Editing 1897 in music

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Events in the year '''1897 in music'''.

==Specific locations==
*[[1897 in Norwegian music]]

== Events ==
*[[January 13]] – At a memorial concert in Paris for composer [[Emmanuel Chabrier]] (died 1894), the first act of his uncompleted work, ''[[Briséïs]]'', is performed for the first time.
*[[March 27]] – The première of [[Sergei Rachmaninoff]]'s First Symphony is a complete disaster, leaving many wondering whether [[Alexander Glazunov]], the conductor for the event, was drunk or just disliked the music so much that he did not care about a good performance. It would be three years before Rachmaninoff would compose a major piece of music again.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-10-15|title=Rachmaninov's First Symphony: From Despair to Posthumous Triumph|url=http://thelistenersclub.com/2018/10/15/rachmaninovs-first-symphony-from-despair-to-posthumous-triumph/|access-date=2021-06-30|website=The Listeners' Club|language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[September 8]] – [[October 8]] – [[Gustav Mahler]] becomes director of the [[Vienna Court Opera]], and is obliged to convert from Judaism to Roman Catholicism.<ref>La Grange, Henry-Louis de (1995). Gustav Mahler Volume 2: Vienna: The Years of Challenge (1897–1904). Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. {{ISBN|0-19-315159-6}}. p. 54</ref>
*The [[Cakewalk]] matures into [[Ragtime]] music.
*[[John Philip Sousa]]'s band makes [[phonograph]] recordings of Cakewalks and early Ragtime.
*Early publications by [[Scott Joplin]].{{Vague|date=September 2017}}
*[[André Messager]] becomes musical director of the [[Opéra-Comique]].
*[[Ralph Vaughan Williams]] studies with [[Max Bruch]] in Berlin.
*Teatro Nuovo in Bergamo changes its name to [[Teatro Donizetti]].
*The pan-African anthem "[[Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika]]" ("God Bless Africa") is composed as a [[Xhosa language|Xhosa]] hymn by South African teacher [[Enoch Sontonga]]; versions become the national anthem of 5 countries including Tanzania's "[[Mungu ibariki Afrika]]".
*Composer [[Alexander Scriabin]] marries pianist Vera Ivanovna.

==Publications==
*[[Ben Harney]] – ''Ben Harney's Rag Time Instructor''

== Published popular music ==
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* "[[Asleep in the Deep (song)|Asleep In The Deep]]"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w. [[Arthur J. Lamb]] m. [[Henry W. Petrie]]
* "At A Georgia Camp Meeting"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w.m. [[Kerry Mills]]
* "Badinage"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;m. [[Victor Herbert]]
* "[[Beautiful Isle of Somewhere]]"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w. Mrs [[Jessie Brown Pounds]] m. John S. Fearis
* "[[Danny Deever]]"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w. [[Rudyard Kipling]] m. [[Walter Damrosch]]
* "Harlem Rag"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;m. [[Tom Turpin]]
* "Let 'em All Come"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w.m. [[T. W. Connor]]
* "Louisiana Rag" m. [[Theodore H. Northrup]]
* "[[On The Banks Of The Wabash Far Away]]"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w.m. [[Paul Dresser]]
* "Our Lodger's Such A Nice Young Man"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w.m. Fred Murray & Laurence  Barclay
* "Roustabout Rag"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;m. [[Paul Sarebresole]]
* "Song Of India"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;m. [[Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov]]
* "[[The Stars and Stripes Forever]]"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;m. [[John Philip Sousa]] (Recorded on [[Berliner Records]])
* "Syncopated Sandy"  by Ned Wayburn & Stanley Whiting
* "Take Back Your Gold"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w.m. [[Monroe H. Rosenfeld]]
* "There's A Little Star Shining For You"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w.m. James Thornton
* "Ye Boston Tea Party" by [[Arthur Pryor]]

== Recorded popular music ==
*"[[There'll Be a Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight|A Hot Time in the Old Town]]" <br /> –  [[Len Spencer]] & [[Vess Ossman]]
*"American Medley" <br /> –  W. Paris Chambers on Berliner
*"Blue Bells of Scotland" <br /> –  Arthur Pryor (of Sousa's Band) for Berliner
*"A Bunch of Roses" <br /> –  W. Paris Chambers on Berliner
*"Change Will Do You Good" <br /> –  [[William F. Denny]] on Berliner
*"Cillerthal" <br /> –  Graus Mountain Choir on Berliner
*"Cornfield Medley" <br /> –  The Edison Quartet on Edison
*"The Czar of the Tenderloin" <br /> – [[William F. Denny]] on Berliner
*"Dance California" <br /> – Cullen and Collins on Berliner
*"Die Nachtingall - The Nightingale" <br /> –  Vroni Eidner on Berliner
*"The Directorate March" <br /> – Sousa's Band on Berliner <br /> – [[Vess Ossman]] on Berliner
*"Du Du" <br /> – [[Charles P. Lowe]] on Berliner
*"El Captain March" <br /> – Edison Concert Band on [[Edison Records]]
*"Fly Song" <br /> –  [[George J. Gaskin]]
*"Gayest Manhattan" <br /> –  [[Vess Ossman]] on Berliner
*"Happy Days in Dixie" <br /> – Sousa's Band on Berliner
*"Hiram's Visit to New York" <br /> –  [[Russell Hunting]] on Berliner
*"Hot Time Medley" <br /> – Cullen and Collins on Berliner
*"Ikey Eisenstein" <br /> – [[Dan W. Quinn]] on Berliner
*"In Old Madrid" <br /> –  W. Paris Chambers on Berliner <br /> – [[Vess Ossman]] on Berliner
*"International Medley" <br /> –  W. Paris Chambers on Berliner
* "In The Gloaming" (w. [[Meta Orred]] m. [[Annie Fortescue Harrison]]) <br> –  [[Roger Harding (singer)|Roger Harding]] on [[Berliner Gramophone]]
*"Jolly Darkies" <br /> – [[Vess Ossman]] on Berliner <br /> – Stephen B. Clements on Berliner
*"King Cotton March" <br /> – Cullen and Collins on Berliner
*"Last Night" <br /> –  W. Paris Chambers on Berliner
*"Laughing" <br /> – [[George Graham (monologist)]] & [[Billy Golden]] on Berliner
*"L.A.W. March" <br /> –  [[Vess Ossman]] on Berliner
*"The Laughing Auctioneer" <br /> –  W.O. Beckenbaugh on Berliner
*"Les Alsachiennes - Bolero" <br /> – August P. Stengler on Berliner
*"Liberty Bell March" <br /> – Edison Concert Band on [[Edison Records]]
*"Lilly Bells" <br /> – Sousa's Band on Berliner
*"Little Darling Dream of Me" <br /> – The Diamond Four on Columbia
*"Little Kinkies" (w.m. [[M. Tobias]]) <br /> – [[Edison Concert Band]] on [[Edison Records]] brown wax cylinder No. 155
*"Little Marcia Marie" <br /> – Sousa's Band on Berliner
*"Little Nell" <br /> – Noble McDonald on Berliner  <br /> – Arthur Pryor (of Sousa's Band) for Berliner
*"Loin du Bal" <br /> – Sousa's Band on Berliner
*"Lovely Little Maiden Schottische" <br /> – Edison Symphony Orchestra on Edison
*"Ma Angeline" <br /> – Cullen and Collins on Berliner
*"Maggie, My Own" <br /> –  [[George J. Gaskin]]
*"Massa's In De Cold Cold Ground" <br /> – The Diamond Four for Berliner
*"Michael Casey as Chairman of Mugwump Club" <br /> –  [[Russell Hunting]] on Berliner
*"Michael Casey at the Living Pictures" <br /> –  [[Russell Hunting]] on Berliner
*"Michael Casey Putting His Baby to Sleep" <br /> –  [[Russell Hunting]] on Berliner
*"Miserere - Il Trovatore" <br /> – Henry Higgins & Arthur Pryor (of Sousa's Band) for Berliner
*"Morning on the Farm" <br /> –  N.R. Wood on Berliner
*"Morning Serenade" <br /> –  [[Fadettes of Boston]] on Berliner
*"The Mountain Climber" <br /> –  Graus Duo on Berliner
*"My Mother Was a Lady" <br /> –  [[Dan W. Quinn]]
*"Narcissus" <br /> – Felix Jardella on Berliner <br /> – [[Vess Ossman]] on Berliner
*"Negro Oddity" <br /> – [[George Graham (monologist)]] & [[Billy Golden]] on Berliner
*"Oh, Paradise!" <br /> –  [[Fadettes of Boston]] on Berliner
*"Oh! Uncle John" <br /> –  [[Russell Hunting]] on Berliner
*"On The Banks of The Wabash" <br /> –  [[George J. Gaskin]]
*"Old Hickory" <br /> – [[United States Marine Band]] on Columbia
*"Orange Blossoms" <br /> – Sousa's Band on Berliner
*"The Palms" <br /> –  W. Paris Chambers on Berliner
*"Patrol Comique" <br /> – Felix Jardella on Berliner
*"Quando Le Sere Al Placido" <br /> – [[Ferruccio Giannini]] on Berliner
*"Rastus on Parade" <br /> – Cullen and Collins on Berliner
*"[[Sally in Our Alley (song)|Sally in Our Alley]]" (w. [[Henry Carey (writer)|Henry Carey]] m. trad) <br> –  Edison Quartette on Edison
*"Scenes That Are Brightest" <br /> –  W. Paris Chambers on Berliner
*"A Talk By Happy Cal Stewart - The Yankee Comedian" <br /> –  [[Cal Stewart]] on Berliner
*"The Seraph" <br /> –  W. Paris Chambers on Berliner
*"The Signal Polka" <br /> – Arthur Pryor (of Sousa's Band) for Berliner
*"Sleigh Ride Party" <br /> –  Len Spencer & Friends for Columbia
*"Starlight Waltz" <br /> – Sousa's Band on Berliner
*"Stars & Stripes Forever" <br /> –  [[John Philip Sousa]] <br /> – Edison Concert Band on [[Edison Records]]
*"Sweet Lorena Ray" <br /> – Arthur Pryor (of Sousa's Band) for Berliner
*"Sweet & Low" <br /> –  [[Fadettes of Boston]] on Berliner
*"Sweet Rosey O'Grady" <br /> – [[Steve Porter (singer)]] on Berliner
*"There'll Come a Time" <br /> –  Arthur Pryor (of Sousa's Band) for Berliner
*"There's a Little Star Shining for You" <br /> –  [[Dan W. Quinn]] on [[Edison Records]]
*"Thunderer March" <br /> – Sousa's Band on Berliner
*"Trip Around Town" <br /> – Edison Concert Band on [[Edison Records]]
*"The Two Grenadiers" <br /> –  Arthur Pryor (of Sousa's Band) for Berliner
*"Virginia Camp Meeting" <br /> – [[George Graham (monologist)]] & [[Billy Golden]] on Berliner
*"Von Meinen Bergen" <br /> – Mirzl Meister on Berliner
*"Way Down Yonder In The Cornfield" <br /> – The Diamond Four for Berliner
*"William Tell Overture" <br /> – Sousa's Band on Berliner
*"Yankee Doodle" <br /> –  W. Paris Chambers on Berliner
*"You're Not the Only Pebble on the Beach" <br /> – [[Dan W. Quinn]] on Berliner
*"Zulu Jingles" <br /> – Cullen and Collins on Berliner



==[[European classical music|Classical music]]==
* [[Hugo Alfvén]] – Symphony No. 1<ref>{{cite book|title=The Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music|publisher=Belknap Press of Harvard University Press|year=1996|isbn=9780674372993|page=14}}</ref>
* [[Ferruccio Busoni]] – Violin Concerto
* [[Ernest Chausson]]
** ''Chant funèbre'', for four female voices (1897)
** Piano Quartet in A, Op. 30
** ''Vêpres pour le commun des vierges'', for organ, Op. 31
** [[String Quartet (Chausson)|String Quartet]], Op. 35
** ''Piece for cello or viola, and piano'', Op. 39
*[[Frederick Delius]] – [[Piano Concerto (Delius)|Piano Concerto]]
* [[Felix Draeseke]] – String Quintet in A "Stelzner"-Quintet
* [[Paul Dukas]] – ''[[The Sorcerer's Apprentice (Dukas)|The Sorcerer's Apprentice]]''
* [[George Enescu]] –
**Piano Suite No. 1 in G minor, "Dans le style ancien" Op. 3
**''Poème roumain'', Op. 1
**Sonata no. 1 for violin and piano in D major, Op. 2
**Trio in G minor for piano, violin, and cello
* [[August Enna]] – Concerto for violin and orchestra in D major<ref>{{cite book|author=Frederic Barclay Emery|title=The Violin Concerto|publisher=Da Capo Press|year=1969|page=305}}</ref>
* [[Asger Hamerik]] – Symphony no. 6 ("Spirituelle") for string orchestra<ref>{{cite journal|journal=Fanfare|title=HAMERIK : Symphony No. 6|volume=14|issue=3–4|publisher=J. Flegler|year=1991|page=400}}</ref>
* [[Alexander Mackenzie (composer)|Alexander Mackenzie]] – Piano Concerto
* [[Carl Nielsen]] – ''[[Hymnus amoris]]''
* [[Dora Pejačević]] – ''Berceuse'', Op. 2, for solo piano
* [[Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov]] – Symphony No. 2 "Antar" (final version)
* [[Arnold Schoenberg]] – String Quartet in D major
* [[Alexander Scriabin]] – [[Piano Sonata No. 2 (Scriabin)|Piano Sonata No. 2]]
* [[Richard Strauss]] –  ''[[Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche]]''
* [[Alexander von Zemlinsky]] – Symphony No. 2

==[[Opera]]==
*[[Frederick Delius]] – ''[[Koanga]]''
*[[August Enna]] – ''The Little Match Girl''
*[[Zdeněk Fibich]] – ''[[Šárka (Fibich)|Šárka]]''
*[[Ivar Hallstrom]] – ''Little Karin''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://swedishmusicalheritage.com/composers/hallstrom-ivar/SMH-W3507-Liten_Karin_Little_Karin|title=Liten Karin [Little Karin]|website=Swedish Musical Heritage|access-date=23 February 2025}}</ref>
*[[Eduard Holst]] – ''Our Flats'', premiered in New York
*[[Wilhelm Kienzl]] – ''Don Quixote''
*[[Luigi Mancinelli]] – ''[[Ero e Leandro (Mancinelli)|Ero e Leandro]]''
*[[Jules Massenet]] – ''Sapho''
* [[Johann Strauss II]] – ''[[Die Göttin der Vernunft]]''
*[[Alexander Zemlinsky]] – ''Sarema''

==[[Musical theater]]==
* ''[[The Belle of New York (theatre)|The Belle of New York]]'' &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Broadway production
* ''[[The Charlatan (operetta)|The Charlatan]]''&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Broadway production
* ''[[The Circus Girl]]''&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Broadway production
* ''[[The Glad Hand]]''&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Broadway production
* ''[[Pousse Café]]''&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Broadway production
* ''[[The Yashmak]]'' – Adaptation of an [[Armenian language|Armenian]] operetta, ''Leblébidji Horhor'', with music by Napoleon Lambelet and libretto by [[Cecil Raleigh]] and [[Seymour Hicks]], runs from 31 March 1897 to 31 July 1897 (121 performances) at the [[Original Shaftesbury Theatre|Shaftesbury Theatre]], London.

== Births ==
*[[January 2]] – [[Jane Green (singer)|Jane Green]], US singer (died [[1931 in music|1931]])
*[[January 9]] – [[Luis Gianneo]], Argentine composer, pianist, and conductor (died [[1968 in music|1968]])
*[[January 10]] – [[Sam Chatmon]], blues musician (died [[1983 in music|1983]])
*[[January 22]]
**[[Rosa Ponselle]], soprano (died [[1981 in music|1981]])
**[[Leslie Sarony]], English singer, comedian and songwriter (died [[1985 in music|1985]])
*[[February 12]] – [[Břetislav Bakala]], conductor and pianist (died 1958)
*[[February 27]] – [[Marian Anderson]], contralto (died 1993)
*[[March 3]] – [[Ingrid Lang-Fagerström]], harpist (died [[1990 in music|1990]])
*[[March 6]] – [[Sandy MacPherson]], theatre organist (died [[1975]])
*[[March 9]] – [[Pedro Flores (composer)|Pedro Flores]], composer (died [[1979 in music|1979]])
*[[March 11]] – [[Henry Cowell]], composer (died [[1965 in music|1965]])
*[[March 13]] – [[Maria Nemeth]], Hungarian operatic soprano (died [[1967 in music|1967]])
*[[March 21]] – [[Sim Gokkes]], Dutch-Jewish composer (died [[1943 in music|1943]])
*[[March 26]] – [[David McCallum, Sr.]], violinist and father of [[David McCallum]] (died [[1972 in music|1972]])
*[[April 1]] – [[Lucille Bogan]], blues singer (died [[1979 in music|1979]])
*[[April 8]] – [[John Frederick Coots]], US composer (died 1985)
*[[April 17]] – [[Harald Sæverud]], composer (died [[1992 in music|1992]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.naxos.com/Bio/Person/Harald_Saeverud/20947|title=Harald Sæverud|website=Naxos Records|access-date=22 February 2025}}</ref>
*[[April 19]] – [[Vivienne Segal]], US actress and singer (died 1992)
*[[April 23]] – [[Pixinguinha]], [[choro]] composer and woodwind player (died [[1973 in music|1973]])
*[[May 14]] – [[Sidney Bechet]], jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, and composer (died [[1959 in music|1959]])
*[[May 29]] – [[Erich Wolfgang Korngold]], composer (died 1957)
*[[June 3]] 
**[[Memphis Minnie]], blues singer (died [[1973 in music|1973]])
**[[Boris Kroyt]], classical violinist and violist, member of the [[Budapest String Quartet]] from 1936 to 1967 (died [[1969 in music|1969]])
*[[June 12]] – [[Alexandre Tansman]], pianist and composer (died [[1986 in music|1986]])
*[[June 15]] – [[Mary Ellis]], actress and singer (died [[2003 in music|2003]])
*[[June 22]] – [[Bulbul (singer)|Bulbul]], opera and folk singer (died 1961)
*[[June 27]] – [[Maceo Pinkard]], composer, lyricist and music publisher (died 1962)
*[[August 10]] — [[Jack Haley]], American actor (d. 1979)
*[[August 4]] – [[Abe Lyman]], US bandleader, composer and drummer (died [[1957 in music|1957]])
*[[August 29]] – [[Helge Rosvaenge]], operatic tenor (died [[1972 in music|1972]])
*[[September 3]] – [[Francisco Mignone]], composer (died [[1986 in music|1986]])
*[[September 8]] – [[Jimmie Rodgers (country singer)|Jimmie Rodgers]], country singer (died [[1933 in music|1933]])
*[[September 18]]
**[[Pablo Sorozábal]], composer (died 1988)
**[[Sam H. Stept]], Russian-born US composer, pianist and conductor (died [[1964 in music|1964]])
*[[October 11]] – [[Leo Reisman]], violinist and bandleader (died [[1961 in music|1961]])
*[[October 26]] – [[Tiana Lemnitz]], operatic soprano (died 1994)
*[[November 2]] – [[Dennis King (actor)|Dennis King]], British singer and actor (died 1971)
*[[November 12]] – [[Karl Marx (composer)|Karl Marx]], conductor and composer (died 1985)
*[[November 20]] – [[Margaret Sutherland]], composer (died 1984)
*[[December 9]] – [[Hermione Gingold]], actress and singer (died [[1987 in music|1987]])
*[[December 18]] – [[Fletcher Henderson]], jazz musician (died [[1952 in music|1952]])
*[[December 26]] — [[Willy Corsari|Wilhelmina Schmidt]], singer and composer; stage name Willy Corsari (died [[1998 in music|1998]])<ref>{{cite book|last=Vermij|first=Lucie Th|title=De Verrukkelijke Kunst van het Verhaal: Leven en Werk van Willy Corsari | trans-title=The Delectable Art of Story: The Life and Work of Willy Corsari|location=Amsterdam|publisher=VITA|year=1993|isbn=978-9-05071-136-4|language=NL|page=10}}</ref>
*[[December 30]]  – [[Alfredo Bracchi]], Italian lyricist (died [[1976 in music|1976]])

== Deaths ==
*[[January 24]] – [[Sarah Edith Wynne]], operatic soprano and concert singer, 54<ref>{{Cite web|title=WYNNE, SARAH EDITH ('Eos Cymru'; 1842 - 1897), vocalist|url=https://biography.wales/article/s-WYNN-EDI-1842|last=Griffith|first=Robert David|date=|website=Dictionary of Welsh Biography|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210124200907/https://biography.wales/article/s-WYNN-EDI-1842 |archive-date=2021-01-24 |access-date=24 May 2020}}</ref>
*[[February 10]] – [[Antonio Bazzini]], violinist, composer and music, 78
*[[February 23]] – [[Woldemar Bargiel]], composer and teacher, 68<ref>{{cite book|author1=Robert Schumann|author2=Clara Schumann|title=The Marriage Diaries of Robert & Clara Schumann: From Their Wedding Day Through the Russia Trip|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=16YHAQAAMAAJ|year=1993|publisher=Northeastern University Press|isbn=978-1-55553-171-3}}</ref>
*[[February 25]] – [[Cornélie Falcon]], opera singer, 83<ref>{{cite book|author1=Anne Commire|author2=Deborah Klezmer|title=Women in World History: Ead-Fur|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iEQOAQAAMAAJ|year=2000|publisher=Yorkin Publications|isbn=978-0-7876-4064-4|page=376}}</ref>
*[[March 7]] – [[Leonard Labatt]], operatic tenor, 58
*[[April 3]] – [[Johannes Brahms]], composer, 63
*[[April 8]] – [[George Garrett (composer)|George Garrett]], composer, 62
*[[April 23]] – [[Clement Harris]], pianist and composer, 25 (killed in the Greco-Turkish war)
*[[May 21]] – [[Carl Mikuli]], pianist and composer, 77
*[[June 9]]
**[[Ignace Gibsone]], pianist and composer, 70
**[[Pavel Pabst]], pianist and composer, 43
*[[June 18]] – [[Franz Krenn]], composer and music teacher, 81
*[[August 1]] – [[Gaetano Antoniazzi]], violin-maker, 71
*[[September 16]] – [[Edward Edwards (musician)|Edward Edwards]], choirmaster and composer, 81
*[[September 20]]
**[[Karel Bendl]], composer, 59
**[[Grenville Dean Wilson]], pianist and composer, 64
*[[October 11]] – [[Léon Boëllmann]], organist and composer, 35
*[[November 6]] – [[Edouard Deldevez]], conductor, composer and violinist, 80
*[[November 14]]  – [[Giuseppina Strepponi]], operatic soprano, 82
*December – [[Slavka Atanasijević]], Serbian pianist and composer, 47<ref>Ma. St. [Marijanović, Stanislav]. 1983. "Atanasijević, Slavka (Aloysia)". In Croatian biographical lexicon (Hrvatski biografski leksikon), Vol. 1, ed. Nikica Kolumbić. Zagreb: Jugoslavenski leksikografski zavod, p. 261</ref>
*[[December 4]] – [[Adolf Neuendorff]], German-American composer, conductor, pianist and violinist, 54

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