7 December:WANDA TOSCANINI = Italian daughter of Arturo Toscanini and wife of Vladimir Horowitz = [died: 1998]
25 December:CAB CALLOWAY = American jazz singer and band leader = [died: 1994]
27 December:WILLEM VAN OTTERLOO = Dutch composer and conductor = [died: 1978]
date unknown:
N. SENADA = Bavarian composer and music theorist = [died: 1993]
Timeline of Musical Events
21 February:FREDERICK DELIUS's opera A Village Romeo and Juliet is premiered in Berlin.
Also in 1907:-
General Porfirio Díaz legendarily orders a mariachi band to wear upper-class clothing (a charro suit) when they played for the visiting United States Secretary of State Elihu Root; this is the beginning of modern mariachi, as well as the traditional dress of future mariachi stars.
Publication of Sketch of a New Aesthetic of Music by FERRUCCIO BUSONI
Published Popular Music
"All She Gets from the Iceman is Ice" = lyrics by ARTHUR J. LAMB; music by ALFRED SOLMAN
"And A Little Bit More" = lyrics by ALFRED BRYAN; music by FRED FISHER
"Ballooning" = lyrics by PAUL WEST; music by JEROME KERN
"The Bandolero" = lyrics & music by LESLIE STUART
"Be My Little Teddy Bear" = lyrics by VINCENT BRYAN; music by MAX HOFFMAN
"Because I'm Married Now" = lyrics & music by HERBERT INGRAHAM
"Bon Bon Buddy" = by ALEX ROGERS
"Brother Noah Gave Out Checks For Rain" = lyrics & music by ARTHUR LONGBRAKE
"Budweiser's A Friend Of Mine" = lyrics by VINCENT P. BRYAN; music by SEYMOUR FURTH
"Bye Bye Dearie" = lyrics by ANDREW B. STERLING; music by HARRY VON TILZER
"The Caissons Go Rolling Along" = music by EDMUND L. GRUBER
"Come Along, My Mandy" = lyrics & music by TOM MELLOR, ALFRED J. LAWRENCE & HARRY GIFFORD, new lyrics (1910) NORA BAYES & JACK NORWORTH
"Common Sense" = lyrics & music by CHRIS SMITH & JOHN LARKINS
"Don't Worry" = lyrics & music by ED ROSE & TED SNYDER
"Down Home Shout" = by HERMAN CARLE
"Fairy Queen" = music by PERCY WENRICH
"Fishing For the Moon" = by DAVID KILBURN STEVENS
"Gladiolus Rag" = by SCOTT JOPLIN
"Golden Rod" = by McKINLEY
"The Handsome, Brave Life Saver" = by GUMBLE
"Harrigan" Introduced by GEORGE M. COHAN in the musical Fifty Miles from Boston = lyrics & music by GEORGE M. COHAN
"He Goes to Church on Sunday" = lyrics by VINCENT BRYAN; music by E. RAY GOETZ
"The Homesick Yankee" = by CLARK
"Honey Boy" = lyrics by JACK NORWORTH; music by ALBERT VON TILZER
"The Honeybee's Honeymoon" = by REED
"I Love You So" = lyrics by ADRIAN ROSS; music by FRANZ LEHÁR
"I Wish I Had A Girl" = lyrics by GUS KAHN; music by GRACE LEBOY KAHN
"I'd Rather Be A Lobster Than A Wise Guy" = by MORSE
"I'd Rather Two-Step Than Waltz, Bill" = lyrics & music by BENJAMIN HAPGOOD BURT
"I'm Afraid to Come Home in the Dark" = lyrics by HARRY H. WILLIAMS; music by EGBERT VAN ALSTYNE
"I'm Happy When The Band Plays Dixie" = by VANDEVEER
"I'm Tying The Leaves So They Won't Come Down" = lyrics by E. S. S. HUNTINGDON; music by J. FRED HELF
"In A Hammock Built For Two" = lyrics by ANDREW B. STERLING; music by HARRY VON TILZER
"In the Land of the Buffalo" = by WILLIAMS, VAN ALSTYNE
"In The Wildwood Where The Bluebells Grow" = lyrics & music by HERBERT H. TAYLOR
"In Washington" = lyrics by VINCENT BRYAN; music by GERTRUDE HOFFMANN
"It's Delightful To Be Married" = lyrics by ANNA HELD; music by VINCENT SCOTTO
"It's Great To Be A Soldier Man" = by MORSE
"It's Nice To Have A Sweetheart" = by KERKER
"I've Told His Missus All About Him" = by TATE
"Just Because He Couldn't Sing "Love Me And The World Is Mine"" = lyrics & music by BERT FITZGIBBON
"Kansas City Rag" = by JAMES SCOTT
"Keep On Smiling" = by PALEY
"The Last Rose Of Summer Is The Sweetest Rose Of All" = lyrics by ARTHUR GILLESPIE; music by HARRY SIDNEY
"Lucia" = by KLEIN
"A Man Without A Woman" = by ROGERS
"Marie From Sunny Italy" = lyrics by IRVING BERLIN; music by M. NICHOLSON
"Mariutch Down At Coney Island" (aka "Mariutch Dance Da Hootch-A-Ma-Kootch") = lyrics by ANDREW B. STERLING; music by HARRY VON TILZER
"(You'll Find Me At) Maxim's" = lyrics by ADRIAN ROSS; music by FRANZ LEHÁR
"Meet Me Down At The Corner" = lyrics by WILL D. COBB; music by HARRY HOYT
"(The Best I Get Is) Much Obliged To You" = lyrics & music by BENJAMIN HAPGOOD BURT
"'Neath The Old Acorn Tree, Sweet Estelle" = lyrics by C. M. DENISON; music by J. FRED HELF
"'Neath The Old Cherry Tree, Sweet Marie" = lyrics & music by HARRY WILLIAMS & EGBERT VAN ALSTYNE
"Nestle By My Side" = by LUDERS
"No Wedding Bells For Me" = lyrics by E. P. MORAN & WILL A. HEELAN; music by SEYMOUR FURTH
"No, No, Positively No" = lyrics & music by CHRIS SMITH & HARRY BROWN
"No-One Knows" = lyrics & music by FRANCIS MACK
"Not For Me" = lyrics & music by BESSIE WYNN
"On The Road To Mandalay" = lyrics by RUDYARD KIPLING; music by OLEY SPEAKS
"The Peach That Tastes The Sweetest Hangs The Highest On The Tree" = lyrics by WILL D. COBB; music by GUS EDWARDS
"Pride Of The Prairie" = lyrics by HARRY BREEN; music by GEORGE BOTSFORD
"Put Me Among The Girls" = lyrics by C. W. MURPHY; music by DAN LIPTON
"Rain-in-the-Face" = by BURT
"Red Wing" = lyrics by THURLAND CHATTAWAY; music by KERRY MILLS
"Rum-Tiddley-Um-Tum-Tay Out For The Day Today" = lyrics by FRED LEIGH; music by ORLANDO POWELL
"San Antonio" = lyrics & music by HARRY WILLIAMS & EGBERT VAN ALSTYNE
"Sandy, You're A Dandy" = lyrics & music by HECTOR GRANT
"Search Light Rag" = by SCOTT JOPLIN
"She's A Lassie From Lancashire" = by MURPHY, LIPTON, NEAT
"Sleepy Sidney" = by ARCHIE W SCHEU
"Smile, Smile, Smile" = by HOFFMAN
"Somebody's Been Around Here Since I've Been Gone" = music by JOHN WALTER BRATTON
"Somebody's Waiting For You" = lyrics by VINCENT BRYAN; music by ALBERT GUMBLE
"Take Me Back To New York Town" = lyrics by ANDREW B. STERLING; music by HARRY VON TILZER
"Take Me Where There's A Big Brass Band" = by MORSE
"The Teddy Bears' Picnic" = lyrics (1932) by JAMES B. KENNEDY; music by JOHN WALTER BRATTON
"That Lovin' Rag" = lyrics by VICTOR H. SMALLEY; music by BERNIE ADLER
"Theodore" = lyrics & music by VINCENT BRYAN
"There Never Was A Girl Like You" = lyrics by HARRY H. WILLIAMS; music by EGBERT VAN ALSTYNE
"Tipperary" = lyrics by LEO CURLEY; music by JAMES M. FULTON & J. FRED HELF
"Tommy, Lad!" = lyrics by EDWARD TESCHEMACHER; music by E. J. MARGETSON
"Two Blue Eyes" = by EDWARD MADDEN
"Two Little Baby Shoes" = lyrics by EDWARD MADDEN; music by THEODORE F. MORSE
"Under Any Old Flag At All" = by COHAN
"Vilia" = lyrics by ADRIAN ROSS; music by FRANZ LEHÁR
"Wal, I Swan!" (aka "Ebeneezer Frye") = lyrics & music by BENJAMIN HAPGOOD BURT
"'Way Down In Colon Town" = by HOFFMAN
"When A Fellow's On The Level With A Girl That's On The Square" from the musical The Talk Of New York = lyrics & music by GEORGE M. COHAN
"Who? Me?" = by SNYDER
"Won't You Be My Honey?" = lyrics by JACK DRISLANE; music by THEODORE F. MORSE
"Won't You Waltz Home Sweet Home With Me" = lyrics & music by HERBERT INGRAHAM
"Wouldn't You Like To Have Me For A Sweetheart?" = by ROBYN
"You Splash Me And I'll Splash You" = lyrics by ARTHUR J. LAMB; music by ALFRED SOLMAN
Classical Music
YORK BOWEN
Piano Concerto No. 3 'Fantasia' Op. 23, Viola Concerto in C minor Op. 25
HAVERGAL BRIAN
English Suite
FREDERICK DELIUS
Songs of Sunset
Brigg Fair
ERNO DOHNÁNYI
String Quartet no. 2 in D-flat, Op. 15
EDWARD ELGAR
The Wand of Youth
REINHOLD GLIÈRE
Symphony No. 2 in C minor
GUSTAV HOLST
A Somerset Rhapsody
HENRYK MELCER-SZCZAWINSKI
Violin Sonata in G
SERGEI RACHMANINOFF
Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Piano Sonata No. 1 in D minor
MAX REGER
Piano Trio in E minor, Op. 102
OTTORINO RESPIGHI
Quartet for Strings in D major
NIKOLAI RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
Le Coq d'Or
CHARLES VILLIERS STANFORD
Stabat Mater
JOSEF SUK
Symphony No. 2 in C minor, op. 27 (Asrael)
Opera
FRANCESCO CILEA
Gloria
LUIGI MANCINELLI
Paolo e Francesca
JULES MASSENET
Thérèse
Musical Theatre
DIE DOLLARPRINZESSIN
Vienna production
FOLLIES OF 1907
Broadway production
THE GAY WHITE WAY
Broadway revue opened at the Casino Theatre on October 7 and ran for 105 performances
THE GIRLS OF GOTTENBERG Starring May de Sousa, George Grossmith Jr., Gertie Millar, Robert Nainby and Edmund Payne.
London production opened at the Gaiety Theatre on May 15 and ran for 303 performances
THE MERRY WIDOW
(by Franz Lehár)
London and Broadway productions
MISS HOOK OF HOLLAND
London and Broadway productions
NELLY NEIL
London production
THE ORCHID
Broadway production
THE ROGERS BROTHERS IN PANAMA
Broadway production
THE TALK OF NEW YORK
Broadway production opened at the Knickerbocker Theatre on December 3 and ran for 157 performances.
EIN WALZERTRAUM (A WALTZ DREAM)
Vienna and Berlin productions
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