th Symphony" premieres inVienna
*Enrico Caruso joins cast of New York's Metropolitan Opera Company and makes first records for theVictor Talking Machine Company
*Mississippi John Hurt begins performing
*Victor Herbert 's "Babes in Toyland" premieresPublished popular music
* "Always In The Way" w.m.Charles K. Harris
* "Always Leave Them Laughing When You Say Goodbye " w.m.George M. Cohan
* "Are We To Part Like This?" w.m. Harry Castling & Charles Collins
* "Anona" w.m. Vivian Grey
* "Bedelia" w.William Jerome m.Jean Schwartz
* "The Beer That Made Milwaukee Famous" w.m. Dan McAvoy
* "The Burning of Rome" byE. T. Paull
* "By The Sycamore Tree" w. George V. Hobart m. Max Hoffmann
* "Congo Love Song" w.m. Bob Cole &J. Rosamond Johnson
* "Daisy Donahue" w. James O'Dea m. Robert J. Adams
* "Dear Old Girl" w.Richard Henry Buck m.Theodore F. Morse
* "Dear Sing Sing " Schwartz
* "Down At The Old Bull And Bush" w.m.Andrew B. Sterling m.Harry Von Tilzer
* "Flowers Of Dixieland" w. Edgar Smith m.J. Rosamond Johnson
* "General Hardtack On Guard" w.m. Dave Reed Jr
* "Good-bye, Eliza Jane" w.Andrew B. Sterling m.Harry Von Tilzer
* "Hamlet Was A Melancholy Dane" w.William Jerome m.Jean Schwartz
* "Hannah!" byJoseph Farrell
* "He Was A Sailor" w.William Jerome m.Jean Schwartz
* "Hurrah For Baffin's Bay" w. Vincent Bryan m.Theodore F. Morse
* "I Can't Do The Sum" w. Glen MacDonough m.Victor Herbert
* "I Could Love You In A Steam Heat Flat" w. Vincent Bryan m. J. B. Mullen
* "I Never Could Love Like That" Bowman, Johns
* "Ida, Sweet As Apple Cider" w.Eddie Leonard m. Eddie Munson
* "I'm A Jonah Man" w.m. Alex Rogers
* "I'm On The Water Wagon Now" w. Paul West m.John Walter Bratton
* "I'm Thinking Of You All The While" Reed Jnr
* "I'm Wearing My Heart Away For You" w.m.Charles K. Harris
* "In The Village By The Sea" w.Andrew B. Sterling m. Stanley Crawford
* "Indolence" Jason Mathews
* "Is Your Mother In, Molly Malone?" w.m. Mills & Everard
* "It Takes The Irish To Beat The Dutch" w.Edward Madden m.Theodore F. Morse
* "It Was The Dutch" w. Vincent Bryan m. J. B. Mullen
* "It's The Man In The Sailor Suit" w. Fred C. Farrell m.Theodore F. Morse
* "Jack Tar March" byJohn Philip Sousa
* "Julie" w.William Jerome m.Jean Schwartz
* "Lazy Moon" w. Bob Cole m.J. Rosamond Johnson
* "Like A Star That Falls From Heaven" w. Arthur Lamb m.Kerry Mills
* "Little Yellow Bird" w.m.C. W. Murphy & William Hargreaves
* "The Maid Of Timbucktoo" w.James Weldon Johnson m. Bob Cole
* "The March Of The Toys" m.Victor Herbert
* "Main Gazebo" Chris Praetorius
* "Mary Ellen" Bryan, Lemonier
* "Melody Of Love " w. Tom Glazer m. H. Engelmann
* "The Military Band" m.Victor Herbert
* "Moriaty" w. Charles Horwitz m.Fred V. Bowers
* "Mother O' Mine" w.Rudyard Kipling m. Frank E. Tours
* "My Cosy Corner Girl" w.Charles Noel Douglas m.John Walter Bratton
*"My Hula Lula Girl" byJean Schwartz &William Jerome
* "My Little Coney Isle" w.Andrew B. Sterling m.Harry Von Tilzer
* "My Little Creole Babe" w.m.Maude Nugent
* "My Little 'Rang Outang" Madden, Morse
* "Navajo" w.Harry H. Williams m.Egbert Van Alstyne
* "Nellie Dean"Henry W. Armstrong
* "An Old Man's Darling" w.m. Fred Murray & George Everard
* "Only A Dream Of A Golden Past" w. Alfred Bryan m. Stanley Crawford
* "Out Where The Breakers Roar" w. Harlow Hyde m. H. W. Petrie
* "Over The Pilsner Foam" w. Vincent Bryan m. J. B. Mullen
* "Palm Leaf Rag" byScott Joplin
* "Please Mother, Buy Me A Baby" w.m.Will D. Cobb & Gus Edwards
* "The Saftest Of The Family" w.Harry Lauder & Bobry Beaton m.Harry Lauder
* "Save It For Me" w.James Weldon Johnson m. Bob Cole
* "Spring Beautiful Spring" m.Paul Lincke
* "Stop Your Ticklin', Jock" w.Harry Lauder & Frank Folley m.Harry Lauder
* "Summer Breeze March & Two-Step" byJames Scott
* "There's A Little Street In Heaven That They Call Broadway" w. Jack T. Waldron & A. Baldwin Sloane m. A. Baldwin Sloane
* "Toyland" w. Glen MacDonough m.Victor Herbert
* "The Toymaker's Shop" m.Victor Herbert
* "Two Eyes Of Blue" w. George H. Taylor m.Leslie Stuart
* "Two Eyes Of Brown" w. Edward Madden m. Stephen Howard
* "Under A Panama" Bryan, Mullen
* "Under The Anheuser Bush" w.m.Andrew B. Sterling &Harry Von Tilzer
* "Up In A Coconut Tree" Madden, Morse
* "Upper Broadway After Dark" w. Edward Gardinier m. Maurice Levi
* "When I'm Away From You Dear" w.m.Paul Dresser
* "The Woodchuck Song" w. Robert Hobart Davis m.Theodore F. Morse
* "The Wreck Of The Old '97" w.m.Henry C. Work
* "Your Dad Gave His Life For His Country" w. Harry J. Breen m. T. Mayo Geary
* "You're The Flower Of My Heart, Sweet Adeline" w. Richard H. Gerard m. Henry W. ArmstrongRecorded popular music
* "Always In The Way" (w.m.
Charles K. Harris )
-Byron G. Harlan onEdison Records
* "Any Rags?" (w.m.Thomas S. Allen )
-Arthur Collins on Edison
* "The Arrow And The Song" (w.Henry Wadsworth Longfellow m.Michael William Balfe )
-Herbert Goddard onVictor Records
* "Badinage" (m.Victor Herbert )
- Edison Grand Concert Band on Edison
* "Bedelia" (w.William Jerome m.Jean Schwartz )
- George J. Gaskin onColumbia Records
-Edward M. Favor on Columbia
- Billy Murray on Edison
* "The Beer That Made Milwaukee Famous" (w.m.Dan McAvoy )
- Edward M. Favor on Edison
-Dan W. Quinn on Victor
* "Blaze Away" (m.Abe Holzmann )
- banjosVess L. Ossman &Bill Farmer on Victor
* "Blaze Away" (m. Abe Holzmann)
- Kendle's Band on Victor
* "By The Sycamore Tree" (w.George V. Hobart m.Max Hoffmann )
-Harry Macdonough on Edison
- Bob Roberts on Columbia
- Billy Murray on Victor
* "Come Down Ma' Evenin' Star" (w. Robert B. Smith m.John Stromberg )
-Mina Hickman on Victor
* "Congo Love Song" (w.m. Bob Cole &J. Rosamond Johnson )
- Harry Macdonough on Edison
- Mina Hickman on Victor
* "Could You Be True To Eyes Of Blue If You Looked Into Eyes Of Brown?" (w.m.Will D. Cobb & Gus Edwards)
- Harry Macdonough on Victor
* "The Country Girl" (w.Stanislaus Stange m.Julian Edwards )
-Vesta Victoria onGramophone Records
* "Didn't Know Exactly What To Do" (w.Frank Pixley m.Gustav Luders )
- Edward M. Favor on Edison
* "Down On The Farm" (w.Raymond A. Browne m.Harry Von Tilzer )
-Franklyn Wallace on Edison
* "Flowers Of Dixieland" (w.Edgar Smith m. J. Rosamond Johnson)
- Franklyn Wallace on Edison
* "The Gambling Man(1)" (w. William Jerome m. Jean Schwartz)
-Silas Leachman on Victor
* "Good-bye, Eliza Jane" (w.Andrew B. Sterling m. Harry Von Tilzer)
-Arthur Collins on Edison
* "Hamlet Was A Melancholy Dane" (w. William Jerome m. Jean Schwartz)
- Edward M. Favor on Edison
* "He Ought To Have A Tablet In The Hall of Fame" (w.Arthur L. Robb m.John W. Bratton )
- Edward M. Favor on Edison
* "He Was A Sailor" (w. William Jerome m. Jean Schwartz)
-Collins & Harlan on Edison
* "Heidelberg Stein Song" (w. Frank Pixley m. Gustav Luders)
- Harry Macdonough on Edison & Victor
* "Hiawatha" (w. James O'Dea m. Neil Moret)
- Edison Grand Concert Band on Edison
- Harry Macdonough on Edison
- Metropolitan Orchestra on Victor
- Sousa's Band on Victor
* "Hurrah For Baffin's Bay" (w. Vincent Bryan m. Theodore F. Morse)
-Collins & Harlan on Edison
- Dan W. Quinn on Victor
* "I Could Love You In A Steam Heat Flat" (w.Vincent Bryan m.J. B. Mullen )
-Harry West on Edison
* "I Like You, Lil, For Fair" (Ade, Loraine)
- Billy Murray on Victor
* "I Never Could Love Like That" (Bowman, Johns)
- Billy Murray on Victor
* "I Want To Be A Lidy" (w. George Dance m. George Dee)
- Clarke's Band Of Providence on Victor
* "I Wonder Why Bill Bailey Don't Come Home" (w.m. Frank Fogerty, Matt C. Woodward & William Jerome)
- Arthur Collins on Victor & Edison
* "I'll Wed You In The Golden Summertime" (w.Alfred Bryan m. Stanley Crawford)
-John H. Bieling & Harry Macdonough on Victor
* "I'm A Jonah Man" (w.m. Alex Rogers)
- Dan W. Quinn on Victor
- Arthur Collins on Edison & Victor
* "I'm Thinking Of You All The While" (Reed Jnr)
- Billy Murray on Victor
* "I'm Wearing My Heart Away For You" (w.m. Charles K. Harris)
- Harry Macdonough & John H. Bieling on Victor
* "In Silence" (w.Sydney Rosenfeld m.A. Baldwin Sloane )
-Arthur Clifford on Edison
* "In The City Of Sighs And Tears" (w. Andrew B. Sterling m. Kerry Mills)
-J. W. Myers on Victor
* "In the Good Old Summer Time " (w.Ren Shields m.George "Honey Boy" Evans )
-Haydn Quartet te on Victor
-S. H. Dudley & Harry Macdonough with Sousa's Band on Victor
- Harry Macdonough on Victor
* "In The Sweet Bye And Bye" (w. Vincent P. Bryan m. Harry Von Tilzer)
-J. Aldrich Libbey on Edison
* "In The Village By The Sea" (w. Andrew B. Sterling m.Stanley Crawford )
- Byron G. Harlan on Edison
* "It Takes The Irish To Beat The Dutch" (w.Edward Madden m.Theodore F. Morse )
- Billy Murray on Victor Monarch
* "It Was The Dutch" (w. Vincent Bryan m. J. B. Mullen)
- Collins & Harlan on Edison
* "Juanita" (w. Caroline Norton m. trad Sp.)
- Haydn Quartette on Victor
* "Julie" (w. Wiliam Jerome m. Jean Schwartz)
- Edward M. Favor on Edison
* "Just For Tonight(1)" (w.m.Frank O. French )
- Albert C. Campbell on Edison
* "The Leader Of The Frocks And Frills" (w. Robert H. Smith m. Melville Ellis)
- Clarke's Band of Providence on Victor
* "Like A Star That Falls From Heaven" (w.Arthur Lamb m. Kerry Mills)
-Joe Natus on Victor
* "The Maid Of Timbucktoo" (w.James Weldon Johnson m. Bob Cole)
- Harry Macdonough on Edison
* "Massa's In De Cold Ground" (w. m. Stephen Collins Foster)
- Edison Male Quartette on Edison
* "Meet Me When The Sun Goes Down" (w. Vincent Bryan m. Harry von Tilzer)
-William H. Thompson (singer) on Victor
* "Melody Of Love" (w. Tom Glazer m. H. Engelmann)
- Edison Symphony Orchestra on Edison
* "The Message Of The Rose" (w.Will A. Heelan m.Leo Edwards )
-George Seymour Lenox on Edison
* "The Message Of The Violet" (w. Frank Pixley m. Gustav Luders)
- J. W. Myers on Victor
* "Mighty Lak' A Rose " (w.Frank L. Stanton m.Ethelbert Nevin )
- Arthur Clifford on Edison
* "Moriaty" (w.Charles Horwitz m.Fred V. Bowers )
- Collins & Harlan on Edison
* "My Cosy Corner Girl" (w.Charles Noel Douglas m. John W. Bratton)
-Henry Burr on Columbia
- Harry Macdonough on Edison
* "My Little Coney Isle" (w. Andrew B. Sterling m. Harry von Tilzer)
-Harry Tally on Edison
* "My Little 'Rang Outang" (Madden, Morse)
- Billy Murray on Victor
* "My Own United States" (w. Stanislaus Stange m. Julian Edwards)
- J. W. Myers on Victor
* "My Sulu Lulu Loo" (w. George Ade m. Nat D. Mann)
- Clarke's Band Of Providence on Victor
* "Only A Dream Of A Golden Past" (w. Alfred Bryan m. Stanley Crawford)
- Franklyn Wallace on Edison
* "Out Where The Breakers Roar" (w.Harlow Hyde m. H.W. Petrie )
- Frank C. Stanley on Edison
* "Please Mother, Buy Me A Baby" (w.m.Will D. Cobb & Gus Edwards)
- Byron G. Harlan on Victor & Edison
* "Pretty Little Dinah Jones" (w.m. J. B. Mullen)
- Harry Macdonough on Edison
* "R-E-M-O-R-S-E" (w. George Ade m. Alfred G. Wathall)
- Joe Natus on Victor
* "Sal" (w.m. Paul Rubens)
-Madge Crichton with pianoLandon Ronald onGramophone & Typewriter Records
* "Sammy" (w. James O'Dea m. Edward Hutchinson)
- Harry Macdonough on Edison
* "Sammy" (w. James O'Dea m. Edward Hutchinson)
- Henry Burr on Columbia
* "Sly Musette" (w. Sydney Rosenfeld m. A. Baldwin Sloane)
- Harry Macdonough on Edison
* "Tell Me Dusky Maiden" (w. James Weldon Johnson & Bob Cole m. J. Rosamond Johnson)
- S. H. Dudley & Harry Macdonough on Victor
* "Then I'd Be Satisfied With Life" (w.m.George M. Cohan )
- Edward M. Favor on Edison
* "There's One In A Million Like You" (w.Grant Clarke m. Jean Schwartz)
-Walter Van Brunt on Edison
* "Two Eyes Of Blue" (w. George H. Taylor m.Leslie Stuart )
- Harry Macdonough on Victor
- Mina Hickman on Victor
* "Under The Bamboo Tree" (w.m. Bob Cole & J. Rosamond Johnson)
- Mina Hickman on Victor
* "Up In A Coconut Tree" (Madden, Morse)
- Billy Murray on Victor Monarch
* "Upper Broadway After Dark" (w. Edward Gardinier m. Maurice Levi)
- Edward M. Favor on Edison
* "The Vacant Chair" (w.Henry S. Washburne m.George Frederick Root )
- Byron G. Harlan on Edison
* "Wait At The Gate For Me" (w.Ren Shields m.Theodore F. Morse )
- J. W. Myers on Victor
* "What's The Matter With The Moon Tonight?" (w. Sydney Rosenfeld m. A. Baldwin Sloane)
- Arthur Clifford on Edison
* "When The Fields Are White With Cotton" (w. Robert F. Roden w. Max S. Witt)
- Franklyn Wallace on Edison
* "When We Were Two Little Boys" (w.Edward Madden m. Theodore F. Morse)
- Billy Murray on VictorClassical music
* "The Apostles" (
oratorio ) byEdward Elgar
*"The Bells" byJoseph Holbrooke
*"Romance for Cello and Piano/Orchestra" byA. E. Håkon Borresen
*"Sea Drift" byFrederick Delius
*"Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 1" byJoseph Jongen
*"Slovak Suite" byVítězslav Novák Opera *
Eugen d'Albert - "Tiefland"
*Juan Manen - "Giovanna di Napoli"
*Emile Pessard - "L'épave" premiered on February 17 at the Bouffes-Parisiens, Salle Choiseul, ParisMusical theater * "Babes In Toyland" Broadway production opened at the
Majestic Theatre onOctober 13 and ran for 192 performances
* "The Cherry Girl " London production opened at theVaudeville Theatre onDecember 29 and ran for 215 performances
* "The Duchess of Dantzig " London production opened at the Lyric Theatre onOctober 17 and ran for 236 performances
* "The Earl and the Girl " London production opened at theAdelphi Theatre onDecember 10 and transferred to the Lyric Theatre onSeptember 12 ,1904 for a total run of 371 performances
* "The Fisher Maiden " (Music:Harry von Tilzer ) Broadway production opened at the Victoria Theater onOctober 5 and ran for 32 performances. StarringAl Shean ,George A. MacFarlane ,Edna Bronson ,Bessie Tannehill ,Dorothy Jardon andFrances Cameron .
* "In Dahomey " Broadway production opened at theNew York Theatre onFebruary 18 and ran for 53 performances
* "In Dahomey " London production opened at theShaftesbury Theatre onMay 16 and ran for 251 performances
* "The Jersey Lily " Broadway production opened at the Victoria Theater onSeptember 14 and ran for 24 performances
* "Madame Sherry " Vienna production
* "Madame Sherry " London production opened at theApollo Theatre onDecember 23
* "The Medal and the Maid " London production opened at the Lyric Theatre onApril 25
* "My Lady Molly " London production opened atTerry's Theatre onMarch 14
* "The Orchid " London production opened at the Gaiety Theatre onOctober 26 and ran for 559 performances
* "A Princess of Kensington " London production opened at theSavoy Theatre onJanuary 22 and ran for 115 performances
* "The Rogers Brothers In London " Broadway production opened at theKnickerbocker Theatre onSeptember 7 and ran for 64 performances
* "The School Girl London production opened onMay 9 at thePrince of Wales Theatre and ran for 333 performances.
* "Three Little Maids " Broadway production opened atDaly's Theatre onSeptember 1 and ran for 130 performances
* "The Wizard of Oz" [http://www.theatrehistory.com/american/musical016.html] Broadway production opened at theMajestic Theatre onJanuary 21 and ran for 293 performancesBirths
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January 4 -Carroll Gibbons
*February 6 -Claudio Arrau , pianist
*February 12 -Todd Duncan , American baritone, first Porgy in "Porgy and Bess "
*March 10 -Bix Beiderbecke , jazz musician
*April 3 -Bubber Miley , jazz trumpeter
*May 3 -Bing Crosby , US singer and actor
*May 12 -Lennox Berkeley , composer
*May 26 -Bob Hope , English-born US actor, comedian and singer
*June 6 -Aram Khachaturian , composer
*June 18 -Jeanette MacDonald , US singer and actress
*June 26 -St. Louis Jimmy Oden , blues singer
*July 3 -Dick Robertson , US singer
*July 10 -Helen Pickens of thePickens Sisters US singing group
*July 16 -Carmen Lombardo , Canadian singer, composer and saxophonist
*August 4 -Helen Kane , US singer
*August 20 -António Fortunato de Figueiredo , conductor
*September 15 - Roy Claxton Acuff, Country and Western singer
*September 16 -Joe Venuti , US jazz violinist
*October 1 (probable) -Vladimir Horowitz , pianist
*October 10 - Vladimir Dukelsky akaVernon Duke , composer
*October 16 -Big Joe Williams , blues musician
*October 29 -Yvonne Georgi , ballet dancer and choreographer
*December 5 -Johannes Heesters , all-round entertainer
*December 17 - Ray Noble, bandleader, composer and arranger
*"date unknown" -Jules Bledsoe , operatic baritone
*"date unknown" -Caterina Jarboro , operatic sopranoDeaths
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January 28 -Robert Planquette , French composer (b. 1850)
*January 28 -Augusta Holmès , French composer
*February 11 -Henryk Szulc , composer (b. 1836)
*February 17 -Joseph Parry , composer
*February 22 -Hugo Wolf , composer (b. 1860)
*March 19 -Pista Dankó , "gypsy" bandleader and composer
*May 1 -Luigi Arditi , violinist, conductor and composer
*May 15 -Sybil Sanderson , operatic soprano (b. 1865)
*June 29 -Taki Rentaro , pianist and composer (b. 1879)
*July 27 -Lina Sandell , singer
*"date unknown" -Samuel A. Ward , organist and composer (b. 1847)
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