1896 in music
See also: 1895 in music, other events of 1896, 1897 in music and the list of 'years in music'.
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2 Published popular music 3 Musical theater 4 Opera 5 Births 6 Deaths |
Events
- February 1 - Giacomo Puccini's La Bohème debuts in Turin
Published popular music
- "All Coons Look Alike To Me" w.m. Ernest Hogan
- "The Amorous Goldfish" w. Harry Greenbank m. Sidney Jones
- "Chin, Chin, Chinaman" w. Harry Greenbank m. Sidney Jones
- "El Capitan March" m. John Philip Sousa
- "Eli Green's Cakewalk" w.m. David Reed & Sadie Koninsky
- "Elsie From Chelsea" w.m. Harry Dacre
- "Going For A Pardon" w. James Thornton & Clara Havenschild m. James Thornton
- "Happy Days In Dixie" m. Kerry Mills
- "Hot Tamale Alley" by George M. Cohan
- "A Hot Time In The Old Town" w. Joseph Hayden m. Theodore A. Metz
- "I Love You In The Same Old Way - Darling Sue" w. Walter H. Ford m. John W. Bratton
- "In The Baggage Coach Ahead" w.m. Gussie L. Davis
- "A Jovial Monk Am I" w. (Eng) Arthur Sturgess m. Edmond Audran
- "Kentucky Babe" w. Richard Henry Buck m. Adam Geibel
- "Laugh And The World Laughs With You" w. Ella Wheeler Wilcox m. Louis Gottschalk
- "Love Makes The World Go 'Round" w. Clyde Fitch m. arr. William Furst
- "Mister Johnson, Turn Me Loose" w.m. Ben Harney
- "Mother Was A Lady" w. Edward B. Marks m. Joseph W. Stern
- "Musetta's Waltz Song" m. Giacomo Puccini
- "My Gal Is A High Born Lady" w.m. Barney Fagan arr. Gustave Luders
- "Remus Takes the Cake" by J. H. Ellis
- "The Saint Louis Cyclone" by Ren Shields & George Evans
- "Stars & Stripes Forever" by John Philip Sousa
- "Sweet Rosie O'Grady" w.m. Maude Nugent
- "To A Wild Rose" m. Edward MacDowell
- "Warmest Baby in the Bunch" by George M. Cohan
- "When The Saints Go Marching In" w. Katherine E. Purvis m. James M. Black
Musical theater
- The Art Of Maryland Broadway production
- El Capitan Broadway production
- The Circus Girl London production
- The Gay Parisienne London production
- The Geisha London production
- The Geisha Broadway production
- The Girl From Paris London production
- The Grand Duke London production
Opera
- Andrea Chenier by Umberto Giordano
- La Bohème by Giacomo Puccini
- Sadko by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Births
- April 30 - Reverend Gary Davis


