Editing 1902 in music

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[[File:Pelléas et Mélisande 1902 Act5 design Jusseaume NGO3p939.jpg|right|thumb|Original 1902 production of [[Pelléas et Mélisande (opera)|Pelléas et Mélisande]]; [[Mary Garden]] as Mélisande.]]
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in 1902.

==Specific locations==
*[[1902 in Norwegian music]]

==Events==
*[[January 25]]
**[[Franz Schmidt (composer)|Franz Schmidt]]'s Symphony No. 1 in E Major premieres in [[Vienna]]
**[[Alexander Scriabin]]'s [[Symphony No. 2 (Scriabin)|Symphony No. 2 in C Minor]] premieres with [[Anatoly Liadov]] conducting at the [[Russian Symphony Concerts]] in [[Saint Petersburg]]
*[[February 18]] – [[Jules Massenet]]'s ''[[Le jongleur de Notre-Dame (opera)|Le jongleur de Notre-Dame]]'' premieres at the Casino [[Monte Carlo]]
*[[March 1]] – [[Sergei Vassilenko]]'s [[cantata]] ''Skazaniye o grade velikom Kitezhe i tikhom ozere Svetoyare'' (Tale of the Great City of Kitezh and the Quiet Lake Svetoyar) receives its first performance in Moscow
*[[March 8]] – [[Jean Sibelius]] conducts the world première of his [[Symphony No. 2 (Sibelius)|Symphony No. 2]] in [[Helsinki]]
*[[March 9]] – Austrian composer [[Gustav Mahler]] (41) marries his student [[Alma Mahler|Alma Maria Schnidler]] (23)
*[[March 10]] – [[Ralph Vaughan Williams]]' four-movement orchestral ''Bucolic Suite'' premieres in [[Bournemouth]], England
*[[March 18]] – [[Arnold Schoenberg]]'s string sextet ''[[Verklärte Nacht]]'' receives its world premiere in [[Vienna]], by the Rose String Quartet with two players from the [[Vienna Philharmonic]]
*[[April 5]] – [[Maurice Ravel]]'s ''[[Jeux d'eau (Ravel)|Jeux d'eau]]'' is premiered by pianist [[Ricardo Vines]] at the Societe Nationale de Musique in Paris
*[[April 9]] – One-act opera by [[Ethel Smyth]] ''Der Wald'' to her own libretto premieres in [[Berlin]]
*[[April 11]]
** Tenor [[Enrico Caruso]] makes the first million-selling recording, of "[[Vesti la giubba]]", for the [[Gramophone Company]] in [[Milan]]
** [[Cambridge University]] bestows the honorary degree of Doctor of Music upon American composer [[Horatio Parker]]
*[[April 12]] – The [[zarzuela]] ''[[Los amores de la Inés]]'' by [[Manuel de Falla]] and [[Amadeo Vives]] to a libretto by Emilio Dugi premieres at the Teatro Comico in Madrid
*[[April 18]] – The cantata ''The Celestial Country'' by [[Charles Ives]] receives its first performance at Central Presbyterian Church, New York City
*[[April 30]] – [[Claude Debussy]]'s only [[opera]] ''[[Pelléas et Mélisande (opera)|Pelléas et Mélisande]]'' is premiered at the [[Opéra-Comique]] in [[Paris]], with [[André Messager]] conducting
*[[May 17]] – Pianist and conductor [[Alfred Cortot]], after studying the music of [[Richard Wagner]] at [[Bayreuth]] in 1898, conducts the French premiere of ''[[Götterdämmerung]]'' at the Theatre du Chateau d'Eau
*[[June 9]] – The first complete performance of [[Gustav Mahler]]'s [[Symphony No. 3 (Mahler)|Symphony No. 3]] is given in [[Krefeld]] (the longest symphony in the standard repertoire – 90 minutes)
*[[June 26]] – Composer [[Hubert Parry]] receives a baronetcy in the [[1902 Coronation Honours]];<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=27448|supp=y|date=26 July 1902|page=4189}}</ref> another, [[Charles Villiers Stanford]], is knighted
*[[August 17]] – [[Camille Saint-Saens]]'s incidental music ''Parysatis'' premieres at the Grand Roman Arena in Béziers, France
*[[October 14]] – [[Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov]]'s ''Servilia'' premieres at the Imperial Opera in Saint Petersburg
*[[November 26]] – The opera ''[[Adriana Lecouvreur]]'' by [[Francesco Cilea]] premieres at the Teatro Lirico in Milan
*[[November 28]] – [[Carl Nielsen]]'s first opera ''[[Saul og David]]'' is produced in [[Copenhagen]] (Denmark)
*[[December 1]] – [[Carl Nielsen]] conducts the premiėre of his [[Symphony No. 2 (Nielsen)|Symphony No. 2]], ''The Four Temperaments'', in [[Copenhagen]]
*[[December 16]] – [[Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov]]'s ''Potemkin Holiday'' is produced in Saint Petersburg
*[[December 25]] – [[Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov]] ''[[Kashchey the Deathless|Kashchei the Immortal]]'' premieres in Moscow
*[[Lead Belly]] begins performing.
*[[Walter Damrosch]] replaces [[Emil Paur]] as music director of the [[New York Philharmonic Society]]; his appointment lasts one season

==Published popular music==
 
* "Any Rags?" w.m. [[Thomas S. Allen]]
* "[[Because (Perry Como song)|Because]]" w. [[Edward Teschemacher]] m. [[Guy d'Hardelot]]
* "[[Won't You Come Home Bill Bailey|Bill Bailey Won't You Please Come Home]]" w.m. [[Hughie Cannon]]
* "Come Down Ma' Evenin' Star" w. [[Robert Bache Smith|Robert B. Smith]] m. [[John Stromberg]]
* "Could You Be True To Eyes Of Blue If You Looked Into Eyes Of Brown?" w.m. [[Will D. Cobb]] & [[Gus Edwards (vaudeville)|Gus Edwards]]
* "Didn't Know Exactly What To Do" w. Frank Pixley m. [[Gustav Luders]]
* "Down On The Farm" w. Raymond A. Browne m. [[Harry Von Tilzer]]
* "Down The Line With Molly" w. George Totten Smith m. George L. Spaulding
* "Down Where The Wurzburger Flows" w. [[Vincent P. Bryan]] m. [[Harry Von Tilzer]]
* "[[The Entertainer (rag)|The Entertainer]]" m. [[Scott Joplin]]
* "The Face In The Firelight" w.m. Charles Shackford
[[Image:FrolicOfTheFrogs1902.jpg|right|thumb|Frolic of the Frogs]]
* "The Gambling Man" w. [[William Jerome]] m. [[Jean Schwartz]]
* "[[The Glow Worm]]" w. Lilla Cayley Robinson (Ger) Heinz Bolten-Backers m. [[Paul Lincke]]
* "[[Happy Hooligan]]" m. [[Theodore Morse]]
* "Have You Seen My Sweetheart In His Uniform Of Blue?" w. [[Will D. Cobb]] m. [[Gus Edwards (vaudeville)|Gus Edwards]]
* "Heidelberg Stein Song" w. Frank Pixley m. [[Gustav Luders]]
* "I Just Can't Help From Lovin' That Man" w. [[Andrew B. Sterling]] & [[Vincent P. Bryan]] m. [[Harry von Tilzer]]
* "I Sing A Little Tenor" w. Harry Linton m. John Gilroy
* "I Went To See Them March Away" w. S. E. Keisser m. [[R. J. Jose]]
* "I Wonder Why Bill Bailey Don't Come Home" w.m. Frank Fogerty, Matt C. Woodward & [[William Jerome]]
* "If Money Talks It Ain't On Speaking Terms With Me" w.m. [[J. Fred Helf]]
* "I'll Be There Mary Dear" w. [[Andrew B. Sterling]] m. [[Harry von Tilzer]]
* "I'll Be Waiting In The Gloaming, Sweet Genevieve" w.m. [[J. Fred Helf]]
* "I'll Be Your Rain-beau" w. Ed Gardinier m. [[J. Fred Helf]]
* "I'll Wed You In The Golden Summertime" w. [[Alfred Bryan (lyricist)|Alfred Bryan]] m. Stanley Crawford
* "I'm The Man Who Makes The Money In The Mint" w.m. [[Will D. Cobb]] & [[Gus Edwards (vaudeville)|Gus Edwards]]
* "I'm Unlucky" w. [[William Jerome]] m. [[Jean Schwartz]]
* "I've Been Sleeping On The Floor All Night" w.m. T.W. Connor
* "In Dear Old Illinois" by [[Paul Dresser]]
* "In Silence" w. [[Sydney Rosenfeld]] m. [[A. Baldwin Sloane]]
* "In The City Of Sighs And Tears" w. [[Andrew B. Sterling]] m. [[Kerry Mills]]
* "[[In The Good Old Summer Time]]" w. [[Ren Shields]] m. [[George "Honey Boy" Evans|George Evans]]. Introduced by [[Blanche Ring]] in the musical ''[[The Defender (musical)|The Defender]]''.
* "In The Sweet Bye And Bye" w. [[Vincent P. Bryan]] m. [[Harry Von Tilzer]]
* "In The Valley Of Kentucky" w.m. Tony Stanford
* "It's A Nice Little Cosy Kitchen" w.m. T.W. Connor
* "It's Got To Be A Minstrel Show Tonight" w. [[Ren Shields]] m. George Evans
* "Jennie Lee" w. [[Arthur J. Lamb]] m. [[Harry Von Tilzer]]
* "Just Can't Help From Lovin' That Man" w. [[Andrew B. Sterling]] & [[Vincent P. Bryan]] m. [[Harry von Tilzer]]
* "Just For Tonight" w.m. Frank O. French
* "Just Next Door" w.m. [[Charles K. Harris]]
* "[[Kashmiri Song]]" w. Laurence Hope ([[Adela Florence Nicolson]]) 1901 m. [[Amy Woodforde-Finden]]
* "Katrina" w.m. Edward W. Corliss
* "[[Land of Hope and Glory|Land Of Hope And Glory]]" w. Arthur C. Benson m. [[Edward Elgar]]
* "The Leader Of The Frocks And Frills" w. Robert H. Smith m. Melville Ellis
* "Less Than The Dust" w. Laurence Hope m. [[Amy Woodforde-Finden]]
* "Levee Rag" m. Charles Mullen
* "The Mansion of Aching Hearts" w. Arthur J. Lamb m. [[Harry Von Tilzer]]
* "May Sweet May" w. [[R. J. Jose]] m. Robert S. Roberts
* "The Meaning Of USA" w.m. Raymond A. Browne
* "Meet Me When The Sun Goes Down" w. [[Vincent P. Bryan]] m. [[Harry von Tilzer]]
* "The Message Of The Rose" w. Will A. Heelan m. [[Leo Edwards (composer)|Leo Edwards]]
* "The Message Of The Violet" w. Frank Pixley m. [[Gustav Luders]]
* "Mister Dooley" w. [[William Jerome]] m. [[Jean Schwartz]]
* "My Sulu Lulu Loo" w. George Ade m. Nat D. Mann
* "Nobody's Looking But The Owl And The Moon" w. [[Bob Cole (composer)|Bob Cole]] & [[James Weldon Johnson]] m. [[J. Rosamond Johnson]]
* "Nursery Rhymes" w. [[William Jerome]] m. [[Jean Schwartz]]
* "[[Oh! Didn't He Ramble]]" w.m. [[Bob Cole (composer)|Bob Cole]] & [[J. Rosamond Johnson]]
* "On A Sunday Afternoon" w. [[Andrew B. Sterling]] m. [[Harry Von Tilzer]]
* "On The Day King Edward Gets His Crown On" w.m. Mark Lorne & Harry Pleon
* "Paint Me A Picture Of Mama" w. Addison Burkhardt m. [[Raymond Hubbell]]
* "The Passing Of Rag-Time" m. [[Arthur Pryor]]
* "Pinky Panky Poo" w. Aaron S. Hoffman m. Andy Lewis
* "The Plan of Love" m. Annie P. Lumsden
* "Please Go 'Way And Let Me Sleep" w. [[Cecil Mack]] m. [[J. Tim Brymn]]
* "[[Pomp and Circumstance]]" by [[Edward Elgar]]
* "Pretty Little Dinah Jones" w.m. J. B. Mullen
* "R-E-M-O-R-S-E" w. George Ade m. [[Alfred G. Wathall]]
* "Rip Van Winkle Was A Lucky Man" w. [[William Jerome]] m. [[Jean Schwartz]]<ref>{{cite book|last1=Jerome|first1=William|last2=Schwartz|first2=Jean|title=Rip Van Winkle was a lucky man|date=1901|publisher=Shapiro, Bernstein and Von Tilzer|location=New York|url=http://digital.tcl.sc.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/salleysheet/id/752/rec/49|accessdate=21 September 2014}}</ref>
* "Sal" w.m. [[Paul Rubens (composer)|Paul Rubens]]
* "Sammy" w. James O'Dea m. Edward Hutchinson
* "Since Sister Nell Heard Paderewski Play" w. [[William Jerome]] m. [[Jean Schwartz]]
* "Those Things Cannot Be Explained" w. Junie McCree m. Ben M. Jerome
* "The Troubles Of Reuben And The Maid" w. J. Cheever Goodwin m. Maurice Levi
* "Under The Bamboo Tree" w.m. [[Bob Cole (composer)|Bob Cole]] & [[J. Rosamond Johnson]]
*"[[Under the Double Eagle]]" by [[Josef Franz Wagner]]
* "Wait At The Gate For Me" w. Ren Shields m. [[Theodore F. Morse]]
* "What's The Matter With The Moon Tonight?" w. Sydney Rosenfeld m. [[A. Baldwin Sloane]]
* "When Kate And I Were Comin' Thro' The Rye" w. [[Andrew B. Sterling]] m. [[Harry Von Tilzer]]
* "When The Fields Are White With Cotton" w. Robert F. Roden w. Max S. Witt
* "When The Troupe Gets Back To Town" w. George Totten Smith m. [[Harry von Tilzer]]
* "Where The Sunset Turns The Ocean's Blue To Gold" w. Eva Fern Buckner m. Henry W. Petrie

==Recorded popular music==
* "Arkansaw Traveler" – [[Len Spencer]]
* "In the Good Old Summer Time" – William Redmond

==Classical music==
*[[Granville Bantock]] – ''The Witch of Atlas''
*[[Bela Bartok]] - ''Scherzo Burlesque for Piano and Orchestra'', Op.2
*[[Georgy Catoire]] – Piano Trio in F minor, Op.14
*[[Edward Elgar]] – [[Dream Children (Elgar)|Dream Children]], Op. 43
*[[Alexander Glazunov]] – 
**''From the Middle Ages'' 
**[[Symphony No. 7 (Glazunov)|Symphony No. 7, Op. 77]] (''Pastoral'')
*[[Alfred Hill (composer)|Alfred Hill]] – ''Hinemoa''
*[[Joseph Jongen]] – Piano Quartet, Op.23
*[[Scott Joplin]]
**A Breeze from Alabama
**Cleopha
**''Elite Syncopations''
**''The Entertainer''
**''I Am Thinking of My Pickanniny Days''
**''March Majestic''
**''The Ragtime Dance''
**''The Strenuous Life''
*[[Serge Koussevitzky]] – [[Double Bass Concerto Op. 3 (Koussevitzky)|Double Bass Concerto in F Sharp Minor]]
*[[Stephan Krehl]] – Quintet for Clarinet and Strings, Op.19
*[[Mykola Lysenko]] – 3 Pieces from 'Album from the Summer of 1902', Op.41
*[[Vítězslav Novák]] – ''In the Tatra Mountains''
*[[Max Reger]] – 16 Gesänge, Op.62
*[[Camille Saint-Saëns]] - [[Cello Concerto No. 2 (Saint-Saëns)|Cello concerto No.2 in D Minor for cello and orchestra]]
*[[Franz Schmidt (composer)|Franz Schmidt]] - ''Symphony No. 1 in E major'' premiers in Vienna (January 25, 1902)
*[[Jean Sibelius]] – [[Symphony No. 2 (Sibelius)|Symphony No. 2]], Op. 43
*[[Leone Sinigaglia]] – Variations on a Theme by Brahms, Op.22
*[[Francisco Tárrega]] – ''Gran Vals''
*[[Ralph Vaughan Williams]] – Blackmwore by the Stour

==[[Opera]]==

*[[Francesco Cilea]] – ''[[Adriana Lecouvreur]]''
*[[Claude Debussy]] – ''[[Pelléas et Mélisande (opera)|Pelléas et Mélisande]]''
*[[Manuel de Falla]] – ''Los amores de la Inés''
*[[Alberto Franchetti]] – ''Germania''
*[[Edward German]] – ''[[Merrie England (opera)|Merrie England]]''
*[[Reynaldo Hahn]] – ''La Carmélite''
*[[Engelbert Humperdinck (composer)|Engelbert Humperdinck]] – ''[[Dornröschen]]'', premiered on November 12 in Frankfurt am Main
*[[Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov]] – ''Potemkin Holiday''
*[[Franz Lehár]] – ''Der Rastelbinder'', premiered on December 20 in Vienna
*[[Jules Massenet]] – ''Le Jongleur de Notre Dame'' premiered on February 18 at the Theatre de Casino in Monte Carlo
*[[Emile Pessard]] – ''L'armée des vierges'' premiered on October 15 at the Bouffes-Parisiens, Salle Choiseul, Paris
*[[Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov]] – ''Servilia''
*[[Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov]] – ''[[Kashchey the Deathless|Kashchei the Immortal]]''
*[[George Stephanescu]] – ''Petra''
*[[Ethel Smyth]] – ''Der Wald'' premiered on April 9 in Berlin

==[[Ballet]]==
* [[January 24]] - [[Oskar Nedbal]] - ''Pohádka o Honzovi'' (The Tale of Honza) premieres at [[National Theatre (Prague)|National theatre]] in [[Prague]]
* [[February 2]] - [[Alexander Gorsky]]'s revised version of [[Don Quixote (ballet)|Don Quixote]] opens in Moscow. Based on a staging of the ballet by [[Marius Petipa]] from 1871
* [[April 21]] - ''In Japan'' is produced by the [[Alhambra Theatre of Variety|Alhambra Theater]], London. Carlo Coppi choreographs music by [[Louis Ganne]]
* [[June 16]] - Carlo Coppi's last piece of choreography for London [[Alhambra Theatre of Variety|Alhambra Ballet]] - ''Britannia's Realm'' premiers on the occasion of King [[Edward VII|Edward's VII's]] coronation

==[[Musical theater]]==

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*''[[Bob Herceg]] (Prince Bob)'' – by [[Jenö Huszka]], with libretto by [[Ferenc Martos]] and [[Károly Bakonyi]]
* ''[[A Country Girl]]'' London production opened at [[Daly's Theatre]] on January 18 and ran for 729 performances
*''[[The Defender (musical)|The Defender]]'' (Music: [[Charles Dennée]] Book & Lyrics: [[Allen Lowe]]) Broadway production opened at the [[Herald Square Theatre]] on July 3 and ran for 60 performances.  Starring [[Blanche Ring]].
* ''[[The Emerald Isle]]'' Broadway production
* ''[[The Girl from Kays]]'' London production opened at the [[Apollo Theatre]] on November 15 and ran for 432 performances.
* ''[[Madame Sherry]]'' Berlin and Paris productions
* ''[[The Rogers Brothers At Harvard]]'' Broadway production
* ''[[Three Little Maids]]'' [[West End theatre|London]] production opened at the [[Apollo Theatre]] on May 10 and transferred to the [[Prince of Wales Theatre]] on September 8 for a total run of 348 performances.
* ''[[Tommy Rot]]'' Broadway production
* ''[[The Toreador]]'' Broadway production
* ''[[Twirly-Whirly]]'' Broadway production
* ''[[The Wild Rose (1902 musical)|The Wild Rose]]'' Broadway production opened at the [[Knickerbocker Theatre (Broadway)|Knickerbocker Theatre]] on May 5 and ran for 136 performances.  Starring [[Eddie Foy]], [[Albert Hart (actor)|Albert Hart]], [[Junie McCree]], [[Irene Bentley]], [[Marguerite Clark]] and [[Marie Cahill]].

==Births==
*January – [[Billy Pigg]], Northumbrian piper (d. 1968)
*[[January 6]] - [[Mark Brunswick]], American composer (d.1971)
*[[January 9]] - [[Rudolf Bing]], Austrian operatic impresario (d.1997)
*[[January 11]]
**[[Evelyn Dove]], British singer (d. 1987)
**[[Maurice Duruflé]], French composer (d. 1986)
*[[January 21]] – [[Webster Booth]], English tenor (d. 1984)<ref>Mr Webster Booth, Obituary, The Times, 22 June 1984</ref>
*[[February 9]] – [[Blanche Calloway]], American jazz singer (d. 1978)
*[[February 26]] – [[Rudolf Moralt]], German conductor (d. 1958)
*[[February 27]] - [[Marian Anderson]], American contralto (d.1993)
*[[March 16]] – [[Leon Roppolo]], US jazz clarinetist (d. 1943)
*[[March 21]] – [[Son House]], blues musician (d. 1988)
*[[March 29]]
**[[William Walton]] - British composer (d. 1983)
**[[Mario Rossi (conductor)|Mario Rossi]] - Italian conductor (d.1992)
*[[March 31]] – [[Hans Albrecht (musicologist)|Hans Albrecht]], musicologist (died 1961)
*[[April 4]] – [[Adam Adrio]], German musicologist (d. 1973)
*[[April 8]]
**[[Maria Maksakova Sr.]] - Soviet opera singer (d. 1974)
**[[Josef Krips]] - Austrian conductor (d.1974)
*[[April 24]] – [[Rube Bloom]], US pianist and composer (d. 1976)
*[[April 26]] – [[Walter Dana]], polka-music promoter (d. 2000)
*[[May 1]] – [[Sonnie Hale]], English actor and singer (d. 1959)
*[[May 7]] – [[Marcel Poot]], Belgien composer (d. 1988)
*[[May 11]] – [[Bidu Sayão]], Brazilian opera singer (d. 1999)
*[[May 17]]
** [[Werner Egk]], German composer (d. 1983)
** [[Max Lorenz (tenor)|Max Lorenz]], German tenor (d. 1975)
*[[May 18]] – [[Meredith Willson]], US composer (d. 1984)
*[[May 18]] – [[Henri Sauguet]], French composer (d. 1989)
*[[May 19]] – [[Lubka Kolessa]], pianist and music teacher (d. 1997)
*[[May 31]] – [[Billy Mayerl]], English pianist, composer and conductor (d. 1959)
*[[June 2]] – [[Rosa Rio]], American organist and composer (d. 2010)
*[[June 6]] – [[Jimmie Lunceford]], bandleader (d. 1947)
*[[June 13]] - [[Oliviero De Fabritiis]], Italian conductor and composer (d. 1982)<ref>{{cite book |url=http://ark.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb13893084d |title=Notice de personne "De Fabritiis, Oliviero (1902-1982)" |trans-title=Person notice "De Fabritiis, Oliviero (1902-1982)" |publisher=[[Bibliothèque nationale de France]] |language=fr |date=11 May 2012 |access-date=9 August 2022}}</ref>
*[[June 15]] - [[Max Rudolf (conductor)|Max Rudolf]], German conductor (d.1995)
*[[June 17]]
**[[Vivian Duncan]], singer, songwriter and actress, member of the [[Duncan Sisters]] (d. 1986)
**[[Sammy Fain]], US composer (d. 1989)
*[[June 19]] – [[Guy Lombardo]], bandleader (d. 1977)
*[[June 21]] – [[Skip James]], blues musician (d. 1969)
*[[June 26]] - [[Hugues Cuénod|Hugues-Adhemar Cuenod]], Swiss tenor (d.2010)
*[[July 7]] – [[Karl Gustav Fellerer]], musicologist (died 1984)
*[[July 19]] – [[Buster Bailey]], jazz clarinetist (d. 1967)
*[[July 20]] – [[Jimmy Kennedy]], Irish-born British songwriter (d. 1984)
*[[July 21]] – [[Omer Simeon]], jazz musician (d. 1959)
*[[August 6]]
** Jim Davidson, Australian bandleader (d. 1982)
** [[Margarete Klose]], German contralto (d. 1968)
*[[August 9]]
** [[Zino Francescatti]], violinist (d. 1991)
** [[Solomon Cutner]], English pianist (d. 1988)
*[[August 25]] – [[Stefan Wolpe]], German composer (d. 1972)
*[[September 14]] – [[Giorgos Papasideris]], Greek singer, composer, and lyricist (d. 1977)
*[[October 25]] – [[Eddie Lang]], US jazz guitarist (d. 1933)
*[[November 1]] – [[Eugen Jochum]], German conductor (d. 1987)
*[[November 22]]
** [[Ethel Smith (organist)|Ethel Smith]], organist (d. 1996)
** [[Emanuel Feuermann]], Austrian cellist (d. 1942)
** [[Joaquin Rodrigo]], Spanish composer (d. 1999)
*[[December 11]] – [[Alfred Rosé]], composer (died 1975)
*[[December 15]] – [[Mary Skeaping]], British choreographer (d. 1984)
*[[December 19]] – [[Dusolina Giannini]], Italian-American soprano (d. 1986)
*[[December 27]] – [[Sam Coslow]], US songwriter and singer (d. 1982)

==Deaths==
*[[January 7]] – [[Wilhelm Hertz]], lyricist (born 1835)
*[[January 17]] – [[Elias Blix]], politician, poet and musician (b. 1836)
*[[January 11]] – [[James James]], composer of the Welsh national anthem, "[[Hen Wlad fy Nhadau]]" (b. 1833)
*[[January 18]] – [[Filippo Marchetti]], opera composer
*[[January 20]] – [[Camilla Urso]], violinist (b. 1842)
*[[February 1]] – [[Salomon Jadassohn]], composer and music teacher (b. [[1831 in music|1831]])
*[[February 9]] – [[Ludwig von Brenner]], conductor and composer (b. 1833)
*[[February 11]] – [[Leonid Malashkin]], conductor and composer (b. 1842)
*[[April 21]] – [[Ethna Carbery]], songwriter (b. 1866)
*[[June 17]] – [[Karl Piutti]], organist and composer (b. 1846)
*[[June 20]] – [[Caspar Joseph Brambach]] (b. 1833)
*[[July 5]] – [[John Stromberg]], composer (b. 1858)
*[[July 6]] – [[Leopoldo Miguez]], composer (b. 1850)
*[[July 13]] – [[Benjamin Bilse]], conductor and composer (b. 1816)
*[[August 3]] – [[August Klughardt]], conductor and composer (b. 1847)
*[[August 11]] – [[Charles E. Pratt]], composer (born 1841)
*[[August 23]] - [[Teresa Stolz]], Czech soprano (b. 1834)
*[[September 7]]
**[[Enrique Gaspar y Rimbau]], ''zarzuela'' writer (b. 1842)
**[[Franz Wüllner]], German conductor and composer (b. 1832)
*[[September 11]] – [[Émile Bernard (composer)|Émile Bernard]], French composer and organist
*[[September 26]] – [[Camille D'elmar]], actress and opera singer (b. 1861)
*[[September 28]] – [[Ion Ivanovici]], bandleader and composer (b. 1845)
*[[December 4]] – [[Fyodor Ignat'yevich Stravinsky]], Russian bass (b. 1843)
*''date unknown''
**[[Güllü Agop]], Turkish theatre director
**[[Jones Hewson]], operatic baritone (b. 1874)
**[[Franz Nachbaur]], opera singer (b. 1835)
**Ramon Delgado Palacios, Venezuelan pianist and composer
**[[Cyrille Rose]],  clarinetist and teacher (b. 1830)

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