1903 in music

See also: \n1902 in music, \nother events of 1903, \n1904 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*February 11 - Anton Bruckner's 9th Symphony premieres in Vienna\n*Enrico Caruso joins cast of New York's Metropolitan Opera Company and makes first records for the Victor Talking Machine Company\n*Mississippi John Hurt begins performing \n*Victor Herbert's Babes in Toyland premieres

Published popular music

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\n* "Always In The Way" w.m. Charles K. Harris \n* "Always Leave Them Laughing When You Say Goodbye" w.m. George M. Cohan \n* "Are We To Part Like This?" w.m. Harry Castling & Charles Collins \n* "Bedelia" w. William Jerome m. Jean Schwartz \n* "The Beer That Made Milwaukee Famous" w.m. Dan McAvoy \n* "The Burning of Rome" by E.T. Paull \n* "By The Sycamore Tree" w. George V. Hobart m. Max Hoffmann \n* "Congo Love Song" w.m. Bob Cole & J. Rosamond Johnson \n* "Daisy Donahue" w. James O'Dea m. Robert J. Adams \n* "Dear Old Girl" w. Richard Henry Buck m. Theodore F. Morse \n* "Dear Sing Sing" Schwartz \n* "Down At The Old Bull And Bush" w.m. Andrew B. Sterling m. Harry Von Tilzer \n* "Flowers Of Dixieland" w. Edgar Smith m. J. Rosamond Johnson \n* "General Hardtack On Guard" w.m. Dave Reed Jr \n* "Good-bye, Eliza Jane" w. Andrew B. Sterling m. Harry Von Tilzer \n* "Hamlet Was A Melancholy Dane" w. William Jerome m. Jean Schwartz \n* "Hannah!" by Joseph Farrell\n* "He Was A Sailor" w. William Jerome m. Jean Schwartz \n* "Hurrah For Baffin's Bay" w. Vincent Bryan m. Theodore F. Morse \n* "I Can't Do The Sum" w. Glen MacDonough m. Victor Herbert \n* "I Could Love You In A Steam Heat Flat" w. Vincent Bryan m. J. B. Mullen \n* "I Never Could Love Like That" Bowman, Johns \n* "Ida, Sweet As Apple Cider" w. Eddie Leonard m. Eddie Munson \n* "I'm A Jonah Man" w.m. Alex Rogers \n* "I'm On The Water Wagon Now" w. Paul West m. John W. Bratton \n* "I'm Thinking Of You All The While" Reed Jnr \n* "I'm Wearing My Heart Away For You" w.m. Charles K. Harris\n* "In The Village By The Sea" w. Andrew B. Sterling m. Stanley Crawford \n* "Indolence" Jason Mathews\n* "Is Your Mother In, Molly Malone?" w.m. Mills & Everard \n* "It Takes The Irish To Beat The Dutch" w. Edward Madden m. Theodore F. Morse \n* "It Was The Dutch" w. Vincent Bryan m. J. B. Mullen \n* "It's The Man In The Sailor Suit" w. Fred C. Farrell m. Theodore F. Morse \n* "Jack Tar March" by John Philip Sousa\n* "Julie" w. William Jerome m. Jean Schwartz \n* "Lazy Moon" w. Bob Cole m. J. Rosamond Johnson \n* "Like A Star That Falls From Heaven" w. Arthur Lamb m. Kerry Mills \n* "Little Yellow Bird" w.m. C. W. Murphy & William Hargreaves \n* "The Maid Of Timbucktoo" w. James Weldon Johnson m. Bob Cole \n* "The March Of The Toys" m. Victor Herbert \n* "Main Gazebo" Chris Praetorius\n* "Mary Ellen" Bryan, Lemonier \n* "Melody Of Love" w. Tom Glazer m. H. Engelmann \n* "The Military Band" m. Victor Herbert \n* "Moriaty" w. Charles Horwitz m. Fred V. Bowers \n* "Mother O' Mine" w. Rudyard Kipling m. Frank E. Tours \n* "My Cosy Corner Girl" w. Charles Noel Douglas m. John W. Bratton \n*"My Hula Lula Girl" by Jean Schwartz & William Jerome\n* "My Little Coney Isle" w. Andrew B. Sterling m. Harry Von Tilzer \n* "My Little Creole Babe" w.m. Maude Nugent \n* "My Little 'Rang Outang" Madden, Morse \n* "Navajo" w. Harry H. Williams m. Egbert Van Alstyne \n* "Nellie Dean" w.m. Harry Armstrong \n* "An Old Man's Darling" w.m. Fred Murray & George Everard \n* "Only A Dream Of A Golden Past" w. Alfred Bryan m. Stanley Crawford \n* "Out Where The Breakers Roar" w. Harlow Hyde m. H. W. Petrie \n* "Over The Pilsner Foam" w. Vincent Bryan m. J. B. Mullen \n* "Palm Leaf Rag" by Scott Joplin\n* "Please Mother, Buy Me A Baby" w.m. Will D. Cobb & Gus Edwards \n* "The Saftest Of The Family" w. Harry Lauder & Bobry Beaton m. Harry Lauder \n* "Save It For Me" w. James Weldon Johnson m. Bob Cole \n* "Spring Beautiful Spring" m. Paul Lincke \n* "Stop Your Ticklin', Jock" w. Harry Lauder & Frank Folley m. Harry Lauder \n* "Summer Breeze March & Two-Step" by James Scott\n* "There's A Little Street In Heaven That They Call Broadway" w. Jack T. Waldron & A. Baldwin Sloane m. A. Baldwin Sloane \n* "Toyland" w. Glen MacDonough m. Victor Herbert \n* "The Toymaker's Shop" m. Victor Herbert \n* "Two Eyes Of Blue" w. George H. Taylor m. Leslie Stuart \n* "Two Eyes Of Brown" w. Edward Madden m. Stephen Howard \n* "Under A Panama" Bryan, Mullen \n* "Under The Anheuser Bush" w.m. Andrew B. Sterling & Harry Von Tilzer \n* "Up In A Coconut Tree" Madden, Morse \n* "Upper Broadway After Dark" w. Edward Gardinier m. Maurice Levi \n* "When I'm Away From You Dear" w.m. Paul Dresser\n* "The Woodchuck Song" w. Robert Hobart Davis m. Theodore F. Morse \n* "The Wreck Of The Old '97" w.m. Henry C. Work \n* "Your Dad Gave His Life For His Country" w. Harry J. Breen m. T. Mayo Geary \n* "You're The Flower Of My Heart, Sweet Adeline" w. Richard H. Gerard m. Henry W. Armstrong

Recorded popular music

• "Always In The Way" (w.m. Charles K. Harris)
  - Byron G. Harlan on Edison Records
  \n* "Any Rags?" (w.m. Thomas S. Allen)
  - Arthur Collins on Edison
  \n* "The Arrow And The Song" (w. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow m. Michael William Balfe)
  - Herbert Goddard on Victor Records
  \n* "Badinage" (m. Victor Herbert)
  - Edison Grand Concert Band on Edison
  \n* "Bedelia" (w. William Jerome m. Jean Schwartz)
  - George J. Gaskin on Columbia Records
  - Edward M. Favor on Columbia
  - Billy Murray on Edison
  \n* "The Beer That Made Milwaukee Famous" (w.m. Dan McAvoy)
  - Edward M. Favor on Edison
  - Dan W. Quinn on Victor
  \n* "Blaze Away" (m. Abe Holzmann)
  - banjos Vess L. Ossman & Bill Farmer on Victor
  \n* "Blaze Away" (m. Abe Holzmann)
  - Kendle's Band on Victor
  \n* "By The Sycamore Tree" (w. George V. Hobart m. Max Hoffmann)
  - Harry Macdonough on Edison
  - Bob Roberts on Columbia
  - Billy Murray on Victor
  \n* "Come Down Ma' Evenin' Star" (w. Robert B. Smith m. John Stromberg)
  - Mina Hickman on Victor
  \n* "Congo Love Song" (w.m. Bob Cole & J. Rosamond Johnson)
  - Harry Macdonough on Edison
  - Mina Hickman on Victor
  \n* "Could You Be True To Eyes Of Blue If You Looked Into Eyes Of Brown?" (w.m. Will D. Cobb & Gus Edwards)
  - Harry Macdonough on Victor
  \n* "The Country Girl" (w. Stanislaus Stange m. Julian Edwards)
  - Vesta Victoria on Gramophone Records
  \n* "Didn't Know Exactly What To Do" (w. Frank Pixley m. Gustav Luders)
  - Edward M. Favor on Edison
  \n* "Down On The Farm" (w. Raymond A. Browne m. Harry Von Tilzer)
  - Franklyn Wallace on Edison
  \n* "Flowers Of Dixieland" (w. Edgar Smith m. J. Rosamond Johnson)
  - Franklyn Wallace on Edison
  \n* "The Gambling Man(1)" (w. William Jerome m. Jean Schwartz)
  - Silas Leachman on Victor
  \n* "Good-bye, Eliza Jane" (w. Andrew B. Sterling m. Harry Von Tilzer)
  - Arthur Collins on Edison
  \n* "Hamlet Was A Melancholy Dane" (w. William Jerome m. Jean Schwartz)
  - Edward M. Favor on Edison
  \n* "He Ought To Have A Tablet In The Hall of Fame" (w. Arthur L. Robb m. John W. Bratton)
  - Edward M. Favor on Edison
  \n* "He Was A Sailor" (w. William Jerome m. Jean Schwartz)
  - Collins & Harlan on Edison
  \n* "Heidelberg Stein Song" (w. Frank Pixley m. Gustav Luders)
  - Harry Macdonough on Edison & Victor
  \n* "Hiawatha" (w. James O'Dea m. Neil Moret)
  - Edison Grand Concert Band on Edison
  - Harry Macdonough on Edison
  - Metropolitan Orchestra on Victor
  - Sousa's Band on Victor
  \n* "Hurrah For Baffin's Bay" (w. Vincent Bryan m. Theodore F. Morse)
  - Collins & Harlan on Edison
  - Dan W. Quinn on Victor
  \n* "I Could Love You In A Steam Heat Flat" (w. Vincent Bryan m. J. B. Mullen)
  - Harry West on Edison
  \n* "I Like You, Lil, For Fair" (Ade, Loraine)
  - Billy Murray on Victor
  \n* "I Never Could Love Like That" (Bowman, Johns)
  - Billy Murray on Victor
  \n* "I Want To Be A Lidy" (w. George Dance m. George Dee)
  - Clarke's Band Of Providence on Victor
  \n* "I Wonder Why Bill Bailey Don't Come Home" (w.m. Frank Fogerty, Matt C. Woodward & William Jerome)
  - Arthur Collins on Victor & Edison
  \n* "I'll Wed You In The Golden Summertime" (w. Alfred Bryan m. Stanley Crawford)
  - John H. Bieling & Harry Macdonough on Victor
  \n* "I'm A Jonah Man" (w.m. Alex Rogers)
  - Dan W. Quinn on Victor
  - Arthur Collins on Edison & Victor
  \n* "I'm Thinking Of You All The While" (Reed Jnr)
  - Billy Murray on Victor
  \n* "I'm Wearing My Heart Away For You" (w.m. Charles K. Harris)
  - Harry Macdonough & John H. Bieling on Victor
  \n* "In Silence" (w. Sydney Rosenfeld m. A. Baldwin Sloane)
  - Arthur Clifford on Edison
  \n* "In The City Of Sighs And Tears" (w. Andrew B. Sterling m. Kerry Mills)
  - J. W. Myers on Victor
  \n* "In The Good Old Summertime" (w. Ren Shields m. George Evans)
  - Haydn Quartette on Victor
  - S. H. Dudley & Harry Macdonough with Sousa's Band on Victor
  - Harry Macdonough on Victor
  \n* "In The Sweet Bye And Bye" (w. Vincent P. Bryan m. Harry Von Tilzer)
  - J. Aldrich Libbey on Edison
  \n* "In The Village By The Sea" (w. Andrew B. Sterling m. Stanley Crawford)
  - Byron G. Harlan on Edison
  \n* "It Takes The Irish To Beat The Dutch" (w. Edward Madden m. Theodore F. Morse)
  - Billy Murray on Victor Monarch
  \n* "It Was The Dutch" (w. Vincent Bryan m. J. B. Mullen)
  - Collins & Harlan on Edison
  \n* "Juanita" (w. Caroline Norton m. trad Sp.)
  - Haydn Quartette on Victor
  \n* "Julie" (w. Wiliam Jerome m. Jean Schwartz)
  - Edward M. Favor on Edison
  \n* "Just For Tonight(1)" (w.m. Frank O. French)
  - Albert C. Campbell on Edison
  \n* "The Leader Of The Frocks And Frills" (w. Robert H. Smith m. Melville Ellis)
  - Clarke's Band of Providence on Victor
  \n* "Like A Star That Falls From Heaven" (w. Arthur Lamb m. Kerry Mills)
  - Joe Natus on Victor
  \n* "The Maid Of Timbucktoo" (w. James Weldon Johnson m. Bob Cole)
  - Harry Macdonough on Edison
  \n* "Massa's In De Cold Ground" (w. m. Stephen Collins Foster)
  - Edison Male Quartette on Edison
  \n* "Meet Me When The Sun Goes Down" (w. Vincent Bryan m. Harry von Tilzer)
  - William H. Thompson on Victor
  \n* "Melody Of Love" (w. Tom Glazer m. H. Engelmann)
  - Edison Symphony Orchestra on Edison
  \n* "The Message Of The Rose" (w. Will A. Heelan m. Leo Edwards)
  - George Seymour Lenox on Edison
  \n* "The Message Of The Violet" (w. Frank Pixley m. Gustav Luders)
  - J. W. Myers on Victor
  \n* "Mighty Lak' A Rose" (w. Frank L. Stanton m. Ethelbert Nevin)
  - Arthur Clifford on Edison
  \n* "Moriaty" (w. Charles Horwitz m. Fred V. Bowers)
  - Collins & Harlan on Edison
  \n* "My Cosy Corner Girl" (w. Charles Noel Douglas m. John W. Bratton)
  - Henry Burr on Columbia
  - Harry Macdonough on Edison
  \n* "My Little Coney Isle" (w. Andrew B. Sterling m. Harry von Tilzer)
  - Harry Tally on Edison
  \n* "My Little 'Rang Outang" (Madden, Morse)
  - Billy Murray on Victor
  \n* "My Own United States" (w. Stanislaus Stange m. Julian Edwards)
  - J. W. Myers on Victor
  \n* "My Sulu Lulu Loo" (w. George Ade m. Nat D. Mann)
  - Clarke's Band Of Providence on Victor
  \n* "Only A Dream Of A Golden Past" (w. Alfred Bryan m. Stanley Crawford)
  - Franklyn Wallace on Edison
  \n* "Out Where The Breakers Roar" (w. Harlow Hyde m. H. W. Petrie)
  - Frank C. Stanley on Edison
  \n* "Please Mother, Buy Me A Baby" (w.m. Will D. Cobb & Gus Edwards)
  - Byron G. Harlan on Victor & Edison
  \n* "Pretty Little Dinah Jones" (w.m. J. B. Mullen)
  - Harry Macdonough on Edison
  \n* "R-E-M-O-R-S-E" (w. George Ade m. Alfred G. Wathall)
  - Joe Natus on Victor
  \n* "Sal" (w.m. Paul Rubens)
  - Madge Crichton with piano Landon Ronald on Gramophone & Typewriter Records
  \n* "Sammy" (w. James O'Dea m. Edward Hutchinson)
  - Harry Macdonough on Edison
  \n* "Sammy" (w. James O'Dea m. Edward Hutchinson)
  - Henry Burr on Columbia
  \n* "Sly Musette" (w. Sydney Rosenfeld m. A. Baldwin Sloane)
  - Harry Macdonough on Edison
  \n* "Tell Me Dusky Maiden" (w. James Weldon Johnson & Bob Cole m. J. Rosamond Johnson)
  - S. H. Dudley & Harry Macdonough on Victor
  \n* "Then I'd Be Satisfied With Life" (w.m. George M. Cohan)
  - Edward M. Favor on Edison
  \n* "There's One In A Million Like You" (w. Grant Clarke m. Jean Schwartz)
  - Walter Van Brunt on Edison
  \n* "Two Eyes Of Blue" (w. George H. Taylor m. Leslie Stuart)
  - Harry Macdonough on Victor
  - Mina Hickman on Victor
  \n* "Under The Bamboo Tree" (w.m. Bob Cole & J. Rosamond Johnson)
  - Mina Hickman on Victor
  \n* "Up In A Coconut Tree" (Madden, Morse)
  - Billy Murray on Victor Monarch
  \n* "Upper Broadway After Dark" (w. Edward Gardinier m. Maurice Levi)
  - Edward M. Favor on Edison
  \n* "The Vacant Chair" (w. Henry S. Washburne m. George Frederick Root)
  - Byron G. Harlan on Edison
  \n* "Wait At The Gate For Me" (w. Ren Shields m. Theodore F. Morse)
  - J. W. Myers on Victor
  \n* "What's The Matter With The Moon Tonight?" (w. Sydney Rosenfeld m. A. Baldwin Sloane)
  - Arthur Clifford on Edison
  \n* "When The Fields Are White With Cotton" (w. Robert F. Roden w. Max S. Witt)
  - Franklyn Wallace on Edison
  \n* "When We Were Two Little Boys" (w. Edward Madden m. Theodore F. Morse)
  - Billy Murray on Victor
  

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Classical music

\n* The Apostles (oratorio)by Edward Elgar \n

Opera

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Musical theater

• Babes In Toyland Broadway production\n* The Cherry Girl London production\n* The Duchess Of Dantzic London production\n* The Earl And The Girl London production\n* In Dahomey Broadway production\n* In Dahomey London production\n* The Jersey Lily Broadway production\n* Madame Sherry Vienna production\n* Madame Sherry London production\n* The Medal And The Maid London production\n* The Orchid London production\n* The Rogers Brothers In London Broadway production\n* Véronique London production\n* The Wizard Of Oz Broadway production

Births

\n*January 4 - Carroll Gibbons\n*February 12 - Todd Duncan, American baritone, first Porgy in Porgy and Bess\n*March 10 - Bix Beiderbecke\n*May 3 - Bing Crosby, US singer and actor\n*May 26 - Bob Hope, English-born US actor, comedian and singer\n*June 6 - Aram Khachaturian, composer\n*June 18 - Jeanette MacDonald, US singer and actress\n*July 3 - Dick Robertson, US singer\n*July 10 - Helen Pickens of the Pickens Sisters US singing group\n*July 16 - Carmen Lombardo, Canadian singer, composer and saxophonist\n*September 15 - Roy Claxton Acuff, Country and Western singer\n*October 10 - Vladimir Dukelsky aka Vernon Duke, composer

Deaths

\n*January 28 - Robert Planquette, French composer (b. 1850) \n*January 28 - Augusta Holmès, French composer \n*February 11 - Henryk Szulc, composer (b. 1836) \n*February 22 - Hugo Wolf, composer (b. 1860)