Title: 1910 in music Content: This list is about 1910 in music. ==Events== *March 19 - Béla Bartók's 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, the Symphony of a Thousand, is premiered in Munich. *October - Pietro Mascagni and Giacomo Puccini make up after their 1905 quarrel. *November 7 - the musical comedy, Naughty Marietta, with music by Victor Herbert, is first performed on Broadway *November 10 - Edward Elgar conducts the premiere of his Violin Concerto, with Fritz Kreisler playing the solo part *Mary Garden begins her 20-year reign as soprano of the Chicago Civic Opera ==Published popular music== * "Ah! Sweet Mystery Of Life" w. Rida Johnson Young m. Victor Herbert. From the 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 * "All That I Ask Of You Is Love" w. Edgar Selden m. Herbert Ingraham * "Alma, Where Do You Live?" w. George V. Hobart m. Adolph Philipp * "Angel Eyes" w. Alfred Bryan m. James Kendis & Herman Paley * "Angels" w.m. Irving Berlin * "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 m. Albert Gumble * "The Chicken Reel" m. Joseph M. Daly * "Cloud-Chief" m. J. Ernest Philie. * "Come Josephine In My Flying Machine" w. Alfred Bryan m. Fred Fisher * "Come To The Ball" w. Adrian Ross m. Lionel Monckton * "Constantly" w. Chris Smith m. James Henry Burris * "Day Dreams, Visions Of Bliss" w. Harry B. Smith & Robert B. Smith m. Heinrich Reinhardt * "Dear Mayme, I Love You!" Irving Berlin & Ted Snyder * "Doctor Tinkle Tinker" by Otto Harbach * "Don't Wake Me Up, I'm Dreaming" w. Beth Slater Whitson m. Herbert Ingraham * "Down By The Old Mill Stream" w.m. Tell Taylor * "Dreams, Just Dreams" Irving Berlin & Ted Snyder * "Every Little Movement" w. Otto Harbach m. Karl Hoschna * "Gee But It's Great To Meet A Friend From Your Old Home Town" w. William Tracey m. James Mc Gavisk * "Goodbye Rose" w. Addison Burkhart m. Herbert Ingraham * "Grizzly Bear" w.m. George Botsford & Irving Berlin * "Herman Let's Dance That Beautiful Waltz" Irving Berlin & Ted Snyder * "How Can You Love Such A Man?" Berlin * " I Feel So Lonely" w.m. Bert Lee. Introduced by Fred Allandale in the musical The Islander * "I'd Love To Live In Loveland" w.m. W. R. Williams (Rossiter) * "If He Comes In I'm Going Out" w. Cecil Mack m. Chris Smith * "If I Was A Millionaire" w. Will D. Cobb m. Gus Edwards * "I'm Falling In Love With Someone" w. Rida Johnson Young m. Victor Herbert * "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 & Charles King * "Liebesfreud" m. Fritz Kreisler * "Liebeslied" m. Fritz Kreisler * "Life Is Only What You Make It After All" w. Edgar Smith m. A. Baldwin Sloane * "Macushla" w. Josephine V. Rowe m. Dermot MacMurrough * "Maiden with the Dreamy Eyes" w. J. W. Johnson m. Bob Cole * "Morning" w. Frank Lebby Stanton m. Oley Speaks * "Mother Machree" w. Rida Johnson Young m. Ernest R. Ball & Chauncey Olcott * " 'Neath The Southern Moon" w. Rida Johnson Young m. Victor Herbert. From the 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" 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 On Your Ta-Ta Little Girlie" w.m. Fred Leigh * "Put Your Arms Around Me Honey" w. Junie McCree m. Harry Von Tilzer * "Red Pepper: A Spicy Rag" m. Henry Lodge * "Silver Bell" w. Edward Madden m. Percy Wenrich * "Silver Star" m. Charles L. Johnson * "Some Of These Days" w.m. Shelton Brooks * "Spaghetti Rag" m. George Lyons & Bob Yosco * "Steamboat Bill" w. Ren Shields m. Bert Leighton & Frank Leighton * "Stein Song (Maine)" w. Lincoln Colcord m. E. A. Fenstad * "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, 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 B. Smith m. Heinrich Reinhardt * "Under The Yum Yum Tree" w. Andrew B. Sterling m. Harry Von Tilzer * "Vissi D'Arte" Giacossa, Illica, Puccini * "Washington And Lee Swing" w. Thornton W. Allen & C. A. Robbins m. Thornton W. Allen & M. W. Sheafe * "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 * "You Are The Ideal Of My Dreams" w.m. Herbert Ingraham ==Classical music== *Victor Ewald - Symphony for Brass *Gustav Mahler - Symphony No. 9 finished *Erkki Melartin - String Quartet No. 4 *Nikolai Myaskovsky - Symphonic poem Silence; original versions of String Quartet No. 3, String Quartet No. 4 *Carl Nielsen - At the Bier of a Young Artist (orchestral for funeral) *Arnold Schoenberg - Five Pieces for Orchestra *Alexander Scriabin - Prometheus, "The Poem of Fire" *Igor Stravinsky - The Firebird *Ralph Vaughan Williams - Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis, Symphony No. 1 ('A Sea Symphony') ==Opera== *Giacomo Puccini - La fanciulla del West (The Girl of the Golden West), libretto by Guelfo Civinini and Carlo Zangarini, first performed in New York City *Jules Massenet - Don Quichotte premiered in Monte Carlo, starring Feodor Chaliapin *Gialdino Gialdini - La Bufera premiered November 26 at the Politeama Ciscutti, Pola *Scott Joplin - Treemonisha completed but not staged ==Musical theater==  * 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) - London production opened at the Lyric Theatre on September 10 and ran for 500 performances * 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 on January 6 and ran for 165 performances * Die keusche Susanne (m. Jean Gilbert) opened in Magdeburg * Madame Sherry Broadway production opened at the New Amsterdam Theatre on August 30 and ran for 231 performances * Naughty Marietta (Rida Johnson Young and Victor Herbert) - Broadway production opened at the New York Theatre on November 7 and ran for 136 performances * Our Miss Gibbs Broadway production opened at the 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 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 8 - Fabian Andre, composer (d. 1960) *January 23 - Django Reinhardt, guitarist (d. 1953) *February 3 - Blas Galindo Dimas, Mexican composer (d. 1993?) *February 25 - 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 27 - Manfred Bukofzer, German-American 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) *May 12 - Giulietta Simionato, Italian mezzo-soprano (d. 2010) *May 13 - Cleavant Derricks, gospel songwriter (d. 1977) *May 23 - Artie Shaw, US bandleader (d. 2004) *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 17 - H. Owen Reed, conductor and composer *June 18 - Ray McKinley, US drummer, singer and bandleader (d. 1995) *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 aka 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) *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 (d. 2010) *November 22 - Ethel Smith, organist (d. 1996) *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) *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) *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 - 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 - John Henry Martin, Band instrument manufacturer (B. 1835) *date unknown - Albert Schatz, composer and librettist (b. 1839)