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This is a nearly comprehensive list of notable events in music that took place in the year '''1900'''.

==Specific locations==
*[[1900 in Norwegian music]]

==Events==
*[[January 3]] – [[Giuseppe Verdi]]'s opera ''[[Aida]]''  makes U.S. debut.{{sfn|Legrand|1987|page=10}}
*[[January 23]] – The [[Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra]] makes its [[Carnegie Hall]] debut with [[Victor Herbert]] conducting.{{sfn|Huneker|1985|page=26}}
*[[February 3]] – ''Adonais'' overture by [[George Whitefield Chadwick]] is premiered by the [[Boston Symphony Orchestra]].{{sfn|Faucett|2012|page=373}}
*[[February 22]] – [[Jacques Thibaud]], violin, with the composer himself at the piano, gives the world premièee of [[George Enescu]]'s [[Violin Sonata No. 2 (Enescu)|Second Violin Sonata]] in Paris, on a concert that is part of the [[Concerts Colonne]] series.{{sfn|Hoffman|Rațiu|1971|page=245}}
*[[March 14]] – ''[[Hiawatha’s Wedding Feast]]'' for soli, chorus and orchestra is played for the first time in Boston under the baton of [[Benjamin Johnson Lang]].
*[[March 22]] – The first performance of the entire trilogy ''[[Hiawatha's Departure]]'' by [[Samuel Coleridge-Taylor]] for soli, chorus and orchestra at Royal Albert Hall in London, the composer conducts.
*[[April 10]] – [[Mary Garden]] makes her operatic debut in the title role of [[Gustave Charpentier]]'s opera ''[[Louise (opera)|Louise]]'' at the Opera-Comique in Paris
*[[May 5]] – ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' begins weekly publication in the U.S.
*[[May 15]] – [[Ignace Paderewski]] establishes the annual [[Paderewski Prize|Paderevski Fund Price]] for American composers or orchestral compositions.
*[[May 22]] – The [[Dallas Symphony Orchestra]] gives its first concert in Turner Hall, Dallas, Texas, conducted by [[Hans Kreissig]].
*[[July 2]] – [[Jean Sibelius]]'s tone poem ''[[Finlandia]]'' receives its première with the [[Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra]] conducted by [[Robert Kajanus]].
*[[October 3]] – [[Edward Elgar]]'s ''[[The Dream of Gerontius]]'' is premièred in [[Birmingham]], England{{sfn|Grimley|2004|page=87}} with a poor choral performance.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/7619335.the-despair-that-turned-to-triumph/|title=The despair that turned to triumph|work=[[Worcester News]]|date=July 17, 2003}}</ref>
*[[October 15]] – [[Boston Symphony Orchestra]] has a new home – [[Symphony Hall, Boston|Symphony Hall]], subsequently ranked as acoustically one of the best concert halls in the world.
*[[November 12]] – Russian pianist [[Ossip Gabrilowitsch]] makes his American debut at [[Carnegie Hall]], New York
*[[November 14]] – American contralto [[Louise Homer]] makes her American debut with the [[Metropolitan Opera]]. She sings Amneris in Verdi's [[Aida]]
*[[November 16]] – Newly founded [[Philadelphia Orchestra]] gives its first concert in [[Philadelphia]] under the baton of [[Fritz Scheel]].
*[[November 22]] – The [[University of Cambridge]], England, awards [[Edward Elgar]] with the honorary degree of Doctor of Music{{sfn|Slonimsky|1949|page=11}}
*[[November 24]] – [[Symphony No. 1 (Scriabin)|The Symphony No.1 in E Minor]] by [[Alexander Scriabin]] is performed at the Russian Concerts in Saint Petersburg, with [[Anatoly Lyadov]] conducting.
*[[December 9]] – The first two sections of [[Claude Debussy]]'s ''[[Nocturnes (Debussy)|Nocturnes]]''. "Nuages" and "Fetes", receive their world premiere at the Concerts Lamoureux in Paris.
*[[December 1]] – The first public performance of [[Arnold Schoenberg]]'s [[Zwei Gesänge, Op. 1 (Schoenberg)|''Zwei Gesänge'', Op. 1]], given by Eduard Gärtner (baritone) and [[Alexander von Zemlinsky]] (piano) in Vienna's [[Bösendorfer-Saal]], receives a negative public reaction.
*[[December 15]] – The second and third movement of [[Piano Concerto No. 2 (Rachmaninoff)|Concerto No.2 in C Minor for Piano]] by [[Sergej Rachmaninov]] receive their world premiere in Moscow; Rachmaninov plays the solo part.
*The famous dog trademark "[[His Master's Voice]]" is registered in the U.S. by Joseph Berliner.
*The [[Honolulu Symphony]] Orchestra is founded.

==Published popular music==
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*"Absence Makes The Heart Grow Fonder (Longing to Be Near Your Side)"    w. Arthur Gillespie m. [[Herbert Dillea]]
*"[[A Bird in a Gilded Cage]]"    w. [[Arthur J. Lamb]] m. [[Harry Von Tilzer]]{{sfn|Finson|1997|page=73}}
*"[[The Blue and the Gray (song)|The Blue and the Gray]] (or A Mother's Gift to Her Country)" w.m. [[Paul Dresser]]
*"Bridge Of Sighs"     w.m. [[James Thornton (songwriter)|James Thornton]]
*"Calligan – Call Again!"     w.m. Herbert Rutter & [[Harry Lauder]]
*"Calling To Her Boy Just Once Again"     w.m. [[Paul Dresser]]
*"Creole Belles"     w. George Sidney m. [[J. Bodewalt Lampe]]
*"The Duchess Of Central Park"     w. [[J. Cheever Goodwin]] m. Maurice Levi
*"[[Every Race Has a Flag but the Coon]]"     w.m. [[Will A. Heelan]] & [[J. Fred Helf]]
*"Eyes Of Blue"     m. [[Andrew Mack (actor)|Andrew Mack]]
*"The Fatal Rose of Red" – [[J. Fred Helf]]
*"[[Flight of the Bumblebee|The Flight Of The Bumble Bee]]"     m. [[Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov]]
*"A Flower From The Garden Of Life"     w.m. [[Thurland Chattaway]]
*"For Old Time's Sake"     w.m. [[Charles K. Harris]]
*"[[Entrance of the Gladiators|The Gladiators' Entry]]"     m. [[Julius Fučík (composer)|Julius Fučík]]
*"Hail To The Spirit Of Liberty"     w.m. [[John Philip Sousa]]
*"Hunky Dory"     m. [[Abe Holzmann]]
*"I Can't Tell Why I Love You But I Do"     w. [[Will D. Cobb]] m. [[Gus Edwards (vaudeville)|Gus Edwards]]
*"I Love You, Ma Cherie"     w.m. [[Paul Rubens (composer)|Paul Rubens]]
*"I Must Have Been A-Dreamin'  "     w.m. [[Bob Cole (composer)|Bob Cole]]
*"I Won't Be an Actor No More"     w.m. [[George M. Cohan]]
*"[[We Shall Overcome|I'll Overcome Some Day]]"     w.m. [[Charles Albert Tindley]]
*"In The House Of Too Much Trouble"     w.m. [[Will A. Heelan]] & [[J. Fred Helf]]
*"I've A Longing In My Heart For You Louise"     w.m. [[Charles K. Harris]]
*"Just Because She Made Dem Goo-Goo Eyes"     w.m. John Queen & [[Hughie Cannon]]
*"[[Lift Every Voice and Sing|Lift Ev'ry Voice And Sing]]"     w. [[James Weldon Johnson]] m. [[J. Rosamond Johnson]]
*"Little Tommy Murphy"     w. Matthew Woodward m. Andrew Mack
*"A Love-Lorn Lily"     w. Louis Harrison & [[George V. Hobart]] m. [[A. Baldwin Sloane]]
*"Ma Blushin' Rosie"     w. [[Edgar Smith (librettist)|Edgar Smith]] m. [[John Stromberg]]
*"My Charcoal Charmer"     w. [[Will D. Cobb]] m. [[Gus Edwards (vaudeville)|Gus Edwards]]
*"My Sunflower Sue"     w. Walter H. Ford m. [[John Walter Bratton]]
*"Nothing Doing"     w. [[Edgar Smith (librettist)|Edgar Smith]] m. John Stromberg
*"Off To Philadelphia"     w. Gordon Temple m. Walter B. Haynes
*"Oh! Wouldn't That Jar You?"     w.m. [[Will D. Cobb]]
*"The Old Flag Never Touched The Ground"     w.m. [[James Weldon Johnson]] & [[J. Rosamond Johnson]]
*"Song Of The Flea" – w. [[Johann Wolfgang von Goethe]]; m. [[Modest Moussorgsky]]
*"Strike Up the Band – Here Comes a Sailor"     w. [[Andrew B. Sterling]] m. Charles B. Ward
*"[[Swipesy]]" (Cakewalk) m. [[Scott Joplin]] and [[Arthur Marshall (ragtime composer)|Arthur Marshall]]
*"The Tale Of The Kangaroo"     w. Frank Pixley m. Gustave Luders
*"Tell Me Pretty Maiden"     w. Owen Hall m. [[Leslie Stuart]]
*"That Old Sunny Window"     w.m. Shelley
*"There Are Two Sides To A Story"     w.m. [[Will A. Heelan]] & [[J. Fred Helf]]
*"Violets"     w. Julian Fane m. [[Ellen Wright]]
*"Wait"     w. Charles Horwitz m. Frederick W. Bowers
*"When Reuben Comes To Town"     w. [[J. Cheever Goodwin]] m. Maurice Levi
*"When The Birds Go North Again"     w. Robert F. Roden m. Max S. Witt
*"When The Harvest Days Are Over, Jessie Dear"     w. Howard Graham m. [[Harry Von Tilzer]]

==Recorded popular music==
*"[[American Patrol]]" <br> – [[Sousa's Band]]
*"[[A Bird in a Gilded Cage]]" <br> – [[Harry Macdonough]]
*"Doan Ye Cry, Mah Honey" <br> – [[S. H. Dudley (singer)|S. H. Dudley]]
*"The Duchess Of Central Park" <br /> – [[Harry Macdonough]]
*"For Old Time's Sake" <br /> – [[William F. Denny|Will F. Denny]]
*"Just Because She Made Dem Goo-Goo Eyes" <br /> – [[Dan W. Quinn]]
*"[[Lead, Kindly Light]]" <br /> – [[The Haydn Quartet]]
*"A Love-Lorn Lily" <br /> – [[Harry Macdonough]]
*"Ma Blushin' Rosie" <br /> – Albert C. Campbell
*"My Sunflower Sue" <br /> – [[Arthur Collins (singer)|Arthur Collins]] with The Metropolitan Orchestra
*"O! That We Two Were Maying" <br /> – [[Harry Macdonough]] & Florence Hayward
*"Strike Up the Band (Here Comes a Sailor)"  <br /> – [[Dan W. Quinn]]
*"Tell Me Pretty Maiden" <br /> – [[Lyric Theatre (London)|Lyric Theatre]] Chorus p. [[Paul Rubens (composer)|Paul Rubens]]
*"When Reuben Comes To Town" <br /> – [[Dan W. Quinn]] on [[Victor Records]]
*"[[When You Were Sweet Sixteen]]" <br />  – Jere Mahoney
*"Where The Sweet Magnolias Grow" <br />  – [[Haydn Quartet (vocal ensemble)|Haydn Quartet]]

==Classical music==
*[[Edward Elgar]] – ''[[The Dream of Gerontius]]''
*[[George Enescu]] –
**''Impromptu'', for piano
**''Die nächtliche Herschau'', for baritone, choir, and orchestra
**[[Octet (Enescu)|Octet for Strings in C major, Op. 7]]
**''Plugar'', for mixed choir
*[[Reinhold Glière]] – Symphony No 1 in E-flat major, Op. 8 (Premiered on January 16, 1903, in Moscow)
*[[Alexander Goedicke]] – Piano Concerto
*[[Joseph Holbrooke]] – ''The Raven''
*[[Gustav Mahler]] – [[Symphony No. 4 (Mahler)|Symphony No. 4]] in G major
*[[Josef Rheinberger]] – Requiem in D minor
*[[Richard Strauss]] – Five Songs for voice and piano, Op. 48
*[[Josef Suk (composer)|Josef Suk]] – Pieces for violin and piano

==Opera==
[[File:PucciniTosca.jpg|right|thumb|Tosca]]
*[[John Philip Sousa]] – ''[[Chris and the Wonderful Lamp]]'', premiere in New York City, January 1
*[[Giacomo Puccini]] – ''[[Tosca]]'', premièred at the Teatro Constanzi in Rome, January 14
*[[Jan Blockx]] – ''[[Thyl Uylenspiegel]]'', premièred in Brussels, January 18
*[[Alexander von Zemlinsky]] – ''[[Es war einmal]]'', premièred in Vienna Opera, January 22
*[[Gustave Charpentier]] – ''[[Louise (opera)|Louise]]'', première in Paris Opera-Comique, February 2
*[[Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari]] – ''[[La Cenerentola]]'', première in Theatro le Fenice in Venice, February 22
*[[Gabriel Fauré]] – ''[[Prométhée]]'', première of his first opera in Roman arena at [[Beziers]], August 27
*[[Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov]] – ''Asya'', première in Moscow, September 28
*[[Władysław Żeleński (composer)|Władysław Żeleński]] - premiere of the opera ''Janek'' in Austria, October 4
*[[Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov]] – ''[[The Tale of Tsar Saltan]]'', première in Solodovnikov Theatre in Moscow, November 3
*[[Ruggiero Leoncavallo]] – ''[[Zazà|Zaza]]'', première in Teatro Lirico in Molan, November 10
*[[George Stephanescu]] – ''Cometa''
*[[César Cui]] – ''[[Feast in Time of Plague (opera)|Feast in Time of Plague]]'', première in Moscow at the Noviy Theater, November 1901

==Ballet==
*[[Alexander Glazunov]] – ''[[Les Ruses d'amour]]'', premiere Hermitage Theater in Saint Petersburg, January 17
*[[Riccardo Drigo]] – ''[[Les millions d'Arlequin]]'', premiere Hermitage Theater in Saint Petersburg, February 10
*[[Alexander Glazunov]] – ''[[The Seasons (ballet)|Les Saisons]]'', premiere Hermitage Theater in Saint Petersburg, February 20
*[[August Enna]] – ''The Shepherdess and the Chimney-Sweep''

==Musical theater==
*''[[Aunt Hannah]]'': Broadway production opened at the [[Bijou Theatre (Manhattan, 1878)|Bijou Theatre]] on February 22, 1900 and ran for 21 performances{{sfn|Dietz|2022|page=9}}
*''The Cadet Girl'': Broadway production opened at the Herald Square Theatre on July 25 and ran for 48 performances
*''[[The Casino Girl]]'': London production opened at the [[Shaftesbury Theatre]] on April 25
*''Chris And The Wonderful Lamp'': Broadway production opened at the [[Victoria Theater (New York City)|Victoria Theater]] on January 1 and ran for 58 performances
*''Fiddle-Dee-Dee'':     Broadway production opened at Weber and Fields' Broadway Music Hall on September 6 and ran for 262 performances
*''[[Florodora]]'':     Broadway production opened at the [[Casino Theatre (Broadway)|Casino Theatre]] on November 10 and ran for 505 performances, while its run at London's [[Lyric Theatre, London|Lyric Theatre]] (opened November 1899) continued throughout the year (closing in March 1901 after 455 performances)
*''Giddy Throng'':     Broadway [[revue]] opened at the [[Olympia Theatre (New York)|New York Theatre]] on December 24 and ran for 164 performances
*''[[The Messenger Boy]]'':     [[West End theatre|London]] production opened at the [[Gaiety Theatre, London|Gaiety Theatre]] on February 3 and ran for 429 performances
*''Miss Prinnt'':     Broadway production opened at the [[Victoria Theater (New York City)|Victoria Theater]] on December 25 and ran for 211 performances
*''The Rogers Brothers In Central Park'':     Broadway production opened at the [[Victoria Theater (New York City)|Victoria Theater]] on September 17 and transferred to the [[Pike's Opera House|Grand Opera House]] on April 1, 1901, for a total run of 80 performances
*''[[San Toy]]'':     Broadway production opened at [[Daly's Theatre]] on October 1 and ran for 65 performances
*''[[Véronique (operetta)]]'':     Vienna production opened at the [[Theater an der Wien]] on March 10

==Births==
*[[January 1]] – [[Xavier Cugat]], bandleader (d. 1990)
*[[January 6]] – [[Pierre-Octave Ferroud]], French composer (d. 1936)
*[[January 7]] – [[John Brownlee (baritone)|John Brownlee]], American baritone and opera teacher (d. 1969)
*[[January 13]] – [[Yasuji Kiyose]], Japanese composer (d. 1981)
*[[February 3]] 
** [[Anni Frind]], German lyric soprano (d. 1987)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/04/11/obituaries/anni-frind-soprano-is-dead-performed-in-20-s-and-30-s.html|title=Anni Frind, Soprano, Is Dead; Performed in 20's and 30's|date=1987-04-11|work=The New York Times|access-date=2017-10-19|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=November 5, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171105103035/http://www.nytimes.com/1987/04/11/obituaries/anni-frind-soprano-is-dead-performed-in-20-s-and-30-s.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
** [[Mabel Mercer]], English-American singer and actress (d. 1984){{sfn|Smith|1992|page=470}}
*[[February 13]] – [[Wingy Manone]], U.S. jazz musician (d. 1982)
*[[March 2]] – [[Kurt Weill]], German composer. (d. 1950)
*[[March 10]] – [[Peter De Rose]], US composer (d. 1953)
*[[March 21]] – [[Paul Kletzki]], Polish conductor (d.1973)
*[[April 2]] – [[Anis Fuleihan]], Cypriot-born US composer (d. 1970)
*[[April 8]] – [[Gavriel Mullokandov]], Bukharian Jewish singer and musician (d. [[1972 in music|1972]])
*[[April 11]] – [[Kai Normann Andersen]], Danish composer (d.1967)
*[[April 14]] – [[Salvatore Baccaloni]], Italian bass opera singer (d.1969)
*[[April 17]] – [[Willy Burkhard]], Swiss composer (d. 1955)
*[[April 23]] – [[Henry Barraud (composer)|Henry Barraud]], French composer (d.1997)
*[[April 26]] – [[Joseph Fuchs]], American violinist (d. 1997)
*[[May 5]] – [[Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt]], German conductor (d.1973)
*[[May 17]] – [[Nicolai Berezowsky]], Russian composer (d.1953)
*[[May 27]] – [[Leopold Godowsky, Jr.]], American violinist and chemist (d.1983)
*[[May 28]] – [[Tommy Ladnier]], jazz musician (d.1939)
*[[June 15]]
**[[Paul Mares]], jazz musician (d.1949)
**[[Otto Luening]], German-American composer (d.1996)
*[[June 17]] - [[Hermann Reutter]], German composer (d.1985)
*[[June 22]] - [[Jennie Tourel]], Russian mezzo-soprano (d.1973)
*[[June 24]] – [[Gene Austin]], US singer and composer (d.1972)
*[[June 26]] – [[Richard Crooks]], US tenor (d.1972)
*[[July 8]] – [[George Antheil]], composer (d.1959)
*[[July 10]]
**[[Evelyn Laye]], English actress and singer (d. [[1996 in music|1996]])
**[[Mitchell Parish]], US lyricist (d.1993)
*[[July 13]] – [[George Lewis (clarinetist)|George Lewis]], jazz musician (d.1968)
*[[July 29]] – [[Don Redman]], US arranger, bandleader and saxophonist (d.1964)
*[[August 2]] – [[Helen Morgan (singer)|Helen Morgan]], US singer and actress (d.1941)
*[[August 8]] – [[Lucky Millinder]], US bandleader (d.1966)
*[[August 22]] 
** [[Lisy Fischer]], Swiss pianist, child prodigy (d. 1999)
** [[Váša Příhoda]], Czech violinist (d.1960)
*[[August 23]] – [[Ernst Krenek]], Austrian-born American composer (d.1991)
*[[September 3]] – [[Eduard van Beinum]], Dutch conductor (d.1959)
*[[September 7]] – [[Joan Cross]], operatic soprano (d.1993)
*[[September 20]] – [[Uuno Klami]], Finnish composer (d.1961)
*[[September 28]] – [[Joe Falcon]], Cajun accordionist (d.1965)
*[[October 9]] – [[Elmer Snowden]], banjo player (d.1973)
*[[October 19]] – [[Erna Berger]], coloratura soprano (d.1990)
*[[November 7]] – [[Efrem Kurtz]], Russian conductor (d.1995)
*[[November 14]] – [[Aaron Copland]], composer (d.1990)
*[[November 25]]
** [[Arthur Schwartz]], US composer (d.1984)
** [[Tibor Serly]], Hungarien composer, violinist and conductor (d.1978)
*[[November 27]] – [[Léon Barzin]], Belgian-born American conductor (d.1999)
*[[December 12]] – [[Sammy Davis, Sr.]], vaudeville entertainer (d.1988)
*[[December 14]] – [[Juan d'Arienzo]], tango musician (d.1976)
*[[December 17]] – [[Lucijan Marija Škerjanc]], Slovene composer, pedagogue and conductor (d.1973)
*[[December 19]] – [[Audrey Mildmay]], English soprano (d.1953)
*[[December 22]] – [[Alan Bush]], British pianist, composer and conductor (d. [[1995 in music|1995]])
*[[December 25]] – [[Gladys Swarthout]], American mezzo-soprano (d.1969)
*[[December 27]] – [[Willem van Otterloo]], Dutch conductor, cellist and composer (d.1978)
*[[December 29]] – [[B. H. Haggin]], music critic (d.1987)

==Deaths==
*[[January 22]] – [[David E. Hughes]], musician and inventor, 68
*[[January 26]] – [[Carl Leopold Sjöberg]], composer, 38
*[[February 3]] – [[Ottokar Novacek]], violinist and composer, 33 (heart condition)
*[[March 10]] – [[Johan Peter Emilius Hartmann]], composer, 94
*[[March 13]] – [[Alicia Ann Spottiswoode]], songwriter, 89
*[[March 19]] – [[Charles-Louis Hanon]], composer and piano teacher, 80
*[[April 21]] – [[Charles Beecher]], hymn-writer, 84
*[[May 13]] – [[Hermann Levi]], German conductor, 61
*[[May 20]] – [[Gustav Graben-Hoffmann]], German composer and voice teacher, 80<ref>{{Cite encyclopedia |last=Langner |first=Thomas M.  |date=2001 |entry=Graben-Hoffmann [Hoffmann], Gustav (Heinrich) |encyclopedia=Grove Music Online|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.11559}}</ref>
*[[May 28]] – [[George Grove]], compiler of the well-known dictionary of music, 79
*[[June 15]] – [[Barnolt]], French operatic tenor, 61{{sfn|Kutsch| Riemens|2003|page=256}} 
*[[July 19]] – [[Jovan Sundečić]], lyricist of the Montenegro national anthem, 75
*[[August 11]] – [[Franz Betz]], operatic bass-baritone, 65
*[[August 29]] – [[Herrman S. Saroni]], composer, 76
*[[October 9]] – [[Heinrich von Herzogenberg]], conductor and composer, 57 (necrosis of the joints)
*[[October 14]] – Sándor Erkel, Hungarian composer, son of [[Ferenc Erkel]]
*[[October 15]] – [[Zdeněk Fibich]], composer, 49
*[[November 7]] – [[Joseph Schalk]], pianist, conductor and musicologist, 43
*[[November 14]] – [[Adolf Pollitzer]], violinist, 68
*[[November 17]] – [[Heinrich Porges]], choirmaster and music critic, 62
*[[November 22]] – Sir [[Arthur Sullivan]], composer, 58 (kidney disease)
*[[December 8]] – [[Henry Russell (musician)|Henry Russell]], pianist, baritone singer and composer
*''date unknown'' – [[Louis Liebe]], conductor and composer (born 1819)

==References==
===Citations===
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