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1910 in music

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See also: 1909 in music, other events of 1910, 1912 in music and the list of 'years in music'.

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1910.

Specific locations

Specific genres

Events

  • February 19 - English premiere of Richard Strauss's opera Elektra, Thomas Beecham conducting at the first-ever performance of a Strauss opera in the UK at the Royal Opera House, London
  • 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 under his baton.
  • October – Pietro Mascagni and Giacomo Puccini make up after their 1905 quarrel
  • November – John Lomax's pioneering collection Cowboy Songs and Other Frontier Ballads is published by Sturgis and Walton in the United States with an introduction by Theodore Roosevelt
  • 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

Hit recordings

  • "Come Josephine In My Flying Machine" – Blanche Ring

Classical music

  • Alban Berg - String Quartet, Op. 3
  • Rutland Boughton – Five Celtic Songs
  • Claude Debussy - Préludes (book 1 begun in 1910)
  • Edward Elgar -
    • Violin Concerto, Op. 61
    • Romance for bassoon, Op. 62
  • Victor Ewald – Symphony for Brass
  • Gabriel Fauré – (completed in this year)
  • Charles Ives - Symphony No. 3 (1908-1910)
  • Gustav Mahler – Symphony No. 9
  • Erkki Melartin – String Quartet No. 4
  • Nikolai Myaskovsky –
    • Symphonic poem Silence
    • String Quartet No. 3 (original version)
  • Carl Nielsen –
    • At the Bier of a Young Artist (orchestral work for funeral)
    • Paaske-Liljen (choral work)
    • Sinfonia espansiva, Op. 27 / FS 60 (begun, concluded 1911)
  • Sergei Rachmaninoff
    • Liturgy of St John Chrysostom, Op. 31
    • 13 Preludes, Op. 32
  • Arnold Schoenberg – Five Pieces for Orchestra
  • Alexander Scriabin – Prometheus, "The Poem of Fire"
  • Jean Sibelius - In Memoriam, Op. 59 (completed)
  • Igor Stravinsky – The Firebird
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams
    • Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis (first version)
    • Symphony No. 1 ("A Sea Symphony")
  • Anton Webern –

[[Incidental music]]

  • Carl Nielsen - Hagbarth og Signe

[[Opera]]

  • Gialdino Gialdini – La Bufera premiered November 26 at the Politeama Ciscutti, Pola
  • Jules Massenet – Don Quichotte premiered February 19 in Monte Carlo, starring Feodor Chaliapin
  • Giacomo Puccini – La fanciulla del West (The Girl of the West), libretto by Guelfo Civinini and Carlo Zangarini, first performed in at the Metropolitan Opera, New York City
  • Alexander Zemlinsky – Kleider machen Leute

[[Ballet]]

  • June 25 – Igor Stravinsky's ballet, The Firebird, is premiered in Paris

[[Musical theatre]]

  • 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 1 – Koesbini, Indonesian composer (d. 1991)
  • January 8 – Fabian Andre, composer (d. 1960)
  • January 17 – Sid Catlett, American jazz drummer (d. 1951)
  • January 23 – Django Reinhardt, Romani-French guitarist (d. 1953)
  • February 3 – Blas Galindo Dimas, Mexican composer (d. 1993?)
  • February 13 – Elsa Barraine, French composer (d. 1999)
  • 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 25 – Magda Olivero, Italian soprano (d. 2014)
  • 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)
    • Giulietta Simionato, Italian mezzo-soprano (d. 2010)
  • May 13 – Cleavant Derricks, gospel songwriter (d. 1977)
  • May 23
    • Artie Shaw, US bandleader (d. 2004)
    • Scatman Crothers, American actor, singer, dancer and musician (d. 1986)
  • May 26 – Lola Gjoka, Albanian pianist (d. 1985)
  • 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 15 – Alf Pearson, British singer, part of Bob and Alf Pearson (d. 2012)
  • June 17 – H. Owen Reed, conductor and composer (d. 2014)
  • June 18
    • Ray McKinley, US drummer, singer and bandleader (d. 1995)
    • Takahashi Chikuzan, Japanese musician and composer (d. 1998)
  • June 22 – Anne Ziegler, English soprano (d. 2003)
  • 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 a.k.a. 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)
  • August 25 – Ethel Stark, violinist and composer (d. 2012)
  • 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)
  • December 4 – Alex North, film composer (d. 1991)
  • 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)
  • June 6 – Concepció Bordalba, opera singer (b. 1866)
  • 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
    • Julian Edwards, composer (b. 1855)
    • 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)

References

References

  1. (1966). "The Book of World-Famous Music". General Publishing Company.
  2. (14 September 2014). "Magda Olivero obituary".
  3. (1 January 2011). "Colonne, Édouard (Judas)". Oxford University Press.
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