Editing 1908 in music

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This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1908.

==Specific locations==
*[[1908 in Norwegian music]]

==Specific genres==
*[[1908 in jazz]]

==Events==
*[[January 26]] – [[Sergei Rachmaninoff]]'s [[Symphony No. 2 (Rachmaninoff)|Symphony No. 2]] receives its première.
*[[March 15]] – [[Maurice Ravel]]'s ''[[Rapsodie espagnole]]'' receives its première in [[Paris]].
*[[April 11]] – [[Spyridon Samaras]]'s opera ''Rhea'' is premiered in [[Florence]] (Teatro Verdi)
*[[September 19]] – Première of [[Gustav Mahler]]'s [[Symphony No. 7 (Mahler)|Symphony No. 7]] in [[Prague]].
*[[November 18]] – Release in France of the film ''[[The Assassination of the Duke of Guise]]'' with a score from [[Saint-Saëns]].
*[[December 3]] – [[Edward Elgar]]'s [[Symphony No. 1 (Elgar)|Symphony No. 1]] receives its première in [[Manchester]].
*[[December 18]] – [[Claude Debussy]]'s ''[[Children's Corner]]'' receives its première in [[Paris]].
*[[Anthony Maggio]] publishes a dance band orchestration of early [[Blues]] "I Got The Blues" in [[New Orleans]].
*Opera singer [[Amelita Galli-Curci|Amelita Galli]] marries the Marchese Luigi Curci, and acquires the name by which she becomes best-known.
*[[Claude Debussy]] marries [[Emma Bardac]].

==Published popular music==
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*"The ABCs of the U.S.A." w.m. [[George M. Cohan]] from the [[musical theater|musical]] ''[[The Yankee Prince]]''
* "All For Love Of You" w. Dave Reed m. [[Ernest Ball|Ernest R. Ball]]
* "[[Any Old Port In A Storm]]" w. [[Arthur J. Lamb]] m. [[Kerry Mills]]
* "[[Black And White Rag]]" w.m. [[George Botsford]]
* "Consolation" by [[Edward Madden (lyricist)|Edward Madden]]
* "[[Cuddle Up A Little Closer, Lovey Mine]]" w. [[Otto Harbach]] m. [[Karl Hoschna]]
* "Daisies Won't Tell" w.m. [[Anita Owen]]
* "Down Among The Sugar Cane" w. Avery & Charles Hart m. Cecil Mack & [[Chris Smith (composer)|Chris Smith]]
* "Down In Jungle Town" w. [[Edward Madden (lyricist)|Edward Madden]] m. [[Theodore F. Morse]]
* "[[The Fairest Of The Fair]]" w.m. [[John Philip Sousa]]
* "Feed The Kitty" w. Ed Moran m. [[J. Fred Helf]]
* "Fig Leaf Rag" by [[Scott Joplin]]
* "Golliwog's Cake Walk" m. [[Claude Debussy]]
* "[[Good Evening, Caroline]]" by [[Albert Von Tilzer]] & [[Jack Norworth]]
* "Ham And !" by [[Arthur Marshall (ragtime composer)|Arthur Marshall]]
* "[[Has Anybody Here Seen Kelly?]]" w.m. [[C. W. Murphy]] & Will Letters.  With new lyrics by William McKenna it was performed by [[Nora Bayes]] in the 1910 Broadway production of the musical ''[[The Jolly Bachelors]]''
* "[[I Hear You Calling Me]]" w. Harold Harford (actual name Harold Lake) m. Charles Marshall
* "If I Had A Thousand Lives To Live" w. Sylvester Maguire m. [[Alfred Solman]]
* "I'm A Yiddish Cowboy" w. Edgar Leslie m. Al Piantodosi & [[Halsey K. Mohr]]
* "I'm Glad I'm Married" w. [[Jack Norworth]] m. [[Albert Von Tilzer]]
* "I'm Looking For The Man That Wrote "The Merry Widow Waltz"" w. Edgar Selden m. [[Seymour Furth]]
* "In The Garden Of My Heart" w. Caro Roma m. [[Ernest Ball|Ernest R. Ball]]
* "It's The Pretty Things You Say" w. [[Alfred Bryan (lyricist)|Alfred Bryan]] m. [[Ted Snyder]]
* "I've Taken Quite A Fancy To You" w. [[Edward Madden (lyricist)|Edward Madden]] m. [[Theodore F. Morse]]
* "Kerry Mills' Barn Dance" w. [[Thurland Chattaway]] m. [[Kerry Mills]]
* "The Longest Way 'Round Is The Sweetest Way Home" w. Ren Shields m. [[Kerry Mills]]
* "Love Is Like A Cigarette" w. Glen MacDonough m. [[Victor Herbert]]
* "Love Me Like I Want To Be Loved" w. Earle C. Jones & [[Alfred Bryan (lyricist)|Alfred Bryan]] m. George W. Meyer
* "Love's Roundelay" w. Joseph Herbert m. [[Oscar Straus (composer)|Oscar Straus]]
* "Make A Noise Like A Hoop And Roll Away" w. [[Ren Shields]] m. [[J. Fred Helf]]
* "Meet Me In Rose-Time, Rosie" w. [[William Jerome]] m. [[Jean Schwartz]]
* "Mother Hasn't Spoken To Father Since" w. [[William Jerome]] m. [[Jean Schwartz]]
* "My Brudda Sylvest'" w. Jesse Lasky m. [[Fred Fisher]]
* "My Girl's A Yorkshire Girl" w.m. [[C. W. Murphy]] & Dan Lipton
* "Now I Have To Call Him Father" w.m. Charles Collins & [[Fred Godfrey (songwriter)|Fred Godfrey]]
* "The Old Time Rag" w. [[Edward Madden (lyricist)|Edward Madden]] m. [[Theodore Morse]]
* "Pine Apple Rag" by [[Scott Joplin]]
* "[[Shine On Harvest Moon]]" w. [[Jack Norworth]] m. [[Nora Bayes]] & [[Jack Norworth]]
* "A Singer Sang A Song" w. Will Heelan m. Seymour Furth
* "Smarty" w. [[Jack Norworth]] m. [[Albert Von Tilzer]]
* "[[Sun Bird]] m. [[Kerry Mills]]
* "Sweetest Gal In Town" w.m. [[Bob Cole (composer)|Bob Cole]] & [[J. Rosamond Johnson]]
* "Sweetest Maid Of All" w. Joseph Herbert m. Oscar Straus  [[Image:TakeMeOutBallgameCover.jpg|thumb|right]]
* "[[Take Me Out to the Ball Game]]" w. [[Jack Norworth]] m. [[Albert Von Tilzer]]
* "Up In A Balloon" w. [[Ren Shields]] m. [[Percy Wenrich]]
* "When Highland Mary Danced The Highland Fling" w. Jack Mahoney m. [[Harry Von Tilzer]]
* "[[When It's Moonlight On The Prairie]]" w. Robert F. Roden m. S. R. Henry
* "When We Are M-A-Double-R-I-E-D" w.m. [[George M. Cohan]] from the musical ''[[Fifty Miles From Boston]]''
* "The Whitewash Man" w. [[William Jerome]] m. [[Jean Schwartz]]
* "[[The Yama Yama Man]]" w. Collin Davis m. [[Karl Hoschna]]
* "Yip-I-Addy-I-Ay!" w. [[Will D. Cobb]] m. John H. Flynn
* "You Will Have To Sing An Irish Song" w. [[Jack Norworth]] m. [[Albert Von Tilzer]]
* "You're In The Right Church, But The Wrong Pew" w. [[Cecil Mack]] m. [[Chris Smith (composer)|Chris Smith]]

==[[Hit recordings]]==
* " The Small Town Gal" – [[George M. Cohan]]
* "[[All She Gets from the Iceman Is Ice]]" – [[Ada Jones]]

==[[European classical music|Classical music]]==
*[[Kurt Atterberg]] – ''Rhapsody for Piano and Orchestra''
*[[Béla Bartók]] – [[Violin Concerto No. 1 (Bartók)|First Violin Concerto]]
*[[Alban Berg]] – Piano Sonata, Op.1
*[[York Bowen]] – Viola Concerto in C minor
*[[Henry Walford Davies]] – ''Solemn Melody'' for organ
*[[George Enescu]] –
**''Cantate pour la pose de la prèmiere pierre du pont à transbordeur de Bordeaux'', for military band, two harps, string orchestra, solo cello, choir, baritone solo, and cannons
**"Morgengebet", for voice and piano
**''Sept chansons de Clement Marot'', for tenor and piano, Op. 15
*[[Gabriel Fauré]] –
**Nocturne No. 9 in B minor, Op. 97
**Nocturne No. 10 in E minor, Op. 99
**Serenade for cello and piano, Op. 98
*[[Alexander Glazunov]] - [[Symphony No. 8 (Glazunov)|Symphony No. 8]]
*[[Reinhold Glière]] – Second Symphony, Op. 25
*[[Hamilton Harty]] – Violin Concerto
*[[Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov]] – Symphony No. 1
*[[John Ireland (composer)|John Ireland]] – ''Phantasy Piano Trio''
*[[Charles Ives]] – 
**Prelude on ''Eventide''
**''[[The Unanswered Question]]''
*[[Paul von Klenau]] – Symphony No. 1
*[[Toivo Kuula]] – Piano Trio
*[[Gian Francesco Malipiero]] – ''Sinfonie del silenzio e della morte''
*[[Erkki Melartin]] – Third String Quartet
*[[Carl Nielsen]] – [[Saga-Drøm]] (tone poem)
*[[Maurice Ravel]] - [[Gaspard de la nuit]]
*[[Max Reger]] –
**''Auferstanden, auferstanden'', cantata for SATB soloists, SATB choir, and organ
**Sonatinas for two pianos (4), Op. 89
**Suite, for violin and piano, in E minor
**Trio No. 2, for violin, cello, and piano, Op. 102
**Violin Concerto, in A major, Op. 101
** ''Symphonischer Prolog zu einer Tragödie'' in A minor, Op. 108
**''Weihegesang'', for alto solo, SATB choir, and winds
**''Zwei geistliche Lieder'', for choir
*[[Xaver Scharwenka]] – Piano Concerto No. 4 in F minor
*[[Arnold Schoenberg]] – 
**Lieder (2), Op. 14 
**[[String quartets (Schoenberg)|String Quartet No. 2]] – premiered in [[Vienna]]
*[[Alexander Scriabin]] – ''[[The Poem of Ecstasy]]''
*[[Igor Stravinsky]] – ''[[Feu d'artifice]]''
*[[May Summerbelle]] 'Beaux Yeux' Waltz for solo piano
*[[Anton Webern]] – [[Passacaglia for orchestra]], Op. 1

==[[Opera]]==
*[[Paul Le Flem]] – ''[[Aucassin et Nicolette (opera)|Aucassin et Nicolette]]''

==Film==
*[[Camille Saint-Saëns]] - ''[[The Assassination of the Duke of Guise|La Mort du duc de Guise]]''

==[[Musical theater]]==
* ''[[Algeria (musical)|Algeria]]'' Broadway production opened at [[The Broadway Theatre (1888)|The Broadway Theatre]] on August 31 and ran for 48 performances
* ''[[The Belle of Brittany]]'' opened at the [[Sondheim Theatre|Queen's Theatre]] in London on 24 October 1908 with music by [[Howard Talbot]] to a book by [[Leedham Bantock]] and lyrics by [[Percy Greenbank]]
* ''[[The Dollar Princess]]'' Manchester production
* ''[[Fifty Miles from Boston]]'' [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] production opened on February 3 at the [[Garrick Theatre]] and ran for 40 performances
* ''[[The King of Cadonia]]'' London production opened at the [[Prince of Wales Theatre]] on September 3 and ran for 333 performances
* ''[[Mr. Hamlet of Broadway]]'' Broadway production opened at the [[Casino Theatre (New York, New York)|Casino Theatre]] on December 23 and ran for 54 performances
* ''[[My Mimosa Maid]]'' London production opened at the [[Prince Of Wales Theatre]] on April 21 and ran for 83 performances
* ''[[Der Tapfere Soldat]]'' (''[[The Chocolate Soldier]]'') ([[Rudolf Friml]]) Vienna production opened at the [[Theater an der Wien]] on November 14 and ran for 62 performances
* ''[[The Three Twins]]'' opened at the [[Herald Square Theatre]] on June 15 and moved to the [[Majestic Theatre (Broadway)|Majestic Theatre]] on January 18, 1909, for a total run of 289 performances
* ''[[A Waltz Dream]]'' London production opened at the [[Hicks Theatre]] on March 7 and ran for 146 performances.
* ''[[A Waltz Dream]]'' Broadway production opened at the [[The Broadway Theatre (1888)|Broadway Theatre]] on January 27 and ran for 111 performances
*''[[The Yankee Prince]]'' Broadway production opened at the [[Knickerbocker Theatre (Broadway)|Knickerbocker Theatre]] on April 20 and ran for 112 performances
* ''[[Ziegfeld Follies]]'' Broadway revue opened at the [[Jardin de Paris (New York City)|Jardin de Paris]] on June 15 and ran for 120 performances

==Births==
*[[January 7]] – [[Red Allen]], jazz musician (d. 1967)
*[[January 14]] – [[Russ Columbo]], singer, bandleader, composer (d. 1934)
*[[January 16]] –  [[Ethel Merman]], American singer and actress (d. 1984)
*[[January 26]]
**[[Stéphane Grappelli]], musician, composer (d. 1997)<ref>{{cite book|author=Raymond Horricks|title=Stephane Grappelli|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1UdLAAAAYAAJ|date=21 August 1985|publisher=Da Capo Press|isbn=978-0-306-80257-7|page=8}}</ref>
**[[Ernst Oster]], pianist, musicologist, and music theorist (d. 1977)
*[[January 27]] – [[Hot Lips Page]], jazz trumpet (d. 1954)
*[[February 20]] – [[Ruby Elzy]], US soprano, first Serena in ''[[Porgy and Bess]]'' (d. 1943)
*[[February 29]] – [[A. L. Lloyd]], folk song collector (d. 1982)
*[[March 14]] – [[Nikolai Rakov]], Soviet composer (d. 1990)
*[[March 18]] – [[Ivor Moreton]], British singer, composer and pianist (d. 1984)
*[[April 2]] – [[Buddy Ebsen]], US actor and singer (d. 2003)
*[[April 5]] – [[Herbert von Karajan]], Austrian conductor (d. 1989)
*[[April 7]] – [[Percy Faith]], composer, musician (d. 1976)
*[[April 8]] – [[Tito Guízar]], Mexican singer and film actor (d. [[1999 in music|1999]])  
*[[April 15]] – [[eden ahbez]], hermit, musician (d. 1995)
*[[April 20]] – [[Lionel Hampton]], jazz musician, bandleader (d. 2002)
*[[May 6]] – [[Necil Kazım Akses]], [[Turkey|Turkish]] composer (d. 1999)
*[[May 8]] – [[Cristian Vasile]], Romanian tango singer (d. 1985)
*[[May 15]] – [[Lars-Erik Larsson]], [[Sweden|Swedish]] composer (d. 1986)
*[[May 27]] – [[Harold Rome]], US songwriter (d. 1993)
*[[June 24]] – [[Hugo Distler]], organist and composer (d. 1942)
*[[June 29]] – [[Leroy Anderson]], US composer and conductor (d. 1975)
*[[July 8]] – [[Louis Jordan]], bandleader (d. 1975)
*[[July 22]] – [[Ljerko Spiller]], Croat-Argentine violinist (d. [[2008 in music|2008]]) 
*[[July 25]] – [[Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer]], [[Carnatic music|Carnatic]] vocalist (d. 2003)
*[[August 1]] – [[Miloslav Kabeláč]], composer (d. 1979)
*[[August 4]] – [[Kurt Eichhorn]], conductor (d. 1994)
*[[August 12]] – [[Nina Makarova]], composer (d. 1976)
*[[August 29]] – [[Orestes López]], Cuban bassist, cellist, pianist and composer (d. 1991)
*[[September 5]] - [[Cecilia Seghizzi]], Italian composer
*[[September 6]] – [[Maria Grinberg]], pianist (d. 1978)
*[[September 7]] – [[Max Kaminsky (musician)|Max Kaminsky]], US jazz trumpeter (d. 1961)
*[[September 10]] – [[Raymond Scott]], composer, bandleader, and electronic music pioneer (d. 1994)
*[[September 13]] – [[Mae Questel]], US singer (d. 1998)
*[[September 16]] – [[Chick Bullock]], US singer (d. 1981)
*[[September 25]] – [[Eugen Suchoň]], Slovak composer (d. 1993)
*[[September 30]] – [[David Oistrakh]], violinist (d. 1974)
*[[October 1]] – [[Umar Dimayev]], Chechen folk singer (d. 1972)
*[[October 14]] – [[Allan Jones (actor)|Allan Jones]], actor, singer (d. 1992)
*[[October 19]] – [[Geirr Tveitt]], Norwegian composer (d. 1981)
*[[October 20]] – [[Stuart Hamblen]], US singer, actor and songwriter (d. 1989)
*[[October 21]]
**[[Harry Stewart]], comedian, singer, and songwriter (d. 1956)
**[[Howard Ferguson (composer)|Howard Ferguson]], British composer and musicologist (d. 1999)
*[[November 19]] 
**[[Jean-Yves Daniel-Lesur]], French organist and composer (d. 2002)
**[[Keg Johnson]], US jazz trombonist (d. 1967)
*[[December 10]] – [[Olivier Messiaen]], composer (d. 1992)
*[[December 11]] – [[Elliott Carter]], composer (d. 2012)
*[[December 16]] – [[Frances Day]], US actress and singer (d. 1984)
*[[December 17]] – [[William Wordsworth (composer)|William Brocklesby Wordsworth]], English/Scottish composer and pianist (died 1988)
*[[December 21]] – Gregory Egiazarovich Yeghiazarian, Armenian composer (died 1988)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n91041757.html|title=LOC Authorities|accessdate=October 30, 2011}} {{cite web|url=http://musicsack.com/PersonFMTDetail.cfm?PersonPK=100020903|title=MusicSack (Old Style Date)|accessdate=October 30, 2011}}</ref>

==Deaths==
*[[January 22]] – [[August Wilhelmj]], [[Germany|German]] violinist, 62<ref>{{cite web | title = August Wilhelmj | author = Duncan Druce | website = CHASE: Collection of Historical Annotated String Editions | publisher = University of Leeds School of Music | url = http://chase.leeds.ac.uk/article/august-wilhelmj/ | access-date = 25 March 2015 | archive-date = 2 April 2015 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150402125127/http://chase.leeds.ac.uk/article/august-wilhelmj/ | url-status = dead }}</ref>
*[[January 23]] – [[Edward MacDowell]], American composer (b. 1860)
*[[February 28]] – [[Pauline Lucca]], operatic soprano (b. 1842)
*[[March 2]] – [[Walter Slaughter]], conductor and composer (b. 1860)
*[[March 12]] – [[Clara Novello]], soprano (b. 1818)
*[[March 26]] – [[Louis Chauvin]], ragtime musician (b. 1881)
*[[April 29]] – [[Auguste Götze]], German classical singer and vocal pedagogue (b. 1840)
*[[May 7]] – [[Ludovic Halévy]], lyricist (b. 1834)
*[[May 12]] – [[Melisio Morales]], composer (b. 1838)
*[[June 5]] – [[Josef Wagner (composer)|Josef Wagner]], composer (b. 1856)
*[[June 20]] – [[Federico Chueca]], zarzuela composer (b. 1846)
*[[June 21]] – [[Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov]], composer (b. 1844)
*[[July 10]] – [[Phoebe Knapp]], composer of hymns (b. 1839)
*[[July 14]] – [[William Mason (composer)|William Mason]], pianist and composer (b. 1829)
*[[July 18]] – [[Jaime Nunó]], composer of Mexico's national anthem (b. 1824)
*[[August 13]] – [[Ira D. Sankey]], gospel singer and composer (b. 1840)
*[[August 20]] – [[Louisa Bassano]], opera singer (b. 1818)
*[[August 26]] – [[Tony Pastor]], vaudeville founder & theater impresario (b. 1837)
*[[September 20]] – [[Pablo de Sarasate]], violinist (b. 1844)
*[[September 21]] – [[Atanas Badev]], composer and music teacher (b. 1860)
*[[November 15]] – [[Katti Lanner]], ballet dancer and choreographer (b. 1829)
*[[November 20]] – [[Albert Dietrich]], conductor and composer (b. 1829)<ref>{{cite book | last = Clive | first = H. P. | title = Brahms and His World: a Biographical Dictionary | publisher = Scarecrow Press | location = Lanham | year = 2006 | isbn = 9781461722809 | page=105}}</ref>
*''date unknown'' – [[Alois Kaiser]], cantor and composer (b. 1840)

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