This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1918.

Specific locations

* 1918 in British music * 1918 in Norwegian music

Specific genres

* 1918 in country music * 1918 in jazz

Events

January 18 Events Pre-1600 * 474 – Seven-year-old Leo II succeeds his maternal grandfather Leo I as Byzantine emperor. He dies ten months later. * 532 – Nika riots in Constantinople fail. * 1126 – Emperor Huizong abdicates the Chi ...

– The Historic Concert for the Benefit of Widows and Orphans of Austrian and Hungarian Soldiers at the

Konzerthaus, Vienna The Konzerthaus is a concert hall located in Vienna, Austria, which opened in 1913. It is situated in the third district just at the edge of the first district in Vienna. Since it was founded it has always tried to emphasise both traditional and ...

February 13 Events Pre-1600 * 962 – Emperor Otto I and Pope John XII co-sign the ''Diploma Ottonianum'', recognizing John as ruler of Rome. *1322 – The central tower of Ely Cathedral falls on the night of 12th–13th. *1462 – The ...

–

May Mukle May Henrietta Mukle FRAM (14 May 1880 – 20 February 1963) was a British cellist and composer. She has been described as a "noted feminist cellist", who encouraged other women cellists. Early life Mukle was born in London, the daughter of Leo ...

and Rebecca Clarke give a recital at the Aeolian Hall in New York City, accompanied by

Marjorie Hayward Marjorie Olive Hayward (14 August 188510 January 1953) was an English violinist and violin teacher, prominent during the first few decades of the 20th century. Biography Marjorie Hayward was born in Greenwich in 1885. An "infant prodigy", he ...

, performing works by

Hubert Parry Sir Charles Hubert Hastings Parry, 1st Baronet (27 February 18487 October 1918) was an English composer, teacher and historian of music. Born in Richmond Hill in Bournemouth, Parry's first major works appeared in 1880. As a composer he is b ...

Frank Bridge Frank Bridge (26 February 187910 January 1941) was an English composer, violist and conductor. Life Bridge was born in Brighton, the ninth child of William Henry Bridge (1845-1928), a violin teacher and variety theatre conductor, formerly a m ...

, and Clarke herself. It includes the premiėre of ''

Morpheus Morpheus ('Fashioner', derived from the grc, μορφή meaning 'form, shape') is a god associated with sleep and dreams. In Ovid's ''Metamorphoses'' he is the son of Somnus and appears in dreams in human form. From the Middle Ages, the name b ...

'', written by Clarke under the pen-name "Anthony Trent". *

March 3 Events Pre-1600 * 473 – Gundobad (nephew of Ricimer) nominates Glycerius as emperor of the Western Roman Empire. * 724 – Empress Genshō abdicates the throne in favor of her nephew Shōmu who becomes emperor of Japan. * 1575 &nd ...

–

Béla Bartók Béla Viktor János Bartók (; ; 25 March 1881 – 26 September 1945) was a Hungarian composer, pianist, and ethnomusicologist. He is considered one of the most important composers of the 20th century; he and Franz Liszt are regarded as H ...

's String Quartet No. 2 is premièred in

Budapest Budapest (, ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Hungary. It is the ninth-largest city in the European Union by population within city limits and the second-largest city on the Danube river; the city has an estimated population ...

. *

April 30 Events Pre-1600 * 311 – The Diocletianic Persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire ends. * 1315 – Enguerrand de Marigny is hanged at the instigation of Charles, Count of Valois. *1492 – Spain gives Christopher Columbus hi ...

–

May 1 Events Pre-1600 * 305 – Diocletian and Maximian retire from the office of Roman emperor. * 880 – The Nea Ekklesia is inaugurated in Constantinople, setting the model for all later cross-in-square Orthodox churches. * 1169 &ndas ...

– Composer

Toivo Kuula Toivo Timoteus Kuula (7 July 1883 – 18 May 1918) was a Finnish composer and conductor of the late-Romantic and early-modern periods, who emerged in the wake of Jean Sibelius, under whom he studied privately from 1906 to 1908. The core of Kuu ...

is mortally wounded in the

Finnish Civil War The Finnish Civil War; . Other designations: Brethren War, Citizen War, Class War, Freedom War, Red Rebellion and Revolution, . According to 1,005 interviews done by the newspaper ''Aamulehti'', the most popular names were as follows: Civil W ...

. *August –

King Oliver Joseph Nathan "King" Oliver (December 19, 1881 – April 8/10, 1938) was an American jazz cornet player and bandleader. He was particularly recognized for his playing style and his pioneering use of Mute (music), mutes in jazz. Also a notable c ...

leaves

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. *

September 28 Events Pre-1600 *48 BC – Pompey disembarks at Pelusium upon arriving in Egypt, whereupon he is assassinated by order of King Ptolemy XIII. * 235 – Pope Pontian resigns. He is exiled to the mines of Sardinia, along with Hippolytus ...

– First performance of

Igor Stravinsky Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky (6 April 1971) was a Russian composer, pianist and conductor, later of French (from 1934) and American (from 1945) citizenship. He is widely considered one of the most important and influential composers of the ...

's ''

Histoire du Soldat ' (''The Soldier's Tale'') is a theatrical work "to be read, played, and danced" () by three actors and one or several dancers, accompanied by a septet of instruments. Conceived by Igor Stravinsky and Swiss writer Charles Ferdinand Ramuz, C. F. R ...

'', conducted by

Ernest Ansermet Ernest Alexandre Ansermet (; 11 November 1883 – 20 February 1969)"Ansermet, Ernest" in ''The New Encyclopædia Britannica''. Chicago: Encyclopædia Britannica Inc., 15th edn., 1992, Vol. 1, p. 435. was a Swiss conductor. Biography Ansermet ...

, in Lausanne, Switzerland. *

September 29 Events Pre-1600 *61 BC – Pompey the Great celebrates his third triumph for victories over the pirates and the end of the Mithridatic Wars on his 45th birthday. * 1011 – Danes capture Canterbury after a siege, taking Ælfheah, ...

– First performance of

Gustav Holst Gustav Theodore Holst (born Gustavus Theodore von Holst; 21 September 1874 – 25 May 1934) was an English composer, arranger and teacher. Best known for his orchestral suite ''The Planets'', he composed many other works across a range ...

's orchestral suite ''

The Planets ''The Planets'', Op. 32, is a seven- movement orchestral suite by the English composer Gustav Holst, written between 1914 and 1917. In the last movement the orchestra is joined by a wordless female chorus. Each movement of the suite is name ...

'', before an invited audience at the

Queen's Hall The Queen's Hall was a concert hall in Langham Place, London, opened in 1893. Designed by the architect Thomas Knightley, it had room for an audience of about 2,500 people. It became London's principal concert venue. From 1895 until 1941, it ...

in London, conducted by

Adrian Boult Sir Adrian Cedric Boult, CH (; 8 April 1889 – 22 February 1983) was an English conductor. Brought up in a prosperous mercantile family, he followed musical studies in England and at Leipzig, Germany, with early conducting work in London ...

. *

November 15 Events Pre-1600 * 655 – Battle of the Winwaed: Penda of Mercia is defeated by Oswiu of Northumbria. *1315 – Growth of the Old Swiss Confederacy: The Schweizer Eidgenossenschaft ambushes the army of Leopold I in the Battle of Morg ...

–

Rosa Ponselle Rosa Melba Ponzillo, known as Rosa Ponselle (January 22, 1897 – May 25, 1981) was an American operatic soprano. She sang mainly at the New York Metropolitan Opera and is generally considered to have been one of the greatest sopranos of the 20t ...

makes her

Metropolitan Opera The Metropolitan Opera (commonly known as the Met) is an American opera company based in New York City, resident at the Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Center, currently situated on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. The company is operat ...

début as Leonora in Verdi's ''

La forza del destino ' (; ''The Power of Fate'', often translated ''The Force of Destiny'') is an Italian opera by Giuseppe Verdi. The libretto was written by Francesco Maria Piave based on a Spanish drama, ' (1835), by Ángel de Saavedra, 3rd Duke of Rivas, wi ...

'', opposite

Enrico Caruso Enrico Caruso (, , ; 25 February 1873 – 2 August 1921) was an Italian operatic first lyrical tenor then dramatic tenor. He sang to great acclaim at the major opera houses of Europe and the Americas, appearing in a wide variety of roles (74) ...

. *

November 30 Events Pre-1600 * 978 – Franco-German war of 978–980: Holy Roman Emperor Otto II lifts the siege of Paris and withdraws. 1601–1900 * 1707 – Queen Anne's War: The second Siege of Pensacola comes to end with the failure of the Br ...

–

conducts the first concert by the

Orchestre de la Suisse Romande The Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (OSR) is a Swiss symphony orchestra, based in Geneva at the Victoria Hall. In addition to symphony concerts, the OSR performs as the opera orchestra in productions at the Grand Théâtre de Genève. History Er ...

. *

Ralph Vaughan Williams Ralph Vaughan Williams, (; 12 October 1872– 26 August 1958) was an English composer. His works include operas, ballets, chamber music, secular and religious vocal pieces and orchestral compositions including nine symphonies, written over ...

is appointed Director of Music,

First Army (United Kingdom) The First Army was a formation of the British Army that existed during the First and Second World Wars. The First Army included Indian and Portuguese forces during the First World War and American and French units during the Second World War. Fi ...

. *First documented racially integrated

jazz Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues and ragtime. Since the 1920s Jazz Age, it has been recognized as a major ...

recording session. *Worldwide sales of phonograph/gramophone records estimated at 100 million records this year.

Bands formed

Goldman Band The Goldman Band was an American concert band founded in 1918 by Edwin Franko Goldman from his previous New York Military Band. Both bands were based in New York City. It was Goldman's contention that the New York symphony and orchestra musici ...

founded by

Edwin Franko Goldman Edwin Franko Goldman (January 1, 1878 – February 21, 1956) was an American composer and conductor. One of the most significant American band composers of the early 20th century, Goldman composed over 150 works, but is best known for his marches. ...

Published popular music

* " After You've Gone" w.

Henry Creamer Henry Sterling Creamer (June 21, 1879 – October 14, 1930) was an African American popular song lyricist and theater producer. He was born in Richmond, Virginia and died in New York. He co-wrote many popular songs in the years from 1900 to 1929, ...

Turner Layton Turner Layton (July 2, 1894 – February 6, 1978), born John Turner Layton, Jr., was an African American songwriter, singer and pianist. He frequently worked with Henry Creamer. Life Born in Washington, D.C., United States, in 1894, he was the s ...

* " All Aboard for Home Sweet Home" w.m. Addison Burkhardt. Al Piantadosi and Jack Glogau * "Bagdad" w.

Harold Atteridge Harold Richard Atteridge (July 9, 1886 – January 15, 1938) was an American composer, librettist and lyricist primarily for musicals and revues. He wrote the book and lyrics for over 20 musicals and revues for the Shubert family, including seve ...

Al Jolson Al Jolson (born Eizer Yoelson; June 9, 1886 – October 23, 1950) was a Lithuanian-American Jews, Jewish singer, comedian, actor, and vaudevillian. He was one of the United States' most famous and highest-paid stars of the 1920s, and was self-bi ...

* "

Beautiful Ohio "Beautiful Ohio" is the official song of the U.S. State of Ohio. History The first lyrics were written in 1918 by Ballard MacDonald and the music by Robert A. King (composer), Robert A. "Bobo" King, who used the pseudonym Mary Earl. The melody i ...

" w.

Ballard MacDonald Ballard MacDonald (October 15, 1882 – November 17, 1935) was an American lyricist, who was one of the writers of Tin Pan Alley. Born in Portland, Oregon, he was a charter member of the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers ...

m. Mary Earl * " Clarinet Marmalade" m.

Edwin B. Edwards Edwin Branford "Eddie" Edwards (May 22, 1891 – April 9, 1963) was an early jazz trombonist who was a member of the Original Dixieland Jass Band. Life and career A native of New Orleans, Louisiana, Edwards started on violin at age 10 and mo ...

Nick LaRocca Dominic James "Nick" LaRocca (April 11, 1889 – February 22, 1961), was an American early jazz cornetist and trumpeter and the leader of the Original Dixieland Jass Band. He is the composer of one of the most recorded jazz classics of all-time ...

Tony Spargo Antonio Sparbaro, known professionally as Tony Sbarbaro or Tony Spargo (June 27, 1897 – October 30, 1969) was an American jazz drummer associated with New Orleans jazz. He was the drummer of the Original Dixieland Jazz Band for over 50 years. ...

Larry Shields Lawrence James Shields (September 13, 1893 - November 21, 1953) was an early American dixieland jazz clarinetist. He was a member of the Original Dixieland Jazz Band, the first jazz band to record commercially. Background Shields was born int ...

* "Dallas Blues" w. Lloyd Garrett m. Hart A. Wand * "Dancing 'neath the Dixie moon" w. Will J. Hart m. Ed. Nelson. * "Dark Grows The Sky" w. Harry Graham m. Harold Fraser-Simson * "The Daughter Of Rosie O'Grady" w. Monty C. Brice m.

Walter Donaldson Walter Donaldson (February 15, 1893 – July 15, 1947) was an American prolific popular songwriter and publishing company founder, composing many hit songs of the 1910s to 1940s, that have become standards and form part of the Great American Song ...

* "

Dear Little Boy of Mine Dear Little Boy of Mine is a World War I song published in 1918. Ernest R. Ball composed the music, and J. Keirn Brennan wrote the lyrics. Vocalist Charles Harrison performed the song. The piece was written for both voice and piano. M. Witmark & ...

" w. J. Keirn Brennan m.

Ernest R. Ball Ernest Roland Ball (July 22, 1878 – May 3, 1927) was an American singer and songwriter, most famous for composing the music for the song "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling" in 1912. He was not himself Irish. Early life and education Born in Cl ...

* "

Dear Old Pal of Mine Dear Old Pal of Mine is a World War I song written by Harold Robe and Gitz Rice. The song was first published in 1916 by G. Ricordi & Co. in New York, NY. Irish tenor John McCormack earned the nickname the "Singing Prophet of Victory" by popul ...

" w. Harold Robe m. Lt. Gitz Rice * "Ding Dong" w.m.

Irving Berlin Irving Berlin (born Israel Beilin; yi, ישראל ביילין; May 11, 1888 – September 22, 1989) was a Russian-American composer, songwriter and lyricist. His music forms a large part of the Great American Songbook. Born in Imperial Russi ...

* "Every Day" by

Shelton Brooks Shelton Brooks (May 4, 1886September 6, 1975) was a Canadian-born African American composer of popular music and jazz. He was known for his ragtime and vaudeville style, and wrote some of the biggest hits of the first third of the 20th century. ...

* "Ev'rybody's Crazy 'bout the Doggone Blues, But I'm Happy" by

and

* "Everything Is Peaches Down In Georgia" w.

Grant Clarke Grant Clarke (May 14, 1891, Akron, Ohio – May 16, 1931, California) was an American songwriter. Clarke moved to New York City early in his career, where he worked as an actor and a staff writer for comedians. He began working on Tin Pan Alley, ...

Milton Ager Milton Ager (October 6, 1893 – May 6, 1979) was an American composer, regarded as one of the top songwriters of the 1920s and 1930s. His most lasting compositions include "Ain't She Sweet?” and “Happy Days Are Here Again”. Biography Ag ...

* "Fidgety Feet" m.

* "A Good Man Is Hard To Find" w.m. Eddie Green * " Good Morning Mr. Zip-Zip-Zip!" w.m. Robert Lloyd * " Goodbye, France" w.m.

* "

Hello Central! Give Me No Man's Land '"Hello Central! Give Me No Man's Land" is a World War I era song released in 1918. Lyrics were written by Sam M. Lewis and Joe Young. Jean Schwartz composed the music. The song was published by Waterson Berlin & Snyder, Co. of New York City. Ar ...

" w.

Sam M. Lewis Sam M. Lewis (October 25, 1885 – November 22, 1959) was an American singer and lyricist. Career Lewis was born Samuel M. Levine in New York City, United States. He began his music career by singing in cafés throughout New York City, and be ...

& Joe Young m.

Jean Schwartz Jean Schwartz (November 4, 1878 – November 30, 1956) was a Hungarian-born American songwriter. Schwartz was born in Budapest, Hungary. His family moved to New York City when he was 13 years old. He took various music-related jobs including dem ...

* "Hindustan" w.m. Oliver G. Wallace &

Harold Weeks Harold Taylor Weeks (March 28, 1893 – January 7, 1967) was an American jazz musician and composer from Seattle, Washington. Biography Weeks was born in Iowa, but is usually associated with Seattle, Washington where he grew up and attended Quee ...

* "Hike! Hike! Hike! (Along the Old Turn Pike)" w.m. Nat Vincent * "How Can You Tell" by

Ned Wayburn Ned Wayburn ''(né'' Edward Claudius Weyburn; 30 March 1874 – 2 September 1942) was an American choreographer. Career Wayburn was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to Elbert Delos Weyburn and Harriet Landon Beach. Ned Wayburn spent much of ...

* " How Ya Gonna Keep 'em Down on the Farm (After They've Seen Paree)?" w.

& Joe Young m.

* "I Found The End Of The Rainbow" w.m. John Mears, Harry Tierney &

Joseph McCarthy Joseph Raymond McCarthy (November 14, 1908 – May 2, 1957) was an American politician who served as a Republican U.S. Senator from the state of Wisconsin from 1947 until his death in 1957. Beginning in 1950, McCarthy became the most visi ...

* "I Want To Shimmy" by

* "

If He Can Fight Like He Can Love, Good Night Germany! "If He Can Fight Like He Can Love, Good Night Germany!" is a World War I song from the perspective of a woman confident that her boyfriend will be a good soldier because he was a good lover. It became a hit after it was released by The Farber Sist ...

" w.

& Howard Johnson m. George W. Meyer * " I'll Be There, Laddie Boy, I'll Be There" w. Jack Frost m. E. Clinton Keithley * "I'll Say She Does" w.m. B. G. DeSylva,

Gus Kahn Gustav Gerson Kahn (November 6, 1886October 8, 1941) was an American lyricist who contributed a number of songs to the Great American Songbook, including "Pretty Baby", "Ain't We Got Fun?", "Carolina in the Morning", "Toot, Toot, Tootsie (Goo' By ...

* "In The Land Of Beginning Again" w.

m. George W. Meyer * "

Ja-Da "Ja-Da (Ja Da, Ja Da, Jing, Jing, Jing!)" is a hit song written in 1918 by Bob Carleton. The title is sometimes rendered simply as "Jada." Ja-Da has flourished through the decades as a jazz standard. In his definitive ''American Popular Song ...

" w.m.

Bob Carleton Robert Louis Carleton (November 8, 1894, Missouri — July 13, 1956, Burbank, California) was an American pianist and composer of popular music. He grew up in St Louis, Missouri, the son of a saloon keeper, and was earning a living by age 15 a ...

* "

K-K-K-Katy "K-K-K-Katy" is a World War I-era song written by Canadian American composer Geoffrey O'Hara in 1917 and published in 1918. The sheet music advertised it as "The Sensational Stammering Song Success Sung by the Soldiers and Sailors", as well as "T ...

" w.m.

Geoffrey O'Hara Geoffrey O'Hara (February 2, 1882 – January 31, 1967) was a Canadian American composer, singer and music professor. Early life O'Hara was born in Chatham, Ontario, Canada. He initially planned a military career. O'Hara entered the Royal Milit ...

* "Madelon" w. (Eng) Alfred Bryan (Fr) Louis Bousquet m. Camille Robert * " Mammy's Chocolate Soldier" w. Sidney Mitchell m. Archie Gottler * "Me-Ow!" by Mel B. Kaufman * "Mickey" w. Harold H. Williams m. Neil Moret * "My Baby Boy" w.

William Dillon William Austin Dillon (November 6, 1877 – February 10, 1966) was an American songwriter and Vaudevillian. He is best known as the lyricist for the song " I Want A Girl (Just Like The Girl That Married Dear Old Dad)" (1911), written in collaborati ...

m. Albert Von Tilzer * " Oh How I Wish I Could Sleep Until My Daddy Comes Back Home" w.

& Joe Young m.

Pete Wendling Pete Wendling (June 6, 1888 – April 7, 1974) was an American composer and pianist, born in New York City to German immigrants. He started his working life as a carpenter, but gained fame during the mid-1910s as a popular music composer, with ...

* " Oh! Frenchy" w. Sam Ehrlich m.

Con Conrad Con Conrad (born Conrad K. Dober, June 18, 1891 – September 28, 1938) was an American songwriter and producer. Biography Conrad was born in Manhattan, New York, and published his first song, "Down in Dear Old New Orleans", in 1912. Conrad p ...

* "

Oh! How I Hate to Get Up in the Morning "Oh! How I Hate to Get Up in the Morning" is a song written by Irving Berlin in 1918 that gives a comic perspective on military life. Berlin composed the song as an expression of protest against the indignities of Army routine shortly after being ...

" w.m.

* " Oh, Susie, Behave" w.

Ed Rose Ed Rose is an American sound engineer and record producer. He has worked extensively with groups in the modern emo and pop punk scenes. He also co-owns Black Lodge Recording with Rob Pope and his brother Ryan Pope, members of the emo band The Get ...

and m. Abe Olman * " On the Road to Calais" w. Alfred Bryan m.

* "Original Dixieland One-Step" w.m.

Joe Jordan (musician) Joseph Taylor Jordan (February 11, 1882 – September 11, 1971) was an American pianist, composer, real estate investor, and music publisher. Early life and education Jordan was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, grew up in St. Louis, Missouri, an ...

J. Russell Robinson Joseph Russel Robinson (July 8, 1892 – September 30, 1963) was an American ragtime, dixieland, and blues pianist and composer who was a member of the Original Dixieland Jass Band. Career Robinson was born in Indianapolis, Indiana. In his teen ...

* "

Oui, Oui, Marie Oui, Oui, Marie is a 1918 song composed by Fred Fisher with lyrics written by Alfred Bryan and Joe McCarthy. It was published by McCarthy & Fisher Inc. The sheet music cover featured an illustration by Andre De Takacs. The song was in the top 20 ...

" w. Alfred Bryan &

m. Fred Fisher * "

Rock-A-Bye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody "Rock-a-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody" is a popular song written by Jean Schwartz, with lyrics by Sam M. Lewis and Joe Young. The song was introduced by Al Jolson in the Broadway musical '' Sinbad'' and published in 1918. Probably the best-k ...

" w.

& Joe Young m.

* " The Rose of No Man's Land" w. Jack Caddigan m. James A. Brennan * "Russian Rag" m.

George L. Cobb George Linus Cobb (August 31, 1886 – December 25, 1942) was an American composer. He composed over 200 pieces of music, including ragtimes, marches, and waltzes. He also wrote columns for music trade publications. Career Cobb attended the Sch ...

* "

Somebody Stole My Gal "Somebody Stole My Gal" is a popular song from 1918, written by Leo Wood. In 1924, Ted Weems & his Orchestra had a five-week run at number one with his million-selling version. Its Pee Wee Hunt and his orchestra version is also known in Japan, part ...

" w.m.

Leo Wood Leo Wood ''(aka'' Jack Wood; ''né'' Leopold Wood Lantheaume; 2 September 1882 – 2 August 1929) was an American songwriter and lyricist. Career Leo Wood was born in San Francisco to Louis Ferdinand Lantheaume and Hannah Marcuse Wood ''(maiden) ...

* "Sometime" by

Rida Johnson Young Rida Johnson Young (February 28, 1875 – May 8, 1926) was an American playwright, songwriter and librettist.IBDBRida Johnson Young Retrieved November 21, 2007 In her career, Young wrote over thirty plays and musicals, and over 500 songs. She ...

* " Tell That to the Marines" w. Harold Atteridge &

* "That Tumble-Down Shack In Athlone" w. Richard W. Pascoe m. Monte Cobb & Alma M. Saunders * "That Wonderful Mother Of Mine" w. Clyde Hager m. Walter Goodwin * "There's Nobody Home but Me" w. Sam Erlich m.

* "

They Were All Out of Step But Jim "They Were All Out of Step But Jim" is an American World War I war song. It rose to popularity in 1918 when released by Billy Murray, charting at #3 in the United States. Description The song depicts a mother and father of a soldier gloating t ...

" w.m.

* " Those Draftin' Blues" w.m.

Maceo Pinkard Maceo Pinkard (June 27, 1897 – July 21, 1962) was an American composer, lyricist, and music publisher. Among his compositions is "Sweet Georgia Brown", a popular standard for decades after its composition and famous as the theme of the Harlem ...

* " Till We Meet Again" w.

Raymond B. Egan Raymond Blanning Egan (November 14, 1890 – October 13, 1952) was a Canadian-American songwriter of popular music. Many of his songs have appeared in films and musical theatre. He often collaborated with composer Richard A. Whiting. Early life ...

m. Richard A. Whiting * "Tishomingo Blues"

Spencer Williams Spencer Williams (October 14, 1889 – July 14, 1965) was an American jazz and popular music composer, pianist, and singer. He is best known for his hit songs " Basin Street Blues", "I Ain't Got Nobody", "Royal Garden Blues", "I've Found a New B ...

* "Wedding Bells, Will You Ever Ring For Me?" w.

& Joe Young m.

* " We'll Do Our Share while You're Over There" w. Lew Brown & Al Herriman m. Jack Egan * "

When Alexander Takes His Ragtime Band to France "When Alexander Takes His Ragtime Band to France" is a World War I era song written by Alfred Bryan (lyricist), Alfred Bryan, Cliff Hess, and Edgar Leslie in 1918. The song was performed by Marion Harris and released as a single by Victor Records ...

" w. Alfred Bryan &

Edgar Leslie Edgar Leslie (December 31, 1885 – January 22, 1976) was an American songwriter. Biography Edgar Leslie was born in Stamford, Connecticut, in 1885. He studied at the Cooper Union in New York. He published his first song in 1909, starting a l ...

m. Cliff Hess * " When Tony Goes Over The Top" w. Billy Frisch & Archie Fletcher m. Alex Marr * "When You Look In The Heart Of A Rose" w. Marion Gillespie m. Florence Methuen * "Why Do They All Take The Night Boat To Albany?" w. Joe Young &

* "Without You" w.

Nora Bayes Nora Bayes (born Rachel Eleonora "Dora" Goldberg; October 3, 1880March 19, 1928) was an American singer and vaudeville performer who was popular internationally between the 1900s and 1920s. She is credited with co-writing the song "Shine On, Har ...

m. Irving Fisher * " Would You Rather Be a Colonel with an Eagle on Your Shoulder or a Private with a Chicken On Your Knee?" w.

Sidney D. Mitchell Sidney D. Mitchell (June 15, 1888 in Baltimore, Maryland – February 25, 1942 in Los Angeles, California) was a Hollywood film industry lyricist and composer. Mitchell is best known for his collaborations with Lew Pollack on movie scores a ...

Archie Gottler Archie Gottler (May 14, 1896 – June 24, 1959) was an American composer, screenwriter, actor, and film director.

* " You'll Find Old Dixieland In France" w. (Eng) Grant Clarke (Fr) Louis Delamarre m. George W. Meyer * "You're In Style When You're Wearing A Smile" w.m. Al W. Brown,

Egbert van Alstyne Egbert Anson Van Alstyne (March 4, 1878 – July 9, 1951) was an American songwriter and pianist. Van Alstyne was the composer of a number of popular and ragtime tunes of the early 20th century. Biography Van Alstyne was born in Marengo, Il ...

Top hit recordings

Tiger Rag "Tiger Rag" is a jazz standard that was recorded and copyrighted by the Original Dixieland Jass Band in 1917. It is one of the most recorded jazz compositions. In 2003, the 1918 recording of "Tiger Rag" was entered into the U.S. Library of Cong ...

/Skeleton Jangle" by the

Original Dixieland Jass Band The Original Dixieland Jass Band (ODJB) was a Dixieland jazz band that made the first jazz recordings in early 1917. Their "Livery Stable Blues" became the first jazz record ever issued. The group composed and recorded many jazz standards, the m ...

*"Over There" by

*" After You've Gone" by

Marion Harris Marion Harris (born Mary Ellen Harrison; April 4, 1896 – April 23, 1944) was an American popular singer who was most successful in the late 1910s and the 1920s. She was the first widely known white singer to sing jazz and blues songs.Ward, Elija ...

Smiles The simplified molecular-input line-entry system (SMILES) is a specification in the form of a line notation for describing the structure of chemical species using short ASCII strings. SMILES strings can be imported by most molecule editors for ...

" by

Joseph C. Smith Joseph C. Smith (August 13, 1883 – March 22, 1965) was an American violinist, composer, dance band leader and recording artist most popular in the second and third decades of the 20th century. Biography Joseph Cyrus Smith was born in Sag H ...

's Orchestra *"

I'm Always Chasing Rainbows "I'm Always Chasing Rainbows" is a popular Vaudeville song. The music is credited to Harry Carroll, but the melody is adapted from ''Fantaisie-Impromptu'' by Frédéric Chopin. The lyrics were written by Joseph McCarthy, and the song was publishe ...

" by

Charles W. Harrison Charles William Harrison (September 11, 1878 – February 2, 1965) was an American tenor ballad singer. He recorded under the pseudonyms: Hugh Donovan, Billy Burton, Charles Hilton, and Norman Terrell. Biography He was born on September 11, ...

Rock-A-Bye Your Baby With a Dixie Melody "Rock-a-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody" is a popular song written by Jean Schwartz, with lyrics by Sam M. Lewis and Joe Young. The song was introduced by Al Jolson in the Broadway musical '' Sinbad'' and published in 1918. Probably the best-k ...

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*" Hello Central, Give Me No-Man's Land" by Al Jolson *" I'm Sorry I Made You Cry" by

Henry Burr Henry Burr (January 15, 1882 – April 6, 1941) was a Canadian singer, radio performer and producer. He was born Harry Haley McClaskey and used Henry Burr as one of his many pseudonyms, in addition to Irving Gillette, Henry Gillette, Alfred Alex ...

Classical music

* Joseph Achron – Violin Sonata No.2 * Agustín Barrios – ''Un sueño en la foresta'' * Arnold Bax ** String Quartet No. 1 in G major, GP. 199 ** ''Symphonic Variations'', GP. 210 *Émile-Robert Blanchet, Emile-Robert Blanchet – 2 Barcarolles for piano, Op.24 * Lili Boulanger ** ''D'un matin de printemps'' ** ''D'un soir triste'' *Carl Busch – Indian Tribal Melodies *John Alden Carpenter – Little Indian * Frederick Delius – ''A Song Before Sunrise'' * Edward Elgar – Violin Sonata (Elgar), Violin Sonata * George Enescu – Symphony No. 3 (Enescu), Symphony No. 3 in C major, Op. 21 * Gabriel Fauré – Fantaisie, Op. 111 (Fauré), ''Fantaisie'', Op. 111 *

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'' * Alexander Glazunov – ''Romance of Nina'' *Paul Hindemith – Violin Sonata No. 2 (Hindemith), Violin Sonatas, Op. 11 * – Trio for violin, cello and harp * Leoš Janáček – ''Taras Bulba (rhapsody), Taras Bulba'' *Sigfrid Karg-Elert – 30 Caprices for Flute Solo, Op. 107 *Charles Koechlin – Sonata (for bassoon and piano) Op. 71 * Leevi Madetoja – Symphony No. 2, Op. 35 * Bohuslav Martinů – String Quartet No. 1 (Martinů), String Quartet No. 1, H. 117 *Darius Milhaud – Symphonie de chambre No.2, Op. 49 *Nikolai Myaskovsky – Symphony No.5, Op. 18 * Carl Nielsen – ''Pan and Syrinx'' (tone poem) * Preston Ware Orem – American Indian Rhapsody *Francis Poulenc **Sonata for Two Clarinets, FP 7 **Sonata for Piano Four Hands, FP 8 **Toréador, FP 11 **Mouvements perpétuels, FP 14 *Ottorino Respighi – La boutique fantasque. Balletto su musiche di G. Rossini *Emil von Reznicek, Emil Reznicek – Symphony No.3 in D major (composer on April 5, premiered the following year) *Camille Saint-Saëns, Camille Saint-Saens – Vers la victoire, Op.152 *

**Ragtime * Karol Szymanowski ** ''Songs of an infatuated Muezzin,'' for soprano and orchestra ** ''3 Caprices de Paganini,'' for voice and piano ** ''4 Songs to Lyrics by Rabindranath Tagore,'' for voice and piano *Felix Weingartner – Freiheitsgesang, Op.67

Opera

– ''Duke Bluebeard's Castle'' (composed 1911), Royal Hungarian Opera House in Budapest, 24 May * Charles Wakefield Cadman – ''Shanewis'', libretto by Nelle Richmond Eberhart * Giacomo Puccini – ''Il trittico'' (consisting of ''Il tabarro'', ''Suor Angelica'' and ''Gianni Schicchi'') * Gabriel von Wayditch – ''Jesus Before Herod'' * Felix Weingartner – ''Die Dorfschule''

Jazz

Musical theatre

* ''As You Were (musical), As You Were'' London production opened at the London Pavilion, Pavilion on August 3 * ''The Better 'Ole'' Broadway production opened at the Greenwich Village Theatre on October 19, transferred to the Cort Theatre on November 18 and transferred to the Booth Theatre on June 16, 1919, for a total run of 353 performances * ''Buzz-Buzz'' London revue opened at the Vaudeville Theatre on December 20 and ran for 612 performances * ''The Canary (musical), The Canary'' Broadway production opened at the Globe Theatre (New York), Globe Theatre on November 4 and ran for 152 performances * ''Fiddlers Three (operetta), Fiddlers Three'' Broadway production opened at the Cort Theatre on September 3 and ran for 87 performances * ''The Girl Behind the Gun'' Broadway production opened at the New Amsterdam Theatre on September 16 and ran for 160 performances * ''Hullo, America'' London production opened at the Palace Theatre, London, Palace Theatre on September 25 * ''The Lilac Domino'' London production opened at the Empire, Leicester Square, Empire Theatre on February 21 and ran for 747 performances * ''Listen Lester (play), Listen Lester'' (Music: Harold Orlob Book and Lyrics: Harry L. Cort & George E. Stoddard. Broadway production opened at the Knickerbocker Theatre (Broadway), Knickerbocker Theatre on December 23 and ran for 272 performances. Starring Mary Milburn, Eddie Garvie, Johnny Dooley, Clifton Webb, Ada Mae Weeks, Ada Lewis and Gertrude Vanderbilt (actress), Gertrude Vanderbilt. * ''Oh, Lady! Lady!!'' Broadway theater, Broadway production opened at the Princess Theatre, New York City, Princess Theatre on February 1, transferred to the Casino Theatre (Broadway), Casino Theatre on June 17 and ran for a total of 219 performances. * ''The Passing Show, The Passing Show of 1918'' Broadway revue opened at the Winter Garden Theatre on July 25 and ran for 142 performances * ''Phi-Phi'' Paris operetta opened at the Bouffes-Parisiens on November 12 * ''Sinbad (1918 musical), Sinbad'' Broadway production opened at the Winter Garden Theatre on February 14 and ran for 164 performances * ''Sometime (musical), Sometime'' (Music: Rudolf Friml Book:

Lyrics:

) Broadway production opened at the Shubert Theatre (Broadway), Shubert Theatre on October 4 and transferred to the Casino Theatre (Broadway), Casino Theatre on November 11 for a total run of 283 performances. Featuring Mae West and Ed Wynn * ''Toot-Toot!'' Broadway production opened at George M. Cohan's Theatre on March 11 and ran for 40 performances * ''Very Good Eddie'' London production opened at the Palace Theatre, London, Palace Theatre on May 18 and ran for 341 performances * ''Where the Lark Sings (operetta), Where the Lark Sings'' by Franz Lehár

Births

*January 9 – Ruthilde Boesch, Austrian soprano (d. 2012) *January 12 – Julio Gutiérrez (musician), Julio Gutiérrez, Cuban pianist, conductor and songwriter (d. 1990) *January 20 – Juan García Esquivel, Mexican bandleader (d. 2002) *January 24 – Gottfried von Einem, composer (d. 1996) *January 27 **Skitch Henderson, bandleader (d. 2005) **Elmore James, blues musician (d. 1963) *February 3 – Joey Bishop, all-round entertainer (d. 2007) *February 15 – Hank Locklin, singer (d. 2009) *February 16 – Patty Andrews of The Andrews Sisters singing group (d. 2013) *March 20 – Bernd Alois Zimmermann, German composer (d. 1970) *March 20 – Marian McPartland, British jazz pianist (d. 2013) *March 23 – Alberto Caracciolo, tango musician (d. 1994) *March 29 – Pearl Bailey, singer (d. 1990) *April 3 – Sixten Ehrling, conductor (d. 2005) *April 25 – Astrid Varnay, operatic soprano (d. 2006) *May 15 – Eddy Arnold, country singer (d. 2008) *May 17 – Birgit Nilsson, operatic soprano (d. 2005) *June 4 – Noel Estrada, composer (d. 1979) *June 8 – Robert Preston (actor), Robert Preston, star of musicals (d. 1987) *June 10 – Patachou, French singer (d. 2015) *June 26 – Roger Voisin, trumpeter (d. 2008) *July 5 – George Rochberg, composer (d. 2005) *July 6 – Eugene List, classical pianist (d. 1985) *July 24 – Ruggiero Ricci, violinist (d. 2012) *July 27 – Leonard Rose, cellist (d. 1984) *August 18 – Cisco Houston, folk singer (d. 1961) *August 25 – Leonard Bernstein, composer and conductor (d. 1990) *August 29 – Mrs Mills, born Gladys Jordan, honky-tonk pianist (d. 1978) *August 31 – Alan Jay Lerner, US lyricist (d. 1986) *September 13 – Dick Haymes, Argentinian-born US singer and actor (d. 1980) *September 14 – Israel López "Cachao", Cuban bassist and composer (d. 2008) *September 22 – Henryk Szeryng, violinist (d. 1988) *September 23 – Lola Graham, pianist (d. 1992) *September 26 – John Zacherle, actor and singer (d. 2016) *October 9 – Bebo Valdés, Cuban pianist (d. 2013) *October 11 – Jerome Robbins, choreographer (d. 1998) *October 14 – Ellen Faull, operatic soprano (d. 2008) *October 16 – Géori Boué, operatic soprano (d. 2017) *October 17 – Rita Hayworth, actress, dancer and singer (d. 1987) *October 26 – Eric Ericson, Swedish choral conductor and choral teacher (d. 2013) *November 20 – Tibor Frešo, composer (d. 1987) *December 12 – Joe Williams (jazz singer), Joe Williams, jazz singer (d. 1999) *December 19 – Professor Longhair, blues singer and pianist (d. 1980) *December 23 – José Greco, flamenco dancer and choreographer (d. 2000) *December 24 – Dave Bartholomew, bandleader, composer and arranger (d. 2019)

Deaths

*January 10 – Alphonse Maille, Alphonse Mailly, French composer (born 1833) *January 19 – Juan José Cañas, co-writer of the El Salvador national anthem (b. 1826) *February 7 – Alexander Taneyev, composer (b. 1850) *February 15 – Miguel Marqués (composer), Miguel Marqués – Spanish composer and violinist (b. 1843) *February 23 – Sophie Menter – German composer and pianist (b. 1846) *February 27 – Vasily Safonov, pianist (born 1852) *March 1 – Emil Sjögren, lieder composer (b. 1853) *March 2 – Theobald Rehbaum, violinist (born 1835) *March (12–15) – José White Lafitte, violinist and composer (b. 1836) *March 13 – César Cui, music critic and composer (b. 1835) *March 15 – Lili Boulanger, composer (b. 1893) *March 23 – Théo Ysaÿe, pianist and composer (b. 1865) *March 25 – Claude Debussy, composer (b. 1862) *March 26 – :fr:Charles Clairville, Charles Clairville, librettist (born 1855) *April 8 – Lucjan Rydel, Polish lyricist and playwright (b. 1870) *April 13 – David Ffrangcon Davies, operatic baritone (b. 1855) *April 21 – Antonio Pini-Corsi, operatic baritone (b. 1859) *May 5 – Bertha Palmer, writer, musician, businesswoman, socialite and philanthropist (b. 1849) *May 18 –

, conductor and composer (b. 1883) (accidentally shot) *May 22 – Fritz Seitz, violinist and composer (b. 1848) *June 9 – Jozsef Angster, master organ maker (b. 1834) *June 10 – Arrigo Boito, writer and composer (b. 1842) *July 27 – Gustav Kobbé, American music critic and author (b. 1857) (killed in sailing accident) *August 12 – Anna Held, singer (b. 1872) *August 15 – Heinrich Köselitz, author and composer (b. 1854) *August 26 – Cecil Coles, composer (b. 1888) (killed in action) *September 7 – Morfydd Llwyn Owen, singer, pianist and composer (b. 1891) (complications from surgery for appendicitis) *September 18 – Ernest Farrar, composer (b. 1885) (killed in action) *September 19 **Nikolai Mikhailovich Ladukhin, Nikolay Ladukhin, music theorist and composer (born 1860) **Liza Lehmann, operatic soprano and composer (b. 1862) *October 7 –

, composer (b. 1848) *October 15 – Antonio Cotogni, operatic baritone (b. 1831) *October 16 – Felix Arndt, pianist and composer (b. 1889) *October 22 – Charles Peccatte, archetier (b. 1850) *October 24 **Charles Lecocq, composer (b. 1832) **Marianne Scharwenka, violinist (b. 1856) *October 29 – Rudolf Tobias, organist and composer (b. 1873) *November 4 – Joaquín Valverde Sanjuán, ''zarzuela'' composer (b. 1875) *December 13 – Nikolay and Medea Figner, Nikolay Figner, Russian-Ukrainian lyric tenor (b. 1857) *''date unknown'' – King Watzke, violinist and bandleader (b. c. 1880)

References

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