Mark's Music Circus
presents
Music Events of

Births

• 1 January:   XAVIER CUGAT = Spanish-American bandleader = [died: 1990]
• 6 January:   PIERRE-OCTAVE FERROUD = French composer = [died: 1936]
• 13 January:   YASUJI KIYOSE = Japanese composer = [died: 1981]
• 13 February:   WINGY MANONE = American jazz musician = [died: 1982]
• 21 February:   JEANNE AUBERT = French singer and actress [died: 1988]
• 2 March:   KURT WEILL = German composer = [died: 1950]
• 10 March:   PETER DE ROSE = American composer = [died: 1953]
• 2 April:   ANIS FULEIHAN = Cypriot-born American composer = [died: 1970]
• 8 April:   GAVRIEL MULLOKANDOV = Bukharian Jewish singer and musician = [died: 1972]
• 11 April:   KAI NORMANN ANDERSEN = Danish composer = [died: 1967]
• 23 April:   HENRY BARRAUD = French composer = [died: 1997]
• 17 May:   NICOLAI BEREZOWSKY = Russian composer = [died: 1953]
• 28 May:   TOMMY LADNIER = American jazz musician = [died: 1939]
• 15 June:   PAUL MARES = American jazz musician = [died: 1949]
• 24 June:   GENE AUSTIN = American singer and composer = [died: 1972]
• 8 July:   GEORGE ANTHEIL = American composer = [died: 1959]
• 10 July:
• EVELYN LAYE = English actress and singer = [died: 1996]
• MITCHELL PARISH = American lyricist = [died: 1993]
• 13 July:   GEORGE LEWIS = American jazz musician = [died: 1968]
• 29 July:   DON REDMAN = American arranger, bandleader and saxophonist = [died: 1964]
• 2 August:   HELEN MORGAN = American singer and actress = [died: 1941]
• 8 August:   LUCIUS "LUCKY" MILLINDER = American bandleader = [died: 1966]
• 23 August:   ERNST KRENEK = Austrian, later American, composer of Czech origin = [died: 1991]
• 3 September:   EDUARD VAN BEINUM = Dutch conductor = [died: 1959]
• 9 October:   ELMER SNOWDEN = American banjo player = [died: 1973]
• 14 November:   AARON COPLAND = American composer = [died: 1990]
• 25 November:   ARTHUR SCHWARTZ = American composer = [died: 1984]
• 27 November:   ROBERT BLUM = Swiss composer = [died: 1994]
• 14 December:   JUAN D'ARIENZO = Argentine tango musician = [died: 1976]
• 17 December:   LUCIJAN MARIJA ŠKERJANC = Slovene composer, pedagogue and conductor = [died: 1973]
• 29 December:   B. H. HAGGIN = American music critic = [died: 1987]

Timeline of Musical Events

• 14 January: GIACOMO PUCCINI's Tosca premieres in Rome.
• 2 February: GUSTAVE CHARPENTIER's opera Louise premieres in Paris; MARY GARDEN makes her public debut in the title role in April.
• 3 October: EDWARD ELGAR's The Dream of Gerontius is premiered in Birmingham.


• Undated:
• The Philadelphia Orchestra is founded.
• The Honolulu Symphony Orchestra is founded.

Published Popular Music

• "Absence Makes The Heart Grow Fonder (Longing to Be Near Your Side)" = lyrics by ARTHUR GILLESPIE; music by HERBERT DILLEA
• "A Bird in a Gilded Cage" = lyrics by ARTHUR J. LAMB; music by HARRY VON TILZER
• "The Blue and the Gray (or A Mother's Gift to Her Country)" = lyrics & music by PAUL DRESSER
• "Bridge Of Sighs" = lyrics & music by JAMES THORNTON
• "Calligan - Call Again!" = lyrics & music by HERBERT RUTTER & HARRY LAUDER
• "Calling To Her Boy Just Once Again" = lyrics & music by PAUL DRESSER
• "Creole Belles" = lyrics by GEORGE SIDNEY; music by J. BODEWALT LAMPE
• "The Duchess Of Central Park" = lyrics by J. CHEAVER GOODWIN; music by MAURICE LEVI
• "Every Race Has a Flag but the Coon" = lyrics & music by WILL A. HEELAN & J. FRED HELF
• "Eyes Of Blue" = music by ANDREW MACK
• "The Fatal Rose of Red" = by J. FRED HELF
• "The Flight Of The Bumble Bee" = music by NIKOLAI RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
• "A Flower From The Garden Of Life" = lyrics & music by THURLAND CHATTAWAY
• "For Old Time's Sake" = lyrics & music by CHARLES K. HARRIS
• "The Gladiators' Entry" = music by JULIUS FUCÍK
• "Hail To The Spirit Of Liberty" = lyrics & music by JOHN PHILIP SOUSA
• "Hunky Dory" = music by ABE HOLZMANN
• "I Can't Tell Why I Love You But I Do" = lyrics by WILL D. COBB; music by GUS EDWARDS
• "I Love You, Ma Cherie" = lyrics & music by PAUL RUBENS
• "I Must Have Been A-Dreamin'" = lyrics & music by BOB COLE
• "I Need The Money" = lyrics & music by RAYMOND A. BROWNE
• "I Won't Be an Actor No More" = lyrics & music by GEORGE M. COHAN
• "In The House Of Too Much Trouble" = lyrics & music by WILL A. HEELAN & J. FRED HELF
• "I've A Longing In My Heart For You Louise" = lyrics & music by CHARLES K. HARRIS
• "Just Because She Made Dem Goo-Goo Eyes" = lyrics & music by JOHN QUEEN & HUGHIE CANNON
• "Lift Ev'ry Voice And Sing" = lyrics by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON; music by J. ROSAMOND JOHNSON
• "Little Tommy Murphy" = lyrics by MATTHEW WOODWARD; music by ANDREW MACK
• "A Love-Lorn Lily" = lyrics by LOUIS HARRISON & GEORGE V. HOBART; music by A. B. SLOANE
• "Ma Blushin' Rosie" = lyrics by EDGAR SMITH; music by JOHN STROMBERG
• "Midnight Fire-Alarm" = by H.J. LINCOLN
• "My Charcoal Charmer" = lyrics by WILL D. COBB; music by GUS EDWARDS
• "My Drowsy Babe" = lyrics by GEORGE TOTTEN SMITH; music by GEORGE A. NICHOLS
• "My Sunflower Sue" = lyrics by WALTER H. FORD; music by JOHN WALTER BRATTON
• "Nothing Doing" = lyrics by EDGAR SMITH; music by JOHN STROMBERG
• "Off To Philadelphia" = lyrics by GORDON TEMPLE; music by WALTER B. HAYNES
• "Oh! Wouldn't That Jar You?" = lyrics & music by WILL D. COBB
• "The Old Flag Never Touched The Ground" = lyrics & music by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON & J. ROSAMOND JOHNSON
• "Song Of The Flea" = lyrics by JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE; music by MODEST MOUSSORGSKY
• "Strike Up the Band - Here Comes a Sailor" = lyrics by ANDREW B. STERLING; music by CHARLES B. WARD
• "Swipesy" (Cakewalk) = music by SCOTT JOPLIN AND ARTHUR MARSHALL
• "The Tale Of The Kangaroo" = lyrics by FRANK PIXLEY; music by GUSTAVE LUDERS
• "Tell Me Pretty Maiden" = lyrics by OWEN HALL; music by LESLIE STUART
• "That Old Sunny Window" = lyrics & music by SHELLEY
• "There Are Two Sides To A Story" = lyrics & music by WILL A. HEELAN & J. FRED HELF
• "Violets" = lyrics by JULIAN FANE; music by ELLEN WRIGHT
• "Wait" = lyrics by CHARLES HORWITZ; music by FREDERICK W. BOWERS
• "When Reuben Comes To Town" = lyrics by J. CHEEVER GOODWIN; music by MAURICE LEVI
• "When The Birds Go North Again" = lyrics by ROBERT F. RODEN; music by MAX S. WITT
• "When The Harvest Days Are Over, Jessie Dear" = lyrics by HOWARD GRAHAM; music by HARRY VON TILZER
• "Who Threw The Overalls In Mrs Murphy's Chowder?" = lyrics & music by GEORGE L. GIEFER
• "You Never Miss The Water Till The Well Runs Dry" = lyrics & music by ROWLAND HOWARD

Recorded Popular Music

• "American Patrol"
• recorded by SOUSA'S BAND
• "A Bird in a Gilded Cage"
• recorded by HARRY MacDONOUGH
• "Doan Ye Cry, Mah Honey"
• recorded by S. H. DUDLEY
• "The Duchess Of Central Park"
• recorded by HARRY MacDONOUGH
• "For Old Time's Sake"
• recorded by WILL F. DENNY
• "Just Because She Made Dem Goo-Goo Eyes"
• recorded by DAN W. QUINN
• "Lead, Kindly Light"
• recorded by THE HAYDN QUARTET
• "A Love-Lorn Lily"
• recorded by HARRY MacDONOUGH
• "Ma Blushin' Rosie"
• recorded by ALBERT C. CAMPBELL
• "My Sunflower Sue"
• recorded by ARTHUR COLLINS with THE METROPOLITAN ORCHESTRA
• "O! That We Two Were Maying"
• recorded by HARRY MacDONOUGH & FLORENCE HAYWARD
• "Strike Up the Band"
• recorded by DAN W. QUINN
• "Tell Me Pretty Maiden"
• recorded by LYRIC THEATRE CHORUS piano PAUL RUBENS
• "When Reuben Comes To Town"
• recorded by DAN W. QUINN = on Victor Records
• "When You Were Sweet Sixteen"
• recorded by JERE MAHONEY
• "Where The Sweet Magnolias Grow"
• recorded by HAYDN QUARTET

Classical Music

• REINHOLD GLIÈRE
• Symphony No 1 in E flat major, op. 8
• ALEXANDER GOEDICKE
• Piano Concerto
• JOSEPH HOLBROOKE
• The Raven
• JOSEF RHEINBERGER
• Requiem in D Minor
• JOSEF SUK
• Pieces for violin and piano

Opera

• TOSCA GUSTAVE CHARPENTIER
• Louise
• CÉSAR CUI
• Feast in Time of Plague
• AUGUST ENNA
• The Shepherdess and the Chimney-Sweep
• MIKHAIL IPPOLITOV-IVANOV
• Asya
• RUGGIERO LEONCAVALLO
• Zaza
• GIACOMO PUCCINI
• Tosca
• NIKOLAI RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
• The Tale of Tsar Saltan
• GEORGE STEPHANESCU
• Cometa

Musical Theatre

• THE CADET GIRL
• (Music by: Louis Varney, Ludwig Englander; Book & Lyrics by: Harry B. Smith)
• Broadway production opened at the Herald Square Theatre on July 25 and ran for 48 performances
• THE CASINO GIRL
• London production opened at the Shaftesbury Theatre on April 25
• CHRIS AND THE WONDERFUL LAMP
• Broadway production opened at the Victoria Theater on January 1 and ran for 58 performances
• FIDDLE-DEE-DEE
• Broadway production opened at Weber and Fields' Broadway Music Hall on September 6 and ran for 262 performances
• FLORODORA
• Broadway production opened at the Casino Theatre on November 10 and ran for 505 performances,
  while its run at London's Lyric Theatre (opened November 1899) continued throughout the year (closing in March 1901 after 455 performances)
• GIDDY THRONG
• Broadway revue opened at the New York Theatre on December 24 and ran for 164 performances
• THE MESSENGER BOY
• London production opened at the Gaiety Theatre on February 3 and ran for 429 performances
• MISS PRINNT
• Broadway production opened at the Victoria Theater on December 25 and ran for 211 performances
• THE ROGERS BROTHERS IN CENTRAL PARK
• Broadway production opened at the Victoria Theater on September 17 and transferred to the Grand Opera House on April 1, 1901 for a total run of 80 performances
• SAN TOY
• Broadway production opened at Daly's Theatre on October 1 and ran for 65 performances
• VÉRONIQUE (operetta)
• Vienna production opened at the Theater an der Wien on March 10