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1902 in music

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1902.

Contents

Events

  • April 30 – Claude Debussy's opera Pelléas et Mélisande is premiered at the Opéra-Comique in Paris, with André Messager conducting.
  • June 9 – the first complete performance of Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 3 is given in Krefeld.
  • June 26 - Composer Hubert Parry receives a baronetcy in the 1902 Coronation Honours. Another composer, Charles Villiers Stanford, is knighted.
  • December 1 – Carl Nielsen conducts the premiėre of his Symphony No. 2, The Four Temperaments, in Copenhagen
  • Lead Belly begins performing.
  • "Any Rags?" w.m. Thomas S. Allen
  • "Because" w. Edward Teschemacher m. Guy d'Hardelot
  • "Bill Bailey Won't You Please Come Home" w.m. Hughie Cannon
  • "Come Down Ma' Evenin' Star" w. 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
  • "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" m. Scott Joplin
  • "The Face In The Firelight" w.m. Charles Shackford
  • "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
  • "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 m. Stanley Crawford
  • "I'm The Man Who Makes The Money In The Mint" w.m. Will D. Cobb & 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 Evans. Introduced by Blanche Ring in the 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" 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
  • "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 & James Weldon Johnson m. J. Rosamond Johnson
  • "Nursery Rhymes" w. William Jerome m. Jean Schwartz
  • "Oh! Didn't He Ramble" w.m. 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
  • "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
  • "Sal" w.m. 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 & 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
  • "Arkansaw Traveler" – Len Spencer
  • "In the Good Old Summer Time" - William Redmond

    • Classical music

  • Alexander Glazunov – From the Middle Ages; Symphony No. 7, op. 77 (Pastoral)
  • Johannes Hanssen – Valdres March
  • Alfred Hill – Hinemoa
  • Vítězslav Novák – In the Tatra Mountains

    • Opera

  • Francesco Cilea – Adriana Lecouvreur
  • Claude Debussy – Pelléas et Mélisande
  • Manuel de Falla – Los amores de la Inés
  • Alberto Franchetti – Germania
  • Edward German – Merrie England
  • Reynaldo Hahn - La Carmélite
  • Jules Massenet – Le Jongleur de Notre Dame
  • Carl Nielsen – Saul og David
  • Emile Pessard – L'armée des vierges premiered on October 15 at the Bouffes-Parisiens, Salle Choiseul, Paris
  • George Stephanescu – Petra

    • Musical theater

  • 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 (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 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 Broadway production opened at the Knickerbocker Theatre on May 5 and ran for 136 performances. Starring Eddie Foy, Albert Hart, Junie McCree, Irene Bentley, Marguerite Clark and Marie Cahill.

    • Births

  • January 11 – Maurice Duruflé, composer
  • January 21 - Webster Booth, English tenor (d. 1984)
  • February 26 – Rudolf Moralt, German conductor
  • March 16 – Leon Roppolo
  • March 21 – Son House, blues musician
  • March 29 – William Walton, British composer
  • April 8 – Maria Maksakova, Sr., Soviet opera singer
  • April 24 – Rube Bloom, US pianist and composer
  • April 26 – Walter Dana, polka-music promoter (d. 2000)
  • May 1 – Sonnie Hale – English actor and singer
  • May 11 – Bidu Sayão, Brazilian opera singer
  • May 18 – Meredith Willson, US composer (d. 1984)
  • 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
  • June 17
  • Sammy Fain, US composer
  • Vivian Duncan, singer, songwriter and actress, member of the Duncan Sisters
  • June 19 – Guy Lombardo
  • June 21 – Skip James, blues musician
  • July 19 – Buster Bailey, jazz clarinetist
  • July 20 – Jimmy Kennedy, Irish-born British songwriter
  • July 21 – Omer Simeon, jazz musician (d. 1959)
  • August 6 – Jim Davidson, Australian bandleader
  • August 9 – Zino Francescatti, violinist
  • October 25 – Eddie Lang, US jazz guitarist (d. 1933)
  • November 22 – Ethel Smith, organist (d. 1996)
  • December 15 – Mary Skeaping, British choreographer
  • December 27 – Sam Coslow, US songwriter and singer
  • date unknown – Billy Pigg, Northumbrian piper

    • Deaths

  • 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
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • September 7
  • Enrique Gaspar y Rimbau, zarzuela writer (b. 1842)
  • Franz Wüllner, conductor and composer (b. 1832)
  • September 11 – 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)
  • 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

    • References

    1902 in music Wikipedia
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