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1 Events
- February 28 - In a concert in Copenhagen, Carl Nielsen conducts the premiere of his Symphony No. 3 (the Sinfonia espansiva) and his Violin Concerto
- June 26 - Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 9 is premiered in Vienna by the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Bruno Walter
- 16 October - Arnold Schoenberg's Pierrot LunairePierrot Lunaire ("Moonstruck Pierrot" or "Pierrot in the moonlight") is an important work of Arnold Schoenberg, a setting of Albert Giraud's work of French poems of the same name to music, translated into German. Pierrot, as it is also known, has a charac debuted in Vienna
- W.C. Handy publishes "The Memphis Blues", one of the first bluesBlues is a vocal and instrumental musical form which evolved from African American spirituals, shouts, work songs and chants and has its earliest stylistic roots in West Africa. Blues has been a major influence on later American and Western popular music, songs to become a hit.
- Aino Ackté founds an operaCharles Garnier's Opera, Paris, opened 1875 Opera is an art form consisting of a dramatic stage performance set to music. The drama is presented using the typical elements of theater such as scenery, costumes, and acting. However, the words of the opera, festival in SavonlinnaSavonlinna Nyslott in Swedish, literally Newcastle is a municipality of about 28,000 inhabitants in the southeast of Finland, in the heart of the Saimaa lake region. Olaf's Castle The city was founded in the 17th century based around St. Olaf's Castle.; after a period of dormancy, the Savonlinna Opera Festival will become one of the most important cultural events in FinlandSuomen TasavaltaRepubliken Finland ( In Detail) ( In Detail) National motto: None Official languages Finnish and Swedish Capital Helsinki President Tarja Halonen Prime minister Matti Vanhanen Area Total % water Ranked 64th 337,030 km˛ 9. 4% Population Tot
2 Published popular music
- "After All That I've Been To You" w. Jack Drislane m. Chris SmithChris Smith ( October 12, 1879 October 4, 1949) was a United States composer and performer. Smith was born in Charleston, South Carolina. He started traveling with Medicine Shows at a young age, then went into Vaudeville where he performed in an acts with
- "Alexander's Bag-Pipe Band" w.m. Irving BerlinIrving Berlin ( May 11, 1888 September 22, 1989) was an American composer and lyricist. Born Israel Isidore Baline in Tyumen, Siberia, he emigrated to the United States in 1893 with the rest of his family. Following the death of his father in 1896, Irving, E. Ray Goetz, A. Baldwin Sloane
- "All Night Long" w.m. Shelton Brooks
- "And The Green Grass Grew All Around" w. William Jerome m. Harry Von Tilzer
- "At The Devil's Ball" w.m. Irving Berlin
- "Bagdad" w. Anne Caldwell m. Victor Herbert
- "Be My Little Baby Bumble Bee" w. Stanley Murphy m. Henry I. Marshall
- "Beans! Beans!! Beans!!!" w. Elmer Bowman m. Chris Smith
- "Becky's Got A Job In A Musical Show" w.m. Irving Berlin
- "Come Back To Me, My Melody" Irving Berlin, Ted Snyder
- "Come Back To Playland With Me" w.m. Maude Lambert
- "Cuddle Up And Cling To Me" w. Stanley Murphy m. Henry L. Marshall
- "Daddy Has A Sweetheart (And Mother Is Her Name)" w. Gene Buck m. Dave Stamper
- " A Dinder Courtship" w. Fred E. Weatherly m. Eric Coates
- "Do It Again" w.m. Irving Berlin
- "Down In Dear Old New Orleans" w. Joe Young m. Conrad & Whidden
- "Dreams Of Long Ago" w. Earl Carroll m. Enrico Caruso
- "The Elevator Man Going Up, Going Up, Going Up, Going Up!" w.m. Irving Berlin
- "Everybody Loves A Chicken" w.m. Bobby Jones
- "Everybody Two-Step" w. Earl C. Jones m. Wallie Herzer
- "Florida Rag" V. Lowry
- "The Funny Little Melody" w.m. Irving Berlin
- "Giannina Mia" w. Otto Harbach m. Rudolf Friml
- "Goodnight, Nurse" w. Thomas J. Gray m. W. Raymond Walker
- "He Played It On His Fid, Fid, Fiddle-dee-dee" w.m.Ray Goetz & Irving Berlin
- "Hitchy-Koo" w. L. Wolfe Gilbert m. Lewis F. Muir & Maurice Abrahams
- "I'm Afraid, Pretty Maid, I'm Afraid" w.m. Irving Berlin
- "I'm The Lonesomest Gal In Town" w. Lew Brown m. Albert Von Tilzer
- "In My Harem" w.m. Irving Berlin
- "In The Garden" w.m. C. Austin Miles
- "It's A Long Way To Tipperary" w.m. Jack Judge & Harry H. Williams
- "Keep Away From The Fellow Who Owns An Automobile" w.m. Irving Berlin
- "Kentucky Sue" by Lew Brown
- "The Land Of Golden Dreams" w. C. M. Denison m. E. F. Dusenberry
- "Last Night Was The End Of The World" w. Andrew B. Sterling m. Harry Von Tilzer
- "The Last Shot Got Him" w.m. Cecil Mack & Cecil Smith
- "Lead Me To That Beautiful Band" w. E. Ray Goetz m. Irving Berlin from the musical theater production 'Cohan And Harris Minstrels'
- "A Little Love, A Little Kiss" w. (Fr) Nilson Fysher (Eng) Adrian Ross m. Leo Silesu
- "Love Is Like A Firefly" w. Otto Harbach m. Rudolf Friml
- "Melody" m. Charles Gates Dawes
- "The Memphis Blues" w. George A. Norton m. William Christopher Handy
- "The Million Dollar Ball" Irving Berlin, E. Ray Goetz
- "My Melancholy Baby" w. George A. Norton m. Ernie Burnett
- "On A Beautiful Night With A Beautiful Girl" w. Will D. Cobb m. Gus Edwards
- "On The Mississippi" w. Ballard MacDonald m. Harry Carroll & Arthur Fields
- "Parisienne" w. Lew Brown m. Albert Von Tilzer
- "Pick, Pick, Pick Pick On The Mandolin, Antonio" w.m. Irving Berlin
- "Ragging The Baby To Sleep" w. L. Wolfe Gilbert m. Lewis F. Muir
- "Ragtime Cowboy Joe" w. Grant Clarke m. Lewis F. Muir & Maurice Abrahams
- "The Ragtime Drummer" James I. Lent
- "The Ragtime Jockey Man" w.m. Irving Berlin
- "Ragtime Mocking Bird" w.m. Irving Berlin
- "Ragtime Soldier Man" w.m. Irving Berlin
- "Roll Dem Roly Boly Eyes" w.m. Eddie Leonard
- "The Rose Of Tralee" w. C. Mordaunt Spencer m. Charles W. Glover
- "Row Row Row" w. William Jerome m. James V. Monaco
- "She Pushed Me Into The Parlour" w. Alf Ellerton m. Will Mayne
- "Slippery Elm Rag" m. Clarence Woods
- "Sly Musette" w. Sydney Rosenfeld m. A. Baldwin Sloane
- "The Society Bear" w.m. Irving Berlin
- "Some Boy" w. Gene Buck m. Dave Stamper
- "Somebody's Coming To Town From Dixie" w. Raymond A. Browne m. Henry Clay Smith
- "The Sweetheart Of Sigma Chi" w. Byron D. Stokes m. F. Dudleigh Vernor
- "Sympathy" w. Otto Harbach m. Rudolf Friml
- "Take A Little Tip From Father" Irving Berlin, Ted Snyder
- "Take Me Back" w.m. Irving Berlin
- "Take Me To That Swanee Shore" w. L. Wolfe Gilbert m. Lewis F. Muir
- "Take Me To The Cabaret" w.m. Will Dillon
- "Teasing Moon" w. Stanley Murphy m. Henry Marshall
- "That Dixie Dip Rag" m. Dippy Dip
- "That Eccentric Rag" m. J. Russel Robinson
- "That Kentucky Rag" w. Boyle Woolfolk m. Hampton Durand
- "That Old Girl Of Mine" w. Earle C. Jones m. Egbert van Alstyne
- "That Syncopated Boogie Boo" w. Sam M. Lewis m. George W. Meyer
- "That's How I Need You" w. Joe McCarthy & Joe Goodwin m. Al Piantadosi
- "There's One In A Million Like You" w. Grant Clarke m. Jean Schwartz
- "Waiting For The Robert E. Lee" w. L. Wolfe Gilbert m. Lewis F. Muir
- "'Way Down South" w.m. George Fairman
- "The Wedding Glide" w.m. Louis Hirsch
- "A Wee Hoose 'Mang The Heather" w.m Gilbert Wells, Fred Elton & Harry Lauder
- "When I Get You Alone Tonight" w.m. Joseph McCarthy, Joe Goodwin & Fred Fisher
- "When I Lost You" w.m. Irving Berlin
- "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling" w. Chauncey Olcott & George Graff Jr m. Ernest R. Ball
- "When It's Apple Blossom Time In Normandy" w.m Harry Gifford, Huntley Trevor & Tom Mellor
- "When The Midnight Choo-Choo Leaves For Alabam" w.m. Irving Berlin
- "When Uncle Joe Plays A Rag On His Old Banjo" w.m. Theodore F. Morse
- "Yiddisha Professor" w.m. Irving Berlin
- "You're My Baby" w. A Seymour Brown m. Nat D. Ayer
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