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Overview of the events of 1900 in music
Overview of the events of 1900 in music
This is a nearly comprehensive list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1900 .
Specific locations Events
January 3 –
Giuseppe Verdi 's opera
Aida makes U.S. debut.
[1]
January 23 – The
Pittsburg Symphony Orchestra makes its
Carnegie Hall debut with
Victor Herbert conducting.
February 3 –
Adonais overture by
George Whitefield Chadwick is premiered by the
Boston Symphony Orchestra .
February 22 –
Jacques Thibaud , violin, with the composer himself at the piano, gives the world premièee of
George Enescu 's
Second Violin Sonata in Paris, on a concert that is part of the
Concerts Colonne series.
[2]
March 14 –
Hiawatha’s Wedding Feast for soli, chorus and orchestra is played for the first time in Boston under the baton of
Benjamin Johnson Lang .
March 22 – The first performance of the entire trilogy
Hiawatha's Departure by
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor for soli, chorus and orchestra at Royal Albert Hall in London, the composer conducts.
April 10 –
Mary Garden makes her operatic debut in the title role of
Gustave Charpentier 's opera
Louise at the Opera-Comique in Paris
May 5 –
Billboard begins weekly publication in the U.S.
May 15 –
Ignace Paderewski establishes the annual
Paderevski Fund Price for American composers or orchestral compositions.
May 22 – The
Dallas Symphony Orchestra gives its first concert in Turner Hall, Dallas, Texas, conducted by
Hans Kreissig .
July 2 –
Jean Sibelius 's tone poem
Finlandia receives its première with the
Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by
Robert Kajanus .
October 3 –
Edward Elgar 's
The Dream of Gerontius is premièred in
Birmingham , England
[3] with a poor choral performance.
[4]
October 15 –
Boston Symphony Orchestra has a new home –
Symphony Hall , subsequently ranked as acoustically one of the best concert halls in the world.
November 12 – Russian pianist
Ossip Gabrilowitsch makes his American debut at
Carnegie Hall , New York
November 14 – American contralto
Louise Homer makes her American debut with the
Metropolitan Opera . She sings Amneris in Verdi's
Aida
November 16 – Newly founded
Philadelphia Orchestra gives its first concert in
Philadelphia under the baton of
Fritz Scheel .
November 22 – The
University of Cambridge , England, awards
Edward Elgar with the honorary degree of Doctor of Music
[5]
November 24 –
The Symphony No.1 in E Minor by
Alexander Scriabin is performed at the Russian Concerts in Saint Petersburg, with
Anatoly Lyadov conducting.
December 9 – The first two sections of
Claude Debussy 's
Nocturnes . "Nuages" and "Fetes", receive their world premiere at the Concerts Lamoureux in Paris.
December 15 – The second and third movement of
Concerto No.2 in C Minor for Piano by
Sergej Rachmaninov receive their world premiere in Moscow; Rachmaninov plays the solo part.
The famous dog trademark "
His Master's Voice " is registered in the U.S. by Joseph Berliner.
The
Honolulu Symphony Orchestra is founded. Published popular music Recorded popular music Classical music Opera
Tosca
John Philip Sousa –
Chris and the Wonderful Lamp , premiere in New York City, January 1
Giacomo Puccini –
Tosca , premièred at the Teatro Constanzi in Rome, January 14
Jan Blockx –
Thyl Uylenspiegel , premièred in Brussels, January 18
Alexander von Zemlinsky –
Es war einmal , premièred in Vienna Opera, January 22
Gustave Charpentier –
Louise , première in Paris Opera-Comique, February 2
Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari –
La Cenerentola , première in Theatro le Fenice in Venice, February 22
Gabriel Fauré –
Prométhée , première of his first opera in Roman arena at
Beziers , August 27
Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov – Asya , première in Moscow, September 28
Władysław Żeleński - premiere of the opera Janek in Austria, October 4
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov –
The Tale of Tsar Saltan , première in Solodovnikov Theatre in Moscow, November 3
Ruggiero Leoncavallo –
Zaza , première in Teatro Lirico in Molan, November 10
George Stephanescu – Cometa
César Cui –
Feast in Time of Plague , première in Moscow at the Noviy Theater, November 1901 Ballet Musical theater The Cadet Girl : Broadway production opened at the Herald Square Theatre on July 25 and ran for 48 performances
The Casino Girl : London production opened at the
Shaftesbury Theatre on April 25Chris And The Wonderful Lamp : Broadway production opened at the
Victoria Theater on January 1 and ran for 58 performancesFiddle-Dee-Dee : Broadway production opened at Weber and Fields' Broadway Music Hall on September 6 and ran for 262 performances
Florodora : Broadway production opened at the
Casino Theatre on November 10 and ran for 505 performances, while its run at London's
Lyric Theatre (opened November 1899) continued throughout the year (closing in March 1901 after 455 performances)Giddy Throng : Broadway
revue opened at the
New York Theatre on December 24 and ran for 164 performances
The Messenger Boy :
London production opened at the
Gaiety Theatre on February 3 and ran for 429 performancesMiss Prinnt : Broadway production opened at the
Victoria Theater on December 25 and ran for 211 performancesThe Rogers Brothers In Central Park : Broadway production opened at the
Victoria Theater on September 17 and transferred to the
Grand Opera House on April 1, 1901, for a total run of 80 performances
San Toy : Broadway production opened at
Daly's Theatre on October 1 and ran for 65 performances
Véronique (operetta) : Vienna production opened at the
Theater an der Wien on March 10Births
January 1 –
Xavier Cugat , bandleader (d. 1990)
January 6 –
Pierre-Octave Ferroud , French composer (d. 1936)
January 7 –
John Brownlee , American baritone and opera teacher (d. 1969)
January 13 –
Yasuji Kiyose , Japanese composer (d. 1981)
February 3 –
Mabel Mercer , English-American singer and actress (d. 1984)
[7]
February 13 –
Wingy Manone , U.S. jazz musician (d. 1982)
March 2 –
Kurt Weill , German composer. (d. 1950)
March 10 –
Peter De Rose , US composer (d. 1953)
March 21 –
Paul Kletzki , Polish conductor (d.1973)
April 2 –
Anis Fuleihan , Cypriot-born US composer (d. 1970)
April 8 –
Gavriel Mullokandov , Bukharian Jewish singer and musician (d.
1972 )
April 11 –
Kai Normann Andersen , Danish composer (d.1967)
April 14 –
Salvatore Baccaloni , Italian bass opera singer (d.1969)
April 17 –
Willy Burkhard , Swiss composer (d. 1955)
April 23 –
Henry Barraud , French composer (d.1997)
April 26 –
Joseph Fuchs , American violinist (d. 1997)
May 5 –
Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt , German conductor (d.1973)
May 17 –
Nicolai Berezowsky , Russian composer (d.1953)
May 27 –
Leopold Godowsky, Jr. , American violinist and chemist (d.1983)
May 28 –
Tommy Ladnier , jazz musician (d.1939)
June 15
June 17 -
Hermann Reutter , German composer (d.1985)
June 22 -
Jennie Tourel , Russian mezzo-soprano (d.1973)
June 24 –
Gene Austin , US singer and composer (d.1972)
June 26 –
Richard Crooks , US tenor (d.1972)
July 8 –
George Antheil , composer (d.1959)
July 10
July 13 –
George Lewis , jazz musician (d.1968)
July 29 –
Don Redman , US arranger, bandleader and saxophonist (d.1964)
August 2 –
Helen Morgan , US singer and actress (d.1941)
August 8 –
Lucky Millinder , US bandleader (d.1966)
August 22 –
Váša Příhoda , Czech violinist (d.1960)
August 23 –
Ernst Krenek , composer (d.1991)
September 3 –
Eduard van Beinum , Dutch conductor (d.1959)
September 7 –
Joan Cross , operatic soprano (d.1993)
September 20 –
Uuno Klami , Finnish composer (d.1961)
September 28 –
Joe Falcon , Cajun accordionist (d.1965)
October 9 –
Elmer Snowden , banjo player (d.1973)
October 19 –
Erna Berger , coloratura soprano (d.1990)
November 7 –
Efrem Kurtz , Russian conductor (d.1995)
November 14 –
Aaron Copland , composer (d.1990)
November 25
November 27 –
Léon Barzin , Belgian-born American conductor (d.1999)
December 12 –
Sammy Davis, Sr. , vaudeville entertainer (d.1988)
December 14 –
Juan d'Arienzo , tango musician (d.1976)
December 17 –
Lucijan Marija Škerjanc , Slovene composer, pedagogue and conductor (d.1973)
December 19 –
Audrey Mildmay , English soprano (d.1953)
December 22 –
Alan Bush , British pianist, composer and conductor (d.
1995 )
December 25 –
Gladys Swarthout , American mezzo-soprano (d.1969)
December 27 –
Willem van Otterloo , Dutch conductor, cellist and composer (d.1978)
December 29 –
B. H. Haggin , music critic (d.1987) Deaths
January 22 –
David E. Hughes , musician and inventor, 68
January 26 –
Carl Leopold Sjöberg , composer, 38
February 3 –
Ottokar Novacek , violinist and composer, 33 (heart condition)
March 10 –
Johan Peter Emilius Hartmann , composer, 94
March 13 –
Alicia Ann Spottiswoode , songwriter, 89
March 19 –
Charles-Louis Hanon , composer and piano teacher, 80
April 21 –
Charles Beecher , hymn-writer, 84
May 13 –
Hermann Levi , German conductor, 61
May 28 –
George Grove , compiler of the well-known dictionary of music, 79
June 15 –
Barnolt , French operatic tenor, 61
[8]
July 19 –
Jovan Sundečić , lyricist of the Montenegro national anthem, 75
August 11 –
Franz Betz , operatic bass-baritone, 65
August 29 –
Herrman S. Saroni , composer, 76
October 9 –
Heinrich von Herzogenberg , conductor and composer, 57 (necrosis of the joints)
October 14 – Sándor Erkel, Hungarian composer, son of
Ferenc Erkel
October 15 –
Zdeněk Fibich , composer, 49
November 7 –
Joseph Schalk , pianist, conductor and musicologist, 43
November 14 –
Adolf Pollitzer , violinist, 68
November 17 –
Heinrich Porges , choirmaster and music critic, 62
November 22 – Sir
Arthur Sullivan , composer, 58 (kidney disease)
December 8 –
Henry Russell , pianist, baritone singer and composer
date unknown –
Louis Liebe , conductor and composer (born 1819)References
^ Legrand, Jacques (1987). Chronicle of the 20th Century . Ecam Publication. p. 10.
ISBN
0-942191-01-3
^ Alfred Hoffman and Adrian Rațiu, "Succese ale simfonistului (1900–1906)", in George Enescu: Monografie , 2 vols., edited by Mircea Voicana, 237–329 (Bucharest: Editura Academiei Republicii Socialiste România, 1971), citation on p. 245.
^ Grimley, Daniel (2004). The Cambridge companion to Elgar . Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press. p. 87.
ISBN
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Hewett, Ivan , "Rolling with the Punches", BBC Proms 2022 , pp. 20–4
^ Slonimsky, Nicolas (1949). Music Since 1900 . Coleman-Ross Company. p. 11.
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^ Smith, Jessie Carney (1992). Notable Black American Women . Gale Research. p. 470.
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Les Annales du Théâtre et de la Musique , 26eme edition, 1900. Librairie Paul Ollendorff, Paris, 1901.
