Editing 1907 in music (section)

==Events==
*[[January 27]] – Executives of the [[Metropolitan Opera]] removes [[Richard Strauss]]'s ''[[Salome (opera)|Salome]]'' from the repertoire following protests that the opera was indecent.<ref>{{cite book|author=Nicolas Slonimsky|title=Music Since 1900|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4DNhfCCel3wC|year=1949|publisher=Coleman-Ross Company|page=xxxii}}</ref>
*[[February 3]] – [[Josef Suk (composer)|Josef Suk]]'s first performance of [[Asrael Symphony|Symphony č.2 C moll (Asrael)]] in the [[Národní divadlo|National Theatre]] in [[Prague]], [[Karel Kovarovic]] conducting.
*[[February 7]] – [[Jules Massenet]]'s ''[[Thérèse (opera)|Therese]]'' is produced in Monte Carlo.<ref name="music">{{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=27}}|</ref> 
*[[February 20]] – ''[[The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh and the Maiden Fevroniya]]'' by [[Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov]] premieres at the [[Mariinsky Theatre]] in Saint Petersburg.<ref name="music" />
*[[February 21]] – [[Frederick Delius]]' opera [[A Village Romeo and Juliet|Romeo and Julia auf dem Dorf]] has its premiere at the [[Komische Oper Berlin]].<ref name="music" />
*[[February 22]] - [[Maurice Ravel]]'s ''Introduction and Allegro'' for harp, string quartet, flute and clarinet premieres at the Cercle Masical in Paris.<ref name="music" />
*[[March 1]] - [[Claude Debussy]]'s ''[[La mer (Debussy)|La Mer]]'' receives its American premiere as it is performed by [[Karl Muck]] and the [[Boston Symphony Orchestra]].<ref name="music" />
*[[March 19]] - [[Edward Elgar]] conducts a New York performance of his oratio ''[[The Apostles (Elgar)|The Apostles]]'' with the Ontario Society of New York City.
*[[April 20]] - [[Vincent d'Indy]]'s symphonic work dedicated to the memory of his wife, ''Souvenirs'' premieres in Paris.<ref name="music" />
*[[April 23]] - Excerpts from [[Arthur Nevin]]'s opera ''Poia'' are premiered at the White House. President [[Theodore Roosevelt]] listens as the composer performs at the piano in the absence of an orchestra.<ref name="music" />
*[[April 27]] - [[Igor Stravinski]]'s [[Symphony in E-flat (Stravinsky)|Symphony No.1 E-flat]] receives its first private performance in Saint Peterburg at a private concert
*[[May 10]] – ''[[Ariane et Barbe-Bleue]]'', by [[Paul Dukas]] by the libretto based on the play by [[Maurice Maeterlinck]], premiers at the Paris [[Opéra-Comique]]
*[[May 16]] – The first of series of five concerts is presented by [[Serge Diaghilev]] in Paris, featuring Russian music, including works of [[Nikolai Rimski-Korsakov]], [[Alexander Glazunov]], [[Mikhail Glinka]], [[Alexander Borodin]], [[Modest Mussorgsky]] and others. [[Feodor Chaliapin]] sings operatic excerpts, creating a sensation.
*[[May 27]] – [[Bach House (Eisenach)]] opens in what is at this time believed to be the birthplace of [[Johann Sebastian Bach]], the first museum devoted to a single composer.
*[[June 12]] – [[Cambridge University]] awards the honorary degree of [[Doctor of Music]] to [[Alexander Glazunov]].<ref name="Slonimsky1994">{{cite book|author=Nicolas Slonimsky|title=Nicolas Slonimsky: The First Hundred Years|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PpAXAQAAIAAJ|year=1994|publisher=Schirmer Books|isbn=978-0-02-871845-3|page=155}}</ref>
*[[June 18]] – [[Oxford University]] awards the honorary degree of [[Doctor of Music]] to [[Alexander Glazunov]].
*[[June 26]] – [[Cambridge University]] awards the honorary degree of [[Doctor of Music]] to [[Camille Saint-Saens]].
*[[August 24]] - [[Edward Elgar]]'s ''[[Pomp and Circumstance]]'' No.4 premiers at London.
*[[September 25]] – [[Jean Sibelius]] conducts the world première of his [[Symphony No. 3 (Sibelius)|Symphony No. 3]] in C major Op.52 in [[Helsinki]].<ref>{{cite book|author=New York Philharmonic|title=Program|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UtQEAAAAMAAJ|year=1947|publisher=Philharmonic-Symphony Society of New York}}</ref>
*[[September 27]] - [[Norfolk Rhapsodies|Norfolk Rhapsody No.2 and Norfolk Rhapsody No.3]] by [[Ralph Vaughan Williams]], are premiered at the Cardiff Festival.<ref name="music" />
*[[November 9]] – [[Umberto Giordano]]'s ''[[Marcella (Giordano)|Marcella]]'' is peroduced at [[La Scala]] in Milan. The opera, in three episodes, is about the love affair between an artist and his model.<ref name="music" />
* Publication of ''Sketch of a New Aesthetic of Music'' by [[Ferruccio Busoni]].
*[[November 15]] - [[Donald MacBride]] recorded the earliest example of a solo recording by a chorister from the USA, at [[Saint Thomas Church (Manhattan)|St Thomas Fifth Avenue]], singing [[George Frideric Handel|Handel's]] 'Angels Ever Bright and Fair'.<ref>{{cite web |title=The First Ever recording by an American chorister : 1907 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wG_NfVE_3Lk |website=Archive of Recorded Church Music}}</ref>
*[[November 20]] – [[Feodor Chaliapin]] makes his American debut at the [[Metropolitan Opera]] house in [[Mefistofele]]
*[[Cosima Wagner]] steps down from her position as head of the [[Bayreuth Festival]]. She is succeeded by her son [[Siegfried Wagner|Siegfried]].