21 December:GREGORY EGIAZAROVICH YEGHIAZARIAN = Armenian composer = [died: 1988]
Timeline of Musical Events
26 January: SERGEI RACMANINOFF's Symphony No. 2 is premiered.
15 March: MAURICE RAVEL's Rapsodie espagnole is premiered in Paris.
11 April:SPYRIDON SAMARAS's opera Rhea is premiered in Florence (Teatro Verdi)
19 September: Premiere of GUSTAV MAHLER's Symphony No. 7 in Prague.
3 December: EDWARD ELGAR's Symphony No. 1 is premiered in Manchester.
18 December: CLAUDE DEBUSSY's Children's Corner is premiered in Paris.
Also in 1908:-
ANTHONY MAGGIO publishes a dance band orchestration of early Blues "I Got The Blues" in New Orleans.
Opera singer AMELITA GALLI marries the Marchese LUIGI CURCI, and acquires the name by which she becomes best-known.
CLAUDE DEBUSSY marries EMMA BARDAC.
Published Popular Music
"The ABCs of the U.S.A." from the musical The Yankee Prince = lyrics & music by GEORGE M. COHAN
"All For Love Of You" = lyrics by DAVE REED; music by ERNEST R. BALL
"Any Old Port In A Storm" = lyrics by ARTHUR J. LAMB; music by KERRY MILLS
"Black And White Rag" = lyrics & music by GEORGE BOTSFORD
"Call Round Any Old Time" = lyrics & music by CHARLES MOORE & E. W. ROGERS
"Consolation" = by EDWARD MADDEN
"Cuddle Up A Little Closer, Lovey Mine" = lyrics by OTTO HARBACH; music by KARL HOSCHNA
"Daisies Won't Tell" = lyrics & music by ANITA OWEN
"Down Among The Sugar Cane" = lyrics by AVERY & CHARLES HART; music by CECIL MACK & CHRIS SMITH
"Down In Jungle Town" = lyrics by EDWARD MADDEN; music by THEODORE F. MORSE
"Dusty Rag" = music by MAY AUFDERHELDE
"The Fairest Of The Fair" = lyrics & music by JOHN PHILIP SOUSA
"Feed The Kitty" = lyrics by ED MORAN; music by J. FRED HELF
"Fig Leaf Rag" = by SCOTT JOPLIN
"Gee But There's Class To A Girl Like You" = lyrics & music by W. R. WILLIAMS
"Golliwog's Cake Walk" = music by CLAUDE DEBUSSY
"Good Evening, Caroline" = by ALBERT VON TILZER & JACK NORWORTH
"Ham And !" = by ARTHUR MARSHALL
"Has Anybody Here Seen Kelly?" = lyrics & music by C. W. MURPHY & WILL LETTERS. With new lyrics by WILLIAM MCKENNA it was performed by NORA BAYES in the 1910 Broadway production of the musical The Jolly Bachelors
"Hoo-oo Ain't You Calling Me" = lyrics & music by HERBERT INGRAHAM
"I Hear You Calling Me" = lyrics & music by HAROLD HERFORD & CHARLES MARSHALL
"I Want To Be Loved Like A Leading Lady" = lyrics by PAUL WEST; music by HERMAN AVERY WADE
"If I Had A Thousand Lives To Live" = lyrics by SYLVESTER MAGUIRE; music by ALFRED SOLMAN
"If You Cared for Me" = by E. ROSE
"I'm A Yiddish Cowboy" = lyrics by EDGAR LESLIE; music by AL PIANTODOSI & HALSEY K. MOHR
"I'm Glad I'm Married" = lyrics by JACK NORWORTH; music by ALBERT VON TILZER
"I'm Looking For The Man That Wrote "The Merry Widow Waltz"" = lyrics by EDGAR SELDEN; music by SEYMOUR FURTH
"In The Garden Of My Heart" = lyrics by CARO ROMA; music by ERNEST R. BALL
"It's Moonlight All The Time On Broadway" = by WENRICH
"It's The Pretty Things You Say" = lyrics by ALFRED BRYAN; music by TED SNYDER
"I've Taken Quite A Fancy To You" = lyrics by EDWARD MADDEN; music by THEODORE F. MORSE
"Kerry Mills' Barn Dance" = lyrics by THURLAND CHATTAWAY; music by KERRY MILLS
"The Longest Way 'Round Is The Sweetest Way Home" = lyrics by REN SHIELDS; music by KERRY MILLS
"Love Is Like A Cigarette" = lyrics by GLEN MacDONOUGH; music by VICTOR HERBERT
"Love Me Like I Want To Be Loved" = lyrics by EARLE C. JONES & ALFRED BRYAN; music by GEORGE W. MEYER
"Love's Roundelay" = lyrics by JOSEPH HERBERT; music by OSCAR STRAUS
"Make A Noise Like A Hoop And Roll Away" = lyrics by REN SHIELDS; music by J. FRED HELF
"Meet Me In Rose-Time, Rosie" = lyrics by WILLIAM JEROME; music by JEAN SCHWARTZ
"Mephisto Rag" = by ANTHONY J. STASNY
"Mother Hasn't Spoken To Father Since" = lyrics by WILLIAM JEROME; music by JEAN SCHWARTZ
"My Brudda Sylvest'" = lyrics by JESSE LASKY; music by FRED FISHER
"My Girl's A Yorkshire Girl" = lyrics & music by C. W. MURPHY & DAN LIPTON
"Now I Have To Call Him Father" = lyrics & music by CHARLES COLLINS & FRED GODFREY
"The Old Time Rag" = lyrics by EDWARD MADDEN; music by THEODORE MORSE
"Pine Apple Rag" = by SCOTT JOPLIN
"Roses Bring Dreams Of You" = lyrics & music by HERBERT INGRAHAM
"She Sells Sea-Shells" = lyrics by TERRY SULLIVAN; music by HARRY GIFFORD
"Shine On Harvest Moon" = lyrics by JACK NORWORTH; music by NORA BAYES & JACK NORWORTH
"A Singer Sang A Song" = lyrics by WILL HEELAN; music by SEYMOUR FURTH
"Smarty" = lyrics by JACK NORWORTH; music by ALBERT VON TILZER
"Somebody Lied" = lyrics & music by JEFF T. BRANEN & EVANS LLOYD
"Sun Bird" = music by KERRY MILLS
"Sweetest Gal In Town" = lyrics & music by BOB COLE & J. ROSAMOND JOHNSON
"Sweetest Maid Of All" = lyrics by JOSEPH HERBERT; music by OSCAR STRAUS
"Take Me Out to the Ball Game" = lyrics by JACK NORWORTH; music by ALBERT VON TILZER
"Up In A Balloon" = lyrics by REN SHIELDS; music by PERCY WENRICH
"A Vision Of Salome" = music by J. BODEWALT LAMPE
"When Highland Mary Danced The Highland Fling" = lyrics by JACK MAHONEY; music by HARRY VON TILZER
"When It's Moonlight On The Prairie" = lyrics by ROBERT F. RODEN; music by S. R. HENRY
"When We Are M-A-Double-R-I-E-D" from the musical Fifty Miles From Boston = lyrics & music by GEORGE M. COHAN
"The Whitewash Man" = lyrics by WILLIAM JEROME; music by JEAN SCHWARTZ
"The Yama Yama Man" = lyrics by GEORGE COLLIN DAVIS; music by KARL HOSCHNA
"Yip-I-Addy-I-Ay!" = lyrics by WILL D. COBB; music by JOHN H. FLYNN
"You Will Have To Sing An Irish Song" = lyrics by JACK NORWORTH; music by ALBERT VON TILZER
"You're In The Right Church, But The Wrong Pew" = lyrics by CECIL MACK; music by CHRIS SMITH
Hit Recordings
"The Small Town Gal"
recorded by GEORGE M. COHAN
"All She Gets from the Iceman Is Ice"
recorded by ADA JONES
Classical Music
KURT ATTERBERG
Rhapsody for Piano and Orchestra
BÉLA BARTÓK
finishes his First Violin Concerto
ALBAN BERG
Piano Sonata, Op.1
YORK BOWEN
Viola concerto in C minor
HENRY WALFORD DAVIES
Solemn Melody for organ
REINHOLD GLIÈRE
Second symphony, op. 25
HAMILTON HARTY
Violin Concerto
MIKHAIL IPPOLITOV-IVANOV
Symphony No. 1
JOHN IRELAND
Phantasy Piano Trio
TOIVO KUULA
Piano Trio
ERKKI MELARTIN
Third String Quartet (by 1908)
CARL NIELSEN
Saga-Drøm (tone poem)
MAX REGER
Symphonischer Prolog zu einer Tragödie in A minor, opus 108
XAVER SCHARWENKA
Piano Concerto No. 4 in F minor
ARNOLD SCHOENBERG
String Quartet No. 2
premiered in Vienna
ALEXANDER SCRIABIN
The Poem of Ecstasy
IGOR STRAVINSKY
Fireworks
ANTON WEBERN
Passacaglia for orchestra
Opera
PAUL LE FLEM
Aucassin et Nicolette
Musical Theatre
Opening: 2 January 1908 @ Weber's Music Hall, New York, NY
THE MERRY WIDOW BURLESQUE [Original "Broadway" production]
(Musical, Burlesque)
Music by: Franz Lehár; Book by: George V. Hobart; Lyrics by: George V. Hobart
Closing: 16 May 1908 Performance Count: 156
Opening: 6 January 1908 @ Casino Theatre, New York, NY