Editing 1917 in music (section)

==Events==
*[[March 7]] – "[[Livery Stable Blues]]", recorded with "Dixie Jazz Band One Step" on February 26 by the [[Original Dixieland Jass Band]] (a white 5-piece group from New Orleans led by [[cornet]]ist [[Nick LaRocca]]) for the [[Victor Talking Machine Company]] in the United States, becomes the first [[jazz]] recording commercially released (described as a "[[foxtrot]]"). On August 17 the band records "[[Tiger Rag]]"
*[[May 12]] – [[Béla Bartók]]'s ballet ''[[The Wooden Prince]]'' is premiered in [[Budapest]]
* First African American jazz recordings made by [[Wilbur Sweatman]]'s Band
* [[Eddie Cantor]] makes his first recordings
* [[Songs of the First World War]] become popular in the U.S.