Timeline of trends in music (1910-1919)
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1910 in music
- International trends
- The tango begins to become popular in Europe
- Maggie Papakura, a Maori musician, performs across the United Kingdom
- Music of Armenia
- Komitas Vardapet finishes collecting over 3,000 Armenian folk songs
- Music of Peru
- The Indigenismo movement begins, bringing increased social and cultural awareness to native Peruvians
- Music of Portugal
- Fado is recorded for the first time
- Music of Spain
- The end of the golden age of flamenco
- Music of the United States
- The first scholarly interest in Appalachian folk music results in several field recordings, and John Lomax's Cowboy Songs and Other Frontier Ballads
1911 in music
- International trends
- Kazi Nazrul Islam begins composing Bengali music, eventually to become became the popular stream of Nazrulgeeti, popular today in Bangladesh and West Bengal
- Music of China
- Western music begins to make inroads into China
1912 in music
- International trends
- Henry Cowell's The Tides of Manaunaun is the first composition to use tone clusters by striking the keys with his hand and arm
- Music of Azerbaijan
- Alasgar Abdullayev performs the Bayati Shiraz mugham in Warsaw; this is the first recording of Azerbaijani folk music
- Music of Cuba
- Trío Matamoros refines son and begins its popularization
- Music of Japan
- The future members of the Hatano Jazz Band visit the US, leading to the first fusions of jazz and Japanese music
- Music of New Zealand
- James Cowan's "Sailor Memories", an article in the Christchurch Press, is the beginning of a serious consideration of New Zealand folk songs as part of the culture of New Zealand
- Music of South Africa
- Gramophone Company Ltd makes the first commercial recordings of South African music in Cape Town and Johannesburg with a portable field recorder
- Music of Trinidad and Tobago
- Lovey's String Band travels to New York City to make the first calypso recordings
- Music of the United States
- W.C. Handy publishes early hit blues song, "The Memphis Blues".
- After Bird of Paradise becomes a Broadway hit, the popularization of Hawaiian music begins; slack-key guitar's influence on country music also starts
1913 in music
- International trends
- A near-riot occurs at the premiere of Stravinsky's Rite of Spring in Paris
- Luigi Russolo's L'Arte dei Rumori is published; Russolo claims that noise produced by machines will revolutionize music in the 20th century
- Music of Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Izvorna Bosanska muzika ensembles begin to become popular
- Music of Bulgaria
- Trumpeter Abe Elenkrig & His Hebrew Bulgarian Orchestra make some of the first known recordings of klezmer, a form of Yiddish folk music
1914 in music
- International trends
- Jerome Kern combines multiple forms of ballet, music and theater to invent the modern musical
- Music of Haiti
- United States soldiers occupying Haiti bring with them swing and big band music
- Music of Japan
- "Kachusha no uta" composed by Nakayama Shimpei is the first big kayokyoku (pop music) hit in Japan
- Music of Trinidad and Tobago
- Lionel Belasco makes his first recordings, the first from Trinidad
1915 in music
- International trends
- Many millions of Armenian people, fleeing the Young Turk regime, arrive in the United States, especially Central California, bringing with them folk Armenian music
- Music of Greece
- Music of Latvia
- Krišjānis Barons finishes publishing Latvju Dainas, a collection of traditional dainas
- Music of Lithuania
- German occupation authorities suppress the nationalist organization Daina
- Music of Spain
- Manuel de Falla composes El Amor Brujo, the first flamenco ballet
- Music of the United States
- New Orleans-style bands start enjoying popularity in Chicago; Tom Brown starts billing his group as a Jass Band
1916 in music
- Music of the Dominican Republic
- The American occupation of the Dominican Republic begins. This leads to a pop form called pambiche, invented for American soldiers that couldn't dance to the harder forms, and is also responsible for nationalist elements being added to the lyrics, foreshadowing the rise of Rafael Trujillo
- Music of Finland
- A. O. Väisänen records jouhikko music played by Feodor Pratsu, inspiring a new generation of modern players
- Music of Lithuania
- J. Naujalis and Stasys Simkus revitalized the nationalist society Daina after suppression by German authorities
- Music of the United States
- Folklorist Cecil Sharp begins a series of influential recordings of rural folk musicians, most importantly The Ritchies
1917 in music
- Music of Russia
- The Bolsheviks come to power and persecute Gypsy musicians, who had long dominated Russian popular music, for having entertained the bourgeoisie; most Gypsies choose to leave
- Music of the United States
- The beginning of recorded jazz by the Original Dixieland Jazz Band ("Livery Stable Blues")
- Abe Schwartz signs to Columbia Records and Harry Kandel to Victor Records, marking the birth of the American klezmer record industry
1918 in music
1919 in music
- Music of Mexico
- Music of Quebec
- The first scholarly interest in Quebecois folk music, as well as its commercial recording, begin
- Music of the United States
- Chicago establishes itself as the capital of jazz
- Stride piano style develops in New York City