Mark's Music Circus
presents
Music Events of

Births

• 25 January:   WELLMAN BRAUD = Creole American jazz upright bassis = [died: 1966]
• 5 February:   DINO BORGIOLI = Italian operatic tenor = [died: 1960]
• 2 April:   JACK BUCHANAN = Scottish singer, actor, dancer and director = [died: 1957]
• 23 April:   SERGEI PROKOFIEV = Russian composer = [died: 1953]
• 30 May:   BEN BERNIE = American bandleader = [died: 1943]
• 9 June:   COLE PORTER = American songwriter = [died: 1964]
• 10 June:   AL DUBIN = Swiss-born American lyricist = [died: 1945]
• 14 July:   FRÉHEL = French singer, actress = [died: 1951]
• 16 July:   BLOSSOM SEELEY = American singer and vaudeville performer = [died: 1974]
• 2 August:   ARTHUR BLISS = English composer = [died: 1975]
• 29 October:   FANNY BRICE = American actress, comedian and singer = [died: 1951]
• 18 November:   ERNEST FRANK PECHIN = American Cornetist and bandleader = [died: 1946]
• 27 November:   GIOVANNI BREVIARIO = Italian operatic tenor = [died: 1982]


• date unknown:
• MICHAEL COLEMAN = Irish fiddler = [died: 1945]
• CHARLES McCARRON = American composer and lyricist = [died: 1919]
• MARGARET MORRIS = British dancer and choreographer = [died: 1980]

Timeline of Musical Events

• 23 February: Fourteen-year-old cellist PABLO CASALS gives a solo recital in Barcelona.
• 1 October: The New Theatre & Opera House (now The Everyman Theatre) in Cheltenham opens
• 16 October: The Chicago Symphony Orchestra gives its inaugural concert.

Published Popular Music

• "Actions Speak Louder Than Words" = lyrics by GEORGE HORNCASTLE; music by FELIX McGLENNON
• "Don't mind, my Darling!" = lyrics & music by PAUL STEINMARK
• "Hey, Rube!" = lyrics by J. SHERRIE MATTHEWS; music by HARRY BULGER
• "High School Cadets March" = music by JOHN PHILIP SOUSA
• "Little Boy Blue" = lyrics by EUGENE FIELD; music by ETHELBERT NEVIN
• "The Man Who Broke The Bank At Monte Carlo" = lyrics & music by FRED GILBERT
• "The Miner's Dream Of Home" = lyrics & music by WILL GODWIN & LEO DRYDEN
• "Molly O!" = lyrics & music by WILLIAM J. SCANLAN
• "Narcissus" = music by ETHELBERT NEVIN
• "The Commodore's Song" = lyrics by H. GRATTAN DONNELLY; music by FRED MILLER published by Cincinnati : John Church Co.
• "The Pardon Came Too Late" = lyrics & music by PAUL DRESSER
• "The Picture That's Turned To The Wall" = lyrics & music by CHARLES GRAHAM
• "Reuben And Cynthia" = lyrics & music by PERCY GAUNT
• "Ta-ra-ra-boom-de-ay" = lyrics & music by HENRY J. SAYERS
• "Wot Cher!" = lyrics by ALBERT CHEVALIER; music by CHARLES INGLE

Recorded Popular Music

• "The Laughing Song"
• recorded by GEORGE W. JOHNSON

Classical Music

• ANTON ARENSKY
• Cantata on the 10th Anniversary of the Coronation
• JOHANNES BRAHMS
• Clarinet Quintet in B Minor, Opus 115
• MAX BRUCH
• Concerto for Violin No. 3
• CARL NIELSEN
• Fantasy Pieces for Oboe and Piano
• ETHELBERT NEVIN
• Water Scenes
• ERIK SATIE
• 6 Gnossiennes for Piano

Opera

• FREDERICK DELIUS
• Irmelin
• ROBERT FUCHS
• Die Teufelsglocke
• MIGUEL MARQUÉS
• El monaguillo
• (libretto by Emilio Sánchez Pastor, premiered in Madrid)
• EMILE PESSARD
• Les folies amoureuses
• premiered on April 15 at the Theatre de l'Opera-Comique, Paris

Musical Theatre

• Opening: 10 January 1891 @ the Theater an der Wien, Vienna
• DER VOGELHÄNDLER [Original "Vienna" production]
  (Operetta)
• Music by: Carl Zeller;   Libretto by: Moritz West and Ludwig Held
• Closing: date unknown


• Opening: 5 February 1891 @ the Prince of Wales Theatre, London
• MAID MARIAN [Original "West End" production]
  (Comic Opera)
• Music by: Reginald De Koven;   Lyrics by: Harry B. Smith
• Closing: date unknown


• Opening: 22 September 1891 @ the Standard Theatre, New York, NY
• ROBIN HOOD [Original "Broadway" production]
  (Comic Opera)
• Music by: Reginald De Koven;   Lyrics by: Harry B. Smith
• Closing: date unknown


• Opening: 5 October 1891 @ the Casino Theatre, New York, NY
• THE TYROLEAN [Original "Broadway" production]
  (Operetta)
• Music by: Carl Zeller;   Libretto by: Moritz West and Ludwig Held
• Closing: date unknown


• Opening: 9 November 1891 @ Madison Square Theatre, New York, NY
• A TRIP TO CHINATOWN [Original "Broadway" production]
  (Musical)
• Music by: Percy Gaunt;   Written by: Charles H. Hoyt
• Closing: 7 August 1893               Performance Count: 657