1910 in music

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)