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- February 23 - Fourteen-year-old cellist Pablo CasalsPablo CasalsPau Casals i Defilló , known during his professional career as Pablo Casals, was a Spanish Catalan cellist and conductor. He is generally regarded as the pre-eminent cellist of the first half of the 20th century, and one of the greatest cellists of all time...
gives a solo recital in Barcelona. - October 16 - The Chicago Symphony OrchestraChicago Symphony OrchestraThe Chicago Symphony Orchestra is an American orchestra based in Chicago, Illinois. It is one of the five American orchestras commonly referred to as the "Big Five". Founded in 1891, the Symphony makes its home at Orchestra Hall in Chicago and plays a summer season at the Ravinia Festival...
gives its inaugural concert. - The Peabody Mason ConcertsPeabody Mason Concerts- Benefactor :The name Peabody Mason comes from Miss Fanny Peabody Mason, who until her death in 1948 was an active patron of music both in the United States and abroad. Her musical interests were piano, singing and chamber music.- Concert series premiere :...
are inaugurated with a performance by Ferruccio BusoniFerruccio BusoniFerruccio Busoni was an Italian composer, pianist, editor, writer, piano and composition teacher, and conductor.-Biography:...
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Published popular music
- "Actions Speak Louder Than Words" w. George Horncastle m. Felix McGlennon
- "Don't mind, my Darling!" w.m. Paul Steinmark
- "Hey, Rube!" w. J. Sherrie Matthews m. Harry Bulger
- "High School Cadets March" m. John Philip SousaJohn Philip SousaJohn Philip Sousa was an American composer and conductor of the late Romantic era, known particularly for American military and patriotic marches. Because of his mastery of march composition, he is known as "The March King" or the "American March King" due to his British counterpart Kenneth J....
- "Little Boy Blue" w. Eugene Field m. Ethelbert Nevin
- "The Man Who Broke The Bank At Monte CarloThe Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo (song)"The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo" is a popular British music hall song of the 19th century, written in 1892 by Fred Gilbert. Gilbert confirmed that his inspiration was the gambler and confidence trickster Charles Wells, who won over a million francs at the Monte Carlo casino, using the...
" w.m. Fred Gilbert - "The Miner's Dream Of Home" w.m. Will Godwin & Leo DrydenLeo DrydenGeorge Dryden Wheeler , was an English music hall 'vocal comic'. In 1892, he met Hannah Chaplin , mother of Charlie, and also a music hall performer. They had an affair, and a son, George Dryden Wheeler , leading to the breakdown of her marriage to Charles Chaplin, Sr...
- "Molly O!" w.m. William J. Scanlan
- "Narcissus" m. Ethelbert Nevin
- "The Pardon Came Too Late" w.m. Paul DresserPaul DresserJohann Paul Dresser, Jr. was a popular American songwriter of the late 19th century and early 20th century. As a child and adolescent he was frequently in trouble and spent several months in jail before joining a band of traveling minstrels...
- "The Picture That's Turned To The Wall" w.m. Charles Graham
- "Reuben And Cynthia" w.m. Percy Gaunt
- "Ta-ra-ra-boom-de-ayTa-ra-ra Boom-de-ay"Ta-ra-ra Boom-de-ay" is a vaudeville and music hall song, copyrighted by Henry J. Sayers, and introduced in Boston, Massachusetts in Tuxedo in 1891. The song was best known in the version sung by Lottie Collins in London music halls in 1892....
" w.m. Henry J. Sayers - "Wot Cher!" w. Albert ChevalierAlbert ChevalierAlbert Onesime Britannicus Gwathveoyd Louis Chevalier was an English comedian and actor.-Early life:Albert Chevalier was born in the Royal Crescent, in London's Notting Hill...
m. Charles Ingle
Classical music
- Anton ArenskyAnton ArenskyAnton Stepanovich Arensky -Biography:Arensky was born in Novgorod, Russia. He was musically precocious and had composed a number of songs and piano pieces by the age of nine...
- Cantata on the 10th Anniversary of the Coronation - Johannes BrahmsJohannes BrahmsJohannes Brahms was a German composer and pianist, and one of the leading musicians of the Romantic period. Born in Hamburg, Brahms spent much of his professional life in Vienna, Austria, where he was a leader of the musical scene...
- Clarinet Quintet in B Minor, Opus 115 - Max BruchMax BruchMax Christian Friedrich Bruch , also known as Max Karl August Bruch, was a German Romantic composer and conductor who wrote over 200 works, including three violin concertos, the first of which has become a staple of the violin repertoire.-Life:Bruch was born in Cologne, Rhine Province, where he...
- Concerto for Violin No. 3 - Carl NielsenCarl NielsenCarl August Nielsen , , widely recognised as Denmark's greatest composer, was also a conductor and a violinist. Brought up by poor but musically talented parents on the island of Funen, he demonstrated his musical abilities at an early age...
- Fantasy Pieces for Oboe and PianoFantasy Pieces for Oboe and PianoCarl Nielsen's Fantasy Pieces for Oboe and Piano , Opus 2, were composed shortly after the composer had taken up the post of second violinist in the Royal Danish Orchestra in 1889. The two pieces which make up the opus were first performed at the Royal Orchestra Soirée in Copenhagen on 16 March 1891... - Ethelbert Nevin - Water Scenes
- Erik SatieErik SatieÉric Alfred Leslie Satie was a French composer and pianist. Satie was a colourful figure in the early 20th century Parisian avant-garde...
- 6 Gnossiennes for Piano
Opera
- Frederick DeliusFrederick DeliusFrederick Theodore Albert Delius, CH was an English composer. Born in the north of England to a prosperous mercantile family of German extraction, he resisted attempts to recruit him to commerce...
- Irmelin - Robert FuchsRobert FuchsRobert Fuchs was an Austrian composer and music teacher.As Professor of music theory at the Vienna Conservatory, Fuchs taught many notable composers, while he was himself a highly regarded composer in his lifetime....
- Die Teufelsglocke - Miguel MarquésMiguel MarquésPedro Miguel Juan Buenaventura Bernadino Marqués y García was a Spanish composer and violinist.-Life:He was the son of a chocolate maker...
- El monaguillo (libretto by Emilio Sánchez Pastor, premiered in Madrid) - Emile PessardEmile PessardÉmile Louis Fortuné Pessard was a French composer.He studied at the Paris Conservatoire where he won 1st prize in Harmony. In 1866 he won the Grand Prix de Rome with his cantata Dalila which was performed at the Paris Opera on February 21, 1867...
- Les folies amoureuses premiered on April 15 at the Théâtre de l'Opéra-ComiqueOpéra-ComiqueThe Opéra-Comique is a Parisian opera company, which was founded around 1714 by some of the popular theatres of the Parisian fairs. In 1762 the company was merged with, and for a time took the name of its chief rival the Comédie-Italienne at the Hôtel de Bourgogne, and was also called the...
, Paris
Musical theater
- Robin HoodRobin HoodRobin Hood was a heroic outlaw in English folklore. A highly skilled archer and swordsman, he is known for "robbing from the rich and giving to the poor", assisted by a group of fellow outlaws known as his "Merry Men". Traditionally, Robin Hood and his men are depicted wearing Lincoln green clothes....
, Broadway production - The Tyrolean, Broadway production
- Der VogelhändlerDer VogelhändlerDer Vogelhändler is an operetta in three acts by Carl Zeller with a libretto by Moritz West and Ludwig Held based on Varin and Biéville's Ce que deviennent les roses....
(The Tyrolean), Vienna production
Births
- January 25 - Wellman BraudWellman BraudWellman Braud was a Creole American jazz upright bassist. His family sometimes spelled their last name "Breaux", pronounced "Bro"....
, jazz musician (d. 1966) - February 5 - Dino BorgioliDino BorgioliDino Borgioli was an Italian lyric tenor. Praised by critics for his musicianship, he was particularly associated with roles in operas composed by Mozart, Rossini, and Donizetti....
, operatic tenor (d. 1960) - April 2 - Jack BuchananJack BuchananWalter John "Jack" Buchanan was a British theatre and film actor, singer, producer and director. He was known for three decades as the embodiment of the debonair man-about-town in the tradition of George Grossmith Jr., and was described by The Times as "the last of the knuts." He is best known in...
, Scottish singer, actor, dancer and director (d. 1957) - April 23 - Sergei ProkofievSergei ProkofievSergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev was a Russian composer, pianist and conductor who mastered numerous musical genres and is regarded as one of the major composers of the 20th century...
, composer (d. 1953) - May 30 - Ben BernieBen BernieBen Bernie , born Bernard Anzelevitz, was an American jazz violinist and radio personality, often introduced as The Old Maestro. He was noted for his showmanship and memorable bits of snappy dialogue....
, US bandleader (d. 1943) - June 9 - Cole PorterCole PorterCole Albert Porter was an American composer and songwriter. Born to a wealthy family in Indiana, he defied the wishes of his domineering grandfather and took up music as a profession. Classically trained, he was drawn towards musical theatre...
, songwriter (d. 1964) - June 10 - Al DubinAl DubinAlexander "Al" Dubin was an American lyricist. He became known through his collaborations with the composer Harry Warren.-Life and works:...
, Swiss-born American lyricist (d. 1945) - July 14 - Fréhel, French singer, actress (d. 1951)
- July 16 - Blossom SeeleyBlossom Seeley-Biography:Seeley was born Minnie Guyer, in San Francisco, California, USA. A top vaudeville headliner, she was known as the "Queen of Syncopation" and helped bring jazz and ragtime into the mainstream of American music. She introduced the Shelton Brooks classic "Some of These Days" in vaudeville...
, US singer and vaudevilleVaudevilleVaudeville was a theatrical genre of variety entertainment in the United States and Canada from the early 1880s until the early 1930s. Each performance was made up of a series of separate, unrelated acts grouped together on a common bill...
performer (d. 1974) - August 2 - Arthur BlissArthur BlissSir Arthur Edward Drummond Bliss, CH, KCVO was an English composer and conductor.Bliss's musical training was cut short by the First World War, in which he served with distinction in the army...
, composer (d. 1975) - October 29 - Fanny BriceFanny BriceFanny Brice was a popular and influential American illustrated song "model," comedienne, singer, theatre and film actress, who made many stage, radio and film appearances and is known as the creator and star of the top-rated radio comedy series, The Baby Snooks Show...
, US actress, comedian and singer (d. 1951) - November 18 - Ernest Frank Pechin, US Cornetist and bandleader (d. 1946)
- November 27 - Giovanni BreviarioGiovanni BreviarioGiovanni Breviario , was an Italian operatic tenor, particularly associated with Italian dramatic roles.Breviario was born at Bergamo. He studied in Milan with Dante Lari, and made his stage debut in Pola, as Manrico, in 1924...
, operatic tenor (d. 1982) - date unknown
- Charles McCarronCharles McCarronCharles McCarron was a United States Tin Pan Alley composer and lyricist. McCarron is credited on such numbers as "Fido Is a Hot Dog Now", and "Eve Wasn't Modest 'till She Ate that Apple"...
, composer and lyricist (d. 1919) - Margaret MorrisMargaret Morris (dancer)Margaret Morris was a British dancer, choreographer and teacher. She was the first proponent of the Isadora Duncan technique in Great Britain...
, dancer and choreographer (d. 1980)
- Charles McCarron
Deaths
- January 5 - Emma AbbottEmma AbbottEmma Abbott was an American operatic soprano and impresario known for her pure, clear voice of great flexibility and volume.-Early life:...
, singer (b. 1850) - January 8 - Fredrik PaciusFredrik PaciusFredrik Pacius was a German composer and conductor who lived most of his life in Finland. He has been called the "Father of Finnish music"....
, composer and conductor (b. 1809) - January 17 - Johannes VerhulstJohannes VerhulstJohannes Joseph Hermann Verhulst was a Dutch composer and conductor. As a composer mainly of songs and as administrator of Dutch musical life, his influence during his lifetime was considerable.-Life:As a boy, Verhulst sang in a catholic choir; here he distinguished himself by his gift for music...
, conductor and composer (b. 1816) - January 16 - Léo DelibesLéo DelibesClément Philibert Léo Delibes was a French composer of ballets, operas, and other works for the stage...
, composer (b. 1836) - January 21 - Calixa LavalléeCalixa LavalléeCalixa Lavallée, , born Calixte Lavallée, was a French-Canadian-American musician and Union officer during the American Civil War who composed the music for O Canada, which officially became the national anthem of Canada in 1980.-Biography:Calixa Lavallée was born at Verchères, a suburb of...
, composer (b. 1842) - May 23 - Ignace LeybachIgnace LeybachIgnace Xavier Joseph Leybach was a teacher, pianist and organist, and a composer of salon piano music....
, pianist, organist and composer (b. 1817) - July 3 - Stefano GolinelliStefano GolinelliStefano Golinelli was an Italian piano virtuoso and composer.In 1840 he was appointed by Rossini, then an Honorary Councillor of the Liceo Musicale di Bologna, professor for piano at the Liceo, a post he held until 1871...
, pianist and composer (b. 1818) - July 21 - Franco FaccioFranco FaccioFranco Faccio was an Italian composer and conductor.-Biography:Born in Verona, Faccio became known as a conductor of Verdi's music. He studied music at the Milan Conservatory where he was a pupil of Stefano Ronchetti-Monteviti...
, composer and conductor (b. 1840) - August 5 - Henry Litolff, keyboard virtuoso and composer (b. 1818)
- November 9 - Frederick MathushekFrederick MathushekFrederick Mathushek , was a piano maker working in Worms, in Rhineland, Germany and in the United States at New York City and New Haven, Connecticut during the second half of the nineteenth century...
, piano maker (b. 1814) - December 28 - Alfred CellierAlfred CellierAlfred Cellier was an English composer, orchestrator and conductor.In addition to conducting and music directing the original productions of several of the most famous Gilbert and Sullivan works and writing the overtures to some of them, Cellier conducted at many theatres in London, New York and...
, composer (b. 1844) - date unknown - Fanny Salvini-DonatelliFanny Salvini-DonatelliFanny Salvini-Donatelli was an Italian operatic soprano. She is best known today for creating the role of Violetta in Verdi's opera, La traviata, but she was also an admired interpreter of the composer's other works as well as those by Donizetti.-Biography:Fanny Salvini-Donatelli, whose real name...
, operatic soprano (b. c.1815)