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1917 in music

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1917 in music

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Original Dixieland Jazz Band

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1917.

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Specific genres

Events

  • March 7 – "Livery Stable Blues", recorded with "Dixie Jazz Band One Step" on February 26 by the Original Dixieland Jass Band (a white 5-piece group from New Orleans led by cornetist Nick LaRocca) for the Victor Talking Machine Company in the United States, becomes the first jazz recording commercially released (described as a "foxtrot"). On August 17 the band records "Tiger Rag"
  • May 12 – Béla Bartók's ballet The Wooden Prince is premiered in Budapest
  • First African American jazz recordings made by Wilbur Sweatman's Band
  • Eddie Cantor makes his first recordings
  • Songs of the First World War become popular in the U.S.

Bands formed

  • See :Category:Musical groups established in 1917

Hit recordings

The first commercial jazz recording, 1917.
  • "Livery Stable Blues/Dixie Jass One Step" by the Original Dixieland Jass Band
  • "Goodbye Broadway, Hello France" by the American Quartet
  • "A Bachelor Gay" by Peter Dawson
  • "I Don't Want To Get Well" by Van & Schenck
  • "Joe Turner Blues" by Wilbur Sweatman
  • "Long Boy" by Byron G. Harlan With The Peerless Quartet
  • "Over There" recorded by
    • Billy Murray
    • Nora Bayes
  • "Poor Butterfly" by the Victor Military Band
  • "That's The Kind Of A Baby For Me" by Eddie Cantor
  • "The Waggle O' The Kilt" by Harry Lauder
  • "Yaddie Kaddie Kiddie Kaddie Koo" by Van & Schenck

Classical music

  • Arnold Bax – November Woods
  • Lili Boulanger – Psaume 130 (Du fond de l'abîme)
  • Frank Bridge – Cello Sonata in D minor
  • John Alden Carpenter
    • The Birthday of the Infanta, ballet
    • The Home Road for SATB mixed chorus or unison voices and piano
    • Symphony No. 1 ("Sermons in Stones")
  • Carlos Chávez – Sonata fantasia (Piano Sonata No. 1)
  • Nancy Dalberg – Symphony in C-sharp minor
  • Claude Debussy – Violin Sonata in G minor
  • Frederick Delius – Eventyr (Once Upon a Time)
  • Gabriel Fauré – Cello Sonata No. 1
  • Alexander Glazunov – Piano Concerto No. 2 in B, Op. 100
  • Launy Grøndahl – Violin Concerto in D Major
  • Charles Koechlin
    • La divine vesprée, ballet
    • Paysages et marines, Op. 63bis, version for flute, clarinet, string quartet, and piano
    • Sonata for cello and piano, Op. 66
  • Carl Nielsen – Chaconne, for piano
  • Willem Pijper
    • Symphony No. 1, Pan
    • Sonatina No. 1, for piano
    • De Lente Komt, choral
  • Sergei Prokofiev
    • Violin Concerto No. 1, Op. 19
    • Igrok (The Gambler), opera, Op. 24
    • Mimoletnosti (Visions fugitives), 20 pieces for piano, Op. 22
    • Piano Sonata No. 3 ("From Old Notebooks"), Op. 28
    • Piano Sonata No. 4 ("From Old Notebooks"), Op. 29
    • Symphony No. 1 Classical, Op. 25
  • Maurice Ravel – Le tombeau de Couperin, for piano
  • Ottorino Respighi – Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 1
  • Arnold Schoenberg – Verklärte Nacht (string orchestra version)
  • Jean Sibelius – Humoresques for Violin and Orchestra opp. 87 and 89
  • Charles Villiers Stanford
    • Aviator's Hymn, for tenor, bass, choir, and organ
    • Irish Rhapsody No. 5, in G Minor, for orchestra
    • Night Thoughts, Op. 148, for piano
    • "On Windy Way When Morning Breaks", partsong
    • Sailing Song, partsong, two soprano voices
    • "St George of England", song
    • Scènes de ballet, Op. 150, for piano
    • Sonata No. 1, in F major, Op. 149, for organ
    • Sonata No. 2 ("Eroica"), in G minor, Op. 151, for organ
    • Sonata No. 3 ("Britannica"), in D minor, Op. 152, for organ
  • Igor Stravinsky
    • Berceuse, for voice and piano
    • Le chant du rossignol, symphonic poem
    • Cinq pièces faciles, for piano 4 hands
    • "Ovsen’", No. 2 from Podblyudnïye (Saucers) (Four Russian Peasant Songs), for women's choir
    • Song of the Volga Boatmen, arrangement for winds and percussion
    • Study, for pianola
    • Valse pour les enfants, for piano (possibly 1916)
  • Karol Szymanowski
    • Sonata No. 3, for piano
    • String Quartet No. 1 in C major
    • Demeter, cantata
    • Agave, cantata
  • Heitor Villa-Lobos
    • String Quartet No. 4
    • Symphony No. 2 Ascenção (Ascension), revised or completed 1943/44
  • Eugène Ysaÿe – Exil, for string orchestra of only violins and violas, Op. 25

Opera

  • Armas Launis – Kullervo
  • Sergei Prokofiev – The Gambler
  • Ignatz Waghalter – Jugend
  • Giacomo Puccini – La rondine, Opéra de Monte-Carlo, 27 March
  • Richard Strauss – Die Frau ohne Schatten
  • Gabriel von Wayditch – The Caliph's Magician
  • Alexander Zemlinsky – Eine florentinische Tragödie

Film

  • Pietro Mascagni – Rapsodia Satanica

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Main article: 1917 in jazz

[[Musical theatre]]

  • The Beauty Spot West End production opened at the Gaiety Theatre on 22 December and ran for 152 performances
  • The Better 'Ole London production opened at the Oxford Theatre on August 4 and ran for 811 performances
  • The Boy London production opened at the Adelphi Theatre on September 14 and ran for 801 performances
  • Cheep London revue opened at the Vaudeville Theatre on April 26.
  • Chu Chin Chow Broadway production opened at the Manhattan Opera House on October 22 and ran for 208 performances
  • Eileen opened at the Shubert Theatre on March 19 and ran for 64 performances.
  • Hanky Panky London revue opened at the Empire Theatre on March 24
  • Jack O'Lantern Broadway production opened at the Globe Theatre on October 16 and ran for 265 performances
  • Leave It to Jane Broadway production opened at the Longacre Theatre on August 28 and ran for 167 performances
  • The Maid Of The Mountains London production opened at Daly's Theatre on February 10 and ran for 1352 performances
  • Maytime Broadway production opened at the Shubert Theatre on August 16 and ran for 492 performances
  • Miss 1917 Broadway revue opened at the Century Theatre on November 5 and ran for 72 performances
  • Oh, Boy! (musical) Broadway production opened at the Princess Theatre on February 20 and ran for 463 performances
  • The Riviera Girl Broadway production opened at the New Amsterdam Theatre on September 24 and ran for 78 performances
  • Arlette West End production opened at the Shaftesbury Theatre on 6 September and ran for 280 performances

Births

  • January 2 – Vera Zorina, German dancer and actress (died 2003)
  • January 3 – Pierre Dervaux, French operatic conductor, composer and pedagogue (d. 1992)
  • January 10 – Jerry Wexler, music journalist and record producer (d. 2008)
  • January 12
    • Walter Hendl, American conductor, composer and pianist (d. 2007)
    • Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, major influence on The Beatles (d. 2008)
  • January 15 – Tiny Timbrell, guitarist (d. 1992)
  • January 19 – John Raitt, American actor and singer (d. 2005)
  • February 11 – Arcesia, singer (d. 1983)
  • February 15 – Denise Scharley, French contralto (d. 2011)
  • February 18 – Dona Massin, choreographer (d. 2001)
  • February 25 – Anthony Burgess, composer (d. 1993)
  • February 27 – George Mitchell, founder of the Black and White Minstrels (d. 2002)
  • March 2
    • Desi Arnaz, musician, actor and producer (d. 1986)
    • John Gardner, composer (d. 2011)
  • March 7 – Janet Collins, dancer and choreographer (d. 2003)
  • March 12 – Leonard Chess, founder of Chess Records (d. 1969)
  • March 17 – Brian Boydell, Irish composer (d. 2000)
  • March 18 – Riccardo Brengola, violinist (d. 2004)
  • March 19 – Dinu Lipatti, pianist (d. 1950)
  • March 20 – Vera Lynn, singer (d. 2020)
  • March 21 – Anton Coppola, opera conductor (d. 2020)
  • March 23
    • Josef Locke, tenor (d. 1999)
    • Oscar Shumsky, violinist (d. 2000)
  • March 26 – Rufus Thomas, singer (d. 2001)
  • March 30
    • Els Aarne, composer (d. 1995)
    • Rudolf Brucci, composer (d. 2002)
  • April 9 – Johannes Bobrowski, lyricist (d. 1965)
  • April 12 – Helen Forrest, American jazz singer (d. 1999)
  • April 22 – Yvette Chauviré, ballerina (d. 2016)
  • April 25 – Ella Fitzgerald, jazz singer (d. 1996)
  • April 30 – Bea Wain, US big band singer (d. 2017)
  • May 1
    • Danielle Darrieux, singer and actress (d. 2017)
    • Lily Lian, street singer (d. 2020)
  • May 14
    • Lou Harrison, US composer (d. 2003)
    • Norman Luboff, US choral director (d. 1987)
  • May 16 – Vera Rózsa, singer and voice teacher (d. 2010)
  • May 21 – Dennis Day, US singer (d. 1988)
  • May 22 – Georg Tintner, Austrian conductor (d. 1999)
  • May 28 – Papa John Creach, fiddler (Jefferson Airplane) (d. 1994)
  • June 4 – Robert Merrill, operatic baritone (d. 2004)
  • June 7 – Dean Martin, singer and actor (d. 1995)
  • June 19 – Dave Lambert, US singer and arranger (d. 1966)
  • June 29
    • Sylvia Olden Lee, vocal coach and accompanist (d. 2004)
    • Ulpio Minucci, songwriter and composer (d. 2007)
  • June 24 – Ramblin' Tommy Scott, American singer and guitarist (d. 2013)
  • June 30 – Lena Horne, singer (died 2010)
  • July 2 – Murry Wilson, American songwriter, producer and manager (d. 1973)
  • July 14 – Roshan, Bollywood composer (d. 1967)
  • July 17 – Red Sovine, American country & folk singer-songwriter (d. 1980)
  • July 24
    • Henri Betti, French composer and pianist (d. 2005)
    • Robert Farnon, composer (d. 2005)
    • Leonor Orosa Goquinco, pianist and dancer (d. 2005)
  • August 3 – Antonio Lauro, guitarist and composer (d. 1986)
  • August 17 – Walter Brown, blues shouter (d. 1956)
  • August 22 – John Lee Hooker, blues musician (d. 2001)
  • August 23 – Tex Williams, American country singer (d. 1985)
  • September 5 – Art Rupe, founder of Specialty Records (d. 2022)
  • September 11 – Myrta Silva, singer and composer (d. 1987)
  • September 13 – Robert Ward, composer (d. 2013)
  • September 15 – Richard Arnell, English composer (d. 2009)
  • September 30 – Buddy Rich, American jazz drummer (d. 1987)
  • October 4 – Violeta Parra, Chilean folk musician (suicide 1967)
  • October 7 – June Allyson, American singer and actress (d. 2006)
  • October 10 – Thelonious Monk, American jazz pianist (d. 1982)
  • October 13 – George Osmond, father of the Osmond brothers (d. 2007)
  • October 21
    • William Adam, trumpeter (d. 2013)
    • Dizzy Gillespie, jazz musician (d. 1993)
  • October 24 – Mike Pedicin, jazz bandleader (d. 2016)
  • October 31 – Anna Marly, French singer-songwriter (d. 2006)
  • November 12
    • Hedley Jones, Jamaican musician (d. 2017)
    • Jo Stafford, American pop singer (d. 2008)

Deaths

  • January – Friederike Grün, operatic soprano (born 1836)
  • January 13 – Albert Niemann, Wagnerian tenor (b. 1831)
  • February 10 – Emile Pessard, French composer (b. 1843)
  • February 25 – Paul Rubens, English songwriter (b. 1875)
  • March 1 – Antonina Miliukova, widow of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (b. 1848)
  • March 4 – Julius Bechgaard, Danish composer (b. 1843)
  • March 25 – Spyridon Samaras, composer (b. 1861)
  • April 1 – Scott Joplin, ragtime composer (b. 1868)
  • April 29 – Florence Farr, actress, singer and composer (b. 1860)
  • May 20 – Romilda Pantaleoni, operatic soprano (b. 1847)
  • May 25 – Edouard de Reszke, operatic bass (b. 1853)
  • June 12 – Teresa Carreño, pianist, singer and conductor (b. 1853)
  • July 16 – Philipp Scharwenka, composer (b. 1847)
  • August 7 – Basil Hood, librettist and lyricist (b. 1864)
  • August 12 – Pavel Gerdt, dancer (b. 1844)
  • September 5 – Marie Hanfstängl, operatic soprano (b. 1848)
  • September 8 – Charles Edouard Lefebvre, French composer (b. 1843)
  • September 11 – Evie Greene, actress and singer (b. 1875)
  • September 15 – Elias Oechsler, composer (b. 1850)
  • October 3 – Eduardo di Capua, singer and songwriter (b. 1865)
  • December 7 – Ludwig Minkus, violinist and composer (b. 1826)
  • December 9 – Nat M. Wills, singer, comedian, and actor (b. 1873)

References

References

  1. "New York Clipper".
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