See also: 1902 in music, other events of 1903, 1904 in music and the list of 'years in music'. See also: 1901 in music, other events of 1902, 1903 in music and the list of years in music. Events April 30 - Claude Debussys opera Pelléas et Mélisande is premiered at the Opéra-Comique in Paris June 9 - the first complete performance of Gustav Mahlers... 1903 (MCMIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... See also: 1903 in music, other events of 1904, 1905 in music and the list of years in music. Events January 13 - Béla Bartóks symphonic poem Kossuth is premiered in Budapest, becoming his first major work to be performed February 17 - Puccinis Madame Butterfly debuts in... This page indexes the individual year in music pages. ...

Events

• February 11 - Anton Bruckner's 9th Symphony premieres in Vienna
• Enrico Caruso joins cast of New York's Metropolitan Opera Company and makes first records for the Victor Talking Machine Company
• Mississippi John Hurt begins performing
• Victor Herbert's Babes in Toyland premieres

February 11 is the 42nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Anton Bruckner Anton Bruckner (4 September 1824–11 October 1896) was an Austrian composer of the Romantic era. ... Anton Bruckners Symphony No. ... Vienna (German: Wien [viːn]; Hungarian: Bécs, Czech: Vídeň, Slovak: Viedeň, Romany Vidnya; Serbian: Beč) is the capital of Austria, and also one of Austrias nine states (Land Wien). ... Enrico Caruso Enrico Caruso (February 25, 1873–August 2, 1921) was one of the most famous tenors in the history of opera. ... The Victor Talking Machine Company (1901 - 1929) was a United States corporation, the leading American producer of phonographs and phonograph records and one of the leading phonograph companies in the world at the time. ... Mississippi John Smith Hurt (March 8, 1892 , Teoc, Carroll County, Mississippi - November 2, 1966, Grenada, Mississippi) was an influential blues singer and guitarist. ... Victor August Herbert (February 1, 1859–May 26, 1924) was a popular composer of light opera. ... Victor Herberts 1903 operetta Babes in Toyland wove together various characters from Mother Goose nursery rhymes into a musical-- mainly because librettist Glen MacDonough wanted to cash in on the Wizard of Oz phenomena sweeping Broadway that year. ...

Published popular music

• "Always In The Way" w.m. Charles K. Harris
• "Always Leave Them Laughing When You Say Goodbye" w.m. George M. Cohan
• "Are We To Part Like This?" w.m. Harry Castling & Charles Collins
• "Bedelia" w. William Jerome m. Jean Schwartz
• "The Beer That Made Milwaukee Famous" w.m. Dan McAvoy
• "The Burning of Rome" by E.T. Paull
• "By The Sycamore Tree" w. George V. Hobart m. Max Hoffmann
• "Congo Love Song" w.m. Bob Cole & J. Rosamond Johnson
• "Daisy Donahue" w. James O'Dea m. Robert J. Adams
• "Dear Old Girl" w. Richard Henry Buck m. Theodore F. Morse
• "Dear Sing Sing" Schwartz
• "Down At The Old Bull And Bush" w.m. Andrew B. Sterling m. Harry Von Tilzer
• "Flowers Of Dixieland" w. Edgar Smith m. J. Rosamond Johnson
• "General Hardtack On Guard" w.m. Dave Reed Jr
• "Good-bye, Eliza Jane" w. Andrew B. Sterling m. Harry Von Tilzer
• "Hamlet Was A Melancholy Dane" w. William Jerome m. Jean Schwartz
• "Hannah!" by Joseph Farrell
• "He Was A Sailor" w. William Jerome m. Jean Schwartz
• "Hurrah For Baffin's Bay" w. Vincent Bryan m. Theodore F. Morse
• "I Can't Do The Sum" w. Glen MacDonough m. Victor Herbert
• "I Could Love You In A Steam Heat Flat" w. Vincent Bryan m. J. B. Mullen
• "I Never Could Love Like That" Bowman, Johns
• "Ida, Sweet As Apple Cider" w. Eddie Leonard m. Eddie Munson
• "I'm A Jonah Man" w.m. Alex Rogers
• "I'm On The Water Wagon Now" w. Paul West m. John Walter Bratton
• "I'm Thinking Of You All The While" Reed Jnr
• "I'm Wearing My Heart Away For You" w.m. Charles K. Harris
• "In The Village By The Sea" w. Andrew B. Sterling m. Stanley Crawford
• "Indolence" Jason Mathews
• "Is Your Mother In, Molly Malone?" w.m. Mills & Everard
• "It Takes The Irish To Beat The Dutch" w. Edward Madden m. Theodore F. Morse
• "It Was The Dutch" w. Vincent Bryan m. J. B. Mullen
• "It's The Man In The Sailor Suit" w. Fred C. Farrell m. Theodore F. Morse
• "Jack Tar March" by John Philip Sousa
• "Julie" w. William Jerome m. Jean Schwartz
• "Lazy Moon" w. Bob Cole m. J. Rosamond Johnson
• "Like A Star That Falls From Heaven" w. Arthur Lamb m. Kerry Mills
• "Little Yellow Bird" w.m. C. W. Murphy & William Hargreaves
• "The Maid Of Timbucktoo" w. James Weldon Johnson m. Bob Cole
• "The March Of The Toys" m. Victor Herbert
• "Main Gazebo" Chris Praetorius
• "Mary Ellen" Bryan, Lemonier
• "Melody Of Love" w. Tom Glazer m. H. Engelmann
• "The Military Band" m. Victor Herbert
• "Moriaty" w. Charles Horwitz m. Fred V. Bowers
• "Mother O' Mine" w. Rudyard Kipling m. Frank E. Tours
• "My Cosy Corner Girl" w. Charles Noel Douglas m. John Walter Bratton
• "My Hula Lula Girl" by Jean Schwartz & William Jerome
• "My Little Coney Isle" w. Andrew B. Sterling m. Harry Von Tilzer
• "My Little Creole Babe" w.m. Maude Nugent
• "My Little 'Rang Outang" Madden, Morse
• "Navajo" w. Harry H. Williams m. Egbert Van Alstyne
• "Nellie Dean" w.m. Harry Armstrong
• "An Old Man's Darling" w.m. Fred Murray & George Everard
• "Only A Dream Of A Golden Past" w. Alfred Bryan m. Stanley Crawford
• "Out Where The Breakers Roar" w. Harlow Hyde m. H. W. Petrie
• "Over The Pilsner Foam" w. Vincent Bryan m. J. B. Mullen
• "Palm Leaf Rag" by Scott Joplin
• "Please Mother, Buy Me A Baby" w.m. Will D. Cobb & Gus Edwards
• "The Saftest Of The Family" w. Harry Lauder & Bobry Beaton m. Harry Lauder
• "Save It For Me" w. James Weldon Johnson m. Bob Cole
• "Spring Beautiful Spring" m. Paul Lincke
• "Stop Your Ticklin', Jock" w. Harry Lauder & Frank Folley m. Harry Lauder
• "Summer Breeze March & Two-Step" by James Scott
• "There's A Little Street In Heaven That They Call Broadway" w. Jack T. Waldron & A. Baldwin Sloane m. A. Baldwin Sloane
• "Toyland" w. Glen MacDonough m. Victor Herbert
• "The Toymaker's Shop" m. Victor Herbert
• "Two Eyes Of Blue" w. George H. Taylor m. Leslie Stuart
• "Two Eyes Of Brown" w. Edward Madden m. Stephen Howard
• "Under A Panama" Bryan, Mullen
• "Under The Anheuser Bush" w.m. Andrew B. Sterling & Harry Von Tilzer
• "Up In A Coconut Tree" Madden, Morse
• "Upper Broadway After Dark" w. Edward Gardinier m. Maurice Levi
• "When I'm Away From You Dear" w.m. Paul Dresser
• "The Woodchuck Song" w. Robert Hobart Davis m. Theodore F. Morse
• "The Wreck Of The Old '97" w.m. Henry C. Work
• "Your Dad Gave His Life For His Country" w. Harry J. Breen m. T. Mayo Geary
• "You're The Flower Of My Heart, Sweet Adeline" w. Richard H. Gerard m. Henry W. Armstrong

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Sterling, born on August 26, 1874 in New York City is famous lyricist. ... Harry Von Tilzer (July 8, 1872 - January 10, 1946) was a very popular United States songwriter. ... 1933 photograph of J. Rosamond Johnson by Carl Van Vechten John Rosamond Johnson (1873–1954), most often referred to as J. Rosamond Johnson, was a composer and singer during the Harlem Renaissance. ... Andrew B. Sterling, born on August 26, 1874 in New York City is famous lyricist. ... Harry Von Tilzer (July 8, 1872 - January 10, 1946) was a very popular United States songwriter. ... William Jerome (1865 - 1932) was a United States songwriter. ... Jean Schwartz (November 4, 1878 - November 30, 1956) was a songwriter. ... William Jerome (1865 - 1932) was a United States songwriter. ... Jean Schwartz (November 4, 1878 - November 30, 1956) was a songwriter. ... Theodore F. Morse (April 13, 1873 - May 25, 1924 was an American composer of popular songs. ... Victor August Herbert (February 1, 1859–May 26, 1924) was a popular composer of light opera. ... Charles Kassel Harris (May 1, 1867 – December 2, 1930) was a well regarded American songwriter of popular music. ... Andrew B. Sterling, born on August 26, 1874 in New York City is famous lyricist. ... Sorry, I do not know much about him except that he wrote the lyrics for By the light of the silvery moon, set by Gus Edwards Gus_Edwards_(songwriter) and published in 1909. ... Theodore F. Morse (April 13, 1873 - May 25, 1924 was an American composer of popular songs. ... Theodore F. Morse (April 13, 1873 - May 25, 1924 was an American composer of popular songs. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... William Jerome (1865 - 1932) was a United States songwriter. ... Jean Schwartz (November 4, 1878 - November 30, 1956) was a songwriter. ... Robert Bob Cole (July 11, 1861–August 2, 1911), American composer, actor, playwright, and stage producer and director. ... 1933 photograph of J. Rosamond Johnson by Carl Van Vechten John Rosamond Johnson (1873–1954), most often referred to as J. Rosamond Johnson, was a composer and singer during the Harlem Renaissance. ... Kerry Mills (February 1, 1869 - December 5, 1948) was an American composer of popular music during the Tin Pan Alley era. ... James Weldon Johnson, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1932 James Weldon Johnson (June 17, 1871 - June 26, 1938) was a leading African American author, poet, early civil rights activist, and prominent figure in the Harlem Renaissance. ... Robert Bob Cole (July 11, 1861–August 2, 1911), American composer, actor, playwright, and stage producer and director. ... Victor August Herbert (February 1, 1859–May 26, 1924) was a popular composer of light opera. ... Victor August Herbert (February 1, 1859–May 26, 1924) was a popular composer of light opera. ... Rudyard Kipling Joseph Rudyard Kipling (December 30, 1865 – January 18, 1936) was a British author and poet, born in India. ... Jean Schwartz (November 4, 1878 - November 30, 1956) was a songwriter. ... William Jerome (1865 - 1932) was a United States songwriter. ... Andrew B. Sterling, born on August 26, 1874 in New York City is famous lyricist. ... Harry Von Tilzer (July 8, 1872 - January 10, 1946) was a very popular United States songwriter. ... Maude Nugent (1877 - 1958) was a U.S. songwriter. ... Egbert Anson Van Alstyne (born, according to differing sources, March 4 or March 6, 1878; died July 9, 1951) was a United States songwriter and pianist. ... Scott Joplin (ca. ... Will D. Cobb (born July 6th, 1876 in Philadelphia - died January 20th1930 in New York) was a famous lyricist and composer. ... Gus Edwards (August 18, 1879 - November 7, 1945) was a songwriter and vaudevillian. ... Sir Harry Lauder, KBE (4 August 1870 - 26 February 1950) was a very famous Scottish entertainer, described by Sir Winston Churchill as Scotlands greatest ever ambassador! // Early Years Born Henry Lauder at 4 Bridge Street Portobello, the residence of his mother’s father, he was the eldest son of... Sir Harry Lauder, KBE (4 August 1870 - 26 February 1950) was a very famous Scottish entertainer, described by Sir Winston Churchill as Scotlands greatest ever ambassador! // Early Years Born Henry Lauder at 4 Bridge Street Portobello, the residence of his mother’s father, he was the eldest son of... James Weldon Johnson, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1932 James Weldon Johnson (June 17, 1871 - June 26, 1938) was a leading African American author, poet, early civil rights activist, and prominent figure in the Harlem Renaissance. ... Robert Bob Cole (July 11, 1861–August 2, 1911), American composer, actor, playwright, and stage producer and director. ... 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Leslie Stuart (1864-1928) was an English composer of early musical theatre, best known for the hit show Florodora (1899). ... Andrew B. Sterling, born on August 26, 1874 in New York City is famous lyricist. ... Harry Von Tilzer (July 8, 1872 - January 10, 1946) was a very popular United States songwriter. ... Paul Dresser (born April 22, 1859; died January 31, 1906) was an important American songwriter in the late 19th century and early 20th century. ... Theodore F. Morse (April 13, 1873 - May 25, 1924 was an American composer of popular songs. ...

Recorded popular music

• "Always In The Way" (w.m. Charles K. Harris)
  - Byron G. Harlan on Edison Records
  
• "Any Rags?" (w.m. Thomas S. Allen)
  - Arthur Collins on Edison
  
• "The Arrow And The Song" (w. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow m. Michael William Balfe)
  - Herbert Goddard on Victor Records
  
• "Badinage" (m. Victor Herbert)
  - Edison Grand Concert Band on Edison
  
• "Bedelia" (w. William Jerome m. Jean Schwartz)
  - George J. Gaskin on Columbia Records
  - Edward M. Favor on Columbia
  - Billy Murray on Edison
  
• "The Beer That Made Milwaukee Famous" (w.m. Dan McAvoy)
  - Edward M. Favor on Edison
  - Dan W. Quinn on Victor
  
• "Blaze Away" (m. Abe Holzmann)
  - banjos Vess L. Ossman & Bill Farmer on Victor
  
• "Blaze Away" (m. Abe Holzmann)
  - Kendle's Band on Victor
  
• "By The Sycamore Tree" (w. George V. Hobart m. Max Hoffmann)
  - Harry Macdonough on Edison
  - Bob Roberts on Columbia
  - Billy Murray on Victor
  
• "Come Down Ma' Evenin' Star" (w. Robert B. Smith m. John Stromberg)
  - Mina Hickman on Victor
  
• "Congo Love Song" (w.m. Bob Cole & J. Rosamond Johnson)
  - Harry Macdonough on Edison
  - Mina Hickman on Victor
  
• "Could You Be True To Eyes Of Blue If You Looked Into Eyes Of Brown?" (w.m. Will D. Cobb & Gus Edwards)
  - Harry Macdonough on Victor
  
• "The Country Girl" (w. Stanislaus Stange m. Julian Edwards)
  - Vesta Victoria on Gramophone Records
  
• "Didn't Know Exactly What To Do" (w. Frank Pixley m. Gustav Luders)
  - Edward M. Favor on Edison
  
• "Down On The Farm" (w. Raymond A. Browne m. Harry Von Tilzer)
  - Franklyn Wallace on Edison
  
• "Flowers Of Dixieland" (w. Edgar Smith m. J. Rosamond Johnson)
  - Franklyn Wallace on Edison
  
• "The Gambling Man(1)" (w. William Jerome m. Jean Schwartz)
  - Silas Leachman on Victor
  
• "Good-bye, Eliza Jane" (w. Andrew B. Sterling m. Harry Von Tilzer)
  - Arthur Collins on Edison
  
• "Hamlet Was A Melancholy Dane" (w. William Jerome m. Jean Schwartz)
  - Edward M. Favor on Edison
  
• "He Ought To Have A Tablet In The Hall of Fame" (w. Arthur L. Robb m. John W. Bratton)
  - Edward M. Favor on Edison
  
• "He Was A Sailor" (w. William Jerome m. Jean Schwartz)
  - Collins & Harlan on Edison
  
• "Heidelberg Stein Song" (w. Frank Pixley m. Gustav Luders)
  - Harry Macdonough on Edison & Victor
  
• "Hiawatha" (w. James O'Dea m. Neil Moret)
  - Edison Grand Concert Band on Edison
  - Harry Macdonough on Edison
  - Metropolitan Orchestra on Victor
  - Sousa's Band on Victor
  
• "Hurrah For Baffin's Bay" (w. Vincent Bryan m. Theodore F. Morse)
  - Collins & Harlan on Edison
  - Dan W. Quinn on Victor
  
• "I Could Love You In A Steam Heat Flat" (w. Vincent Bryan m. J. B. Mullen)
  - Harry West on Edison
  
• "I Like You, Lil, For Fair" (Ade, Loraine)
  - Billy Murray on Victor
  
• "I Never Could Love Like That" (Bowman, Johns)
  - Billy Murray on Victor
  
• "I Want To Be A Lidy" (w. George Dance m. George Dee)
  - Clarke's Band Of Providence on Victor
  
• "I Wonder Why Bill Bailey Don't Come Home" (w.m. Frank Fogerty, Matt C. Woodward & William Jerome)
  - Arthur Collins on Victor & Edison
  
• "I'll Wed You In The Golden Summertime" (w. Alfred Bryan m. Stanley Crawford)
  - John H. Bieling & Harry Macdonough on Victor
  
• "I'm A Jonah Man" (w.m. Alex Rogers)
  - Dan W. Quinn on Victor
  - Arthur Collins on Edison & Victor
  
• "I'm Thinking Of You All The While" (Reed Jnr)
  - Billy Murray on Victor
  
• "I'm Wearing My Heart Away For You" (w.m. Charles K. Harris)
  - Harry Macdonough & John H. Bieling on Victor
  
• "In Silence" (w. Sydney Rosenfeld m. A. Baldwin Sloane)
  - Arthur Clifford on Edison
  
• "In The City Of Sighs And Tears" (w. Andrew B. Sterling m. Kerry Mills)
  - J. W. Myers on Victor
  
• "In The Good Old Summertime" (w. Ren Shields m. George Evans)
  - Haydn Quartette on Victor
  - S. H. Dudley & Harry Macdonough with Sousa's Band on Victor
  - Harry Macdonough on Victor
  
• "In The Sweet Bye And Bye" (w. Vincent P. Bryan m. Harry Von Tilzer)
  - J. Aldrich Libbey on Edison
  
• "In The Village By The Sea" (w. Andrew B. Sterling m. Stanley Crawford)
  - Byron G. Harlan on Edison
  
• "It Takes The Irish To Beat The Dutch" (w. Edward Madden m. Theodore F. Morse)
  - Billy Murray on Victor Monarch
  
• "It Was The Dutch" (w. Vincent Bryan m. J. B. Mullen)
  - Collins & Harlan on Edison
  
• "Juanita" (w. Caroline Norton m. trad Sp.)
  - Haydn Quartette on Victor
  
• "Julie" (w. Wiliam Jerome m. Jean Schwartz)
  - Edward M. Favor on Edison
  
• "Just For Tonight(1)" (w.m. Frank O. French)
  - Albert C. Campbell on Edison
  
• "The Leader Of The Frocks And Frills" (w. Robert H. Smith m. Melville Ellis)
  - Clarke's Band of Providence on Victor
  
• "Like A Star That Falls From Heaven" (w. Arthur Lamb m. Kerry Mills)
  - Joe Natus on Victor
  
• "The Maid Of Timbucktoo" (w. James Weldon Johnson m. Bob Cole)
  - Harry Macdonough on Edison
  
• "Massa's In De Cold Ground" (w. m. Stephen Collins Foster)
  - Edison Male Quartette on Edison
  
• "Meet Me When The Sun Goes Down" (w. Vincent Bryan m. Harry von Tilzer)
  - William H. Thompson on Victor
  
• "Melody Of Love" (w. Tom Glazer m. H. Engelmann)
  - Edison Symphony Orchestra on Edison
  
• "The Message Of The Rose" (w. Will A. Heelan m. Leo Edwards)
  - George Seymour Lenox on Edison
  
• "The Message Of The Violet" (w. Frank Pixley m. Gustav Luders)
  - J. W. Myers on Victor
  
• "Mighty Lak' A Rose" (w. Frank L. Stanton m. Ethelbert Nevin)
  - Arthur Clifford on Edison
  
• "Moriaty" (w. Charles Horwitz m. Fred V. Bowers)
  - Collins & Harlan on Edison
  
• "My Cosy Corner Girl" (w. Charles Noel Douglas m. John W. Bratton)
  - Henry Burr on Columbia
  - Harry Macdonough on Edison
  
• "My Little Coney Isle" (w. Andrew B. Sterling m. Harry von Tilzer)
  - Harry Tally on Edison
  
• "My Little 'Rang Outang" (Madden, Morse)
  - Billy Murray on Victor
  
• "My Own United States" (w. Stanislaus Stange m. Julian Edwards)
  - J. W. Myers on Victor
  
• "My Sulu Lulu Loo" (w. George Ade m. Nat D. Mann)
  - Clarke's Band Of Providence on Victor
  
• "Only A Dream Of A Golden Past" (w. Alfred Bryan m. Stanley Crawford)
  - Franklyn Wallace on Edison
  
• "Out Where The Breakers Roar" (w. Harlow Hyde m. H. W. Petrie)
  - Frank C. Stanley on Edison
  
• "Please Mother, Buy Me A Baby" (w.m. Will D. Cobb & Gus Edwards)
  - Byron G. Harlan on Victor & Edison
  
• "Pretty Little Dinah Jones" (w.m. J. B. Mullen)
  - Harry Macdonough on Edison
  
• "R-E-M-O-R-S-E" (w. George Ade m. Alfred G. Wathall)
  - Joe Natus on Victor
  
• "Sal" (w.m. Paul Rubens)
  - Madge Crichton with piano Landon Ronald on Gramophone & Typewriter Records
  
• "Sammy" (w. James O'Dea m. Edward Hutchinson)
  - Harry Macdonough on Edison
  
• "Sammy" (w. James O'Dea m. Edward Hutchinson)
  - Henry Burr on Columbia
  
• "Sly Musette" (w. Sydney Rosenfeld m. A. Baldwin Sloane)
  - Harry Macdonough on Edison
  
• "Tell Me Dusky Maiden" (w. James Weldon Johnson & Bob Cole m. J. Rosamond Johnson)
  - S. H. Dudley & Harry Macdonough on Victor
  
• "Then I'd Be Satisfied With Life" (w.m. George M. Cohan)
  - Edward M. Favor on Edison
  
• "There's One In A Million Like You" (w. Grant Clarke m. Jean Schwartz)
  - Walter Van Brunt on Edison
  
• "Two Eyes Of Blue" (w. George H. Taylor m. Leslie Stuart)
  - Harry Macdonough on Victor
  - Mina Hickman on Victor
  
• "Under The Bamboo Tree" (w.m. Bob Cole & J. Rosamond Johnson)
  - Mina Hickman on Victor
  
• "Up In A Coconut Tree" (Madden, Morse)
  - Billy Murray on Victor Monarch
  
• "Upper Broadway After Dark" (w. Edward Gardinier m. Maurice Levi)
  - Edward M. Favor on Edison
  
• "The Vacant Chair" (w. Henry S. Washburne m. George Frederick Root)
  - Byron G. Harlan on Edison
  
• "Wait At The Gate For Me" (w. Ren Shields m. Theodore F. Morse)
  - J. W. Myers on Victor
  
• "What's The Matter With The Moon Tonight?" (w. Sydney Rosenfeld m. A. Baldwin Sloane)
  - Arthur Clifford on Edison
  
• "When The Fields Are White With Cotton" (w. Robert F. Roden w. Max S. Witt)
  - Franklyn Wallace on Edison
  
• "When We Were Two Little Boys" (w. Edward Madden m. Theodore F. Morse)
  - Billy Murray on Victor
  

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Victor August Herbert (February 1, 1859–May 26, 1924) was a popular composer of light opera. ... William Jerome (1865 - 1932) was a United States songwriter. ... Jean Schwartz (November 4, 1878 - November 30, 1956) was a songwriter. ... Columbia Records is the oldest continually used brand name in recorded sound, dating back to 1888. ... Billy Murray (25 May 1877 - 17 August 1954) was one of the most popular singers in the United States in the early decades of the 20th century. ... 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 ... Bill Farmer is an American voice actor. ... Max Hoffmann Max Hoffmann (January 25, 1869 - July 8, 1927) was a German officer and military strategist during World War I. He is widely regarded as one of the finest staff officers of the imperial period. ... Robert B. Smith was the mayor of Newport News, Virginia from September 1, 1956 to June 30, 1958. ... 1933 photograph of J. Rosamond Johnson by Carl Van Vechten John Rosamond Johnson (1873–1954), most often referred to as J. Rosamond Johnson, was a composer and singer during the Harlem Renaissance. ... Will D. Cobb (born July 6th, 1876 in Philadelphia - died January 20th1930 in New York) was a famous lyricist and composer. ... Gus Edwards (August 18, 1879 - November 7, 1945) was a songwriter and vaudevillian. ... Vesta Victoria (November 26, 1873 – April 7, 1951) was an English music hall singer and comedienne. ... Harry Von Tilzer (July 8, 1872 - January 10, 1946) was a very popular United States songwriter. ... Andrew B. Sterling, born on August 26, 1874 in New York City is famous lyricist. ... 1903 Im A Jonah Man (w. ... music available on Archive. ... music available on Archive. ... Vincent Patrick Bryan (June 22, 1878 - April 27, 1937) was a composer and lyricist. ... Harry West Leader of the Ulster Unionist Party from 1974 to 1979. ... Alfred Bryan (September 15, 1871 _ April 1, 1958) was a United States songwriter. ... Although virtually forgotten today, at the start of the Twentieth Century The Haydn Quartet were undisputed kings of the Barbershop sound. ... Sorry, I do not know much about him except that he wrote the lyrics for By the light of the silvery moon, set by Gus Edwards Gus_Edwards_(songwriter) and published in 1909. ... Theodore F. Morse (April 13, 1873 - May 25, 1924 was an American composer of popular songs. ... James Weldon Johnson, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1932 James Weldon Johnson (June 17, 1871 - June 26, 1938) was a leading African American author, poet, early civil rights activist, and prominent figure in the Harlem Renaissance. ... Stephen Foster Stephen Collins Foster (July 4, 1826 - January 13, 1864) was the pre-eminent songwriter in the United States of his era. ... Edward Edson Lee (born September 2, 1884; died September 28, 1944), who wrote under the pen name of Leo Edwards, was a popular childrens literature author in the 1920s and 1930s. ... Ethelbert Woodbridge Nevin November 25, 1862 - February 17, 1901 American pianist and composer. ... Will D. Cobb (born July 6th, 1876 in Philadelphia - died January 20th1930 in New York) was a famous lyricist and composer. ... Gus Edwards (August 18, 1879 - November 7, 1945) was a songwriter and vaudevillian. ... Pieter Pauwel (Peter Paul) Rubens (June 28, 1577 - May 30, 1640) was a Flemish baroque painter. ... Landon Ronald (1873-1938), born Landon Ronald Russell was an English conductor, composer, pianist and administrator, born in London, England. ... George M. Cohan George Michael Cohan (July 1878 – 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). ... George Frederick Root (1820 – 1895) was a popular American songwriter during the Civil War. ... Theodore F. Morse (April 13, 1873 - May 25, 1924 was an American composer of popular songs. ... Sorry, I do not know much about him except that he wrote the lyrics for By the light of the silvery moon, set by Gus Edwards Gus_Edwards_(songwriter) and published in 1909. ...

Classical music

• The Apostles (oratorio) by Edward Elgar
• The Bells by Joseph Holbrooke
• Romance for Cello and Piano/Orchestra by A. E. Håkon Borresen
• Sea Drift by Frederick Delius
• Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 1 by Joseph Jongen
• Slovak Suite by Vítězslav Novák

An oratorio is a large musical composition for orchestra, vocal soloists and chorus. ... Sir Edward Elgar Sir Edward William Elgar, 1st Baronet, OM, GCVO (2 June 1857 â€“ 23 February 1934) was an English composer, born in the small village of Lower Broadheath outside Worcester, Worcestershire, to William Elgar, a piano tuner and music dealer, and his wife Ann. ... Joseph Charles Holbrooke (b. ... Frederick Delius (January 29, 1862 – June 10, 1934) was an English composer born in Bradford. ... Joseph Jongen (December 14, 1873–July 12, 1953) was a Belgian organist, composer, and music educator. ... VítÄ›zslav Novák (December 5, 1870 – July 18, 1949) was a Czech composer and teacher. ...

Opera

• Tiefland - Eugen d'Albert
• Giovanna di Napoli - Juan Manen

This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Eugen Francis Charles dAlbert (April 10, 1864 – March 3, 1932) was a pianist and composer of Scottish birth who lived primarily in Germany. ...

Musical theater

• Babes In Toyland Broadway production
• The Cherry Girl London production
• The Duchess Of Dantzic London production
• The Earl And The Girl London production
• In Dahomey Broadway and London productions
• The Jersey Lily Broadway production
• Madame Sherry Vienna and London productions
• The Medal And The Maid London production
• The Orchid London production
• The Rogers Brothers In London Broadway production
• Three Little Maids Broadway production opened at Daly's Theatre on September 1 and ran for 130 performances
• Véronique London production
• The Wizard of Oz [1] Broadway production

Musical theater (or theatre) is a form of theatre combining music, songs, dance, and spoken dialogue. ... Victor Herberts 1903 operetta Babes in Toyland wove together various characters from Mother Goose nursery rhymes into a musical-- mainly because librettist Glen MacDonough wanted to cash in on the Wizard of Oz phenomena sweeping Broadway that year. ... In Dahomey is first Broadway musical by black people - Williams & Walker, and starring black people. ... Note on spelling: While most Americans use er (as per American spelling conventions), the majority of venues, performers and trade groups for live theatre use re. ... September 1 is the 244th day of the year (245th in leap years). ...

Births

• January 4 - Carroll Gibbons
• February 6 - Claudio Arrau, pianist
• February 12 - Todd Duncan, American baritone, first Porgy in Porgy and Bess
• March 10 - Bix Beiderbecke, jazz musician
• April 3 - Bubber Miley, jazz trumpeter
• May 3 - Bing Crosby, US singer and actor
• May 12 - Lennox Berkeley, composer
• May 26 - Bob Hope, English-born US actor, comedian and singer
• June 6 - Aram Khachaturian, composer
• June 18 - Jeanette MacDonald, US singer and actress
• June 26 - St. Louis Jimmy Oden, blues singer
• July 3 - Dick Robertson, US singer
• July 10 - Helen Pickens of the Pickens Sisters US singing group
• July 16 - Carmen Lombardo, Canadian singer, composer and saxophonist
• August 4 - Helen Kane, US singer
• September 15 - Roy Claxton Acuff, Country and Western singer
• September 16 - Joe Venuti, US jazz violinist
• October 1 (probable) - Vladimir Horowitz, pianist
• October 10 - Vladimir Dukelsky aka Vernon Duke, composer
• October 16 - Big Joe Williams, blues musician
• October 29 - Yvonne Georgi, ballet dancer and choreographer
• December 5 - Johannes Heesters, all-round entertainer
• December 17 - Ray Noble, bandleader, composer and arranger
• date unknown - Jules Bledsoe, operatic baritone
• date unknown - Caterina Jarboro, operatic soprano

January 4 is the 4th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... February 6 is the 37th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Claudio Arrau Claudio Arrau (February 6, 1903–June 9, 1991) was a Chilean-American pianist, of world fame for his interpretations of a huge repertory spanning from the baroque to 20th-century composers. ... February 12 is the 43rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Robert Todd Duncan (1903-1998) was an American baritone. ... The cast of Porgy and Bess during the Boston try-out prior to the Broadway opening. ... March 10 is the 69th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (70th in Leap years). ... Bix Beiderbecke (March 10, 1903 – August 6, 1931) was a notable jazz cornet player. ... April 3 is the 93rd day of the year (94th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 272 days remaining. ... James Bubber Miley (April 3, 1903 - May 20, 1932) was an early jazz trumpeter, specializing in the use of the plunger mute. ... May 3 is the 123rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (124th in leap years). ... Harry Lillis Crosby, better known as Bing Crosby (May 3, 1903 – October 14, 1977) was one of the most popular and influential American singers and actors of the 20th century whose career flourished from 1926 until his death in 1977. ... May 12 is the 132nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (133rd in leap years). ... Sir Lennox Berkeley (May 12, 1903 - December 26, 1989) was a British composer. ... May 26 is the 146th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (147th in leap years). ... Bob Hope receiving an (honorary) Oscar Leslie Townes Hope, KBE (May 29, 1903 – July 27, 2003), otherwise known as Bob Hope, was a famous American entertainer who appeared in vaudeville, on Broadway, on radio and television, in movies and in U.S. Army concerts. ... June 6 is the 157th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (158th in leap years), with 208 days remaining. ... Aram Ilich Khachaturian (Armenian: Ô±Ö€Õ¡Õ´ Ô½Õ¡Õ¹Õ¡Õ¿Ö€ÕµÕ¡Õ¶, Aram Xačatryan; Russian: Аpaм Ильич XaчaÑ‚ypян, Aram Ilič Hačaturjan) (June 6, 1903 – May 1, 1978) was a composer of classical music. ... June 18 is the 169th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (170th in leap years), with 196 days remaining. ... Jeanette MacDonald Jeanette MacDonald (June 18, 1903 – January 14, 1965) was a singer and actress best known for her film duets with Nelson Eddy, in films such as Naughty Marietta (1935) and Rose-Marie (1936). ... June 26 is the 177th day of the year (178th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 188 days remaining. ... James Burke St. ... July 3 is the 184th day of the year (185th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 181 days remaining. ... July 10 is the 191st day (192nd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 174 days remaining. ... July 16 is the 197th day (198th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 168 days remaining. ... Carmen Lombardo (July 16, 1903 - April 17, 1971) was the younger brother of bandleader Guy Lombardo. ... August 4 is the 216th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (217th in leap years), with 149 days remaining. ... Helen Kane (August 4, 1903 - September 26, 1966) was an American popular singer, best known for her boop-boop-a-doop trademark and her signature song, I Wanna Be Loved By You. Fleischer Studios animator Grim Natwick used Kane as the model for his studios most famous creation, Betty... September 15 is the 258th day of the year (259th in leap years). ... Roy Claxton Acuff (15 September 1903–23 November 1992) was an American country musician. ... September 16 is the 259th day of the year (260th in leap years). ... Giuseppe Venuti (Joe) (September 16, 1903 - August 14, 1978) was a U.S. jazz musician and violinist. ... October 1 is the 274th day of the year (275th in Leap years). ... Vladimir Horowitz (Russian: Владимир Самойлович Горовиц, Ukrainian: Володимир Самійлович Горовиць) (OS 18 September, NS October 1, 1903 – November 5, 1989) was a classical pianist of Jewish origin. ... October 10 is the 283rd day of the year (284th in Leap years). ... Vernon Duke (1903-1969), composer/songwriter, wrote such favorites as I Cant Get Started with lyrics by Ira Gershwin, April In Paris with lyrics by E.Y. (Yip) Harburg (1932), and What Is There To Say for The Ziegfeld Follies of 1934 also with Harburg. ... October 16 is the 289th day of the year (290th in Leap years). ... Big Joe Williams (October 16, 1903 - December 17, 1982) was an American blues musician and songwriter, known for his characteristic style of guitar-playing, his nine-string guitar, and his bizarre, cantankerous personality. ... October 29 is the 302nd day of the year (303rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 63 days remaining. ... Yvonne Georgi (October 29, 1903 - January 25, 1975) was a German dancer, choreographer and ballet mistress. ... December 5 is the 339th day (340th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Heesters in the good old days Johannes Heesters (born December 5, 1903) is a Dutch actor, singer, and entertainer who can look back on an 83-year career, almost exclusively in the German-speaking world. ... December 17 is the 351st day of the year (352nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Ray Noble was a British bandleader, composer, arranger and actor. ... Jules Bledsoe (1903–1943), baritone, was an renowned opera singer and the first African American artist to gain regular employment in Broadway. ... Caterina Jarboro (1903–1986) was a pioneering African American opera singer. ...

Deaths

• January 28 - Robert Planquette, French composer (b. 1850)
• January 28 - Augusta Holmès, French composer
• February 11 - Henryk Szulc, composer (b. 1836)
• February 17 - Joseph Parry, composer
• February 22 - Hugo Wolf, composer (b. 1860)
• June 29 - Taki Rentaro, pianist and composer (b. 1879)
• date unknown - Samuel A. Ward, organist and composer (b. 1847)en:Musikåret 1903