22 August:JOHN LEE HOOKER = American blues musician = [died: 2001]
23 August:TEX WILLIAMS = American country singer = [died: 1985]
5 September:ART RUPE = American founder of Specialty Records
11 September:MYRTA SILVA = Puerto Rican singer and composer = [died: 1987]
13 September:ROBERT WARD = American composer = [died: 2013]
30 September:BUDDY RICH = American jazz drummer and bandleader = [died: 1987]
7 October:JUNE ALLYSON = American singer and actress = [died: 2006]
10 October:THELONIOUS MONK = American jazz musician = [died: 1982]
13 October:GEORGE OSMOND = American father of the Osmond brothers = [died: 2007]
21 October:
WILLIAM ADAM = American trumpeter = [died: 2013]
DIZZY GILLESPIE = American jazz musician = [died: 1993]
24 October:MIKE PEDICIN = American jazz bandleader = [died: 2016]
31 October:ANNA MARLY = French singer-songwriter = [died: 2006]
12 November:JO STAFFORD = American singer = [died: 2008]
Timeline of Musical Events
12 May:BÉLA BARTÓK's ballet The Wooden Prince is premiered in Budapest
Also in 1917:-
First Jazz recordings made by the Original Dixieland Jass Band
First African American jazz recordings made by WILBER SWEATMAN's Band
EDDIE CANTOR makes his first recordings
Published Popular Music
"All The World Will Be Jealous Of Me" = lyrics by AL DUBIN; music by ERNEST R. BALL
"Any Time Is Kissing Time" from the musical 'Chu Chin Chow' = lyrics by OSCAR ASCHE; music by FREDERIC NORTON
"Are You From Heaven?" = lyrics & music by L. WOLFE GILBERT & ANATOL FRIEDLAND
"A Bachelor Gay" from the musical 'The Maid of the Mountains' = lyrics by FRANK CLIFFORD HARRIS & (ARTHUR) VALENTINE; music by JAMES W. TATE
"Barnyard Blues" = lyrics & music by EDWIN B. EDWARDS, NICK LA ROCCA, TONY SBARBARO & LARRY SHIELDS
"The Bells Of St Mary's" = lyrics by DOUGLAS FURBER; music by A. EMMETT ADAMS
"The Bombo-Shay" = by HENRY CREAMER
"Bring Back My Daddy To Me" = lyrics by WILLIAM TRACEY & HOWARD JOHNSON; music by GEORGE W. MEYER
"Bring Me A Rose" = lyrics & music by CHARLES SHISLER
"Cheer Up, Liza" = by JOHN L. GOLDEN, RAYMOND HUBBELL
"Cleopatra Had A Jazz Band" = lyrics by JACK COOGAN; music by JIMMY MORGAN
"Come To The Fair" = lyrics by HELEN TAYLOR; music by EASTHOPE MARTIN
"The Darktown Strutters' Ball" = lyrics & music by SHELTON BROOKS
"Dixie Jass Band One-Step" = by ORIGINAL DIXIELAND JASS BAND
"Down In The Valley" = by Trad US
"Eileen (Alanna Asthore)" = lyrics by HENRY BLOSSOM; music by VICTOR HERBERT
"For Me And My Gal" = lyrics by EDGAR LESLIE & E. RAY GOETZ; music by GEORGE W. MEYER
"For Your Country and My Country" = lyrics & music by IRVING BERLIN
"Give a Man a Horse He Can Ride" = lyrics by JAMES THOMSON; music by GEOFFREY O'HARA
"Give Me the Moonlight, Give Me the Girl" = lyrics by LEW BROWN; music by ALBERT VON TILZER
"Going Up" = lyrics by OTTO HARBACH; music by LOUIS A. HIRSCH
"Good Luck and God Be With You, Laddie Boy" = lyrics by WILL D. COBB; music by GUS EDWARDS
"Goodbye Broadway, Hello France" = lyrics by C. FRANCIS REISNER & BENNY DAVIS; music by BILLY BASKETTE
"Goodbye Ma! Goodbye Pa! Goodbye Mule!" = lyrics by WILLIAM HERSCHELL; music by BARCLAY WALKER
"Good-bye-ee" = lyrics & music by R. P. WESTON & BERT LEE
"Hail! Hail! The Gang's All Here" = lyrics by D. A. ESROM; music by THEODORE F. MORSE & ARTHUR SULLIVAN
"Have A Heart" = lyrics by P. G. WODEHOUSE; music by JEROME KERN
"Hawaiian Butterfly" = lyrics by GEORGE A. LITTLE; music by BILLY BASKETTE & JOSEPH H. SANTLEY
"Homing" = lyrics by ARTHUR L. SALMON; music by TERESA DEL RIEGO
"How Can I Forget When There's So Much To Remember" = lyrics & music by IRVING BERLIN
"Huckleberry Finn" = by CLIFF HESS
"I Don't Know Where I'm Going But I'm On My Way" = lyrics & music by GEORGE FAIRMAN
"I Don't Want To Get Well" = lyrics by HOWARD JOHNSON & HARRY PEASE; music by HARRY JENTES
"I May Be Gone For A Long, Long Time" = lyrics by LEW BROWN; music by ALBERT VON TILZER
"I'd Love To Be A Monkey In The Zoo" = lyrics by BERT HANLON; music by WILLIE WHITE
"I'll Take You Back To Italy" = lyrics & music by IRVING BERLIN
"I'm All Bound Round With The Mason-Dixon Line" = lyrics by SAM M. LEWIS & JOE YOUNG; music by JEAN SCHWARTZ
"I'm Always Chasing Rainbows" = lyrics by JOSEPH MCCARTHY; music by HARRY CARROLL (melody adapted from CHOPIN)
"If I Find The Guy Who Wrote "Poor Butterfly"" = lyrics by WILLIAM JEROME; music by ARTHUR GREEN
"Indiana" = lyrics by BALLARD MacDONALD; music by JAMES F. HANLEY
"Indianola" = music by HENRY R. STERN & DOMENICO SAVINO
"Joan Of Arc They Are Calling You" = lyrics by ALFRED BRYAN & WILLIE WESTON; music by JACK WELLS
"Johnson Rag" = music by GUY H. HALL & HENRY KLEINHAUF
"Just A Baby's Prayer At Twilight" = lyrics by SAM M. LEWIS & JOE YOUNG; music by M. K. JEROME
"Leave It To Jane" = lyrics by P. G. WODEHOUSE; music by JEROME KERN
"Let's All Be Americans Now" = lyrics & music by IRVING BERLIN, EDGAR LESLIE & GEORGE W. MEYER
"Lily Of The Valley" = lyrics by L. WOLFE GILBERT; music by ANATOLE FRIEDLAND
"Little Mother Of Mine" = lyrics by WALTER H. BROWN; music by HARRY T. BURLEIGH
"Little Sir Echo" = lyrics by LAURA R. SMITH; music by J. S. FEARIS
"Livery Stable Blues" = by ALCIDE NUNEZ & RAY LOPEZ
"Lorraine My Beautiful Alsace Lorraine" = lyrics by ALFRED BRYAN; music by FRED FISHER
"Love Will Find A Way" introduced by JOSÉ COLLINS in the musical 'The Maid of the Mountains' = lyrics by HARRY GRAHAM; music by HAROLD FRASER-SIMSON
"Mad'moiselle From Armentieres" = lyrics & music by anon
"McNamara's Band" = lyrics by JOHN J. STAMFORD; music by SHAMUS O'CONNOR
"The Modern Maiden's Prayer" = lyrics by BALLARD MacDONALD; music by JAMES F. HANLEY
"My Sunshine Jane" = lyrics by J. KEIRN BRENNAN; music by ERNEST R. BALL
"My Sweetie" = lyrics & music by IRVING BERLIN
"'N' Everything" = lyrics & music by AL JOLSON, B. G. DESYLVA & GUS KAHN
"Napoleon" = lyrics by P.G. WODEHOUSE; music by JEROME KERN
"Nesting Time In Flatbush" = lyrics by P. G. WODEHOUSE; music by JEROME KERN
"Oh It's A Lovely War" = lyrics & music by MAURICE SCOTT
"Oh Johnny, Oh Johnny, Oh!" = lyrics by ED ROSE; music by ABE OLMAN
"Ole Miss Rag" = lyrics & music by W. C. HANDY
"On The Road To Home Sweet Home" = lyrics by GUS KAHN; music by EGBERT VAN ALSTYNE
"Ostrich Walk" = music by EDWIN B. EDWARDS, NICK LAROCCA, TONY SPARGO & LARRY SHIELDS
"Out Where The West Begins" = lyrics by ARTHUR CHAPMAN; music by ESTELLE PHILLEO
"Over There" = lyrics & music by GEORGE M. COHAN
"Paddy McGinty's Goat" = lyrics & music by R.P. WESTON, BERT LEE & THE TWO BOBS
"A Paradise For Two" = lyrics by FRANK CLIFFORD HARRIS & VALENTINE; music by JAMES W. TATE
"Regretful Blues" = lyrics by GRANT CLARKE; music by CLIFF HESS
"The Road To Paradise" from the musical 'Maytime' = lyrics by RIDA JOHNSON YOUNG; music by SIGMUND ROMBERG
"Rockaway" = by HOWARD JOHNSON
"Rolled Into One" = lyrics by P. G. WODEHOUSE; music by JEROME KERN
"Rose Room" = lyrics by HARRY WILLIAMS; music by ART HICKMAN
"Sailin' Away On The Henry Clay" = lyrics by GUS KAHN; music by EGBERT VAN ALSTYNE
"Say A Prayer For The Boys Out There" = lyrics by BERNIE GROSSMAN; music by ALEX MARR
"Send Me Away With A Smile" = lyrics & music by LOUIS WESLYN & AL PIANTADOSI
"Shave 'em Dry" = music by SAM WISHNUFF
"Shim-Me-Sha-Wabble" = music by SPENCER WILLIAMS
"Sing Me Love's Lullaby" = lyrics by DOROTHY TERRIS; music by THEODORE F. MORSE
"The Siren's Song" = lyrics by P. G. WODEHOUSE; music by JEROME KERN
"Six Times Six Is Thirty-Six" = lyrics by BERT HANLON; music by WILLIAM WHITE
"Slippery Hank" = by F. H. LOSEY
"Smile And Show Your Dimple" = lyrics & music by IRVING BERLIN
"Smiles" = lyrics by J. WILL CALLAHAN; music by LEE S. ROBERTS
"Some Sunday Morning" = lyrics by GUS KAHN & RAYMOND B. EGAN; music by RICHARD A. WHITING
"Somewhere In France" = lyrics by ARTHUR WIMPERIS; music by HERBERT IVEY
"Somewhere In France (Is The Lily)" = lyrics by PHILANDER CHASE JOHNSON; music by JOSEPH E. HOWARD
"Southern Gals" = lyrics by JACK YELLEN; music by ALBERT GUMBLE
"The Story Book Ball" = lyrics & music by BILLIE MONTGOMERY & GEORGE PERRY
"Sweet Emalina My Gal" = lyrics by HENRY CREAMER; music by TURNER LAYTON
"That's The Kind Of Baby For Me" = lyrics & music by JACK EGAN & ALFRED HARRISON
"There Are Fairies At The Bottom Of Our Garden" = lyrics & music by LIZA LEHMANN
"There's A Lump Of Sugar Down In Dixie" = lyrics by ALFRED BRYAN & JACK YELLEN; music by ALBERT GUMBLE
"There's Something Nice About The South" = lyrics & music by IRVING BERLIN
"They Go Wild Simply Wild Over Me" = lyrics by JOSEPH McCARTHY; music by FRED FISHER
"Thine Alone" = lyrics by HENRY BLOSSOM; music by VICTOR HERBERT
"The Tickle Toe" = lyrics by OTTO HARBACH; music by LOUIS HIRSCH
"Tiger Rag" = lyrics by HARRY DE COSTA; music by EDWIN B. EDWARDS, NICK LA ROCCA, TONY SBARBARO, HENRY RAGAS & LARRY SHIELDS
"Till The Clouds Roll By" = lyrics by P. G. WODEHOUSE, GUY BOLTON & JEROME KERN; music by JEROME KERN
"Ugly Chile" = lyrics & music by CLARENCE WILLIAMS
"The Waggle O' The Kilt" = lyrics & music by HARRY LAUDER
"Wait Till The Cows Come Home" = lyrics by ANNE CALDWELL; music by IVAN CARYLL
"When The Boys Come Home" = lyrics by JOHN HAY; music by OLEY SPEAKS
"When Yankee Doodle Learns To Parlez Vous Francais" = lyrics by WILL HART; music by EDWARD G. NELSON
"Where Do We Go From Here?" = lyrics by HOWARD JOHNSON; music by PERCY WENRICH
"Where The Morning Glories Grow" = lyrics by GUS KAHN & RAYMOND B. EGAN; music by RICHARD A. WHITING
"Why Am I Always The Bridesmaid?" = lyrics & music by FRED LEIGH, CHARLES COLLINS & LILY MORRIS
"Will You Remember?" = lyrics by RIDA JOHNSON YOUNG; music by SIGMUND ROMBERG
"Wonder Eyes" = music by PERCY E. FLETCHER
"Yah-De-Dah" = music by MEL B. KAUFMAN
"You Brought Ireland Right Over To Me" = lyrics by J. KEIRN BRENNAN; music by ERNEST R. BALL
"You Never Knew About Me" = lyrics by P. G. WODEHOUSE; music by JEROME KERN
Classical Music
JOHN ALDEN CARPENTER
The Birthday of the Infanta, ballet
The Home Road for SATB mixed chorus or unison voices and piano
Symphony No. 1 ("Sermons in Stones")
CARLOS CHÁVEZ
Sonata fantasia (Sonata No. 1), for piano
CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Sonata for violin and piano
ALEXANDER GLAZUNOV
Piano Concerto No. 2 in B Op. 100
LAUNY GRØNDAHL
Violin Concerto in D Major
CHARLES IVES
Orchestral Set no.1: Three Places in New England
Set No. 2, for chamber orchestra
Washington's Birthday, for small orchestra
CHARLES KOECHLIN
La divine vesprée, ballettr
Paysages et marines, op. 63bis, version for flute, clarinet, string quartet, and piano
Sonata for cello and piano, op. 66
CARL NIELSEN
Chaconne (for piano)
SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Concerto no. 1, for violin and orchestra, op. 19
Igrok [The Gambler] (opera), op. 24
Mimoletnosti (Visions fugitives), 20 pieces for piano, op. 22
Sonata No. 3 ("From Old Notebooks"), for piano, op. 28
Sonata No. 4 ("From Old Notebooks"), for piano, op. 29
Symphony No. 1 Classical, op. 25
MAURICE RAVEL
Le tombeau de Couperin, for piano
OTTORINO RESPIGHI
Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 1
ARNOLD SCHOENBERG
Verklärte Nacht (string orchestra version)
JEAN SIBELIUS
Humoresques for Violin and Orchestra opp. 87 and 89
CHARLES VILLIERS STANFORD
Aviator's Hymn, for tenor, bass, choir, and organ
Irish Rhapsody no. 5, in G Minor, for orchestra
Night Thoughts, op. 148, for piano
"On Windy Way When Morning Breaks", partsong
Sailing Song, partsong, two soprano voices
"St George of England", song
Scènes de ballet, op. 150, for piano
Sonata no. 1, in F major, op. 149, for organ
Sonata no. 2 ("Eroica"), in Gminor, op. 151, for organ
Sonata no. 3 ("Britannica"), in D minor, op. 152, for organ
IGOR STRAVINSKY
Berceuse, for voice and piano
Chant du Rossignol (opera)
Cinq pièces faciles, for piano 4 hands
"Ovsen'", no. 2 from Podblyudnïye (Saucers) (Four Russian Peasant Songs), for women's choir
Song of the Volga Boatmen, arrangement for winds and percussion
Study, for pianola
Valse pour les enfants, for piano (possibly 1916)
KAROL SZYMANOWSKI
Demeter (cantata)
HEITOR VILLA-LOBOS
Symphony No. 2 Ascenção, The Ascension
ANTON WEBERN
Vier Lieder (Four Songs) for voice and piano, op. 12
Opera
ARMAS LAUNIS
Kullervo
SERGEI PROKOFIEV
The Gambler
RICHARD STRAUSS
Die Frau ohne Schatten
GABRIEL VON WAYDITCH
The Caliph's Magician
Musical Theatre
Opening: 11 January 1917 @ Liberty Theatre, New York, NY
HAVE A HEART [Original "Broadway" production]
(Musical, Comedy)
Music by: Jerome Kern; Book by: Guy Bolton, P. G. Wodehouse; Lyrics by: Guy Bolton, P. G. Wodehouse
Closing: 17 March 1917 Performance Count: 76
Opening: 15 January 1917 @ Shubert Theatre, transferring on 19 March to Maxine Elliott's Theatre, and again on 27 August 1917 to Casino Theatre, New York, NY
LOVE O' MIKE [Original "Broadway" production]
(Musical, Comedy)
Music by: Jerome Kern; Book by: Thomas Sydney; Lyrics by: Harry B. Smith
Closing: 29 September 1917 Performance Count: 233
Opening: 18 January 1917 @ Cocoanut Grove Theatre, New York, NY
DANCE AND GROW THIN [Original "Broadway" production]
(Musical, Revue)
Music by: Irving Berlin, Blanche Merrill; Book by: Miss Cooke, Raphael Kirchner, O'Neill; Lyrics by: Irving Berlin, Blanche Merrill
Closing: 2 June 1917 Performance Count: 117
Opening: 5 February 1917 @ Morosco Theatre, New York, NY
Music by: E. Ray Goetz; Book by: E. Ray Goetz, Harry Grattan, Glen MacDonough; Lyrics by: E. Ray Goetz, Harry Grattan, Glen MacDonough
Closing: 15 December 1917 Performance Count: 220
Opening: 12 June 1917 @ New Amsterdam Theatre, New York, NY
ZIEGFELD FOLLIES OF 1917 [Original "Broadway" production]
(Musical, Revue)
Music by: Raymond Hubbell, Dave Stamper; Book by: Gene Buck, George V. Hobart; Lyrics by: Gene Buck, George V. Hobart
Closing: 4 September 1917 Performance Count: 111
Opening: 18 June 1917 @ Lyric Theatre, New York, NY
MY LADY'S GLOVE [Original "Broadway" production]
(Musical, Operetta)
Music by: Oscar Straus; Book by: Edward A. Paulton, Edgar Smith; Lyrics by: Edward A. Paulton, Edgar Smith
Closing: 30 June 1917 Performance Count: 16
Opening: 4 August 1917 @ the Oxford Theatre, London
THE BETTER 'OLE [Original "London" production]
(Musical)
Herman Darewski/James Hurd
Closing: date unknown Performance Count: 811
Opening: 16 August 1917 @ Shubert Theatre, moving on 18 Feb. 1918 to 44th Street Theatre, moving again on 1 Apr. to Broadhurst Theatre, then on 5 Aug to Lyric Theatre, and back to Broadhurst Theatre, New York, NY on 9 September 1918