1900 in music

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Contents 1 Events 2 Published popular music 3 Recorded popular music 4 Classical music 5 Opera 6 Musical theater 7 Births 8 Deaths

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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
• "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

[edit] 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
  

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] Deaths

• January 22 - David E. Hughes, musician and inventor
• March 9 - Charles-Louis Hanon, composer and piano teacher
• March 13 - Alicia Ann Spottiswoode, songwriter
• May 28 - George Grove, compiler of the well-known dictionary of music
• October 14 - Sándor Erkel, Hungarian composer, son of Ferenc Erkel
• October 15 - Zdeněk Fibich, composer
• November 22 - Sir Arthur Sullivan
• date unknown - Jovan Sundečić, lyricist of the Montenegro national anthem