1905 in music

See also: 1904 in music, other events of 1905, 1906 in music and the list of 'years in music'.

Contents

1 Events 2 Published popular music 3 Recorded popular music 4 Classical music 5 Opera 6 Musical theater 7 Births 8 Deaths

Events

• January 26 - Arnold Schoenberg's Pelleas und Melissande is premiered in Vienna
• January 29 - Gustav Mahler's Kindertotenlieder is premiered in Vienna
• October 15 - Claude Debussy's La Mer is premiered in Paris
• December 28 - Premiere of The Merry Widow by Franz Lehár

Published popular music

• "Amoureuse Waltz" Berger
• "And The World Goes On Just The Same" w. Jean Lenox m. Harry O. Sutton
• "Bandana Land" by Glen MacDonough
• "Birth of the Flowers" m. Charles E. Roat
• "Bunker Hill" w. Sam Erlich m. Albert Von Tilzer
• "Can't You See That I'm Lonely" w. Felix Feist m. Harry Armstrong
• "Carrisima" by Arthur Penn
• "Caw-Caw-Caw" w.m. by Maurice Stonehill & Joe Nathan
• "Clair de Lune" m. Claude Debussy
• "College Life" m. Hery Frantzen
• "Come Clean" by Paul Sarebresole
• "Daddy's Little Girl" w. Edward Madden m. Theodore F. Morse
• "Dearie" w.m. Clare Kummer
• "Everybody Works But Father" w.m. Jean Havez
• "Farewell, Mister Abner Hemingway" Jerome, Schwartz
• "Forty-Five Minutes From Broadway" w.m. George M. Cohan
• "Friends That Are Good And True" Eysler
• "G. O. P." Bryan, Hoffman
• "Gee ! But This Is A Lonesome Town" Gaston
• "The Girl Who Cares For Me" w. Will D. Cobb m. Gus Edwards
• "Goodbye, Maggie Doyle" Schwartz
• "Good-bye, Sweet Old Manhattan Isle" w. William Jerome m. Jean Schwartz
• "Goodbye, Sweetheart, Goodbye" w. Arthur J. Lamb m. Harry von Tilzer
• "Happy Heine" m. J. Bodewalt Lampe
• "He's Me Pal" w. Vincent P. Bryan m. Gus Edwards
• "Hiram Green, Good-bye" w. Henry Gillespie m. Clarence M. Chapel
• "How'd You Like To Spoon With Me?" w. Edward Laska m. Jerome Kern
• "I Don't Care" w. Jean Lenox m. Harry O. Sutton
• "I Love A Lassie" w. Harry Lauder & George Grafton m. Harry Lauder
• "I Want What I Want When I Want It" w. Henry Blossom m. Victor Herbert
• "I Would Like To Marry You" w. m. Edward Laska
• "If A Girl Like You Loved A Boy Like Me" w.m. Will D. Cobb m. Gus Edwards
• "I'm Getting Sleepy" w. Wilbur U. Gumm m. Joe Hollander
• "I'm The Only Star That Twinkles On Broadway" w. Andrew B. Sterling m. Harry von Tilzer
• "I'm Trying To Find A Sweetheart" w. Jean Lenox m. Henry O. Sutton
• "In Dear Old Georgia" w. Harry Williams m. Egbert van Alstyne
• "In My Merry Oldsmobile" w. Vincent P. Bryan m. Gus Edwards
• "In The Shade Of The Old Apple Tree" w. Harry H. Williams m. Egbert Van Alstyne
• "The Irish Girl I Love" w. George V. Hobart m. Max Hoffmann
• "Is Everybody Happy ?" w. Frank Williams m. Ernest Hogan & Tom Lemonier
• "It Ain't All Honey And It Ain't All Jam" w.m. Fred Murray & George Everard
• "It's Allus De Same In Dixie" Cook
• "I've Got A Little Money And I've Saved It All For You" Farrell, Silver
• "I've Sweethearts In Every Port" Keith
• "Jolly Pickaninnies" m. Ernst Rueffe
• "Just A Little Rocking Chair And You" w. Bert Fitzgibbon & Jack Drislane m. Theodore F. Morse
• "Keep A Little Cosy Corner In Your Heart For Me" w. Jack Drislane m. Theodore F. Morse
• "Kiss Me Again" w. Henry Blossom m. Victor Herbert
• "The Leader Of The German Band" w. Edward Madden m. Theodore F. Morse
• "Little Girl, You'll Do" w. Benjamin Hapgood Burt m. Alfred Solman
• "Mary's A Grand Old Name" w.m. George M. Cohan
• "Meet Me Down At Luna, Lena" Brady, Johnston, Frantzen
• "The Moon Has His Eyes On You" w. Billy Johnson m. Albert Von Tilzer
• "Moonlight" w. James O'Dea m. Neil Moret
• "My Dusky Rose" w.m. Thomas S. Allen
• "My Gal Sal" w.m. Paul Dresser
• "My Irish Maid" Hoffman
• "My Irish Molly O" w. William Jerome m. Jean Schwartz
• "Nobody" w. Alex Rogers m. Bert A. Williams
• "On An Automobile Honeymoon" w. William Jerome m. Jean Schwartz
• "On The Banks Of The Rhine With A Stein" w. Andrew B. Sterling m. Harry von Tilzer
• "One Called "Mother" And The Other "Home Sweet Home"" w. William Cahill m. Theodore F. Morse
• "Paddy's Day" Fogarty, Mullen
• "Parade Of The Wooden Soldiers" w. Ballard MacDonald m. Léon Jessel
• "Peaches And Cream" m. Percy Wenrich
• "A Picnic For Two" w. Arthur J. Lamb m. Albert Von Tilzer
• "Pretty Desdamone" w.m. F. Collins Wildman
• "Put Me In My Little Cell" Woodhouse, Rosse
• "Ramblin' Sam" w. Harry Williams m. Jean Schwartz
• "Robinson Crusoe's Isle" w.m. Benjamin Hapgood Burt
• "Rufus Rastus Johnson Brown" w. Andrew B. Sterling m. Harry Von Tilzer

• "Say Yes, Honey, Do" by Sara E. Posey
• "She Is My Daisy" w.m. Harry Lauder & J. D. Harper
• "Silence And Fun" Mullen
• "Since Nellie Went Away" w.m. Herbert H. Taylor
• "So Long Mary" w.m. George M. Cohan
• "Tammany" w. Vincent P. Bryan m. Gus Edwards
• "To Be Loved by the Girl You Love" Irving J. Schloss
• "The Umpire Is A Most Unhappy Man" w. Will M. Hough & Frank R. Adams m. Joseph E. Howard
• "Violette" w. Dolly Jardon m. J. B. Mullen
• "Wait 'Til The Sun Shines, Nellie" w. Andrew B. Sterling m. Harry Von Tilzer
• "Waiting At The Church" w. Fred W. Leigh m. Henry E. Pether
• "Waltzing With The Girl You Love" w.m. George Evans & Ren Shields
• "When The Bell In The Lighthouse Rings Ding Dong" w. Arthur J. Lamb m. Alfred Solman
• "Where The River Shannon Flows" w.m. James J. Russell
• "The Whistler And His Dog" m. Arthur Pryor
• "The Whole Damm Family" Smith, Von Tilzer
• "Why Don't You Try?" w. Harry H. Williams m. Egbert van Alstyne
• "Will You Love Me In December" w. James J. Walker m. Ernest R. Ball
• "A Woman Is Only A Woman But A Good Cigar Is A Smoke" w. Harry B. Smith m. Victor Herbert

Recorded popular music

• "Absinthe Frappe" by Billy Murray
• "Asleep In The Deep" by Peter Dawson
• "Asthore" by Peter Dawson & Ethel Cadman
• "Auld Lang Syne" by Nellie Melba w. chorus and the Coldstream Guards Band
• "Ave Maria" by Nellie Melba with violin by Kubelik
• "Bedouin Love Song" by Peter Dawson
• "Believe Me, If All Those Endearing Young Charms" by James McCool
• "Blow, Blow, Thou Winter Wind" by Peter Dawson
• "Bonnie Banks O' Loch Lomon'" by Peter Dawson
• "Bunker Hill" by Billy Murray
• "Can't You See That I'm Lonely?" by Billy Murray
• "Can't You See That I'm Lonely?" by Harry Tally
• "Columbia, The Gem Of The Ocean" by Harry Macdonough
• "Come Back To Erin" by Nellie Melba w. chorus and the Coldstream Guards Band
• "Daddy's Little Girl" by Byron G. Harlan
• "Dearie" by Corinne Morgan & Haydn Quartette
• "Down At The Old Bull And Bush" by Peter Dawson
• "Eileen Alannah" by Peter Dawson
• "Everybody Works But Father" by Lew Dockstader
• "Everybody Works But Father" by Billy Murray
• "Farewell, Mister Abner Hemingway" by Billy Murray & Bob Roberts
• "Father O'Flynn" by William Hooley
• "Friends That Are Good And True" by Billy Murray
• "Gee ! But This Is A Lonesome Town" by Billy Murray
• "Give My Regards To Broadway" by Frank Kernell
• "Give My Regards To Broadway" by Billy Murray
• "God Save The King" by Nellie Melba with the Coldstream Guards Band
• "Good-bye Flo" by Billy Murray & Haydn Quartette
• "Good-Bye!" by Nellie Melba with piano accompaniment by Landon Ronald
• "Good-bye, Sweet Old Manhattan Isle" by Harry Tally
• "Grandfather's Clock" by Haydn Quartette
• "Have You Seen Maggie Riley?" by Billy Murray
• "He's Me Pal" by Ada Jones
• "Home, Sweet Home" by Nellie Melba p. Landon Ronald
• "How'd You Like To Spoon With Me?" by Corinne Morgan & Haydn Quartette
• "I Cannot Sing The Old Songs" by Richard Jose
• "I Love A Lassie" by Harry Lauder
• "If A Girl Like You Loved A Boy Like Me" by Harry Macdonough
• "I'm The Only Star That Twinkles On Broadway" by Ada Jones
• "In Dear Old Georgia" by Frank C. Stanley
• "In My Merry Oldsmobile" by Billy Murray
• "In The Evening By The Moonlight" by Edison Male Quartette
• "In The Evening By The Moonlight" by Haydn Quartette
• "In The Shade Of The Old Apple Tree" by Pryor's Orchestra
• "In The Shade Of The Old Apple Tree" by Harry Macdonough & Haydn Quartette
• "In The Shade Of The Old Apple Tree" by Henry Burr
• "It Ain't All Honey And It Ain't All Jam" by Vesta Victoria
• "It's All Right In The Summertime" by Vesta Victoria
• "It's Allus De Same In Dixie" by Billy Murray & Haydn Quartet
• "I've Got A Little Money And I've Saved It All For You" by Billy Murray & Bob Roberts
• "I've Sweethearts In Every Port" by Billy Murray
• "John Anderson, My Jo" by Henry Burr
• "Keep A Little Cosy Corner In Your Heart For Me" by Harry Macdonough & Haydn Quartette
• "Lazy Moon" by Billy Murray w. Haydn Quartette
• "The Leader Of The German Band" by Collins & Harlan
• "A Lemon In The Garden Of Love" by Billy Murray
• "Lo! Here The Gentle Lark" by Nellie Melba with flute by Fransella
• "Loch Lomond" by Henry Burr
• "Loch Lomond" by Peter Dawson
• "Meet Me Down At Luna, Lena" by Billy Murray & Haydn Quartet
• "The Moon Hath Raised Her Lamp Above" by Peter Dawson & Wilfred Virgo
• "My Dusky Rose" by Harry Tally
• "My Gal Sal" by Byron G. Harlan
• "My Irish Maid" by Billy Murray
• "My Irish Molly O" by Arthur Collins
• "My Irish Molly O" by Harry Tally
• "Nellie Dean" by Harry Macdonough
• "Nobody" by Arthur Collins
• "Oh! Oh! Sallie" by Billy Murray & Bob Roberts
• "Old Folks At Home" by Nellie Melba & chorus (Gwladys Roberts, Ernest Pike & Peter Dawson)
• "On An Automobile Honeymoon" by Harry Tally
• "Paddy's Day" by Billy Murray
• "The Palms" by Emilio de Gogorza
• "A Picnic For Two" by Byron G. Harlan
• "A Picnic For Two" by Harry Tally
• "The Pipes Of Pan" by Peter Dawson
• "The Preacher And The Bear" by Arthur Collins
• "Put Me In My Little Cell" by Billy Murray
• "Robinson Crusoe's Isle" by Billy Murray
• "Rocked In The Cradle Of The Deep" by Peter Dawson
• "Rufus Rastus Johnson Brown" by Arthur Collins
• "Scots Wha' Hae Wi' Wallace Bled" by Henry Burr
• "Silence And Fun" by Sousa's Band
• "Simon The Cellarer" by Peter Dawson
• "Since Nellie Went Away" by Richard Jose
• "Sweethearts In Every Town" by Harry Tally
• "Tammany" by Collins & Harlan
• "'Tis I" by Peter Dawson
• "Under The Anheuser Bush" by Billy Murray
• "Wait 'Til The Sun Shines, Nellie" by Harry Tally
• "Waiting At The Church" by Florrie Forde
• "When The Bell In The Lighthouse Rings Ding Dong" by Frank C. Stanley
• "When You And I Were Young, Maggie" by Richard Jose
• "When You And I Were Young, Maggie" by Corinne Morgan & Frank C. Stanley
• "The Whistler And His Dog" by Pryor's Band
• "Whoa, You Heifer!" by Columbia Orchestra
• "The Whole Damm Family" by Billy Murray
• "Why Don't You Try?" by Harry Tally
• "Will You Love Me In December" by Harry Macdonough & Haydn Quartette
• "Won't You Fondle Me?" by Billy Murray & Bob Roberts
• "The Yankee Doodle Boy" by Billy Murray
• "Ye Banks And Braes O' Bonnie Doon" by Henry Burr

Classical music

• Hugo Alfvén - Symphony No. 3
• Nikolai Medtner - Fairy Tales for Piano
• Vitezslav Novák - Quartet for Strings in D Major

Opera

• The Pipe of Desire - Frederick Converse
• La Vida breve - Manuel de Falla. Libretto by Fernández Shaw. Lyric drama in two acts.
• Die Lustige Witwe (The Merry Widow) - Franz Lehár. Libretto by Victor Léon and Leo Stein, after the play L'attaché d'ambassade (The Embassy Attaché) by Henri Meilhac. Operette in three acts.
• Chérubin. Jules Massenet. Libretto by Henri Cain and Francis de Croisset. Comédie chantée in three acts. 1905.
• Vita Bretone - Leopoldo Mugnone
• Salome - Richard Strauss. Libretto by Hedwig Lachmann, translating the play by Oscar Wilde. Musikdrama in one act. 1905.

Musical theater

• The Catch Of The Season Broadway production
• The Earl And The Girl Broadway production
• Die Lustige Witwe (The Merry Widow) Vienna production
• Mlle Modiste Broadway production
• The Rogers Brothers In Ireland Broadway production
• Sergeant Brue Broadway production
• The Spring Chicken London production

Births

• January 2 - Michael Tippett, composer
• January 8 - Giacinto Scelsi, composer
• January 12 - Tex Ritter, actor, singer (d. 1974)
• January 24 - Elena Nicolai, opera singer
• January 26 - Maria von Trapp, singer (d. 1987)
• February 15 - Harold Arlen, popular composer
• February 17 - Orville "Hoppy" Jones, The Ink Spots singer
• March 6 - Bob Wills, country music singer (d. 1975)
• March 23 - Lale Andersen, singer and cabaretist (d. 1972)
• May 8 - Red Nichols, US bandleader and cornettist
• June 13 - Doc Cheatham, US jazz trumpeter
• July 10 - Ivie Anderson, US jazz singer
• July 15 - Dorothy Fields, US lyricist and librettist
• August 2 - Karl Amadeus Hartmann, composer (d. 1963)
• August 23 - Constant Lambert, composer (d. 1951)
• August 29 - Jack Teagarden
• November 15 - Annunzio Mantovani Italian-born British orchestra leader and composer
• November 19 - Tommy Dorsey, jazz trombonist and brother of Jimmy Dorsey
• November 21 - Ted Ray, comedian and violinist
• November 24 - Harry Barris, US singer, composer and pianist
• December 30 - Jule Styne, composer

Deaths

• January 4 - Theodore Thomas, conductor
• May 31 - Franz Strauss, musician and composer, father of Richard Strauss
• August 31 - Francesco Tamagno, operatic tenor
• date unknown - Célestine Galli-Marié, mezzo-soprano