Editing 1910 in music

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This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1910.

==Specific locations==
*[[1910 in Norwegian music]]

==Specific genres==
*[[1910 in jazz]]

==Events==
*[[February 19]] - English premiere of [[Richard Strauss]]'s opera ''[[Elektra (opera)|Elektra]]'', [[Thomas Beecham]] conducting at the first-ever performance of a Strauss opera in the UK at the [[Royal Opera House]], London
*[[March 19]] – [[Béla Bartók]]'s [[String Quartet No. 1 (Bartók)|String Quartet No. 1]] is premiered in [[Budapest]]
*[[June 25]] – [[Igor Stravinsky]]'s ballet, ''[[The Firebird]]'', is premiered in [[Paris]]
*[[September 12]] – [[Gustav Mahler]]'s [[Symphony No. 8 (Mahler)|Symphony No. 8]], the ''Symphony of a Thousand'', is premiered in [[Munich]] under his baton.
*October – [[Pietro Mascagni]] and [[Giacomo Puccini]] make up after their 1905 quarrel
*November – [[John Lomax]]'s pioneering collection ''Cowboy Songs and Other Frontier Ballads'' is published by Sturgis and Walton in the United States with an introduction by [[Theodore Roosevelt]]
*[[November 7]] – The musical comedy, ''[[Naughty Marietta (operetta)|Naughty Marietta]]'', with music by [[Victor Herbert]], is first performed on [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]]
*[[November 10]] – [[Edward Elgar]] conducts the premiere of his [[Violin Concerto (Elgar)|Violin Concerto]], with [[Fritz Kreisler]] playing the solo part
*[[Mary Garden]] begins her 20-year reign as soprano of the Chicago Civic Opera

[[Image:SunflowerDanceVanEpps1910.jpg|right|frame|[[Ragtime]] [[banjo]] by [[Vess L. Ossman]] [[Columbia Records]], 1910]]

==Published popular music==
* "Ah! Sweet Mystery Of Life" w. [[Rita Johnson Young]] m. [[Victor Herbert]].  From the operetta ''[[Naughty Marietta (operetta)|Naughty Marietta]]''
* "Alexander and His Clarinet" w. [[Irving Berlin]] m. [[Ted Snyder]]
* "All Aboard For Blanket Bay" w. [[Andrew B. Sterling]] m. [[Harry Von Tilzer]]
* "[[Any Little Girl, That's a Nice Little Girl, is the Right Little Girl For Me]]" w. Thomas J. Gray m. [[Fred Fisher]]
* "Back To My Old Home Town" w.m. [[Nora Bayes]] & [[Jack Norworth]]
* "A Banjo Song" by [[Howard Weeden]]
* "The Big Bass Viol" w.m. M. T. Bohannon
* "The Birth of Passion" w. [[Otto Harbach]] m. [[Karl Hoschna]].  From the musical ''[[Madame Sherry]]''.
* "Bring Back My Lena To Me" w.m. Irving Berlin & [[David Andrew Noll]]
* "By The Saskatchewan" w. [[C. M. S. McLellan]] m. Ivan Caryll
* "Call Me Up Some Rainy Afternoon" w.m. Irving Berlin
* "Caprice Viennois" m. [[Fritz Kreisler]]
* "The Chanticleer Rag" w. [[Edward Madden (lyricist)|Edward Madden]] m. [[Albert Gumble]]
* "[[Chicken reel|The Chicken Reel]]" m. Joseph M. Daly
* "[[Chinatown, My Chinatown]]" w. [[William Jerome]] m. [[Jean Schwartz]]
* "[[Cloud-Chief]]" m. [[J. Ernest Philie]].
* "[[Come Josephine in My Flying Machine|Come Josephine In My Flying Machine]]" w. [[Alfred Bryan (lyricist)|Alfred Bryan]] m. [[Fred Fisher]]
* "Come To The Ball" w. Adrian Ross m. [[Lionel Monckton]]
* "The Convict And The Bird" w.m. [[T. W. Connor]]
* "Day Dreams, Visions Of Bliss" w. Harry B. Smith & [[Robert Bache Smith|Robert B. Smith]] m. Heinrich Reinhardt
* "Dear Mayme, I Love You!" [[Irving Berlin]] and [[Ted Snyder]]
* "Doctor Tinkle Tinker" by [[Otto Harbach]]
* "[[Down by the Old Mill Stream|Down By The Old Mill Stream]]" w.m. [[Tell Taylor]]
* "Dream of a Miner's Child" ("Don't Go down in the Mine, Dad") w. Robert Donnely, Will Geddes
* "Dreams, Just Dreams" [[Irving Berlin]] & [[Ted Snyder]]
* "[[Every Little Movement]]" w. [[Otto Harbach]] m. Karl Hoschna
* "Grizzly Bear" w.m. [[George Botsford]] & [[Irving Berlin]]
* "Gee, But It’s Great to Meet a Friend From Your Home" w.m. [[William Tracey]] & James McGavisk
* "Herman Let's Dance That Beautiful Waltz" [[Irving Berlin]] & [[Ted Snyder]]
* "How Can You Love Such A Man?" Irving Berlin
* "I Feel So Lonely" w.m. [[Bert Lee]].  Introduced by [[Fred Allandale]] in the musical ''[[The Islander (musical)]]''
* "If He Comes In I'm Going Out" w. [[Cecil Mack]] m. [[Chris Smith (composer)|Chris Smith]]
* "If I Was A Millionaire" w. [[Will D. Cobb]] m. [[Gus Edwards (vaudeville)|Gus Edwards]]
* "I'm Falling In Love With Someone" w. [[Rida Johnson Young]] m. [[Victor Herbert]]
* "[[I'm Henery the Eighth, I Am|I'm Henery the Eighth]]" w.m. Fred Murray & [[R. P. Weston]]
* "In The Shadows" w. [[E. Ray Goetz]] m. Herman Finck
* "Is There Anything Else I Can Do For You?" w.m. [[Irving Berlin]] & [[Ted Snyder]]
* "[[Italian Street Song]]" w. [[Rida Johnson Young]] m. [[Victor Herbert]]
* "I've Got The Time I've Got The Place But It's Hard To Find The Girl" w. Ballard MacDonald m. S. R. Henry
* "Joshua" w.m George Arthurs & [[Bert Lee]]
* "Kiss Me, My Honey, Kiss Me" w. [[Irving Berlin]] m. [[Ted Snyder]]
* "[[Let Me Call You Sweetheart]]" w. [[Beth Slater Whitson]] m. [[Leo Friedman]]
* "Let Me Live And Stay In Dixieland" w.m. [[Elizabeth Brice (performer)|Elizabeth Brice]] & [[Charles King (musical actor)|Charles King]]
* "[[Liebesfreud]]" m. [[Fritz Kreisler]]
* "[[Liebeslied]]" m. [[Fritz Kreisler]]
* "Life Is Only What You Make It After All" w. [[Edgar Smith (librettist)|Edgar Smith]] m. [[A. Baldwin Sloane]]
* "[[Macushla]]" w. Josephine V. Rowe m. Dermot MacMurrough
[[File:MadenDreamyEyes1910.jpg|right|thumb|"The Maiden with the Dreamy Eyes", with photo of [[Anna Held]], from [[Library of Congress]]]]
* "Maiden with the Dreamy Eyes" w. J. W. Johnson m. [[Bob Cole (composer)|Bob Cole]]
* "Morning" w. [[Frank Lebby Stanton]] m. [[Oley Speaks]]
* "Mother Machree" w. [[Rida Johnson Young]] m. [[Ernest Ball|Ernest R. Ball]] & [[Chauncey Olcott]]
* "'Neath The Southern Moon" w. Rida Johnson Young m. [[Victor Herbert]].  From the operetta ''[[Naughty Marietta (operetta)|Naughty Marietta]]''.
* "Nora Malone" w. Junie McCree m. [[Albert Von Tilzer]]
* "Oh How That German Could Love" w.m. [[Irving Berlin]] & [[Ted Snyder]]
* "Oh That Beautiful Rag" w. [[Irving Berlin]] m. [[Ted Snyder]]
* "On Mobile Bay" w. Earl C. Jones m. [[Neil Moret]]
* "[[A Perfect Day (song)|A Perfect Day]]" w.m. [[Carrie Jacobs-Bond]]
* "Plant A Watermelon On My Grave And Let The Juice Soak Through" w.m. [[Frank Dumont]] & R. P. Lilly
* "Play That Barbershop Chord" w. Ballard MacDonald & William Tracey m. [[Lewis F. Muir]]
* "Put Your Arms Around Me Honey" w. Junie McCree m. [[Harry Von Tilzer]]
* "Silver Bell" w. [[Edward Madden (lyricist)|Edward Madden]]  m. [[Percy Wenrich]]
* "[[Silver Star (1910 song)|Silver Star]]" m. [[Charles L. Johnson]]
* "[[Some Of These Days]]" w.m. [[Shelton Brooks]]
[[File:Spaghetti Rag.jpg|thumb|Cover of sheet music "Spaghetti Rag" by [[Lyons and Yosco]]]]
* "Spaghetti Rag" m. [[Lyons and Yosco|George Lyons & Bob Yosco]]
* "Steamboat Bill" w. Ren Shields m. Bert Leighton & Frank Leighton
* "[[The Maine Stein Song|Stein Song (Maine)]]" w. Lincoln Colcord m. E. A. Fenstad<ref>{{cite book|last1=Fuld|first1=James J.|title=The Book of World-Famous Music|date=1966|publisher=General Publishing Company|location=Toronto|isbn=9780486414751|page=346|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EVninY59ul0C&pg=PA346|access-date=September 6, 2015}}</ref>
* "Stop, Stop, Stop (Come Over And Love Me Some More)" w.m. [[Irving Berlin]]
* "Sweet Italian Love" [[Irving Berlin]], [[Ted Snyder]]
* "Tambourin Chinois" m. [[Fritz Kreisler]]
* "Telling Lies" [[Irving Berlin]], [[Henriette Blanke-Belcher|Henrietta Blanke-Belcher]]
* "That Minor Strain" w. [[Cecil Mack]] m. [[Ford Dabney]]
* "That Opera Rag" [[Irving Berlin]], [[Ted Snyder]]
* "That's Why They Call Me "Shine"" w. [[Cecil Mack]] m. Ford Dabney
* "Tramp! Tramp! Tramp!" w. Rida Johnson Young m. [[Victor Herbert]]
* "Two Little Love Bees" w. Harry B. Smith & [[Robert Bache Smith|Robert B. Smith]] m. Heinrich Reinhardt
* "Under The Yum Yum Tree" w. [[Andrew B. Sterling]] m. [[Harry Von Tilzer]]
* "Vissi D'Arte" Giacossa, Illica, Puccini
* "What's The Matter With Father?" w. Harry H. Williams m. [[Egbert Van Alstyne]]
* "Who Are You With Tonight?" w. Harry Williams m. [[Egbert Van Alstyne]]


==Hit recordings==
* "[[Come Josephine In My Flying Machine]]" – [[Blanche Ring (singer)|Blanche Ring]]

==Classical music==
*[[Alban Berg]] - ''[[String Quartet (Berg)|String Quartet, Op. 3]]''
*[[Rutland Boughton]] – ''Five Celtic Songs''
*[[Claude Debussy]] - ''[[Préludes (Debussy)|Préludes]]'' (book 1 begun in 1910)
*[[Edward Elgar]] - 
**''[[Violin Concerto (Elgar)|Violin Concerto, Op. 61]]''
**''[[Romance for bassoon (Elgar)|Romance for bassoon, Op. 62]]''
*[[Victor Ewald]] – ''Symphony for Brass'' <!--identify this work please?-->
*[[Gabriel Fauré]] – {{ill|Préludes (Fauré)|fr|Préludes (Fauré)|lt=9 Préludes, Op. 103}} (completed in this year)
*[[Charles Ives]] - ''[[Symphony No. 3 (Ives)|Symphony No. 3]]'' (1908-1910)
*[[Gustav Mahler]] – [[Symphony No. 9 (Mahler)|Symphony No. 9]]
*[[Erkki Melartin]] – String Quartet No. 4
*[[Nikolai Myaskovsky]] – 
**Symphonic poem ''Silence''
**String Quartet No. 3 (original version)
*[[Carl Nielsen]] – 
**''[[At the Bier of a Young Artist]]'' (orchestral work for funeral)
**''Paaske-Liljen'' (choral work)
**''[[Symphony No. 3 (Nielsen)|Sinfonia espansiva]]'', Op. 27 / FS 60  (begun, concluded 1911)
*[[Sergei Rachmaninoff]]
**[[Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom (Rachmaninoff)|Liturgy of St John Chrysostom]], Op. 31
**[[Preludes, Op. 32 (Rachmaninoff)|13 Preludes, Op. 32]]
*[[Arnold Schoenberg]] – [[Five Pieces for Orchestra]]
*[[Alexander Scriabin]] – ''[[Prometheus: Poem of Fire|Prometheus, "The Poem of Fire"]]''
*[[Jean Sibelius]] - ''[[In Memoriam (Sibelius)|In Memoriam, Op. 59]]'' (completed)
*[[Igor Stravinsky]] – ''[[The Firebird]]''
*[[Ralph Vaughan Williams]]
**''[[Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis]]'' (first version)
**[[Symphony No. 1 (Vaughan Williams)|Symphony No. 1 ("A Sea Symphony")]]
*[[Anton Webern]] – {{ill|4 Pieces for Violin (Webern)|fr|Quatre pièces pour violon et piano (Webern)|lt=Four Pieces for violin and piano, Op. 7}}

===[[Incidental music]]===
*[[Carl Nielsen]] - ''Hagbarth og Signe''

===[[Opera]]===
*[[Gialdino Gialdini]] – ''La Bufera'' premiered November 26 at the Politeama Ciscutti, [[Pula|Pola]]
*[[Jules Massenet]] – ''[[Don Quichotte]]'' premiered February 19 in [[Monte Carlo]], starring [[Feodor Chaliapin]]
*[[Giacomo Puccini]] – ''[[La fanciulla del West]]'' (''The Girl of the West''), libretto by [[Guelfo Civinini]] and [[Carlo Zangarini]], first performed in at the [[Metropolitan Opera]], New York City
*[[Alexander Zemlinsky]] – ''[[Kleider machen Leute (opera)|Kleider machen Leute]]''

===[[Ballet]]===
*[[June 25]] – [[Igor Stravinsky]]'s ballet, ''[[The Firebird]]'', is premiered in [[Paris]]

==[[Musical theatre]]==
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* ''[[The Balkan Princess]]'' London production opened at the [[Prince of Wales Theatre]] on February 19 and ran for 176 performances
* ''[[The Chocolate Soldier]]'' ([[Rudolf Friml]]) – [[West End theatre|London]] production opened at the [[Lyric Theatre (London)|Lyric Theatre]] on September 10 and ran for 500 performances
* ''[[The Islander (musical)|The Islander]]'' London production opened at the [[Apollo Theatre]] on April 23 and ran for 114 performances
* ''[[The Jolly Bachelors]]'' Broadway production opened at the [[Broadway Theatre (41st Street)|Broadway Theatre]] on January 6 and ran for 165 performances
* ''[[Die keusche Susanne]]'' (m. [[Jean Gilbert]]) opened in [[Magdeburg]]
* ''[[Madame Sherry]]'' [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] production opened at the [[New Amsterdam Theatre]] on August 30 and ran for 231 performances
* ''[[Naughty Marietta (operetta)|Naughty Marietta]]'' ([[Rida Johnson Young]] and [[Victor Herbert]]) – Broadway production opened at the [[Olympia Theatre (New York)|New York Theatre]] on November 7 and ran for 136 performances
* ''[[Our Miss Gibbs]]'' Broadway production opened at the [[Knickerbocker Theatre (Broadway)|Knickerbocker Theatre]] on August 29 and ran for 64 performances
* ''[[The Quaker Girl]]'' (Music: [[Lionel Monckton]] Lyrics: [[Adrian Ross]] & [[Percy Greenbank]]  Book: [[James T. Tanner]]).  London production opened at the [[Adelphi Theatre]] on November 5 and ran for 536 performances.  Starring [[Gertie Millar]], [[Joseph Coyne]] and [[C. Hayden Coffin]].
* ''[[The Satyr]]'' London production
* ''[[Tillie's Nightmare]]'' Broadway production opened at the [[Herald Square Theatre]] on May 5 and was revived at the [[Manhattan Opera House]] on December 18, 1911, for a total run of 85 performances
* ''[[Up and Down Broadway]]'' Broadway [[revue]] opened at the [[Casino Theatre (New York, New York)|Casino Theatre]] on July 18 and ran for 72 performances
* ''[[The Yankee Girl]]'' Broadway production opened at the [[Herald Square Theatre]] on February 10 and ran for 92 performances
* ''[[Zigeunerliebe]]'' Vienna production opened at the [[Carltheater]] on January 8

==Births==
*[[January 1]] – [[Koesbini]], Indonesian composer (d. 1991)
*[[January 8]] – [[Fabian Andre]], composer (d. 1960)
*[[January 17]] – [[Sid Catlett]], American jazz drummer (d. 1951)
*[[January 23]] – [[Django Reinhardt]], Romani-French guitarist (d. 1953)
*[[February 3]] – [[Blas Galindo Dimas]], Mexican composer (d. 1993?)
*[[February 25]] – [[Wini Shaw|Winifred Shaw]], US actress, singer and dancer (d. 1982)
*[[March 9]] – [[Samuel Barber]], composer (d. 1981)
*[[March 11]] – [[Nicola Salerno]], Italian lyricist (d. 1969)
*[[March 15]] – [[Anna-Lisa Björling]], operatic soprano (d. 2006)
* [[March 25]] – [[Magda Olivero]], Italian soprano (d. 2014)<ref>{{cite web |title=Magda Olivero obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/sep/14/magda-olivero |website=The Guardian |access-date=20 March 2021 |language=en |date=14 September 2014}}</ref>
*[[March 27]] – [[Manfred Bukofzer]], German-American [[musicology|musicologist]] (d. 1955)
*[[April 14]] – [[Werner Wolf Glaser]], Swiss composer (d. 2006)
*[[April 26]] – [[Erland von Koch]], Swedish composer (d. 2009)
*[[April 30]] – [[Levi Celerio]], songwriter (d. 2002)
*[[May 8]] – [[Mary Lou Williams]], US jazz pianist and composer (d. 1981)
*[[May 12]]
**[[Gordon Jenkins]], US songwriter, conductor and pianist (d. 1984)
**[[Giulietta Simionato]], Italian mezzo-soprano (d. 2010)
*[[May 13]] – [[Cleavant Derricks (songwriter)|Cleavant Derricks]], gospel songwriter (d. 1977)
*[[May 23]]
**[[Artie Shaw]], US bandleader (d. 2004)
**[[Scatman Crothers]], American actor, singer, dancer and musician (d. 1986)
*[[May 26]] – [[Lola Gjoka]], Albanian pianist (d. 1985)
*[[May 28]] – [[T-Bone Walker]], blues musician (d. 1975)
*[[June 4]] – [[Anton Dermota]], operatic tenor (d. 1989)
*[[June 10]] – [[Howlin' Wolf]], blues singer and musician (d. 1976)
*[[June 15]] – [[Alf Pearson]], British singer, part of Bob and Alf Pearson (d. 2012)
*[[June 17]] – [[H. Owen Reed]], conductor and composer (d. 2014)
*[[June 18]]
**[[Ray McKinley]], US drummer, singer and bandleader (d. 1995)
**[[Takahashi Chikuzan]], Japanese musician and composer (d. 1998)
*[[June 22]] – [[Anne Ziegler]], English soprano (d. 2003)
*[[June 29]] – [[Frank Loesser]], US songwriter (d. 1969)
*[[July 10]] – [[Rafael Cepeda]], folk musician (d. 1996)
*[[July 15]] – [[Ronald Binge]], British composer (d.1973)
*[[July 18]] – [[Lou Busch]], US arranger and composer a.k.a. Joe "Fingers" Carr (died 1979)
*[[August 1]] – [[Walter Scharf]], film composer (died 2003)
*[[August 7]] – [[Freddie Slack]], US pianist, composer and bandleader (d. 1965)
*[[August 12]] – [[Heinrich Sutermeister]], Swiss composer (d. 1995)
*[[August 17]] – [[Erkki Aaltonen]], composer (d. 1990)
*[[August 24]] – [[Tunde King]], Nigerian singer and instrumentalist, originator of [[Jùjú music]] (d. c.1980)
*[[August 25]] – [[Ethel Stark]], violinist and composer (d. 2012)
*[[September 3]] – [[Kitty Carlisle]], US actress and singer (d. 2007)
*[[September 12]] – [[Shep Fields]], bandleader (d. 1981)
*[[September 29]] – [[Virginia Bruce]], actress and singer (d. 1982)
*[[October 1]] – [[André Dumortier]], pianist (d. 2004)
*[[October 13]] – [[Otto Joachim (composer)|Otto Joachim]], composer (d. 2010)
*[[December 4]] – [[Alex North]], film composer (d. 1991)
*[[December 7]] – [[Louis Prima]], musician, singer (d. 1978)
*[[December 10]] – [[John H. Hammond]], record producer (d. 1987)

==Deaths==
*[[January 19]] – [[Otakar Hostinský]], musicologist (b. 1847)
*[[March 10]] – [[Carl Reinecke]], composer, pianist and teacher (b. 1824)
*[[March 17]] – [[Joaquín Valverde Durán]], flautist, conductor and composer (b. 1846)
*[[March 28]] – [[Édouard Colonne]], violinist and conductor (b. 1838)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Tolansky |first1=Jon|title=Colonne, Édouard (Judas) |url=https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780199579037.001.0001/acref-9780199579037-e-1499 |website=The Oxford Companion to Music |publisher=Oxford University Press |access-date=25 February 2022 |language=en |doi=10.1093/acref/9780199579037.001.0001 |date=1 January 2011|isbn=978-0-19-957903-7 }}</ref>
*[[May 3]] – [[Lottie Collins]], singer and dancer (b. 1865)
*[[May 7]] – [[Bernhard Cossmann]], cellist (b. 1822)
*[[May 18]]
**[[Pauline Viardot]], mezzo-soprano and composer (b. 1821)
**[[Flor van Duyse]], Belgian composer and musicologist (b. 1843)
*[[May 29]] – [[Mily Balakirev]], composer (b. 1837)
*[[June 6]] – [[Concepció Bordalba]], opera singer (b. 1866)
*[[July 4]] – [[Louis-Albert Bourgault-Ducoudray]], pianist and composer (b. 1840)
*[[July 7]] – [[Emilio Usiglio]], conductor and composer (b. 1841)
*[[July 14]] – [[Marius Petipa]], ballet dancer and choreographer (b. 1818)
*[[August 31]] – [[Emīls Dārziņš]], composer, conductor and music critic (b. 1875) (probable suicide)
*[[September 5]]
**<!--September 5-->[[Julian Edwards]], composer (b. 1855)
**<!--September 5-->[[Franz Xaver Haberl]], musicologist (b. 1840)
*[[September 24]] – [[Rudolf Dellinger]], composer (b. 1857)
*[[October 14]] – [[Georges Mathias]], composer and pianist (b. 1826)
*[[October 17]] – [[Julia Ward Howe]], lyricist of "[[The Battle Hymn of the Republic]]" (b. 1819)
*[[November 25]] – [[Martin Band Instrument Company|John Henry Martin]], Band instrument manufacturer (b. 1835)
*''date unknown'' – [[Albert Schatz (musician)|Albert Schatz]], composer and librettist (b. 1839)

==References==
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