Editing 1901 in music (section)

==Events==
[[File:Jaroslav Kocian 1901.png|thumb|[[Jaroslav Kocián]] in 1901]]
*[[January 13]] – The ''[[New York Herald]]'' reviewing the work of [[Abe Holzmann]], comments that "[h]is knowledge of bass and counterpoint is thorough, and his standard compositions bear the stamp of harmonic lore, which makes his proclivity for the writing of the popular style of music the more remarkable."<ref>[http://www.grainger.de/music/composers/holzmann.html Grainger, Geoff "Abe Holzmann (1874–1939)" ''Composers of Recorder Music''], retrieved on 25 April 2009.</ref>
*[[February 4]]  – [[Puccini]]'s ''[[Tosca]]'' makes its U.S. debut at the [[Metropolitan Opera]] in New York.
*[[February 17]]  – ''[[Das klagende Lied]]'', by [[Gustav Mahler]], receives its world premiere by the Vienna Philharmonic in that city, Mahler conducting.
*[[March 29]]
**[[Alexander Scriabin]]'s Symphony No.1 in E Minor, Op. 26, is performed in its complete version in Moscow.
**[[Verdi]]'s funeral procession in [[Milan]] attracts a crowd of 300,000.
**Tenor [[Jean de Reszke]]'s final performance of the season with the [[Metropolitan Opera]] in New York turns into his farewell performance with that company as he sings the title role in [[Richard Wagner]]'s ''[[Lohengrin (opera)|Lohengrin]]''.
*[[April 18]] – Contralto [[Mariska Aldrich|Mariska Horvath]] marries politician [[J. Frank Aldrich]].
*[[April 29]] – [[Jean de Reszke]] returns to the stage to sing the second act of Wagner's ''[[Tristan und Isolde]]'' at the [[Metropolitan Opera]] in New York.<ref>{{cite book|last=Burbank|first=Richard|title=Twentieth Century Music|location=New York City, USA|publisher=Facts on File Publication, New York City, NY|year=1984|isbn=0-87196-464-3|page=10}}|</ref>
*[[May 3]] – [[Marcel Dupré]]'s oratorio ''Le songe de Jacob'' (Jacob's dream) premieres in France with Dupré playing the organ part himself.
*[[May 17]] - [[Benedictine monks]] of the [[Solesmes Congregation]] are publicly lauded by [[Pope Leo XIII]] for their scholarly work on [[Gregorian chant]]. 
*[[June 1]] – The classical music publishing firm [[Universal Edition]] is founded in [[Vienna]].
*[[June 20]] – [[Edward Elgar]]'s overture ''[[Cockaigne (In London Town)]]'' receives its world premiere as Elgar conducts the [[London Philharmonic Orchestra]].
*[[June 23]] – [[Ernest Bloch]]'s symphonic ''Vivre Aimer'' premieres at the Second Festival of Swiss Music in Geneva.
*[[June 30]] – [[Maurice Ravel]] scores third place in the annual [[Prix de Rome]] competition with the cantata ''[[Myrrha (Ravel cantata)|Myrrha]]''.
*[[September 20]] – The German music periodical ''[[Die Musik]]'', an illustrated journal, is published for the first time in Berlin.
*[[October 3]] – [[Eldridge Johnson]] establishes the [[Victor Talking Machine Company]] and is permitted to use the dog trademark "[[His Master's Voice]]".
*[[October 15]] – [[Geraldine Farrar]] makes her operatic debut with the [[Berlin Royal Opera]] as Margueritte in [[Charles Gounod|Gounod]]'s ''[[Faust (opera)|Faust]]''.
*[[October 19]] – [[Edward Elgar]]'s first two ''[[Pomp and Circumstance Marches]]'' premiere in Liverpool.
*[[October 27]] – [[Claude Debussy]]'s ''Trois Nocturnes'' are given their first complete performance as [[Camille Chevillard]] conducts the [[Lamoureux Orchestra]] in Paris.
*October – The [[Columbia Phonograph]] Company issues the first recordings under its Climax label.
*October - The National [[Gramophone Company]] issues the first celebrity red-label disc featuring artists from the Russian Imperial Opera.
*October - The International [[Zonophone]] Company is established.
*[[November 9]] – First complete performance of [[Sergei Rachmaninoff]]'s [[Piano Concerto No. 2 (Rachmaninoff)|Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor]] in Moscow with the composer playing the solo part.
*[[November 25]] – Premiere of [[Gustav Mahler]]'s [[Symphony No. 4 (Mahler)|Symphony No. 4 in G Major]] under the composer's baton in [[Munich]].
*[[December 9]] – Violinist [[Jaroslav Kocián]] makes his debut at [[St James's Hall]] in London.<ref>"Concert-Room Impressions", ''The Musical Standard'' (December 14, 1901): 368.</ref>
*[[December 20]] – [[Henry Kimball Hadley|Henry Hadley]]'s Symphony No. 2 ''(The Four Seasons)'' is performed by [[Emil Paur]] and the [[New York Symphony Orchestra]].
*[[Enrique Granados]] founds the Academia Granados in Spain.
*[[Percy Grainger]] makes his recital debut.
*Thirteen-year-old [[Agustín Barrios]] begins attending university in [[Asunción]] on a music scholarship.
*[[Ragtime]] popularity grows.