Editing 1911 in music (section)

==Events==
*[[January 26]] – Première of the opera ''[[Der Rosenkavalier]]'' by [[Richard Strauss]], in [[Dresden]]; the librettist is [[Hugo von Hofmannsthal]] and the director is [[Max Reinhardt]].
*[[February 21]] – [[Gustav Mahler]], who has contracted [[bacterial endocarditis]] and is running a fever of 104 degrees, conducts his last concert, with the [[New York Philharmonic]], of which he has been principal conductor since 1909.
*[[April 3]] – [[Jean Sibelius]] conducts the world première of his [[Symphony No. 4 (Sibelius)|Symphony No. 4]] in [[Helsinki]].
*[[April 8]] – [[Gustav Mahler]] embarks from New York for France; he enters a clinic in Paris, where he dies just over a month later.
*[[May 19]] – [[Maurice Ravel]]'s opera ''[[L'heure espagnole]]'' is premiered at the [[Opéra-Comique]] in Paris, in a double bill with [[Jules Massenet]]'s 1907 opera ''[[Thérèse (opera)|Thérèse]]''.
*[[May 24]] – [[Edward Elgar]] conducts the première of his [[Symphony No. 2 (Elgar)|Symphony No. 2]] in [[London]].
*[[June 15]] – [[Igor Stravinsky]]'s ballet ''[[Petrushka]]'' is premiered in Paris; the lead dancer is [[Vaslav Nijinsky]].
*July – [[Frank Bridge]] completes his orchestral suite ''[[The Sea (Bridge)|The Sea]]'', while staying at Eastbourne.<ref>[http://www.musicaltoronto.org/2012/08/09/introducing-the-sea-a-suite-for-orchestra-by-frank-bridge/ Musical Toronto]; Retrieved 3 September 2013</ref>
*[[November 20]] – [[Gustav Mahler]]'s ''[[Das Lied von der Erde]]'' is premièred in [[Munich]], after the composer's death, with his friend and former assistant [[Bruno Walter]] conducting at the request of [[Alma Mahler]].<ref>Ryding, Erik; Pechefsky, Rebecca (2006). ''Bruno Walter: A World Elsewhere''. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press. {{ISBN|978-0-300-08713-0}}.</ref>
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**[[Aino Ackté]] and other prominent opera singers found the [[Domestic Opera]] in [[Finland]].
**"[[Elsässisches Fahnenlied]]" is adopted as the anthem of the Republic of Alsace-Lorraine.
**16-year-old [[Carl Orff]] publishes his first compositions.
**The [[Society of Women Musicians]] is co-founded by [[Marion Scott (musicologist)|Marion Scott]] and others.<ref>Sophie Fuller. "Society of Women Musicians", Grove Music Online, ed. L. Macy (accessed March 12, 2007), grovemusic.com (subscription access).</ref>
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