Editing 1899 in music (section)

== Events ==
*[[January 25]] – [[Adelina Patti]] marries her third husband, Baron Rolf Cederström.<ref>{{cite book|first1=Edward T.|last1=James|first2=Janet Wilson|last2=James|first3=Paul S.|last3=Boyer|title=Notable American Women, 1607–1950: A Biographical Dictionary|url=https://archive.org/details/notableamericanw02jame_0|url-access=registration|year=1971|publisher=Harvard University Press|isbn=978-0-674-62734-5|pages=[https://archive.org/details/notableamericanw02jame_0/page/31 31]}}</ref>
*[[March 3]] – [[Richard Strauss]] conducts the premiere of ''[[Ein Heldenleben]]'' with the Frankfurter Opern- und Museumsorchester.
*[[April 26]]
**[[Jean Sibelius]] conducts the world première of his [[Symphony No. 1 (Sibelius)|Symphony No. 1]] in [[Helsinki]].
**Tenor [[Antonio Paoli]] makes his début in Rossini's ''[[William Tell (opera)|William Tell]]'' in Paris.
*[[May 27]] – [[Maurice Ravel]] conducts the first public performance of his 1898 ''[[Shéhérazade (Ravel)|Shéhérazade, ouverture de féerie]]'' at a concert of the [[Société Nationale de Musique]] in Paris; it receives a critical reception and is not published in his lifetime.<ref>{{cite book|last=Orenstein|first=Arbie|title=Ravel: Man and Musician|year=1991|orig-year=1975|location=Mineola, US|publisher=Dover|isbn=978-0-486-26633-6|page=24}}</ref>
*[[June 19]] – [[Edward Elgar]]'s ''[[Enigma Variations]]'' (''Variations on an Original Theme'', Op. 36) are premiered at [[St James's Hall]] in London conducted by [[Hans Richter (conductor)|Hans Richter]]. A revised version is first heard on September 13 at the [[Three Choirs Festival]] in [[Worcester Cathedral]] with Elgar conducting.<ref>{{cite book|last=Moore|first=Jerrold Northrop|author-link=Jerrold Northrop Moore|year=1984|title=Edward Elgar: A Creative Life|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=0-19-315447-1|pages=273, 289}}</ref>
*[[September 18]] – [[Scott Joplin]]'s ''[[Maple Leaf Rag]]'' is registered for copyright as [[ragtime]] music enjoys mainstream popularity in the [[United States]].
*[[October 19]] – [[Claude Debussy]] marries Rosalie Texier,<ref>{{cite book|first1=François|last1=Lesure|first2=Marie|last2=Rolf|title=Claude Debussy: A Critical Biography|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=c_adDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA156|year=2019|publisher=Boydell & Brewer|isbn=978-1-58046-903-6|pages=156–161}}</ref> having lived for nine years with her best friend; the marriage lasts only five years.
*[[December 30]] – [[Samuel Coleridge-Taylor]] marries Jessie Walmisley.<ref>{{cite book|first=Samuel|last=Coleridge-Taylor|title=Symphonic variations on an African air: opus 63|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-tAeaQEFsQEC&pg=PP10|year=2007|publisher=A-R Editions, Inc.|isbn=978-0-89579-597-7|page=viii}}</ref>
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**Charles Hale's song "At a Darktown Cakewalk" includes an early appearance of the riff "[[Shave and a Haircut]]".<ref>{{cite book|first=James|last=Fuld|title=The Book of World-Famous Music: Classical, Popular, and Folk|edition=5th|location=New York|publisher=Dover Publications|year=2000|page=495}}</ref>
**[[Billy Murray (singer)|Billy Murray]] makes his singing debut.