1907 in music

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See also: 1906 in music, other events of 1907, 1908 in music and the list of 'years in music'.

Contents 1 Events 2 Published popular music 3 Classical music 4 Opera 5 Musical theater 6 Births 7 Deaths

[edit] Events

• February 21 - Frederick Delius's opera A Village Romeo and Juliet is premiered in Berlin
• General Porfirio Díaz legendarily orders a mariachi band to wear upper-class clothing (a charro suit) when they played for the visiting United States Secretary of State Elihu Root; this is the beginning of modern mariachi, as well as the traditional dress of future mariachi stars.
• Publication of Sketch of a New Aesthetic of Music by Ferruccio Busoni

[edit] Published popular music

• "All She Gets from The Iceman Is Ice" w. Arthur J. Lamb m. Alfred Solman
• "And A Little Bit More" w. Alfred Bryan m. Fred Fisher
• "Ballooning" w. Paul West m. Jerome Kern
• "The Bandolero" w. m. Leslie Stuart
• "Be My Little Teddy Bear" w. Vincent Bryan m. Max Hoffman
• "Because I'm Married Now" w.m. Herbert Ingraham
• "Bon Bon Buddy" by Alex Rogers
• "Brother Noah Gave Out Checks For Rain" w.m. Arthur Longbrake
• "Budweiser's A Friend Of Mine" w. Vincent P. Bryan m. Seymour Furth
• "Bye Bye Dearie" w. Andrew B. Sterling m. Harry Von Tilzer
• "The Caissons Go Rolling Along" m. Edmund L. Gruber
• "Come Along, My Mandy" w.m. Tom Mellor, Alfred J. Lawrence & Harry Gifford New words Nora Bayes & Jack Norworth 1910
• "Common Sense" w.m. Chris Smith & John Larkins
• "Don't Worry" w.m. Ed Rose & Ted Snyder
• "Down Home Shout" Herman Carle
• "Fairy Queen" m. Percy Wenrich
• "Fishing For the Moon" David Kilburn Stevens
• "Gladiolus Rag" by Scott Joplin
• "Golden Rod" McKinley
• "The Handsome, Brave Life Saver" Gumble
• "Harrigan" w.m. George M. Cohan. Introduced by George M. Cohan in the musical Fifty Miles from Boston
• "He Goes To Church On Sunday" w. Vincent Bryan m. E. Ray Goetz
• "The Homesick Yankee" Clark
• "Honey Boy" w. Jack Norworth m. Albert Von Tilzer
• "The Honeybee's Honeymoon" Reed
• "I Love You So" w. Adrian Ross m. Franz Lehár
• "I Wish I Had A Girl" w. Gus Kahn m. Grace Leboy Kahn
• "I'd Rather Be A Lobster Than A Wise Guy" Morse
• "I'd Rather Two-Step Than Waltz, Bill" w.m. Benjamin Hapgood Burt
• "I'm Afraid To Come Home In The Dark" w. Harry H. Williams m. Egbert Van Alstyne
• "I'm Happy When The Band Plays Dixie" Vandeveer
• "I'm Tying The Leaves So They Won't Come Down" w. E. S. S. Huntingdon m. J. Fred Helf
• "In A Hammock Built For Two" w. Andrew B. Sterling m. Harry von Tilzer
• "In The Land Of The Buffalo" Williams, Van Alstyne
• "In The Wildwood Where The Bluebells Grow" w.m. Herbert H. Taylor
• "In Washington" w. Vincent Bryan m. Gertrude Hoffmann
• "It's Delightful To Be Married" w. Anna Held m. Vincent Scotto
• "It's Great To Be A Soldier Man" Morse
• "It's Nice To Have A Sweetheart" Kerker
• "I've Told His Missus All About Him" Tate
• "Just Because He Couldn't Sing "Love Me And The World Is Mine"" w.m. Bert Fitzgibbon
• "Kansas City Rag" by James Scott
• "Keep On Smiling" Paley
• "The Last Rose Of Summer Is The Sweetest Rose Of All" w. Arthur Gillespie m. Harry Sidney
• "Lucia" Klein
• "A Man Without A Woman" Rogers
• "Marie From Sunny Italy" w. Irving Berlin m. M. Nicholson
• "Mariutch Down At Coney Island" (aka "Mariutch Dance Da Hootch-A-Ma-Kootch") w. Andrew B. Sterling m. Harry von Tilzer
• "(You'll Find Me At) Maxim's" w. Adrian Ross m. Franz Lehár
• "Meet Me Down At The Corner" w. Will D. Cobb m. Harry Hoyt
• "(The Best I Get Is) Much Obliged To You" w.m. Benjamin Hapgood Burt
• "'Neath The Old Acorn Tree, Sweet Estelle" w. C. M. Denison m. J. Fred Helf
• "'Neath The Old Cherry Tree, Sweet Marie" w.m. Harry Williams & Egbert van Alstyne
• "Nestle By My Side" Luders
• "No Wedding Bells For Me" w. E. P. Moran & Will A. Heelan m. Seymour Furth
• "No, No, Positively No" w.m. Chris Smith & Harry Brown
• "No-One Knows" w.m. Francis Mack
• "Not For Me" w.m. Bessie Wynn
• "On The Road To Mandalay" w. Rudyard Kipling m. Oley Speaks
• "The Peach That Tastes The Sweetest Hangs The Highest On The Tree" w. Will D. Cobb m. Gus Edwards
• "The Pride Of The Prairie" w. Harry Breen m. George Botsford
• "Put Me Among The Girls" w. C. W. Murphy m. Dan Lipton

• "Rain-in-the-Face" Burt
• "Red Wing" w. Thurland Chattaway m. Kerry Mills
• "Rum-Tiddley-Um-Tum-Tay Out For The Day Today" w. Fred Leigh m. Orlando Powell
• "San Antonio" w.m. Harry Williams & Egbert van Alstyne
• "Sandy, You're A Dandy" w.m. Hector Grant
• "Search Light Rag" by Scott Joplin
• "She's A Lassie From Lancashire" Murphy, Lipton, Neat
• "Sleepy Sidney" by Archie W Scheu
• "Smile, Smile, Smile" Hoffman
• "Somebody's Been Around Here Since I've Been Gone" m. John Walter Bratton
• "Somebody's Waiting For You" w. Vincent Bryan m. Albert Gumble
• "Take Me Back To New York Town" w. Andrew B. Sterling m. Harry Von Tilzer
• "Take Me Where There's A Big Brass Band" Morse
• "The Teddy Bears' Picnic" w. James B. Kennedy m. John Walter Bratton (Words 1932}
• "That Lovin' Rag" w. Victor H. Smalley m. Bernie Adler
• "Theodore" w.m. Vincent Bryan
• "There Never Was A Girl Like You" w. Harry H. Williams m. Egbert Van Alstyne
• "Tipperary" w. Leo Curley m. James M. Fulton & J. Fred Helf
• "Tommy, Lad!" w. Edward Teschemacher m. E. J. Margetson
• "Two Blue Eyes" by Edward Madden
• "Two Little Baby Shoes" w. Edward Madden m. Theodore F. Morse
• "Under Any Old Flag At All" Cohan
• "Vilia" w. Adrian Ross m. Franz Lehár
• "Wal, I Swan!" (aka "Ebeneezer Frye") w.m. Benjamin Hapgood Burt
• "'Way Down In Colon Town" Hoffman
• "When A Fellow's On The Level With A Girl That's On The Square" w.m. George M. Cohan from the musical The Talk Of New York
• "Who? Me?" Snyder
• "Won't You Be My Honey?" Morse
• "Won't You Waltz Home Sweet Home With Me" w.m. Herbert Ingraham
• "Wouldn't You Like To Have Me For A Sweetheart?" Robyn
• "You Splash Me And I'll Splash You" w. Arthur J. Lamb m. Alfred Solman

[edit] Classical music

• York Bowen - Piano Concerto No. 3 'Fantasia' Op. 23, Viola Concerto in C minor Op. 25 ([1])
• Frederick Delius - Songs of Sunset; Brigg Fair
• Ernő Dohnányi - String Quartet no. 2 in D-flat, Op. 15
• Edward Elgar - The Wand of Youth
• Reinhold Glière - Symphony No. 2 in C minor
• Gustav Holst - A Somerset Rhapsody
• Henryk Melcer-Szczawiński - Violin Sonata in G ([2])
• Sergei Rachmaninoff - Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Piano Sonata No. 1 in D minor
• Max Reger - Piano Trio in E minor, Op. 102
• Ottorino Respighi - Quartet for Strings in D major
• Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov - Le Coq d'Or
• Charles Villiers Stanford - Stabat Mater
• Josef Suk - Symphony No. 2 in C minor, op. 27 (Asrael)

[edit] Opera

• Francesco Cilea - Gloria
• Luigi Mancinelli - Paolo e Francesca
• Jules Massenet - Thérèse

[edit] Musical theater

• Die Dollarprinzessin Vienna production
• Follies Of 1907 Broadway production
• The Gay White Way Broadway revue opened at the Casino Theatre on October 7 and ran for 105 performances
• The Girls Of Gottenberg London production
• Franz Lehár - The Merry Widow London and Broadway productions
• Miss Hook Of Holland London and Broadway productions
• Nelly Neil London production
• The Orchid Broadway production
• The Rogers Brothers In Panama Broadway production
• The Talk Of New York Broadway production opened at the Knickerbocker Theatre on December 3 and ran for 157 performances.
• Ein Walzertraum (A Waltz Dream) Vienna production
• Ein Walzertraum Berlin production

[edit] Births

• February 1 - Günter Eich, West German lyricist (d. 1972)
• February 15 - Jean Langlais, French organist and composer (d. 1991)
• February 27 - Mildred Bailey, US singer (d. 1951)
• March 3 - Joy Finzi, widow of Gerald Finzi and founder of the Finzi Trust (d. 1991)
• March 11 - Jessie Matthews, British actress and singer (d. 1981)
• March 14 - Tolibjon Sadikov, Uzbek composer (d. 1957)
• March 15 - Zarah Leander, Swedish singer and actress (d. 1981)
• March 19 - Elizabeth Maconchy, English composer (d. 1994)
• April 12 - Imogen Holst, British conductor and composer (d. 1984)
• April 18 - Miklós Rózsa, Hungarian-American film composer (d. 1995)
• April 21 - Beatrice Kay US singer and actress (d. 1986)
• April 29 - Peggy English
• April 29 - Tino Rossi, French singer and actor (d. 1983)
• May 1 - Kate Smith, US singer (d. 1986)
• May 1 - Ralph Freed, US lyricist
• May 14 - Edythe Wright, US singer
• May 18 - Clifford Curzon, English pianist (d. 1982)
• July 19 - Günter Bialas, German composer (d. 1995)
• July 26 - André Gertler, Hungarian violinist (d. 1998)
• August 8 - Benny Carter, US jazz saxophonist, composer, arranger and bandleader (d.2003)
• August 18 - Otto Jacob Hubertz Mortensen, Finnish composer (d. 1986)
• September 29 - Gene Autry, US singer and performer (d. 1998)
• October 5 - Mrs. Miller, US singer (d. 1997)
• October 12 - Wolfgang Fortner, composer (d. 1987)
• October 27 - Helmut Walcha, organist (d. 1991)
• November 18 - Compay Segundo, Cuban singer and songwriter, inventor of the armónico (d. 2003)
• November 30 - György Ránki, Hungarian composer (d. 1992)
• December 7 - Wanda Toscanini (d. 1998)
• December 25 - Cab Calloway, US jazz singer and band leader (d. 1994)
• December 27 - Willem van Otterloo, Dutch composer and conductor (d. 1978)
• date unknown - N. Senada, German composer and music theorist (d. 1993)

[edit] Deaths

• February 5 - Ludwig Thuille, composer (b. 1861)
• April 4 - Lucile Grahn, ballerina
• June 4 - Agathe Backer Grøndahl, Norwegian pianist and composer (b. 1847)
• July 23 - William Shakespeare Hays, songwriter
• August 15 - Joseph Joachim, violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1831)
• September 4 - Edvard Grieg, Norwegian composer (b. 1843)
• September 5 - Adolf Østbye, first Norwegian recording artist (b. 1868)
• September 17 - Ignaz Brüll, Austrian pianist and composer (b. 1846)