1897 In Music
Events in the year 1897 in music. Specific locations * 1897 in Norwegian music Events *January 13 – At a memorial concert in Paris for composer Emmanuel Chabrier (died 1894), the first act of his uncompleted work, ''Briséïs'', is performed for the first time. * March 27 – The première of Sergei Rachmaninoff's First Symphony is a complete disaster, leaving many wondering whether Alexander Glazunov, the conductor for the event, was drunk or just disliked the music so much that he did not care about a good performance. It would be three years before Rachmaninoff would compose a major piece of music again. * September 8 – October 8 – Gustav Mahler becomes director of the Vienna Court Opera, and is obliged to convert from Judaism to Roman Catholicism. *The Cakewalk matures into Ragtime music. * John Philip Sousa's band makes phonograph recordings of Cakewalks and early Ragtime. *Early publications by Scott Joplin. *André Messager becomes musical director of the Opéra ...
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1897 In Norwegian Music
The following is a list of notable events and releases of the year 1897 in Music of Norway, Norwegian music. Events Deaths Births ; April * 17 – Harald Sæverud, organist, composer, and conductor (died 1992 in Norwegian music, 1992). See also * 1897 in Norway * Music of Norway References

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