1901 in music

Events

• April 18 - Contralto Mariska Horvath marries politician J. Frank Aldrich.
• October 27 – First complete performance of Sergei Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2
• November 25 – Premiėre of Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 4
• The classical music publishing firm Universal Edition is founded in Vienna.
• Enrique Granados founds the Academia Granados in Spain.
• Geraldine Farrar makes her operatic debut.
• Percy Grainger makes his recital debut.
• Thirteen-year-old Agustín Barrios begins attending university in Asunción on a music scholarship.
• Ragtime popularity grows.

Published popular music

• "Ain't That A Shame" w. John Queen m. Walter Wilson
• "All That Glitters Is Not Gold" w. George A. Norton m. James W. Casey
• "Any Old Place I Can Hang My Hat Is Home Sweet Home To Me" w. William Jerome m. Jean Schwartz
• "At The Pan-I-Marry-Can" w. Harry Dillon m. John Dillon
• "Baby Mine" w. Raymond A. Browne m. Leo Friedman
• "The Billboard" m. John N. Klohr
• "Blaze Away" m. Abe Holzmann
• "Coon! Coon! Coon!" by Leo Friedman & Gene Jefferson
• "The Country Girl"      w. Stanislaus Stange m. Julian Edwards
• "Davy Jones' Locker"      w.m. H. W. Petrie
• "Don't Put Me Off At Buffalo Any More"      w. William Jerome m. Jean Schwartz
• "Down Where The Cotton Blossoms Grow"      w. Andrew B. Sterling m. Harry Von Tilzer
• "Eyes Of Blue, Eyes Of Brown"      w.m. Costen & Andrew B. Sterling
• "Flora, I Am Your Adorer" w. Vincent P. Bryan m. Charles Robinson
• "The Fortune Telling Man" w.m. Bert Williams & George Walker
• "Go Way Back And Sit Down" w. Elmer Bowman m. Al Johns
• "Good Morning, Carrie" w. Cecil Mack m. Chris Smith & Elmer Bowman
• "He Calls Me His Own Grace Darling" w.m.Lawrence Barclay
• "He Laid Away A Suit Of Gray To Wear The Union Blue" w. Edward M. Wickes m. Ben Jansen
• "He Ought To Have A Tablet In The Hall of Fame" w. Arthur L. Robb m. John Walter Bratton
• "Hello Central, Give Me Heaven" w.m. Charles K. Harris
• "Hiawatha" w. James O'Dea m. Neil Moret Words written 1903.
• "High Society" Porter Steele
• "Hoity-Toity" w. Edgar Smith m. John Stromberg
• "Jagtime Johnson's Ragtime March" by Fred L. Ryder
• "The Honeysuckle And The Bee" w. Albert H. Fitz m. William H. Penn
• "I Ain't A-goin' To Weep No More" w. George Totten Smith m. Harry von Tilzer
• "I Hate To Get Up Early In The Morning" w. John Queen m. Hughie Cannon
• "I Love You Truly" w.m. Carrie Jacobs-Bond
• "I Want To Be A Lidy" w. George Dance m. George Dee
• "If You Love Your Baby, Make Dem Goo-Goo Eyes" w. Bert Williams m. George Walker
• "I'll Be With You When The Roses Bloom Again" w. Will D. Cobb m. Gus Edwards
• "I'm Tired" w. William Jerome m. Jean Schwartz
• "In The Shade Of The Palm" w.m. Leslie Stuart
• "The Invincible Eagle March" w.m. John Philip Sousa
• "It Seems Like Yesterday" w. Frederic Ranken m. Isidore Witmark
• "I've Grown So Used To You" w.m. Thurland Chattaway
• "Josephine, My Jo" w. Cecil Mack m. J. Tim Brymn
• "Just A-Wearyin' For You" w. Frank Lebby Stanton m. Carrie Jacobs-Bond
• "The Maiden With The Dreamy Eyes" w. James Weldon Johnson & Bob Cole m. J. Rosamond Johnson
• "Mamie, Don't You Feel Ashamie" w. Will D. Cobb m. Gus Edwards
• "Mighty Lak' A Rose" w. Frank Lebby Stanton m. Ethelbert Nevin
• "My Castle On The Nile" w. Bob Cole & James Weldon Johnson m. J. Rosamond Johnson
• "My Japanese Cherry Blossom" w. Edgar Smith m. John Stromberg
• "My Lady Hottentot" w. William Jerome m. Harry von Tilzer
• "My Lonesome Little Louisiana Lady" w. Will D. Cobb m. Gus Edwards
• "My Own United States" w. Stanislaus Stange m. Julian Edwards
• "My Princess Zulu Lulu" w.m. Dave Reed Jr
• "Nancy Brown" w.m. Clifton Crawford
• "O Dry Those Tears!" w.m. Teresa del Riego
• "Oh! Oh! Miss Phoebe" w. Andrew B. Sterling m. Harry von Tilzer
• "Panamericana" m. Victor Herbert
• "The Phrenologist Coon" w. Ernest Hogan m. Will Accooee
• "A Picture Without A Frame" w.m. Al Wilbur & Harry Jonnes
• "Rusty Rags" Ossman
• "Sally's Sunday Hat" w. Will D. Cobb m. Gus Edwards
• "Serenade" w. Jerry Gray & Herb Hendler m. Riccardo Drigo
• Seven Songs as Unpretentious as the Wild Rose Carrie Jacobs-Bond
• "She's Getting More Like The White Folks Every Day" w.m. Bert Williams & George Walker
• "A Signal from Mars" by E. T. Paull
• "Simple Little Sister Mary Green" w.m. Clifton Crawford
• "Somehow It Made Him Think Of Home" w. Frederic Ranken m. Isidore Witmark
• "Sunflower Slow Drag" m. Scott Joplin & Scott Hayden

• "Sweet Annie Moore" by John H. Flynn
• "Tact" w.m. Leslie Stuart
• "The Tale Of A Bumble Bee" w. Frank Pixley m. Gustav Luders
• "Tell Me Dusky Maiden" w. James Weldon Johnson & Bob Cole m. J. Rosamond Johnson
• "Tell Us Pretty Ladies" w. Edgar Smith m. John Stromberg
• "There's No North Or South Today" w.m. Paul Dresser
• "Tobermory" w.m. Harry Lauder
• "Way Down In Indiana" w.m. Paul Dresser
• "Way Down Yonder In The Cornfield" w. Will D. Cobb m. Gus Edwards
• "We Shall Overcome" w. C. Albert Tindley Music 1794 "O Sanctissima".
• "The Wedding Of Reuben And The Maid" w. Harry B. Smith m. Maurice Levi
• "When It's All Goin' Out And Nothin' Comin' In" w.m. Bert Williams & George Walker
• "When Mr Shakespeare Comes To Town" w. William Jerome m. Jean Schwartz
• "When The Boys Go Marching By" w.m. Charles W. Doty
• "When Two Little Hearts Are One" w. Edgar Smith m. John Stromberg
• "Where The Silv'ry Colorado Wends Its Way" w. C. H. Scoggins m. Charles Avril
• "Zamona" w. Frederic Ranken m. William Loraine

Recorded popular music

• "A German Minstrel"
  – George P. Watson on Edison Records
• "Good Evening Carrie"
  – Dan W. Quinn
• "In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree"
  – William Baird
• "Just As the Sun Went Down"
  – J.J. Fisher on Consolidated Phonograph

Classical music

• Hakon Børresen – String Sextet opus 5 in G major
• Frank Bridge – Scherzo Phantastick, String Quintet in E minor (probably), Berceuse for viola or cello and piano ([1])
• André Caplet – Myrrha (cantata)
• Felix Draeseke – String Quintet opus 77 in F major for two violins, viola and two cellos
• George Enescu –
  • Romanian Rhapsody No. 1 in A major, op. 11, no. 1
  • Romanian Rhapsody No. 2 in D major, op. 11, no. 2
  • Symphonie concertante for cello and orchestra in B minor, op. 8
• Alexander Glazunov – Piano Sonatas 1 and 2 opus 74 and 75 in B-flat minor and E minor
• Gustav Mahler – Der Tambourg'sell
• Ottorino Respighi – String Quintet for two violins, two violas and cello
• Sergei Taneyev – String Quintet opus 14 in G major for two violins, viola and two cellos
• Ludwig Thuille – Piano Quintet opus 20 in E-flat major

Opera

• Frederick Delius – A Village Romeo and Juliet
• Antonín Dvořák – Rusalka
• Enrique Granados – Picarol
• Jules Massenet – Grisélidis
• Charles Villiers Stanford – Much Ado About Nothing
• Richard Strauss – Feuersnot

Musical theater

• Blue Bell In Fairyland London production
• A Chinese Honeymoon London production opened at the Strand Theatre on October 5 and ran for 1075 performances.
• The Emerald Isle London production opened at the Savoy Theatre on April 27 and ran for 205 performances.
• The Fortune Teller London production opened at the Shaftesbury Theatre on April 7.
• Hoity-Toity Broadway revue opened at the Weber and Fields Music Hall on September 5 and ran for 225 performances.
• Kitty Grey London production opened at the Apollo Theatre on September 7 and ran for 220 performances.
• The Little Duchess Broadway production opened at the Casino Theatre on October 14 and ran for 136 performances.
• The Rogers Brothers In Washington Broadway production opened at the Knickerbocker Theatre on September 2 and ran for 49 performances
• The Silver Slipper London production opened at the Lyric Theatre on June 1 and ran for 197 performances
• The Supper Club Broadway production opened on December 23 at the Winter Garden Theatre and ran for 40 performances.
• The Toreador London production opened at the Gaiety Theatre on June 17

Births

• January 22 – Hans Erich Apostel, composer (d. 1972)
• February 2 – Jascha Heifetz, violinist (d. 1987)
• February 9 - Sebastian Kunjukunju Bhagavathar, Malayalam actor, singer, and author (d. 1985)
• February 15 – Kokomo Arnold, blues musician (d. 1968)
• March 21 – Nikos Skalkottas, Greek composer (d. 1949)
• March 27 - Enrique Santos Discépolo, Argentinian tango musician, composer and writer (d. 1951)
• May 12 – Scrappy Lambert, US singer (d. 1987)
• May 17 – Werner Egk, composer (d. 1983)
• May 21 – Horace Heidt, US bandleader (d. 1986)
• May 23 – Edmund Rubbra, composer (d. 1986)
• May 30 – Frankie Trumbauer, US saxophonist, bandleader and singer (d. 1956)
• June 6 – Véra Korène, actress and singer (d. 1996)
• June 10 – Frederick Loewe, composer of musicals (d. 1988)
• June 24 – Harry Partch, composer (d. 1974)
• June 29 – Nelson Eddy, US singer and actor (d. 1967)
• July 3 – Ruth Crawford-Seeger, composer (d. 1953)
• July 28 – Rudy Vallée, singer & bandleader (d. 1986)
• August 4 – Louis Armstrong, jazz trumpeter, composer, bandleader, singer (d. 1971)
• September 2 – Phil Napoleon, jazz trumpeter (d. 1990)
• September 9 – James Blades, percussionist (d. 1999)
• September 12 – Ernst Pepping, composer (d. 1981)
• September 26 – Ted Weems, US bandleader (d. 1963)
• October 2
  • Walther Aeschbacher, Swiss conductor and composer (d. 1969)
  • Kiki, entertainer (d. 1953)
• October 7 – Ralph Rainger, US composer and pianist (d. 1942)
• October 8 – Eivind Groven, composer (d. 1977)
• October 18 – Annette Hanshaw, US singer (d. 1985)
• October 20 – Frank Churchill, US composer (d. 1942)
• November 21 - Giacomo Vaghi, Italian opera singer (d. 1978)
• November 22 – Joaquin Rodrigo, Spanish composer (d. 1999)
• December 22 – André Kostelanetz, conductor and arranger (d. 1980)
• December 26 - Victor Hely-Hutchinson, composer (d. 1947)

Deaths

• January 11 – Vasily Kalinnikov, composer (b. 1866)
• January 27 – Giuseppe Verdi, composer (b. 1813)
• February 17 – Ethelbert Woodbridge Nevin, pianist and composer (b. 1862)
• March 19 – Philippe Gille, librettist (b. 1831)
• April 3 – Richard D'Oyly Carte, producer of Gilbert & Sullivan (b. 1844)
• April 14 – Alice Barnett, singer and actress (b. 1846)
• May 2 – Franz Rummel, pianist (b. 1853)
• May 9 – Gottfried von Preyer, conductor, composer and music teacher (b. 1807)
• May 20 - Betty Fibichová operatic contralto (b. 1846)
• June 17 – Cornelius Gurlitt, composer (b. 1820)
• June 23 – Charles Kensington Salaman, composer (b. 1814)
• July 18 – Carlo Alfredo Piatti, cellist (b. 1822)
• August 17 – Edmond Audran, composer (b. 1842)
• August 24 – Gunnar Wennerberg, poet, politician and composer (b. 1817)
• September 3 – Friedrich Chrysander, music historian and critic (b. 1826)
• September 29 - Adelaide Borghi-Mamo, mezzo-soprano (b. 1826)
• October 22 – Frederic Archer, organist, conductor and composer (b. 1838)
• November 25 – Josef Rheinberger, Liechtensteinian organist and composer (b. 1839)
• December 15 – Elias Álvares Lobo, composer (b. 1834)

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