1905 in music

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Events

January 26 - Arnold Schoenberg's symphonic poem Pelleas und Melisande is premiered in Vienna.
January 29 - Gustav Mahler's Kindertotenlieder is premiered in Vienna.
October - The opera house at Nancy, France, is destroyed by fire.
October 15 - Claude Debussy's La Mer is premiered in Paris.
September - The lyrics of Rabindranath Tagore's song "Amar Shonar Bangla" are published in two magazines. They are later adopted as the national anthem of Bangladesh.
December 28 - Premiere of The Merry Widow by Franz Lehár.
Otto Klemperer meets Mahler for the first time, while conducting one of his works.

Published popular music

"Amoureuse Waltz" Berger
"And The World Goes On Just The Same" w. Jean Lenox m. Harry O. Sutton
"Bandana Land" by Glen MacDonough
"Birth of the Flowers" m. Charles E. Roat
"Bunker Hill" w. Sam Erlich m. Albert Von Tilzer
"Can't You See That I'm Lonely" w. Felix Feist m. Harry Armstrong
"Carrisima" by Arthur Penn
"Caw-Caw-Caw" w.m. by Maurice Stonehill & Joe Nathan
"College Life" m. Hery Frantzen
"Come Clean" by Paul Sarebresole
"Daddy's Little Girl" w. Edward Madden m. Theodore F. Morse
"Dearie" w.m. Clare Kummer
"Down Where The Silv'ry Mohawk Flows" w. Monroe Rosenfeld m. John Heinzman & Otto Heinzman
"Everybody Works But Father" w.m. Jean Havez
"Farewell, Mister Abner Hemingway" w. William Jerome m. Jean Schwartz
"Forty-Five Minutes From Broadway" w.m. George M. Cohan from the musical of the same name.
"Friends That Are Good And True" Eysler
"G. O. P." Bryan, Hoffman
"Gee ! But This Is A Lonesome Town" Gaston
"The Girl Who Cares For Me" w. Will D. Cobb m. Gus Edwards
"Goodbye, Maggie Doyle" Schwartz
"Good-bye, Sweet Old Manhattan Isle" w. William Jerome m. Jean Schwartz
"Goodbye, Sweetheart, Goodbye" w. Arthur J. Lamb m. Harry von Tilzer
"Happy Heine" m. J. Bodewalt Lampe
"He's Me Pal" w. Vincent P. Bryan m. Gus Edwards
"Hiram Green, Good-bye" w. Henry Gillespie m. Clarence M. Chapel
"How'd You Like To Spoon With Me?" w. Edward Laska m. Jerome Kern
"I Don't Care" w. Jean Lenox m. Harry O. Sutton
"I Love A Lassie" w. Harry Lauder & George Grafton m. Harry Lauder
"I Want What I Want When I Want It" w. Henry Blossom m. Victor Herbert
"I Would Like To Marry You" w. m. Edward Laska
"If A Girl Like You Loved A Boy Like Me" w.m. Will D. Cobb m. Gus Edwards
"If The Man In The Moon Were A Coon" w.m. Fred Fisher
"I'm Getting Sleepy" w. Wilbur U. Gumm m. Joe Hollander
"I'm The Only Star That Twinkles On Broadway" w. Andrew B. Sterling m. Harry von Tilzer
"I'm Trying To Find A Sweetheart" w. Jean Lenox m. Henry O. Sutton
"In Dear Old Georgia" w. Harry Williams m. Egbert Van Alstyne
"In My Merry Oldsmobile" w. Vincent P. Bryan m. Gus Edwards
"In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree" w. Harry H. Williams m. Egbert Van Alstyne
"The Irish Girl I Love" w. George V. Hobart m. Max Hoffmann
"Is Everybody Happy ?" w. Frank Williams m. Ernest Hogan & Tom Lemonier
"It Ain't All Honey And It Ain't All Jam" w.m. Fred Murray & George Everard
"It's Allus De Same In Dixie" Cook
"I've Got A Little Money And I've Saved It All For You" Farrell, Silver
"I've Sweethearts In Every Port" Keith
"Jolly Pickaninnies" m. Ernst Rueffe
"Just A Little Rocking Chair And You" w. Bert Fitzgibbon & Jack Drislane m. Theodore F. Morse
"Keep A Little Cosy Corner In Your Heart For Me" w. Jack Drislane m. Theodore F. Morse
"Kiss Me Again" w. Henry Blossom m. Victor Herbert
"The Leader Of The German Band" w. Edward Madden m. Theodore F. Morse
"Little Girl, You'll Do" w. Benjamin Hapgood Burt m. Alfred Solman
"Mary's A Grand Old Name" w.m. George M. Cohan. From the musical Forty-five Minutes from Broadway.
"Meet Me Down At Luna, Lena" Brady, Johnston, Frantzen
"The Moon Has His Eyes On You" w. Billy Johnson m. Albert Von Tilzer
"Moonlight" w. James O'Dea m. Neil Moret
"My Dusky Rose" w.m. Thomas S. Allen
"My Gal Sal" w.m. Paul Dresser
"My Irish Maid" Hoffman
"My Irish Molly O" w. William Jerome m. Jean Schwartz
"Nellie Dean" Henry W. Armstrong
"Nobody" w. Alex Rogers m. Bert A. Williams
"On An Automobile Honeymoon" w. William Jerome m. Jean Schwartz
"On The Banks Of The Rhine With A Stein" w. Andrew B. Sterling m. Harry von Tilzer
"One Called "Mother" And The Other "Home Sweet Home"" w. William Cahill m. Theodore F. Morse
"Paddy's Day" Fogarty, Mullen
"Parade Of The Tin Soldiers" later known as "Parade Of The Wooden Soldiers" m. Leon Jessel
"Peaches And Cream" m. Percy Wenrich
"A Picnic For Two" w. Arthur J. Lamb m. Albert Von Tilzer
"Pretty Desdamone" w.m. F. Collins Wildman
"Put Me In My Little Cell" w P.G. Wodehouse, m Frederick Rosse
"Ramblin' Sam" w. Harry H. Williams m. Jean Schwartz
"Robinson Crusoe's Isle" w.m. Benjamin Hapgood Burt
"Rufus Rastus Johnson Brown" w. Andrew B. Sterling m. Harry Von Tilzer

"Say Yes, Honey, Do" by Sara E. Posey
"She Is My Daisy" w.m. Harry Lauder & J. D. Harper
"Silence And Fun" Mullen
"Since Nellie Went Away" w.m. Herbert H. Taylor
"So Long Mary" w.m. George M. Cohan
"Tammany" w. Vincent P. Bryan m. Gus Edwards
"To Be Loved by the Girl You Love" Irving J. Schloss
"The Umpire Is A Most Unhappy Man" w. Will M. Hough & Frank R. Adams m. Joseph E. Howard
"Violette" w. Dolly Jardon m. J. B. Mullen
"Wait 'Til The Sun Shines, Nellie" w. Andrew B. Sterling m. Harry Von Tilzer
"Waiting At The Church" w. Fred W. Leigh m. Henry E. Pether
"Waltzing With The Girl You Love" w.m. George Evans & Ren Shields
"When The Bell In The Lighthouse Rings Ding Dong" w. Arthur J. Lamb m. Alfred Solman
"Where The River Shannon Flows" w.m. James J. Russell
"The Whistler And His Dog" m. Arthur Pryor
"The Whole Damm Family" Smith, Von Tilzer
"Why Don't You Try?" w. Harry H. Williams m. Egbert Van Alstyne
"Will You Love Me In December" w. James J. Walker m. Ernest R. Ball
"A Woman Is Only A Woman But A Good Cigar Is A Smoke" w. Harry B. Smith m. Victor Herbert

Recorded popular music

"I Love A Lassie" by Harry Lauder

Classical music

Hugo Alfvén - Symphony No. 3 in E major
Claude Debussy - La mer
Edward Elgar - Introduction and Allegro for Strings
Nikolai Medtner - Fairy Tales for Piano (Opp. 8, 9)
Carl Nielsen - Søvnen (The Sleep)
Vítězslav Novák - Quartet for Strings No. 2 in D Major
Maurice Ravel - Introduction et Allegro, for harp, flute, clarinet and string quartet
Arnold Schoenberg - String Quartet No. 1, op. 7 in D minor.
Anton Webern - Langsamer Satz, String Quartet in one movement
Haydn Wood - Phantasy String Quartet

Opera

Frederick Converse - The Pipe of Desire
Leo Fall - Irrlicht
Manuel de Falla - La Vida breve (Libretto by Fernández Shaw)
Franz Lehár - Die Lustige Witwe (The Merry Widow) (Libretto by Victor Léon and Leo Stein, after the play L'attaché d'ambassade (The Embassy Attaché) by Henri Meilhac)
Jules Massenet - Chérubin (Libretto by Henri Cain and Francis de Croisset)
Leopoldo Mugnone - Vita Bretone
Richard Strauss - Salome (Libretto by Hedwig Lachmann, from the play by Oscar Wilde)

Musical theater

The Babes and the Baron Broadway production opened at the Lyric Theatre on December 25 and ran for 45 performances
The Catch of the Season Broadway production opened at Daly's Theatre on August 28 and ran for 104 performances.
The Earl and the Girl Broadway production opened at the Casino Theatre on November 4 and ran for 148 performances.
Fantana Broadway production opened at the Lyric Theatre on January 14 and ran for 298 performances.
Lifting the Lid Broadway production opened at the Aerial Gardens Theatre on June 5 and ran for 72 performances
Die Lustige Witwe (The Merry Widow) Vienna production
Miss Dolly Dollars Broadway production opened at the Knickerbocker Theatre on September 4 and moved to the New Amsterdam Theatre on October 16 for a total run of 112 performances.
Mlle. Modiste Broadway production opened at the Knickerbocker Theatre on December 12 and ran for 202 performances
The Rogers Brothers in Ireland Broadway production opened at the Liberty Theatre on September 4 and ran for 106 performances.
The Rollicking Girl Broadway production opened at the Herald Square Theatre on May 1 and transferred to the New York Theatre on April 16, 1906 for a total run of 199 performances
Sergeant Brue Broadway production opened at the Knickerbocker Theatre on April 24 and ran for 152 performances.
The Spring Chicken London production opened at the Gaiety Theatre on May 30 and ran for 401 performances
When We Were Forty-One Broadway production opened at the New York Roof Theatre on June 12 and ran for 66 performances
Wonderland Broadway production opened at the Majestic Theatre on October 24 and ran for 73 performances

Births

January 2 - Michael Tippett, composer
January 8 - Giacinto Scelsi, composer
January 12 - Tex Ritter, actor, singer (d. 1974)
January 24 - Elena Nicolai, opera singer
January 26 - Maria von Trapp, singer (d. 1987)
February 11 - William Henry "Chick" Webb, drummer (d. 1939)
February 15 - Harold Arlen, popular composer
February 17 - Orville "Hoppy" Jones, The Ink Spots singer
March 6 - Bob Wills, country music singer (d. 1975)
March 11 - Michael Carr, composer and songwriter (d. 1968)
March 15 – Harold Loeffelmacher, musician and bandleader, Six Fat Dutchmen (d. 1987)
March 23 - Lale Andersen, singer and cabaretist (d. 1972)
May 2 - Alan Rawsthorne, composer (d. 1971)
May 8 - Red Nichols, US bandleader and cornettist
June 13 - Doc Cheatham, US jazz trumpeter
June 18 - Eduard Tubin, Estonian composer (d. 1982)
July 10 - Ivie Anderson, US jazz singer
July 15 - Dorothy Fields, US lyricist and librettist (d. 1974)
August 2 - Karl Amadeus Hartmann, composer (d. 1963)
August 8 - André Jolivet, composer (d. 1974)
August 23 - Constant Lambert, composer (d. 1951)
August 29 - Jack Teagarden, jazz trombonist, singer, bandleader and composer (d. 1964)
November 7 - William Alwyn, composer (d. 1985)
November 15 - Annunzio Mantovani Italian-born British orchestra leader and composer (d. 1980)
November 19 - Tommy Dorsey, jazz trombonist and brother of Jimmy Dorsey (d. 1956)
November 21 - Ted Ray, comedian and violinist (d. 1977)
November 24 - Harry Barris, US singer, composer and pianist
December 31 - Jule Styne, composer

Deaths

January 4 - Theodore Thomas, conductor (b. 1835)
January 10 - Kārlis Baumanis, composer (b. 1835)
February 12 - Edward Dannreuther, pianist (b. 1844)
April 12 - Giuseppe Gariboldi, flautist and composer (b. 1833)
April 29 - Ignacio Cervantes, pianist and composer (b. 1847)
May 13 - Sam S. Shubert, Broadway impresario (b. 1878) (rail crash)
May 14 - Jessie Bartlett Davis, operatic contralto (b. 1859)
May 15 - Andrey Schulz-Evler, composer and arranger (b. 1852)
May 31 - Franz Strauss, musician and composer, father of Richard Strauss (b. 1822)
July 8 - Walter Kittredge, self-taught musician (b. 1834)
August 31 - Francesco Tamagno, operatic tenor (b. 1850)
September 22 - Célestine Marié, mezzo-soprano, the first "Carmen" (b. 1840)
October 18 - Emmie Owen, opera singer (b. 1871)
date unknown
- Belle Cole, operatic contralto (b. 1845)
- Luigi Manzotti, choreographer (b. 1835)
- Ernst Pauer, pianist (b. 1826)