Mark's Music Circus
presents
Music Events of

Births

• 8 January:   ARKADY FILIPPENKO = Soviet Ukrainian composer = [died: 1983]
• 11 January:   EMILIANO ZULETA = Colombian vallenato composer, accordion player and singer = [died: 2005]
• 2 February:   BURTON LANE = American composer = [died: 1997]
• 3 February:   MARY CARLISLE = American actress and singer
• 11 February:   RUDOLF FIRKUŠSNÝ = Czech-born, American pianist = [died: 1994]
• 19 February:   SAUL CHAPLIN = American film score composer and arranger = [died: 1997]
• 27 February:   ELIŠKA KLEINOVÁ = Czech Jewish pianist and music teacher = [died: 1999]
• 11 March:   XAVIER MONTSALVATGE = Spanish Catalan composer and music critic = [died: 2002]
• 14 March:   LES BROWN = American bandleader = [died: 2001]
• 15 March:   LIGHTNIN' HOPKINS = American country/blues musician = [died: 1982]
• 24 March:   SARI BIRO = Hungarian pianist = [died: 1990]
• 27 March:   ROBERT HUGHES = Scottish-born Australian composer = [died: 2007]
• 2 April:   HERBERT MILLS of the Mills Brothers singing quartet from America = [died: 1989]
• 5 April:   CARLOS GUASTAVINO = Argentine composer = [died: 2000]
• 7 April:   JACK LAWRENCE = American composer = [died: 2009]
• 17 April:   MARTA EGGERTH = Hungarian singer and actress = [died: 2013]
• 22 April:   KATHLEEN FERRIER = English contralto = [died: 1953]
• 24 April:   RENATO CELLINI = Italian conductor = [died: 1967]
• 3 May:   VIRGIL FOX = American organist = [died: 1980]
• 10 May:   ADRIAN AESCHBACHER = Swiss pianist = [died: 2002]
• 13 May:   GIL EVANS = Canadian jazz pianist and bandleader = [died: 1988]
• 18 May:   PERRY COMO = American singer = [died: 2001]
• 23 May:   JEAN FRANÇAIX = French composer = [died: 1997]
• 31 May:   ALFRED DELLER = English singer = [died: 1979]
• 6 June:   ROBERT LEVIN = Norwegian pianist = [died: 1996]
• 9 June:
• EDGAR EVANS = Welsh operatic tenor = [died: 2007]
• BUDDY FEYNE = American composer and lyricist = [died: 1998]
• 12 June:   NINA MAE McKINNEY = Americn dancer and actress = [died: 1967]
• 17 June:   DON GILLIS = American conductor and composer = [died: 1978]
• 28 June:   ELEAZAR de CARVALHO = Brazilian conductor and composer = [died: 1996]
• 4 July:   FRITZ SCHULZ-REICHEL = German jazz and pop pianist = [died: 1990]
• 5 July   MACK DAVID = American songwriter = [died: 1993]
• 14 July:   WOODY GUTHRIE = American folk singer = [died: 1967]
• 17 July:   IRENE MANNING = American actress and singer = [died: 2004]
• 27 July:   IGOR MARKEVITCH = Ukrainian-born composer and conductor = [died: 1983]
• 9 August:   ANNE BROWN = American soprano, first Bess in Porgy and Bess = [died: 2009]
• 13 August:   FRANCESCO ALBANESE = Italian operatic tenor = [died: 2005]
• 20 August:   NIYAZI = Soviet Azerbaijani conductor and composer = [died: 1984]
• 21 August:   NATALIA DUDINSKAYA = Russian prima ballerina = [died: 2003]
• 23 August:   GENE KELLY = American dancer, singer and actor = [died: 1996]
• 5 September:   JOHN CAGE = American composer = [died: 1992]
• 19 September:   KURT SANDERLING = German conductor = [died: 2011]
• 26 September:   RENÉ HALL = African-American guitarist and arranger = [died: 1988]
• 30 September:   KENNY BAKER = American singer and actor = [died: 1985]
• 7 October:   JOSEPH COOPER = English pianist and broadcaster = [died: 2001]
• 15 October:   NELLIE LUTCHER = African-American jazz singer and pianist = [died: 2007]
• 21 October:
• DON BYAS = American jazz musician = [died: 1972]
• Sir GEORG SOLTI = Hungarian-British conductor = [died: 1997]
• 24 October:   PETER GELLHORN = German conductor, composer, pianist and teacher = [died: 2004]
• 27 October:   CONLON NANCARROW = American-born Mexican composer = [died: 1997]
• 4 November:   VADIM SALMANOV = Russian composer = [died: 1978]
• 6 November:   KING KOLAX = American jazz trumpeter [died: 1991]
• 8 November:   JUNE HAVOC = Canadian-born American vaudeville performer and film star = [died: 2010]
• 11 November:   LARRY LaPRISE = American, creator of the "Hokey-Pokey" or "Hokey-Cokey" song and dance = [died: 1996]
• 18 November:   JIMMY SWAN = American country musician = [died: 1995]
• 21 November:   ELEANOR POWELL = American dancer = [died: 1982]
• 22 November:   CHICK HENDERSON = English singer = [died: 1944]
• 30 November:   HUGO DEL CARRIL = Argentine actor and tango singer = [died: 1989]
• 7 December:   DANIEL JONES = British composer = [died: 1993]
• 10 December:   IRVING FAZOLA = American jazz clarinetist = [died: 1949]
• 13 December:   LUIZ GONZAGA = Brazilian folk singer and songwriter = [died: 1989]
• 23 December:   JOSEF GREINDL = German operatic bass = [died: 1993]
• 25 December:   NATALINO OTTO = Italian singer = [died: 1969]
• 28 December:   YURI LEVITIN = Ukrainian composer = [died: 1993]
• 30 December:   ROSINA LAWRENCE = Canadian-born American actress, singer and dancer = [died: 1997]


• date unknown:
• MERLINE JOHNSON = African American blues singer = [date of death unknown]
• WILLIAM VACCHIANO = American trumpeter = [died: 2005]

Timeline of Musical Events

• 28 February: In a concert in Copenhagen, CARL NIELSEN conducts the premiere of his Symphony No. 3 (the Sinfonia espansiva) and his Violin Concerto
• March: HART A. WAND published "Dallas Blues", a jazz standard and an early published blues song.
• 26 June: GUSTAV MAHLER's Symphony No. 9 is premiered in Vienna by the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by BRUNO WALTER


• Also in 1912:-
• ARNOLD SCHOENBERG's Pierrot Lunaire debuts in Vienna
• W.C. HANDY publishes "The Memphis Blues", one of the first blues songs to become a hit.
• AINO ACKTÉ founds an opera festival in Savonlinna; after a period of dormancy, the Savonlinna Opera Festival will become one of the most important cultural events in Finland
• The Birmingham Triennial Music Festival is held for the last time.
• WILLIAM HENRY BELL becomes director of the South African College of Music in Cape Town.

Published Popular Music

• "After All That I've Been To You" = lyrics by JACK DRISLANE; music by CHRIS SMITH
• "Alexander's Bag-Pipe Band" = lyrics & music by IRVING BERLIN, E. RAY GOETZ, A. BALDWIN SLOANE
• "All Night Long" = lyrics & music by SHELTON BROOKS
• "And The Green Grass Grew All Around" = lyrics by WILLIAM JEROME; music by HARRY VON TILZER
• "At The Devil's Ball" = lyrics & music by IRVING BERLIN
• "Bagdad" = lyrics by ANNE CALDWELL; music by VICTOR HERBERT
• "Be My Little Baby Bumble Bee" = lyrics by STANLEY MURPHY; music by HENRY I. MARSHALL
• "Beans! Beans!! Beans!!!" = lyrics by ELMER BOWMAN; music by CHRIS SMITH
• "Becky's Got A Job In A Musical Show" = lyrics & music by IRVING BERLIN
• "Come Back To Me, My Melody" = by IRVING BERLIN, TED SNYDER
• "Come Back To Playland With Me" = lyrics & music by MAUDE LAMBERT
• "Cuddle Up And Cling To Me" = lyrics by STANLEY MURPHY; music by HENRY L. MARSHALL
• "Daddy Has A Sweetheart (And Mother Is Her Name)" = lyrics by GENE BUCK; music by DAVE STAMPER
• "A Dinder Courtship" = lyrics by FRED E. WEATHERLY; music by ERIC COATES
• "Do It Again" = lyrics & music by IRVING BERLIN
• "Down In Dear Old New Orleans" = lyrics by JOE YOUNG; music by CONRAD & WHIDDEN
• "Dreams Of Long Ago" = lyrics by EARL CARROLL; music by ENRICO CARUSO
• "The Elevator Man Going Up, Going Up, Going Up, Going Up!" = lyrics & music by IRVING BERLIN
• "Everybody Loves A Chicken" = lyrics & music by BOBBY JONES
• "Everybody Two-Step" = lyrics by EARL C. JONES; music by WALLIE HERZER
• "Florida Rag" = by V. LOWRY
• "The Funny Little Melody" = lyrics & music by IRVING BERLIN
• "Giannina Mia" = lyrics by OTTO HARBACH; music by RUDOLF FRIML
• "Goodnight, Nurse" = lyrics by THOMAS J. GRAY; music by W. RAYMOND WALKER
• "He Played It On His Fid, Fid, Fiddle-dee-dee" = lyrics & music by RAY GOETZ & IRVING BERLIN
• "Hitchy-Koo" = lyrics by L. WOLFE GILBERT; music by LEWIS F. MUIR & MAURICE ABRAHAMS
• "I'm Afraid, Pretty Maid, I'm Afraid" = lyrics & music by IRVING BERLIN
• "I'm The Lonesomest Gal In Town" = lyrics by LEW BROWN; music by ALBERT VON TILZER
• "In My Harem" = lyrics & music by IRVING BERLIN
• "In the Garden" = lyrics & music by C. AUSTIN MILES
• "It's A Long Way To Tipperary" = lyrics & music by JACK JUDGE & HARRY H. WILLIAMS
• "Keep Away From The Fellow Who Owns An Automobile" = lyrics & music by IRVING BERLIN
• "Kentucky Sue" = by LEW BROWN
• "The Land Of Golden Dreams" = lyrics by C. M. DENISON; music by E. F. DUSENBERRY
• "Last Night Was The End Of The World" = lyrics by ANDREW B. STERLING; music by HARRY VON TILZER
• "The Last Shot Got Him" = lyrics & music by CECIL MACK & CECIL SMITH
• "Lead Me To That Beautiful Band" from the musical theater production 'Cohan And Harris Minstrels' = lyrics by E. RAY GOETZ; music by IRVING BERLIN
• "A Little Love, A Little Kiss" = French lyrics by NILSON FYSHER, English lyrics by ADRIAN ROSS; music by LEO SILESU
• "Love Is Like A Firefly" = lyrics by OTTO HARBACH; music by RUDOLF FRIML
• "Melody" = music by CHARLES GATES DAWES
• "The Memphis Blues" = lyrics by GEORGE A. NORTON; music by WILLIAM CHRISTOPHER HANDY
• "The Million Dollar Ball" = by IRVING BERLIN, E. RAY GOETZ
• "My Melancholy Baby" = lyrics by GEORGE A. NORTON; music by ERNIE BURNETT
• "On A Beautiful Night With A Beautiful Girl" = lyrics by WILL D. COBB; music by GUS EDWARDS
• "On The Mississippi" = lyrics by BALLARD MacDONALD; music by HARRY CARROLL & ARTHUR FIELDS
• "Parisienne" = lyrics by LEW BROWN; music by ALBERT VON TILZER
• "Pick, Pick, Pick Pick On The Mandolin, Antonio" = lyrics & music by IRVING BERLIN
• "Ragging The Baby To Sleep" = lyrics by L. WOLFE GILBERT; music by LEWIS F. MUIR
• "Ragtime Cowboy Joe" = lyrics by GRANT CLARKE; music by LEWIS F. MUIR & MAURICE ABRAHAMS
• "The Ragtime Drummer" = by JAMES I. LENT
• "The Ragtime Jockey Man" = lyrics & music by IRVING BERLIN
• "Ragtime Mocking Bird" = lyrics & music by IRVING BERLIN
• "Ragtime Soldier Man" = lyrics & music by IRVING BERLIN
• "Roll Dem Roly Boly Eyes" = lyrics & music by EDDIE LEONARD
• "The Rose of Tralee" = lyrics by C. MORDAUNT SPENCER; music by CHARLES W. GLOVER
• "Row Row Row" = lyrics by WILLIAM JEROME; music by JAMES V. MONACO
• "She Pushed Me Into The Parlour" = lyrics by ALF ELLERTON; music by WILL MAYNE
• "Slippery Elm Rag" = music by CLARENCE WOODS
• "Sly Musette" = lyrics by SYDNEY ROSENFELD; music by A. BALDWIN SLOANE
• "The Society Bear" = lyrics & music by IRVING BERLIN
• "Some Boy" = lyrics by GENE BUCK; music by DAVE STAMPER
• "Somebody's Coming To Town From Dixie" = lyrics by RAYMOND A. BROWNE; music by HENRY CLAY SMITH
• "The Sweetheart Of Sigma Chi" = lyrics by BYRON D. STOKES; music by F. DUDLEIGH VERNOR
• "Sympathy" = lyrics by OTTO HARBACH; music by RUDOLF FRIML
• "Take A Little Tip From Father" = by IRVING BERLIN, TED SNYDER
• "Take Me Back" = lyrics & music by IRVING BERLIN
• "Take Me To That Swanee Shore" = lyrics by L. WOLFE GILBERT; music by LEWIS F. MUIR
• "Take Me To The Cabaret" = lyrics & music by WILL DILLON
• "Teasing Moon" = lyrics by STANLEY MURPHY; music by HENRY MARSHALL
• "That Dixie Dip Rag" = music by DIPPY DIP
• "That Eccentric Rag" = music by J. RUSSEL ROBINSON
• "That Kentucky Rag" = lyrics by BOYLE WOOLFOLK; music by HAMPTON DURAND
• "That Old Girl Of Mine" = lyrics by EARLE C. JONES; music by EGBERT VAN ALSTYNE
• "That Syncopated Boogie Boo" = lyrics by SAM M. LEWIS; music by GEORGE W. MEYER
• "That's How I Need You" = lyrics by JOE McCARTHY & JOE GOODWIN; music by AL PIANTADOSI
• "There's One In A Million Like You" = lyrics by GRANT CLARKE; music by JEAN SCHWARTZ
• "Waiting For The Robert E. Lee" = lyrics by L. WOLFE GILBERT; music by LEWIS F. MUIR
• "'Way Down South" = lyrics & music by GEORGE FAIRMAN
• "The Wedding Glide" = lyrics & music by LOUIS HIRSCH
• "A Wee Hoose 'Mang The Heather" = lyrics & music by GILBERT WELLS, FRED ELTON & HARRY LAUDER
• "When I Get You Alone Tonight" = lyrics & music by JOSEPH MCCARTHY, JOE GOODWIN & FRED FISHER
• "When I Lost You" = lyrics & music by IRVING BERLIN
• "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling" = lyrics by CHAUNCEY OLCOTT & GEORGE GRAFF Jr; music by ERNEST R. BALL
• "When It's Apple Blossom Time In Normandy" = lyrics & music by HARRY GIFFORD, HUNTLEY TREVOR & TOM MELLOR
• "When The Midnight Choo-Choo Leaves For Alabam" = lyrics & music by IRVING BERLIN
• "When Uncle Joe Plays A Rag On His Old Banjo" = lyrics & music by THEODORE F. MORSE
• "Yiddisha Professor" = lyrics & music by IRVING BERLIN
• "You're My Baby" = lyrics by A SEYMOUR BROWN; music by NAT D. AYER

Popular Recordings

• "The Herd Girl's Dream"
• recorded by GEORGE STEHL, MARSHALL P. LUFSKY, & PAUL SURTH = on Columbia
• "Everybody Two Step"
• recorded by BILLY MURRAY = on Edison
• "Roamin' in the Gloamin'"
• recorded by HARRY LAUDER = on Victor

Classical Music

• FERRUCCIO BUSONI
• Sonatina No. 2
• GEORGE BUTTERWORTH
• A Shropshire Lad
• CLAUDE DEBUSSY
• Khamma (ballet)
• PAUL DUKAS
• La Peri (ballet)
• VICTOR EWALD
• Brass Quintet No. 1
• ALEXANDER GLAZUNOV
• Finnish Sketches
• SERGEI PROKOFIEV
• Piano Concerto No. 1 in Db Major
• Piano Concerto No. 2 in G Minor
• CYRIL SCOTT
• Two Passacaglias
• MARCEL TOURNIER
• Promenade a l'automne
• LOUIS VIERNE
• Symphony for Organ No. 3 in F# minor

Opera

• WALTER DAMROSCH
• The Dove of Peace
• GUY ROPARTZ
• Le Pays
• RICHARD STRAUSS
• Ariadne auf Naxos
• FRANZ SCHREKER
• Der ferne Klang, libretto by the composer

Musical Theatre

• THE COUNT OF LUXEMBOURG
• Broadway production opened at the New Amsterdam Theatre on September 16 and ran for 120 performances.
• THE FIREFLY
• Broadway production opened at the Lyric Theatre on December 2 and ran for 120 performances
• FORTY-FIVE MINUTES FROM BROADWAY
• Broadway revival opened at the George M. Cohan Theatre on March 14 and ran for 36 performances.
• GYPSY LOVE
• London production opened at Daly's Theatre on June 1 and ran for 299 performances.
• HULLO, RAGTIME
• Opened at the London Hippodrome on December 23 and ran for 451 performances.
• THE LADY OF THE SLIPPER Starring Elsie Janis, Montgomery and Stone, James Reaney, Peggy Wood and Vernon Castle.
• Broadway production opened at the Globe Theatre on October 28 and ran for 232 performances.
• DER LILA DOMINO (THE LILAC DOMINO)
• Vienna production
• MAMA'S BABY BOY
• (Music: Hans Linne; Book & Lyrics: Junie McCree)
• Broadway production opened at the Broadway Theatre on May 25 and ran for 9 performances
• OH! OH! DELPHINE!
• Broadway production opened at the Knickerbocker Theatre on September 30 and ran for 248 performances
• OVER THE RIVER Starring Eddie Foy, Lillian Lorraine, Mae Busch, Peggy Wood and Maurice and Walton.
• (Words & Music: John Golden)
• Broadway production opened at the Globe Theatre on January 8 and ran for 120 performances.
• THE PINK LADY
• London production opened at the Globe Theatre on April 11 and ran for 124 performances
• UNDER MANY FLAGS
• Broadway production opened at the Hippodrome on August 31 and ran for 445 performances
• THE WALL STREET GIRL
• Broadway production opened at the George M. Cohan Theatre on April 15 and ran for 56 performances
• THE ZIEGFELD FOLLIES OF 1912
• Broadway revue opened at the Moulin Rouge Theatre on October 21 and ran for 88 performances