- 1901 in music
Events
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October 27 - First complete performance ofSergei Rachmaninoff 's "Piano Concerto No. 2"
*November 25 - Premiere ofGustav Mahler 's "Symphony No. 4"
*The classical music publishing firmUniversal Edition is founded inVienna .
*Enrique Granados founds the Academia Granados in Spain.
*Geraldine Farrar makes her operatic debut.
*Percy Grainger makes his recital debut.
*Thirteen-year-oldAgustín Barrios begins attending university inAsunción on a music scholarship.
*Ragtime popularity grows.Published popular music
* "Ain't That A Shame" w. John Queen m. Walter Wilson
* "All That Glitters Is Not Gold" w. George A. Norton m. James W. Casey
* "Any Old Place I Can Hang My Hat Is Home Sweet Home To Me" w. William Jerome m.Jean Schwartz
* "At The Pan-I-Marry-Can" w. Harry Dillon m. John Dillon
* "Baby Mine" w. Raymond A. Browne m.Leo Friedman
* "The Billboard" m. John N. Klohr
* "Blaze Away" m.Abe Holzmann
* "Coon! Coon! Coon!" byLeo Friedman & Gene Jefferson
* "The Country Girl" w. Stanislaus Stange m. Julian Edwards
* "Davy Jones' Locker" w.m. H. W. Petrie
* "Don't Put Me Off At Buffalo Any More" w. William Jerome m.Jean Schwartz
* "Down Where The Cotton Blossoms Grow" w. Andrew B. Sterling m.Harry Von Tilzer
* "Eyes Of Blue, Eyes Of Brown" w.m. Costen & Andrew B. Sterling
* "Flora, I Am Your Adorer" w. Vincent P. Bryan m. Charles Robinson
* "The Fortune Telling Man" w.m.Bert Williams &George Walker
* "Go Way Back And Sit Down" w. Elmer Bowman m. Al Johns
* "Good Morning, Carrie" w.Cecil Mack m. Chris Smith & Elmer Bowman
* "He Calls Me His Own Grace Darling" w.m.Lawrence Barclay
* "He Laid Away A Suit Of Gray To Wear The Union Blue" w. Edward M. Wickes m. Ben Jansen
* "He Ought To Have A Tablet In The Hall of Fame" w. Arthur L. Robb m. John Walter Bratton
* "Hello Central, Give Me Heaven" w.m.Charles K. Harris
* "Hiawatha" w. James O'Dea m.Neil Moret Words written 1903.
* "High Society"Porter Steele
* "Hoity-Toity" w. Edgar Smith m. John Stromberg
* "Jagtime Johnson's Ragtime March" by Fred L. Ryder
* "The Honeysuckle And The Bee" w. Albert H. Fitz m. William H. Penn
* "I Ain't A-goin' To Weep No More" w. George Totten Smith m.Harry von Tilzer
* "I Hate To Get Up Early In The Morning" w. John Queen m.Hughie Cannon
* "I Love You Truly" w.m.Carrie Jacobs-Bond
* "I Want To Be A Lidy" w. George Dance m. George Dee
* "If You Love Your Baby, Make Dem Goo-Goo Eyes" w.Bert Williams m.George Walker
* "I'll Be With You When The Roses Bloom Again" w.Will D. Cobb m. Gus Edwards
* "I'm Tired" w. William Jerome m.Jean Schwartz
* "In The Shade Of The Palm" w.m.Leslie Stuart
* "The Invincible Eagle March" w.m.John Philip Sousa
* "It Seems Like Yesterday" w. Frederic Ranken m. Isidore Witmark
* "I've Grown So Used To You" w.m.Thurland Chattaway
* "Josephine, My Jo" w.Cecil Mack m.J. Tim Brymn
* "Just A-Wearyin' For You" w. Frank Stanton m.Carrie Jacobs-Bond
* "The Maiden With The Dreamy Eyes" w.James Weldon Johnson & Bob Cole m.J. Rosamond Johnson
* "Mamie, Don't You Feel Ashamie" w.Will D. Cobb m. Gus Edwards
* "Mighty Lak' A Rose " w. Frank L. Stanton m.Ethelbert Nevin
* "My Castle On The Nile" w. Bob Cole &James Weldon Johnson m.J. Rosamond Johnson
* "My Japanese Cherry Blossom" w. Edgar Smith m. John Stromberg
* "My Lady Hottentot" w. William Jerome m.Harry von Tilzer
* "My Lonesome Little Louisiana Lady" w.Will D. Cobb m. Gus Edwards
* "My Own United States" w. Stanislaus Stange m. Julian Edwards
* "My Princess Zulu Lulu" w.m. Dave Reed Jr
* "Nancy Brown" w.m. Clifton Crawford
* "O Dry Those Tears!" w.m. Teresa del Riego
* "Oh! Oh! Miss Phoebe" w. Andrew B. Sterling m.Harry von Tilzer
* "Panamericana" m.Victor Herbert
* "The Phrenologist Coon" w. Ernest Hogan m. Will Accooee
* "A Picture Without A Frame" w.m. Al Wilbur & Harry Jonnes
* "Rusty Rags" Ossman
* "Sally's Sunday Hat" w.Will D. Cobb m. Gus Edwards
* "Serenade" w. Jerry Gray & Herb Hendler m. Riccardo Drigo
* "She's Getting More Like The White Folks Every Day" w.m.Bert Williams &George Walker
* "A Signal from Mars" byE. T. Paull
* "Simple Little Sister Mary Green" w.m. Clifton Crawford
* "Somehow It Made Him Think Of Home" w. Frederic Ranken m. Isidore Witmark
* "Sunflower Slow Drag" m.Scott Joplin & Scott Hayden
* "Sweet Annie Moore" by John H. Flynn
* "Tact" w.m.Leslie Stuart
* "The Tale Of A Bumble Bee" w. Frank Pixley m. Gustav Luders
* "Tell Me Dusky Maiden" w.James Weldon Johnson & Bob Cole m.J. Rosamond Johnson
* "Tell Us Pretty Ladies" w. Edgar Smith m. John Stromberg
* "There's No North Or South Today" w.m.Paul Dresser
* "Tobermory" w.m.Harry Lauder
* "Way Down In Indiana" w.m.Paul Dresser
* "Way Down Yonder In The Cornfield" w.Will D. Cobb m. Gus Edwards
* "We Shall Overcome" w. C. Albert Tindley Music 1794 "O Sanctissima".
* "The Wedding Of Reuben And The Maid" w. Harry B. Smith m. Maurice Levi
* "When It's All Goin' Out And Nothin' Comin' In" w.m.Bert Williams &George Walker
* "When Mr Shakespeare Comes To Town" w. William Jerome m.Jean Schwartz
* "When The Boys Go Marching By" w.m. Charles W. Doty
* "When Two Little Hearts Are One" w. Edgar Smith m. John Stromberg
* "Where The Silv'ry Colorado Wends Its Way" w. C. H. Scoggins m. Charles Avril
* "Zamona" w. Frederic Ranken m. William LoraineRecorded popular music
*"A German Minstrel"
-George P. Watson onEdison Records
*"Good Evening Carrie"
-Dan W. Quinn
*"In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree"
-William Baird
*"Just As the Sun Went Down"
-J.J. Fisher on Consolidated PhonographClassical music
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Hakon Børresen - String Sextet opus 5 inG major
*Frank Bridge - "Scherzo Phantastick", String Quintet inE minor (probably), Berceuse for viola or cello and piano ( [http://www.netreach.net/~druid/FB/cat1.htm] )
*Felix Draeseke - String Quintet opus 77 inF major for two violins, viola and two cellos
*Alexander Glazunov - Piano Sonatas 1 and 2 opus 74 and 75 inB-flat minor and E minor
*Gustav Mahler - "Der Tambourg'sell"
*Ottorino Respighi - String Quintet for two violins, two violas and cello
*Sergei Taneyev - String Quintet opus 14 in G major for two violins, viola and two cellos
*Ludwig Thuille - Piano Quintet opus 20 inE-flat major Opera *
Frederick Delius - "A Village Romeo and Juliet"
*Antonín Dvořák - "Rusalka"
*Enrique Granados - "Picarol"
*Jules Massenet - "Grisélidis"
*Charles Villiers Stanford - "Much Ado About Nothing"
*Richard Strauss - "Feuersnot"Musical theater * "
Blue Bell In Fairyland " London production
* "A Chinese Honeymoon " London production opened at the Strand Theatre onOctober 5 and ran for 1075 performances.
* "The Emerald Isle " London production opened at theSavoy Theatre onApril 27 and ran for 205 performances.
* "The Fortune Teller" London production opened at theShaftesbury Theatre onApril 7 .
* "Hoity-Toity " Broadwayrevue opened at theWeber and Fields Music Hall onSeptember 5 and ran for 225 performances.
* "Kitty Grey " London production opened at theApollo Theatre onSeptember 7 and ran for 220 performances.
* "The Little Duchess " Broadway production opened at theCasino Theatre onOctober 14 and ran for 136 performances.
* "The Rogers Brothers In Washington " Broadway production opened at theKnickerbocker theatre onSeptember 2 and ran for 49 performances
* "The Silver Slipper " London production opened at the Lyric Theatre onJune 1 and ran for 197 performances
* "The Supper Club " Broadway production opened onDecember 23 at theWinter Garden Theatre and ran for 40 performances.
* "The Toreador " London production opened at the Gaiety Theatre onJune 17 Births
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January 22 -Hans Erich Apostel , composer (d. 1972)
*February 2 -Jascha Heifetz , violinist (d. 1987)
*February 15 -Kokomo Arnold , blues musician (d. 1968)
*March 21 -Nikolaos Skalkottas , Greek composer (d. 1949)
*May 12 -Scrappy Lambert , US singer (d. 1987)
*May 17 -Werner Egk , composer (d. 1983)
*May 21 -Horace Heidt , US bandleader (d. 1986)
*May 23 -Edmund Rubbra , composer (d. 1986)
*May 30 -Frankie Trumbauer , US saxophonist, bandleader and singer (d. 1956)
*June 6 -Véra Korène , actress and singer (d. 1996)
*June 10 -Frederic Loewe , composer of musicals (d. 1988)
*June 24 -Harry Partch , composer (d. 1974)
*June 29 -Nelson Eddy , US singer and actor (d. 1967)
*July 3 -Ruth Crawford-Seeger , composer (d. 1953)
*July 28 -Rudy Vallée , singer & bandleader (d. 1986)
*August 4 -Louis Armstrong , jazz trumpeter, composer, bandleader, singer (d. 1971)
*September 2 -Phil Napoleon , jazz trumpeter (d. 1990)
*September 9 -James Blades , percussionist (d. 1999)
*September 12 -Ernst Pepping , composer (d. 1981)
*September 26 -Ted Weems , US bandleader (d. 1963)
*October 18 -Annette Hanshaw , US singer (d. 1985)
*October 2 - Kiki, entertainer (d. 1953)
*October 7 -Ralph Rainger , US composer and pianist (d. 1942)
*October 8 -Eivind Groven , composer (d. 1977)
*October 20 -Frank Churchill , US composer (d. 1942)
*November 22 -Joaquin Rodrigo , Spanish composer (d. 1999)
*December 22 -André Kostelanetz , conductor and arranger (d. 1980)Deaths
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January 11 -Vasily Kalinnikov , composer (b. 1866)
*January 27 -Giuseppe Verdi , composer (b. 1813)
*February 17 -Ethelbert Woodbridge Nevin , pianist and composer (b. 1862)
*March 19 -Philippe Gille , librettist (b. 1831)
*April 3 -Richard D'Oyly Carte , producer of Gilbert & Sullivan (b. 1844)
*April 14 -Alice Barnett , singer and actress (b. 1846)
*May 2 -Franz Rummel , pianist (b. 1853)
*May 9 -Gottfried von Preyer , conductor, composer and music teacher (b. 1807)
*June 17 - Cornelius Gurlitt, composer (b. 1820)
*June 23 -Charles Kensington Salaman , composer (b. 1814)
*July 18 -Carlo Alfredo Piatti , cellist (b. 1822)
*August 17 -Edmond Audran , composer (b. 1842)
*August 24 -Gunnar Wennerberg , poet, politician and composer (b. 1817)
*September 3 -Friedrich Chrysander , music historian and critic (b. 1826)
*October 22 -Frederic Archer , organist, conductor and composer (b. 1838)
*November 25 -Josef Rheinberger ,Liechtenstein ian organist and composer (b. 1839)
*December 15 -Elias Álvares Lobo , composer (b. 1834)
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