1903 In Music

Events

• February 11 - Anton Bruckner's 9th Symphony premieres in Vienna
• Enrico Caruso joins cast of New York's Metropolitan Opera Company and makes first records for the Victor Talking Machine Company
• Mississippi John Hurt begins performing
• Victor Herbert's Babes in Toyland premieres

Published popular music

• "Always In The Way" w.m. Charles K. Harris
• "Always Leave Them Laughing When You Say Goodbye" w.m. George M. Cohan
• "Are We To Part Like This?" w.m. Harry Castling & Charles Collins
• "Bedelia" w. William Jerome m. Jean Schwartz
• "The Beer That Made Milwaukee Famous" w.m. Dan McAvoy
• "The Burning of Rome" by E.T. Paull
• "By The Sycamore Tree" w. George V. Hobart m. Max Hoffmann
• "Congo Love Song" w.m. Bob Cole & J. Rosamond Johnson
• "Daisy Donahue" w. James O'Dea m. Robert J. Adams
• "Dear Old Girl" w. Richard Henry Buck m. Theodore F. Morse
• "Dear Sing Sing" Schwartz
• "Down At The Old Bull And Bush" w.m. Andrew B. Sterling m. Harry Von Tilzer
• "Flowers Of Dixieland" w. Edgar Smith m. J. Rosamond Johnson
• "General Hardtack On Guard" w.m. Dave Reed Jr
• "Good-bye, Eliza Jane" w. Andrew B. Sterling m. Harry Von Tilzer
• "Hamlet Was A Melancholy Dane" w. William Jerome m. Jean Schwartz
• "Hannah!" by Joseph Farrell
• "He Was A Sailor" w. William Jerome m. Jean Schwartz
• "Hurrah For Baffin's Bay" w. Vincent Bryan m. Theodore F. Morse
• "I Can't Do The Sum" w. Glen MacDonough m. Victor Herbert
• "I Could Love You In A Steam Heat Flat" w. Vincent Bryan m. J. B. Mullen
• "I Never Could Love Like That" Bowman, Johns
• "Ida, Sweet As Apple Cider" w. Eddie Leonard m. Eddie Munson
• "I'm A Jonah Man" w.m. Alex Rogers
• "I'm On The Water Wagon Now" w. Paul West m. John W. Bratton
• "I'm Thinking Of You All The While" Reed Jnr
• "I'm Wearing My Heart Away For You" w.m. Charles K. Harris
• "In The Village By The Sea" w. Andrew B. Sterling m. Stanley Crawford
• "Indolence" Jason Mathews
• "Is Your Mother In, Molly Malone?" w.m. Mills & Everard
• "It Takes The Irish To Beat The Dutch" w. Edward Madden m. Theodore F. Morse
• "It Was The Dutch" w. Vincent Bryan m. J. B. Mullen
• "It's The Man In The Sailor Suit" w. Fred C. Farrell m. Theodore F. Morse
• "Jack Tar March" by John Philip Sousa
• "Julie" w. William Jerome m. Jean Schwartz
• "Lazy Moon" w. Bob Cole m. J. Rosamond Johnson
• "Like A Star That Falls From Heaven" w. Arthur Lamb m. Kerry Mills
• "Little Yellow Bird" w.m. C. W. Murphy & William Hargreaves
• "The Maid Of Timbucktoo" w. James Weldon Johnson m. Bob Cole
• "The March Of The Toys" m. Victor Herbert
• "Main Gazebo" Chris Praetorius
• "Mary Ellen" Bryan, Lemonier
• "Melody Of Love" w. Tom Glazer m. H. Engelmann
• "The Military Band" m. Victor Herbert
• "Moriaty" w. Charles Horwitz m. Fred V. Bowers
• "Mother O' Mine" w. Rudyard Kipling m. Frank E. Tours
• "My Cosy Corner Girl" w. Charles Noel Douglas m. John W. Bratton
• "My Hula Lula Girl" by Jean Schwartz & William Jerome
• "My Little Coney Isle" w. Andrew B. Sterling m. Harry Von Tilzer
• "My Little Creole Babe" w.m. Maude Nugent
• "My Little 'Rang Outang" Madden, Morse
• "Navajo" w. Harry H. Williams m. Egbert Van Alstyne
• "Nellie Dean" w.m. Harry Armstrong
• "An Old Man's Darling" w.m. Fred Murray & George Everard
• "Only A Dream Of A Golden Past" w. Alfred Bryan m. Stanley Crawford
• "Out Where The Breakers Roar" w. Harlow Hyde m. H. W. Petrie
• "Over The Pilsner Foam" w. Vincent Bryan m. J. B. Mullen
• "Palm Leaf Rag" by Scott Joplin
• "Please Mother, Buy Me A Baby" w.m. Will D. Cobb & Gus Edwards
• "The Saftest Of The Family" w. Harry Lauder & Bobry Beaton m. Harry Lauder
• "Save It For Me" w. James Weldon Johnson m. Bob Cole
• "Spring Beautiful Spring" m. Paul Lincke
• "Stop Your Ticklin', Jock" w. Harry Lauder & Frank Folley m. Harry Lauder
• "Summer Breeze March & Two-Step" by James Scott
• "There's A Little Street In Heaven That They Call Broadway" w. Jack T. Waldron & A. Baldwin Sloane m. A. Baldwin Sloane
• "Toyland" w. Glen MacDonough m. Victor Herbert
• "The Toymaker's Shop" m. Victor Herbert
• "Two Eyes Of Blue" w. George H. Taylor m. Leslie Stuart
• "Two Eyes Of Brown" w. Edward Madden m. Stephen Howard
• "Under A Panama" Bryan, Mullen
• "Under The Anheuser Bush" w.m. Andrew B. Sterling & Harry Von Tilzer
• "Up In A Coconut Tree" Madden, Morse
• "Upper Broadway After Dark" w. Edward Gardinier m. Maurice Levi
• "When I'm Away From You Dear" w.m. Paul Dresser
• "The Woodchuck Song" w. Robert Hobart Davis m. Theodore F. Morse
• "The Wreck Of The Old '97" w.m. Henry C. Work
• "Your Dad Gave His Life For His Country" w. Harry J. Breen m. T. Mayo Geary
• "You're The Flower Of My Heart, Sweet Adeline" w. Richard H. Gerard m. Henry W. Armstrong

Recorded popular music

• "Always In The Way" (w.m. Charles K. Harris)
  - Byron G. Harlan on Edison Records
  
• "Any Rags?" (w.m. Thomas S. Allen)
  - Arthur Collins on Edison
  
• "The Arrow And The Song" (w. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow m. Michael William Balfe)
  - Herbert Goddard on Victor Records
  
• "Badinage" (m. Victor Herbert)
  - Edison Grand Concert Band on Edison
  
• "Bedelia" (w. William Jerome m. Jean Schwartz)
  - George J. Gaskin on Columbia Records
  - Edward M. Favor on Columbia
  - Billy Murray on Edison
  
• "The Beer That Made Milwaukee Famous" (w.m. Dan McAvoy)
  - Edward M. Favor on Edison
  - Dan W. Quinn on Victor
  
• "Blaze Away" (m. Abe Holzmann)
  - banjos Vess L. Ossman & Bill Farmer on Victor
  
• "Blaze Away" (m. Abe Holzmann)
  - Kendle's Band on Victor
  
• "By The Sycamore Tree" (w. George V. Hobart m. Max Hoffmann)
  - Harry Macdonough on Edison
  - Bob Roberts on Columbia
  - Billy Murray on Victor
  
• "Come Down Ma' Evenin' Star" (w. Robert B. Smith m. John Stromberg)
  - Mina Hickman on Victor
  
• "Congo Love Song" (w.m. Bob Cole & J. Rosamond Johnson)
  - Harry Macdonough on Edison
  - Mina Hickman on Victor
  
• "Could You Be True To Eyes Of Blue If You Looked Into Eyes Of Brown?" (w.m. Will D. Cobb & Gus Edwards)
  - Harry Macdonough on Victor
  
• "The Country Girl" (w. Stanislaus Stange m. Julian Edwards)
  - Vesta Victoria on Gramophone Records
  
• "Didn't Know Exactly What To Do" (w. Frank Pixley m. Gustav Luders)
  - Edward M. Favor on Edison
  
• "Down On The Farm" (w. Raymond A. Browne m. Harry Von Tilzer)
  - Franklyn Wallace on Edison
  
• "Flowers Of Dixieland" (w. Edgar Smith m. J. Rosamond Johnson)
  - Franklyn Wallace on Edison
  
• "The Gambling Man(1)" (w. William Jerome m. Jean Schwartz)
  - Silas Leachman on Victor
  
• "Good-bye, Eliza Jane" (w. Andrew B. Sterling m. Harry Von Tilzer)
  - Arthur Collins on Edison
  
• "Hamlet Was A Melancholy Dane" (w. William Jerome m. Jean Schwartz)
  - Edward M. Favor on Edison
  
• "He Ought To Have A Tablet In The Hall of Fame" (w. Arthur L. Robb m. John W. Bratton)
  - Edward M. Favor on Edison
  
• "He Was A Sailor" (w. William Jerome m. Jean Schwartz)
  - Collins & Harlan on Edison
  
• "Heidelberg Stein Song" (w. Frank Pixley m. Gustav Luders)
  - Harry Macdonough on Edison & Victor
  
• "Hiawatha" (w. James O'Dea m. Neil Moret)
  - Edison Grand Concert Band on Edison
  - Harry Macdonough on Edison
  - Metropolitan Orchestra on Victor
  - Sousa's Band on Victor
  
• "Hurrah For Baffin's Bay" (w. Vincent Bryan m. Theodore F. Morse)
  - Collins & Harlan on Edison
  - Dan W. Quinn on Victor
  
• "I Could Love You In A Steam Heat Flat" (w. Vincent Bryan m. J. B. Mullen)
  - Harry West on Edison
  
• "I Like You, Lil, For Fair" (Ade, Loraine)
  - Billy Murray on Victor
  
• "I Never Could Love Like That" (Bowman, Johns)
  - Billy Murray on Victor
  
• "I Want To Be A Lidy" (w. George Dance m. George Dee)
  - Clarke's Band Of Providence on Victor
  
• "I Wonder Why Bill Bailey Don't Come Home" (w.m. Frank Fogerty, Matt C. Woodward & William Jerome)
  - Arthur Collins on Victor & Edison
  
• "I'll Wed You In The Golden Summertime" (w. Alfred Bryan m. Stanley Crawford)
  - John H. Bieling & Harry Macdonough on Victor
  
• "I'm A Jonah Man" (w.m. Alex Rogers)
  - Dan W. Quinn on Victor
  - Arthur Collins on Edison & Victor
  
• "I'm Thinking Of You All The While" (Reed Jnr)
  - Billy Murray on Victor
  
• "I'm Wearing My Heart Away For You" (w.m. Charles K. Harris)
  - Harry Macdonough & John H. Bieling on Victor
  
• "In Silence" (w. Sydney Rosenfeld m. A. Baldwin Sloane)
  - Arthur Clifford on Edison
  
• "In The City Of Sighs And Tears" (w. Andrew B. Sterling m. Kerry Mills)
  - J. W. Myers on Victor
  
• "In The Good Old Summertime" (w. Ren Shields m. George Evans)
  - Haydn Quartette on Victor
  - S. H. Dudley & Harry Macdonough with Sousa's Band on Victor
  - Harry Macdonough on Victor
  
• "In The Sweet Bye And Bye" (w. Vincent P. Bryan m. Harry Von Tilzer)
  - J. Aldrich Libbey on Edison
  
• "In The Village By The Sea" (w. Andrew B. Sterling m. Stanley Crawford)
  - Byron G. Harlan on Edison
  
• "It Takes The Irish To Beat The Dutch" (w. Edward Madden m. Theodore F. Morse)
  - Billy Murray on Victor Monarch
  
• "It Was The Dutch" (w. Vincent Bryan m. J. B. Mullen)
  - Collins & Harlan on Edison
  
• "Juanita" (w. Caroline Norton m. trad Sp.)
  - Haydn Quartette on Victor
  
• "Julie" (w. Wiliam Jerome m. Jean Schwartz)
  - Edward M. Favor on Edison
  
• "Just For Tonight(1)" (w.m. Frank O. French)
  - Albert C. Campbell on Edison
  
• "The Leader Of The Frocks And Frills" (w. Robert H. Smith m. Melville Ellis)
  - Clarke's Band of Providence on Victor
  
• "Like A Star That Falls From Heaven" (w. Arthur Lamb m. Kerry Mills)
  - Joe Natus on Victor
  
• "The Maid Of Timbucktoo" (w. James Weldon Johnson m. Bob Cole)
  - Harry Macdonough on Edison
  
• "Massa's In De Cold Ground" (w. m. Stephen Collins Foster)
  - Edison Male Quartette on Edison
  
• "Meet Me When The Sun Goes Down" (w. Vincent Bryan m. Harry von Tilzer)
  - William H. Thompson on Victor
  
• "Melody Of Love" (w. Tom Glazer m. H. Engelmann)
  - Edison Symphony Orchestra on Edison
  
• "The Message Of The Rose" (w. Will A. Heelan m. Leo Edwards)
  - George Seymour Lenox on Edison
  
• "The Message Of The Violet" (w. Frank Pixley m. Gustav Luders)
  - J. W. Myers on Victor
  
• "Mighty Lak' A Rose" (w. Frank L. Stanton m. Ethelbert Nevin)
  - Arthur Clifford on Edison
  
• "Moriaty" (w. Charles Horwitz m. Fred V. Bowers)
  - Collins & Harlan on Edison
  
• "My Cosy Corner Girl" (w. Charles Noel Douglas m. John W. Bratton)
  - Henry Burr on Columbia
  - Harry Macdonough on Edison
  
• "My Little Coney Isle" (w. Andrew B. Sterling m. Harry von Tilzer)
  - Harry Tally on Edison
  
• "My Little 'Rang Outang" (Madden, Morse)
  - Billy Murray on Victor
  
• "My Own United States" (w. Stanislaus Stange m. Julian Edwards)
  - J. W. Myers on Victor
  
• "My Sulu Lulu Loo" (w. George Ade m. Nat D. Mann)
  - Clarke's Band Of Providence on Victor
  
• "Only A Dream Of A Golden Past" (w. Alfred Bryan m. Stanley Crawford)
  - Franklyn Wallace on Edison
  
• "Out Where The Breakers Roar" (w. Harlow Hyde m. H. W. Petrie)
  - Frank C. Stanley on Edison
  
• "Please Mother, Buy Me A Baby" (w.m. Will D. Cobb & Gus Edwards)
  - Byron G. Harlan on Victor & Edison
  
• "Pretty Little Dinah Jones" (w.m. J. B. Mullen)
  - Harry Macdonough on Edison
  
• "R-E-M-O-R-S-E" (w. George Ade m. Alfred G. Wathall)
  - Joe Natus on Victor
  
• "Sal" (w.m. Paul Rubens)
  - Madge Crichton with piano Landon Ronald on Gramophone & Typewriter Records
  
• "Sammy" (w. James O'Dea m. Edward Hutchinson)
  - Harry Macdonough on Edison
  
• "Sammy" (w. James O'Dea m. Edward Hutchinson)
  - Henry Burr on Columbia
  
• "Sly Musette" (w. Sydney Rosenfeld m. A. Baldwin Sloane)
  - Harry Macdonough on Edison
  
• "Tell Me Dusky Maiden" (w. James Weldon Johnson & Bob Cole m. J. Rosamond Johnson)
  - S. H. Dudley & Harry Macdonough on Victor
  
• "Then I'd Be Satisfied With Life" (w.m. George M. Cohan)
  - Edward M. Favor on Edison
  
• "There's One In A Million Like You" (w. Grant Clarke m. Jean Schwartz)
  - Walter Van Brunt on Edison
  
• "Two Eyes Of Blue" (w. George H. Taylor m. Leslie Stuart)
  - Harry Macdonough on Victor
  - Mina Hickman on Victor
  
• "Under The Bamboo Tree" (w.m. Bob Cole & J. Rosamond Johnson)
  - Mina Hickman on Victor
  
• "Up In A Coconut Tree" (Madden, Morse)
  - Billy Murray on Victor Monarch
  
• "Upper Broadway After Dark" (w. Edward Gardinier m. Maurice Levi)
  - Edward M. Favor on Edison
  
• "The Vacant Chair" (w. Henry S. Washburne m. George Frederick Root)
  - Byron G. Harlan on Edison
  
• "Wait At The Gate For Me" (w. Ren Shields m. Theodore F. Morse)
  - J. W. Myers on Victor
  
• "What's The Matter With The Moon Tonight?" (w. Sydney Rosenfeld m. A. Baldwin Sloane)
  - Arthur Clifford on Edison
  
• "When The Fields Are White With Cotton" (w. Robert F. Roden w. Max S. Witt)
  - Franklyn Wallace on Edison
  
• "When We Were Two Little Boys" (w. Edward Madden m. Theodore F. Morse)
  - Billy Murray on Victor
  

Classical music

• The Apostles (oratorio) by Edward Elgar
• The Bells by Joseph Holbrooke
• Romance for Cello and Piano/Orchestra by A. E. Hkon Borresen
• Sea Drift by Frederick Delius
• Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 1 by Joseph Jongen
• Slovak Suite by Vitezslav Novak

Opera

• Tiefland - Eugen d'Albert
• Giovanna di Napoli - Juan Manen

Musical theater

• Babes In Toyland Broadway production
• The Cherry Girl London production
• The Duchess Of Dantzic London production
• The Earl And The Girl London production
• In Dahomey Broadway and London productions
• The Jersey Lily Broadway production
• Madame Sherry Vienna and London productions
• The Medal And The Maid London production
• The Orchid London production
• The Rogers Brothers In London Broadway production
• Vronique London production
• The Wizard of Oz http://www.theatrehistory.com/american/musical016.html Broadway production

Births

• January 4 - Carroll Gibbons
• February 12 - Todd Duncan, American baritone, first Porgy in Porgy and Bess
• March 10 - Bix Beiderbecke
• May 3 - Bing Crosby, US singer and actor
• May 26 - Bob Hope, English-born US actor, comedian and singer
• June 6 - Aram Khachaturian, composer
• June 18 - Jeanette MacDonald, US singer and actress
• June 26 - St. Louis Jimmy Oden, blues singer
• July 3 - Dick Robertson, US singer
• July 10 - Helen Pickens of the Pickens Sisters US singing group
• July 16 - Carmen Lombardo, Canadian singer, composer and saxophonist
• August 4 - Helen Kane, US singer
• September 15 - Roy Claxton Acuff, Country and Western singer
• September 16 - Joe Venuti, US jazz violinist
• October 10 - Vladimir Dukelsky aka Vernon Duke, composer

Deaths

• January 28 - Robert Planquette, French composer (b. 1850)
• January 28 - Augusta Holms, French composer
• February 11 - Henryk Szulc, composer (b. 1836)
• February 22 - Hugo Wolf, composer (b. 1860)

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