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Events in the year 1899 in music.
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Events
- January 25 – Adelina Patti marries her third husband, Baron Rolf Cederström.[1]
- March 3 – Richard Strauss conducts the premiere of Ein Heldenleben with the Frankfurter Opern- und Museumsorchester.
- April 26
- Jean Sibelius's Symphony No. 1 is premiered in Helsinki.
- Tenor Antonio Paoli makes his début in Rossini's William Tell in Paris.
- May 27 – Maurice Ravel conducts the first performance of his song cycle Shéhérazade.
- June 19 – Edward Elgar's Enigma Variations are premiered in London.
- September 18 – Scott Joplin's Maple Leaf Rag is registered for copyright as ragtime music enjoys mainstream popularity in the United States.
- October 19 – Claude Debussy marries Rosalie Texier,[2] having lived for nine years with her best friend; the marriage lasts only five years.
- December 30 – Samuel Coleridge-Taylor marries Jessie Walmisley.[3]
- date unknown
- Charles Hale's song "At a Darktown Cakewalk" includes an early appearance of the riff "Shave and a Haircut".[4]
- Billy Murray makes his singing debut.
Published popular music
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- "Absent" w. Catherine Young Glen m. John W. Metcalf
- "Always!" w. Charles Horwitz m. Frederick V. Bowers
- "Cake Walk in The Sky" by Ben Harney
- "Come Home Dewey We Won't Do a Thing to You" w.m. Paul Dresser
- "A Coon Band Contest" m. Arthur Pryor
- "Cotton Pickers Rag & Cakewalk" by William Braun
- "Doan Ye Cry, Mah Honey" w.m. Alfred W. Noll
- "Hands Across the Sea" m. John Philip Sousa
- "Hearts and Flowers" w. Mary D. Brine m. Theodore Moses Tobani
- "Hello! Ma Baby" w.m. Ida Emerson & Joseph E. Howard
- "I'd Leave My Happy Home for You" w. Will A. Heelan m. Harry Von Tilzer
- "If Only You Were Mine" w. Harry B. Smith m. Victor Herbert
- "I'll Be Your Sweetheart" w.m. Harry Dacre
- "Impecunious Davis" by Kerry Mills
- "Keep on the Sunny Side", w. A. Blenkhorn, m. J.H. Entwisle
- "Mandy Lee" w.m. Thurland Chattaway
- "Maple Leaf Rag" by Scott Joplin
- "Mosquito Parade" m. Howard Whitney
- "My Little Georgia Rose" w. Robert F. Roden m. Max S. Witt
- "My Wild Irish Rose" w.m. Chauncey Olcott
- "'O Sole Mio!" w. Giovanni Capurro m. Eduardo di Capua
- "A Picture No Artist Can Paint" w.m. J. Fred Helf
- "She Was Happy Till She Met You" w. Charles Graham m. Monroe H. Rosenfeld
- "Smoky Mokes" m. Abe Holzmann
- "Stay in Your Own Back Yard" w. Karl Kennett m. Lyn Udall
- "The Story of the Rose" (aka "Heart Of My Heart") w. "Alice" m. Andrew Mack
- "Telephone Me, Baby" w.m. George M. Cohan
- "There's Where My Heart Is Tonight" w.m. Paul Dresser
- "Where the Sweet Magnolias Grow" w. Andrew B. Sterling m. Harry Von Tilzer
- "Whistling Rufus" w. W. Murdock Lind m. Kerry Mills
- "You Tell Me Your Dream, I'll Tell You Mine" w. Seymore Rice & Albert H. Brown, m. Charles N. Daniels
Recorded popular music
- "Abide With Me" (w. Rev Henry Francis Lyte m. William Henry Monk)
– Frank C. Stanley on Edison Records - "Always!" (w. Charles Horwitz m. Frederick V. Bowers)
– May Kelso on Edison Records
– Harry Macdonough on Edison Records - "Asleep In The Deep" (w. Arthur J. Lamb m. Henry W. Petrie)
– William Hooley on Edison Records - "At A Georgia Camp Meeting" (w.m. Kerry Mills)
– John Terrell on Berliner Records
– Dan W. Quinn on Edison Records
– banjo Vess L. Ossman on Columbia Records - "Ave Maria" (w. (Fr) Paul Bernard m. Charles Gounod)
– M. A. Guarini on Edison Records
– W. D. McFarland on Berliner Records - "Because" (w. Charles Horwitz m. Frederick V. Bowers)
– Albert C. Campbell on Edison Records
– Sousa's Band on Berliner Records - "Believe Me, if All Those Endearing Young Charms" (w. Thomas Moore m. trad)
– J. J. Fisher on Edison Records - "The Boy Guessed Right" (w.m. Lionel Monckton)
– Albert C. Campbell on Edison Records & Berliner Records - "The Cake Walk" (trad US)
– Eugene Stratton with piano Leslie Stuart on Berliner Gramophone - "Calvary" (w. Henry Vaughan m. Paul Rodney)
– Albert C. Campbell on Berliner Records - "Comin' Thro' The Rye" (w. Robert Burns m. trad)
– Syria Lamonte with piano Fred Gaisberg on Berliner Gramophone - "Curse of the Dreamer"
– Dan W. Quinn on Columbia Records - "Down The Road" (w.m. Fred Gilbert)
– Gus Elen on Berliner Gramophone - "Eli Green's Cakewalk" (w.m. David Reed & Sadie Koninsky)
– banjo Vess L. Ossman on Edison Records - "Emmet's Lullaby" (w.m. J. K. Emmet)
– George P. Watson on Edison Records - "Funiculi-Funicula" (w. G. Turco m. Luigi Denza)
– Hotel Cecil Orchestra on Berliner Gramophone - "The Future Mrs 'Awkins" (w.m. Albert Chevalier)
– Albert Chevalier on Berliner Gramophone - "God Save The Queen"
– Frank C. Stanley on Edison Records
– Sousa's Band on Berliner Records - "Gypsy Love Song" (w. Harry B. Smith m. Victor Herbert)
– Eugene Cowles on Berliner Records
– William Hooley on Edison Records - "Hands Across The Sea March" (m. John Philip Sousa)
– Peerless Orchestra on Edison Records
– Sousa's Band on Berliner Records - "Hearts And Flowers" (w. Mary D. Brine m. Theodore Moses Tobani)
– violin Chris De Arth on Berliner Records - "Hello! Ma Baby" (w.m. Ida Emerson & Joseph E. Howard)
– Arthur Collins on Edison Records
– Len Spencer on Berliner Records & Columbia Records - "The Holy City" (w. Frederick Edward Weatherly m. Stephen Adams)
– Harry Macdonough on Edison Records - "Home Sweet Home" (w. John Howard Payne m. Sir Henry Rowley Bishop)
– whistling John Yorke Atlee on Berliner Records - "I Dreamt I Dwelt In Marble Halls" (w. Alfred Bunn m. Michael William Balfe)
– J. W. Myers on Berliner Records - "I Guess I'll Have To Telegraph My Baby" (w.m. George M. Cohan)
– Arthur Collins on Edison Records
– Edward M. Favor on Berliner Records
– George J. Gaskin on Columbia Records - "I'd Leave My Happy Home For You" (w. Will A. Heelan m. Harry Von Tilzer)
– Arthur Collins on Edison Records - "If It Wasn't For The 'Ouses In Between" (w. Edgar Bateman m. George Le Brunn)
– Gus Elen on Berliner Gramophone - "If Only You Were Mine" (w. Harry B. Smith m. Victor Herbert)
– Albert C. Campbell on Edison Records - "It's A Great Big Shame" (w. Edgar Bateman m. George Le Brunn)
– Gus Elen on Berliner Gramophone - "Jack's The Boy" (Greenbank, Jones)
– H. Scott Russell with p. Fred Gaisberg on Berliner Gramophone - "Just As The Sun Went Down" (w. Karl Kennett m. Lyn Udall)
– J. W. Myers on Berliner Records
– S. H. Dudley & Harry Macdonough on Edison Records - "Just One Girl" (w. Karl Kennett m. Lyn Udall)
– Sousa's Band on Berliner Records
– Albert C. Campbell on Edison Records
– H. Scott Russell with p. Amy Williams on Berliner Gramophone
– J. W. Myers on Columbia Records - "Kathleen Mavourneen" (w. Annie Crawford (Barry) m. Frederick William Nichols Crouch)
– William F. Hooley on Edison Records - "Kiss Me, Honey Do" (w. Edgar Smith m. John Stromberg)
– Albert C. Campbell on Berliner Records
– Len Spencer on Berliner Records & Columbia Records
– Arthur Collins on Edison Records - "Little Dolly Daydream" (w.m. Leslie Stuart)
– Eugene Stratton on Berliner Gramophone - "Little Old New York is Good Enough For Me"
– Dan W. Quinn on Berliner Records - "The Lost Chord" (w. Adelaide Anne Procter m. Sir Arthur Sullivan)
– William F. Hooley on Berliner Records - "Mandy Lee" (w.m. Thurland Chattaway)
– Albert C. Campbell on Edison Records
– Arthur Collins on Edison Records - "'Mid The Green Fields Of Virginia" (w.m. Charles K. Harris)
– Albert C. Campbell on Berliner Records
– S. H. Dudley & Harry Macdonough on Edison Records
– George J. Gaskin on Columbia Records - "Mister Johnson, Turn Me Loose" (w.m. Ben Harney)
– John Terrell on Berliner Records - "Molly's The Girl For Me"
– J. Aldrich Libbey on Columbia Records - "The Moth And The Flame" (w. George Taggart m. Max S. Witt)
– Albert C. Campbell on Edison Records
– J. J. Fisher on Edison Records - "My Little Georgia Rose" (w. Robert F. Roden m. Max S. Witt)
– Jere Mahoney on Edison Records - "My Old Dutch" (w. Albert Chevalier m. Charles Ingle)
– Albert Chevalier on Berliner Gramophone - "My Old New Hampshire Home" (w. Andrew B. Sterling m. Harry Von Tilzer)
– Jere Mahoney on Edison Records
– Byron G. Harlan & A. D. Madeira on Edison Records
– Albert C. Campbell on Berliner Records
– George J. Gaskin on Berliner Records
– The Greater New York Quartette on Columbia Records - "My Wild Irish Rose" (w.m. Chauncey Olcott)
– Albert C. Campbell on Edison Records - "Night Hymn At Sea"
– Clara Butt & Kennerley Rumford on Berliner Gramophone - "The Old Brigade" (w. Fred E. Weatherly m. Orlando Barri)
– H. Scott Russell with piano Fred Gaisberg on Berliner Gramophone - "Old Man's Story"
– J. Aldrich Libbey on Columbia records - "The Old Oaken Bucket" (w. Samuel Woodworth m. E. Kaillmark)
– Haydn Quartette on Berliner Records - "The Organ Grinder's Serenade"
– J. Aldrich Libbey on Columbia Records - "A Picture No Artist Can Paint" (w.m. J. Fred Helf)
– Albert C. Campbell on Edison Records
– George J. Gaskin on Columbia Records - "She Is The Belle Of New York" (w. Hugh Morton m. Gustave Kerker)
– Frank Lawton with p. Fred Gaisberg on Berliner Gramophone - "She Was Bred In Old Kentucky" (w. Harry Braisted m. Stanley Carter)
– Albert C. Campbell on Berliner Records
– George J. Gaskin on Columbia Records - "She Was Happy Till She Met You" (w. Charles Graham m. Monroe H. Rosenfeld)
– Jere Mahoney on Edison Records
– Dan W. Quinn on Columbia Records - "Smoky Mokes" (m. Abe Holzmann)
– Len Spencer on Columbia Records
– Dan W. Quinn on Edison Records
– Vess L. Ossman on Columbia Records - "The Soldiers Of The Queen" (w.m. Leslie Stuart)
– Albert Christian with p. Leslie Stuart on Berliner Gramophone - "Sweet Rosie O'Grady" (w.m. Maude Nugent)
– Lil Hawthorne on Berliner Gramophone - "Take A Pair Of Sparkling Eyes" (w. William S. Gilbert m. Arthur Sullivan)
– Herbert Scott Russell with p. Fred Gaisberg on Berliner Gramophone - "'Tis The Last Rose Of Summer" (w. Thomas Moore m. Richard Alfred Milliken)
– J. W. Myers on Berliner Records - "Toreador Song" (w. H. Meilac, Ludovic Halévy m. Georges Bizet)
– Montague Borwell on Berliner Gramophone - "Whistling Rufus" (w. W. Murdock Lind m. Kerry Mills)
– Len Spencer on Berliner Records
– Sousa's Band on Berliner Records
– banjo Vess L. Ossman on Columbia Records & Berliner Records
– Dan W. Quinn on Edison Records - "Yes, Let Me Like A Soldier Fall" (w. Edward Fitzball m. Vincent Wallace)
– Ferruccio Giannini on Berliner Records - "You've Been A Good Old Wagon" (Harney)
– Len Spencer on Columbia Records & Berliner Records
Classical music
- Hugo Alfvén – Symphony No. 2 in D
- Amy Beach – Piano Concerto in C♯ minor, Op. 45 (198/9)
- Frederick Delius – Paris, Nocturne
- Ernő von Dohnányi – Sonata for Cello and Piano in B♭ minor
- Edward Elgar – Variations on an Original Theme (Enigma), Op. 36; Sérénade lyrique, for orchestra
- George Enescu – Violin Sonata No. 2 in F minor, Op. 6
- Axel Gade – Concerto No. 2 for violin and orchestra in F major
- Louis Glass – Symphony No. 2 in C minor
- Reinhold Glière – Symphony No. 1
- Johan Halvorsen – Norwegian Festival Overture
- Siegmund von Hausegger – Barbarossa
- Hans Huber – Concerto No. 3 for piano and orchestra
- Scott Joplin – Maple Leaf Rag
- Ernst Mielck – Finnish Suite, Op. 10
- Maurice Ravel – Pavane pour une Infante défunte, for piano
- Jean Sibelius – Symphony No. 1 in E minor
- Josef Suk – Symphony No. 1 in E major
- Arnold Schoenberg – Verklärte Nacht
- Eugen d'Albert – Kain
- Antonín Dvořák – The Devil and Kate
- Josef Bohuslav Foerster – Eva
- Isidore de Lara – Messaline
- Jules Massenet – Cendrillon (composed 1894-5, premiered 1899)
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- Die Landstreicher – Karl Michael Ziehrer
- El Capitan London production
- Florodora (Music: Leslie Stuart Lyrics: Sidney Jones & Paul Rubens Book: Owen Hall) London production opened at the Lyric Theatre on November 11
- A Gaiety Girl London revival opened at Daly's Theatre on June 5
- Helter-Skelter Broadway production
- The Rogers Brothers In Wall Street Broadway production
- The Rose of Persia (music by Sir Arthur Sullivan, libretto by Basil Hood) London production opened at the Savoy Theatre on November 29
- San Toy London production opened at Daly's Theatre on October 21
Births
- January 7
- Al Bowlly, singer (died 1941)
- Francis Poulenc, composer (died 1963)
- January 14 – Herbert Sumsion, composer and organist (died 1995)
- January 21 – Alexander Tcherepnin, pianist and composer (died 1977)
- February 15 – Georges Auric, composer (died 1983)
- February 21 – Clara Clairbert, operatic soprano (died 1970)
- March 5 – Patrick Hadley, composer (died 1973)
- March 10 – Finn Høffding, composer (died 1997)
- March 26 – William Baines, English composer and pianist (died 1922)
- April 5 – Leonard Falcone, baritone/eupohonium virtuoso and director of bands at Michigan State (died 1985)
- April 7 – Robert Casadesus, French pianist and composer (died 1972)
- April 29 – Duke Ellington, jazz musician and composer (died 1974)
- May 1 – Jón Leifs, composer (died 1968)
- May 6 – Billy Cotton, bandleader (died 1969)
- May 10 – Fred Astaire, song-and-dance man (died 1987)
- May 30 – Jack Little, singer and songwriter (died 1956)
- June 1 – Werner Janssen, conductor and composer (died 1990)
- June 9 – Signe Amundsen, operatic soprano (died 1987)
- June 11 – George Frederick McKay, composer (died 1970)
- June 13 – Carlos Chávez, composer and conductor
- June 16 – Helen Traubel, opera singer (died 1972)
- June 19 – Pat Ballard, songwriter (died 1960)
- June 21 – Pavel Haas, composer (killed 1944)
- June 30 – Harry Shields, jazz musician (died 1971)
- July 1 – Thomas A. Dorsey, "father of gospel music" (died 1993)
- July 3 – Benny Nawahi, ukulele player (died 1985)
- July 10 – André Souris, composer and writer (died 1970)
- July 17 – James Cagney, US actor, singer and dancer (died 1986)
- July 30 – John Woods Duke, composer (died 1984)
- August 6 – Margarete Klose, operatic mezzo-soprano (died 1968)
- August 12 – Leila Fletcher, pianist and composer (died 1988)
- September 6 – Billy Rose, Broadway producer and lyricist (died 1966)
- September 9 – Maria Yudina, pianist (died 1970)
- September 11 – Jimmie Davis, country and gospel singer-songwriter and politician (died 2000)
- September 13 – Ephraim Amu, composer, musicologist and music teacher (died 1995)
- September 25 – Ricard Lamote de Grignon, conductor and composer (died 1965)
- September 26 – William L. Dawson, composer (died 1990)
- October 9 – Mary Jarred, opera singer (died 1993)
- October 19 – Sidonie Goossens, harpist (died 2004)
- October 31 – Ted Shapiro, songwriter and pianist (died 1980)
- November 9 – Mezz Mezzrow, jazz musician (died 1972)
- November 18 – Eugene Ormandy, violinist and conductor (died 1985)
- November 22 – Hoagy Carmichael, composer, pianist and singer (died 1981)
- November 29 – Gustave Reese, musicologist (died 1977)
- November 30 – Hans Krása, Czech-German composer (killed 1944)
- December 2 – Sir John Barbirolli, conductor (died 1970)
- December 11 – Julio de Caro, composer (died 1980)
- December 16 – Noël Coward, dramatist, actor, singer and composer (died 1973)
- December 18 – Muriel Brunskill, operatic contralto (died 1980)
- December 21 – Silvestre Revueltas, composer (died 1940)
- date unknown – Sadettin Heper, composer (died 1980)
Deaths
- January 10 – Albert Becker, composer, 64
- February 4 – Eduard Holst, Danish composer, playwright, actor, dancer and dance master, 52
- April 17 – Hans Balatka, composer, 72
- May 29 – Frantz Jehin-Prume, violinist, composer, and music educator, 60
- June 3 – Johann Strauss II, composer, 73
- June 10 – Ernest Chausson, composer, 44 (bicycle accident)
- June 16 – August Winding, composer, 64
- August 17 – Erik Bøgh, journalist, dramatist and songwriter, 77
- August 28 – Guillermo Morphy, musicologist, 63
- October 10 – Allan James Foley, operatic bass, 62
- October 13 – Aristide Cavaillé-Coll, organ-builder, 88
- October 15 – Johann Nepomuk Fuchs, conductor and composer, 57
- October 18 – Gussie Davis, songwriter, 36
- October 22 – Ernst Mielck, composer, 21 (tuberculosis)
- October 23 – Ludwig Straus, violinist, 64
- October 31 – Hugh Talbot, singer and actor, 54
- November 16 – Vincas Kudirka, lyricist of the Lithuanian national anthem, 40 (tuberculosis)
- November 25 – Robert Lowry, hymn writer, 73
- December 7 – Anton de Kontski, pianist and composer, 82
- December 10 – Hans von Milde, operatic baritone, 78
- December 20 – Romain Bussine, poet, baritone, and voice teacher, 69
- December 21
- Joseph Dupont, violinist, theatre director and conductor, 61
- Charles Lamoureux, conductor and violinist, 65
- December 23 – Marietta Piccolomini, operatic soprano, 65
- December 31 – Carl Millöcker, conductor and composer, 57
References
- ^ Edward T. James; Janet Wilson James; Paul S. Boyer (1971). Notable American Women, 1607–1950: A Biographical Dictionary. Harvard University Press. pp. 31. ISBN 978-0-674-62734-5.
- ^ François Lesure; Marie Rolf (2019). Claude Debussy: A Critical Biography. Boydell & Brewer. pp. 156–161. ISBN 978-1-58046-903-6.
- ^ Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1 January 2007). Symphonic variations on an African air: opus 63. A-R Editions, Inc. pp. viii. ISBN 978-0-89579-597-7.
- ^ Fuld, James (2000). The Book of World-Famous Music: Classical, Popular, and Folk (5th ed.). New York: Dover Publications. p. 495.