1896 in music

See also: \n1895 in music,\nother events of 1896,\n1897 in music\nand the list of 'years in music'.

Table of contents

1 Events 2 Published popular music 3 Recorded popular music 4 Classical music 5 Opera 6 Musical theater 7 Births 8 Deaths

Events

\n* February 1 - Giacomo Puccini's La Bohème debuts in Turin

Published popular music

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\n* "All Coons Look Alike To Me"     w.m. Ernest Hogan \n* "The Amorous Goldfish"     w. Harry Greenbank m. Sidney Jones \n* "Chin, Chin, Chinaman"     w. Harry Greenbank m. Sidney Jones \n* "El Capitan March"     m. John Philip Sousa\n* "Eli Green's Cakewalk"     w.m. David Reed & Sadie Koninsky \n* "Elsie From Chelsea"     w.m. Harry Dacre \n* "Going For A Pardon"     w. James Thornton & Clara Havenschild m. James Thornton \n* "Happy Days In Dixie"     m. Kerry Mills \n* "Hot Tamale Alley" by George M. Cohan\n* "A Hot Time In The Old Town"     w. Joseph Hayden m. Theodore A. Metz\n* "I Love You In The Same Old Way - Darling Sue"     w. Walter H. Ford m. John W. Bratton \n* "In The Baggage Coach Ahead"     w.m. Gussie L. Davis \n* "A Jovial Monk Am I"     w. (Eng) Arthur Sturgess m. Edmond Audran \n* "Kentucky Babe"     w. Richard Henry Buck m. Adam Geibel\n* "Laugh And The World Laughs With You"     w. Ella Wheeler Wilcox m. Louis Gottschalk \n* "Love Makes The World Go 'Round"     w. Clyde Fitch m. arr. William Furst \n* "Mister Johnson, Turn Me Loose"     w.m. Ben Harney \n* "Mother Was A Lady"     w. Edward B. Marks m. Joseph W. Stern \n* "Musetta's Waltz Song"     m. Giacomo Puccini \n* "My Gal Is A High Born Lady"     w.m. Barney Fagan arr. Gustave Luders \n* "Remus Takes the Cake" by J. H. Ellis \n* "The Saint Louis Cyclone" by Ren Shields & George Evans\n* "Sambo at the Cakewalk" by Alfred E. Marks\n* "Stars & Stripes Forever" by John Philip Sousa\n* "Sweet Rosie O'Grady" w.m. Maude Nugent\n* "To A Wild Rose"     m. Edward MacDowell \n* "Warmest Baby in the Bunch" by George M. Cohan \n* "When The Saints Go Marching In"     w. Katherine E. Purvis m. James M. Black

Recorded popular music

• "All Coons Look Alike To Me" (w.m. Ernest Hogan)
  - Dan W. Quinn on Edison Records
  \n*"The Amorous Goldfish" (w. Harry Greenbank m. Sidney Jones)
  - Dan W. Quinn on Edison
  \n*"And Her Golden Hair Was Hanging Down Her Back" (w. Monroe H. Rosenfeld m. Felix McGlennon)
  - Maud Foster on Berliner Records
  \n*"Annie Laurie" (w. William Douglas m. Lady John Douglas Scott)
  - George J. Gaskin on Edison
  - Edison Male Quartette on Edison
  \n*"Auld Lang Syne" (w. adapted Robert Burns)
  - Edison Male Quartette on Edison
  \n*"The Band Played On" (w. John Palmer m. Charles B. Ward)
  - Dan W. Quinn on Columbia records and Berliner
  \n*"The Belle Of Avenoo A" (w.m. Safford Waters)
  - Dan W. Quinn on Berliner
  \n*"Ben Bolt" (w. Thomas Dunn English m. Nelson Kneass)
  - George J. Gaskin on Berliner
  \n*"The Blue Danube" (m. Johann Strauss)
  - Edison Grand Concert Band on Edison
  \n*"Chin, Chin, Chinaman" (w. Harry Greenbank m. Sidney Jones)
  - Dan W. Quinn on Edison
  \n*"La Donna È Mobile" (w. Francesco Piave m. Giuseppe Verdi)
  - Ferruccio Giannini on Berliner
  \n*"Don't You Hear Dem Bells?" (w.m. D. S. McCosh)
  - Brilliant Quartet on Berliner
  \n*"Down In Poverty Row" (w. Gussie L. Davis m. Arthur Trevelyan)
  - Dan W. Quinn on Berliner
  - George J. Gaskin on Edison
  \n*"Elsie From Chelsea" (w.m. Harry Dacre)
  - Dan W. Quinn on Edison
  \n*"Funiculi-Funicula" (w. G. Turco m. Luigi Denza)
  - Ferruccio Giannini on Berliner
  \n*"The Future Mrs 'Awkins" (w.m. Albert Chevalier)
  - George J. Gaskin on Berliner
  \n*"The Gladiators" (m. John Philip Sousa)
  - Edison Grand Concert Band on Edison
  \n*"Hallelujah Chorus" (w. Charles Jennes m. George Frederic Handel)
  - Edison Grand Concert Band on Edison
  \n*"The Holy City" (w. Frederick Edward Weatherly m. Stephen Adams)
  - Ferruccio Giannini on Berliner
  \n*"Home Sweet Home" (w. John Howard Payne m. Sir Henry Rowley Bishop)
  - George J. Gaskin on Edison
  \n*"The Honeymoon" (m. George Rosey)
  - Edison Grand Concert Band on Edison
  \n*"I Don't Want To Play In Your Yard" (w. Philip Wingate m. Henry W. Petrie)
  - George J. Gaskin on Berliner
  - Maud Foster on Berliner
  \n*"In The Baggage Coach Ahead" (w.m. Gussie L. Davis)
  - George J. Gaskin on Edison
  \n*"I'se Gwine Back To Dixie" (w.m. C. A. White)
  - Brilliant Quartet on Berliner
  \n*"Just Tell Them That You Saw Me" (w.m. Paul Dresser)
  - George J. Gaskin on Berliner
  - Dan W. Quinn on Berliner
  \n*"Kathleen" (w.m. Helene Mora)
  - George J. Gaskin on Edison
  \n*"Kathleen Mavourneen" (w. Annie Crawford (Barry) m. Frederick William Nichols Crouch)
  - George J. Gaskin on Berliner
  \n*"King Cotton March" (m. John Philip Sousa)
  - Edison Grand Concert Band on Edison
  \n*"Listen To The Mocking Bird" (w. Alice Hawthorne m. Richard Milburn)
  - whistling Billy Golden on Edison
  \n*"The Lost Chord" (w. Adelaide A. Proctor m. Sir Arthur Sullivan)
  - Edison Grand Concert Band on Edison
  \n*"Marching Through Georgia" (w.m. Henry Clay Work)
  - George J. Gaskin on Berliner
  \n*"La Marseillaise" (w.m. Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle)
  - Ferruccio Giannini on Berliner
  \n*"My Angeline" (w. Harry B. Smith m. Victor Herbert)
  - Frank Daniels on Berliner
  \n*"My Best Girl's A New Yorker" (w.m. John Stromberg)
  - Dan W. Quinn on Berliner
  \n*"My Gal Is A High Born Lady" (w.m. Barney Fagan arr. Gustave Luders)
  - George J. Gaskin on Edison
  - Dan W. Quinn on Berliner
  \n*"My Pearl Is A Bowery Girl" (w. William Jerome m. Andrew Mack)
  - George J. Gaskin on Berliner
  \n*"Nearer, My God, To Thee" (w. Sarah F. Adams m. Lowell Mason)
  - J. W. Myers on Berliner
  - Len Spencer & Roger Harding on Columbia
  \n*"Onward, Christian Soldiers" (w. Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould m. Sir Arthur Sullivan)
  - J. W. Myers on Berliner
  \n*"The Palms" (Gabriel Fauré)
  - Ferruccio Giannini on Berliner
  \n*"La Paloma" (w. anon m. Sebastian Yradier)
  - Ferruccio Giannini on Berliner
  \n*"Private Tommy Atkins" (w. Henry Hamilton m. S. Potter)
  - George J. Gaskin on Berliner
  \n*"Put Me Off At Buffalo" (w. Harry Dillon m. John Dillon)
  - Dan W. Quinn on Berliner
  \n*"Rock Of Ages" (w. Augustus Montague Toplady m. Thomas Hasting)
  - J. W. Myers on Berliner
  \n*"'Round His Bed I'm Goin' To Creep" ()
  - Len Spencer on Columbia
  \n*"Sally In Our Alley" (w. Henry Carey m. trad)
  - Edison Male Quartette on Edison
  - George J. Gaskin on Berliner
  \n*"She Is More To Be Pitied Than Censured" (w.m. William B. Gray)
  - Steve Porter on Columbia
  \n*"She May Have Seen Better Days" (w.m. James Thornton])
  - Dan W. Quinn on Berliner
  \n*"The Sidewalks Of New York" (w.m. Charles B. Lawlor & James W. Blake)
  - George J. Gaskin on Edison and on Berliner
  \n*"The Streets Of Cairo" (w.m. James Thornton)
  - Dan W. Quinn on Berliner
  \n*"The Sunshine Of Paradise Alley" (w. Walter H. Ford m. John W. Bratton)
  - George J. Gaskin on Berliner
  \n*"Tenting On The Old Camp Ground" (w.m. Walter Kittredge)
  - George J. Gaskin on Berliner
  \n*"Then You'll Remember Me" (w. Alfred Bunn m. Michael William Balfe)
  - Ferruccio Giannini on Berliner
  \n*"There's Only One Girl In the World For Me" (w.m. Dave Marion)
  - J. W. Myers on Berliner
  \n*"They Are The Best Friends Of All"
  - Helene Mora on US Phonograph Records
  \n*"Toreador Song" (w. Henri Meilhac, Ludovic Halévy m. Georges Bizet)
  - J. W. Myers on Berliner
  \n*"Tramp, Tramp, Tramp" (w.m. George Frederick Root)
  - George J. Gaskin on Berliner
  \n*"Trilby Song"
  - Maurice Farkoa with piano Frank Lambert on Berliner
  \n*"Watchman Tell Us Of The Night" (Bowring, Mason)
  - J. W. Myers on Berliner
  \n*"'Way Down Yonder In The Cornfield"
  - Columbia Quartette on Columbia
  \n*"When Johnny Comes Marching Home" (w.m. Louis Lambert)
  - George J. Gaskin on Berliner
  \n*"Where Is My Wandering Boy, Tonight?" (w.m. Rev. R. Lowry)
  - J. W. Myers on Berliner
  \n*"Wot Cher!" (w. Albert Chevalier m. Charles Ingle)
  - George J. Gaskin on Berliner
  

Classical music

\n* Vindent d'Indy - Istar \n

Opera

• Andrea Chenier by Umberto Giordano\n* La Bohème by Giacomo Puccini\n* Sadko by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

Musical theater

• The Art Of Maryland     Broadway production\n* El Capitan     Broadway production\n* The Circus Girl     London production\n* The Gay Parisienne     London production\n* The Geisha     London production\n* The Geisha     Broadway production\n* The Girl From Paris     London production\n* The Grand Duke     London production

Births

\n*February 22 - Nacio Herb Brown, US songwriter\n*April 10 - Edith Day, US actress, singer and dancer\n*April 30 - Reverend Gary Davis\n*September 10 - Adele Astaire, US dancer and singer\n*September 15 - Bert Ambrose, English bandleader and violinist\n*October 28 - Howard Hanson, composer \n*October 31 - Ethel Waters, singer (d. 1977) \n*December 6 - Ira Gershwin, lyricist

Deaths

\n*May 20 - Clara Schumann, Austrian composer \n*October 11 - Anton Bruckner, Austrian composer