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1902 in music

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

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Events

  • January 25
    • Franz Schmidt's Symphony No. 1 in E Major premieres in Vienna
    • Alexander Scriabin's Symphony No. 2 in C Minor premieres with Anatoly Liadov conducting at the Russian Symphony Concerts in Saint Petersburg
  • February 18 – Jules Massenet's Le jongleur de Notre-Dame premieres at the Casino Monte Carlo
  • March 1 – Sergei Vassilenko's cantata Skazaniye o grade velikom Kitezhe i tikhom ozere Svetoyare (Tale of the Great City of Kitezh and the Quiet Lake Svetoyar) receives its first performance in Moscow
  • March 8 – Jean Sibelius conducts the world première of his Symphony No. 2 in Helsinki
  • March 9 – Austrian composer Gustav Mahler (41) marries his student Alma Maria Schnidler (23)
  • March 10 – Ralph Vaughan Williams' four-movement orchestral Bucolic Suite premieres in Bournemouth, England
  • March 18 – Arnold Schoenberg's string sextet Verklärte Nacht receives its world premiere in Vienna, by the Rose String Quartet with two players from the Vienna Philharmonic
  • April 5 – Maurice Ravel's Jeux d'eau is premiered by pianist Ricardo Vines at the Societe Nationale de Musique in Paris
  • April 9 – One-act opera by Ethel Smyth Der Wald to her own libretto premieres in Berlin
  • April 11
    • Tenor Enrico Caruso makes the first million-selling recording, of "Vesti la giubba", for the Gramophone Company in Milan
    • Cambridge University bestows the honorary degree of Doctor of Music upon American composer Horatio Parker
  • April 12 – The zarzuela Los amores de la Inés by Manuel de Falla and Amadeo Vives to a libretto by Emilio Dugi premieres at the Teatro Comico in Madrid
  • April 18 – The cantata The Celestial Country by Charles Ives receives its first performance at Central Presbyterian Church, New York City
  • April 30 – Claude Debussy's only opera Pelléas et Mélisande is premiered at the Opéra-Comique in Paris, with André Messager conducting
  • May 17 – Pianist and conductor Alfred Cortot, after studying the music of Richard Wagner at Bayreuth in 1898, conducts the French premiere of Götterdämmerung at the Theatre du Chateau d'Eau
  • June 9 – The first complete performance of Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 3 is given in Krefeld (the longest symphony in the standard repertoire – 90 minutes)
  • June 26 – Composer Hubert Parry receives a baronetcy in the 1902 Coronation Honours; another, Charles Villiers Stanford, is knighted
  • August 17 – Camille Saint-Saens's incidental music Parysatis premieres at the Grand Roman Arena in Béziers, France
  • October 14 – Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov's Servilia premieres at the Imperial Opera in Saint Petersburg
  • November 26 – The opera Adriana Lecouvreur by Francesco Cilea premieres at the Teatro Lirico in Milan
  • November 28 – Carl Nielsen's first opera Saul og David is produced in Copenhagen (Denmark)
  • December 1 – Carl Nielsen conducts the premiėre of his Symphony No. 2, The Four Temperaments, in Copenhagen
  • December 16 – Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov's Potemkin Holiday is produced in Saint Petersburg
  • December 25 – Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Kashchei the Immortal premieres in Moscow
  • Lead Belly begins performing.
  • Walter Damrosch replaces Emil Paur as music director of the New York Philharmonic Society; his appointment lasts one season

Classical music

  • Granville Bantock – The Witch of Atlas
  • Bela Bartok - Scherzo Burlesque for Piano and Orchestra, Op.2
  • Georgy Catoire – Piano Trio in F minor, Op.14
  • Edward Elgar – Dream Children, Op. 43
  • Alexander Glazunov –
    • From the Middle Ages
    • Symphony No. 7, Op. 77 (Pastoral)
  • Alfred Hill – Hinemoa
  • Joseph Jongen – Piano Quartet, Op.23
  • Scott Joplin
    • A Breeze from Alabama
    • Cleopha
    • Elite Syncopations
    • The Entertainer
    • I Am Thinking of My Pickanniny Days
    • March Majestic
    • The Ragtime Dance
    • The Strenuous Life
  • Serge Koussevitzky – Double Bass Concerto
  • Stephan Krehl – Quintet for Clarinet and Strings, Op.19
  • Mykola Lysenko – 3 Pieces from 'Album from the Summer of 1902', Op.41
  • Vítězslav Novák – In the Tatra Mountains
  • Max Reger – 16 Gesänge, Op.62
  • Camille Saint-Saëns - Cello concerto No.2 in D Minor for cello and orchestra
  • Franz Schmidt - Symphony No. 1 in E major premiers in Vienna (January 25, 1902)
  • Jean Sibelius – Symphony No. 2, Op. 43
  • Leone Sinigaglia – Variations on a Theme by Brahms, Op.22
  • Francisco Tárrega – Gran Vals
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams – Blackmwore by the Stour

[[Opera]]

  • Francesco Cilea – Adriana Lecouvreur premiered on November 26 in Milan
  • Claude Debussy – Pelléas et Mélisande premiered on April 30 in Paris
  • Manuel de Falla – Los amores de la Inés
  • Alberto Franchetti – Germania
  • Edward German – Merrie England
  • Reynaldo Hahn – La Carmélite
  • Engelbert Humperdinck – Dornröschen, premiered on November 12 in Frankfurt am Main
  • Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov – Potemkin Holiday
  • Franz Lehár – Der Rastelbinder, premiered on December 20 in Vienna
  • Jules Massenet – Le Jongleur de Notre Dame premiered on February 18 at the Theatre de Casino in Monte Carlo
  • Carl August Nielsen – Saul and David premiered on November 29 in Copenhagen
  • Emile Pessard – L'armée des vierges premiered on October 15 at the Bouffes-Parisiens, Salle Choiseul, Paris
  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov – Servilia premiered on October 14 in St.Petersburg
  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov – Kashchei the Immortal
  • George Stephanescu – Petra
  • Ethel Smyth – Der Wald premiered on April 9 in Berlin

[[Ballet]]

  • January 24 - Oskar Nedbal - Pohádka o Honzovi (The Tale of Honza) premieres at National theatre in Prague
  • February 2 - Alexander Gorsky's revised version of Don Quixote opens in Moscow. Based on a staging of the ballet by Marius Petipa from 1871
  • April 21 - In Japan is produced by the Alhambra Theater, London. Carlo Coppi choreographs music by Louis Ganne
  • June 16 - Carlo Coppi's last piece of choreography for London Alhambra Ballet - Britannia's Realm premiers on the occasion of King Edward's VII's coronation

[[Musical theater]]

{{Listenfilename=Lillian Russell - Come Down Ma Evenin' Star.oggtitle=Lillian Russell – Come Down Ma Evenin' Stardescription=Lillian Russell's only recording, from 1912. During the production of *Twirly Whirly* (1902), composer John Stromberg delayed giving her her solo for several days, saying it wasn't ready. When he committed suicide a few days before the first rehearsal, the sheet music for "Come Down Ma Evenin' Star" was found in his pocket. It became Lillian Russell's signature song.
  • 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 – Billy Pigg, Northumbrian piper (d. 1968)
  • January 6 - Mark Brunswick, American composer (d.1971)
  • January 9 - Rudolf Bing, Austrian operatic impresario (d.1997)
  • January 11
    • Evelyn Dove, British singer (d. 1987)
    • Maurice Duruflé, French composer (d. 1986)
  • January 21 – Webster Booth, English tenor (d. 1984)
  • February 9 – Blanche Calloway, American jazz singer (d. 1978)
  • February 26 – Rudolf Moralt, German conductor (d. 1958)
  • February 27 - Marian Anderson, American contralto (d.1993)
  • March 16 – Leon Roppolo, US jazz clarinetist (d. 1943)
  • March 21 – Son House, blues musician (d. 1988)
  • March 29
    • William Walton - British composer (d. 1983)
    • Mario Rossi - Italian conductor (d.1992)
  • March 31 – Hans Albrecht, musicologist (died 1961)
  • April 4 – Adam Adrio, German musicologist (d. 1973)
  • April 8
    • Maria Maksakova Sr. - Soviet opera singer (d. 1974)
    • Josef Krips - Austrian conductor (d.1974)
  • April 24 – Rube Bloom, US pianist and composer (d. 1976)
  • April 26 – Walter Dana, polka-music promoter (d. 2000)
  • May 1 – Sonnie Hale, English actor and singer (d. 1959)
  • May 7 – Marcel Poot, Belgien composer (d. 1988)
  • May 11 – Bidu Sayão, Brazilian opera singer (d. 1999)
  • May 17
    • Werner Egk, German composer (d. 1983)
    • Max Lorenz, German tenor (d. 1975)
  • May 18 – Meredith Willson, US composer (d. 1984)
  • May 18 – Henri Sauguet, French composer (d. 1989)
  • 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 (d. 1947)
  • June 13 - Oliviero De Fabritiis, Italian conductor and composer (d. 1982)
  • June 15 - Max Rudolf, German conductor (d.1995)
  • June 17
    • Vivian Duncan, singer, songwriter and actress, member of the Duncan Sisters (d. 1986)
    • Sammy Fain, US composer (d. 1989)
  • June 19 – Guy Lombardo, bandleader (d. 1977)
  • June 21 – Skip James, blues musician (d. 1969)
  • June 26 - Hugues-Adhemar Cuenod, Swiss tenor (d.2010)
  • July 7 – Karl Gustav Fellerer, musicologist (died 1984)
  • July 19 – Buster Bailey, jazz clarinetist (d. 1967)
  • July 20 – Jimmy Kennedy, Irish-born British songwriter (d. 1984)
  • July 21 – Omer Simeon, jazz musician (d. 1959)
  • August 6
    • Jim Davidson, Australian bandleader (d. 1982)
    • Margarete Klose, German contralto (d. 1968)
  • August 9
    • Zino Francescatti, violinist (d. 1991)
    • Solomon Cutner, English pianist (d. 1988)
  • August 25 – Stefan Wolpe, German composer (d. 1972)
  • September 14 – Giorgos Papasideris, Greek singer, composer, and lyricist (d. 1977)
  • October 25 – Eddie Lang, US jazz guitarist (d. 1933)
  • November 1 – Eugen Jochum, German conductor (d. 1987)
  • November 22
    • Ethel Smith, organist (d. 1996)
    • Emanuel Feuermann, Austrian cellist (d. 1942)
    • Joaquin Rodrigo, Spanish composer (d. 1999)
  • December 11 – Alfred Rosé, composer (died 1975)
  • December 15 – Mary Skeaping, British choreographer (d. 1984)
  • December 19 – Dusolina Giannini, Italian-American soprano (d. 1986)
  • December 27 – Sam Coslow, US songwriter and singer (d. 1982)

Deaths

  • January 7 – Wilhelm Hertz, lyricist (born 1835)
  • January 14 – Richard M. Walters, piano and organ manufacturer
  • 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 (b. 1831)
  • 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)
  • June 20 – Caspar Joseph Brambach (b. 1833)
  • July 5 – John Stromberg, composer (b. 1858)
  • 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)
  • August 11 – Charles E. Pratt, composer (born 1841)
  • August 23 - Teresa Stolz, Czech soprano (b. 1834)
  • September 7
    • Enrique Gaspar y Rimbau, zarzuela writer (b. 1842)
    • Franz Wüllner, German 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)
  • October 24 – Vladyslav Zaremba, composer and pianist (b. 1833)
  • December 4 – Fyodor Ignat'yevich Stravinsky, Russian bass (b. 1843)
  • 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
    • Cyrille Rose, clarinetist and teacher (b. 1830)

References

References

  1. {{London Gazette. (26 July 1902)
  2. (1901). "Rip Van Winkle was a lucky man". Shapiro, Bernstein and Von Tilzer.
  3. Mr Webster Booth, Obituary, The Times, 22 June 1984
  4. (11 May 2012). "Notice de personne "De Fabritiis, Oliviero (1902-1982)"". [[Bibliothèque nationale de France]].
  5. (January 15, 1902). "Richard M. Walters". [[Brooklyn Times Union]].
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