1900 in music

Events

*January 14 - Giacomo Puccini's "Tosca" premieres in Rome.
*February 2 - Gustave Charpentier's opera "Louise" premieres in Paris; Mary Garden makes her public debut in the title role in April.
*October 3 - Edward Elgar's "The Dream of Gerontius" is premiered in Birmingham
*The Philadelphia Orchestra is founded.

Published popular music

*"Absence Makes The Heart Grow Fonder" w.m. Fred Fisher, Arthur Gillespie & Herbert Dillea
*"The Blue And The Gray" w.m. Paul Dresser
*"Bridge Of Sighs" w.m. James Thornton
*"Calligan - Call Again!" w.m. Herbert Rutter & Harry Lauder
*"Calling To Her Boy Just Once Again" w.m. Paul Dresser
*"Creole Belles" w. George Sidney m. J. Bodewalt Lampe
*"The Duchess Of Central Park" w. J. Cheaver Goodwin m. Maurice Levi
*"Every Race Has a Flag but the Coon" w.m. Will A. Heelan & J. Fred Helf
*"Eyes Of Blue" m. Andrew Mack
*"The Fatal Rose of Red" - J. Fred Helf
*"The Flight Of The Bumble Bee" m. Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
*"A Flower From The Garden Of Life" w.m. Thurland Chattaway
*"For Old Time's Sake" w.m. Charles K. Harris
*"The Gladiators' Entry" m. Julius Fučík
*"Hail To The Spirit Of Liberty" w.m. John Philip Sousa
*"Hunky Dory" m. Abe Holzmann
*"I Can't Tell Why I Love You But I Do" w. Will D. Cobb m. Gus Edwards
*"I Love You, Ma Cherie" w.m. Paul Rubens
*"I Must Have Been A-Dreamin' " w.m. Bob Cole
*"I Need The Money" w.m. Raymond A. Browne
*"I Won't Be an Actor No More" w.m. George M. Cohan
*"In The House Of Too Much Trouble" w.m. Will A. Heelan & J. Fred Helf
*"I've A Longing In My Heart For You Louise" w.m. Charles K. Harris
*"Just Because She Made Dem Goo-Goo Eyes" w.m. John Queen & Hughie Cannon
*"Lift Ev'ry Voice And Sing" w. James Weldon Johnson m. J. Rosamond Johnson
*"Little Tommy Murphy" w. Matthew Woodward m. Andrew Mack
*"A Love-Lorn Lily" w. Louis Harrison & George V. Hobart m. A. B. Sloane
*"Ma Blushin' Rosie" w. Edgar Smith m. John Stromberg
*"Midnight Fire-Alarm" - H.J. Lincoln
*"My Charcoal Charmer" w. Will D. Cobb m. Gus Edwards
*"My Drowsy Babe" w. George Totten Smith m. George A. Nichols
*"My Sunflower Sue" w. Walter H. Ford m. John Walter Bratton
*"Nothing Doing" w. Edgar Smith m. John Stromberg
*"Off To Philadelphia" w. Gordon Temple m. Walter B. Haynes
*"Oh! Wouldn't That Jar You?" w.m. Will D. Cobb
*"The Old Flag Never Touched The Ground" w.m. James Weldon Johnson & J. Rosamond Johnson
*"Song Of The Flea" - w. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe; m. Modest Moussorgsky
*"Strike Up the Band - Here Comes a Sailor" w. Andrew B. Sterling m. Charles B. Ward
*"Swipesy" (Cakewalk) m. Scott Joplin and Arthur Marshall
*"The Tale Of The Kangaroo" w. Frank Pixley m. Gustave Luders
*"Tell Me Pretty Maiden" w. Owen Hall m. Leslie Stuart
*"That Old Sunny Window" w.m. Shelley
*"There Are Two Sides To A Story" w.m. Will A. Heelan & J. Fred Helf
*"Violets" w. Julian Fane m. Ellen Wright
*"Wait" w. Charles Horwitz m. Frederick W. Bowers
*"When Reuben Comes To Town" w. J. Cheever Goodwin m. Maurice Levi
*"When The Birds Go North Again" w. Robert F. Roden m. Max S. Witt
*"When The Harvest Days Are Over, Jessie Dear" w. Howard Graham m. Harry Von Tilzer
*"Who Threw The Overalls In Mrs Murphy's Chowder?" w.m. George L. Giefer
*"You Never Miss The Water Till The Well Runs Dry" w.m. Rowland Howard

Recorded popular music

*"American Patrol"
- John Sousa's Band
*"A Bird In A Gilded Cage"
- Harry Macdonough

*"Doan Ye Cry, Mah Honey"
- S. H. Dudley

*"The Duchess Of Central Park"
- Harry Macdonough

*"For Old Time's Sake"
- Will F. Denny

*"Just Because She Made Dem Goo-Goo Eyes"
- Dan W. Quinn

*"Lead, Kindly Light"
- Haydn Quartette

*"A Love-Lorn Lily"
- Harry Macdonough

*"Ma Blushin' Rosie"
- Albert C. Campbell
*"My Sunflower Sue"
- Arthur Collins with The Metropolitan Orchestra

*"O! That We Two Were Maying"
- Harry Macdonough & Florence Hayward

*"Strike Up the Band"
- Dan W. Quinn

*"Tell Me Pretty Maiden"
- Lyric Theatre Chorus p. Paul Rubens

*"When Reuben Comes To Town"
- Dan W. Quinn on Victor Records

*"When You Were Sweet Sixteen"
- Jere Mahoney

*"Where The Sweet Magnolias Grow"
- Haydn Quartette

Classical music

*Reinhold Glière - "Symphony No 1 in E flat major", op. 8
*Alexander Goedicke - "Piano Concerto"
*Joseph Holbrooke - "The Raven"
*Josef Rheinberger - "Requiem in D Minor"
*Josef Suk - "Pieces for violin and piano"

Opera

*Gustave Charpentier - "Louise"
*César Cui - "Feast in Time of Plague"
*August Enna - "The Shepherdess and the Chimney-Sweep"
*Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov - "Asya"
*Ruggiero Leoncavallo - "Zaza"
*Giacomo Puccini - "Tosca"
*George Stephanescu - "Cometa"

Musical theater

*"The Cadet Girl" Broadway production opened at the Herald Square Theatre on July 25 and ran for 48 performances
*" The Casino Girl" London production opened at the Shaftesbury Theatre on April 25
*" Chris And The Wonderful Lamp" Broadway production opened at the Victoria Theater on January 1 and ran for 58 performances
*"Fiddle-Dee-Dee" Broadway production opened at Weber and Fields' Broadway Music Hall on September 6 and ran for 262 performances
*"Florodora" Broadway production opened at the Casino Theatre on November 10 and ran for 505 performances
*"Giddy Throng" Broadway revue opened at the New York Theatre on December 24 and ran for 164 performances
*" The Messenger Boy" London production opened at the Gaiety Theatre on February 3 and ran for 429 performances
*"Miss Prinnt" Broadway production opened at the Victoria Theater on December 25 and ran for 211 performances
*" The Rogers Brothers In Central Park" Broadway production opened at the Victoria Theater on September 17 and transferred to the Grand Opera House on April 1, 1901 for a total run of 80 performances
*"San Toy" Broadway production opened at Daly's Theatre on October 1 and ran for 65 performances
*"Véronique (operetta)" Vienna production opened at the Theater an der Wien on March 10

Births

*January 1 - Xavier Cugat, bandleader
*February 13 - Wingy Manone, U.S. jazz musician (d. 1982)
*March 2 - Kurt Weill, German composer.
*March 10 - Peter De Rose, US composer
*April 23 - Henry Barraud, French composer
*May 28 - Tommy Ladnier, jazz musician
*June 8 - George Antheil, composer
*June 15 - Paul Mares, jazz musician
*June 24 - Gene Austin, US singer and composer
*July 10
**Evelyn Laye, English actress and singer
**Mitchell Parish, US lyricist
*July 13 - George Lewis, jazz musician
*July 29 - Don Redman, US arranger, bandleader and saxophonist
*August 2 - Helen Morgan, US singer and actress
*August 8 - Lucius "Lucky" Millinder, US bandleader
*August 23 - Ernst Krenek, composer
*October 9 - Elmer Snowden, banjo player
*November 14 - Aaron Copland, composer
*November 25 - Arthur Schwartz, US composer
*December 12 - Sammy Davis, Sr., vaudeville entertainer
*December 14 - Juan D'Arienzo, tango musician
*December 29 - B. H. Haggin, music critic

Deaths

*January 22 - David E. Hughes, musician and inventor (b.1831)
*February 3 - Ottokar Novacek, violinist and composer (b. 1866)
*March 9 - Charles-Louis Hanon, composer and piano teacher (b.1819)
*March 13 - Alicia Ann Spottiswoode, songwriter (b. 1810)
*April 21 - Charles Beecher, hymn-writer (b. 1815)
*May 28 - George Grove, compiler of the well-known dictionary of music (b. 1820)
*October 9 - Heinrich von Herzogenberg, conductor and compoer (b. 1843)
*October 14 - Sándor Erkel, Hungarian composer, son of Ferenc Erkel
*October 15 - Zdeněk Fibich, composer (b. 1850)
*November 7 - Joseph Schalk, pianist, conductor and musicologist (b. 1857)
*November 14 - Adolf Pollitzer, violinist (b. 1832)
*November 17 - Heinrich Porges, choirmaster and music critic (b. 1837)
*November 22 - Sir Arthur Sullivan, composer (b. 1842)
*"date unknown"
**Louis Liebe, conductor and composer (b. 1819)
**Jovan Sundečić, lyricist of the Montenegro national anthem (b. 1825)