19 July:BUSTER BAILEY = American jazz clarinetist = [died: 1967]
20 July:JIMMY KENNEDY = Irish-born British songwriter = [died: 1984]
21 July:OMER SIMEON = American jazz musician = [died: 1959]
6 August:JIM DAVIDSON = Australian bandleader = [died: 1982]
9 August:ZINO FRANCESCATTI = French violinist = [died: 1991]
25 October:EDDIE LANG = American jazz guitarist = [died: 1933]
22 November:ETHEL SMITH = American organist = [died: 1996]
15 December:MARY SKEAPING = British choreographer = [died: 1984]
27 December:SAM COSLOW = American songwriter and singer = [died: 1982]
Timeline of Musical Events
30 April:CLAUDE DEBUSSY's opera Pelléas et Mélisande is premiered at the Opéra-Comique in Paris, with ANDRÉ MESSAGER conducting.
9 June: the first complete performance of Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 3 is given in Krefeld
1 December:CARL NIELSEN conducts the premiere of his Symphony No. 2, The Four Temperaments, in Copenhagen
Also in 1902:-
LEADBELLY begins performing.
Published Popular Music
"Any Rags?" = lyrics & music by THOMAS S. ALLEN
"Because" = lyrics by EDWARD TESCHEMACHER; music by GUY D'HARDELOT
"Bill Bailey Won't You Please Come Home" = lyrics & music by HUGHIE CANNON
"Come Down Ma' Evenin' Star" = lyrics by ROBERT B. SMITH; music by JOHN STROMBERG
"Could You Be True To Eyes Of Blue If You Looked Into Eyes Of Brown?" = lyrics & music by WILL D. COBB & GUS EDWARDS
"Didn't Know Exactly What To Do" = lyrics by FRANK PIXLEY; music by GUSTAV LUDERS
"Down On The Farm" = lyrics by RAYMOND A. BROWNE; music by HARRY VON TILZER
"Down The Line With Molly" = lyrics by GEORGE TOTTEN SMITH; music by GEORGE L. SPAULDING
"Down Where The Wurzburger Flows" = lyrics by VINCENT P. BRYAN; music by HARRY VON TILZER
"The Entertainer" = music by SCOTT JOPLIN
"The Face In The Firelight" = lyrics & music by CHARLES SHACKFORD
"Frolic of the Frogs" Waltz = music by J. J. WATSON
"The Gambling Man" = lyrics by WILLIAM JEROME; music by JEAN SCHWARTZ
"The Glow Worm" = lyrics by LILLA CAYLEY ROBINSON (Ger) HEINZ BOLTEN-BACKERS; music by PAUL LINCKE
"Happy Hooligan" = music by THEODORE MORSE
"Have You Seen My Sweetheart In His Uniform Of Blue?" = lyrics by WILL D. COBB; music by GUS EDWARDS
"Heidelberg Stein Song" = lyrics by FRANK PIXLEY; music by GUSTAV LUDERS
"I Just Can't Help From Lovin' That Man" = lyrics by ANDREW B. STERLING & VINCENT P. BRYAN; music by HARRY VON TILZER
"I Sing A Little Tenor" = lyrics by HARRY LINTON; music by JOHN GILROY
"I Went To See Them March Away" = lyrics by S. E. KEISSER; music by R. J. JOSE
"I Wonder Why Bill Bailey Don't Come Home" = lyrics & music by FRANK FOGERTY, MATT C. WOODWARD & WILLIAM JEROME
"If Money Talks It Ain't On Speaking Terms With Me" = lyrics & music by J. FRED HELF
"I'll Be There Mary Dear" = lyrics by ANDREW B. STERLING; music by HARRY VON TILZER
"I'll Be Waiting In The Gloaming, Sweet Genevieve" = lyrics & music by J. FRED HELF
"I'll Be Your Rain-beau" = lyrics by ED GARDINIER; music by J. FRED HELF
"I'll Wed You In The Golden Summertime" = lyrics by ALFRED BRYAN; music by STANLEY CRAWFORD
"I'm The Man Who Makes The Money In The Mint" = lyrics & music by WILL D. COBB & GUS EDWARDS
"I'm Unlucky" = lyrics by WILLIAM JEROME; music by JEAN SCHWARTZ
"In Dear Old Illinois" = by PAUL DRESSER
"In Silence" = lyrics by SYDNEY ROSENFELD; music by A. BALDWIN SLOANE
"In The City Of Sighs And Tears" = lyrics by ANDREW B. STERLING; music by KERRY MILLS
"In The Good Old Summer Time" (Introduced by BLANCHE RING in the musical The Defender) = lyrics by REN SHIELDS; music by GEORGE EVANS
"In The Sweet Bye And Bye" = lyrics by VINCENT P. BRYAN; music by HARRY VON TILZER
"In The Valley Of Kentucky" = lyrics & music by TONY STANFORD
"It's Got To Be A Minstrel Show Tonight" = lyrics by REN SHIELDS; music by GEORGE EVANS
"Jennie Lee" = lyrics by w. ARTHUR J. LAMB; music by HARRY VON TILZER
"Just Can't Help From Lovin' That Man" = lyrics by ANDREW B. STERLING & VINCENT P. BRYAN; music by HARRY VON TILZER
"Just For Tonight" = lyrics & music by FRANK O. FRENCH
"Just Next Door" = lyrics & music by CHARLES K. HARRIS
"Kashmiri Love Song" = lyrics (1901) by LAURENCE HOPE; music by AMY WOODFORDE-FINDEN
"Katrina" = lyrics & music by EDWARD W. CORLISS
"Land Of Hope And Glory" = lyrics by ARTHUR C. BENSON; music by EDWARD ELGAR
"The Leader Of The Frocks And Frills" = lyrics by ROBERT H. SMITH; music by MELVILLE ELLIS
"Less Than The Dust" = lyrics by w. LAURENCE HOPE; music by AMY WOODFORDE-FINDEN
"Levee Rag" = music by CHARLES MULLEN
"The Mansion of Aching Hearts" = lyrics by ARTHUR J. LAMB; music by HARRY VON TILZER
"May Sweet May" = lyrics by R. J. JOSE; music by ROBERT S. ROBERTS
"The Meaning Of USA" = lyrics & music by RAYMOND A. BROWNE
"Meet Me When The Sun Goes Down" = lyrics by VINCENT P. BRYAN; music by HARRY VON TILZER
"The Message Of The Rose" = lyrics by WILL A. HEELAN; music by LEO EDWARDS
"The Message Of The Violet" = lyrics by FRANK PIXLEY; music by GUSTAV LUDERS
"Mister Dooley" = lyrics by WILLIAM JEROME; music by JEAN SCHWARTZ
"My Sulu Lulu Loo" = lyrics by GEORGE ADE; music by NAT D. MANN
"Nobody's Looking But The Owl And The Moon" = lyrics by BOB COLE & JAMES WELDON JOHNSON; music by J. ROSAMOND JOHNSON
"Nursery Rhymes" = lyrics by WILLIAM JEROME; music by JEAN SCHWARTZ
"Oh! Didn't He Ramble" = lyrics & music by BOB COLE & J. ROSAMOND JOHNSON
"On A Sunday Afternoon" = lyrics by ANDREW B. STERLING; music by HARRY VON TILZER
"On The Day King Edward Gets His Crown On" = lyrics & music by MARK LORNE & HARRY PLEON
"Paint Me A Picture Of Mama" = lyrics by ADDISON BURKHARDT; music by RAYMOND HUBBELL
"The Passing Of Rag-Time" = music by ARTHUR PRYOR
"Pinky Panky Poo" = lyrics by AARON S. HOFFMAN; music by ANDY LEWIS
"Please Go 'Way And Let Me Sleep" = lyrics by CECIL MACK; music by J. TIM BRYMN
"Pomp and Circumstance" = by EDWARD ELGAR
"Pretty Little Dinah Jones" = lyrics & music by J. B. MULLEN
"R-E-M-O-R-S-E" = lyrics by GEORGE ADE; music by ALFRED G. WATHALL
"Rip Van Winkle Was A Lucky Man" = lyrics by WILLIAM JEROME; music by JEAN SCHWARTZ
"Sal" = lyrics & music by PAUL RUBENS
"Sammy" = lyrics by JAMES O'DEA; music by EDWARD HUTCHINSON
"Since Sister Nell Heard Paderewski Play" = lyrics by WILLIAM JEROME; music by JEAN SCHWARTZ
"Those Things Cannot Be Explained" = lyrics by JUNIE McCREE; music by BEN M. JEROME
"The Troubles Of Reuben And The Maid" = lyrics by J. CHEEVER GOODWIN; music by MAURICE LEVI
"Under The Bamboo Tree" = lyrics & music by BOB COLE & J. ROSAMOND JOHNSON
"Under the Double Eagle" = by JOSEF FRANZ WAGNER
"Wait At The Gate For Me" = lyrics by REN SHIELDS; music by THEODORE F. MORSE
"What's The Matter With The Moon Tonight?" = lyrics by SYDNEY ROSENFELD; music by A. BALDWIN SLOANE
"When Kate And I Were Comin' Thro' The Rye" = lyrics by ANDREW B. STERLING; music by HARRY VON TILZER
"When The Fields Are White With Cotton" = lyrics by ROBERT F. RODEN; music by MAX S. WITT
"When The Troupe Gets Back To Town" = lyrics by GEORGE TOTTEN SMITH; music by HARRY VON TILZER
"Where The Sunset Turns The Ocean's Blue To Gold" = lyrics by EVA FERN BUCKNER; music by HENRY W. PETRIE
Classical Music
ALEXANDER GLAZUNOV
From the Middle Ages; Symphony No. 7, op. 77 (Pastoral)
JOHANNES HANSSEN
Valdres March
ALFRED HILL
Hinemoa
VÍTEZSLAV NOVÁK
In the Tatra Mountains
Opera
FRANCESCO CILEA
Adriana Lecouvreur
CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Pelléas et Mélisande
MANUEL DE FALLA
Los amores de la Inés
ALBERTO FRANCHETTI
Germania
EDWARD GERMAN
Merrie England
JULES MASSENET
Le Jongleur de Notre Dame
CARL NIELSEN
Saul og David
EMILE PESSARD
L'armée des vierges
premiered on October 15 at the Bouffes-Parisiens, Salle Choiseul, Paris
GEORGE STEPHANESCU
Petra
Musical Theatre
BOB HERCEG (PRINCE BOB)
(by Jenö Huszka, with libretto by Ferenc Martos and Károly Bakonyi)
A COUNTRY GIRL
London production opened at Daly's Theatre on January 18 and ran for 729 performances
THE DEFENDER Starring Blanche Ring.
(Music: Charles Dennée Book & Lyrics: Allen Lowe)
Broadway production opened at the Herald Square Theatre on July 3 and ran for 60 performances.
THE EMERALD ISLE
Broadway production
THE GIRL FROM KAYS
London production opened at the Apollo Theatre on November 15 and ran for 432 performances.
MADAME SHERRY
Berlin and Paris productions
THE ROGERS BROTHERS AT HARVARD
Broadway production
THREE LITTLE MAIDS
London production opened at the Apollo Theatre on May 10 and transferred to the Prince of Wales Theatre on September 8 for a total run of 348 performances.
TOMMY ROT
Broadway production
THE TOREADOR
Broadway production
TWIRLY-WHIRLY
Broadway production
THE WILD ROSE Starring Eddie Foy, Albert Hart, Junie McCree, Irene Bentley, Marguerite Clark and Marie Cahill.
Broadway production opened at the Knickerbocker Theatre on May 5 and ran for 136 performances.
Please address any comments concerning this page to The Music Maestro
Mark Chard BSc, PLY
Page created: 9th May 2011
Last edited: 2nd December 2023
