This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1919.

Specific locations

* 1919 in British music * 1919 in Norwegian music

Specific genres

* 1919 in country music * 1919 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 pianist

Paderewski Ignacy Jan Paderewski (; – 29 June 1941) was a Polish pianist and composer who became a spokesman for Polish independence. In 1919, he was the new nation's Prime Minister and foreign minister during which he signed the Treaty of Versail ...

becomes

Prime Minister of Poland The President of the Council of Ministers ( pl, Prezes Rady Ministrów, lit=Chairman of the Council of Ministers), colloquially referred to as the prime minister (), is the head of the cabinet and the head of government of Poland. The responsibi ...

. *

April 7 Events Pre-1600 * 451 – Attila the Hun captures Metz in France, killing most of its inhabitants and burning the town. * 529 – First ''Corpus Juris Civilis'', a fundamental work in jurisprudence, is issued by Eastern Roman Empe ...

– The

Original Dixieland Jazz 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 ...

brings

Dixieland Dixieland jazz, also referred to as traditional jazz, hot jazz, or simply Dixieland, is a style of jazz based on the music that developed in New Orleans at the start of the 20th century. The 1917 recordings by the Original Dixieland Jass Band ( ...

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 ...

England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe b ...

, opening a 15-month tour at the

Hippodrome, London The Hippodrome is a building on the corner of Cranbourn Street and Charing Cross Road in the City of Westminster, London. The name was used for many different theatres and music halls, of which the London Hippodrome is one of only a few survi ...

. *

May 3 Events Pre-1600 * 752 – Mayan king Bird Jaguar IV of Yaxchilan in modern-day Chiapas, Mexico, assumes the throne. * 1481 – The largest of three earthquakes strikes the island of Rhodes and causes an estimated 30,000 casualties. ...

– The

National Association of Negro Musicians The National Association of Negro Musicians, Inc. is one of the oldest organizations in the United States dedicated to the preservation, encouragement, and advocacy of all genres of the music of African-Americans. NANM had its beginning on May 3, ...

is established in

Washington, D.C. ) , image_skyline = , image_caption = Clockwise from top left: the Washington Monument and Lincoln Memorial on the National Mall, United States Capitol, Logan Circle, Jefferson Memorial, White House, Adams Morgan, ...

under the leadership of

Nora Holt Nora Douglas Holt (November 8, 1884 or 1885 – January 25, 1974) was a singer, composer and music critic, who was born in Kansas and was the first African American to receive a master's degree in music in the United States. She composed more t ...

and Henry Grant. *

July 22 Events Pre-1600 * 838 – Battle of Anzen: The Byzantine emperor Theophilos suffers a heavy defeat by the Abbasids. *1099 – First Crusade: Godfrey of Bouillon is elected the first Defender of the Holy Sepulchre of The Kingdom of J ...

– The

Ballets Russes The Ballets Russes () was an itinerant ballet company begun in Paris that performed between 1909 and 1929 throughout Europe and on tours to North and South America. The company never performed in Russia, where the Revolution disrupted society. A ...

gives the world premiere of

Manuel de Falla Manuel de Falla y Matheu (, 23 November 187614 November 1946) was an Andalusian Spanish composer and pianist. Along with Isaac Albéniz, Francisco Tárrega, and Enrique Granados, he was one of Spain's most important musicians of the first hal ...

's ballet ''

El sombrero de tres picos ''El sombrero de tres picos'' (''The Three-Cornered Hat'' or ''Le tricorne'') is a ballet choreographed by Léonide Massine to music by Manuel de Falla. It was commissioned by Sergei Diaghilev and premiered in 1919. It is not only a ballet with ...

'' (The Three-Cornered Hat) in

London London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a majo ...

. *August –

Josef Matthias Hauer Josef Matthias Hauer (March 19, 1883 – September 22, 1959) was an Austrian composer and music theorist. He is best known for developing, independent of and a year or two before Arnold Schoenberg, a method for composing with all 12 notes of th ...

devises his own

twelve-tone technique The twelve-tone technique—also known as dodecaphony, twelve-tone serialism, and (in British usage) twelve-note composition—is a method of musical composition first devised by Austrian composer Josef Matthias Hauer, who published his "law o ...

of composition. *

August 19 Events Pre-1600 *295 BC – The first temple to Venus, the Roman goddess of love, beauty and fertility, is dedicated by Quintus Fabius Maximus Gurges during the Third Samnite War. *43 BC – Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus, later know ...

– The

Southern Syncopated Orchestra Southern Syncopated Orchestra (SSO), established first in the U.S. as the New York Syncopated Orchestra, was an early jazz group known for bringing Black musicians to the UK. The group was founded by Will Marion Cook. Members of the group include ...

, visiting the UK, perform for the future King

Edward VIII of the United Kingdom Edward VIII (Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David; 23 June 1894 – 28 May 1972), later known as the Duke of Windsor, was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Empire and Emperor of India from 20 January 19 ...

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 ...

subsequently writes an enthusiastic review of the orchestra's performances in

, singling out

Sidney Bechet Sidney Bechet (May 14, 1897 – May 14, 1959) was an American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, and composer. He was one of the first important soloists in jazz, and first recorded several months before trumpeter Louis Armstrong. His erratic temp ...

– one of the first serious pieces of

criticism Criticism is the construction of a judgement about the negative qualities of someone or something. Criticism can range from impromptu comments to a written detailed response. , ''"the act of giving your opinion or judgment about the good or bad q ...

. *

October 27 Events Pre-1600 * 312 – Constantine is said to have received his famous Vision of the Cross. * 1275 – Traditional founding of the city of Amsterdam. * 1524 – French troops lay siege to Pavia. * 1553 – Condemned as ...

–

Edward Elgar Sir Edward William Elgar, 1st Baronet, (; 2 June 1857 – 23 February 1934) was an English composer, many of whose works have entered the British and international classical concert repertoire. Among his best-known compositions are orchestr ...

Cello Concerto A cello concerto (sometimes called a violoncello concerto) is a concerto for solo cello with orchestra or, very occasionally, smaller groups of instruments. These pieces have been written since the Baroque era if not earlier. However, unlike instru ...

is premiered in

with

Felix Salmond Felix Adrian Norman Salmond (19 November 188820 February 1952) was an English cellist and cello teacher who achieved success in the UK and the US. Early life and career Salmond was born to a family of professional musicians. His father Norman Sa ...

as soloist; the performance is a disaster because Elgar (as conductor) is given inadequate rehearsal time with the London Symphony Orchestra. *The

Louisiana Five The Louisiana Five was an early Dixieland jazz band that was active from 1917 to 1920. It was among the earliest jazz groups to record extensively. The Louisiana Five was led by drummer Anton Lada. History The Louisiana Five was formed in New Y ...

are advertised as playing "Modern Jazz". *

Johan Wagenaar Johan Wagenaar (1 November 1862 – 17 June 1941) was a Dutch composer and organist. Life Born in Utrecht, out of wedlock, he was the son of Cypriaan Gerard Berger van Hengst and Johanna Wagenaar. Wagenaar's parents were of different social stra ...

becomes director of the Royal Conservatory at the Hague. *

Elsie Griffin Elsie Griffin (6 December 1895 – 21 December 1989) was an English opera singer, best known for her performances in the soprano roles of the Savoy Operas with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company. Beginning her career by entertaining British troops ...

joins the

D'Oyly Carte Opera Company The D'Oyly Carte Opera Company is a professional British light opera company that, from the 1870s until 1982, staged Gilbert and Sullivan's Savoy operas nearly year-round in the UK and sometimes toured in Europe, North America and elsewhere. Th ...

. *

Gustav Kobbé Gustav Kobbé (March 4, 1857Lewis Randolph Hamersly, ''et al.Who's who in New York (city and State)'' New York: L.R. Hamersly, 1904. p. 353. – July 27, 1918)

's guide ''

The Complete Opera Book ''The Complete Opera Book'' is a guide to operas by American music critic and author Gustav Kobbé first published (posthumously) in the United States in 1919 and the United Kingdom in 1922. A revised edition from 1954 by the Earl of Harewood is ...

'' is first published (posthumously), in the United States.

Published popular music

* "Abie My Boy" w.m. L.Silberman, A. Grock, Herbert Rule & Tom McGhee * "Alcoholic Blues" w. Edward Laska, m. Albert Von Tilzer * "Alexander's Band Is Back In Dixieland" w.

Jack Yellen Jack Selig Yellen (Jacek Jeleń; July 6, 1892 – April 17, 1991) was an American lyricist and screenwriter. He is best remembered for writing the lyrics to the songs "Happy Days Are Here Again", which was used by Franklin Roosevelt as the theme ...

m. Albert Gumble * "

Alice Blue Gown "Alice Blue Gown" is a popular song written by Joseph McCarthy (lyricist), Joseph McCarthy and Harry Tierney. The song, which was inspired by Alice Roosevelt Longworth's signature gown, was first performed by Edith Day in the 1919 Broadway musical ' ...

" w.

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 ...

Harry Tierney Harry Austin Tierney (May 21, 1890 – March 22, 1965) was an American composer of musical theatre, best known for long-running hits such as ''Irene'' (1919), Broadway's longest-running show of the era (620 performances), ''Kid Boots'' (1923) and'' ...

* "All The Quakers Are Shoulder Shakers Down In Quaker Town" w.

Bert Kalmar Bert Kalmar (February 10, 1884 – September 18, 1947) was an American songwriter, who was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970. He was also a screenwriter. Biography Kalmar, a native of New York City, left school at an early age ...

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 ...

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 ...

* " And He'd Say, "Oo-La-La! Wee-Wee!"" w. George Jessel, m.

Harry Ruby Harry Rubenstein (January 27, 1895 – February 23, 1974), known professionally as Harry Ruby, was an American actor, pianist, composer, songwriter and screenwriter, who was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970.Lorenz Hart Lorenz Milton Hart (May 2, 1895 – November 22, 1943) was an American lyricist and half of the Broadway songwriting team Rodgers and Hart. Some of his more famous lyrics include " Blue Moon", " The Lady Is a Tramp", "Manhattan", "Bewitched, Both ...

Richard Rodgers Richard Charles Rodgers (June 28, 1902 – December 30, 1979) was an American Musical composition, composer who worked primarily in musical theater. With 43 Broadway musicals and over 900 songs to his credit, Rodgers was one of the most ...

*"Ask the Stars" by Frank M. Stammers * " Baby, Won't You Please Come Home?" w.m. Charles Warfield & Clarence Williams * "Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gives To Me" w.m. Charles McCarron, Casey Morgan & Arthur Swanstrom * "Breeze (Blow My Baby Back To Me)" w.m. Ballard MacDonald, Joe Goodwin & James F. Hanley * " The Boys Who Won't Come Home" w. Harry Hamilton m. Ed. Thomas * "Camp Meeting Blues" by Dabney's Band * "

Cielito Lindo "Cielito Lindo" is a popular Mexican song '' copla'', popularized in 1882 by Mexican author Quirino Mendoza y Cortés (c. 1862–1957). It is roughly translated as "Lovely Sweet One". Although the word ''cielo'' means "sky" or "heaven", it is ...

" w.m. Quirino Mendoza y Cortez * "Daddy Long Legs" 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 * "

Dardanella "Dardanella" is a popular song published in 1919 by McCarthy & Fisher, Inc., a firm owned by Fred Fisher, lyricist, for music composed by Felix Bernard and Johnny S. Black. Bandleader Ben Selvin (1898–1980) recorded "Dardanella" for several ...

" w.

Fred Fisher Fred Fisher (born Alfred Breitenbach, September 30, 1875 – January 14, 1942) was a German-born American songwriter and Tin Pan Alley music publisher. Biography Fisher was born in Cologne, Germany. His parents were Max and Theodora Breitenba ...

Felix Bernard Felix William Bernard (April 28, 1897 – October 20, 1944) was an American conductor, pianist and a composer of popular music. His writing credits include the popular songs "Winter Wonderland" (with lyricist Richard B. Smith) and "Dardanella". B ...

& Johnny S. Black * "

Don't Dilly Dally on the Way "Don't Dilly Dally on the Way", subtitled "The Cock Linnet Song" and often credited as "My Old Man (Said Follow the Van)", is a music hall song written in 1919 by Fred W. Leigh and Charles Collins, made popular by Marie Lloyd. The song, althou ...

" w.m. Fred W. Leigh & Charles Collins * "Everybody Wants A Key To My Cellar" w.m.

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 ...

, Billy Baskette & Lew Pollack * "

Grönnens Laid The "Grönnens laid" ( en, Song of Groningen) is the anthem of the Groningen province of the Netherlands. The anthem was written in 1919 by Geert Teis Pzn. of Stadskanaal, composed by G.R. Jager of Slochteren and arranged by Frieso Molenaa ...

", w. Geert Teis Pzn., m. G.R. Jager * "Hold Me" w.m.

Art Hickman Arthur George Hickman (June 13, 1886 – January 16, 1930) was a drummer, pianist, and bandleader of one of the first big bands. Career Hickman founded a sextet in San Francisco in 1913. The band's first job was playing at training camp for the b ...

& Ben Black * "I Ain't Gonna Give Nobody None O' This Jelly Roll" w.

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 ...

m. Clarence Williams * "I Gave Her That" w. m.

B. G. De Sylva George Gard "Buddy" DeSylva (January 27, 1895 – July 11, 1950) was an American songwriter, film producer and record executive. He wrote or co-wrote many popular songs and, along with Johnny Mercer and Glenn Wallichs, he co-founded Capitol Recor ...

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 ...

* "I Lost My Heart In Dixieland" 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 ...

* "I Might be Your "Once-In-A-While"" w. Robert B. Smith m.

Victor Herbert Victor August Herbert (February 1, 1859 – May 26, 1924) was an American composer, cellist and conductor of English and Irish ancestry and German training. Although Herbert enjoyed important careers as a cello soloist and conductor, he is be ...

* "I Never Realized" w.m.

Cole Porter Cole Albert Porter (June 9, 1891 – October 15, 1964) was an American composer and songwriter. Many of his songs became standards noted for their witty, urbane lyrics, and many of his scores found success on Broadway and in film. Born to ...

* "

I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate "I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate", often simply "Sister Kate", is an up-tempo jazz dance song, written by Armand J. Piron and published in 1922. Louis Armstrong claimed he had written the song and sold it for 10$ he never received. Kate w ...

" w.m.

Armand J. Piron Armand John "A.J." Piron (August 16, 1888 – February 17, 1943) was an American jazz violinist who led a dance band during the 1920s. Biography In 1915, Piron and Clarence Williams started the Piron and Williams Publishing Company. In their ...

I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles (sheet music cover)

* "

I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles "I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles" is a popular American song written in 1918, released in late 1919, becoming a number one hit for Ben Selvin's Novelty Orchestra. It has been revived and adapted over the years, serving as the anthem of Premier Leag ...

" w. John W. Kellette m. Jaan Kenbrovin (pseudonym of James Kendis, James Brockman and Nat Vincent) * " I'm Going Back To Yarrawonga" by Corporal Neil McBeath * "

Indian Summer An Indian summer is a period of unseasonably warm, dry weather that sometimes occurs in autumn in temperate regions of the northern hemisphere. Several sources describe a true Indian summer as not occurring until after the first frost, or more s ...

" w.

Al Dubin Alexander Dubin (June 10, 1891 – February 11, 1945) was an American lyricist. He is best known for his collaborations with the composer Harry Warren. Life Al Dubin came from a Russian Jewish family that emigrated to the United States from Swi ...

Words 1939. * "Irene" w.

. Introduced by

Edith Day Edith Day (born Edith Marie Day; April 10, 1896 – May 1, 1971) was an American actress and singer best known for her roles in Edwardian musical comedies and operettas, first on Broadway and then in London's West End. Life and career Born in ...

in the musical ''

Irene Irene is a name derived from εἰρήνη (eirēnē), the Greek for "peace". Irene, and related names, may refer to: * Irene (given name) Places * Irene, Gauteng, South Africa * Irene, South Dakota, United States * Irene, Texas, United Stat ...

'' * " I've Got My Captain Working for Me Now" w.m.

* "

Jazz Baby Jazz Baby is a song published in 1919, written by Blanche Merrill and M.K. Jerome, and recorded by singer Marion Harris. The rights to the song were acquired by the Washburn-Crosby Company, manufacturers of Wheaties cereal, in 1926, for the pur ...

" w.

Blanche Merrill Blanche L. Merrill (born Blanche V. Dreyfoos; July 22/23, 1883"Blanche Merrill," ''U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014'' on ''Ancestry.com'' accessed June 5, 2018 (access by subscription). – October 5, 1966) was a songwriter specia ...

William Jerome William Jerome Flannery, September 30, 1865 – June 25, 1932) was an American songwriter, born in Cornwall-on-Hudson, New York of Irish immigrant parents, Mary Donnellan and Patrick Flannery. He collaborated with numerous well-known composers a ...

* "Just Like a Gipsy" w.m. Seymour Simons &

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 ...

* "The Lamplit Hour" m. Arthur A. Penn, w. Thomas Burke * "Let The Rest Of The World Go By" w.

J. Keirn Brennan J. Keirn Brennan (November 24, 1873 – February 4, 1948) was an American songwriter. He joined ASCAP as a charter member in 1914 and collaborated with many notable songwriters. He is probably best known for co-writing the 1929 in film, 1929 film '' ...

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 ...

* "Letter Song" by

William LeBaron William LeBaron (February 16, 1883February 9, 1958) was an American film producer. LeBaron's film credits included '' Cimarron'', which won the Academy Award for Outstanding Production at the 4th Academy Awards ceremony for 1930/1931. LeBaron ...

* "Little Girls, Goodbye" w.

Victor Jacobi Victor Jacobi (22 October 1883 – 10 December 1921) was a Hungarian operetta composer. He studied at the Zeneakadémia (Academy of Music) in Budapest at the same time as the noted Hungarian composers Imre Kálmán and Albert Szirmai. Jaco ...

* "Love Sends A Little Gift Of Roses" w. Leslie Cooke m. John Openshaw * "Mah Lindy Lou" w.m. Lily Strickland * "Mammy O' Mine" w. William Tracey 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 ...

* "

Mandy Mandy or Mandie may refer to: People * Mandy (name), a female given name and nickname * Iván Mándy (1918-1995), Hungarian writer * Mark Mandy (born 1972), Irish retired high jumper * Philip Mandie (born 1942), a former judge on the Supreme Cou ...

" w.m.

* "Mirandy" w.m.

James Reese Europe James Reese Europe (February 22, 1881 – May 9, 1919) was an American ragtime and early jazz bandleader, arranger, and composer. He was the leading figure on the African Americans music scene of New York City in the 1910s. Eubie Blake called hi ...

Noble Sissle Noble Lee Sissle (July 10, 1889 – December 17, 1975) was an American jazz composer, lyricist, bandleader, singer, and playwright, best known for the Broadway musical ''Shuffle Along'' (1921), and its hit song "I'm Just Wild About Harry". Ea ...

Eubie Blake James Hubert "Eubie" Blake (February 7, 1887 – February 12, 1983) was an American pianist and composer of ragtime, jazz, and popular music. In 1921, he and his long-time collaborator Noble Sissle wrote ''Shuffle Along'', one of the first Bro ...

* "The Moon Shines On The Moonshine" w. Frank De Witt m. Robin Hood Bowers. Introduced by Harry Williams in the

revue A revue is a type of multi-act popular theatrical entertainment that combines music, dance, and sketches. The revue has its roots in 19th century popular entertainment and melodrama but grew into a substantial cultural presence of its own duri ...

Ziegfeld Follies of 1919 The ''Ziegfeld Follies of 1919'' was a revue produced by Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. Billed as the thirteenth edition of the Ziegfeld Follies series, it had a tryout at Nixon's Apollo Theatre in Atlantic City, New Jersey, on June 10, 1919 and opened at Br ...

'' * "My Baby's Arms" w.

* "My Isle Of Golden Dreams" w.

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 ...

m. Walter Blaufuss * "Nobody Knows (And Nobody Seems To Care)" w.m.

* "

O (Oh!) "O (Oh!)" is a song written by Byron Gay and Arnold Johnson and performed by Ted Lewis and His Band. It reached No. 13 on the U.S. pop chart in 1920. Other charting versions * Pee Wee Hunt and His Orchestra released a version of the song which ...

" w.

Byron Gay Byron Sturges Gay (August 28, 1886 – December 22, 1945) was an American songwriter. One of his best-known songs "Four or Five Times" (co–written with Marco H. Hellman) has been recorded by numerous artists including King Oliver, Sidney Bechet, ...

m. Arnold Johnson * "

Oh By Jingo! "Oh By Jingo!" (also "Oh By Jingo! Oh By Gee You're The Only Girl For Me"), is a 1919 novelty song by Albert Von Tilzer with lyrics by Lew Brown. The song was featured in the Broadway show " Linger Longer Letty", and became one of the biggest Tin ...

(Oh By Gee, You're The Only Girl For Me)" w.

Lew Brown Lew Brown (born Louis Brownstein; December 10, 1893 – February 5, 1958) was a lyricist for popular songs in the United States. During World War I and the Roaring Twenties, he wrote lyrics for several of the top Tin Pan Alley composers, espec ...

m. Albert Von Tilzer * "Oh How I Laugh When I Think How I Cried About You" w. Roy Turk & George Jessel, m. Willy White * "Oh! What A Pal Was Mary" w.

* "Old-Fashioned Garden" w.m.

* "On Miami Shore" w.

* "On Patrol In No Man's Land" w.m.

* "Open Up The Golden Gates To Dixieland And Let Me Into Paradise" w.

Gus Van Van and Schenck were popular American entertainers in the 1910s and 1920s: Gus Van (born August Von Glahn, August 12, 1886 – March 12, 1968), baritone, and Joe Schenck (pronounced "skenk"; born Joseph Thuma Schenck, (June 2, 1891– June ...

& Joe Schenck * "Peggy" w. Harry Williams m. Neil Moret * " A Pretty Girl Is Like A Melody" w.m.

* "Prohibition Blues" w.

Ring Lardner Ringgold Wilmer Lardner (March 6, 1885 – September 25, 1933) was an American sports columnist and short story writer best known for his satirical writings on sports, marriage, and the theatre. His contemporaries Ernest Hemingway, Virginia Wo ...

* "

Royal Garden Blues "Royal Garden Blues" is a blues song composed by Clarence Williams and Spencer Williams in 1919. Popularized in jazz by the Original Dixieland Jazz Band,

" w.m. Clarence Williams &

* "Sahara (We'll Soon Be Dry Like You)" w. Alfred Bryan m. Jean Schwartz. Introduced in the musical ''Monte Cristo, Jr.'' * "Sipping Cider Through A Straw" w.m. Carey Morgan & Lee David * "Smilin' Through (song), Smilin' Through" w.m. Arthur A. Penn * "Someday Sweetheart" w.m. John Spikes & Benjamin Spikes * "Sugar Blues" w. Lucy Fletcher m. Clarence Williams * "Swanee (song), Swanee" w. Irving Caesar m. George Gershwin * "Sweet Hawaiian Moonlight" w. Harold G. Frost m. F. H. Klickmann * "Sweet Kisses That Came In The Night" w.

& Edward Buzzell, Eddie Buzzell m. Albert Von Tilzer * "Take Me To The Land Of Jazz" m.

* "Take Your Girlie To The Movies (If You Can't Make Love At Home)" w.

* "Tell Me" w. J. Will Callahan m. Max Kortlander * "That Naughty Waltz" w. Edwin Stanley m. Sol P. Levy * "There's More To The Kiss Than the X-X-X" w. Irving Caesar m. George Gershwin * "Tulip Time" w. Gene Buck m. Dave Stamper * "The Vamp" w.m. Byron Gay * "Wait Till You Get Them Up In The Air, Boys" w.

m. Harry Von Tilzer * "What'll We Do On A Saturday Night When The Town Goes Dry" w.m.

Harry Ruby Harry Rubenstein (January 27, 1895 – February 23, 1974), known professionally as Harry Ruby, was an American actor, pianist, composer, songwriter and screenwriter, who was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970.Harry Ruby Harry Rubenstein (January 27, 1895 – February 23, 1974), known professionally as Harry Ruby, was an American actor, pianist, composer, songwriter and screenwriter, who was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970.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 ...

& B. G. DeSylva * "You Cannot Make Your Shimmy Shake On Tea" w. Rennold Wolf m.

* "You Didn't Want Me When You Had Me" w. Benee Russell & Bernie Grossman m. George J. Bennett * "You'd Be Surprised" w.m.

* "Your Eyes Have Told Me So" w.

& Egbert Van Alstyne m. Walter Blaufuss * "You're A Million Miles From Nowhere When You're One Little Mile From Home" w. Sam Lewis & Joe Young m. Walter Donaldson

Hit recordings

*"Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gives To Me" by Ted Lewis (musician), Ted Lewis & His Jazz Band *"You Ain't Heard Nothing Yet" by

*"How Ya Gonna Keep 'Em Down On The Farm" by

*"A Pretty Girl Is Like A Melody" by John Steel (singer), John Steel *"I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles" by Ben Selvin's Novelty Orchestra *"The Moon Shines on the Moonshine" by Bert Williams *"O" by Ted Lewis (musician), Ted Lewis & His Jazz Band *"Alcoholic Blues" by Billy Murray (singer), Billy Murray *"Saxophobia" by Rudy Wiedoeft *"Jazz Baby" by Marion Harris *"You'd Be Surprised" by Eddie Cantor *"The Alcoholic Blues" by the

*"Weary Blues" by Yellow Nunez and the Louisiana Five

Classical music

*Hugo Alfvén - Symphony No. 4 in C minor, Op. 39, "Från havsbandet" *Granville Bantock - ''Hamabdil'' for cello, harp and strings *Arnold Bax – ''Tintagel (Bax), Tintagel'' *Ernest Bloch – Suite for Viola and Orchestra *Rebecca Helferich Clarke, Rebecca Clarke – Sonata for Viola and Piano *

- Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85 *Gabriel Fauré – ''Masques et bergamasques'', Op. 112 *Robert Fuchs – Twelve Waltzes, Op. 110, for piano *Louis Glass – Symphony No. 5 in C major, Op. 57, "Svastika" *Peder Gram – Concerto for violin and orchestra in D major *Charles Tomlinson Griffes – ''The Pleasure-Dome of Kubla Khan'' *Alois Hába - String Quartet No. 1, Op. 4 *Johan Halvorsen – ''Norwegian Rhapsody No. 1'' *Paul Hindemith **Cello Sonata No. 1, Op. 11, No. 3 **Viola Sonata, Op. 11 No. 4 (Hindemith), Viola Sonata No.1 in F major, Op. 11, No. 4 **Sonata for Solo Viola No. 1, Op. 11, No. 5 *Gustav Holst - Ode to Death, Ode to Death, H. 144, Op. 38 *Dorothy Howell (composer), Dorothy Howell – ''Lamia'' *Ernst Krenek - Piano Sonata No. 1 in E-flat, Op. 2 *Darius Milhaud **''Poèmes de Francis Thompson'', Op. 54 **''Les soirées de Pétrograd'', Op. 55 **''Machines agricoles'', 6 Pastorales for voice and chamber ensemble, Op. 56 **Suite symphonique No. 2, Op. 57 **''Le bœuf sur le toit,'' Op. 58'' ''(ballet) **''Cinéma fantaisie'' for violin and chamber orchestra, Op. 58b *Carl Nielsen – ''Aladdin (Nielsen), Aladdin'' (for theatre) *Gabriel Pierné – Sonata for Cello and Piano *Maurice Ravel - Le Tombeau de Couperin, Le Tombeau de Couperin, M68a ''(orchestration of 4 pieces from M 68)'' *Dane Rudhyar – ''Syntony'' *Jean Sibelius - Symphony No. 5 (Sibelius), Symphony No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 82 *Leo Sowerby – Concerto for Harp *Charles Villiers Stanford – ''A Song of Agincourt'' *Igor Stravinsky **''The Firebird'' Suite No. 2 **''Piano-Rag-Music'' **Symphony in E-flat (Stravinsky), Symphony in E-flat (revised version) **Three Pieces for Solo Clarinet *Joaquín Turina **''Niñerías'', Series 1 Op. 21, for piano **''Danzas fantásticas'' Op. 22, two versions: piano solo, and orchestra *Heitor Villa-Lobos **Symphony No. 3 (Villa-Lobos), Symphony No. 3, "A guerra" (War) **Symphony No. 4 (Villa-Lobos), Symphony No. 4, "A vitória" (Victory)

Opera

*''Abesalom da Eteri'', by Zacharia Paliashvili *''Fennimore and Gerda'', by Frederick Delius *''Die Frau ohne Schatten'', opera by Richard Strauss (staged) *''Ihre Hoheit, die Tänzerin (operetta), Ihre Hoheit, die Tänzerin'' (''Her Highness, the Dancer''), operetta by Walter Goetze *''Keto and Kote, Keto da Kote'', by Victor Dolidze (composer), Victor Dolidze *''The Love for Three Oranges'', Op. 33, by Sergei Prokofiev * ''The Moon Maiden'' by Rutland Boughton *''Den Kongelige Gæst, The Royal Guest'' by Hakon Børresen

Jazz

Musical theater

* ''Afgar'' (lyrics by Douglas Furber, music by Charles Cuvillier and book by Fred Thompson (writer), Fred Thompson and Worton David). West End theatre, London production opened at the London Pavilion, Pavilion Theatre on September 17 * ''Apple Blossoms'' Broadway production * ''Eastward Hoe, Eastward, Ho!'' London production opened at the Alhambra Theatre on September 9 * ''George White's Scandals'' Broadway

opened at the Liberty Theatre on June 2 and ran for 128 performances * ''

'' Broadway theatre, Broadway production opened at the Vanderbilt Theatre on November 18 and ran for 670 performances * ''Joy-Bells'' London production opened at the Hippodrome Theatre on March 25 and ran for 723 performances * ''Kissing Time'' (music by Ivan Caryll book and lyrics by Guy Bolton and P. G. Wodehouse) London production opened at the Winter Garden Theatre on 20 May and ran for 430 performances. * ''The Kiss Call'' Broadway production * ''Linger Longer Letty'' (Music: Alfred Goodman Lyrics: Bernard Grosman Book: Anne Nichols. Broadway production opened at the Fulton Theatre on November 20 and ran for 69 performances. Starring Charlotte Greenwood. * ''Monsieur Beaucaire (operetta), Monsieur Beaucaire'' London production opened at the Prince of Wales Theatre on April 19, transferred to the Palace Theatre, London, Palace Theatre on July 29 and ran for 221 performances * ''Monsieur Beaucaire (operetta), Monsieur Beaucaire'' Broadway production opened at the New Amsterdam Theatre on December 11 and ran for 143 performances * ''Monte Cristo Jr.'' Broadway production opened at the Winter Garden Theatre on February 12 and ran for 254 performances * ''Oh, Boy! (musical)'' London production opened on January 27 at the Novelty Theatre, Kingsway Theatre and ran for 167 performances * ''The Red Mill'' West End theatre, London production opened at the London Empire Theatre, Empire Theatre on December 26 and ran for 64 performances * ''Szibill, Sybil'' Vienna production * ''Take It From Me (musical), Take It From Me'' Broadway production opened on March 31 at the 44th Street Theatre and ran for 96 performances *''The Whirligig'' opened at the Palace Theatre (Broadway), Palace Theatre on December 23

Births

*January – Kaifi Azmi, Urdu and Hindi songwriter (d. 2002) *January 1 – Yoshio Tabata, singer and guitarist (d. 2013) *

– Juan Orrego-Salas, Chilean-American composer (d. 2019 in music, 2019 *January 22 – Sid Ramin, arranger (d. 2019) *January 25 – Eula Beal, operatic contralto (d. 2008) *January 27 – Ross Bagdasarian Sr., Ross Bagdasarian (aka David Seville), of The Chipmunks (d. 1972) *February 1 – Artie Singer, American songwriter, music producer, and bandleader (d. 2008 in music, 2008) *February 2 – Lisa Della Casa, Swiss soprano (d. 2012) *February 13 – Tennessee Ernie Ford, country musician (d. 1991) *March 10 – Marion Hutton, big band singer (d. 1987) *March 15 – George Avakian, jazz record producer (d. 2017) *March 17 – Nat King Cole, singer and pianist (d. 1965) *March 19 – Alfred Apaka, Hawaiian singer (d. 1960) *March 28 – D. K. Pattammal, Indian classical singer (d. 2009) *April 3 – Ervin Drake, songwriter (d. 2015) *April 14 – Karel Berman, opera singer and composer (d. 1995) *April 16 – Merce Cunningham, dancer, choreographer (d. 2009) *April 21 **Don Cornell, singer (d. 2004) **Roger Doucet, tenor, regular performer of the Canadian national anthem (d. 1981) *April 29 – Stephen Wilkinson (musician), Stephen Wilkinson, English conductor and composer *

– Pete Seeger, American folk singer (d. 2014) *May 7 – La Esterella, Flemish singer (d. 2011 in music, 2011) *May 12 – Gerald Bales, Canadian organist and composer (d. 2002) *May 16 – Liberace, American pianist (d. 1987) *May 17 – Antonio Aguilar, Mexican singer, actor and producer (d. 2007) *May 18 – Margot Fonteyn, born Margaret Hookham, English ballerina (d. 1991) *May 19 – Georgie Auld, jazz musician (d. 1990) *May 23 – Betty Garrett, actress and dancer (d. 2011) *May 30 – Joe McQueen, American jazz saxophonist (d. 2019) *June 11 – Helen Tobias-Duesberg, composer (d. 2010) *June 17 – Gene de Paul, pianist and composer (d. 1988) *June 22 – Gower Champion, dancer, choreographer and director (d. 1980) *July 8 – Ernst Haefliger, Swiss tenor (d. 2007 in music, 2007) *July 10 – Ian Wallace (singer), Ian Wallace, Scottish bass-baritone opera singer (d. 2009 in music, 2009) *July 27 – Jonathan Sternberg, American conductor, musical director and professor of music (d. 2018 in music, 2018) *July 31 – Norman Del Mar, conductor and music writer (d. 1994) *August 2 – Carlo Savina, Italian composer and conductor (d. 2002 in music, 2002) *August 11 – Ginette Neveu, violin virtuoso (d. 1949) *August 13 – George Shearing, English jazz pianist and composer (d. 2011) *August 17 – Irv Williams, African American jazz saxophonist (d. 2019) *August 21 – Tommy Reilly (harmonica player), Tommy Reilly, harmonica virtuoso (d. 2000) *August 24 – Niels Viggo Bentzon, Danish composer (d. 2000) *September 2 – Marge Champion, dancer and choreographer (d. 2020) *September 3 – Natalia Clare, ballerina (d. 2007) *September 4 – Teddy Johnson, popular singer (d. 2018) *September 16 **Sven-Erik Bäck, composer (d. 1994) **Andy Russell (singer), Andy Russell, singer (d. 1992 in music, 1992) *September 21 – Virgilio Savona, Italian singer, songwriter (d. 2009) *September 24 – Jack Costanzo, American percussionist (d. 2018) *September 30 – Patricia Neway, operatic soprano and musical theatre actress (d. 2012 in music, 2012) *October 9 – Irmgard Seefried, operatic soprano (d. 1988) *October 11 – Art Blakey, jazz drummer and bandleader (d. 1990) *October 18 – Anita O'Day, singer (d. 2006) *October 20 – Lia Origoni, singer (d. 2022 in music, 2022) *October 23 – Katie Lee (singer), Katie Lee, American folk singer (d. 2017 in music, 2017) *October 26 – James E. Myers, songwriter (d. 2001) *November 5 – Myron Floren, accordionist (d. 2005) *November 12 – Jackie Washington, Canadian singer-songwriter (d. 2009 in music, 2009) *November 15 – Carol Bruce, singer and actress (d. 2007) *November 23 – Cláudio Santoro, composer (d. 1989) *December 6 – Blaž Lenger, folk singer (d. 2006) *December 8 – Mieczyslaw Weinberg, composer (d. 1996) *December 10 – Sesto Bruscantini, operatic bass-baritone (d. 2003) *December 21 – Nelson Cooke, Australian cellist (d. 2018 in music, 2018) *December 25 **Naushad Ali, film score composer (d. 2006) **Curly Seckler, American bluegrass musician (d. 2017 in music, 2017) *December 30 – David Willcocks, British choral conductor, organist and composer (d. 2015 in music, 2015)

Deaths

*February 4 – Yelizaveta Lavrovskaya, Russian mezzo-soprano (b. 1845) *February 18 – Henry Ragas, jazz pianist (b. 1891) *March 6 – Gialdino Gialdini, Italian composer and conductor (b. 1843) *March 8 – Auguste Tolbeque, cellist and composer (b. 1830) *March 13 – Amy Woodforde-Finden, composer (b. 1860) *March 23 – Henry Blossom, lyricist (b. 1866) *April 9 –

, jazz musician and composer, band leader (b. 1881) (stabbed in fight) *April 24 – Camille Erlanger, opera composer (b. 1863) *April 25 – Augustus D. Juilliard, music patron (b. 1836) *June 2 – Ernest Ford, conductor and composer (b. 1858) *June 22 – Julian Scriabin, musical prodigy, pianist and composer (b. 1908) (drowned) *August 1 – Oscar Hammerstein I, musical theatre impresario (b. 1847) *August 4 – Ferdinand Thieriot, composer (b. 1838) *August 9 – Ruggiero Leoncavallo, composer (b. 1857 in music, 1857) *August 18 – Anna Deinet, operatic soprano (b. 1843) *September 11 – Géza Csáth, writer and musician (b. 1887) *September 27 – Adelina Patti, opera singer (b. 1843 in music, 1843) *October 17 – Sven August Körling, composer of art songs (b. 1842) *November 19 – Florencio Constantino, operatic tenor (b. 1869) *December 16 – Luigi Illica, librettist (b. 1857) *December 21 – Louis Diémer, pianist and composer (b. 1843) *December 27 – Achilles Alferaki, statesman, artist and composer (b. 1846) *December 31 – Marie van Zandt, operatic soprano (b. 1858) *''date unknown'' – Charles McCarron, songwriter (b. 1891)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:1919 In Music 1919 in music, 20th century in music Music by year