1902 in music

Events

*April 30 - Claude Debussy's opera "Pelléas et Mélisande" is premiered at the Opéra-Comique in Paris
*June 9 - the first complete performance of Gustav Mahler's "Symphony No. 3" is given in Krefeld
*December 1 - Carl Nielsen conducts the premiere of his Symphony No. 2, "The Four Temperaments", in Copenhagen
*Leadbelly begins performing

Published popular music

* "Any Rags?" w.m. Thomas S. Allen
* "Because" w. Edward Teschemacher m. Guy d'Hardelot
* "Bill Bailey Won't You Please Come Home" w.m. Hughie Cannon
* "Come Down Ma' Evenin' Star" w. Robert B. Smith m. John Stromberg
* "Could You Be True To Eyes Of Blue If You Looked Into Eyes Of Brown?" w.m. Will D. Cobb & Gus Edwards
* "Didn't Know Exactly What To Do" w. Frank Pixley m. Gustav Luders
* "Down On The Farm" w. Raymond A. Browne m. Harry Von Tilzer
* "Down The Line With Molly" w. George Totten Smith m. George L. Spaulding
* "Down Where The Wurzburger Flows" w. Vincent P. Bryan m. Harry Von Tilzer
* "The Entertainer" m. Scott Joplin
* "The Face In The Firelight" w.m. Charles Shackford
* "The Gambling Man" w. William Jerome m. Jean Schwartz
* "The Glow Worm" w. Lilla Cayley Robinson (Ger) Heinz Bolten-Backers m. Paul Lincke
* "Happy Hooligan" m. Theodore Morse
* "Have You Seen My Sweetheart In His Uniform Of Blue?" w. Will D. Cobb m. Gus Edwards
* "Heidelberg Stein Song" w. Frank Pixley m. Gustav Luders
* "I Just Can't Help From Lovin' That Man" w. Andrew B. Sterling & Vincent P. Bryan m. Harry von Tilzer
* "I Sing A Little Tenor" w. Harry Linton m. John Gilroy
* "I Went To See Them March Away" w. S. E. Keisser m. R. J. Jose
* "I Wonder Why Bill Bailey Don't Come Home" w.m. Frank Fogerty, Matt C. Woodward & William Jerome
* "If Money Talks It Ain't On Speaking Terms With Me" w.m. J. Fred Helf
* "I'll Be There Mary Dear" w. Andrew B. Sterling m. Harry von Tilzer
* "I'll Be Waiting In The Gloaming, Sweet Genevieve" w.m. J. Fred Helf
* "I'll Be Your Rain-beau" w. Ed Gardinier m. J. Fred Helf
* "I'll Wed You In The Golden Summertime" w. Alfred Bryan m. Stanley Crawford
* "I'm The Man Who Makes The Money In The Mint" w.m. Will D. Cobb & Gus Edwards
* "I'm Unlucky" w. William Jerome m. Jean Schwartz
* "In Dear Old Illinois" by Paul Dresser
* "In Silence" w. Sydney Rosenfeld m. A. Baldwin Sloane
* "In The City Of Sighs And Tears" w. Andrew B. Sterling m. Kerry Mills
* "In The Good Old Summer Time" w. Ren Shields m. George Evans. Introduced by Blanche Ring in the musical "The Defender.
* "In The Sweet Bye And Bye" w. Vincent P. Bryan m. Harry Von Tilzer
* "In The Valley Of Kentucky" w.m. Tony Stanford
* "It's Got To Be A Minstrel Show Tonight" w. Ren Shields m. George Evans
* "Jennie Lee" w. Arthur J. Lamb m. Harry Von Tilzer
* "Just Can't Help From Lovin' That Man" w. Andrew B. Sterling & Vincent P. Bryan m. Harry von Tilzer
* "Just For Tonight" w.m. Frank O. French
* "Just Next Door" w.m. Charles K. Harris
* "Kashmiri Love Song" w. Laurence Hope m. Amy Woodforde-Finden Words 1901.
* "Katrina" w.m. Edward W. Corliss
* "Land Of Hope And Glory" w. Arthur C. Benson m. Edward Elgar
* "The Leader Of The Frocks And Frills" w. Robert H. Smith m. Melville Ellis
* "Less Than The Dust" w. Laurence Hope m. Amy Woodforde-Finden
* "Levee Rag" m. Charles Mullen
* "The Mansion of Aching Hearts" w. Arthur J. Lamb m. Harry Von Tilzer
* "May Sweet May" w. R. J. Jose m. Robert S. Roberts
* "The Meaning Of USA" w.m. Raymond A. Browne
* "Meet Me When The Sun Goes Down" w. Vincent P. Bryan m. Harry von Tilzer
* "The Message Of The Rose" w. Will A. Heelan m. Leo Edwards
* "The Message Of The Violet" w. Frank Pixley m. Gustav Luders
* "Mister Dooley" w. William Jerome m. Jean Schwartz
* "My Sulu Lulu Loo" w. George Ade m. Nat D. Mann
* "Nobody's Looking But The Owl And The Moon" w. Bob Cole & James Weldon Johnson m. J. Rosamond Johnson
* "Nursery Rhymes" w. William Jerome m. Jean Schwartz
* "Oh! Didn't He Ramble" w.m. Bob Cole & J. Rosamond Johnson
* "On A Sunday Afternoon" w. Andrew B. Sterling m. Harry Von Tilzer
* "On The Day King Edward Gets His Crown On" w.m. Mark Lorne & Harry Pleon
* "Paint Me A Picture Of Mama" w. Addison Burkhardt m. Raymond Hubbell
* "The Passing Of Rag-Time" m. Arthur Pryor
* "Pinky Panky Poo" w. Aaron S. Hoffman m. Andy Lewis
* "Please Go 'Way And Let Me Sleep" w. Cecil Mack m. J. Tim Brymn
* "Pomp and Circumstance" by Edward Elgar
* "Pretty Little Dinah Jones" w.m. J. B. Mullen
* "R-E-M-O-R-S-E" w. George Ade m. Alfred G. Wathall
* "Rip Van Winkle Was A Lucky Man" w. William Jerome m. Jean Schwartz
* "Sal" w.m. Paul Rubens
* "Sammy" w. James O'Dea m. Edward Hutchinson
* "Since Sister Nell Heard Paderewski Play" w. William Jerome m. Jean Schwartz
* "Those Things Cannot Be Explained" w. Junie McCree m. Ben M. Jerome
* "The Troubles Of Reuben And The Maid" w. J. Cheever Goodwin m. Maurice Levi
* "Under The Bamboo Tree" w.m. Bob Cole & J. Rosamond Johnson
*"Under the Double Eagle" by Josef Franz Wagner
* "Wait At The Gate For Me" w. Ren Shields m. Theodore F. Morse
* "What's The Matter With The Moon Tonight?" w. Sydney Rosenfeld m. A. Baldwin Sloane
* "When Kate And I Were Comin' Thro' The Rye" w. Andrew B. Sterling m. Harry Von Tilzer
* "When The Fields Are White With Cotton" w. Robert F. Roden w. Max S. Witt
* "When The Troupe Gets Back To Town" w. George Totten Smith m. Harry von Tilzer
* "Where The Sunset Turns The Ocean's Blue To Gold" w. Eva Fern Buckner m. Henry W. Petrie

Recorded popular music

* "Arkansaw Traveler" - Len Spencer

Classical music

*Alexander Glazunov - "From the Middle Ages"
*Johannes Hanssen - "Valdres March"
*Alfred Hill - "Hinemoa"
*Vítězslav Novák - "In the Tatra Mountains"

Opera

*Francesco Cilea - "Adriana Lecouvreur"
*Claude Debussy - "Pelléas et Mélisande"
*Manuel de Falla - "Los amores de la Inés"
*Alberto Franchetti - "Germania"
*Edward German - "Merrie England"
*Jules Massenet - "Le Jongleur de Notre Dame"
*Emile Pessard - "L'armée des vierges" premiered on October 15 at the Bouffes-Parisiens, Salle Choiseul, Paris
*George Stephanescu - "Petra"

Musical theater

*"Bob Herceg (Prince Bob)" - by Jenö Huszka, with libretto by Ferenc Martos and Károly Bakonyi
* "A Country Girl" London production opened at Daly's Theatre on January 18 and ran for 729 performances
*"The Defender" (Music: Charles Dennee Book & Lyrics: Allen Lowe) Broadway production opened at the Herald Square Theatre on July 3 and ran for 60 performances. Starring Blanche Ring.
* "The Emerald Isle" Broadway production
* "The Girl From Kays" London production opened at the Apollo Theatre on November 15 and ran for 432 performances.
* "Madame Sherry" Berlin and Paris productions
* "The Rogers Brothers At Harvard" Broadway production
* "Three Little Maids" London production opened at the Apollo Theatre on May 10 and transferred to the Prince of Wales Theatre on September 8 for a total run of 348 performances.
* "Tommy Rot" Broadway production
* "The Toreador" Broadway production
* "Twirly-Whirly" Broadway production
* "The Wild Rose" Broadway production opened at the Knickerbocker Theatre on May 5 and ran for 136 performances. Starring Eddie Foy, Albert Hart, Junie McCree, Irene Bentley, Marguerite Clark and Marie Cahill.

Births

*January 11 - Maurice Duruflé, composer
*March 16 - Leon Roppolo
*March 21 - Son House, blues musician
*March 29 - William Walton, British composer
*April 24 - Rube Bloom, US pianist and composer
*May 1 - Sonnie Hale - English actor and singer
*May 11 - Bidu Sayão, Brazilian opera singer
*May 18 - Meredith Willson, US composer
*May 31 - Billy Mayerl, English pianist, composer and conductor
*June 6 - Jimmie Lunceford, bandleader
*June 17
**Sammy Fain, US composer
**Vivian Duncan, singer, songwriter and actress of the Duncan Sisters
*June 19 - Guy Lombardo
*June 21 - Skip James, blues musician
*July 19 - Buster Bailey, jazz clarinetist
*July 20 - Jimmy Kennedy, Irish-born British songwriter
*July 21 - Omer Simeon
*August 6 - Jim Davidson, Australian bandleader
*August 9 - Zino Francescatti, violinist
*October 25 - Eddie Lang, US jazz guitarist
*December 27 - Sam Coslow, US songwriter and singer
*"date unknown" - Billy Pigg, Northumbrian piper

Deaths

*January 17 - Elias Blix, politician, poet and musician (b. 1836)
*January 18 - Filippo Marchetti, opera composer
*February 1 - Salomon Jadassohn, composer and music teacher
*February 9 - Ludwig von Brenner, conductor and composer (b. 1833)
*April 21 - Ethna Carbery, songwriter (b. 1866)
*June 17 - Karl Piutti, organist and composer (b. 1846)
*July 6 - Leopoldo Miguez, composer (b. 1850)
*August 3 - August Klughardt, conductor and composer (b. 1847)
*September 7
** Enrique Gaspar y Rimbau, "zarzuela" writer (b. 1842)
** Franz Wüllner, conductor and composer (b. 1832)
*September 26 - Camille D'elmar, actress and opera singer (b. 1861)
*September 28 - Ion Ivanovici, bandleader and composer (b. 1845)
*"date unknown"
**Güllü Agop, Turkish theatre director
**James James, composer of the Welsh national anthem, "Hen Wlad fy Nhadau"
**Franz Nachbaur, opera singer (b. 1835)
**Ramon Delgado Palacios, Venezuelan pianist and composer
**Camilla Urso, violinist (b. 1842)