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1914 in music
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 and Tobago
.
First publication of
Orchestration
, the classic book by
Cecil Forsyth
.
Published popular music
"
The Aba Daba Honeymoon
" w.m.
Arthur Fields
& Walter Donovan. Performed in the
1951
film
Two Weeks with Love
by
Debbie Reynolds
and
Carleton Carpenter
"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
kayōkyoku
(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
"
St. 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
- Violin Sonata No. 1
Ernő Dohnányi
- Variations on a Nursery Song
Marcel Dupré
-
Psyche
(cantata)
Herbert Howells
- Piano Concerto No. 1
Charles Ives
- Violin Sonata No. 3
Nikolai Medtner
-
Sonate-Ballade op. 27
Sergei Prokofiev
- Violin Concerto No. 1 in D Major
Sergei Prokofiev
Sarcasms
, for piano
The Ugly Duckling
, for mezzo-soprano and orchestra
Maurice Ravel
- Piano Trio in A Minor
Max Reger
- Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Mozart (orchestral version)
Ralph Vaughan Williams
-
Symphony No. 2
A London Symphony
Anton Webern
- Cello Sonata
Opera
Jules Massenet
-
Cléopâtre
Joaquín Turina
-
Margot
Gabriel von Wayditch
-
Opium Dreams
Musical theater
Adele
London
production opened at the
Gaiety Theatre
on
May 30
The Belle of Bond Street
Broadway production opened at the
Shubert Theatre
on
March 30
and ran for 48 performances
Business as Usual
London production opened at the
Hippodrome
on
November 16
Chin-Chin
Broadway production opened at the
Globe Theatre
on
October 20
and ran for 295 performances
The Earl and the Girl
London revival opened at the
Aldwych Theatre
on
November 4
The Girl from Utah
Broadway production opened at the
Knickerbocker Theatre
on
August 24
and ran for 120 performances
The Lilac Domino
(libretto by
Emmerich von Gatti
and
Béla Jenbach
; music by
Charles Cuvillier
) Broadway production opened at the
44th Street Theatre
on
October 28
and ran for 109 performances
Papa's Darling
Broadway production
The Pretty Mrs Smith
Broadway production opened at the
Casino Theatre
on
September 21
and ran for 48 performances
Szibill
by
Victor Jacobi
, with libretto by Martos Ferenc and Miklós Bródy. First performed on
February 27
in
Budapest
.
Tonight's The Night
Broadway production opened at the
Shubert Theatre
on
December 24
and ran for 112 performances
Wars of the World
Broadway production opened at the
Hippodrome Theatre
on
September 5
and ran for 229 performances
Watch Your Step
Broadway production opened at the
New Amsterdam Theatre
on
December 8
and ran for 175 performances
When Claudia Smiles
Broadway production opened at the
39th Street Theatre
on
February 2
and moved to the
Lyric Theatre
on
February 23
for a total run of 112 performances
Births
February 10
-
Larry Adler
, harmonica virtuoso (d. 2001)
February 18
-
Pee Wee King
, country musician (d. 2000)
March 5
-
Philip Farkas
, horn player (d. 1992)
March 6
-
Kiril Kondrashin
, conductor (d. 1981)
March 21
-
Paul Tortelier
, cellist and composer (d. 1990)
March 30
-
Sonny Boy Williamson I
, blues musician (d. 1948)
April 4
-
Frances Langford
, US singer and actress (d. 2005)
May 9
-
Carlo Maria Giulini
, conductor (d. 2005)
Hank Snow
, country singer (d. 1999)
May 18
-
Boris Christoff
, operatic bass (d. 1993)
May 26
-
Ziggy Elman
, US trumpet player (d. 1968)
May 31
-
Akira Ifukube
, composer (d. 2006)
June 6
-
Iris du Pré
, pianist, mother of
Jacqueline du Pré
and
Hilary du Pré
(d. 1985)
June 28
-
Lester Flatt
, bluegrass musician (d. 1979)
July 2
-
Frederick Fennell
, conductor (d. 2004)
July 8
-
Billy Eckstine
, jazz musician and singer (d. 1993)
July 26
Erskine Hawkins
, US jazz trumpeter and bandleader (d. 1993)
Ralph Blane
, US composer and singer (d. 1995)
August 28
-
Abe (Glenn) Osser
, US conductor and arranger
September 12
-
Eddy Howard
, singer (d. 1963)
September 24
-
Andrzej Panufnik
, composer (d. 1991)
September 25
-
Robert Wright
, US composer (d. 2005)
October 7
-
Alfred Drake
, US singer and actor (d. 1992)
October 10
-
Ivory Joe Hunter
, R&B singer, songwriter and pianist (d. 1974)
November 15
-
Jorge Bolet
, pianist and conductor (d. 1990)
December 3
-
Irving Fine
, composer (d. 1962)
December 14
-
Rosalyn Tureck
, pianist (d. 2003)
date unknown
-
Rita Abatzi
, rebetiko singer (d. 1969)
Deaths
January 5
-
François Cellier
, conductor and composer (b. 1849)
January 23
-
George W. Johnson
, singer and pioneer recording artist (b. 1850)
March 1
-
Tor Aulin
, violinist, conductor and composer (b. 1866)
March 24
-
Ellen Franz
, pianist and actress (b. 1839)
March 31
-
Hubert von Herkomer
, painter, film director and composer (b. 1849)
May 10
Lillian Nordica
, opera singer (b. 1857)
Ernst von Schuch
, conductor (b. 1846)
July 1
-
Edmund Payne
, musical comedy star (b. 1865)
July 14
-
Andrzej Hławiczka
, musicologist (b. 1866)
July 23
-
Harry Evans
, conductor and composer (b. 1873)
August 7
-
Bolesław Dembiński
, composer (b. 1833)
August 18
-
Anna Yesipova
, pianist (b. 1851)
August 28
-
Anatoly Lyadov
, composer (b. 1855)
September 3
-
Albéric Magnard
, composer (b. 1865)
September 13
-
Robert Hope-Jones
, inventor of the theatre organ (b. 1859)
October 28
-
Richard Heuberger
, composer (b. 1850)
November 9
-
Jean-Baptiste Faure
, operatic baritone and composer (b. 1830)
December 14
-
Giovanni Sgambati
, composer (b. 1841)
December 16
-
Ivan Zajc
, composer (b. 1832)
December 25
-
Bernhard Stavenhagen
, pianist, composer and conductor (b. 1862)
date unknown
Emil Fischer
, operatic bass (b. 1838)
Carl Kolling
, composer of piano music (b. 1831)
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