1899 in music
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See also: 1898 in music, other events of 1899, 1900 in music and the list of 'years in music'.
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Events
- April 26 - Jean Sibelius's Symphony No. 1 is premiered in Helsinki
- June 19 - Edward Elgar's Enigma Variations are premiered in London
- Ragtime music enjoys mainstream popularity in the United States
Published popular music
- "Absent" w. Catherine Young Glen m. John W. Metcalf
- "Always!" w. Charles Horwitz m. Frederick V. Bowers
- "Cake Walk In The Sky" by Ben Harney
- "Come Home Dewey We Won't Do A Thing To You" w.m. Paul Dresser
- "A Coon Band Contest" m. Arthur Pryor
- "Cotton Pickers Rag & Cakewalk" by William Braun
- "Doan Ye Cry, Mah Honey" w.m. Alfred W. Noll
- "Hands Across The Sea" m. John Philip Sousa
- "Hearts And Flowers" w. Mary D. Brine m. Theodore Moses Tobani
- "Hello! Ma Baby" w.m. Ida Emerson & Joseph E. Howard
- "I'd Leave My Happy Home For You" w. Will A. Heelan m. Harry Von Tilzer
- "If Only You Were Mine" w. Harry B. Smith m. Victor Herbert
- "I'll Be Your Sweetheart" w.m. Harry Dacre
- "Impecunious Davis" by Kerry Mills
- "Mandy Lee" w.m. Thurland Chattaway
- "Maple Leaf Rag" by Scott Joplin
- "Mosquito Parade" m. Howard Whitney
- "My Little Georgia Rose" w. Robert F. Roden m. Max S. Witt
- "My Wild Irish Rose" w.m. Chauncey Olcott
- "O Sole Mio!" w. Giovanni Capurro m. Edoardo di Capua
- "A Picture No Artist Can Paint" w.m. J. Fred Helf
- "She Was Happy Till She Met You" w. Charles Graham m. Monroe H. Rosenfeld
- "Smoky Mokes" m. Abe Holzmann
- "Stay In Your Own Back Yard" w. Karl Kennett m. Lyn Udall
- "The Story Of The Rose" (aka "Heart Of My Heart") w. "Alice" m. Andrew Mack
- "Telephone Me, Baby" w.m. George M. Cohan
- "There's Where My Heart Is Tonight" w.m. Paul Dresser
- "Where The Sweet Magnolias Grow" w. Andrew B. Sterling m. Harry Von Tilzer
- "Whistling Rufus" w. W. Murdock Lind m. Kerry Mills
Recorded popular music
- "Abide With Me" (w. Rev Henry Francis Lyte m. William Henry Monk)
- Frank C. Stanley on Edison Records
- "Always!" (w. Charles Horwitz m. Frederick V. Bowers)
- May Kelso on Edison Records
- Harry Macdonough on Edison Records
- "Asleep In The Deep" (w. Arthur J. Lamb m. Henry W. Petrie)
- William Hooley on Edison Records
- "At A Georgia Camp Meeting" (w.m. Kerry Mills)
- John Terrell on Berliner Records
- Dan W. Quinn on Edison Records & Columbia Records
- banjo Vess L. Ossman on Columbia Records - "Ave Maria" (w. (Fr) Paul Bernard m. Charles Gounod)
- M. A. Guarini on Edison Records
- W. D. McFarland on Berliner Records
- "Because" (w. Charles Horwitz m. Frederick V. Bowers)
- Albert C. Campbell on Edison Records
- Sousa's Band on Berliner Records
- "Believe Me, If All Those Endearing Young Charms" (w. Thomas Moore m. trad)
- J. J. Fisher on Edison Records
- "The Boy Guessed Right" (w.m. Lionel Monckton)
- Albert C. Campbell on Edison Records & Berliner Records
- "The Cake Walk" (trad US)
- Eugene Stratton with piano Leslie Stuart on Berliner Gramophone
- "Calvary" (w. Henry Vaughn m. Paul Rodney)
- Albert C. Campbell on Berliner Records
- "Comin' Thro' The Rye" (w. Robert Burns m. trad)
- Syria Lamonte with piano Fred Gaisberg on Berliner Gramophone
- "Down The Road" (w.m. Fred Gilbert)
- Gus Elen on Berliner Gramophone
- "Eli Green's Cakewalk" (w.m. David Reed & Sadie Koninsky)
- banjo Vess L. Ossman on Edison Records
- "Emmet's Lullaby" (w.m. J. K. Emmet)
- George P. Watson on Edison Records
- "Funiculi-Funicula" (w. G. Turco m. Luigi Denza)
- Hotel Cecil Orchestra on Berliner Gramophone
- "The Future Mrs 'Awkins" (w.m. Albert Chevalier)
- Albert Chevalier on Berliner Gramophone
- "God Save The Queen"
- Frank C. Stanley on Edison Records
- Sousa's Band on Berliner Records
- "Gypsy Love Song" (w. Harry B. Smith m. Victor Herbert)
- Eugene Cowles on Berliner Records
- William Hooley on Edison Records
- "Hands Across The Sea March" (m. John Philip Sousa)
- Peerless Orchestra on Edison Records
- Sousa's Band on Berliner Records
- "Hearts And Flowers" (w. Mary D. Brine m. Theodore Moses Tobani)
- violin Chris De Arth on Berliner Records
- "Hello! Ma Baby" (w.m. Ida Emerson & Joseph E. Howard)
- Arthur Collins on Edison Records
- Len Spencer on Berliner Records & Columbia Records
- "The Holy City" (w. Frederick Edward Weatherly m. Stephen Adams)
- Harry Macdonough on Edison Records
- "Home Sweet Home" (w. John Howard Payne m. Sir Henry Rowley Bishop)
- whistling John Yorke Atlee on Berliner Records
- "I Dreamt I Dwelt In Marble Halls" (w. Alfred Bunn m. Michael William Balfe)
- J. W. Myers on Berliner Records
- "I Guess I'll Have To Telegraph My Baby" (w.m. George M. Cohan)
- Arthur Collins on Edison Records
- Edward M. Favor on Berliner Records
- George J. Gaskin on Columbia Records - "I'd Leave My Happy Home For You" (w. Will A. Heelan m. Harry Von Tilzer)
- Arthur Collins on Edison Records
- "If It Wasn't For The 'Ouses In Between" (w. Edgar Bateman m. George Le Brunn)
- Gus Elen on Berliner Gramophone
- "If Only You Were Mine" (w. Harry B. Smith m. Victor Herbert)
- Albert C. Campbell on Edison Records
- "It's A Great Big Shame" (w.Edgar Bateman m. George Le Brunn)
- Gus Elen on Berliner Gramophone
- "Jack's The Boy" (Greenbank, Jones)
- H. Scott Russell with p. Fred Gaisberg on Berliner Gramophone
- "Just As The Sun Went Down" (w. Karl Kennett m. Lyn Udall)
- J. W. Myers on Berliner Records
- S. H. Dudley & Harry Macdonough on Edison Records
- "Just One Girl" (w. Karl Kennett m. Lyn Udall)
- Sousa's Band on Berliner Records
- Albert C. Campbell on Edison Records
- H. Scott Russell with p. Amy Williams on Berliner Gramophone
- J. W. Myers on Columbia Records - "Kathleen Mavourneen" (w. Annie Crawford (Barry) m. Frederick William Nichols Crouch)
- William Hooley on Edison Records
- "Kiss Me, Honey Do" (w. Edgar Smith m. John Stromberg)
- Albert C. Campbell on Berliner Records
- Len Spencer on Berliner Records & Columbia Records
- Arthur Collins on Edison Records
- "Little Dolly Daydream" (w.m. Leslie Stuart)
- Eugene Stratton on Berliner Gramophone
- "The Lost Chord" (w. Adelaide A. Proctor m. Sir Arthur Sullivan)
- William F. Hooley on Berliner Records
- "Mandy Lee" (w.m. Thurland Chattaway)
- Albert C. Campbell on Edison Records
- Arthur Collins on Edison Records
- "'Mid The Green Fields Of Virginia" (w.m. Charles K. Harris)
- Albert C. Campbell on Berliner Records
- S. H. Dudley & Harry Macdonough on Edison Records
- George J. Gaskin on Columbia Records - "Mister Johnson, Turn Me Loose" (w.m. Ben Harney)
- John Terrell on Berliner Records
- "Molly's The Girl For Me"
- J. Aldrich Libbey on Columbia Records
- "The Moth And The Flame" (w. George Taggart m. Max S. Witt)
- Albert C. Campbell on Edison Records
- J. J. Fisher on Edison Records
- "My Little Georgia Rose" (w. Robert F. Roden m. Max S. Witt)
- Jere Mahoney on Edison Records
- "My Old Dutch" (w. Albert Chevalier m. Charles Ingle)
- Albert Chevalier on Berliner Gramophone
- "My Old New Hampshire Home" (w. Andrew B. Sterling m. Harry Von Tilzer)
- Jere Mahoney on Edison Records
- Byron G. Harlan & A. D. Madeira on Edison Records
- Albert C. Campbell on Berliner Records
- George J. Gaskin on Berliner Records
- The Greater New York Quartette on Columbia Records - "My Wild Irish Rose" (w.m. Chauncey Olcott)
- Albert C. Campbell on Edison Records
- "Night Hymn At Sea"
- Clara Butt & Kennerley Rumford on Berliner Gramophone
- "The Old Brigade" (w. Fred E. Weatherly m. Orlando Barri)
- H. Scott Russell with piano Fred Gaisberg on Berliner Gramophone
- "Old Man's Story"
- J. Aldrich Libbey on Columbia records
- "The Old Oaken Bucket" (w. Samuel Woodworth m. E. Kaillmark)
- Haydn Quartette on Berliner Records
- "The Organ Grinder's Serenade"
- J. Aldrich Libbey on Columbia Records
- "A Picture No Artist Can Paint" (w.m. J. Fred Helf)
- Albert C. Campbell on Edison Records
- George J. Gaskin on Columbia Records - "She Is The Belle Of New York" (w. Hugh Morton m. Gustave Kerker)
- Frank Lawton with p. Fred Gaisberg on Berliner Gramophone
- "She Was Bred In Old Kentucky" (w. Harry Braisted m. Stanley Carter)
- Albert C. Campbell on Berliner Records
- George J. Gaskin on Columbia Records - "She Was Happy Till She Met You" (w. Charles Graham m. Monroe H. Rosenfeld)
- Jere Mahoney on Edison Records
- Dan W. Quinn on Columbia Records - "Smoky Mokes" (m. Abe Holzmann)
- Len Spencer on Columbia Records
- Dan W. Quinn on Edison Records
- Vess L. Ossman on Columbia Records - "The Soldiers Of The Queen" (w.m. Leslie Stuart)
- Albert Christian with p. Leslie Stuart on Berliner Gramophone
- "Sweet Rosie O'Grady" (w.m. Maude Nugent)
- Lil Hawthorne on Berliner Gramophone
- "Take A Pair Of Sparkling Eyes" (w. William S. Gilbert m. Arthur Sullivan)
- Herbert Scott Russell with p. Fred Gaisberg on Berliner Gramophone
- "'Tis The Last Rose Of Summer" (w. Thomas Moore m. Richard Alfred Milliken)
- J. W. Myers on Berliner Records
- "Toreador Song" (w. H. Meilac, Ludovic Halévy m. Georges Bizet)
- Montague Borwell on Berliner Gramophone
- "Whistling Rufus" (w. W. Murdock Lind m. Kerry Mills)
- Len Spencer on Berliner Records
- Sousa's Band on Berliner Records
- banjo Vess L. Ossman on Columbia Records & Berliner Records
- Dan W. Quinn on Edison Records
- "Yes, Let Me Like A Soldier Fall" (w. Edward Fitzball m. Vincent Wallace)
- Ferruccio Giannini on Berliner Records
- "You've Been A Good Old Wagon" (Harney)
- Len Spencer on Columbia Records & Berliner Records
Classical music
- Frederick Delius - Paris, Nocturne
- Ernö von Dohnányi - Sonata for Cello and Piano in B minor
- Axel Gade - Concerto No. 2 for violin and orchestra in F major
- Johan Halvorsen - Norwegian Festival Overture
- Arnold Schoenberg - Verklärte Nacht
Opera
- Eugen d'Albert - Kain
- Josef Bohuslav Foerster - Eva
- Jules Massenet - Cendrillon
Musical theater
- Die Landstreicher - Karl Michael Ziehrer
- El Capitan London production
- Floradora London production
- Helter-Skelter Broadway production
- The Rogers Brothers In Wall Street Broadway production
- San Toy London production
Births
- January 7
- Al Bowlly, singer
- Francis Poulenc, composer
- February 15 - Georges Auric, composer
- April 29 - Duke Ellington
- May 1 - Jón Leifs, composer
- May 6 - Billy Cotton, bandleader
- May 10 - Fred Astaire, song-and-dance man
- May 30 - Little Jack Little, singer and songwriter
- June 12 - Gene Kardos, US bandleader
- June 13 - Carlos Chávez, composer and conductor
- June 16 - Helen Traubel, opera singer
- June 19 - Pat Ballard
- June 30 - Harry Shields, jazz musician
- July 1 - Thomas A. Dorsey, "father of gospel music"
- July 17 - James Cagney, US actor, singer and dancer
- September 6 - Billy Rose, Broadway producer and lyricist
- October 19 - Sidonie Goossens, harpist
- October 31 - Ted Shapiro, songwriter & pianist
- November 9 - Mezz Mezzrow, jazz musician
- November 22 - Hoagy Carmichael, composer, pianist and singer
- November 29 - Gustave Reese, musicologist
- November 30 - Hans Krása, Czech-German composer
- December 2 - John Barbirolli, conductor
- December 21 - Silvestre Revueltas, composer
- date unknown - William Levi Dawson, composer
- date unknown - Benny Nawahi, ukulele player
- date unknown - Herbert Sumsion, composer and organist
- date unknown - Maria Yudina, pianist
Deaths
- April 17 - Hans Balatka, composer
- June 3 - Johann Strauss II
- June 10 - Ernest Chausson, composer
- October 13 - Aristide Cavaillé-Coll, organ-builder
- October 23 - Ludwig Straus, violinist
- December 21 - Charles Lamoureux, conductor and violinist