Mark's Music Circus
presents
Music Events of

Births

• 1 January:   ARTUR RODZINSKI = Polish conductor = [died: 1958]
• 31 January:   EDDIE CANTOR = American "illustrated song" performer, comedian, dancer, singer, actor and songwriter = [died: 1964]
• 4 February:   YRJÖ KILPINEN = Finnish composer known most for his lieder = [died: 1959]
• 15 February:   JÁN VALAŠTAN DOLINSKÝ = Slovak composer = [died: 1965]
• 10 March:   ARTHUR HONEGGER = Swiss composer = [died: 1955]
• 27 March:   FERDE GROFÉ = American composer = [died: 1972]
• 1 April:   RENATO ZANELLI = Chilean baritone, later tenor = [died: 1935]
• 2 April:   ROY PALMER = American jazz trombonist = [died: 1962]
• 10 April:   VICTOR DE SABATA = Italian conductor and composer = [died: 1967]
• 12 April:   JOHNNY DODDS = American jazz clarinetist and alto saxophonist = [died: 1940]
• 19 April:   GERMAINE TAILLEFERRE = French composer = [died: 1983]
• 21 April:   JAROSLAV KVAPIL = Czech composer, teacher, conductor and pianist = [died: 1958]
• 14 May:   ARTHUR LOURIÉ = Russian-born expatriate composer = [died: 1966]
• 16 May:   RICHARD TAUBER = Austrian singer = [died: 1948]
• 18 May:   EZIO PINZA = Italian singer and actor = [died: 1957]
• 18 June:   EDUARD STEUERMANN = Austrian pianist = [died: 1964]
• 21 June:   HILDING ROSENBERG = Swedish composer = [died: 1985]
• 23 June:   MIECZYSLAW HORSZOWSKI = Polish pianist = [died: 1993]
• 30 June:   LÁSZLÓ LAJTHA = Hungarian symphonist = [died: 1963]
• 2 July:   JACK HYLTON = British bandleader = [died: 1965]
• 8 July:   J. RUSSELL ROBINSON = American ragtime and dixieland jazz pianist and a composer of jazz, blues, and popular tunes = [died: 1963]
• 10 July:   JÁN MÓRY = Slovak composer = [died: 1978]
• 26 July:   PHILIPP JARNACH = composer of German-French origins = [died: 1982]
• 14 August:   KAIKHOSRU SHAPURJI SORABJI = English composer, author, journalist and pianist = [died: 1988]
• 15 August:   KNUD JEPPESEN = Danish musicologist, composer, and writer on the history of music = [died: 1974]
• 4 September:   DARIUS MILHAUD = French composer = [died: 1974]
• 5 September:   JOSEPH SZIGETI = Hungarian violinist = [died: 1973]
• 17 September:   HENDRIK ANDRIESSEN = Dutch composer and organist = [died: 1981]
• 17 October:   HERBERT HOWELLS = English composer, organist, and teacher = [died: 1983]
• 19 October:   ILMARI HANNIKAINEN = Finnish composer = [died: 1955]
• 25 October:
• JANSZIEKA (JENNIE) DEUTSCH = Hungarian-born dancers, actresses and singers, billed as the Dolly sisters = [died: 1941]
• ROSZICKA (ROSIE) DEUTSCH = Hungarian-born dancers, actresses and singers, billed as the Dolly sisters = [died: 1970]
• 28 November:   THOMAS WOOD = English composer = [died: 1950]
• 9 December:   BEATRICE HARRISON = British cellist = [died: 1965]
• 11 December:   GIACOMO LAURI-VOLPI = Italian tenor = [died: 1979]

Timeline of Musical Events

• 28 April: Kullervo by JEAN SIBELIUS is premiered.
• 26 May: A statue of FELIX MENDELSSOHN BARTHOLDY, by Werner Stein, is dedicated at St. Thomas Church, Leipzig. Removed by the Nazis in the 1930s, it will be re-dedicated in 2008.
• 24 September: Opening of the "Theater Unter den Linden" in Berlin with ADOLF FERRON's operetta Daphne and Gaul and HAßREITER's ballet Die Welt in Bild und Tanz.
• 18 December: Iolanta by PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY is premiered in Saint Petersburg.


• Undated:
• "After the Ball" becomes the first sheet music to sell over 1 million copies (for a single publisher in a single year)
• ERIK SATIE composes his first pieces in his own compositional system.
• SERGEI DIAGHILEV graduates from the Saint Petersburg Conservatory.
• ANTON BRUCKNER's Symphony No. 8 in C minor is premiered in Vienna with HANS RICHTER conducting.
• The World's Fair Colored Opera Company, with featured singer, soprano MATILDA SISSIERETTA JONES were the first African-American performers to appear at Carnegie Hall

Published Popular Music

• "After the Ball" = lyrics & music by CHARLES K. HARRIS
• "The Bowery" = lyrics by CHARLES H. HOYT; music by PERCY GAUNT
• "Daddy Wouldn't Buy Me a Bow Wow" = lyrics & music by JOSEPH TABRAR
• "Daisy Bell" (aka "A Bicycle Built For Two") = lyrics & music by HARRY DACRE
• "Flanagan" = lyrics & music by C. W. MURPHY & WILLIAM LETTERS
• "Future Mrs. 'Awkins" = by ALBERT CHEVALIER
• "The Holy City" = lyrics by FREDERICK EDWARD WEATHERLY; music by STEPHEN ADAMS
• "La Sultana Turkish March" = music by FRED LINDEN
• "Liebestraum Nocturne" = music by VIRGINIA FIELD
• "Molly And I And The Baby" = lyrics & music by HARRY KENNEDY
• "My Old Dutch" = lyrics by ALBERT CHEVALIER; music by CHARLES INGLE
• "My Sweetheart's The Man In The Moon" = lyrics & music by JAMES THORNTON
• "The Sweetest Story Ever Told" = lyrics & music by R. M. STULTS
• "The Virginia Skedaddle" = lyrics & music by MONROE H. ROSENFELD

Recorded Popular Music

• "Daddy Wouldn't Buy Me a Bow-wow"
• recorded by DAN W. QUINN
• "The Bowery"
• recorded by DAN W. QUINN

Classical Music

• JOHANNES BRAHMS
• Intermezzos opus number 117
• ALEXANDER GLAZUNOV
• String Quintet in A major (opus 39)
• GUSTAV MAHLER
• Das himmlische Leben (later incorporated into his fourth symphony)
• MIGUEL MARQUÉS
• El Centinelo
• CARL NIELSEN
• First Symphony
• JOSEPH PARRY
• Saul of Tarsus (oratorio)
• SERGEI RACHMANINOFF
• Prelude in C-sharp Minor
• Piano Concerto No. 1 in F-sharp minor, Op. 1
• MAX REGER
• Cello Sonata No. 1, opus 5
• ALEXANDER SCRIABIN
• Piano Sonata No. 1 in F minor, opus 6
• JOSEF SUK
• Serenade for Strings in E flat major
• ALEXANDER VON ZEMLINSKY
• Symphony in D minor

Opera

• HERMAN BEMBERG
• Elaine
• KAREL BENDL
• Dite Tabora
• ALFREDO CATALANI
• La Wally
• GIALDINO GIALDINI
• I due soci
• premiered February 24 at the Teatro Brunetti, Bologna
• UMBERTO GIORDANO
• Mala Vita
• ISIDORE DE LARA
• The Light of Asia
• RUGGIERO LEONCAVALLO
• I Pagliacci
• JULES MASSENET
• Werther
• ADOLF NEUENDORFF
• The Minstrel

Ballet

• PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
• The Nutcracker

Musical Theatre

• Opening: 1 January 1892 in New York
• ROBIN HOOD ["New York" production]
  (Comic Opera)
• Music by: Reginald De Koven;   Lyrics by: Harry B. Smith
• Closing: date unknown


• Opening: 6 February 1892 @ the Prince of Wales Theatre, London
• BLUE-EYED SUSAN [Original "West End" production]
  (Musical)
• Music by: F Osmond Carr;   Book & Lyrics by: George Robert Sims and Henry Pettitt
• Closing: 17 June 1892               Performance Count: 132


• Opening: 26 September 1892 @ the Windsor Theatre, New York, NY
• THE KID [Original "Broadway" production]
  (Musical, Comedy)
• Music by: Laurent Howard, Henry White;   Book by: Laurent Howard, Henry White;   Lyrics by: Laurent Howard, Henry White
• Closing: 1 October 1892               Performance Count: 8


• Opening: 1892 in London
• DOROTHY ["London" Revival production]
  (Opera)
• Music by Alfred Cellier;   Libretto by B. C. Stephenson
• Closing: date unknown