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1911 in music

See also: 1910 in music, other events of 1911, 1912 in music and the list of 'years in music'.

Contents

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

Events

• May 24 - Edward Elgar conducts the premiere of his Symphony No. 2 in London
• 20 November - Gustav Mahler's Das Lied von der Erde is debuted in Munich, with Bruno Walter conducting.
• Scott Joplin publishes his ragtime opera, Treemonisha.
• Aino Ackté and other prominent opera singers found the Domestic Opera in Finland

Published popular music

• "After That I Want A Little More" w. Alfred Bryan m. Fred Fisher
• "After The Honeymoon" w.m. Irving Berlin
• "Alexander's Ragtime Band" w.m. Irving Berlin
• "All Alone" w. William Dillon m. Harry Von Tilzer
• "Any Old Iron" w.m. Charles Collins & Terry Sheppard
• "Archibald, Certainly Not" w.m. Alfred Glover & John St John
• "Baby Rose" by Louis Weslyn
• "Billy" w. Joe Goodwin m. James Kendis & Herman Paley
• "Bring Back My Lovin' Man" w.m. Irving Berlin
• "Can't You Take It Back And Change It For A Boy?" w.m. Thurland Chattaway
• "Daly's Reel" m. Joseph M. Daly
• "Down Home Rag" m. Wilbur Sweatman
• "Down The Field" w. Caleb O'Connor m. Stanleigh P. Friedman
• "El Choclo" w. Francice Luban m. Angel G. Villoldo
• "Everybody's Doing it Now" w.m. Irving Berlin
• "The Fire Bird" m. Igor Stravinsky
• "Floral Dance" w.m. Katie Moss
• "The Gaby Glide" w. Harry Pilcer m. Louis A. Hirsch
• "Hello! Susie Green" w. Lester Barrett m. Herman Darewski
• "Honey Love" w. Jack Drislane m. George W. Meyer
• "Honeysuckle Rag" m. George Botsford
• "I Want A Girl (Just Like The Girl)" w. William Dillon m. Harry Von Tilzer
• "I Want To Be In Dixie" (a.k.a. ""I'm Going Back To Dixie") w.m. Irving Berlin & Ted Snyder
• "In The Land Of Harmony" w. Bert Kalmar m. Ted Snyder
• "It's A Long Lane That Has No Turning" w. Arthur Penn m. Manuel Klein
• "Jimmy Valentine" w. Edward Madden m. Gus Edwards
• "The Little Grey Home In The West" w. D. Eardley-Wilmot m. Hermann Löhr
• "Love Is Mine" w. Edward Teschemacher m. Clarence G. Gartner
• "Make Me Love You Like I Never Loved Before" w. Alfred Bryan m. Fred Fisher
• "Mary O'Hoolihan" Berlin
• "(On) Moonlight Bay" w. Edward Madden m. Percy Wenrich
• "Movin' Man Don't Take My Baby Grand" w. Bert Kalmar m. Ted Snyder
• "My Beautiful Lady (Kiss Waltz)" w. C. M. S. McLellan m. Ivan Caryll
• "My Rosary Of Dreams" w.m. E. F. Dusenberg & C. M. Denison
• "Naughty, Naughty, Naughty" w. Harry Williams m. Egbert van Alstyne
• "The Oceana Roll" w. Roger Lewis m. Lucien Denni
• "Oh Baby Mine" w.m. Cecille Boucher
• "Oh You Beautiful Doll" w. A. Seymour Brown m. Nat D. Ayer
• "One O'Clock In The Morning I Get Lonesome" w.m. Irving Berlin
• "Ragtime Violin!" w.m. Irving Berlin
• "Red Rose Rag" w. Edward Madden m. Percy Wenrich
• "A Ring On The Finger Is Worth Two On The Phone" w. Jack Mahoney m. George W. Meyer
• "Roamin' In The Gloamin'" w.m. Harry Lauder
• "Run Home And Tell Your Mother" w.m. Irving Berlin
• "Somewhere A Voice Is Calling" w. Eileen Newton m. Arthur F. Tate
• "The Spaniard That Blighted My Life" w.m. Billy Merson
• "Spanish Love" Irving Berlin, Vincent Bryan, Ted Snyder
• "Texas Tommy Swing" Sid Brown & Val Harris
• "That Baboon Baby Dance" w. Dave Oppenheim m. Joe Cooper
• "That Hypnotizing Man" w. Lew Brown m. Albert Von Tilzer
• "That Mysterious Rag" w.m. Irving Berlin, Ted Snyder
• "That Was Before I Met You" w. Alfred Bryan m. George W. Meyer
• "There's A Girl In Havana" Irving Berlin, E. Ray Goetz, A. Baldwin Sloane
• "They Always Pick On Me" by Harry Von Tilzer and Stanley Murphy
• "Till The Sands Of The Desert Grow Cold" w. George Graff Jr m. Ernest R. Ball
• "To The Land Of My Own Romance" w. Harry B. Smith m. Victor Herbert
• "Too Much Mustard" m. Cecil Macklin
• "Virginia Lou" Irving Berlin, Earl Taylor
• "A Wee Deoch-an-Doris" w.m. Gerald Grafton & Harry Lauder
• "When I Was Twenty-One And You Were Sweet Sixteen" w. Harry H. Williams m. Egbert Van Alstyne
• "When I'm Alone I'm Lonesome" w.m. Irving Berlin & Ted Snyder
• "When It Rains, Sweetheart, When It Rains" w.m. Irving Berlin
• "When You Kiss An Italian Girl" w.m. Irving Berlin
• "When You're Away" w. A. Seymour Brown & Joe Young m. Bert Grant
• "When You're In Town" w.m. Irving Berlin
• "The Whistling Rag" w.m. Irving Berlin
• "Woodman, Woodman, Spare That Tree" w.m. Irving Berlin & Vincent Bryan
• "Yiddisha Nightingale" w.m. Irving Berlin
• "You've Got Me Hypnotized" w.m. Irving Berlin

Classical music

• Gustav Holst - Second Suite for Military Band in F
• Ethel Smyth - March of the Women

Opera

• L'Heure Espagnole - Maurice Ravel
• Der Rosenkavalier - Richard Strauss

Musical theater

• The Count Of Luxembourg London production opened at Daly's Theatre on May 20 and ran for 340 performances
• Gypsy Love (Zigeunerliebe) opened in Berlin. The Broadway production opened at the Globe Theatre on October 17 and ran for 31 performances
• Der Lila Domino (The Lilac Domino) - Leipzig production
• Marriage À La Carte Broadway production opened at the Casino Theatre on January 2 and ran for 64 performances
• The Pink Lady Broadway production opened at the New Amsterdam Theatre on March 13 and ran for 312 performances
• The Quaker Girl Broadway production opened at the Park Theatre on October 23 and ran for 240 performances

Births

• January 20 - Roy Eldridge, jazz musician
• February 2 - Jussi Björling - Swedish tenor
• May 8 - Robert Johnson, Blues guitarist and singer.
• May 13 - Maxine Sullivan, US singer (+ 1987)
• May 18 - Big Joe Turner
• May 20 - Vet Boswell of the Boswell Sisters US singing group
• July 4 - Mitch Miller, US arranger, conductor, record producer and oboe player (an ill woodwind that no-one plays good)
• July 8 - Gertrude Niesen
• July 16 - Ginger Rogers, US dancer, actress and singer
• August 6 - Lucille Ball, US actress and singer
• September 19 - Allan Pettersson, Swedish composer
• October 7 - Vaughn Monroe, US singer and bandleader
• October 24 - Sonny Terry
• October 26 - Mahalia Jackson, US gospel singer
• November 5 - Roy Rogers, singer, actor (+ 1998)
• December 3 - Nino Rota, composer
• December 14 - Spike Jones, US bandleader

Deaths

• May 18 - Gustav Mahler
• May 29 - William S. Gilbert, of Gilbert & Sullivan
• October 3 - Paul Sarebresole
• December 22 - Karl Hoschna, Bohemian-born US composer

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