1910 in music
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[edit] Events
- March 19 - Béla Bartók's String Quartet No. 1 is premiered in Budapest
- September 12 - Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 8, the Symphony of a Thousand, is premiered in Munich
- November 7 - the musical comedy, Naughty Marietta, with music by Victor Herbert, is first performed on Broadway
- November 10 - Edward Elgar conducts the premiere of his Violin Concerto, with Fritz Kreisler playing the solo part
- Mary Garden begins her 20 year reign as soprano of the Chicago Civic Opera
[edit] Published popular music
- "Ah! Sweet Mystery Of Life" w. Rida Johnson Young m. Victor Herbert
- "All Aboard For Blanket Bay" w. Andrew B. Sterling m. Harry Von Tilzer
- "All That I Ask Of You Is Love" w. Edgar Selden m. Herbert Ingraham
- "Alma, Where Do You Live?" w. George V. Hobart m. Adolph Philipp
- "Angel Eyes" w. Alfred Bryan m. James Kendis & Herman Paley
- "Any Little Girl That's A Nice Little Girl Is The Right Little Girl for Me" w. Thomas J. Gray m. Fred Fisher
- "Back To My Old Home Town" w.m. Nora Bayes & Jack Norworth
- "A Banjo Song" by Howard Weeden
- "The Big Bass Viol" w.m. M. T. Bohannon
- "Bring Back My Lena To Me" w.m. Irving Berlin & Ted Snyder
- "By The Saskatchewan" w. C. M. S. McLellan m. Ivan Caryll
- "Call Me Up Some Rainy Afternoon" w.m. Irving Berlin
- "Caprice Viennois" m. Fritz Kreisler
- "The Chanticleer Rag" w. Edward Madden m. Albert Gumble
- "The Chicken Reel" m. Joseph M. Daly
- "Come Josephine In My Flying Machine" w. Alfred Bryan m. Fred Fisher
- "Come To The Ball" w. Adrian Ross m. Lionel Monckton
- "Constantly" w. Chris Smith m. James Henry Burris
- "Day Dreams, Visions Of Bliss" w. Harry B. Smith & Robert B. Smith m. Heinrich Reinhardt
- "Dear Mayme, I Love You!" Irving Berlin & Ted Snyder
- "Doctor Tinkle Tinker" by Otto Harbach
- "Don't Wake Me Up, I'm Dreaming" w. Beth Slater Whitson m. Herbert Ingraham
- "Down By The Old Mill Stream" w.m. Tell Taylor
- "Dreams, Just Dreams" Irving Berlin & Ted Snyder
- "Every Little Movement" w. Otto Harbach m. Karl Hoschna
- "Gee But It's Great To Meet A Friend From Your Old Home Town" w. William Tracey m. James Mc Gavisk
- "Goodbye Rose" w. Addison Burkhart m. Herbert Ingraham
- "Grizzly Bear" w.m. George Botsford & Irving Berlin
- "Herman Let's Dance That Beautiful Waltz" Irving Berlin & Ted Snyder
- "How Can You Love Such A Man?" Berlin
- "I'd Love To Live In Loveland" w.m. W. R. Williams (Rossiter)
- "If He Comes In I'm Going Out" w. Cecil Mack m. Chris Smith
- "If I Was A Millionaire" w. Will D. Cobb m. Gus Edwards
- "I'm Falling In Love With Someone" w. Rida Johnson Young m. Victor Herbert
- "In The Shadows" w. E. Ray Goetz m. Herman Finck
- "Is There Anything Else I Can Do For You?" w.m. Irving Berlin & Ted Snyder
- "Italian Street Song" w. Rida Johnson Young m. Victor Herbert
- "I've Got The Time I've Got The Place But It's Hard To Find The Girl" w. Ballard MacDonald m. S. R. Henry
- "Joshua" w.m George Arthurs & Bert Lee
- "Kiss Me, My Honey, Kiss Me" w. Irving Berlin m. Ted Snyder
- "Let Me Call You Sweetheart" w. Beth Slater Whitson m. Leo Friedman
- "Let Me Live And Stay In Dixieland" w.m. Elizabeth Brice & Charles King
- "Liebesfreud" m. Fritz Kreisler
- "Liebeslied" m. Fritz Kreisler
- "Life Is Only What You Make It After All" w. Edgar Smith m. A. Baldwin Sloane
- "Macushla" w. Josephine V. Rowe m. Dermot MacMurrough
- "Maiden with the Dreamy Eyes" w. J.W. Johnson m. Bob Cole
- "Morning" w. Frank L. Stanton m. Oley Speaks
- "Mother Machree" w. Rida Johnson Young m. Ernest R. Ball & Chauncey Olcott
- " 'Neath The Southern Moon" w. Rida Johnson Young m. Victor Herbert
- "Nora Malone" w. Junie McCree m. Albert Von Tilzer
- "Oh How That German Could Love" w.m. Irving Berlin & Ted Snyder
- "Oh That Beautiful Rag" w. Irving Berlin m. Ted Snyder
- "On Mobile Bay" w. Earl C. Jones m. Neil Moret
- "A Perfect Day" w.m. Carrie Jacobs-Bond
- "Plant A Watermelon On My Grave And Let The Juice Soak Through" w.m. Frank Dumont & R. P. Lilly
- "Play That Barbershop Chord" w. Ballard MacDonald & William Tracey m. Lewis F. Muir
- "Put On Your Ta-Ta Little Girlie" w.m. Fred Leigh
- "Put Your Arms Around Me Honey" w. Junie McCree m. Harry Von Tilzer
- "Red Pepper: A Spicy Rag" m. Henry Lodge
- "Silver Bell" w. Edward Madden m. Percy Wenrich
- "Some Of These Days" w.m. Shelton Brooks
- "Spaghetti Rag" m. George Lyons & Bob Yosco
- "Steamboat Bill" w. Ren Shields m. Bert Leighton & Frank Leighton
- "Stein Song (Maine)" w. Lincoln Colcord m. E. A. Fenstad
- "Stop, Stop, Stop (Come Over And Love Me Some More)" w.m. Irving Berlin
- "Sweet Italian Love" Irving Berlin, Ted Snyder
- "Tambourin Chinois" m. Fritz Kreisler
- "Telling Lies" Irving Berlin, Henrietta Blanke-Belcher
- "That Minor Strain" w. Cecil Mack m. Ford Dabney
- "That Opera Rag" Irving Berlin, Ted Snyder
- "That's Why They Call Me "Shine"" w. Cecil Mack m. Ford Dabney
- "Tramp! Tramp! Tramp!" w. Rida Johnson Young m. Victor Herbert
- "Two Little Love Bees" w. Harry B. Smith & Robert B. Smith m. Heinrich Reinhardt
- "Under The Yum Yum Tree" w. Andrew B. Sterling m. Harry Von Tilzer
- "Vissi D'Arte" Giacossa, Illica, Puccini
- "Washington And Lee Swing" w. Thornton W. Allen & C. A. Robbins m. Thornton W. Allen & M. W. Sheafe
- "What's The Matter With Father?" w. Harry H. Williams m. Egbert Van Alstyne
- "Who Are You With Tonight?" w. Harry Williams m. Egbert Van Alstyne
- "You Are The Ideal Of My Dreams" w.m. Herbert Ingraham
[edit] Classical music
- Victor Ewald - Symphony for Brass
- Gustav Mahler - Symphony No. 9 finished
- Erkki Melartin - String Quartet No. 4
- Nikolai Myaskovsky - Symphonic poem Silence; original versions of String Quartet No. 3, String Quartet No. 4
- Arnold Schoenberg - Five Pieces for Orchestra
- Alexander Scriabin - Prometheus, "The Poem of Fire"
- Igor Stravinsky - The Firebird
- Ralph Vaughan Williams - Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis, Symphony No. 1 ('A Sea Symphony')
[edit] Opera
- La fanciulla del West (The Girl of the Golden West) first performed in New York City. Music by Giacomo Puccini, libretto by Guelfo Civinini and Carlo Zangarini.
- Der ferne Klang. Music by Franz Schreker, to his own libretto. (Premiered in 1912.)
- Don Quichotte by Jules Massenet premieres in Monte Carlo, starring Feodor Chaliapin
[edit] Musical theater
- Jean Gilbert - Die keusche Susanne
- The Chocolate Soldier (Rudolf Friml) - London production opened at the Lyric Theatre on September 10 and ran for 500 performances
- Madame Sherry Broadway production opened at the New Amsterdam Theatre on August 30 and ran for 231 performances
- Naughty Marietta (Rida Johnson Young and Victor Herbert) - Broadway production opened at the New York Theatre on November 7 and ran for 136 performances
- Our Miss Gibbs Broadway production opened at the Knickerbocker Theatre on August 29 and ran for 64 performances
- The Quaker Girl London production opened at the Adelphi Theatre on November 5 and ran for 536 performances
- The Satyr London production
- The Yankee Girl Broadway production opened at the Herald Square Theatre on February 10 and ran for 92 performances
- Zigeunerliebe Vienna production
[edit] Births
- January 23 - Django Reinhardt, guitarist
- February 25 - Winifred Shaw, US actress, singer and dancer
- March 9 - Samuel Barber, composer (d. 1981)
- May 8 - Mary Lou Williams, US jazz pianist and composer
- May 12 - Gordon Jenkins, US songwriter, conductor and pianist
- May 23 - Artie Shaw - US bandleader
- May 25 - Pha Terrell - US big band singer
- May 28 - T. Bone Walker
- June 10 - Howlin' Wolf
- June 18 - Ray McKinley, US drummer, singer and bandleader
- June 26 - Colonel Tom Parker, Elvis Presley's manager
- June 29 - Frank Loesser, US songwriter
- July 18 - Lou Busch, US arranger and composer aka Joe "Fingers" Carr
- August 7 - Freddie Slack, US pianist, composer and bandleader
- September 12 - Shep Fields, bandleader
- December 7 - Louis Prima, musician, singer
- December 10 - John Hammond Sr.
- Nicola Salerno, Italian lyricist
[edit] Deaths
- March 10 - Carl Reinecke, composer, pianist and teacher
- March 28 - Édouard Colonne, violinist and conductor
- May 18 - Pauline Garcia-Viardot, mezzo-soprano and composer
- May 29 - Mily Balakirev, composer
- August 31 - Emīls Dārziņš, composer, conductor and music critic
- September 5 - Franz Xaver Haberl, musicologist
- October 17 - Julia Ward Howe, lyricist of "The Battle Hymn of the Republic"
- date unknown
- Lottie Collins, singer and dancer
- Bernhard Cossmann, cellist