Editing 1904 in music

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This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1904.

==Specific locations==
* [[1904 in Norwegian music]]

==Events==
* [[January 9]] – ''[[Estampes]]'' by [[Claude Debussy]], receives its initial performance at the Societe Nationale de Musique in Paris.
* [[January 13]] – [[Béla Bartók]]'s [[symphonic poem]] ''[[Kossuth (Bartók)|Kossuth]]'' is premiered in [[Budapest]], becoming his first major work to be performed.
* [[January 21]] – The Deutsches Nationaltheater in Brno premiers [[Leoš Janáček]]'s opera ''[[Její pastorkyňa]]'' (later known as ''Jenůfa''), with Czech libretto by the composer.
* [[January 28]] – The [[Russian Symphony Orchestra Society|Russian Symphony Orchestra]] formed by conductor [[Modest Altschuler]] gives its first concert at [[Cooper Union]] in New York City. (The orchestra is an American one with a Russian name, not a Russian orchestra touring the United States.)
* [[February 1]] – [[Enrico Caruso]] records the aria "[[Vesti la giubba]]" from [[Ruggero Leoncavallo]]'s ''[[Pagliaci]]'' for the Victor Company, his first recording in the United States.
* [[February 4]] – [[Jules Massenet]]'s ballet ''[[Cigale (ballet)|La Cigale]]'' is performed for the first time at the Opera-Comique in Paris.
* [[February 8]] – [[Jean Sibelius]] conducts the premiere of his [[Violin Concerto (Sibelius)|Violin Concerto in D minor]], Op.47 in Helsinki, Finland; Viktor Nováček is soloist.
* [[February 17]] – [[Giacomo Puccini|Puccini]]'s opera ''[[Madama Butterfly]]'' debuts at [[La Scala]] in [[Milan]] to no great acclaim.
* [[February 18]] – [[Camille Saint-Saëns]]'s opera ''[[Hélène (opera)|Helene]]'' premieres at Monte Carlo.
* [[February 28]] – [[Vincent d'Indy]]'s Symphony No.2 in B-flat Major, Op.57 is performed for the first time by the [[Lamoureux Orchestra]] in Paris.
* [[February 29]] – [[Bela Bartok]]'s ''Scherzo Burlesque for Piano and Orchestra,'' Op.2, premieres in Budapest.
* [[March 2]] – [[Emma Calve]] sings ''[[Carmen]]'' at the New York [[Metropolitan Opera]]. This is her farewell performance with this opera company.
* [[March 5]] – [[Maurice Ravel]]'s [[String Quartet (Ravel)|String Quartet in F major]] receives its first performance in Paris, given by the [[Societe Nationale de Musique]]; it is the only quartet by the composer.
* [[March 16]] – [[The Hallé|The Hallé Orchestra]] of Manchester gives the first performance of the concert overture ''[[In the South (Alassio)|In the South]]'', by [[Edward Elgar]], conducted by the composer.
* [[March 18]] – [[Anatoly Liadov]]'s symphonic poem ''Baba-Yaga'' premieres in Saint Petersburg.
* [[March 21]] – [[Tone poem]] ''[[Symphonia domestica]]'' by [[Richard Strauss]] receives its premiere at Carnegie Hall, New York City, conducted by the composer on his first visit to the United States.
* [[March 25]] – [[Antonín Dvořák]]'s last opera, ''[[Armida (Dvořák)|Armida]]'', is produced in its original Czech version in Prague.
* [[March 30]] – The first opera of English composer [[Frederick Delius]], ''[[Koanga]]'', premieres at the Stadttheater in Elberfeld, Germany.
* [[April 25]] – [[Jean Sibelius]]' ''[[Valse triste]]'' premieres in Helsinki, Finland, the composer conducting.
* [[May 10]] – [[Hugo Alfven]]'s rhapsody for orchestra ''Midsommervaka'' is premiered in Stockholm, Sweden.<ref>{{cite book|title=Overture: The Magazine of the Baltimore Symphony|publisher=Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Association|year=1981|page=16}}</ref>
* [[May 16]] – The Diamond Jubilee of violinist [[Joseph Joachim]]'s first appearance in the UK is celebrated at Queen's Hall, London.
* [[May 17]]
** [[Maurice Ravel]]'s ''[[Shéhérazade (Ravel)|Sheherezade]]'' and [[Albert Roussel]]'s ''Resurrection'' are premiered on the same program at a concert of the Societe Nationale de Musique in Paris.
** [[Vincent d'Indy]]'s ''Choral varie'' Op.55, a composition featuring the saxophone as solo instrument, premieres in Paris
* [[May 28]] – A revised three-act version of [[Giacomo Puccini]]'s ''[[Madama Butterfly]]'' is performed in [[Brescia]] with enormous praise.
* [[June 9]] – The Queen's Hall Orchestra, under Sir [[Henry Wood]], plays its first concert under its new name of the [[London Symphony Orchestra]].
* [[June 15]] – The first transmission of wireless telegraphy featuring music and dialogue takes place in Salzburg with [[Otto Nußbaumer]] making the transmission.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://austria-forum.org/af/Biographien/Nußbaumer,_Otto |title=Nußbaumer, Otto |website=[[Austria-Forum]] |department=Biographien |language=de |date=9 March 2017 |access-date=8 August 2022}}</ref>
* [[June 27]] – [[Raoul Laparra]] is awarded the first [[Grand Prix de Rome]] by the [[Academie des Beaux-Arts]] in Paris with his cantata ''Alyssa''. [[Maurice Ravel]] was a contestant.
* [[July 5]] – Composer [[Edward Elgar]] is knighted in Great Britain by King [[Edward VII]].
* [[July 15]] – Soprano [[Agnes Nicholls]] marries conductor [[Hamilton Harty]].<ref>{{cite book |first=David Clive |last=Greer |title=Hamilton Harty: his life and music |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2bgZAQAAIAAJ |year=1978 |publisher=[[Da Capo Press]] |isbn=978-0-306-76015-0 |via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref>
* July – ''The Act of Touch in All Its Diversity'' by pianist [[Tobias Matthay]] is published in London by Longmans, Green and Co.
* [[September 7]] – Sir [[Hubert Parry]]'s choral work ''The Love that Casteth Out Fear'' premieres at the Gloucester Music Festival. This work, about the passion of Christ, has a text by the composer.
* [[September 12]] – Pianist [[Ignacy Jan Paderewski]] gives a concert in [[Wellington]], New Zealand.
* October
** [[Alban Berg]] begins his studies under [[Arnold Schoenberg]].
** The [[Gramophone Company]] records the Bach-Gounod ''Ave Maria'' (G.C. 03033) performed by Dame [[Nellie Melba]] with [[Jan Kubelík]] on violin.
* [[October 16]] – ''[[Pan Voyevoda]]'', a four-act opera by [[Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov]], receives its first performance in Saint Petersburg.
* [[October 18]] – [[Gustav Mahler]]'s [[Symphony No. 5 (Mahler)|Symphony No. 5]] is premiered by the [[Gürzenich Orchestra Cologne]] under the composer's baton; it is also first published this year.
* [[November 4]] – [[Franco Alfano]]'s four-act opera ''[[Risurrezione]]'' based on Tolstoy's novel receives its first performance in Turin
* [[November 5]] – [[Emil Oberhoffer]] conducts the first concert of the newly established [[Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra]].
* [[November 10]]
** [[Ferruccio Busoni]] gives the world premiere of his [[Piano Concerto (Busoni)|Piano Concerto]] at the Beethoven-Saal in [[Berlin]].
** [[Arthur Nikisch]] and the [[Berlin Philharmonic]] record [[Ludwig van Beethoven]]'s [[Symphony No. 5 (Beethoven)|Symphony No.5 in C minor]] for the [[Gramophone Company]], the first recording of a complete symphony.
* [[November 13]] – ''Caprice andalou'' by [[Camille Saint-Saëns]], scored for violin and orchestra, receives its initial performance in Paris
* [[November 16]] – [[Samuel Coleridge-Taylor]], in his first trip to the United States, conducts the first American performance of his ''[[The Song of Hiawatha (Coleridge-Taylor)|The Song of Hiawatha]]''.
* [[November 20]] – The Hague Philharmonic Orchestra gives its inaugural concert, conducted by Henri Viotta.
* [[November 22]] – [[Pope Pius X]] issues his [[Motu proprio]] ''[[Tra le sollecitudini]]'' a papal document in which he puts forth rules for performance and interpretation of [[Gregorian chant]].
* [[November 29]] – [[Ernst von Dohnanyi]]'s ''4 Rhapsodies for Piano'', Op.11, are premiered in Vienna, the composer performing.
* [[December 10]] – [[Serge Rachmaninoff]], [[Sergei Taneyev]] and [[Alexander Scriabin]] are among the winners of the first annual Glinka Award for best composition by Russian composers.
* [[December 13]] – [[Ruggero Leoncavallo]]'s opera ''[[Der Roland von Berlin (opera)|Der Roland von Berlin]]'' premieres at Berlin. The opera is a failure.
* [[December 24]]
** [[Theodore Thomas (conductor)|Theodore Thomas]] conducts his final concert with the [[Chicago Symphony Orchestra|Chicago Orchestra]].
** [[The Metropolitan Opera]] in New York City gives the first performance outside Bayreuth of [[Richard Wagner]]'s ''[[Parsifal]]'', despite copyright objections raised by Cosima and Siegried Wagner.
* [[December 26]] – Dancer [[Isadora Duncan]] makes her Russian debut in Saint Petersburg to music by [[Frédéric Chopin]].
* [[December 29]] – The [[Seattle Symphony Orchestra]] gives its first concert, conducted by Harry West at Christensen's Hall.
* [[Heckelphone]] introduced from [[Wilhelm Heckel GmbH|Wilhelm Heckel]]'s workshop.
* [[Claudio Monteverdi]]'s opera ''[[L'Orfeo]]'' is given a modern debut in concert version in [[Paris]].

==Published popular music==
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* "Abraham" w. Sterling m. Von Tilzer
* "Absinthe Frappe" w. Glen MacDonough m. [[Victor Herbert]]
* "[[Ain't It Funny What a Difference Just a Few Hours Make]]" w. [[Henry Blossom]] m. Alfred G. Robyn.  Introduced by [[Raymond Hitchcock (actor)|Raymond Hitchcock]] in the Broadway show ''[[The Yankee Consul (musical)|The Yankee Consul]]''
* "Al Fresco" w. Glen MacDonough m. [[Victor Herbert]]
* "Alexander" w. [[Andrew B. Sterling]] m. [[Harry Von Tilzer]]
* "All Aboard For Dreamland" w. [[Andrew B. Sterling]] m. [[Harry Von Tilzer]]
* "Back, Back To Baltimore" w. [[Harry H. Williams]] m. [[Egbert Van Alstyne]]
* "Big Indian Chief" w. [[Bob Cole (composer)|Bob Cole]] m. [[J. Rosamond Johnson]]
* "Billy" w. Edgar Malone m. Ted S. Barron
* "Blue Bell" w. [[Edward Madden (lyricist)|Edward Madden]], [[Dolly Morse]] m. [[Theodore F. Morse]]
* "By The Old Oak Tree" w. [[George V. Hobart]] m. Max Hoffmann
* "Come Back To Sorrento" (Original title "Torna A Surriento") w.m. Ernesto de Curtis & Claude Aveling
* "Come Down From The Big Fig Tree" w. Edward Madden m. Theodore Morse
* "Come Take A Trip In My Airship" w. [[Ren Shields]] m. [[George "Honey Boy" Evans|George Evans]]
* "Cordalia Malone" Jerome, [[Jean Schwartz|Schwartz]]
* "The Countess Of Alagazam" w.m. [[Bob Cole (composer)|Bob Cole]]
* "The Day That You Grew Colder" w.m. [[Paul Dresser]]
* "Don't Cry, Katie, Dear" Mills
* "Down In The Subway" Jerome, Schwartz
* "Down On The Brandywine" w. [[Vincent P. Bryan]] m. J. B. Mullen
* "Fascination" w. Dick Manning m. F. D. Marchetti Words 1932.
* "Fishing" w. [[James Weldon Johnson]] m. [[J. Rosamond Johnson]]
* "Following In Father's Footsteps" w.m. E. W. Rogers
* "Fu' The Noo" w. [[Harry Lauder]] & Gerald Grafton m. [[Harry Lauder]]
* "The Ghost That Never Walked" w. [[William Jerome]] m. [[Jean Schwartz]]
* "Gimme De Leavins" w. [[James Weldon Johnson]] m. [[Bob Cole (composer)|Bob Cole]]
* "[[Give My Regards to Broadway]]" w.m. [[George M. Cohan]]
* "Good-bye Flo" w.m. [[George M. Cohan]]
* "Goodbye, Little Girl, Goodbye" w. [[Will D. Cobb]] m.. [[Gus Edwards (vaudeville)|Gus Edwards]]
* "Goodbye, My Lady Love" w.m. [[Joseph E. Howard]]
* "The Goo-Goo Man" Stoddard, Schindler, Jerome
* "Hannah, Won't You Open That Door" w. [[Andrew B. Sterling]] m. [[Harry von Tilzer]]
* "Have You Seen Maggie Riley?" Von Tilzer
* "He Done Me Wrong" w.m. [[Hughie Cannon]]
* "Heinie" Rose, Snyder
* "I Love You All The Time" w.m. Will R. Anderson
* "I Want To Be A Soldier" w.m. William Cahill
* "I'm Longing For My Old Kentucky Home" w. [[Vincent Bryan]] m. J. B. Mullen
* "In The Days Of Old" w. Henry Blossom m. Alfred G. Robyn
* "In Zanzibar – My Little Chimpanzee" w. [[Will D. Cobb]] m. [[Gus Edwards (vaudeville)|Gus Edwards]]
* "Just An Ever-Loving Girl" w. [[Vincent Bryan]] m. [[J. B. Mullen]]
* "Just For The Sake Of Society" w. Alfred Bryan m. [[Kerry Mills]]
* "Kiss Me Good Night, Dear Love" w.m. Malcolm Williams & [[Israel Zangwill]]
* "Let's All Go Up To Maud's" w. Joseph C. Farrell m. [[Kerry Mills]]
* "[[Life's a Funny Proposition After All]]" w.m. [[George M Cohan]]
* "A Little Boy Called "Taps"" w. [[Edward Madden (lyricist)|Edward Madden]] m. [[Theodore F. Morse]]
* "The Man Behind" w. [[Vincent Bryan]] m. J. B. Mullen
* "The Man With The Ladder And Hose" w.m. [[T. Mayo Geary]]
* "La Mattinata" m. [[Ruggiero Leoncavallo]]
* "Maureen Of Ballinasloe" w. J. Francis Barron m. J. Airlie Dix
* "[[Meet Me in St. Louis, Louis]]" w. [[Andrew B. Sterling]] m. [[Kerry Mills]]
* "Mexico" w. [[James Weldon Johnson]] & [[Bob Cole (composer)|Bob Cole]] m. [[Bob Cole (composer)|Bob Cole]]
* "Mister Wilson, That's All" w. [[Harry H. Williams|Henry Williams]] m. [[Egbert Van Alstyne]]
* "My Honey Lou" w.m. [[Thurland Chattaway]]
* "My Kangaroo" Farrell & Kohlman
* "Nan! Nan! Nan!" by [[Edward Madden (lyricist)|Edward Madden]]
* "Oh Bliss! Oh Joy!" Mullen
* "Oh Gee! It's Great To Be Crazy" Carle, Bowers
* "Oh! Oh! Sallie" Hartlett
* "[[On The Warpath]]" Raymond A. Browne (composer)
* "One Fine Day" (Original title "[[Un Bel Di]]") w. L. Illica & G. Giacosa m. [[Giacomo Puccini|G. Puccini]]
* "Please Come And Play In My Yard" w. Edward Madden m. Theodore F. Morse
* "[[Preacher and the Bear]]" w.m. [[George Fairman]]
* "Saint Louis Rag" m. [[Tom Turpin]]
* "Scissors To Grind" w.m. Thomas S. Allen
* "Seminole" w. [[Harry H. Williams|Harry Williams]] m. [[Egbert Van Alstyne]]
* "Shame On You" Larkin, Smith
* "She Went to the City" by [[Paul Dresser]]
* "Since Little Dolly Dimples Made A Hit" w. [[William Jerome]] m. [[Jean Schwartz]]
* "St. Louis Tickle" m. Barney & Seymore
* "The Story Of A Clothes Line"  m. [[James W. Tate]] w. [[Frank Clifford Harris]]
* "Sweet Thoughts Of Home" w. [[Stanislaus Stange]] m. [[Julian Edwards]]
* "Teasing" w. [[Cecil Mack]] m. [[Albert Von Tilzer]]
* "Those Songs My Mother Used To Sing" w.m. H. Wakefield Smith
* "Three Green Bonnets" w. Harris m. [[Guy d'Hardelot]]
* "Tippecanoe" w. [[Harry H. Williams|Harry Williams]] m. [[Egbert Van Alstyne]]
* "The Trumpeter" by [[Francis Barron]]
* "What The Brass Band Played" Drislane, Morse
* "Why Adam Sinned" w.m. [[Alex Rogers (songwriter)|Alex Rogers]]
* "[[Won't You Fondle Me]]" w.m. James Kendis & Herman Paley
* "[[The Yankee Doodle Boy]]" w.m. [[George M. Cohan]]
* "Your Mother Wants You Home Boy" w.m. [[Paul Dresser]]

==Classical music==
* [[Béla Bartók]]
** Piano Quintet
** [[Rhapsody, Op. 1 (Bartók)|Rhapsody, Op. 1]]
* [[Hakon Børresen]] – Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in G major
* [[František Drdla|František Alois Drdla]] – Souvenir in D major
* [[Edward Elgar]]
** ''[[In the South (Alassio)|In the South]]''
** ''[[Pomp and Circumstance Marches|Pomp and Circumstance March No. 3 in C minor]]''
* [[Alexander Glazunov]] – [[Violin Concerto (Glazunov)|Violin Concerto in A minor]]
* [[Enrique Granados]] – [[Allegro de concierto (Granados)|''Allegro de concierto'']]
* [[Hamilton Harty]] – ''An Irish Symphony''
* [[Gustav Mahler]] – ''[[Kindertotenlieder]] (Songs of the Death of Children)'' (song-cycle)
* [[Erkki Melartin]] – Sleeping Beauty, Op.22
* [[Selim Palmgren]] – Piano Concerto No.1 in G minor
* [[Max Reger]] – ''[[Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Hiller]]''
* [[Alexander Scriabin]] – [[Symphony No. 3 (Scriabin)|Symphony No. 3]]
* [[Cyril Scott]]
** Scherzo, Op.25
** 2 Pierrot Pieces, Op.35
** 2 Piano Pieces, Op.37
* [[Petar Stojanović (composer)|Petar Stojanović]] – Violin Concerto No. 1
* [[Igor Stravinsky]] – Piano Sonata in F-sharp minor

==[[Opera]]==
* [[Franco Alfano]] – ''Risurrezione''
* [[Frederick Delius]] – ''[[Koanga]]''
* [[Antonín Dvořák]] – ''[[Armida]]''
* [[Leoš Janáček]] – ''[[Jenůfa]]'' (Její pastorkyňa)
* [[Ruggero Leoncavallo]] – ''[[Der Roland von Berlin (opera)|Der Roland von Berlin]]''
* [[Giacomo Puccini]] – ''[[Madama Butterfly]]''
* [[Sergei Rachmaninoff]] – ''The Miserly Knight''
* [[Nikolai Rimski-Korsakov]] – ''[[Pan Voyevoda]]''
* [[Camille Saint-Saëns]] – ''[[Hélène (opera)|Helene]]''
* Amedeo Vives – ''Bohemios''

==[[Operetta]]==
* ''[[A rátartós királykisasszony]]'' (The Haughty Princess) by [[Victor Jacobi]].  First performed on [[December 17]] at [[Budapest]].

==[[Ballet]]==
* ''[[Cigale (ballet)|La Cigale]]'' by [[Jules Massenet]]'s is performed for the first time at the Opera-Comique in Paris (Feb.4)

==[[Musical theater]]==
* ''[[The Catch of the Season]]'' London production opened at the [[Vaudeville Theatre]] on [[September 9]] and ran for 621 performances
*  ''[[The Cingalee]]'' ([[Lionel Monckton]], [[Adrian Ross]] and [[Percy Greenbank]]) – [[West End theatre|London]] production opened at [[Daly's Theatre]] on [[March 5]] and ran for 365 performances
* ''[[It Happened in Nordland]]'' Broadway production opened at the [[Lew M. Fields Theatre]] on [[December 5]] and ran for 254 performances
* ''[[Little Johnny Jones]]'' (book, music, lyrics, direction and featuring [[George M. Cohan]]) Broadway production opened at the [[Liberty Theatre]] on [[November 7]] and ran for 52 performances
* ''[[Paris by Night (musical)|Paris by Night]]'' (Music: [[Alfred Solmon]] Book: [[Harry Marshall (writer)|Harry Marshall]]) Broadway production opened at the [[Madison Square Roof Garden]] on [[July 2]] and ran for 50 performances.  Starring [[Ben Welch]].
* ''[[The Rogers Brothers In Paris]]'' [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] production opened at the [[New Amsterdam Theatre]] on [[September 5]] and ran for 72 performances
* ''[[Sergeant Brue]]'' London production opened at the [[Royal Strand Theatre|Strand Theatre]] on [[June 14]]
* ''[[The Yankee Consul (musical)|The Yankee Consul]]'' Broadway production opened at the [[Broadway Theatre (41st Street)|Broadway Theatre]] on [[February 22]] and ran for 115 performances

==Births==
* [[January 10]] – [[Ray Bolger]], singer and dancer (d. 1987)
* [[January 13]] – [[Richard Addinsell]], composer (d. 1977)
* [[January 15]]
** [[Eddie DeLange]], bandleader and lyricist (d. 1949)
** [[Leonid Jacobson]], Russian dancer, choreographer and ballet master (d. 1975)
* [[January 18]] – [[Anthony Galla-Rini]], accordionist, composer and conductor (d. 2006)
* [[January 22]] – [[George Balanchine]], Russian choreographer (d. 1983)
* [[February 3]] – [[Luigi Dallapiccola]], composer (d. 1975)
* [[February 23]] – [[Allan Gray (composer)|Allan Gray]], film composer (d. 1973)
* [[February 29]] – [[Jimmy Dorsey]], bandleader (d. 1957)
* [[March 1]] – [[Glenn Miller]], trombonist and bandleader (m. 1944)
* [[March 4]] – [[Joseph Schmidt]], Austrian-Hungarian tenor and actor (d. 1942)
* [[March 8]] – [[Nikos Skalkottas]] Greek composer (d.1949)
* [[April 9]] – [[Sharkey Bonano]], jazz musician (d. 1972)
* [[April 16]] – [[Fifi D'Orsay]], actress and singer (d. 1983)
* [[April 18]] – [[Pigmeat Markham]], all-round entertainer (d. 1981)
* [[April 29]]
** [[Russ Morgan]], orchestra leader (d. 1969)
** [[Pedro Vargas]], Mexican singer and actor (d. 1989)
* [[May 21]] – [[Fats Waller]], American pianist and comedian (d. 1943)
* [[May 23]] – [[Libby Holman]], US singer and actress (d. 1971)
* [[May 25]] – [[Kurt Thomas (composer)|Kurt Thomas]], German choral conductor (d.1973)
* [[May 26]] – [[George Formby, Jr.|George Formby]], English [[music hall]] performer, singer, actor and songwriter (d. 1961)
* [[May 28]] – [[Margaret Harris]], opera costume and set designer (d. 2000)
* [[May 29]] – [[León Zuckert]], conductor, composer and arranger (d. 1992)
* [[June 3]] – [[Jan Peerce]], American tenor (d. 1984)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/jan-peerce-101773 |title=Jan Peerce – Broadway Cast & Staff |website=[[Internet Broadway Database]] |publisher=[[The Broadway League]] |access-date=9 August 2022}}</ref>
* [[June 6]] – [[Raymond Burke (clarinetist)|Raymond Burke]], clarinettist (d. 1986)<ref>{{cite book |url=http://ark.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb139487809 |title=Notice de personne "Burke, Ray (1904-1986)" |trans-title=Person notice "Burke, Ray (1904-1986)" |publisher=[[Bibliothèque nationale de France]] |language=fr |date=24 May 2018 |access-date=8 August 2022}}</ref>
* [[June 7]] – [[Don Murray (clarinetist)|Don Murray]], clarinettist (d. 1929)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://syncopatedtimes.com/don-murray/ |last=Senior |first=Andy |title=Don Murray |website=The Syncopated Times |date=28 May 2021 |access-date=8 August 2022}}</ref>
* [[June 11]] – [[Pinetop Smith]], jazz pianist (d. 1929)<ref>{{cite book |url=http://ark.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb138998784 |title=Notice de personne "Smith, Pine Top (1904-1929)" |trans-title=Person notice "Smith, Pine Top (1904-1929)" |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |language=fr |date=31 March 2017 |access-date=9 August 2022}}</ref>
* [[June 15]] – [[Anna Mahler]], musician and sculptor (d. 1988)<ref>{{cite book |url=http://ark.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb12805156x |title=Notice de personne "Mahler, Anna (1904-1988)" |trans-title=Person notice "Mahler, Anna (1904-1988)" |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |language=fr |date=16 May 2014 |access-date=8 August 2022}}</ref>
* [[June 21]] – [[Mack Gordon]], Polish-born US lyricist (d. 1959)
* [[June 24]] – [[Phil Harris]], jazz musician (d. 1995)<ref>{{cite news
|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-08-13-mn-34742-story.html
|title=Benny Show's Phil Harris Dies at 89
|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]
|date=August 13, 1995
|access-date=July 27, 2022
|quote=Phil Harris, the bandleader who became famous by portraying himself as a flashy, hard-drinking musician on the old Jack Benny radio show, died. … He was 89.}}</ref>
* [[July 9]] – [[Robert Whitney (conductor)|Robert Whitney]], British conductor (d. 1986)
* [[July 14]] – [[Nadia Reisenberg]], Litvian pianist (d. 1983)
* [[July 15]]
** [[Dorothy Fields]], librettist and lyricist (d. 1974)
** [[Vladimir Bourmeister]], Russian dancer and choreographer (d.1971)
* [[July 16]]
** [[Goffredo Petrassi]], composer (d. 2003)
** [[Mabel Wayne]] – US composer (d. 1978)
* [[July 18]] – [[Harold Spivacke]], music librarian and administrator (d. 1977)
* [[July 24]]
** [[Leo Arnaud]] – film composer (d. 1991)
** [[Anton Dolin (ballet dancer)|Anton Dolin]] – English dancer and choreographer (d.1983)
* [[July 26]] – [[Jack Westrup]], musicologist (d. 1975)
* [[August 13]] – [[Charles "Buddy" Rogers]], actor and singer (d. 1989)
* [[August 17]] – [[Leopold Nowak]], Austrian musicologist (d. 1991)
* [[August 21]] – [[Count Basie]], pianist and bandleader (d. 1984)
* [[September 2]] – [[Set Svanholm]], Swedish operatic tenor (d.1964)
* [[September 7]] –[[Ernst Glaser]], Norwegian violinist, orchestra conductor, and music teacher (died [[1979 in music|1979]]).<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |url=https://nbl.snl.no/Ernst_Glaser |title=Ernst Glaser |encyclopedia=Biography |last=Kortsen |first=Bjarne |authorlink= | editor=[[Knut Helle|Helle, Knut]] |publisher=[[Norsk Biografisk Leksikon]] |language=Norwegian |date=2009-02-13 |accessdate=2015-05-10}}</ref>
* [[September 17]] – Sir [[Frederick Ashton]], dancer and choreographer (d. 1988)
* [[October 11]] – [[Tita Merello]], tango singer, dancer and actress (d. 2002)
* [[October 20]] – [[Anna Neagle]], actress and singer (d. 1986)
* [[October 24]] – [[Moss Hart]], musical theatre director (d. 1961)
* [[October 26]] 
** [[Boris Khaykin]], Russian conductor (died [[1978 in music|1978]])
** [[Torbjørn Knutsen (composer)|Torbjørn Knutsen]], Norwegian composer and violinist (died [[1987 in music|1987]])<ref>{{cite encyclopedia | url=https://snl.no/Torbj%C3%B8rn_Knutsen | title=Torbjørn Knutsen | language=no | encyclopedia=[[Store Norske Leksikon]] | first= | last= | editor= | publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget | location=Oslo | date=2013-11-18 | accessdate=2017-04-21}}</ref>
* [[October 29]] – [[Vivian Ellis]], English composer (d. 1996)
* [[November 1]] or [[November 14]] – [[Aleksey Zhivotov]], composer (d. 1964)
* [[November 11]] – [[Joseph Lockwood]], record company executive (d. 1991)
* [[November 14]] – [[Dick Powell]], actor and singer (d. 1963)
* [[November 18]] – [[Masao Koga]], Japanese composer (d. 1978)
* [[November 20]] – [[Alexandra Danilova]], Russian dancer and teacher (d.1997)
* [[November 21]] – [[Coleman Hawkins]], saxophonist (d. 1969)
* [[November 25]] – [[Toni Ortelli]], Italian composer and alpinist (d. 2000)
* [[December 9]] – [[Elsie Randolph]], English actress, dancer and singer (d. 1982)
* [[December 18]] – [[Wilf Carter (musician)|Wilf Carter]], country singer (d. 1966)
* [[December 26]] – [[Alejo Carpentier]], musicologist (d. 1980)
* [[December 30]] – [[Dmitry Kabalevsky]], Soviet pianist and composer (d.1987)
* [[December 31]]
** [[Umm Kulthum]], Egyptian singer and actress (d. 1975)
** [[Nathan Milstein]], Russian violinist (d.1992)

==Deaths==
* [[January 2]] – [[Peter Jurgenson]], Russian music publisher (b.1836)
* [[January 4]] – [[Mitrofan Belyayev]], music publisher (b. 1836)
* [[January 10]] – [[Antoinette Sterling]], singer
* [[January 15]] – [[Eduard Lassen]], Danish-born composer and conductor (born [[1830 in music|1830]])<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |last1=Singer |first1=Isidore |author1-link=Isidore Singer |last2=Sohn |first2=Joseph |author2-link=Joseph Sohn |title=LASSEN, EDUARD |encyclopedia=[[The Jewish Encyclopedia]] |volume=7 |page=626 |year=1906 |url=https://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/9655-lassen-eduard |access-date=20 December 2021 |via=[[JewishEncyclopedia.com]]}}</ref>
* [[January 20]] – [[Maria Louisa Bustill]], mother of [[Paul Robeson]] (b. 1853) (domestic accident)
* [[February 8]] – [[Malvina Garrigues]], soprano and composer (b. 1825)
* [[March 10]] – [[Giovanni Cesari]], ''castrato'' singer (b. 1843)
* [[March 11]] – [[Charles Grisart]], opera composer (b. 1837)
* [[March 20]] – [[Louisa Pyne]], operatic soprano and opera company manager (b. 1832)
* [[March 31]] – [[Sophia Karp]], actress and singer (b. 1861)
* [[February 8]] – [[Malvina Garrigues|Malwine Schnorr von Varolsfeld]], German soprano (b.1825)
* [[April 29]] – [[Nellie Farren]], burlesque actress and singer (b. 1848)
* [[May 1]] – [[Antonín Dvořák]], Czech composer (b. 1841)
* [[May 14]] – [[Morrison Foster]], editor and brother to [[Stephen Foster]] (born 1823)
* [[May 19]] – [[Korla Awgust Kocor]], conductor and composer (b. 1822)
* [[May 29]] – [[Maria Paulina Åhman]], Swedish harpist (born [[1812 in music|1812]])<ref>{{cite dictionary |title=Maria Paulina (Marie Pauline) Åhman |url=https://www.skbl.se/sv/artikel/PaulineAhman |dictionary=[[Svenskt kvinnobiografiskt lexikon]] |first=Ulla |last=Åshede |access-date=30 July 2022 |translator-last=Grosjean |translator-first=Alexia |language=en}}</ref>
* [[May 30]] – [[Laura Joyce Bell]], contralto singer and actress (b. 1854)
* [[June 28]] – [[Dan Emmett]], founder of the [[Virginia Minstrels]] (b. 1815)
* [[July 13]] – [[Giulia Warwick]], operatic soprano and actress (b. 1857)
* [[July 20]] – [[Arthur Lloyd (musician)|Arthur Lloyd]], music hall entertainer and songwriter (b. 1839)<ref>{{cite book|author=Richard Anthony Baker|title=British Music Hall: An Illustrated History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mtKwBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA25|date=31 May 2014|publisher=Pen and Sword|isbn=978-1-4738-3718-8|pages=25–}}</ref>
* [[August 6]] – [[Eduard Hanslick]], music critic (b. 1825)
* [[September 26]] – [[Lafcadio Hearn|Patrick Lafcadio Hearn]], translator (born 1850)
* [[October 31]] – [[Dan Leno]], English [[music hall]] comedian, clog dancer and singer (b. 1860)
* [[November 30]] – [[Aldine Silliman Kieffer]], music teacher and publisher (b. 1840)
* ''date unknown'' – [[Antonio Galassi]], operatic baritone (b. 1845)

==References==
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