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1899 in music

See also: \n1898 in music, \nother events of 1899, \n1900 in music and the \nlist 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*April 26 - Jean Sibelius's Symphony No. 1 is premiered in Helsinki\n*June 19 - Edward Elgar's Enigma Variations are premiered in London\n* Ragtime music enjoys mainstream popularity in the United States \n

Published popular music

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  • "Absent"     w. Catherine Young Glen m. John W. Metcalf \n* "Always!"     w. Charles Horwitz m. Frederick V. Bowers \n* "Cake Walk In The Sky" by Ben Harney\n* "Come Home Dewey We Won't Do A Thing To You"     w.m. Paul Dresser \n* "A Coon Band Contest"     m. Arthur Pryor \n* "Cotton Pickers Rag & Cakewalk" by William Braun\n* "Doan Ye Cry, Mah Honey"     w.m. Alfred W. Noll \n* "Hands Across The Sea"     m. John Philip Sousa \n* "Hearts And Flowers"     w. Mary D. Brine m. Theodore Moses Tobani \n* "Hello! Ma Baby"     w.m. Ida Emerson & Joseph E. Howard \n* "I'd Leave My Happy Home For You"     w. Will A. Heelan m. Harry Von Tilzer \n* "If Only You Were Mine"     w. Harry B. Smith m. Victor Herbert \n* "I'll Be Your Sweetheart" w.m. Harry Dacre \n* "Impecunious Davis" by Kerry Mills\n* "Mandy Lee" w.m. Thurland Chattaway \n* "Maple Leaf Rag" by Scott Joplin \n* "Mosquito Parade"     m. Howard Whitney \n* "My Little Georgia Rose"     w. Robert F. Roden m. Max S. Witt \n* "My Wild Irish Rose"     w.m. Chauncey Olcott \n* "O Sole Mio!"     w. Giovanni Capurro m. Edoardo di Capua\n* "A Picture No Artist Can Paint"     w.m. J. Fred Helf \n* "She Was Happy Till She Met You"     w. Charles Graham m. Monroe H. Rosenfeld \n* "Smoky Mokes"     m. Abe Holzmann \n* "Stay In Your Own Back Yard"     w. Karl Kennett m. Lyn Udall \n* "The Story Of The Rose" (aka "Heart Of My Heart")      w. "Alice" m. Andrew Mack \n* "Telephone Me, Baby" w.m. George M. Cohan\n* "There's Where My Heart Is Tonight"     w.m. Paul Dresser \n* "Where The Sweet Magnolias Grow"     w. Andrew B. Sterling m. Harry Von Tilzer \n* "Whistling Rufus"     w. W. Murdock Lind m. Kerry Mills

Recorded popular music

  • "Abide With Me" (w. Rev Henry Francis Lyte m. William Henry Monk)
    - Frank C. Stanley on
    Edison Records
    \n* "Always!" (w. Charles Horwitz m. Frederick V. Bowers)
    - May Kelso on Edison Records
    - Harry Macdonough on Edison Records
    \n* "Asleep In The Deep" (w. Arthur J. Lamb m. Henry W. Petrie)
    - William Hooley on Edison Records
    \n* "At A Georgia Camp Meeting" (w.m. Kerry Mills)
    - John Terrell on Berliner Records
    - Dan W. Quinn on Edison Records & Columbia Records
    - banjo Vess L. Ossman on Columbia Records\n* "Ave Maria" (w. (Fr) Paul Bernard m. Charles Gounod)
    - M. A. Guarini on Edison Records
    - W. D. McFarland on Berliner Records
    \n* "Because" (w. Charles Horwitz m. Frederick V. Bowers)
    - Albert C. Campbell on Edison Records
    - Sousa's Band on Berliner Records
    \n* "Believe Me, If All Those Endearing Young Charms" (w. Thomas Moore m. trad)
    - J. J. Fisher on Edison Records
    \n* "The Boy Guessed Right" (w.m. Lionel Monckton)
    - Albert C. Campbell on Edison Records & Berliner Records
    \n* "The Cake Walk" (trad US)
    - Eugene Stratton with piano Leslie Stuart on Berliner Gramophone
    \n* "Calvary" (w. Henry Vaughn m. Paul Rodney)
    - Albert C. Campbell on Berliner Records
    \n* "Comin' Thro' The Rye" (w. Robert Burns m. trad)
    - Syria Lamonte with piano Fred Gaisberg on Berliner Gramophone
    \n* "Down The Road" (w.m. Fred Gilbert)
    - Gus Elen on Berliner Gramophone
    \n* "Eli Green's Cakewalk" (w.m. David Reed & Sadie Koninsky)
    - banjo Vess L. Ossman on Edison Records
    \n* "Emmet's Lullaby" (w.m. J. K. Emmet)
    - George P. Watson on Edison Records
    \n* "Funiculi-Funicula" (w. G. Turco m. Luigi Denza)
    - Hotel Cecil Orchestra on Berliner Gramophone
    \n* "The Future Mrs 'Awkins" (w.m. Albert Chevalier)
    - Albert Chevalier on Berliner Gramophone
    \n* "God Save The Queen"
    - Frank C. Stanley on Edison Records
    - Sousa's Band on Berliner Records
    \n* "Gypsy Love Song" (w. Harry B. Smith m. Victor Herbert)
    - Eugene Cowles on Berliner Records
    - William Hooley on Edison Records
    \n* "Hands Across The Sea March" (m. John Philip Sousa)
    - Peerless Orchestra on Edison Records
    - Sousa's Band on Berliner Records
    \n* "Hearts And Flowers" (w. Mary D. Brine m. Theodore Moses Tobani)
    - violin Chris De Arth on Berliner Records
    \n* "Hello! Ma Baby" (w.m. Ida Emerson & Joseph E. Howard)
    - Arthur Collins on Edison Records
    - Len Spencer on Berliner Records & Columbia Records
    \n* "The Holy City" (w. Frederick Edward Weatherly m. Stephen Adams)
    - Harry Macdonough on Edison Records
    \n* "Home Sweet Home" (w. John Howard Payne m. Sir Henry Rowley Bishop)
    - whistling John Yorke Atlee on Berliner Records
    \n* "I Dreamt I Dwelt In Marble Halls" (w. Alfred Bunn m. Michael William Balfe)
    - J. W. Myers on Berliner Records
    \n* "I Guess I'll Have To Telegraph My Baby" (w.m. George M. Cohan)
    - Arthur Collins on Edison Records
    - Edward M. Favor on Berliner Records
    - George J. Gaskin on Columbia Records\n* "I'd Leave My Happy Home For You" (w. Will A. Heelan m. Harry Von Tilzer)
    - Arthur Collins on Edison Records
    \n* "If It Wasn't For The 'Ouses In Between" (w. Edgar Bateman m. George Le Brunn)
    - Gus Elen on Berliner Gramophone
    \n* "If Only You Were Mine" (w. Harry B. Smith m. Victor Herbert)
    - Albert C. Campbell on Edison Records
    \n* "It's A Great Big Shame" (w.Edgar Bateman m. George Le Brunn)
    - Gus Elen on Berliner Gramophone
    \n* "Jack's The Boy" (Greenbank, Jones)
    - H. Scott Russell with p. Fred Gaisberg on Berliner Gramophone
    \n* "Just As The Sun Went Down" (w. Karl Kennett m. Lyn Udall)
    - J. W. Myers on Berliner Records
    - S. H. Dudley & Harry Macdonough on Edison Records
    \n* "Just One Girl" (w. Karl Kennett m. Lyn Udall)
    - Sousa's Band on Berliner Records
    - Albert C. Campbell on Edison Records
    - H. Scott Russell with p. Amy Williams on Berliner Gramophone
    - J. W. Myers on Columbia Records\n* "Kathleen Mavourneen" (w. Annie Crawford (Barry) m. Frederick William Nichols Crouch)
    - William Hooley on Edison Records
    \n* "Kiss Me, Honey Do" (w. Edgar Smith m. John Stromberg)
    - Albert C. Campbell on Berliner Records
    - Len Spencer on Berliner Records & Columbia Records
    - Arthur Collins on Edison Records
    \n* "Little Dolly Daydream" (w.m. Leslie Stuart)
    - Eugene Stratton on Berliner Gramophone
    \n* "The Lost Chord" (w. Adelaide A. Proctor m. Sir Arthur Sullivan)
    - William F. Hooley on Berliner Records
    \n* "Mandy Lee" (w.m. Thurland Chattaway)
    - Albert C. Campbell on Edison Records
    - Arthur Collins on Edison Records
    \n* "'Mid The Green Fields Of Virginia" (w.m. Charles K. Harris)
    - Albert C. Campbell on Berliner Records
    - S. H. Dudley & Harry Macdonough on Edison Records
    - George J. Gaskin on Columbia Records\n* "Mister Johnson, Turn Me Loose" (w.m. Ben Harney)
    - John Terrell on Berliner Records
    \n* "Molly's The Girl For Me"
    - J. Aldrich Libbey on Columbia Records
    \n* "The Moth And The Flame" (w. George Taggart m. Max S. Witt)
    - Albert C. Campbell on Edison Records
    - J. J. Fisher on Edison Records
    \n* "My Little Georgia Rose" (w. Robert F. Roden m. Max S. Witt)
    - Jere Mahoney on Edison Records
    \n* "My Old Dutch" (w. Albert Chevalier m. Charles Ingle)
    - Albert Chevalier on Berliner Gramophone
    \n* "My Old New Hampshire Home" (w. Andrew B. Sterling m. Harry Von Tilzer)
    - Jere Mahoney on Edison Records
    - Byron G. Harlan & A. D. Madeira on Edison Records
    - Albert C. Campbell on Berliner Records
    - George J. Gaskin on Berliner Records
    - The Greater New York Quartette on Columbia Records \n* "My Wild Irish Rose" (w.m. Chauncey Olcott)
    - Albert C. Campbell on Edison Records
    \n* "Night Hymn At Sea"
    - Clara Butt & Kennerley Rumford on Berliner Gramophone
    \n* "The Old Brigade" (w. Fred E. Weatherly m. Orlando Barri)
    - H. Scott Russell with piano Fred Gaisberg on Berliner Gramophone
    \n* "Old Man's Story"
    - J. Aldrich Libbey on Columbia records
    \n* "The Old Oaken Bucket" (w. Samuel Woodworth m. E. Kaillmark)
    - Haydn Quartette on Berliner Records
    \n* "The Organ Grinder's Serenade"
    - J. Aldrich Libbey on Columbia Records
    \n* "A Picture No Artist Can Paint" (w.m. J. Fred Helf)
    - Albert C. Campbell on Edison Records
    - George J. Gaskin on Columbia Records\n* "She Is The Belle Of New York" (w. Hugh Morton m. Gustave Kerker)
    - Frank Lawton with p. Fred Gaisberg on Berliner Gramophone
    \n* "She Was Bred In Old Kentucky" (w. Harry Braisted m. Stanley Carter)
    - Albert C. Campbell on Berliner Records
    - George J. Gaskin on Columbia Records\n* "She Was Happy Till She Met You" (w. Charles Graham m. Monroe H. Rosenfeld)
    - Jere Mahoney on Edison Records
    - Dan W. Quinn on Columbia Records\n* "Smoky Mokes" (m. Abe Holzmann)
    - Len Spencer on Columbia Records
    - Dan W. Quinn on Edison Records
    - Vess L. Ossman on Columbia Records\n* "The Soldiers Of The Queen" (w.m. Leslie Stuart)
    - Albert Christian with p. Leslie Stuart on Berliner Gramophone
    \n* "Sweet Rosie O'Grady" (w.m. Maude Nugent)
    - Lil Hawthorne on Berliner Gramophone
    \n* "Take A Pair Of Sparkling Eyes" (w. William S. Gilbert m. Arthur Sullivan)
    - Herbert Scott Russell with p. Fred Gaisberg on Berliner Gramophone
    \n* "'Tis The Last Rose Of Summer" (w. Thomas Moore m. Richard Alfred Milliken)
    - J. W. Myers on Berliner Records
    \n* "Toreador Song" (w. H. Meilac, Ludovic Halévy m. Georges Bizet)
    - Montague Borwell on Berliner Gramophone
    \n* "Whistling Rufus" (w. W. Murdock Lind m. Kerry Mills)
    - Len Spencer on Berliner Records
    - Sousa's Band on Berliner Records
    - banjo Vess L. Ossman on Columbia Records & Berliner Records
    - Dan W. Quinn on Edison Records
    \n* "Yes, Let Me Like A Soldier Fall" (w. Edward Fitzball m. Vincent Wallace)
    - Ferruccio Giannini on Berliner Records
    \n* "You've Been A Good Old Wagon" (Harney)
    - Len Spencer on Columbia Records & Berliner Records

Classical music

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Arnold Schoenberg - Verklärte Nacht

Opera

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Musical theater

  • El Capitan     London production\n* Floradora     London production\n* Helter-Skelter     Broadway production\n* The Rogers Brothers In Wall Street     Broadway production\n* San Toy     London production

Births

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April 29 - Duke Ellington\n*June 12 - Gene Kardos, US bandleader\n*June 16 - Helen Traubel\n*June 19 - Pat Ballard\n*July 1 - Thomas A. Dorsey, father of gospel music\n*July 17 - James Cagney, US actor, singer and dancer\n*December 2 - John Barbirolli, conductor

Deaths

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June 3 - Johann Strauss II\n*October 13 - Aristide Cavaillé-Coll, organ-builder

"In science one tries to tell people, in such a way as to be understood by everyone, something that no one ever knew before. But in poetry, it's the exact opposite." - Paul Dirac (1902-1984)