29 October:JON VICKERS = Canadian tenor = [died: 2015]
5 November:JOAN SUTHERLAND = Australian soprano = [died: 2010]
11 December:BIG MAMA THORNTON = American blues singer = [died: 1984]
26 December:EARLE BROWN = American composer = [died: 2002]
30 December:STAN TRACEY = British jazz pianist and composer = [died: 2013]
Timeline of Musical Events
9 April:LEOPOLD STOKOWSKI conducts the world premiere of EDGAR VARÈSE's Amériques, with the Philadelphia Orchestra.
26 April: Premiere of GIACOMO PUCCINI's opera Turandot at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan.
12 May: DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 1 premiere, Leningrad. The composer is 19 years old.
26 June:VÁCLAV TALICH conducts the world première of LEOŠ JANÁCEK's Sinfonietta in Prague
21 October: CARL NIELSEN's Flute Concerto is given its world premiere in Paris
28 October:BING CROSBY cuts his first record, a recording of "I've Got the Girl"
4 November:WANDA LANDOWSKA gives the world premiere of MANUEL DE FALLA's Harpsichord Concerto in Barcelona
9 November:PAUL HINDEMITH's opera Cardillac is premiered in Dresden
27 November: BÉLA BARTÓK's The Miraculous Mandarin is premiered in Cologne.
18 December: The Estonian National Symphony Orchestra gives its first concert.
Also in 1926:-
First recordings by JELLY ROLL MORTON & His Red Hot Peppers
Opening of the Salzburger Festspielhaus
VIRGILIO SAVONA begins studying music
The Société de Musique de Chambre de Genève is founded by FRANK MARTIN.
The National Conservatoire is founded in Athens by composer MANOLIS KALOMIRIS and others.
Published Popular Music
"(What Can I Say) After I Say I'm Sorry" = lyrics & music by WALTER DONALDSON & ABE LYMAN
"Alabama Stomp" = lyrics by HENRY CREAMER; music by JAMES P. JOHNSON
"All Alone Monday" = lyrics by BERT KALMAR; music by HARRY RUBY
"Am I Wasting My Time On You?" = lyrics & music by IRVING BIBO & HOWARD JOHNSON
"Are You Lonesome Tonight?" = lyrics by ROY TURK; music by LOU HANDMAN
"Baby Face" = lyrics by BENNY DAVIS; music by HARRY AKST
"Barcelona" = lyrics by GUS KAHN; music by TOLCHARD EVANS
"Because I Love You" = lyrics & music by IRVING BERLIN
"Big Butter And Egg Man" = lyrics & music by SIDNEY CLARE, CLIFF FRIEND & JOSEPH H. SANTLY
"The Birth Of The Blues" introduced by HARRY RICHMAN in the revue 'George White's Scandals of 1926' = lyrics by B. G. DE SYLVA & LEW BROWN; music by RAY HENDERSON
"Black Bottom" introduced by ANN PENNINGTON, THE McCARTHY SISTERS, FRANCES WILLIAMS and TOM PATRICOLA in the revue 'George White's Scandals of 1926' = lyrics by B. G. DE SYLVA & LEW BROWN; music by RAY HENDERSON
"Black Bottom Stomp" = music by JELLY ROLL MORTON
"The Blue Room" introduced by EVA PUCK and SAMMY WHITE in the musical 'The Girl Friend' = lyrics by LORENZ HART; music by RICHARD RODGERS
"Breezin' Along With The Breeze" = lyrics & music by HAVEN GILLESPIE, SEYMOUR SIMONS & RICHARD WHITING
"Bridget O'Flynn" = by KING, STERLING
"Bring Back Those Minstrel Days" = lyrics by BALLARD MacDONALD; music by MARTIN BROONES
"But I Do - You Know I Do" = lyrics by GUS KAHN; music by WALTER DONALDSON
"By The Tamarisk" = music by ERIC COATES
"Bye Bye Blackbird" = lyrics by MORT DIXON; music by RAY HENDERSON
"The Chant" = music by MEL STITZEL
"Charmaine" = lyrics by LEW POLLACK; music by ERNO RAPEE
"Cherie, I Love You" = lyrics & music by LILLIAN ROSEDALE GOODMAN
"Clap Yo' Hands" = lyrics by IRA GERSHWIN; music by GEORGE GERSHWIN
"Climbing Up The Ladder Of Love" = lyrics by RAYMOND KLAGES; music by JESSE GREER
"Cossack Love Song" = by HARBACH, HAMMERSTEIN, STOTHART & GERSHWIN
"Crazy Words, Crazy Tune" = lyrics by JACK YELLEN; music by MILTON AGER
"Cross Your Heart" = lyrics by B. G. DE SYLVA; music by LEWIS E. GENSLER
"'Deed I Do" = lyrics by WALTER HIRSCH; music by FRED ROSE
"The Desert Song" introduced by VIVIENNE SEGAL and ROBERT HALLIDAY in the operetta 'The Desert Song' = lyrics by OTTO HARBACH & OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II; music by SIGMUND ROMBERG
"The Devil Is Afraid Of Music" = lyrics & music by WILLARD ROBISON
"The Dicky Bird Hop" = lyrics by LESLIE SARONY; music by RONALD GOURLEY
"Do, Do, Do" introduced by GERTRUDE LAWRENCE and OSCAR SHAW in the musical 'Oh. Kay!' = lyrics by IRA GERSHWIN; music by GEORGE GERSHWIN
"Doctor Jazz" = lyrics by WALTER MELROSE; music by JOE "KING" OLIVER
"Don't Have Any More, Mrs Moore" = by CASTLING, WALSH
"East St Louis Toddle-O" = music by BUBBER MILEY & DUKE ELLINGTON
"Everything's Gonna Be All Right" = lyrics by BENNY DAVIS; music by HARRY AKST
"Fidgety Feet" = lyrics by IRA GERSHWIN; music by GEORGE GERSHWIN
"Flapperette" = music by JESSE GREER
"The Gang That Sang Heart Of My Heart" = lyrics & music by BEN RYAN
"Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" = lyrics by B. G. DE SYLVA; music by LEWIS E. GENSLER
"Get Away, Old Man, Get Away" = lyrics & music by FRANK CRUMIT
"Gimme A Little Kiss, Will Ya, Huh?" = lyrics by ROY TURK & JACK SMITH; music by MACEO PINKARD
"The Girl Friend" introduced by EVA PUCK & SAMMY WHITE in the musical 'The Girl Friend' = lyrics by LORENZ HART; music by RICHARD RODGERS
"The Girl Is You And The Boy Is Me" = lyrics by B. G. DE SYLVA & LEW BROWN; music by RAY HENDERSON
"Half A Moon" = lyrics by EDDIE DOWLING & HERBERT REYNOLDS; music by JAMES F. HANLEY
"Hawaiian Wedding Song" (originally "Ke Kali Nei Au") = lyrics (1959) by AL HOFFMAN & DICK MANNING; music by CHARLES E. KING
"Heebie Jeebies" = lyrics & music by BOYD ATKINS
"Hello Bluebird" = lyrics & music by CLIFF FRIEND
"Hello, Aloha, How Are You?" = lyrics by L. WOLFE GILBERT; music by ABEL BAER
"Hello, Baby" = lyrics by SEYMOUR SIMONS; music by RICHARD A. WHITING
"Here I Am" = lyrics by B. G. DE SYLVA & LEW BROWN; music by RAY HENDERSON
"Hesitation Blues" = lyrics & music by BILLY SMYTHE, SCOTT MIDDLETON, & ART GILLHAM - The Whispering Pianist
"Hey Gypsy (Play Gypsy)" = lyrics & music by EMMERICH KALMAN, CLIFFORD GREY, "N. FOLEY"
"Hi-Diddle-Diddle" = lyrics & music by HAL KEIDEL & CARLETON COON
"Horses" = lyrics by BYRON GAY; music by RICHARD A. WHITING
"How Could Red Riding Hood?" = lyrics & music by RANDOLPH
"How Many Times?" = lyrics & music by IRVING BERLIN
"I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me" = lyrics by CLARENCE GASKILL; music by JIMMY McHUGH
"I Know That You Know" = lyrics by ANNE CALDWELL; music by VINCENT YOUMANS
"I Never See Maggie Alone" = lyrics by HARRY TILSLEY; music by EVERETT LYNTON
"I Parted My Hair In The Middle" = by DAVID, MURPHY
"I Want a Big Butter and Egg Man" = lyrics & music by PERCY VENABLE & LOUIS ARMSTRONG
"I'd Climb The Highest Mountain" = lyrics & music by LEW BROWN & SIDNEY CLARE
"If I Could Be With You One Hour Tonight" = lyrics by HENRY CREAMER; music by JAMES P. JOHNSON
"If You Can't Land Her On The Old Verandah" = lyrics & music by SILVER
"I'm A One-Man Girl" = lyrics by LEO ROBIN; music by RICHARD MYERS
"I'm Coming, Virginia" = lyrics by WILL MARION COOK & DONALD HEYWOOD
"I'm Just Wild About Animal Crackers" = lyrics & music by FRED RICH, SAM COSLOW & HARRY LINK
"I'm Lonely Without You" = lyrics by BUD GREEN; music by HARRY WARREN
"In A Little Spanish Town" = lyrics by SAM M. LEWIS & JOE YOUNG; music by MABEL WAYNE
"It All Depends On You" = lyrics by B. G. DE SYLVA & LEW BROWN; music by RAY HENDERSON
"I've Got The Girl" = lyrics & music by WALTER DONALDSON
"Jack In The Box" = music by ZEZ CONFREY
"Jersey Walk" = lyrics by EDDIE DOWLING & HENRY CREAMER; music by JAMES F. HANLEY
"Katinka" = lyrics by BENEE RUSSELL; music by HENRY TOBIAS
"The Kinkajou" = lyrics by JOSEPH McCARTHY; music by HARRY TIERNEY
"Lay Me Down To Sleep In Carolina" = lyrics by JACK YELLEN; music by MILTON AGER
"Like He Loves Me" = lyrics by ANNE CALDWELL; music by VINCENT YOUMANS
"A Little Birdie Told Me So" = lyrics by LORENZ HART; music by RICHARD RODGERS
"The Little White House" = lyrics by EDDIE DOWLING; music by JAMES F. HANLEY
"Lonesome And Sorry" = lyrics by BENNY DAVIS; music by CON CONRAD
"Look At The World And Smile" = lyrics by ANNE CALDWELL; music by RAYMOND HUBBELL
"Looking At The World Through Rose Coloured Glasses" introduced by JACK OSTERMAN in the revue 'A Night in Paris' = lyrics & music by TOMMY MALIE & JIMMY STIEGER
"Lucky Day" = lyrics by B. G. DE SYLVA & LEW BROWN; music by RAY HENDERSON
"Mary Lou" = lyrics by ABE LYMAN & GEORGE WAGGNER; music by J. RUSSEL ROBINSON
"Maybe" = lyrics by IRA GERSHWIN; music by GEORGE GERSHWIN
"Me Too" = lyrics by CHARLES TOBIAS & AL SHERMAN; music by HARRY M. WOODS
"Moonlight On The Ganges" = lyrics by CHESTER WALLACE; music by SHERMAN MYERS
"The More We Are Together" = lyrics & music by JIMMY CAMPBELL & REG CONNELLY
"Mountain Greenery" introduced by STERLING HOLLOWAY and BOBBIE PERKINS in the revue 'The Garrick Gaieties' = lyrics by LORENZ HART; music by RICHARD RODGERS
"Muddy Water" = lyrics by JO TRENT; music by PETER DeROSE & HARRY RICHMAN
"Muskrat Ramble" = music by EDWARD "KID" ORY
"My Cutie's Due At Two To Two Today" = lyrics & music by ALBERT VON TILZER, IRVING BILBO & LEO ROBIN
"My Dream Of The Big Parade" = lyrics by AL DUBIN; music by JIMMY McHUGH
"My Pretty Girl" = music by CHARLES FULCHER
"One Alone" = lyrics by OTTO HARBACH & OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II; music by SIGMUND ROMBERG
"Our Director" = music by F. E. BIGELOW
"Passing Shadows" = music by RAYMOND LOUGHBOROUGH
"Play Gypsies, Dance Gypsies" = lyrics by HARRY B. SMITH; music by EMMERICH KALMAN
"Poor Papa" = lyrics by BILLY ROSE; music by HARRY M. WOODS
"The Rangers' Song" = lyrics by JOSEPH McCARTHY; music by HARRY TIERNEY
"Reaching For The Moon" = lyrics & music by BENNY DAVIS & JESSE GREER
"The Riff Song" = lyrics by OTTO HARBACH & OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II; music by SIGMUND ROMBERG
"Rio Rita" = lyrics by JOSEPH McCARTHY; music by HARRY TIERNEY
"Romance" = lyrics by OTTO HARBACH & OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II; music by SIGMUND ROMBERG
"Say It Again" = by HARRY RICHMAN
"Scatter Your Smiles" = lyrics & music by MAX KORTLANDER & PETE WENDLING
"She Knows Her Onions" = by AGER, YELLEN, POLLACK
"Shut The Door" = lyrics & music by BILLY MANN, WALLY IVES, DICK HOWARD & JIM KERN
"Sleepy Head" = lyrics by BENNY DAVIS; music by JESSE GREER
"Snag It" = music by JOSEPH "KING" OLIVER
"So This Is Spring" = by SARONY
"Somebody's Lonely" = by DAVIS, GOLD
"Someone To Watch Over Me" = lyrics by IRA GERSHWIN; music by GEORGE GERSHWIN
"Song Of The Wanderer" = lyrics by GUS KAHN; music by NEIL MORET
"Static Strut" = music by JACK YELLEN & PHIL WALL
"Sunday" = lyrics & music by CHESTER CONN, NED MILLER, JULE STYNE & BENNIE KRUEGER
"Sunny Disposish" = lyrics by IRA GERSHWIN; music by PHILIP CHARIG
"Tamiami Trail" = lyrics & music by CLIFF FRIEND & JOSEPH H. SANTLY
"There Ain't No Maybe In My Baby's Eyes" = lyrics by GUS KAHN & RAYMOND B. EGAN; music by WALTER DONALDSON
"There's A New Star In Heaven Tonight - Rudolph Valentino" = lyrics by J. KEIRN BRENNAN & IRVING MILLS; music by JIMMY McHUGH
"Thinking Of You" = lyrics by PAUL ASH; music by WALTER DONALDSON
"Ting-A-Ling" = lyrics by ANDY BRITT; music by JACK LITTLE
"Tiptoe Through The Tulips" = lyrics by AL DUBIN; music by JOE BURKE
"Tonight You Belong To Me" = lyrics by BILLY ROSE; music by LEE DAVID
"A Tree In The Park" = lyrics by LORENZ HART; music by RICHARD RODGERS
"Up And At 'Em" = lyrics & music by JACK PETTIS & AL GOERING
"Valencia" = French lyrics by LUCIEN JEAN BOYER & JACQUES CHARLES, English lyrics by CLIFFORD GREY; music by JOSÉ PADILLA
"When Day Is Done" = lyrics by B. G. DE SYLVA; music by ROGER KATSCHER
"When Do We Dance?" = lyrics by IRA GERSHWIN; music by GEORGE GERSHWIN
"When the Red, Red Robin (Comes Bob, Bob, Bobbin' Along)" = lyrics & music by HARRY M. WOODS
"Where Do You Work-A, John?" = lyrics by MORTIMER WEINBERG & CHARLEY MARKS; music by HARRY WARREN
"Where'd You Get Those Eyes?" = lyrics & music by WALTER DONALDSON
"Why Do I" introduced by FRANCIS X. DONEGAN & JUNE COCHRAN in the musical 'The Girl Friend' = lyrics by LORENZ HART; music by RICHARD RODGERS
"Wistful And Blue" = by DAVIDSON, ETTING
"Ya Gotta Know How To Love" = lyrics by BUD GREEN; music by HARRY WARREN
Recorded Popular Music
"Always"
recorded by VINCENT LOPEZ & His Orchestra
"Black Bottom"
recorded by JOHNNY HAMP's Kentucky Serenaders
"Breezin' Along With the Breeze"
recorded by JOHNNY MARVIN
"Bye Bye Blackbird"
recorded by GENE AUSTIN
"Do, Do, Do"
recorded by GERTRUDE LAWRENCE
"Gimme A Little Kiss (Will Ya', Hunh?)"
recorded by WHISPERING JACK SMITH
"He's The Last Word"
recorded by BEN POLLACK & His Californians
"I'm Sitting on Top of the World"
recorded by AL JOLSON
"In A Little Spanish Town"
recorded by PAUL WHITEMAN & His Orchestra
"On the Riviera"
recorded by NAT SHILKRET and the Victor Orchestra, vocal CARL MATHIEU
"Red Hot Henry Brown"
recorded by MARGARET YOUNG
"Rio Rita" title song of the musical 'Rio Rita'
recorded by NAT SHILKRET and the Victor Orchestra, vocal LEWIS JAMES
"Some of These Days"
recorded by SOPHIE TUCKER with TED LEWIS's Jazz Band
"Valencia (A Song of Spain)"
recorded by PAUL WHITEMAN & His Orchestra
"When My Baby Smiles At Me"
recorded by TED LEWIS & His Jazz Band
"When the Red, Red Robin Comes Bob-Bob-Bobbin' Along"
recorded by PAUL WHITEMAN & His Orchestra
"Who"
recorded by GEORGE OLSEN & His Music
"Ya Gotta Know How To Love"
recorded by ESTHER WALKER
Other Important Recordings
"Heebie Jeebies"
recorded by LOUIS ARMSTRONG & His Hot 5
"Black Bottom Stomp"
recorded by JELLY ROLL MORTON & His Red Hot Peppers
"Sidewalk Blues"
recorded by JELLY ROLL MORTON & His Red Hot Peppers
"Snag It"
recorded by KING OLIVER & His Dixie Syncopators
"Early Morning Blues"
recorded by BLIND BLAKE
"Jack O' Diamond Blues"
recorded by BLIND LEMON JEFFERSON
Classical Music
GEORGE ANTHEIL
Ballet mécanique
JENS LAURSEN EMBORG
Concerto for violin and orchestra
MANUEL DE FALLA
Concerto for harpsichord
JAKOV GOTOVAC
Simfonijsko kolo, op. 12
FERDE GROFÉ
Theme and Variations on Music from a Garage
HARALD SÆVERUD
Symphony in B flat minor
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Symphony No. 1
IGOR STRAVINSKY
Pater Noster
GERALD TYRWHITT
The Triumph of Neptune (ballet)
PETER WARLOCK
Capriol Suite
Opera
LEOŠ JANÁCEK
The Makropulos Affair
ZOLTÁN KODÁLY
Háry János
ERNST KRENEK
Johnny spielt auf
Musical Theatre
Opening: 5 January 1926 @ Casino de Paris, New York, NY
A NIGHT IN PARIS [Original production] Starring Jack Osterman, Jack Pearl, Norma Terris and Yvonne George.
(Musical, Revue)
Music by: J. Fred Coots, Maurice Rubens; Book by: Harold Atteridge; Lyrics by: Clifford Grey, McElbert Moore
Closing: 10 July 1926 Performance Count: 208
Opening: 12 January 1926 @ Eltinge 42nd Street Theatre, New York, NY, moving on 8 February to Maxine Elliott's Theatre, New York, NY
Music by: Charles Le Cocq; Lyrics by: Eugene Leterrier, Albert Vanloo
Closing: 30 November 1926 Performance Count: 10
Opening: 30 November 1926 @ Casino Theatre, New York, NY, moved on 10 October 1927 to Century Theatre, New York, NY, and again on 2 November 1927 to Imperial Theatre, New York, NY
THE DESERT SONG [Original production]
(Musical, Operetta)
Music by: Sigmund Romberg; Book by: Oscar Hammerstein II, Otto Harbach, Frank Mandel; Lyrics by: Oscar Hammerstein II, Otto Harbach
Closing: 7 January 1928 Performance Count: 471
Opening: 1 December 1926 @ the Gaiety Theatre, London
LIDO LADY [London production]
Closing: date unknown Performance Count: 259
Opening: 6 December 1926 @ Plymouth Theatre, New York, NY
THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE [Revival production]
(Musical, Comedy, Operetta)
Music by: Sir Arthur Sullivan; Libretto by: W. S. Gilbert
Closing: March 1927 Performance Count: 128
Opening: 17 December 1926 @ Fulton Theatre, New York, NY
