Editing 1919 in music (section)

==Events==
*[[January 18]] – The pianist [[Paderewski]] becomes [[Prime Minister of Poland]].
*[[April 7]] – The [[Original Dixieland Jass Band]] brings [[Dixieland jazz]] to [[England]], opening a 15-month tour at the [[Hippodrome, London]].
*[[May 3]] – The [[National Association of Negro Musicians]] is established in [[Washington, D.C.]] under the leadership of [[Nora Holt]] and Henry Grant.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://blackthen.com/nora-douglas-holt-co-founder-national-association-negro-musicians/|title=Nora Douglas Holt: Co-founder of the National Association of Negro Musicians|work=Black Then|first=Jae|last=Jones|date=2018-09-15|accessdate=2019-06-24}}</ref>
*[[July 22]] – The [[Ballets Russes]] gives the world premiere of [[Manuel de Falla]]'s ballet ''[[El sombrero de tres picos]]'' (The Three-Cornered Hat) in [[London]].
*August – [[Josef Matthias Hauer]] devises his own [[twelve-tone technique]] of composition.
*[[August 19]] – The [[Southern Syncopated Orchestra]], visiting the UK, perform for the future King [[Edward VIII of the United Kingdom]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/london/content/articles/2006/10/09/orchestra_feature.shtml|publisher=[[BBC]]|location=London|work=History Features|title=London's jazz legends|date=2014-09-24|accessdate=2019-06-24}}</ref> [[Ernest Ansermet]] subsequently writes an enthusiastic review of the orchestra's performances in [[London]], singling out [[Sidney Bechet]] – one of the first serious pieces of [[jazz]] [[criticism]].
*[[October 27]] – [[Edward Elgar]]'s [[Cello Concerto (Elgar)|Cello Concerto]] is premiered in [[London]] with [[Felix Salmond]] as soloist; the performance is a disaster because Elgar (as conductor) is given inadequate rehearsal time with the London Symphony Orchestra.<ref>{{cite news|last=Newman|first=Ernest|authorlink=Ernest Newman|title=Music of the Week|newspaper=[[The Observer]]|location=London|date=1919-11-02}}</ref>
*The [[Louisiana Five]] are advertised as playing "Modern Jazz".
*[[Johan Wagenaar]] becomes director of the Royal Conservatory at the Hague.
*[[Elsie Griffin]] joins the [[D'Oyly Carte Opera Company]].
*[[Gustav Kobbé]]'s guide ''[[The Complete Opera Book]]'' is first published (posthumously), in the United States.