17 December:RAY NOBLE = English bandleader, composer and arranger = [died: 1978]
date unknown:
CATERINA JARBORO = African American operatic soprano = [died: 1986]
Timeline of Musical Events
11 February:ANTON BRUCKNER's9th Symphony premieres in Vienna
Also in 1903:-
ENRICO CARUSO joins cast of New York's Metropolitan Opera Company and makes first records for the Victor Talking Machine Company.
FREDERICK DELIUS marries JELKA ROSEN.
MISSISSIPPI JOHN HURT begins performing.
VICTOR HERBERT'sBabes in Toyland premieres.
Published Popular Music
"Always In The Way" = lyrics & music by CHARLES K. HARRIS
"Always Leave Them Laughing When You Say Goodbye" = lyrics & music by GEORGE M. COHAN
"Are We To Part Like This?" = lyrics & music by HARRY CASTLING & CHARLES COLLINS
"Anona" = lyrics & music by VIVIAN GREY
"Bedelia" = lyrics by WILLIAM JEROME; music by JEAN SCHWARTZ
"The Beer That Made Milwaukee Famous" = lyrics & music by DAN McAVOY
"The Burning of Rome" = by E. T. PAULL
"By The Sycamore Tree" = lyrics by GEORGE V. HOBART; music by MAX HOFFMANN
"Congo Love Song" = lyrics & music by BOB COLE & J. ROSAMOND JOHNSON
"Daisy Donahue" = lyrics by JAMES O'DEA; music by ROBERT J. ADAMS
"Dear Old Girl" = lyrics by RICHARD HENRY BUCK; music by THEODORE F. MORSE
"Dear Sing Sing" = lyrics by WILLIAM JEROME; music by JEAN SCHWARTZ
"Down At The Old Bull And Bush" = lyrics & music by FLORRIE FORDE
"Flowers Of Dixieland" = lyrics by EDGAR SMITH; music by J. ROSAMOND JOHNSON
"General Hardtack On Guard" = lyrics & music by DAVE REED Jr
"Good-bye, Eliza Jane" = lyrics by ANDREW B. STERLING; music by HARRY VON TILZER
"Hamlet Was A Melancholy Dane" = lyrics by WILLIAM JEROME; music by JEAN SCHWARTZ
"Hannah!" = by JOSEPH FARRELL
"He Was A Sailor" = lyrics by WILLIAM JEROME; music by JEAN SCHWARTZ
"Hurrah For Baffin's Bay" = lyrics by VINCENT BRYAN; music by THEODORE F. MORSE
"I Can't Do The Sum" = lyrics by GLEN MacDONOUGH; music by VICTOR HERBERT
"I Could Love You In A Steam Heat Flat" = lyrics by VINCENT BRYAN; music by J. B. MULLEN
"I Never Could Love Like That" = by BOWMAN, JOHNS
"Ida, Sweet As Apple Cider" = lyrics by EDDIE LEONARD; music by EDDIE MUNSON
"I'm A Jonah Man" = lyrics & music by ALEX ROGERS
"I'm On The Water Wagon Now" = lyrics by PAUL WEST; music by JOHN WALTER BRATTON
"I'm Thinking Of You All The While" = by REED Jnr
"I'm Wearing My Heart Away For You" = lyrics & music by CHARLES K. HARRIS
"In The Village By The Sea" = lyrics by ANDREW B. STERLING; music by STANLEY CRAWFORD
"Indolence" = by JASON MATHEWS
"Is Your Mother In, Molly Malone?" = lyrics & music by MILLS & EVERARD
"It Takes the Irish to Beat the Dutch" = lyrics by EDWARD MADDEN; music by THEODORE F. MORSE
"It Was The Dutch" = lyrics by VINCENT BRYAN; music by J. B. MULLEN
"It's The Man In The Sailor Suit" = lyrics by FRED C. FARRELL; music by THEODORE F. MORSE
"Jack Tar March" = by JOHN PHILIP SOUSA
"Julie" = lyrics by WILLIAM JEROME; music by JEAN SCHWARTZ
"Lazy Moon" = lyrics by BOB COLE; music by J. ROSAMOND JOHNSON
"Like A Star That Falls From Heaven" = lyrics by ARTHUR LAMB; music by KERRY MILLS
"Little Yellow Bird" = lyrics & music by C. W. MURPHY & WILLIAM HARGREAVES
"The Maid Of Timbucktoo" = lyrics by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON; music by BOB COLE
"The March Of The Toys" = music by VICTOR HERBERT
"Main Gazebo" = by CHRIS PRAETORIUS
"Mary Ellen" = by BRYAN, LEMONIER
"Melody Of Love" = lyrics by TOM GLAZER; music by H. ENGELMANN
"The Military Band" = music by VICTOR HERBERT
"Moriaty" = lyrics by CHARLES HORWITZ; music by FRED V. BOWERS
"Mother O' Mine" = lyrics by RUDYARD KIPLING; music by FRANK E. TOURS
"My Cosy Corner Girl" = lyrics by CHARLES NOEL DOUGLAS; music by JOHN WALTER BRATTON
"My Hula Lula Girl" = by JEAN SCHWARTZ & WILLIAM JEROME
"My Little Coney Isle" = lyrics by ANDREW B. STERLING; music by HARRY VON TILZER
"My Little Creole Babe" = lyrics & music by MAUDE NUGENT
"My Little 'Rang Outang" = by MADDEN, MORSE
"Navajo" = lyrics by HARRY H. WILLIAMS; music by EGBERT VAN ALSTYNE
"An Old Man's Darling" = lyrics & music by FRED MURRAY & GEORGE EVERARD
"Only A Dream Of A Golden Past" = lyrics by ALFRED BRYAN; music by STANLEY CRAWFORD
"Out Where The Breakers Roar" = lyrics by HARLOW HYDE; music by H. W. PETRIE
"Over The Pilsner Foam" = lyrics by VINCENT BRYAN; music by J. B. MULLEN
"Palm Leaf Rag" = by SCOTT JOPLIN
"Please Mother, Buy Me A Baby" = lyrics & music by WILL D. COBB & GUS EDWARDS
"The Saftest Of The Family" = lyrics by HARRY LAUDER & BOBRY BEATON; music by HARRY LAUDER
"Save It For Me" = lyrics by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON; music by BOB COLE
"Spring Beautiful Spring" = music by PAUL LINCKE
"Stop Your Ticklin', Jock" = lyrics by HARRY LAUDER & FRANK FOLLEY; music by HARRY LAUDER
"Summer Breeze March & Two-Step" = by JAMES SCOTT
"There's A Little Street In Heaven That They Call Broadway" = lyrics by JACK T. WALDRON & A. BALDWIN SLOANE; music by A. BALDWIN SLOANE
"Toyland" = lyrics by GLEN MacDONOUGH; music by VICTOR HERBERT
"The Toymaker's Shop" = music by VICTOR HERBERT
"Two Eyes Of Blue" = lyrics by GEORGE H. TAYLOR; music by LESLIE STUART
"Two Eyes Of Brown" = lyrics by EDWARD MADDEN; music by STEPHEN HOWARD
"Under A Panama" = lyrics by VINCENT BRYAN; music by J. B. MULLEN
"Under The Anheuser Bush" = lyrics & music by ANDREW B. STERLING & HARRY VON TILZER
"Up In A Coconut Tree" = by MADDEN, MORSE
"Upper Broadway After Dark" = lyrics by EDWARD GARDINIER; music by MAURICE LEVI
"When I'm Away From You Dear" = lyrics & music by PAUL DRESSER
"The Woodchuck Song" = lyrics by ROBERT HOBART DAVIS; music by THEODORE F. MORSE
"The Wreck Of The Old '97" = lyrics & music by HENRY C. WORK
"Your Dad Gave His Life For His Country" = lyrics by HARRY J. BREEN; music by T. MAYO GEARY
"You're The Flower Of My Heart, Sweet Adeline" = lyrics by RICHARD H. GERARD; music by HENRY W. ARMSTRONG
Recorded Popular Music
"Always In The Way" = (lyrics & music by Charles K. Harris)
recorded by BYRON G. HARLAN = on Edison Records
"Any Rags?" = (lyrics & music by Thomas S. Allen)
recorded by ARTHUR COLLINS = on Edison
"The Arrow And The Song" = (lyrics by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow; music by Michael William Balfe)
recorded by HERBERT GODDARD = on Victor Records
"Badinage" = (music by Victor Herbert)
recorded by EDISON GRAND CONCERT BAND = on Edison
"Bedelia" = (lyrics by William Jerome; music by Jean Schwartz)
recorded by GEORGE J. GASKIN = on Columbia Records
recorded by EDWARD M. FAVOR = on Columbia
recorded by BILLY MURRAY = on Edison
"The Beer That Made Milwaukee Famous" = (lyrics & music by Dan McAvoy)
recorded by EDWARD M. FAVOR = on Edison
recorded by DAN W. QUINN = on Victor
"Blaze Away" = (music by Abe Holzmann)
recorded by banjos VESS L. OSSMAN & BILL FARMER = on Victor
recorded by KENDLE'S BAND = on Victor
"By The Sycamore Tree" = (lyrics by George V. Hobart; music by Max Hoffmann)
recorded by HARRY MacDONOUGH = on Edison
recorded by BOB ROBERTS = on Columbia
recorded by BILLY MURRAY = on Victor
"Come Down Ma' Evenin' Star" = (lyrics by Robert B. Smith; music by John Stromberg)
recorded by MINA HICKMAN = on Victor
"Congo Love Song" = (lyrics & music by Bob Cole & J. Rosamond Johnson)
recorded by HARRY MacDONOUGH = on Edison
recorded by MINA HICKMAN = on Victor
"Could You Be True To Eyes Of Blue If You Looked Into Eyes Of Brown?" = (lyrics & music by Will D. Cobb & Gus Edwards)
recorded by HARRY MacDONOUGH = on Victor
"The Country Girl" = (lyrics by Stanislaus Stange; music by Julian Edwards)
recorded by VESTA VICTORIA = on Gramophone Records
"Didn't Know Exactly What To Do" = (lyrics by Frank Pixley; music by Gustav Luders)
recorded by EDWARD M. FAVOR = on Edison
"Down On The Farm" = (lyrics by Raymond A. Browne; music by Harry Von Tilzer)
recorded by FRANKLYN WALLACE = on Edison
"Flowers Of Dixieland" = (lyrics by Edgar Smith; music by J. Rosamond Johnson)
recorded by FRANKLYN WALLACE = on Edison
"The Gambling Man(1)" = (lyrics by William Jerome; music by Jean Schwartz)
recorded by SILAS LEACHMAN = on Victor
"Good-bye, Eliza Jane" = (lyrics by Andrew B. Sterling; music by Harry Von Tilzer)
recorded by ARTHUR COLLINS = on Edison
"Hamlet Was A Melancholy Dane" = (lyrics by William Jerome; music by Jean Schwartz)
recorded by EDWARD M. FAVOR = on Edison
"He Ought To Have A Tablet In The Hall of Fame" = (lyrics by Arthur L. Robb; music by John Walter Bratton)
recorded by EDWARD M. FAVOR = on Edison
"He Was A Sailor" = (lyrics by William Jerome; music by Jean Schwartz)
recorded by COLLINS & HARLAN = on Edison
"Heidelberg Stein Song" = (lyrics by Frank Pixley; music by Gustav Luders)
recorded by HARRY MacDONOUGH = on Edison & Victor
"Hiawatha" = (lyrics by James O'Dea; music by Neil Moret)
recorded by EDISON GRAND CONCERT BAND = on Edison
recorded by HARRY MacDONOUGH = on Edison
recorded by METROPOLITAN ORCHESTRA on Victor
recorded by SOUSA'S BAND = on Victor
"Hurrah For Baffin's Bay" = (lyrics by Vincent Bryan; music by Theodore F. Morse)
recorded by COLLINS & HARLAN = on Edison
recorded by DAN W. QUINN = on Victor
"I Could Love You In A Steam Heat Flat" = (lyrics by Vincent Bryan; music by J. B. Mullen)
recorded by HARRY WEST = on Edison
"I Like You, Lil, For Fair" = (Ade, Loraine)
recorded by BILLY MURRAY = on Victor
"I Never Could Love Like That" = (Bowman, Johns)
recorded by BILLY MURRAY = on Victor
"I Want To Be A Lidy" = (lyrics by George Dance; music by George Dee)
recorded by CLARKE'S BAND OF PROVIDENCE = on Victor
"I Wonder Why Bill Bailey Don't Come Home" = (lyrics & music by Frank Fogerty, Matt C. Woodward & William Jerome)
recorded by ARTHUR COLLINS = on Victor & Edison
"I'll Wed You In The Golden Summertime" = (lyrics by Alfred Bryan; music by Stanley Crawford)
recorded by JOHN H. BIELING & HARRY MacDONOUGH = on Victor
"I'm A Jonah Man" = (lyrics & music by Alex Rogers)
recorded by DAN W. QUINN = on Victor
recorded by ARTHUR COLLINS = on Edison & Victor
"I'm Thinking Of You All The While" = (Reed Jnr)
recorded by BILLY MURRAY = on Victor
"I'm Wearing My Heart Away For You" = (lyrics & music by Charles K. Harris)
recorded by HARRY MacDONOUGH & JOHN H. BIELING = on Victor
"In Silence" = (lyrics by Sydney Rosenfeld; music by A. Baldwin Sloane)
recorded by ARTHUR CLIFFORD = on Edison
"In The City Of Sighs And Tears" = (lyrics by Andrew B. Sterling; music by Kerry Mills)
recorded by J. W. MYERS = on Victor
"In the Good Old Summer Time" = (lyrics by Ren Shields; music by George "Honey Boy" Evans)
recorded by HAYDN QUARTETTE = on Victor
recorded by S. H. DUDLEY & HARRY MacDONOUGH with SOUSA'S BAND on Victor
recorded by HARRY MacDONOUGH = on Victor
"In The Sweet Bye And Bye" = (lyrics by Vincent P. Bryan; music by Harry Von Tilzer)
recorded by J. ALDRICH LIBBEY = on Edison
"In The Village By The Sea" = (lyrics by Andrew B. Sterling; music by Stanley Crawford)
recorded by BYRON G. HARLAN = on Edison
"It Takes The Irish To Beat The Dutch" = (lyrics by Edward Madden; music by Theodore F. Morse)
recorded by BILLY MURRAY = on Victor Monarch
"It Was The Dutch" = (lyrics by Vincent Bryan; music by J. B. Mullen)
recorded by COLLINS & HARLAN = on Edison
"Juanita" = (lyrics by Caroline Norton; music by (traditional Spanish))
recorded by HAYDN QUARTETTE on Victor
"Julie" = (lyrics by Wiliam Jerome; music by Jean Schwartz)
recorded by EDWARD M. FAVOR = on Edison
"Just For Tonight(1)" = (lyrics & music by Frank O. French)
recorded by ALBERT C. CAMPBELL = on Edison
"The Leader Of The Frocks And Frills" = (lyrics by Robert B. Smith; music by Melville Ellis)
recorded by CLARKE'S BAND OF PROVIDENCE = on Victor
"Like A Star That Falls From Heaven" = (lyrics by Arthur Lamb; music by Kerry Mills)
recorded by JOE NATUS on Victor
"The Maid Of Timbucktoo" = (lyrics by (w. James Weldon Johnson; music by Bob Cole)
recorded by HARRY MaCDONOUGH on Edison
"Massa's In De Cold Ground" = (lyrics & music by Stephen Collins Foster)
recorded by EDISON MALE QUARTETTE = on Edison
"Meet Me When The Sun Goes Down" = (lyrics by Vincent Bryan; music by Harry von Tilzer)
recorded by WILLIAM H. THOMPSON (singer) = on Victor
"Melody Of Love" = (lyrics by Tom Glazer; music by H. Engelmann)
recorded by EDISON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA on Edison
"The Message Of The Rose" = (lyrics by Will A. Heelan; music by Leo Edwards)
recorded by GEORGE SEYMOUR LENOX = on Edison
"The Message Of The Violet" = (lyrics by Frank Pixley; music by Gustav Luders)
recorded by J. W. MYERS on Victor
"Mighty Lak' A Rose" = (lyrics by Frank Lebby Stanton; music by Ethelbert Nevin)
recorded by ARTHUR CLIFFORD = on Edison
"Moriaty" = (lyrics by Charles Horwitz; music by Fred V. Bowers)
recorded by COLLINS & HARLAN on Edison
"My Cosy Corner Girl" = (lyrics by Charles Noel Douglas; music by John Walter Bratton)
recorded by HENRY BURR = on Columbia
recorded by HARRY MacDONOUGH on Edison
"My Little Coney Isle" = (lyrics by Andrew B. Sterling; music by Harry von Tilzer)
recorded by HARRY TALLY = on Edison
"My Little 'Rang Outang" = (Madden, Morse)
recorded by BILLY MURRAY on Victor
"My Own United States" = (lyrics by Stanislaus Stange; music by Julian Edwards)
recorded by J. W. MYERS on Victor
"My Sulu Lulu Loo" = (lyrics by George Ade; music by Nat D. Mann)
recorded by CLARKE'S BAND OF PROVIDENCE = on Victor
"Only A Dream Of A Golden Past" = (lyrics by Alfred Bryan; music by Stanley Crawford)
recorded by FRANKLYN WALLACE = on Edison
"Out Where The Breakers Roar" = (lyrics by Harlow Hyde; music by H. W. Petrie)
recorded by FRANK C. STANLEY = on Edison
"Please Mother, Buy Me A Baby" = (lyrics & music by Will D. Cobb & Gus Edwards)
recorded by BYRON G. HARLAN = on Victor & Edison
"Pretty Little Dinah Jones" = (lyrics & music by J. B. Mullen)
recorded by HARRY MacDONOUGH = on Edison
"R-E-M-O-R-S-E" = (lyrics by George Ade; music by Alfred G. Wathall)
recorded by JOE NATUS = on Victor
"Sal" = (lyrics & music by Paul Rubens)
recorded by MADGE CRICHTON with piano LANDON RONALD = on Gramophone & Typewriter Records
"Sammy" = (lyrics by James O'Dea; music by Edward Hutchinson)
recorded by HARRY MacDONOUGH = on Edison
recorded by HENRY BURR = on Columbia
"Sly Musette" = (lyrics by Sydney Rosenfeld; music by A. Baldwin Sloane)
recorded by HARRY MacDONOUGH = on Edison
"Tell Me Dusky Maiden" = (lyrics by James Weldon Johnson & Bob Cole; music by J. Rosamond Johnson)
recorded by S. H. DUDLEY & HARRY MacDONOUGH = on Victor
"Then I'd Be Satisfied With Life" = (lyrics & music by George M. Cohan)
recorded by EDWARD M. FAVOR = on Edison
"There's One In A Million Like You" = (lyrics by Grant Clarke; music by Jean Schwartz)
recorded by WALTER VAN BRUNT = on Edison
"Two Eyes Of Blue" = (lyrics by George H. Taylor; music by Leslie Stuart)
recorded by HARRY MacDONOUGH = on Victor
recorded by MINA HICKMAN = on Victor
"Under The Bamboo Tree" = (lyrics & music by Bob Cole & J. Rosamond Johnson)
recorded by MINA HICKMAN = on Victor
"Up In A Coconut Tree" = (Madden, Morse)
recorded by BILLY MURRAY = on Victor Monarch
"Upper Broadway After Dark" = (lyrics by Edward Gardinier; music by Maurice Levi)
recorded by EDWARD M. FAVOR = on Edison
"The Vacant Chair" = (lyrics by Henry S. Washburne; music by George Frederick Root)
recorded by BYRON G. HARLAN = on Edison
"Wait At The Gate For Me" = (lyrics by Ren Shields; music by Theodore F. Morse)
recorded by J. W. MYERS = on Victor
"What's The Matter With The Moon Tonight?" = (lyrics by Sydney Rosenfeld; music by A. Baldwin Sloane)
recorded by ARTHUR CLIFFORD = on Edison
"When The Fields Are White With Cotton" = (lyrics by Robert F. Roden; music by Max S. Witt)
recorded by FRANKLYN WALLACE = on Edison
"When We Were Two Little Boys" = (lyrics by Edward Madden; music by Theodore F. Morse)
recorded by BILLY MURRAY = on Victor
Classical Music
HAKON BORRESEN
Romance for Cello and Piano/Orchestra
FREDERICK DELIUS
Sea Drift
EDWARD ELGAR
The Apostles (oratorio)
JOSEPH HOLBROOKE
The Bells
JOSEPH JONGEN
Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 1
CARL NIELSEN
Helios Overture
VÍTEZSLAV NOVÁK
Slovak Suite
Opera
EUGEN d'ALBERT
Tiefland
JUAN MANEN
Giovanna di Napoli
EMILE PESSARD
L'épave
premiered on February 17 at the Bouffes-Parisiens, Salle Choiseul, Paris
Musical Theatre
BABES IN TOYLAND
Broadway production opened at the Majestic Theatre on October 13 and ran for 192 performances
THE CHERRY GIRL
London production opened at the Vaudeville Theatre on December 29 and ran for 215 performances
THE DUCHESS OF DANTZIG
London production opened at the Lyric Theatre on October 17 and ran for 236 performances
THE EARL AND THE GIRL
London production opened at the Adelphi Theatre on December 10 and transferred to the Lyric Theatre on September 12, 1904 for a total run of 371 performances
THE FISHER MAIDEN Starring Al Shean, George A. MacFarlane, Edna Bronson, Bessie Tannehill, Dorothy Jardon and Frances Cameron.
(Music: Harry von Tilzer)
Broadway production opened at the Victoria Theater on October 5 and ran for 32 performances.
IN DAHOMEY
Broadway production opened at the New York Theatre on February 18 and ran for 53 performances
London production opened at the Shaftesbury Theatre on May 16 and ran for 251 performances
THE JERSEY LILY
Broadway production opened at the Victoria Theater on September 14 and ran for 24 performances
MADAME SHERRY
Vienna production
London production opened at the Apollo Theatre on December 23
THE MEDAL AND THE MAID
London production opened at the Lyric Theatre on April 25
MY LADY MOLLY
London production opened at Terry's Theatre on March 14
THE ORCHID
London production opened at the Gaiety Theatre on October 26 and ran for 559 performances
A PRINCESS OF KENSINGTON
London production opened at the Savoy Theatre on January 22 and ran for 115 performances
THE ROGERS BROTHERS IN LONDON
Broadway production opened at the Knickerbocker Theatre on September 7 and ran for 64 performances
THE SCHOOL GIRL
London production opened on May 9 at the Prince of Wales Theatre and ran for 333 performances.
THREE LITTLE MAIDS
Broadway production opened at Daly's Theatre on September 1 and ran for 130 performances
THE WIZARD OF OZ
Broadway production opened at the Majestic Theatre on January 21 and ran for 293 performances
Please address any comments concerning this page to The Music Maestro
Mark Chard BSc, PLY
Page created: 11th May 2011
Last edited: 2nd December 2023
