1900 in music

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Events

Classical music

• George Enescu - Impromptu, for piano
• The night Muster, for baritone, chorus and orchestra
• String Octet in C major, Op 7
• Plugar, for mixed choir

Opera

• Gustave Charpentier - Louise
• César Cui - A Feast in Time of Plague
• August Enna - Prinsessen på aerten
• Mikhail Mikhailovich Ippolitov -Ivanov - Asya
• Ruggiero Leoncavallo - Zaza
• Giacomo Puccini - Tosca
• Nikolai Rimsky- Korsakov - The Tale of Tsar Saltan
• George Stephanescu - Cometa

Musical

• The Cadet Girl: Broadway production at the Herald Square Theatre; Premiere on 25 July; Running time: 48 performances
• The Casino Girl: London production at the Shaftesbury Theatre; Premiere on 25 April
• Chris And The Wonderful Lamp: Broadway production at the Victoria Theatre; Premiere on January 1; Running Time: 58 ideas
• Fiddle -Dee -Dee: Broadway production at the Weber and Fields ' Broadway Music Hall; Premiere on 6 September; Running time: 262 ideas
• Florodora: Broadway production at the Casino Theatre premiere on 10 November; Running time: 505 ideas; simultaneous performance in London 's Lyric Theatre ( premiere November 1899 ) runs throughout the year ( completion in March 1901 after 455 performances)
• Giddy Throng: Broadway revue at the New York Theatre; Premiere on 24 December; Running time: 164 ideas
• The Messenger Boy: London production at the Gaiety Theatre; Premiere on February 3; Running time: 429 ideas
• Miss Prinnt: Broadway production at the Victoria Theatre; Premiere on December 25th; Running time: 211 ideas
• The Rogers Brothers in Central Park: Broadway production at the Victoria Theatre; Premiere on 17 September; Move to the Grand Opera House on April 1, 1901; Total time: 50 performances
• San Toy: Broadway production at Daly 's Theatre; Premiere on October 1; Running time: 65 ideas
• Véronique: Vienna production at the Theater an der Wien; Premiere: March 10,

Light music

• "Absence Makes The Heart Grow Fonder ( Longing to Be Near Your Side ) " - Text: Arthur Gillespie; Music: Herbert Dillea
• "A Bird in a Gilded Cage " - Text: Arthur J. Lamb; Music: Harry From Tilzer
• " The Blue and the Gray ( or A Mother 's Gift to Her Country ) " - Lyrics & Music: Paul Dresser
• " Bridge Of Sighs " - Lyrics & Music: James Thornton
• " Calligan - Call Again " - Text & Music: Herbert Rutter & Harry Lauder
• "Calling To Her Boy Just Once Again" - Lyrics & Music: Paul Dresser
• " Creole Belles " - Text: George Sidney; Music: J. Bodewalt lamp
• "The Duchess Of Central Park " - Text: J. Cheaver Goodwin; Music: Maurice Levi
• "Every Race Has a Flag But The Coon " - Text & music: Will A. Heelan & J. Fred Helf
• "Eyes Of Blue " - Music by Andrew Mack
• " The Fatal Rose of Red" - Lyrics & Music: J. Fred Helf
• "The Flight Of The Bumble Bee" - Music: Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov
• " A Flower From The Garden Of Life" - Lyrics & Music: Thurland Chattaway
• " For Old Time's Sake " - Lyrics & Music: Charles K. Harris
• " The Gladiators 'Entry ' - Music: Julius Fučík
• " Hail To The Spirit Of Liberty" - Lyrics & Music: John Philip Sousa
• " Hunky Dory " - Music: Abe Holzmann
• " I Can not Tell Why I Love You But I Do" Text: Will D. Cobb; Music: Gus Edwards
• " I Love You, Ma Cherie " - Lyrics & Music: Paul Rubens
• " I Must Have Been A- Dreamin ' - Lyrics & Music: Bob Cole
• "I Need The Money " - Lyrics & Music: Raymond A. Browne
• " I Will not Be an Actor No More" - Text & music: George M. Cohan
• "In The House Of Too Much Trouble" - Text & music: Will A. Heelan & J. Fred Helf
• "I've A Longing In My Heart For You Louise " - Lyrics & Music: Charles K. Harris
• " Just Because She Made The Goo Goo Eyes" - Text & Music: John Queen & Hughie Cannon
• "Lift Ev'ry Voice And Sing" - Text: James Weldon Johnson; Music: J. Rosamond Johnson
• "Little Tommy Murphy " - Text: Matthew Woodward; Music: Andrew Mack
• " A Love - Lorn Lily " - Text: Louis Harrison & George V. Hobart; Music: Alfred Baldwin Sloane
• "Ma Blushin ' Rosie " - Text: Edgar Smith; Music: John Stromberg
• " Midnight Fire Alarm " - Lyrics & Music: H. J. Lincoln
• "My Charcoal Charmer " - Text: Will D. Cobb; Music: Gus Edwards
• "My Drowsy Babe" - Text: George Totten Smith; Music: George A. Nichols
• "My Sunflower Sue " - Text: Walter H. Ford; Music: John Walter Bratton
• " Doing Nothing " - Text: Edgar Smith; Music: John Stromberg
• " Off To Philadelphia " - Text: Gordon Temple; Music: Walter B. Haynes
• "Oh, Would not That Jar You? " - Text & music: Will D. Cobb
• "The Old Flag Never Touched The Ground" - Lyrics & Music James Weldon Johnson and J. Rosamond Johnson
• " Song Of The Flea" - Text: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe; Music: Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky
• " Strike Up the Band - Here Comes a Sailor " - Text: Andrew B. Sterling; Music: Charles B. Ward
• " Swipesy " ( Cakewalk ) - Music: Scott Joplin & Arthur Marshall
• "Tell Me Pretty Maiden " - Text: Owen Hall; Music: Leslie Stuart
• " That Old Sunny Window" - Text & Music: Shelley
• " There Are Two Sides To A Story" - Text & music: Will A. Heelan & J. Fred Helf
• " Violets " - Text: Julian Fane; Music: Ellen Riley Wright
• "Wait" - Text: Charles Horwitz; Music: Frederick W. Bowers
• "When Reuben Comes To Town" - Text: J. Cheever Goodwin; Music: Maurice Levi
• "When The Birds Go North Again" Lyrics: Robert F. Roden; Music: Max S. Witt
• "When The Harvest Days Are Over, Jessie Dear" - Text: Howard Graham; Music: Harry From Tilzer
• "Who Threw The Overalls In Mrs. Murphy 's Chowder? " - Text & music: George L. Giefer
• " You Never Miss The Water Till The Well Runs Dry " - Lyrics & Music: Rowland Howard

Music recordings

• " American Patrol " - Sousa 's Band
• "A Bird in a Gilded Cage " - Harry Macdonough
• "The Duchess Of Central Park " - Harry Macdonough
• " For Old Time's Sake " - Will F. Denny
• " Just Because She Made The Goo Goo Eyes" - Dan W. Quinn
• " Lead, Kindly Light" - The Haydn Quartet
• " A Love - Lorn Lily " - Harry Macdonough
• "Ma Blushin ' Rosie " - Albert C. Campbell
• "My Sunflower Sue " - Arthur Collins with The Metropolitan Orchestra
• "Oh, That We Two Were Maying " - Harry Macdonough & Florence Hayward
• " Strike Up the Band " - Dan W. Quinn
• "When Reuben Comes To Town" - Dan W. Quinn on Victor Records
• " When You Were Sweet Sixteen" - Jere Mahoney
• "Where The Sweet Magnolias Grow " - The Haydn Quartet

Born

• Zdeněk Folprecht, Czech composer († 1961)
• Karl Ristenpart, German conductor († 1967)

• Rita short man Chandelier, Austrian pianist and music teacher († 1942)
• Jacques Prévert, French author, poet and cabaret singer († 1977)

• Pink Anderson, American blues musician († 1974)
• Rudolph Schmitt, German - American clarinetist († 1993)

• Otto Luening, American composer, conductor and flutist († 1996)
• Paul Mares, American jazz trumpeter († 1949)

• Heinrich Busch, German pianist and composer († 1929)
• Asa Martin, American Old-time musicians († 1979)

• Evelyn Laye, British theater and musical actress († 1996)
• Mitchell Parish, American song writer († 1996)

• Lucky Millinder, American R & B and swing bandleader and singer († 1966)
• Victor Young, American violinist, composer and bandleader († 1956)

• Frances Adaskin, Canadian pianist († 2001)
• Ernst Krenek, American composer of Austrian origin († 1991)

• Texas Alexander, American blues singer († 1954)
• Eric Thiman, British composer and organist († 1975)

• Léon Barzin, American composer of Belgian origin († 1999)
• Robert Blum, Swiss composer († 1994)

Died

• January Ondříček, Czech conductor, violinist and music teacher (* 1832)
• Alicia Ann Spottiswoode, Scottish songwriter and composer (* 1810)

• Louis Deffes, French composer and music teacher (* 1819)
• George Grove, British writer; Editor of the Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (* 1820)

• Max Abraham, German music publishers (* 1831)
• Henry Russell, British pianist, baritone and composer (* 1812 or 1813)

• Barnolt, French tenor (* 1844)
• Claudius Blanc, French composer (* 1854)
• Louis Love, German conductor and composer (* 1819)
• Jovan Sundečić, Serbian poet; Author of the Montenegrin national anthem (* 1825)