- 1907 in music
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February 21 -Frederick Delius 'sopera "A Village Romeo and Juliet " is premiered inBerlin
* GeneralPorfirio Díaz legendarily orders amariachi band to wear upper-class clothing (a charro suit) when they played for the visitingUnited States Secretary of State Elihu Root ; this is the beginning of modern mariachi, as well as the traditional dress of future mariachi stars.
* Publication of "Sketch of a New Aesthetic of Music" byFerruccio Busoni Published popular music
* "All She Gets from the Iceman is Ice " w. Arthur J. Lamb m. Alfred Solman
* "And A Little Bit More" w. Alfred Bryan m.Fred Fisher
* "Ballooning" w. Paul West m.Jerome Kern
* "The Bandolero" w. m.Leslie Stuart
* "Be My Little Teddy Bear" w. Vincent Bryan m. Max Hoffman
* "Because I'm Married Now " w.m. Herbert Ingraham
* "Bon Bon Buddy " byAlex Rogers
* "Brother Noah Gave Out Checks For Rain" w.m. Arthur Longbrake
* "Budweiser's A Friend Of Mine" w. Vincent P. Bryan m. Seymour Furth
* "Bye Bye Dearie" w.Andrew B. Sterling m.Harry Von Tilzer
* "The Caissons Go Rolling Along" m. Edmund L. Gruber
* "Come Along, My Mandy" w.m. Tom Mellor, Alfred J. Lawrence & Harry Gifford New wordsNora Bayes &Jack Norworth 1910
* "Common Sense" w.m. Chris Smith & John Larkins
* "Don't Worry" w.m. Ed Rose &Ted Snyder
* "Down Home Shout" Herman Carle
* "Fairy Queen" m.Percy Wenrich
* "Fishing For the Moon" David Kilburn Stevens
* "Gladiolus Rag" byScott Joplin
* "Golden Rod" McKinley
* "The Handsome, Brave Life Saver" Gumble
* "Harrigan" w.m.George M. Cohan . Introduced by George M. Cohan in the musical "Fifty Miles from Boston "
* "He Goes to Church on Sunday " w. Vincent Bryan m. E. Ray Goetz
* "The Homesick Yankee" Clark
* "Honey Boy" w.Jack Norworth m.Albert Von Tilzer
* "The Honeybee's Honeymoon" Reed
* "I Love You So" w. Adrian Ross m.Franz Lehár
* "I Wish I Had A Girl" w.Gus Kahn m.Grace Leboy Kahn
* "I'd Rather Be A Lobster Than A Wise Guy" Morse
* "I'd Rather Two-Step Than Waltz, Bill" w.m. Benjamin Hapgood Burt
* "I'm Afraid to Come Home in the Dark " w. Harry H. Williams m. Egbert Van Alstyne
* "I'm Happy When The Band Plays Dixie" Vandeveer
* "I'm Tying The Leaves So They Won't Come Down" w. E. S. S. Huntingdon m.J. Fred Helf
* "In A Hammock Built For Two" w.Andrew B. Sterling m.Harry von Tilzer
* "In the Land of the Buffalo " Williams, Van Alstyne
* "In The Wildwood Where The Bluebells Grow" w.m. Herbert H. Taylor
* "In Washington" w. Vincent Bryan m. Gertrude Hoffmann
* "It's Delightful To Be Married" w.Anna Held m. Vincent Scotto
* "It's Great To Be A Soldier Man" Morse
* "It's Nice To Have A Sweetheart" Kerker
* "I've Told His Missus All About Him" Tate
* "Just Because He Couldn't Sing "Love Me And The World Is Mine"" w.m. Bert Fitzgibbon
* "Kansas City Rag" by James Scott
* "Keep On Smiling" Paley
* "The Last Rose Of Summer Is The Sweetest Rose Of All" w. Arthur Gillespie m. Harry Sidney
* "Lucia" Klein
* "A Man Without A Woman" Rogers
* "Marie From Sunny Italy" w.Irving Berlin m. M. Nicholson
* "Mariutch Down At Coney Island" (aka "Mariutch Dance Da Hootch-A-Ma-Kootch") w.Andrew B. Sterling m.Harry von Tilzer
* "(You'll Find Me At) Maxim's" w.Adrian Ross m.Franz Lehár
* "Meet Me Down At The Corner" w.Will D. Cobb m. Harry Hoyt
* "(The Best I Get Is) Much Obliged To You" w.m. Benjamin Hapgood Burt
* "'Neath The Old Acorn Tree, Sweet Estelle" w. C. M. Denison m.J. Fred Helf
* "'Neath The Old Cherry Tree, Sweet Marie" w.m. Harry Williams & Egbert van Alstyne
* "Nestle By My Side" Luders
* "No Wedding Bells For Me" w. E. P. Moran & Will A. Heelan m. Seymour Furth
* "No, No, Positively No" w.m. Chris Smith & Harry Brown
* "No-One Knows" w.m. Francis Mack
* "Not For Me" w.m.Bessie Wynn
* "On The Road To Mandalay " w.Rudyard Kipling m. Oley Speaks
* "The Peach That Tastes The Sweetest Hangs The Highest On The Tree" w.Will D. Cobb m. Gus Edwards
* "Pride Of The Prairie " w. Harry Breen m. George Botsford
* "Put Me Among The Girls" w.C. W. Murphy m. Dan Lipton
* "Rain-in-the-Face" Burt
* "Red Wing" w. Thurland Chattaway m.Kerry Mills
* "Rum-Tiddley-Um-Tum-Tay Out For The Day Today" w. Fred Leigh m. Orlando Powell
* "San Antonio" w.m.Harry Williams &Egbert van Alstyne
* "Sandy, You're A Dandy" w.m. Hector Grant
* "Search Light Rag" byScott Joplin
* "She's A Lassie From Lancashire" Murphy, Lipton, Neat
* "Sleepy Sidney" by Archie W Scheu
* "Smile, Smile, Smile" Hoffman
* "Somebody's Been Around Here Since I've Been Gone" m.John Walter Bratton
* "Somebody's Waiting For You" w.Vincent Bryan m.Albert Gumble
* "Take Me Back To New York Town" w.Andrew B. Sterling m.Harry Von Tilzer
* "Take Me Where There's A Big Brass Band" Morse
* "The Teddy Bears' Picnic" w. James B. Kennedy m.John Walter Bratton (Words 1932}
* "That Lovin' Rag" w. Victor H. Smalley m. Bernie Adler
* "Theodore" w.m. Vincent Bryan
* "There Never Was A Girl Like You" w. Harry H. Williams m. Egbert Van Alstyne
* "Tipperary" w. Leo Curley m. James M. Fulton &J. Fred Helf
* "Tommy, Lad!" w. Edward Teschemacher m. E. J. Margetson
* "Two Blue Eyes" byEdward Madden
* "Two Little Baby Shoes" w. Edward Madden m. Theodore F. Morse
* "Under Any Old Flag At All" Cohan
* "Vilia" w. Adrian Ross m.Franz Lehár
* "Wal, I Swan!" (aka "Ebeneezer Frye") w.m.Benjamin Hapgood Burt
* "'Way Down In Colon Town" Hoffman
* "When A Fellow's On The Level With A Girl That's On The Square" w.m.George M. Cohan from the musical "The Talk Of New York"
* "Who? Me?" Snyder
* "Won't You Be My Honey?" Morse
* "Won't You Waltz Home Sweet Home With Me" w.m. Herbert Ingraham
* "Wouldn't You Like To Have Me For A Sweetheart?" Robyn
* "You Splash Me And I'll Splash You" w. Arthur J. Lamb m. Alfred SolmanClassical music
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York Bowen - "Piano Concerto No. 3 'Fantasia"' Op. 23, "Viola Concerto in C minor" Op. 25 ( [http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2001/july01/yorkbowen.htm] )
*Frederick Delius - "Songs of Sunset"; "Brigg Fair"
*Ernő Dohnányi - String Quartet no. 2 in D-flat, Op. 15
*Edward Elgar - "The Wand of Youth"
*Reinhold Glière - "Symphony No. 2 in C minor"
*Gustav Holst - "A Somerset Rhapsody"
*Henryk Melcer-Szczawiński - Violin Sonata in G ( [http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2006/Apr06/Melcer_AP0111.htm] )
*Sergei Rachmaninoff - "Symphony No. 2 in E minor", Piano Sonata No. 1 in D minor
*Max Reger - Piano Trio in E minor, Op. 102
*Ottorino Respighi - Quartet for Strings in D major
*Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov - "Le Coq d'Or"
*Charles Villiers Stanford - "Stabat Mater"
*Josef Suk - "Symphony No. 2 in C minor", op. 27 (Asrael)Opera *
Francesco Cilea - "Gloria"
*Luigi Mancinelli - "Paolo e Francesca"
*Jules Massenet - "Thérèse"Musical theater * "
Die Dollarprinzessin " Vienna production
* "Follies of 1907 " Broadway production
* "The Gay White Way " Broadwayrevue opened at theCasino Theatre onOctober 7 and ran for 105 performances
* "The Girls of Gottenberg " London production opened at theGaiety Theatre onMay 15 and ran for 303 performances. StarringMay de Sousa ,George Grossmith Jr. ,Gertie Millar ,Robert Nainby andEdmund Payne .
*Franz Lehár - "The Merry Widow " London and Broadway productions
* "Miss Hook of Holland " London and Broadway productions
* "Nelly Neil " London production
* "The Orchid " Broadway production
* "The Rogers Brothers in Panama " Broadway production
* "The Talk of New York " Broadway production opened at theKnickerbocker Theatre onDecember 3 and ran for 157 performances.
* "Ein Walzertraum " ("A Waltz Dream ") Vienna production
* "Ein Walzertraum " Berlin productionBirths
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February 1 -Günter Eich , German lyricist (d.1972 )
*February 15 -Jean Langlais , French organist and composer (d.1991 )
*February 27 -Mildred Bailey , US singer (d.1951 )
*March 3 -Joy Finzi , widow ofGerald Finzi and founder of the Finzi Trust (d. 1991)
*March 11 -Jessie Matthews , British actress and singer (d.1981 )
*March 14 -Tolibjon Sadikov , Uzbek composer (d.1957 )
*March 15 -Zarah Leander , Swedish singer and actress (d. 1981)
*March 19 -Elizabeth Maconchy , English composer (d.1994 )
*April 12 -Imogen Holst , British conductor and composer (d.1984 )
*April 18 -Miklós Rózsa , Hungarian-American film composer (d.1995 )
*April 21 -Beatrice Kay US singer and actress (d.1986 )
*April 29 -Tino Rossi , French singer and actor (d.1983 )
*May 1 -Kate Smith , US singer (d.1986 )
*May 14 -Edythe Wright , US singer (d. 1965)
*May 18 -Clifford Curzon , English pianist (d.1982 )
*July 19 -Günter Bialas , German composer (d. 1995)
*July 26 -André Gertler , Hungarian violinist (d.1998 )
*August 8 -Benny Carter , US jazz saxophonist, composer, arranger and bandleader (d.2003 )
*September 29 -Gene Autry , US singer and performer (d. 1998)
*October 5 -Mrs. Miller , US singer (d.1997 )
*October 12 -Wolfgang Fortner , composer (d.1987 )
*October 27 -Helmut Walcha , organist (d.1991 )
*November 18 -Compay Segundo , Cuban singer and songwriter, inventor of thearmónico (d.2003 )
*November 30 -György Ránki , Hungarian composer (d.1992 )
*December 7 -Wanda Toscanini (d.1998 )
*December 25 -Cab Calloway , US jazz singer and band leader (d.1994 )
*December 27 -Willem van Otterloo , Dutch composer and conductor (d.1978 )
*"date unknown"
**James Moody,composer for harmonica (d. 1995)
**N. Senada , German composer and music theorist (d.1993 )Deaths
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January 19 -Beniamino Cesi , pianist (b.1845 )
*February 5 -Ludwig Thuille , composer (b.1861 )
*February 28 -Rosina Brandram , D'Oyly Carte singer and actress (b.1846 )
*March 1 -August Manns , conductor (b.1825 )
*March 17 -Ernesto Köhler , flautist and composer (b.1849 )
*April 4 -Lucile Grahn , ballerina (b.1819 )
*June 1 -Richard Mühlfeld , clarinettist (b.1856 )
*June 2 -Anastazy Wilhelm Dreszer , pianist and composer (b.1845 )
*June 4 -Agathe Backer Grøndahl , Norwegian pianist and composer (b.1847 )
*July 23 -William Shakespeare Hays , songwriter (b. 1837)
*August 15 -Joseph Joachim , violinist, composer, and conductor (b.1831 )
*September 4 -Edvard Grieg , Norwegian composer (b.1843 )
*September 5 -Adolf Østbye , first Norwegian recording artist (b.1868 )
*September 17 -Ignaz Brüll , Austrian pianist and composer (b.1846 )
*October 9 -Romualdo Marenco , composer (b.1841 )
*October 10 -Charles Dancla , violinist and composer (b.1817 )
*November 21 -Gaetano Braga , cellist and composer (b.1829 )
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