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1899 in music

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1899 in music

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Events in the year 1899 in music.

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Events

  • January 25 – Adelina Patti marries her third husband, Baron Rolf Cederström.
  • March 3 – Richard Strauss conducts the premiere of Ein Heldenleben with the Frankfurter Opern- und Museumsorchester.
  • April 26
    • Jean Sibelius conducts the world première of his Symphony No. 1 in Helsinki.
    • Tenor Antonio Paoli makes his début in Rossini's William Tell in Paris.
  • May 27 – Maurice Ravel conducts the first public performance of his 1898 Shéhérazade, ouverture de féerie at a concert of the Société Nationale de Musique in Paris; it receives a critical reception and is not published in his lifetime.
  • June 19 – Edward Elgar's Enigma Variations (Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36) are premiered at St James's Hall in London conducted by Hans Richter. A revised version is first heard on September 13 at the Three Choirs Festival in Worcester Cathedral with Elgar conducting.
  • September 18 – Scott Joplin's Maple Leaf Rag is registered for copyright as ragtime music enjoys mainstream popularity in the United States.
  • October 19 – Claude Debussy marries Rosalie Texier, having lived for nine years with her best friend; the marriage lasts only five years.
  • December 30 – Samuel Coleridge-Taylor marries Jessie Walmisley.
  • date unknown
    • Charles Hale's song "At a Darktown Cakewalk" includes an early appearance of the riff "Shave and a Haircut".
    • Billy Murray makes his singing debut.

Classical music

  • Hugo Alfvén – Symphony No. 2 in D
  • Tor Aulin – 4 Aquarellen for Violin and Piano, Op. 12 or 15
  • Amy Beach – Piano Concerto in C minor, Op. 45 (198/9)
  • Joseph Callaerts – Toccata, Op.29
  • Frederick Delius – Paris, Nocturne
  • Friedrich Diethe – Romanze for Bass Clarinet
  • Ernő von Dohnányi – Sonata for Cello and Piano in B minor
  • Edward Elgar
    • Variations on an Original Theme (Enigma), Op. 36
    • Dry Those Fair, Those Crystal Eyes
    • Sérénade lyrique, for orchestra
  • George Enescu – Violin Sonata No. 2 in F minor, Op. 6
  • Axel Gade – Concerto No. 2 for violin and orchestra in F major
  • Louis Glass – Symphony No. 2 in C minor
  • Reinhold Glière – Symphony No. 1
  • Leopold Godowsky – 3 Concert Studies, Op.11
  • Theodore Gouvy – Paraphrases symphoniques, Op.89
  • Edvard Grieg – Ave maris stella, EG 150
  • Johan Halvorsen – Norwegian Festival Overture
  • Siegmund von Hausegger – Barbarossa
  • Hans Huber – Concerto No. 3 for piano and orchestra
  • Scott Joplin – Maple Leaf Rag
  • Ferdinand Kühne – Geburstags-Marsch, Op.41
  • Max Laurischkus
    • Elegie, Op.2
    • Duos, Op.3
  • Luise Adolpha Le Beau – Elegy, Op.44
  • Ernst Mielck – Finnish Suite, Op. 10
  • Ethelbert Nevin – En Passant, Op.30
  • Maurice Ravel – Pavane pour une Infante défunte, for piano
  • Vladimir Rebikov
    • 3 Morceaux, Op.7
    • Suite de ballet, Op.14
  • Jean Sibelius – Symphony No. 1 in E minor
  • Josef Suk – Symphony No. 1 in E major
  • Arnold Schoenberg – Verklärte Nacht

[[Opera]]

  • Eugen d'Albert – Kain
  • Antonín Dvořák – The Devil and Kate
  • Josef Bohuslav Foerster – Eva
  • Victor Herbert – The Ameer, premiered October 10 in Scranton
  • Isidore de Lara – Messaline
  • Jules Massenet – Cendrillon (composed 1894–5, premiered 1899)
  • Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov – The Tsar's Bride, (premiered November 3 in Moscow)
  • Max von Schillings – Der Pfeifertag, Op.10 (premiered February 26 in Schwerin)

[[Musical theater]]

Floradora
  • Die Landstreicher – Karl Michael Ziehrer
  • El Capitan London production
  • Florodora (Music: Leslie Stuart Lyrics: Sidney Jones & Paul Rubens Book: Owen Hall) London production opened at the Lyric Theatre on November 11
  • A Gaiety Girl London revival opened at Daly's Theatre on June 5
  • Helter-Skelter Broadway production
  • The Rogers Brothers In Wall Street Broadway production
  • The Rose of Persia (music by Sir Arthur Sullivan, libretto by Basil Hood) London production opened at the Savoy Theatre on November 29
  • San Toy London production opened at Daly's Theatre on October 21

Births

  • January 7
    • Al Bowlly, South African-born British singer (died 1941)
    • Francis Poulenc, French composer (died 1963)
  • January 14 – Herbert Sumsion, English composer and organist (died 1995)
  • January 21 – Alexander Tcherepnin, Russian pianist and composer (died 1977)
  • February 15 – Georges Auric, French composer (died 1983)
  • February 21 – Clara Clairbert, Belgian operatic soprano (died 1970)
  • March 5 – Patrick Hadley, British composer (died 1973)
  • March 10 – Finn Høffding, Danish composer (died 1997)
  • March 13 – Pancho Vladigerov, Bulgarian composer (died 1978)
  • March 26 – William Baines, English composer and pianist (died 1922)
  • April 5
    • Leonard Falcone, Italian-born American baritone/euphonium virtuoso, director of bands at Michigan State (died 1985)
    • Bernhard Kaun, American Hollywood filmscore composer (died 1980)
  • April 7 – Robert Casadesus, French pianist and composer (died 1972)
  • April 29 – Duke Ellington, American jazz musician and composer (died 1974)
  • May 1 – Jón Leifs, Icelandic composer (died 1968)
  • May 6 – Billy Cotton, English bandleader (died 1969)
  • May 10 – Fred Astaire, American dancer, actor and singer (died 1987)
  • May 25 – Panka Pelishek, Bulgarian pianist and music teacher (died 1990)
  • May 30 – Jack Little, British-born American singer and songwriter (died 1956)
  • June 1 – Werner Janssen, American conductor and composer (died 1990)
  • June 9 – Signe Amundsen, Norwegian operatic soprano (died 1987)
  • June 11 – George Frederick McKay, American composer (died 1970)
  • June 13 – Carlos Chávez, Mexican composer and conductor
  • June 16 – Helen Traubel, American opera singer (died 1972)
  • June 19 – Pat Ballard, American songwriter (died 1960)
  • June 21 – Pavel Haas, Czech composer (killed 1944)
  • June 30 – Harry Shields, American jazz musician (died 1971)
  • July 1 – Thomas A. Dorsey, American "father of gospel music" (died 1993)
  • July 3 – Benny Nawahi, American ukulele player (died 1985)
  • July 10 – André Souris, Belgian composer and writer (died 1970)
  • July 17 – James Cagney, American actor, singer and dancer (died 1986)
  • July 18 – Felipe Pinglo Alva, Peruvian composer (died 1938)
  • July 30 – John Woods Duke, American composer (died 1984)
  • August 6 – Margarete Klose, operatic mezzo-soprano (died 1968)
  • September 6 – Billy Rose, Broadway producer and lyricist (died 1966)
  • September 9 – Maria Yudina, pianist (died 1970)
  • September 11 – Jimmie Davis, country and gospel singer-songwriter and politician (died 2000)
  • September 13 – Ephraim Amu, composer, musicologist and music teacher (died 1995)
  • September 25 – Ricard Lamote de Grignon, conductor and composer (died 1965)
  • September 26 – William L. Dawson, composer (died 1990)
  • October 9 – Mary Jarred, opera singer (died 1993)
  • October 19 – Sidonie Goossens, harpist (died 2004)
  • October 31 – Ted Shapiro, songwriter and pianist (died 1980)
  • November 9 – Mezz Mezzrow, jazz musician (died 1972)
  • November 17 – Toscha Seidel, violinist (died 1962)
  • November 18 – Eugene Ormandy, violinist and conductor (died 1985)
  • November 22 – Hoagy Carmichael, composer, pianist and singer (died 1981)
  • November 29 – Gustave Reese, musicologist (died 1977)
  • November 30 – Hans Krása, Czech-German composer (killed 1944)
  • December 2 – Sir John Barbirolli, conductor (died 1970)
  • December 11 – Julio de Caro, composer (died 1980)
  • December 16 – Noël Coward, dramatist, actor, singer and composer (died 1973)
  • December 18 – Muriel Brunskill, operatic contralto (died 1980)
  • December 21 – Silvestre Revueltas, composer (died 1940)
  • date unknown – Sadettin Heper, composer (died 1980)

Deaths

  • January 10 – Albert Becker, composer, 64
  • February 3 – Amalie Joachim, contralto and voice teacher (born 1839)
  • February 4 – Eduard Holst, Danish composer, playwright, actor, dancer and dance master, 52
  • April 17 – Hans Balatka, composer, 72
  • April 23 – Lucien Delormel, lyricist (born 1847)
  • May 21 – Louise Tunison, composer and organist, 26
  • May 29 – Frantz Jehin-Prume, violinist, composer, and music educator, 60
  • June 3 – Johann Strauss II, composer, 73
  • June 10 – Ernest Chausson, composer, 44 (bicycle accident)
  • June 16 – August Winding, composer, 64
  • August 17 – Erik Bøgh, journalist, dramatist and songwriter, 77
  • August 28 – Guillermo Morphy, musicologist, 63
  • October 10 – Allan James Foley, operatic bass, 62
  • October 11 – John Troutbeck, musicologist (b. 1832)
  • October 13 – Aristide Cavaillé-Coll, organ-builder, 88
  • October 15 – Johann Nepomuk Fuchs, conductor and composer, 57
  • October 18 – Gussie Davis, songwriter, 36
  • October 22 – Ernst Mielck, composer, 21 (tuberculosis)
  • October 23 – Ludwig Straus, violinist, 64
  • October 31 – Hugh Talbot, singer and actor, 54
  • November 16 – Vincas Kudirka, lyricist of the Lithuanian national anthem, 40 (tuberculosis)
  • November 25 – Robert Lowry, hymn writer, 73
  • December 7 – Anton de Kontski, pianist and composer, 82
  • December 10 – Hans von Milde, operatic baritone, 78
  • December 20 – Romain Bussine, poet, baritone, and voice teacher, 69
  • December 21
    • Joseph Dupont, violinist, theatre director and conductor, 61
    • Charles Lamoureux, conductor and violinist, 65
  • December 23 – Marietta Piccolomini, operatic soprano, 65
  • December 31 – Carl Millöcker, conductor and composer, 57

References

References

  1. (1971). "Notable American Women, 1607–1950: A Biographical Dictionary". Harvard University Press.
  2. Orenstein, Arbie. (1991). "Ravel: Man and Musician". Dover.
  3. Moore, Jerrold Northrop. (1984). "Edward Elgar: A Creative Life". Oxford University Press.
  4. (2019). "Claude Debussy: A Critical Biography". Boydell & Brewer.
  5. Coleridge-Taylor, Samuel. (2007). "Symphonic variations on an African air: opus 63". A-R Editions, Inc..
  6. Fuld, James. (2000). "The Book of World-Famous Music: Classical, Popular, and Folk". Dover Publications.
  7. (2001). "Pelishek, Panka". Oxford Music Online.
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