See also:
1896 in music,
other events of 1897,
1898 in music
and the list of 'years in music'.
Events
Published popular music
- "Asleep In The Deep" w. Arthur J. Lamb m. Henry W. Petrie
- "At A Georgia Camp Meeting" w.m. Kerry Mills
- "Badinage" m. Victor Herbert
- "Beautiful Isle Of Somewhere" w. Mrs Jessie Brown Pounds m. John S. Fearis
- "Break The News To Mother" w.m. Charles K. Harris
- "Danny Deever" w. Rudyard Kipling m. Walter Damrosch
- "Harlem Rag" m. Tom Turpin
- "Louisiana Rag" m. Theodore H. Northrup
- "On The Banks Of The Wabash Far Away" w.m. Paul Dresser
- "Our Lodger's Such A Nice Young Man" w.m. Fred Murray & Laurence Barclay
- "Roustabout Rag" m. Paul Sarebresole
- "The Shuffling Coon" by J. R. Todd
- "Song Of India" m. Nikolai Rimsky Korsakov
- "Stars And Stripes Forever" m. John Philip Sousa
- "Syncopated Sandy" by Wayburn & Whiting
- "Take Back Your Gold" w.m. Monroe H. Rosenfeld
- "There's A Little Star Shining For You" w.m. James Thornton
- "Ye Boston Tea Party" by Arthur Pryor
Births
- January 10 - Sam Chatmon, blues musician
- January 22 - Leslie Sarony, English singer, comedian and songwriter
- March 9 - Pedro Flores, composer
- March 11 - Henry Cowell, composer
- March 26 - David McCallum Sr., violinist
- April 1 - Lucille Bogan, blues singer
- April 17 - Harald Sæverud, composer
- April 19 - Vivienne Segal, US actress and singer
- May 2 - J. Fred Coots - US composer
- May 14 - Sidney Bechet
- May 29 - Erich Wolfgang Korngold, composer
- June 3 - "Memphis Minnie", blues singer
- June 12 - Alexandre Tansman, pianist and composer
- July 11
- August 4 - Abe Lyman, US bandleader, composer and drummer
- August 24 - Fred Rose, US composer, singer and pianist
- August 29 - Helge Rosvaenge, operatic tenor
- September 3 - Francisco Mignone, composer
- September 8 - Jimmie Rodgers
- September 18 - Sam H. Stept, Russian-born US composer, pianist and conductor
- October 11 - Leo Reisman
- November 2 - Dennis King, British singer and actor
- November 25 - Willie 'The Lion' Smith, US jazz pianist
- December 9 - Hermione Gingold, actress and singer
- December 18 - Fletcher Henderson, jazz musician
- December 30 - Alfredo Bracchi, Italian lyricist
- date unknown - Rosa Ponselle, soprano
- date unknown - Aileen Stanley, singer
Deaths
