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// Events August 10 - The first ever Promenade Concert is held at the Queens Hall in London. ...
// Events February 1 - Giacomo Puccinis La bohème debuts in Turin March - Leo Stern plays in the premiere of Dvoraks second cello concerto in London Engelbert Humperdinck is created a professor of music by the Kaiser. ...
See also: 1896 in music, other events of 1897, 1898 in music and the list of years in music. Events The Cakewalk matures into Ragtime music John Philip Sousas band makes phonograph recordings of Cakewalks and early Ragtime early publications by Scott Joplin Published popular music Asleep In The...
See also: 1898 in music, other events of 1899, 1900 in music and the list of years in music. Events April 26 - Jean Sibeliuss Symphony No. ...
See also: 1899 in music, other events of 1900, 1901 in music and the list of years in music. // Events January 14 - Giacomo Puccinis Tosca premieres in Rome. ...
See also: 1900 in music, other events of 1901, 1902 in music and the list of years in music. // Events October 27 - First complete performance of Sergei Rachmaninoffs Piano Concerto No. ...
This is a list of decades which have articles with more information about them. ...
// Events and trends Technology The First Transcontinental Railroad in the United States is built in the six year period between 1863 and 1869. ...
Events and Trends Technology The invention of the telephone (1876) by Alexander Graham Bell. ...
// Events and Trends Technology Development and commercial production of electric lighting Development and commercial production of gasoline-powered automobile by Karl Benz, Gottlieb Daimler and Maybach First commercial production and sales of phonographs and phonograph recordings. ...
The 1890s were sometimes referred to as the Mauve Decade, because William Henry Perkins aniline dye allowed the widespread use of that colour in fashion, and also as the Gay Nineties, under the then-current usage of the word gay which referred simply to merriment and frivolity, with no...
// Events and Trends Technology Lawrence Hargrave makes the first stable wing design for a heavier-than-air aircraft Orville and Wilbur Wright make the first documented flight in a powered heavier-than-air aircraft Mass production of automobile Wide popularity of home phonograph Panama Canal is built by the United...
// Events and trends The 1910s represent the culmination of European militarism which had its beginings during the second half of the 19th Century. ...
Sometimes referred to as the Jazz Age or primarily in North America and in Australia as the Roaring Twenties . In Europe it is sometimes refered to as the Golden Twenties. ...
These pages contain the trends of millennia and centuries. ...
(17th century - 18th century - 19th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 18th century refers to the century that lasted from 1701 through 1800. ...
Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ...
(19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901–2000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar (1900–1999 in the...
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Published popular music
 - "Because" w. Charles Horwitz m. Frederick V. Bowers
- "The Boy Guessed Right" w.m. Lionel Monckton
- "Ciribiribin" w. Carlo Tiochet m. Albert Pestalozza
- "Gold Will Buy Most Anything But A True Girl's Heart" w. Charles E. Foreman m. Monroe H. Rosenfeld
- "Good-bye Dolly Gray" w. Will D. Cobb m. Paul Barnes
- "Goodnight, Little Girl, Goodnight" w. Julai M. Hays m. J. C. Macy
- "Gypsy Love Song" w. Harry B. Smith m. Victor Herbert from the musical The Fortune Teller
- "Honey on my Lips" Charles E. Trevathan
- "I Guess I'll Have To Telegraph My Baby" w.m. George M. Cohan
- "Just As The Sun Went Down" w. Karl Kennett m. Lyn Udall
- "Just One Girl" w. Karl Kennett m. Lyn Udall
- "Kiss Me Honey Do" w. Edgar Smith m. John Stromberg
- "The Lily Of Laguna" w.m. Leslie Stuart
- "'Mid The Green Fields Of Virginia" w.m. Charles K. Harris
- "Mister Johnson Don't Get Gay" w.m. Dave Reed Jr
- "The Moth And The Flame" w. George Taggart m. Max S. Witt
- "My Old New Hampshire Home" w. Andrew B. Sterling m. Harry Von Tilzer
- "Recessional" w. Rudyard Kipling m. Reginald DeKoven
- "Romany Life" w. Harry B. Smith m. Victor Herbert
- "The Rosary" w. Robert Cameron Rogers m. Ethelbert Nevin
- "Salome" m. William Lorraine
- "She Is The Belle Of New York" w. Hugh Morton m. Gustave Kerker
- "She Was Bred In Old Kentucky" w. Harry Braisted m. Stanley Carter
- "When You Were Sweet Sixteen" w.m. James Thornton
- "Who Dat Say Chicken In Dis Crowd" w. Paul Lawrence Dunbar m. Will Marion
Honey On My Lips 1898 sheet music cover, image from loc. ...
Because is a song with music by Guy dHardelot and lyrics by Edward Teschemacher. ...
Lionel Monckton (December 18, 1861 - September 15, 1924) was a British writer and composer of musical theatre. ...
Will D. Cobb (born July 6th, 1876 in Philadelphia - died January 20th1930 in New York) was a famous lyricist and composer. ...
Victor August Herbert (February 1, 1859âMay 26, 1924) was a popular composer of light opera. ...
George M. Cohan George Michael Cohan (July 1878 â November 5, 1942) was a United States entertainer, playwright, composer, lyricist, actor, singer, dancer, director, and producer of Irish descent. ...
Leslie Stuart (1864-1928) was an English composer of early musical theatre, best known for the hit show Florodora (1899). ...
Charles Kassel Harris (May 1, 1867 â December 2, 1930) was a well regarded American songwriter of popular music. ...
Harry Von Tilzer (July 8, 1872 - January 10, 1946) was a very popular United States songwriter. ...
Rudyard Kipling Joseph Rudyard Kipling (December 30, 1865 â January 18, 1936) was a British author and poet, born in India. ...
Harry B. Smith (born December 28, 1860 in Buffalo, New York - died January 2, 1936 in Atlantic City) was a reknowned and prolific writer, lyricist, and composer. ...
Victor August Herbert (February 1, 1859âMay 26, 1924) was a popular composer of light opera. ...
When You Were Sweet Sixteen is a popular song. ...
Christmas songs - "Nu tändas tusen juleljus", by Emmy Köhler
The song Nu tändas tusen juleljus is a traditional Swedish Christmas song from 1898. ...
Recorded popular music - "The Amorous Goldfish" (w. Harry Greenbank m. Sidney Jones)
- Syria Lamonte on Berliner Gramophone Records
- "At A Georgia Camp Meeting" (w.m. Kerry Mills)
- Sousa's Band on Berliner Records
- "The Battle Cry Of Freedom" (w.m. George Frederick Root)
- John Terrell on Berliner
- "Believe Me, If All Those Endearing Young Charms" (w. Thomas Moore m. trad)
- J. W. Myers on Berliner
- "Break The News To Mother" (w.m. Charles K. Harris)
- George J. Gaskin on Edison Records
- "Chin, Chin, Chinaman" (w. Harry Greenbank m. Sidney Jones)
- James T. Powers on Berliner
- "Cotton Blossoms" (m. M. H. Hall)
- Sousa's Band on Berliner
- "Don Jose Of Sevilla" (Smith, Herbert)
- Jessie Bartlett Davis & W. H. MacDonald on Berliner
- "Happy Days In Dixie" (m. Kerry Mills)
- Arthur Collins on Edison
- "The Harp That Once Thro' Tara's Halls" (w. Thomas Moore m. trad)
- J. W. Myers on Berliner
- "A Hot Time In The Old Town" (w. Joseph Hayden m. Theodore A. Metz)
- Sousa's Band on Berliner - Len Spencer with banjo Vess L. Ossman on Columbia Records - Roger Harding on Edison
- "In The Gloaming" (w. Meta Orred m. Annie Fortescue Harrison)
- Roger Harding on Berliner
- "I'se Gwine Back To Dixie" (w.m. C. A. White)
- Edison Male Quartette on Edison
- "Just Before The Battle, Mother" (w.m. George Frederick Root)
- Frank C. Stanley on Edison
- "Killarney" (w. Edmund Falconer m. Michael William Balfe)
- Arthur Gladstone on Berliner
- "Largo Al Factotum" (w. Cesare Sterbini m. Giaocchino Rossini)
- Alberto Del Campo on Berliner
- "Love's Old Sweet Song" (w. George Clifton Bingham m. James Lyman Molloy)
- Annie Carter on Berliner
- "The Miner's Dream Of Home" (w.m. Will Godwin & Leo Dryden)
- Leo Dryden on Berliner Gramophone
- "Mister Johnson Don't Get Gay" (w.m. Dave Reed Jr)
- Press Eldridge on Edison
- "Mister Johnson, Turn Me Loose" (w.m. Ben Harney)
- Marguerite Newton on Edison - Len Spencer with Vess L. Ossman on Columbia
- "My Old Kentucky Home, Good Night" (w. m. Stephen Collins Foster)
- Diamond Four on Berliner - Edison Male Quartette onEdison
- "Oh, Promise Me" (w. Clement Scott m. Reginald DeKoven)
- Jessie Bartlett Davis on Berliner
- "Old Folks At Home" (w. m. Stephen Collins Foster)
- Diamond Four on Berliner
- "On The Banks Of The Wabash Far Away" (w.m. Paul Dresser)
- Annie Carter on Berliner
- "Orange Blossoms" (m. Arthur Pryor)
- Sousa's Band on Berliner
- "The Palms" (m. Gabriel Fauré)
- Diamond Four on Berliner
- "Rocked In The Cradle Of The Deep" (w. Mrs Emma Hart Willard m. Joseph Phillip Knight)
- William Hooley on Edison
- "She Was Bred In Old Kentucky" (w. Harry Braisted m. Stanley Carter)
- Albert C. Campbell on Edison
- "Smoky Mokes" (m. Abe Holzmann)
- banjo Vess L. Ossman on Columbia
- "Stars And Stripes Forever" (m. John Philip Sousa)
- Sousa's Band on Berliner
- "Sweet And Low" (w. Alfred, Lord Tennyson m. Sir Joseph Barnby)
- Ladies Brass Quartette of Boston Fadettes on Berliner
- "Sweet Genevieve" (w. George Cooper m. Henry Tucker)
- Jessie Bartlett Davis on Berliner
- "Sweet Rosie O'Grady" (w.m. Maude Nugent)
- Steve Porter on Berliner
- "The Sweetest Story Ever Told" (w.m. R. M. Stults)
- Diamond Four on Berliner - George J. Gaskin onEdison
- "Then You'll Remember Me" (w. Alfred Bunn m. Michael William Balfe)
- James Norrie on Berliner Gramophone - Annie Carter on Berliner
- "There's A Little Star Shining For You" (w.m. James Thornton)
- Dan W. Quinn on Edison
- "The Thunderer" (m. John Philip Sousa)
- Sousa's Band on Berliner
- "Tramp, Tramp, Tramp" (w.m. George Frederick Root)
- Frank C. Stanley on Edison
- "When Johnny Comes Marching Home" (w.m. Louis Lambert)
- Frank C. Stanley on Edison
- "Yankee Doodle" (trad)
- Frank C. Stanley on Edison
Harry Greenbank was an author from the late 19th and early 20th century. ...
Sidney Jones was a composer most famous for producing the scores for several musical comedies in the last Victorian period. ...
Kerry Mills (February 1, 1869 - December 5, 1948) was an American composer of popular music during the Tin Pan Alley era. ...
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Berliner Gramophone was an early record label, the first company to produce disc gramophone records (as opposed to the earlier phonograph cylinder records). ...
George Frederick Root (1820 â 1895) was a popular American songwriter during the Civil War. ...
Thomas Moore Thomas Moore (May 28, 1779 - February 25, 1852) was an Irish poet, now best remembered for the lyrics of The Last Rose of Summer. ...
Charles Kassel Harris (May 1, 1867 â December 2, 1930) was a well regarded American songwriter of popular music. ...
George J. Gaskin (1850s - 1920) was an American singer. ...
Edison Records was the first record label, pioneering recorded sound and an important player in the early record industry. ...
Thomas Moore Thomas Moore (May 28, 1779 - February 25, 1852) was an Irish poet, now best remembered for the lyrics of The Last Rose of Summer. ...
Len Spencer (February 12, 1867 â December 15, 1914) was an early American recording artist. ...
Columbia Records is the oldest continually used brand name in recorded sound, dating back to 1888. ...
Meta Orred (died 1953), was a Scottish author and poet. ...
Annie Fortescue Harrison (1850 or 1851-1944) was an English composer of songs and piano pieces. ...
Michael William Balfe (May 15, 1808 - October 20, 1870), was an Irish composer, best known today for his opera The Bohemian Girl. ...
Benjamin Robertson Ben Harney (6 March 1871 _ 2 March 1938) was a United States of America songwriter, entertainer, and pioneer of ragtime music. ...
Stephen Foster Stephen Collins Foster (July 4, 1826 - January 13, 1864) was the pre-eminent songwriter in the United States of his era. ...
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Paul Dresser (born April 22, 1859; died January 31, 1906) was an important American songwriter in the late 19th century and early 20th century. ...
Arthur Pryor (September 22, 1870 to June 18, 1942)trombonist, band leader and soloist with the Sousa Band. ...
Portrait with oils of Gabriel Fauré by John Singer Sargent, about 1889 (in the Paris Museum of Music) Gabriel Urbain Fauré (May 12, 1845 â November 4, 1924) was a French composer. ...
Abe Holzmann, (1874-1939) was a German/American composer, who is most famous today for his march Blaze-Away! Categories: People stubs | Composers | 1874 births | 1939 deaths ...
Lord Tennyson, Poet Laureate Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson (August 6, 1809 - October 6, 1892) is generally regarded as one of the greatest English poets. ...
Sir Joseph Barnby (1838–1896), English musical composer and conductor, son of Thomas Barnby, an organist, was born at York on the 12 August 1838. ...
Maude Nugent (1877 - 1958) was a U.S. songwriter. ...
Steve Porter Professional footballer born 28th June 1970 London born soccer player who won an Irish F A cup winners medal with Glentoran other clubs. ...
People named James Thornton. ...
Classical music This page is about the twentieth century composer; for the nineteenth century poet, see Samuel Taylor Coleridge. ...
Alexander Konstantinovich Glazunov (or Glazounov) (August 10, 1865 â March 21, 1936) was a Russian composer, as well as an influential music teacher. ...
Paul Juon (Russian: March 6, 1872âAugust 21, 1940) was a Moscow-born composer and student of Anton Arensky, Sergei Taneyev and Woldemar Bargiel. ...
Christian Sinding Christian August Sinding (January 11, 1856âDecember 3, 1941) was a Norwegian composer. ...
This article does not cite its references or sources. ...
Umberto Giordano (August 28, 1867 - November 12, 1948) was a composer, mainly of opera. ...
Pietro Mascagni (Livorno December 7, 1863 â Rome August 2, 1945) is one of the most important Italian opera composers of the turn of the 20th century. ...
Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov (Russian: , Nikolaj AndreeviÄ Rimskij-Korsakov), also Nikolay, Nicolai, and Rimsky-Korsakoff, (March 6/18, 1844âJune 8/21, 1908) was a Russian composer and teacher of classical music particularly noted for his fine orchestration, which may have been influenced by his synaesthesia. ...
- The Bride Elect Broadway production
- The Fortune Teller Toronto and London productions
- A Greek Slave London production
- Hurly-Burly Broadway production
- A Runaway Girl London and Broadway productions
- The Skirt Dancer London production
- Véronique (André Messager) - Paris production
Musical theater (or theatre) is a form of theatre combining music, songs, dance, and spoken dialogue. ...
A Greek Slave is a musical comedy. ...
A Runaway Girl is a musical comedy written in the late 19th century. ...
André Charles Prosper Messager (December 30, 1853 - 1929), French musician, was born at Montlucon. ...
Births - January 9 - Gracie Fields, singer and actress
- January 28 - Vittorio Rieti, composer
- February 3 - Lil Hardin Armstrong, wife and musical collaborator of Louis Armstrong
- February 7 - Dock Boggs, banjo player
- February 12 - Roy Harris, composer
- February 15 - Totò, actor and composer
- February 20 - Jimmy Yancey, US jazz pianist
- April 3 - George Jessel, US actor, singer & songwriter
- April 9 - Paul Robeson, singer
- May 14 - Zutty Singleton, jazz drummer
- May 15 - Arletty, actress and singer
- May 28 - Andy Kirk, jazz musician
- June 1 - Molly Picon, Broadway star
- June 6 - Dame Ninette de Valois, founder of the UK's Royal Ballet
- July 4 - Gertrude Lawrence, English actress, singer and dancer
- July 6 - Hanns Eisler, composer
- July 15 - Noel Gay, English songwriter
- August 15 - Charles Tobias, US songwriter and singer
- August 24 - Fred Rose, songwriter, music publisher
- September 1
- September 26 - George Gershwin, US composer
- September 27 - Vincent Youmans, US composer
- October 18 - Lotte Lenya, singer and actress, wife of Kurt Weill
- November 1 - Sippie Wallace, blues singer
- December 5 - Grace Moore, operatic soprano
- December 14 - Lillian Randolph, actress and singer
- December 24 - Baby Dodds, jazz drummer
January 9 is the 9th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Gracie Fields, born Grace Stansfield (January 9, 1898 - September 27, 1979) was a British singer and comedian who became one of the greatest stars of both cinema and music hall. ...
January 28 is the 28th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ...
Vittorio Rieti (January 28, 1898 â February 19, 1994) was an Italian composer. ...
February 3 is the 34th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ...
Lil Hardin Armstrong (February 3, 1898 - August 27, 1971) was a jazz pianist, composer, arranger, singer, and bandleader, and the second wife of Louis Armstrong with whom she collaborated on many recordings in the 1920s. ...
Louis Daniel Armstrong (pronounced Luee {French pronounciation}with the S at the end silent)(August 4, 1901 â July 6, 1971) (also known by the nicknames Satchmo and Pops) was an American jazz musician. ...
February 7 is the 38th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ...
Dock Boggs Moran Lee Dock Boggs (February 7, 1898–February 7, 1971) was an influential old-time singer, songwriter and banjo player. ...
February 12 is the 43rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ...
Roy Ellsworth Harris (February 12, 1898 – October 1, 1979) was an American classical composer who wrote much music on American subjects and is perhaps best known for his . ...
February 15 is the 46th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ...
Totò was the stage name of Antonio de Curtis (Naples, Italy, February 15, 1898 - Rome, April 15, 1967), a Neapolitan actor, writer, and composer. ...
February 20 is the 51st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ...
James Edwards Jimmy Yancey (c. ...
April 3 is the 93rd day of the year (94th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 272 days remaining. ...
George Jessel (April 3, 1898âMay 23, 1981) was a U.S. actor, singer, songwriter, and movie producer. ...
April 9 is the 99th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (100th in leap years). ...
USPS Black Heritage stamp Paul LeRoy Bustill Robeson (April 9, 1898 â January 23, 1976) was an American actor, athlete, singer, writer, and political and civil rights activist. ...
May 14 is the 134th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (135th in leap years). ...
Arthur James Singleton, much better known as Zutty Singleton (14 May 1898 - 14 July 1975) was a United States jazz drummer. ...
May 15 is the 135th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (136th in leap years). ...
Arletty (born Léonie Bathiat) (15 May 1898 _ 24 July 1992) was a French model, singer, and actress. ...
May 28 is the 148th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (149th in leap years). ...
Andy Kirk (May 28, 1898 - 1992) was a jazz bass saxophonist. ...
June 1 is the 152nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (153rd in leap years), with 213 days remaining. ...
Molly Picon Molly Picon was born Margaret Pyekoon in New York City on June 1, 1898. ...
June 6 is the 157th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (158th in leap years), with 208 days remaining. ...
At age 16 Dame Ninette de Valois (June 6, 1898 â March 8, 2001) was the Irish founder of Londons renowned Royal Ballet. ...
July 4 is the 185th day of the year (186th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 180 days remaining. ...
Gertrude Lawrence (June 4, 1898 - September 6, 1952) was an actress and musical performer popular in the 1930s-40s, appearing on stage in London and on Broadway, and in several films. ...
July 6 is the 187th day of the year (188th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 178 days remaining. ...
Hanns Eisler (July 6, 1898 - September 6, 1962) was a German and Austrian composer. ...
July 15 is the 196th day (197th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 169 days remaining. ...
Noel Gay born Reginald Armitage (July 15, 1898 - March 3, 1954) was one of the most successful British composers of popular music of the 1930s and 1940s. ...
August 15 is the 227th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (228th in leap years), with 138 days remaining. ...
Charles Tobias was born on August 15, 1898 in New York City. ...
August 24 is the 236th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (237th in leap years), with 129 days remaining. ...
Fred Rose (August 24, 1898 - December 1, 1954) was an American Hall of Fame songwriter and music publishing executive. ...
September 1 is the 244th day of the year (245th in leap years). ...
Marilyn Miller born Mary Ellen Reynolds September 1, 1898 Evansville, Indiana died April 7, 1936 New York, New York. ...
Violet Carson, in an interview with a reporter from the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 1966. ...
September 26 is the 269th day of the year (270th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 96 days remaining. ...
George Gershwin photograph by Edward Steichen in 1927. ...
September 27 is the 270th day of the year (271st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 95 days remaining. ...
Vincent Youmans (September 27, 1898 - April 5, 1946) was an American popular composer and Broadway producer. ...
October 18 is the 291st day of the year (292nd in Leap years). ...
Lotte Lenya (October 18, 1898 â November 27, 1981), singer and actor, born Karoline Wilhelmine Blamauer, in Vienna, Austria. ...
Kurt Weill, a photo taken in Salzburg, Austria, 1934 Kurt Julian Weill (March 2, 1900 â April 3, 1950), born in Dessau, Germany and died in New York, was a German composer active from the 1920s until his death. ...
November 1 is the 305th day of the year (306th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 60 days remaining. ...
Sippie Wallace, born as Beulah Thomas (1 November 1898 - 1 November 1986) was a United States blues singer, songwriter, and pianist. ...
December 5 is the 339th day (340th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Grace Moore photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1933 Mary Willie Grace Moore (December 5, 1898 - January 26, 1947) was an American operatic soprano and actress. ...
December 14 is the 348th day of the year (349th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ...
Lillian Randolph (December 14, 1898 - September 12, 1980) was an African American actress and singer, a veteran of radio, film, and television. ...
December 24 is the 358th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (359th in leap years). ...
Warren Baby Dodds (December 24, 1898–February 14, 1959) was a jazz drummer born in New Orleans, Louisiana. ...
Deaths March 28 is the 87th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (88th in Leap years). ...
Anton Seidl (7 May 1850 - 28 March 1898) was a Hungarian conductor. ...
August 17 is the 229th day of the year (230th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ...
Jean Antoine Zinnen (1827-1898) is the composer of the national anthem of Luxembourg, Ons Hémécht. ...
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