1914 in music
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See also: 1913 in music, other events of 1914, 1915 in music and the list of 'years in music'.
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Events
- October 15 - In Rovigo, Beniamino Gigli makes his operatic debut in Amilcare Ponchielli's La Gioconda.
- The first recorded calypso music is made in Trinidad.
- First publication of Orchestration, the classic book by Cecil Forsyth.
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Published popular music
- "The Aba Daba Honeymoon" w.m. Arthur Fields & Walter Donovan
- "After The Roses Have Faded Away" w. Bessie Buchanan m. Ernest R. Ball
- "Along Came Ruth" w.m. Irving Berlin
- "Always Treat Her Like A Baby" w.m. Irving Berlin
- "Back To The Carolina You Love" w. Grant Clarke m. Jean Schwartz
- "Burlington Bertie From Bow" w.m. William Hargreaves
- "By Heck" w. L. Wolfe Gilbert m. S. R. Henry
- "By The Beautiful Sea" w. Harold R. Atteridge m. Harry Carroll
- "By The Waters Of Minnetonka" w. J. M. Cavanass m. Thurlow Lieurance
- "California And You" Harry Puck
- "Can't You Hear Me Callin' Caroline?" w.m. William H. Gardner & Caro Roma
- "Cecile Waltz" by Frank McKee
- "Chinatown, My Chinatown" w. William Jerome m. Jean Schwartz
- "Colonel Bogey - March" m. Kenneth J. Alford
- "Come Over To Dover" Murphy, Botsford
- "La Cucaracha" w. (Eng) Stanley Adams m. arr. Juan Y. D'Lorah
- "The Darktown Poker Club" w. Jean C. Havez m. Bert Williams & Will H. Vodery
- "The Day Is Done" w. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow m. Herman Lohr
- "Desecration Rag" Felix Arndt
- "Down Among The Sheltering Palms" w. James Brockman m. Abe Olman
- "La Estrellita" m. Maurice Ponce
- "Everybody Rag With Me" w. Gus Kahn m. Grace LeBoy
- "Fido Is A Hot Dog Now" w. Charles McCarron & Thomas J. Gray m. Raymond Walker
- "Follow The Crowd" w.m. Irving Berlin
- "Gilbert, The Filbert" w. Arthur Wimperis m. Herman Finck
- "Goodbye Girls I'm Through" w. John Golden m. Ivan Caryll
- "He's A Devil In His Own Home Town" w. Grant Clarke & Irving Berlin m. Irving Berlin
- "He's A Rag Picker" w.m. Irving Berlin
- "Hot House Rag" m. Paul Pratt
- "I Love the Ladies" by Grant Clarke
- "I Want To Go Back To Michigan, Down On The Farm" w.m. Irving Berlin
- "I Was A Good Little Girl Till I Met You" w. Clifford Harris m. James W. Tate
- "If I Had You" w.m. Irving Berlin
- "If That's Your Idea Of A Wonderful Time, Take Me Home" w.m. Irving Berlin
- "If You Don't Want My Peaches" w.m. Irving Berlin
- "I'll Make A Man Of You" w.m. Arthur Wimperis & Herman Finck
- "I'm Goin' Back To Louisiana (Where The Bright Moon Shines)" E. Clinton Keithley
- "In An Old-Fashioned Town" w.m. Squire
- "In Siam" Manuel Klein
- "In The Candlelight" w.m. Fleta Jan Brown
- "Kachusha no uta" composed by Nakayama Shimpei is the first big kayokyoku (pop music) hit in Japan
- "Keep the Home Fires Burning" w. Lena Guilbert Ford m. Ivor Novello
- "Land" by Irving Berlin
- "A Little Bit Of Heaven Sure They Call It Ireland" w. J. Keirn Brennan m. Ernest R. Ball
- "The Little Ford Rambled Right Along by Byron Gay & C.R. Foster
- "Love's Own Sweet Song" w. C. C. S. Cushing & E. P. Heath m. Emmerich Kalman
- "The Minstrel Parade" Irving Berlin
- "Missouri Waltz" w. James Royce Shannon m. Frederick Knight Logan
- "Mrs. Sippi, You're A Grand Old Girl" Belle Ashlyn
- "Music Box Rag" Charles Luckeyth Roberts
- "My Bird Of Paradise" Irving Berlin
- "My Croony Melody" w.m. Joe Goodwin & E. Ray Goetz
- "On The 5:15" w. Stanley Murphy m. Henry I. Marshall
- "On The Good Ship Mary Ann" w. Gus Kahn m. Grace Le Boy
- "On The Shores Of Italy" w.m. Al Piantadosi, Dave Oppenheim & Jack Glogau
- "Pigeon Walk" m. James V. Monaco
- "Play A Simple Melody" w.m. Irving Berlin
- "Poor Pauline" w. Charles McCarron m. Raymond Walker
- "Revival Day" Berlin
- "Roll Them Cotton Bales" w. James Weldon Johnson m. J. Rosamond Johnson
- "Rufus Johnson's Harmony Band" w.m. Shelton Brooks & Maurice Abrahams
- "Same Sort Of Girl" w. Harry B. Smith m. Jerome Kern
- "Settle Down In A One-Horse Town" Irving Berlin
- "Shadowland" w. Blanche Merrill m. Gus Edwards
- "She's Dancing Her Heart Away" w. L. Wolfe Gilbert m. Kerry Mills
- "Sister Susie's Sewing Shirts For Soldiers" w. R. P. Weston m. Herman E. Darewski
- "The Springtime Of Life" w. Robert B. Smith m. Victor Herbert
- "Saint Louis Blues" w.m. W. C. Handy
- "Stay Down Here Where You Belong" w.m. Irving Berlin
- "Sylvia" w. Clinton Scollard m. Oley Speaks
- "Syncopated Walk" w.m. Irving Berlin
- "That's A Plenty" m. Lew Pollack
- "There's A Little Spark Of Love Still Burning" w. Joe McCarthy m. Fred Fisher
- "They Didn't Believe Me" w. Herbert Reynolds m. Jerome Kern
- "They're On Their Way To Mexico" w.m. Irving Berlin
- "This Is The Life" w.m. Irving Berlin
- "'Twas In September" w. Benjamin Hapgood Burt m. Silvio Hein
- "Twelfth Street Rag" m. Euday L. Bowman
- "Vienna, City Of My Dreams" w. (Austrian) Rudolf Sieczynski m. Rudolf Sieczynski
- "Way Out Yonder In The Golden West" w.m. Percy Wenrich
- "What Is Love" Irving Berlin
- "When It's Night Time In Dixieland" w.m. Irving Berlin
- "When Mother Backed The Winner Of The Derby" Williams & Godfrey
- "When The Angelus Is Ringing" w. Joe Young m. Bert Grant
- "When The Grown-up Ladies Act Like Babies" w. Joe Young & Edgar Leslie m. Maurice Abrahams
- "When You Wore A Tulip" w. Jack Mahoney m. Percy Wenrich
- "When You're A Long, Long Way From Home" w. Sam M. Lewis m. George W. Meyer
- "When You're Away" w. Henry Blossom m. Victor Herbert
- "Who Paid The Rent For Mrs Rip Van Winkle?" Bryan, Fischer
- "The Yellow Dog Blues" w.m. W. C. Handy
- "You Planted A Rose In The Garden Of Love" w. J. Will Callahan m. Ernest R. Ball
Popular recordings
- "Aba Daba Honeymoon" by Collins & Harlan
- "Brindisi" from La Traviata, by Enrico Caruso & Alma Gluck
- "Ballin' the Jack" by Prince's Orchestra
- "The Little Ford Rambled Right Along" by Billy Murray
Classical music
- John Alden Carpenter - Adventures in a Perambulator (ballet)
- Arthur De Greef - Piano Concerto no. 1 in C minor
- Frederick Delius - Sonata no. 1 for violin and piano
- Marcel Dupré - Psyche (cantata)
- Ralph Vaughan Williams - A London Symphony
Opera
- Jules Massenet - Cléopâtre
- Joaquín Turina - Margot
Musical theater
- Adele London production opened at the Gaiety Theatre on May 30
- The Belle Of Bond Street Broadway production
- Business As Usual London production
- Chin-Chin Broadway production
- The Earl And The Girl London revival
- The Girl From Utah Broadway production
- The Lilac Domino (libretto by Emmerich von Gatti and Béla Jenbach; music by Charles Cuvillier) Broadway production
- The Little Café Broadway production
- Papa's Darling Broadway production
- Tonight's The Night Broadway production
- When Claudia Smiles Broadway production
Births
- February 10 - Larry Adler, harmonica virtuoso
- March 6 - Kiril Kondrashin, conductor
- March 30 - Sonny Boy Williamson, singer
- April 19 - Sylvia Froos, US singer
- May 9 - Carlo Maria Giulini, conductor
- May 9 - Hank Snow, country singer
- May 18 - Boris Christoff, operatic bass
- May 26 -Ziggy Elman, US trumpet player
- June 28 - Lester Flatt
- July 8 - Billy Eckstine, jazz musician and singer
- July 26 - Erskine Hawkins, US jazz trumpeter and bandleader
- July 26 - Ralph Blane, US composer and singer
- August 28 - Glenn Osser, US conductor and arranger
- September 12 - Eddy Howard, singer
- September 25 - Robert Wright, US composer
- October 5 - Dick Todd, Canadian singer
- October 7 - Alfred Drake, US singer and actor
- October 10 - Ivory Joe Hunter
- November 15 - Jorge Bolet, pianist and conductor
- December 14 - Rosalyn Tureck, pianist
- date unknown - Philip Farkas, horn player
Deaths
- August 7 - Boleslaw Dembinski, composer
- August 28 - Anatoly Lyadov, composer
- September 3 - Albéric Magnard, composer
- George W. Johnson, recording artist