Mark's Music Circus
presents
Music Events of

Births

• 2 January:   JANE GREEN = American singer = [died: 1931]
• 10 January:   SAM CHATMON = American blues musician = [died: 1983]
• 22 January:   LESLIE SARONY = English singer, comedian and songwriter = [died: 1985]
• 27 February:   MARIAN ANDERSON = African-American contralto = [died: 1993]
• 11 March:   HENRY COWELL = American composer = [died: 1965]
• 26 March:   DAVID McCALLUM, Sr. = Scottish violinist and father of David McCallum = [died: 1972]
• 1 April:   LUCILLE BOGAN = American blues singer = [died: 1948]
• 17 April:   HARALD SÆVERUD = Norwegian composer = [died: 1992]
• 19 April:   VIVIENNE SEGAL = American actress and singer = [died: 1992]
• 2 May:   J. FRED COOTS = American composer = [died: 1985]
• 14 May:   SIDNEY BECHET = American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, and composer = [died: 1959]
• 29 May:   ERICH WOLFGANG KORNGOLD = Austrian composer = [died: 1957]
• 3 June:   "MEMPHIS MINNIE" = American blues singer = [died: 1973]
• 12 June:   ALEXANDRE TANSMAN = Polish-born pianist and composer = [died: 1986]
• 17 June:   VIVIAN DUNCAN = American singer, songwriter and actress, member of the Duncan Sisters = [died: 1986]
• 22 June:   BULBUL = Azerbaijani and Soviet opera tenor, folk music performer = [died: 1961]
• 27 June:   MACEO PINKARD = American composer, lyricist, and music publisher = [died: 1962]
• 4 August:   ABE LYMAN = American bandleader, composer and drummer = [died: 1957]
• 29 August:   HELGE ROSVAENGE = Danish operatic tenor = [died: 1972]
• 3 September:   FRANCISCO MIGNONE = Brazilian composer = [died: 1986]
• 8 September:   JIMMIE RODGERS = American country singer = [died: 1933]
• 18 September:
• PABLO SOROZÁBAL = Basque-Spanish composer = [died: 1988]
• SAM H. STEPT = Russian-born American composer, pianist and conductor = [died: 1964]
• 11 October:   LEO REISMAN = American violinist and bandleader = [died: 1961]
• 26 October:   TIANA LEMNITZ = German operatic soprano = [died: 1994]
• 2 November:   DENNIS KING = British singer and actor = [died: 1971]
• 12 November:   KARL MARX = German conductor and composer = [died: 1985]
• 20 November:   MARGARET SUTHERLAND = Australian composer = [died: 1984]
• 25 November:   WILLIE 'THE LION' SMITH = American jazz pianist = [died: 1973]
• 9 December:   HERMIONE GINGOLD = English actress and singer = [died: 1987]
• 18 December:   FLETCHER HENDERSON = American jazz musician = [died: 1952]
• 30 December:   ALFREDO BRACCHI = Italian lyricist = [died: 1976]


• date unknown:
• ROSA PONSELLE = American soprano = [died: 1981]
• AILEEN STANLEY = American singer = [died: 1982]

Timeline of Musical Events

• 13 January: At a memorial concert in Paris for composer EMMANUEL CHABRIER [died: 1894], the first act of his uncompleted work, Briséïs, is performed for the first time.
• 27 March: Premiere of SERGEI RACHMANINOFF's First Symphony. The premiere was a complete disaster and left many wondering if ALEXANDER GLAZUNOV, the conductor for the event, was drunk or just disliked the music so much that he didn't care about a good performance. It would be years before RACHMANINOFF would compose a major piece of music again.


• Undated:
• The Cakewalk matures into Ragtime music.
• JOHN PHILIP SOUSA's band makes phonograph recordings of Cakewalks and early Ragtime.
• Early publications by SCOTT JOPLIN.
• GUSTAV MAHLERGustav Mahler becomes director of the Vienna Court Opera, and is obliged to convert from Judaism to Roman Catholicism.
• ANDRÉ MESSAGER becomes musical director of the Opéra-Comique.
• RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS studies with MAX BRUCH in Berlin.
• Teatro Nuovo in Bergamo changes its name to Teatro Donizetti.
• The Tanzanian national anthem, "Mungu Ibariki Africa" (God Bless Africa), is composed by South African composer ENOCK SONTONGA.
• Composer ALEXANDER SCRIABIN marries pianist VERA IVANOVNA.
• OTILIE DVORÁKOVÁ, daughter of ANTONÍN DVORÁK, marries her father's pupil, composer JOSEF SUK.

Publications

• BEN HARNEY = Ben Harney's Rag Time Instructor

Published Popular Music

• "Asleep In The Deep" = lyrics by ARTHUR J. LAMB; music by HENRY W. PETRIE
• "At A Georgia Camp Meeting" = lyrics & music by KERRY MILLS
• "Badinage" = music by VICTOR HERBERT
• "Beautiful Isle Of Somewhere" = lyrics by MRS JESSIE BROWN POUNDS; music by JOHN S. FEARIS
• "Break The News To Mother" = lyrics & music by CHARLES K. HARRIS
• "Danny Deever" = lyrics by RUDYARD KIPLING; music by WALTER DAMROSCH
• "Harlem Rag" = music by TOM TURPIN
• "Louisiana Rag" = music by THEODORE H. NORTHRUP
• "On The Banks Of The Wabash Far Away" = lyrics & music by PAUL DRESSER
• "Our Lodger's Such A Nice Young Man" = lyrics & music by FRED MURRAY & LAURENCE BARCLAY
• "Roustabout Rag" = music by PAUL SAREBRESOLE
• "The Shuffling Coon" = by J. R. TODD
• "Song Of India" = music by NIKOLAI RIMSKY KORSAKOV
• "Stars And Stripes Forever" = music by JOHN PHILIP SOUSA (Recorded on Berliner Records)
• "Syncopated Sandy" = by WAYBURN & WHITING
• "Take Back Your Gold" = lyrics & music by MONROE H. ROSENFELD
• "There's A Little Star Shining For You" = lyrics & music by JAMES THORNTON
• "Ye Boston Tea Party" = by ARTHUR PRYOR

Recorded Popular Music

• "A Hot Time in the Old Town"
• recorded by DAN W. QUINN = on Berliner Records
• "Little Kinkies" = (lyrics & music by M. Tobias)
• recorded by EDISON CONCERT BAND = on Edison Records brown wax cylinder ? 155
• "My Mother Was a Lady"
• recorded by DAN W. QUINN
• "There's a Little Star Shining for You"
• recorded by DAN W. QUINN = on Edison Records

Classical Music

• HUGO ALFVÉN
• Symphony No. 1
• FERRUCCIO BUSONI
• Violin Concerto
• ERNEST CHAUSSON
• String Quartet
• FELIX DRAESEKE
• String Quintet in A "Stelzner-Quintett"
• PAUL DUKAS
• The Sorcerer's Apprentice
• AUGUST ENNA
• Concerto for violin and orchestra in D major
• ASGER HAMERIK
• Symphonie no. 6 (Spirituelle) for string orchestra
• ALEXANDER MACKENZIE
• Piano Concerto
• CARL NIELSEN
• Hymnus amoris
• NIKOLAI RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
• Symphony No. 2 "Antar" (final version)
• ARNOLD SCHOENBERG
• String Quartet in D major
• RICHARD STRAUSS
• Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche
• ALEXANDER VON ZEMLINSKY
• Symphony No. 2

Opera

• FREDERICK DELIUS
• Koanga
• AUGUST ENNA
• The Little Match Girl
• ZDENEK FIBICH
• Sarka
• EDUARD HOLST
• Our Flats, premiered in New York
• WILHELM KIENZL
• Don Quixote
• LUIGI MANCINELLI
• Ero e Leandro
• JULES MASSENET
• Sapho

Musical Theatre

• Opening: 4 January 1897 @ Hoyt's Theatre, New York, NY
• A CONTENTED WOMAN [Original "Broadway" production]
  (Play, Play with music)
• Music by: Richard Stahl;   Written by: Charles H. Hoyt
• Closing: 20 February 1897               Performance Count: 56


• Opening: 11 January 1897 @ Harlem Opera House, New York, NY
• THE GOLD BUG [Original "Broadway" production]
  (Musical, Farce)
• Bookwriter/Lyricist: Glen MacDonough;   Composer: Victor Herbert
• Closing: date unknown               Performance Count: 8


• Opening: 16 March 1897 @ Knickerbocker Theatre, New York, NY
• THE SERENADE ["Broadway" Revival production]
  (Musical, Comedy, Operetta)
• Music by: Victor Herbert;   Book by: Harry B. Smith;   Lyrics by: Victor Herbert
• Closing: 22 May 1897               Performance Count: 79


• Opening: April 1897 @ Casino Theatre, New York, NY
• THE WEDDING DAY [Original "Broadway" production]
  (Musical, Opera)
• Music by: Jillian Edwards;   Book by: Stanislaus Stange
• Closing: date unknown


• Opening: 28 September 1897 @ Casino Theatre, New York, NY
• THE BELLE OF NEW YORK [Original "Broadway" production]
  (Musical, Comedy)
• Music by: Gustav Kerker;   Libretto by: C.M.S. McLellan
• Closing: 26 December 1897               Performance Count: 64


• Opening: 22 November 1897 @ Manhattan Theatre, New York, NY
• A CLOSE SHAVE [Original "Broadway" production]
  (Musical, Burlesque, Comedy, Farce, One Act, Opera)
• Written by: George Day
• Closing: date unknown


• Opening: 13 December 1897 @ Broadway Theatre, New York, NY
• THE HIGHWAYMAN [Original "Broadway" production]
  (Musical, Comedy, Opera)
• Music by: Reginald De Koven
• Closing: 16 April 1898               Performance Count: 144