This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1901.
– George P. Watson on Edison Records
"Good Evening Carrie"
– Dan W. Quinn
"In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree"
– William Baird
"Just As the Sun Went Down"
– J.J. Fisher on Consolidated Phonograph
Hakon Børresen – String Sextet opus 5 in G major
Frank Bridge – Scherzo Phantastick, String Quintet in E minor (probably), Berceuse for viola or cello and piano ([1])
André Caplet – Myrrha (cantata)
Ernő Dohnányi - Symphony No. 1 in D minor, Op. 9
Felix Draeseke – String Quintet opus 77 in F major for two violins, viola and two cellos
George Enescu –
Romanian Rhapsody No. 1 in A major, op. 11, no. 1
Romanian Rhapsody No. 2 in D major, op. 11, no. 2
Symphonie concertante for cello and orchestra in B minor, op. 8
Alexander Glazunov – Piano Sonatas 1 and 2 opus 74 and 75 in B-flat minor and E minor
Gustav Mahler – Symphony No. 4 in G
Sergei Rachmaninoff - Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18
Ottorino Respighi – String Quintet for two violins, two violas and cello
Sergei Taneyev – String Quintet opus 14 in G major for two violins, viola and two cellos
Ludwig Thuille – Piano Quintet opus 20 in E-flat major
Frederick Delius – A Village Romeo and Juliet
Antonín Dvořák – Rusalka
Enrique Granados – Picarol
Jules Massenet – Grisélidis
Giacomo Orefice - Chopin
Charles Villiers Stanford – Much Ado About Nothing
Richard Strauss – Feuersnot
Blue Bell In Fairyland London production
A Chinese Honeymoon London production opened at the Strand Theatre on October 5 and ran for 1075 performances.
The Emerald Isle London production opened at the Savoy Theatre on April 27 and ran for 205 performances.
The Fortune Teller London production opened at the Shaftesbury Theatre on April 7.
Hoity-Toity Broadway revue opened at the Weber and Fields' Music Hall on September 5 and ran for 225 performances.
Kitty Grey London production opened at the Apollo Theatre on September 7 and ran for 220 performances.
The Little Duchess Broadway production opened at the Casino Theatre on October 14 and ran for 136 performances.
The Rogers Brothers In Washington Broadway production opened at the Knickerbocker Theatre on September 2 and ran for 49 performances
The Silver Slipper London production opened at the Lyric Theatre on June 1 and ran for 197 performances
The Supper Club Broadway production opened on December 23 at the Winter Garden Theatre and ran for 40 performances.
The Toreador London production opened at the Gaiety Theatre on June 17
January 22 – Hans Erich Apostel, composer (d. 1972)
February 2 – Jascha Heifetz, violinist (d. 1987)
February 9 - Sebastian Kunjukunju Bhagavathar, Malayalam actor, singer, and author (d. 1985)
February 15 – Kokomo Arnold, blues musician (d. 1968)
March 21 – Nikos Skalkottas, Greek composer (d. 1949)
March 27 - Enrique Santos Discépolo, Argentinian tango musician, composer and writer (d. 1951)
May 12 – Scrappy Lambert, US singer (d. 1987)
May 17 – Werner Egk, composer (d. 1983)
May 21 – Horace Heidt, US bandleader (d. 1986)
May 23 – Edmund Rubbra, composer (d. 1986)
May 30 – Frankie Trumbauer, US saxophonist, bandleader and singer (d. 1956)
June 6 – Véra Korène, actress and singer (d. 1996)
June 10 – Frederick Loewe, composer of musicals (d. 1988)
June 24 – Harry Partch, composer (d. 1974)
June 29 – Nelson Eddy, US singer and actor (d. 1967)
July 3 – Ruth Crawford-Seeger, composer (d. 1953)
July 28 – Rudy Vallée, singer & bandleader (d. 1986)
August 4 – Louis Armstrong, jazz trumpeter, composer, bandleader, singer (d. 1971)
September 2 – Phil Napoleon, jazz trumpeter (d. 1990)
September 9 – James Blades, percussionist (d. 1999)
September 12 – Ernst Pepping, composer (d. 1981)
September 26 – Ted Weems, US bandleader (d. 1963)
October 2
Walther Aeschbacher, Swiss conductor and composer (d. 1969)
Kiki, entertainer (d. 1953)
October 7 – Ralph Rainger, US composer and pianist (d. 1942)
October 8 – Eivind Groven, composer (d. 1977)
October 18 – Annette Hanshaw, US singer (d. 1985)
October 20
Frank Churchill, US composer (d. 1942)
Adelaide Hall, US singer, actress, entertainer (d.1993)
November 21 - Giacomo Vaghi, Italian opera singer (d. 1978)
November 22 – Joaquin Rodrigo, Spanish composer (d. 1999)
December 22 – André Kostelanetz, conductor and arranger (d. 1980)
December 26 - Victor Hely-Hutchinson, composer (d. 1947)
January 11 – Vasily Kalinnikov, composer (b. 1866)
January 27 – Giuseppe Verdi, composer (b. 1813)
February 11 – Henry Willis, organ builder (b. 1821)
February 17 – Ethelbert Woodbridge Nevin, pianist and composer (b. 1862)
March 19 – Philippe Gille, librettist (b. 1831)
April 3 – Richard D'Oyly Carte, producer of Gilbert & Sullivan (b. 1844)
April 14 – Alice Barnett, singer and actress (b. 1846)
May 2 – Franz Rummel, pianist (b. 1853)
May 9 – Gottfried von Preyer, conductor, composer and music teacher (b. 1807)
May 20 - Betty Fibichová operatic contralto (b. 1846)
June 17 – Cornelius Gurlitt, composer (b. 1820)
June 23 – Charles Kensington Salaman, composer (b. 1814)
July 18 – Carlo Alfredo Piatti, cellist (b. 1822)
August 17 – Edmond Audran, composer (b. 1842)
August 24 – Gunnar Wennerberg, poet, politician and composer (b. 1817)
September 3 – Friedrich Chrysander, music historian and critic (b. 1826)
September 29 - Adelaide Borghi-Mamo, mezzo-soprano (b. 1826)
October 22 – Frederic Archer, organist, conductor and composer (b. 1838)
November 25 – Josef Rheinberger, Liechtensteinian organist and composer (b. 1839)
December 15 – Elias Álvares Lobo, composer (b. 1834)
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