LEÓN ZUCKERT = Canadian composer, conductor, arranger, violinist, violist and radio pioneer of Ukrainian descent = [died: 1992]
Timeline of Musical Events
13 January:BÉLA BARTÓK's symphonic poem Kossuth is premiered in Budapest, becoming his first major work to be performed
17 February: PUCCINI's Madame Butterfly debuts in Milan to no great acclaim.
15 July: Soprano AGNES NICHOLLS marries conductor HAMILTON HARTY.
October:
ALBAN BERG begins his studies under ARNOLD SCHOENBERG.
The Gramophone Company records the Bach-Gounod Ave Maria (G.C. 03033) performed by Dame NELLIE MELBA with JAN KUBELIK on violin.
18 October: GUSTAV MAHLER's Symphony No. 5 is premiered in Cologne
10 November:FERRUCCIO BUSONI gives the world premiere of his Piano Concerto
Also in 1904:-
CLAUDIO MONTERVERDI's L'Orfeo is given a modern debut in concert version in Paris.
Published Popular Music
"Abraham" = lyrics by STERLING; music by VON TILZER
"Absinthe Frappe" = lyrics by GLEN MacDONOUGH; music by VICTOR HERBERT
"Ain't It Funny What a Difference Just a Few Hours Make" Introduced by RAYMOND HITCHCOCK in the Broadway show The Yankee Consul = lyrics by HENRY BLOSSOM; music by ALFRED G. ROBYN
"Al Fresco" = lyrics by GLEN MacDONOUGH; music by VICTOR HERBERT
"Alexander" = lyrics by ANDREW B. STERLING; music by HARRY VON TILZER
"All Aboard For Dreamland" = lyrics by ANDREW B. STERLING; music by HARRY VON TILZER
"Back, Back To Baltimore" = lyrics by HARRY H. WILLIAMS; music by EGBERT VAN ALSTYNE
"Big Indian Chief" = lyrics by BOB COLE; music by J. ROSAMOND JOHNSON
"Billy" = lyrics by EDGAR MALONE; music by TED S. BARRON
"Blue Bell" = lyrics by EDWARD MADDEN, DOLLY MORSE; music by THEODORE F. MORSE
"By The Old Oak Tree" = lyrics by GEORGE V. HOBART; music by MAX HOFFMANN
"Come Back To Sorrento" (Original title "Torna A Surriento") = lyrics & music by ERNESTO DE CURTIS & CLAUDE AVELING
"Come Down From The Big Fig Tree" = lyrics by EDWARD MADDEN; music by THEODORE MORSE
"Come Take A Trip In My Airship" = lyrics by REN SHIELDS; music by GEORGE EVANS
"Cordalia Malone" = by JEROME, SCHWARTZ
"The Countess Of Alagazam" = lyrics & music by BOB COLE
"The Day That You Grew Colder" = lyrics & music by PAUL DRESSER
"Don't Cry, Katie, Dear" = by MILLS
"Down In The Subway" = JEROME, SCHWARTZ
"Down On The Brandywine" = lyrics by VINCENT P. BRYAN; music by J. B. MULLEN
"Fascination" = lyrics (1932) by DICK MANNING; music by F. D. MARCHETTI
"Fishing" = lyrics by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON; music by J. ROSAMOND JOHNSON
"Following In Father's Footsteps" = lyrics & music by E. W. ROGERS
"Fu' The Noo" = lyrics by HARRY LAUDER & GERALD GRAFTON; music by HARRY LAUDER
"The Ghost That Never Walked" = lyrics by WILLIAM JEROME; music by JEAN SCHWARTZ
"Gimme De Leavins" = lyrics by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON; music by BOB COLE
"Give My Regards to Broadway" = lyrics & music by GEORGE M. COHAN
"Good-bye Flo" = lyrics & music by GEORGE M. COHAN
"Goodbye, Little Girl, Goodbye" = lyrics by WILL D. COBB; music by GUS EDWARDS
"Goodbye, My Lady Love" = lyrics & music by JOSEPH E. HOWARD
"The Goo-Goo Man" = by STODDARD, SCHINDLER, JEROME
"Hannah, Won't You Open That Door" = lyrics by ANDREW B. STERLING; music by HARRY VON TILZER
"Have You Seen Maggie Riley?" = by VON TILZER
"He Done Me Wrong" = lyrics & music by HUGHIE CANNON
"Heinie" = by ROSE, SNYDER
"I Love You All The Time" = lyrics & music by WILL R. ANDERSON
"I Want To Be A Soldier" = lyrics & music by WILLIAM CAHILL
"I'm Longing For My Old Kentucky Home" = lyrics by VINCENT BRYAN; music by J. B. MULLEN
"In The Days Of Old" = lyrics by HENRY BLOSSOM; music by ALFRED G. ROBYN
"In Zanzibar - My Little Chimpanzee" = lyrics by WILL D. COBB; music by GUS EDWARDS
"Just An Ever-Loving Girl" = by BRYAN, MULLEN
"Just For The Sake Of Society" = lyrics by ALFRED BRYAN; music by KERRY MILLS
"Kiss Me Good Night, Dear Love" = lyrics & music by MALCOLM WILLIAMS & ISRAEL ZANGWILL
"Let's All Go Up To Maud's" = lyrics by JOSEPH C. FARRELL; music by KERRY MILLS
"Life's A Funny Proposition After All" = lyrics & music by GEORGE M COHAN
"A Little Boy Called "Taps"" = lyrics by EDWARD MADDEN; music by THEODORE F. MORSE
"The Man Behind" = lyrics by VINCENT BRYAN; music by J. B. MULLEN
"The Man With The Ladder And Hose" = lyrics & music by T. MAYO GEARY
"La Mattinata" = music by RUGGIERO LEONCAVALLO
"Maureen Of Ballinasloe" = lyrics by J. FRANCIS BARRON; music by J. AIRLIE DIX
"Meet Me in St. Louis, Louis" = lyrics by ANDREW B. STERLING; music by KERRY MILLS
"Mexico" = lyrics by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON & BOB COLE; music by BOB COLE
"Mister Wilson, That's All" = lyrics by HENRY WILLIAMS; music by EGBERT VAN ALSTYNE
"My Honey Lou" = lyrics & music by THURLAND CHATTAWAY
"My Kangaroo" = by FARRELL & KOHLMAN
"Nan! Nan! Nan!" = by EDWARD MADDEN
"Oh Bliss! Oh Joy!" = by MULLEN
"Oh Gee! It's Great To Be Crazy" = by CARLE, BOWERS
"Oh! Oh! Sallie" = by HARTLETT
"On The Warpath" = composed by RAYMOND A. BROWNE
"One Fine Day" (Original title "Un Bel Di") = lyrics by L. ILLICA & G. GIACOSA music by G. PUCCINI
"Please Come And Play In My Yard" = lyrics by EDWARD MADDEN; music by THEODORE F. MORSE
"The Preacher And The Bear" = lyrics & music by GEORGE FAIRMAN
"Saint Louis Rag" = music by TOM TURPIN
"Scissors To Grind" = lyrics & music by THOMAS S. ALLEN
"Seminole" = lyrics by HARRY WILLIAMS; music by EGBERT VAN ALSTYNE
"Shame On You" = by LARKIN, SMITH
"She Went to the City" = by PAUL DRESSER
"Since Little Dolly Dimples Made A Hit" = lyrics by WILLIAM JEROME; music by JEAN SCHWARTZ
"St. Louis Tickle" = music by BARNEY & SEYMORE
"The Story Of A Clothes Line" = lyrics by FRANK CLIFFORD HARRIS; music by JAMES W. TATE
"Sweet Thoughts Of Home" = lyrics by STANISLAUS STRANGE; music by JULIAN EDWARDS
"Teasing" = lyrics by Cecil Mack; music by ALBERT VON TILZER
"Those Songs My Mother Used To Sing" = lyrics & music by H. WAKEFIELD SMITH
"Three Green Bonnets" = lyrics by Harris; music by GUY d'HARDELOT
"Tippecanoe" = lyrics by HARRY WILLIAMS; music by EGBERT VAN ALSTYNE
"The Trumpeter" = by FRANCIS BARRON
"What The Brass Band Played" = by DRISLANE, MORSE
"Why Adam Sinned" = lyrics & music by ALEX ROGERS
"Won't You Fondle Me" = lyrics & music by JAMES KENDIS & HERMAN PALEY
"The Yankee Doodle Boy" = lyrics & music by GEORGE M. COHAN
"Your Mother Wants You Home Boy" = lyrics & music by PAUL DRESSER
Classical Music
BÉLA BARTÓK
Piano quintet
HAKON BØRRESEN
Concerto for violin and orchestra in G major
CLAUDE DEBUSSY
"La Mer"
ALEXANDER GLAZUNOV
Violin Concerto in A minor
HAMILTON HARTY
An Irish Symphony
GUSTAV MAHLER
Kindertotenlieder (Songs of the Death of Children) (song-cycle)
ALEXANDER SCRIABIN
Symphony No. 3
PETAR STOJANOVIC
Violin Concerto no 1
IGOR STRAVINSKY
Piano Sonata in F sharp minor
Opera
FRANCO ALFANO
Risurrezione
LEOŠ JANÁCEK
Jenufa
GIACOMO PUCCINI
Madama Butterfly
SERGEI RACHMANINOFF
The Miserly Knight
AMEDEO VIVES
Bohemios
Operetta
A RÁTARTÓS KIRÁLYKISASSZONY (THE HAUGHTY PRINCSS)
by Victor Jacobi.
First performed on December 17 at Budapest.
Musical Theatre
THE CATCH OF THE SEASON
London production opened at the Vaudeville Theatre on September 9 and ran for 621 performances
THE CINGALEE
(Lionel Monckton, Adrian Ross and Percy Greenbank)
London production opened at Daly's Theatre on March 5 and ran for 365 performances
IT HAPPENED IN NORDLAND
Broadway production opened at the Lew M. Fields Theatre on December 5 and ran for 254 performances
LITTLE JOHNNY JONES
Broadway production opened at the Liberty Theatre on November 7 and ran for 52 performances
PARIS BY NIGHT Starring Ben Welch.
(Music: Alfred Solmon Book: Harry Marshall)
Broadway production opened at the Madison Square Roof Garden on July 2 and ran for 50 performances.
THE ROGERS BROTHERS IN PARIS
Broadway production opened at the New Amsterdam Theatre on September 5 and ran for 72 performances
SERGEANT BRUE
London production opened at the Strand Theatre on June 14
THE YANKEE CONSUL
Broadway production opened at the Broadway Theatre on February 22 and ran for 115 performances
Please address any comments concerning this page to The Music Maestro
Mark Chard BSc, PLY
Page created: 10th May 2011
Last edited: 2nd December 2023
