Timeline of trends in music (1910-1919)

Timeline of trends in music
Before 1799	1800-1899
1900-1909	1910-1919
1920-1929	1930-1939
1940-1949	1950-1959
1960-1969	1970-1979
1980-1989	1990-1999
2000-present
List of musical events
United States (To 1930 - to 1970 - To present)
Cuba

1910 in music

• International trends
  • The tango begins to become popular in Europe
• Music of Armenia
  • Komitas Vardapet finishes collecting over 3,000 Armenian folk songs
• Music of Peru
  • The Indigenismo movement begins, bringing increased social and cultural awareness to native Peruvians
• Music of Portugal
  • Fado is recorded for the first time
• Music of Spain
  • The end of the golden age of flamenco
• Music of the United States
  • The first scholarly interest in Appalachian folk music results in several field recordings, and John Lomax's Cowboy Songs and Other Frontier Ballads

1911 in music

• International trends
  • Kazi Nazrul Islam begins composing Bengali music, eventually to become became the popular stream of Nazrulgeeti, popular today in Bangladesh and West Bengal
• Music of China
  • Western music begins to make inroads into China

1912 in music

• International trends
  • Henry Cowell's The Tides of Manaunaun is the first composition to use tone clusters by striking the keys with his hand and arm
• Music of Azerbaijan
  • Alasgar Abdullayev performs the Bayati Shiraz mugham in Warsaw; this is the first recording of Azerbaijani folk music
• Music of Cuba
  • Trío Matamoros refines son and begins its popularization
• Music of Japan
  • The future members of the Hatano Jazz Band visit the US, leading to the first fusions of jazz and Japanese music
• Music of New Zealand
  • James Cowan's "Sailor Memories", an article in the Christchurch Press, is the beginning of a serious consideration of New Zealand folk songs as part of the culture of New Zealand
• Music of South Africa
  • Gramophone Company Ltd makes the first commercial recordings of South African music in Cape Town and Johannesburg with a portable field recorder
• Music of Trinidad and Tobago
  • Lovey's String Band travels to New York City to make the first calypso recordings
• Music of the United States
  • W.C. Handy publishes early hit blues song, "The Memphis Blues".
  • After Bird of Paradise becomes a Broadway hit, the popularization of Hawaiian music begins; slack-key guitar's influence on country music also starts

1913 in music

• International trends
  • A near-riot occurs at the premiere of Stravinsky's Rite of Spring in Paris
  • Luigi Russolo's L'Arte dei Rumori is published; Russolo claims that noise produced by machines will revolutionize music in the 20th century
• Music of Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Izvorna Bosanska muzika ensembles begin to become popular
• Music of Bulgaria
  • Trumpeter Abe Elenkrig & His Hebrew Bulgarian Orchestra make some of the first known recordings of klezmer, a form of Yiddish folk music

1914 in music

• International trends
  • Jerome Kern combines multiple forms of ballet, music and theater to invent the modern musical
• Music of Haiti
  • United States soldiers occupying Haiti bring with them swing and big band music
• Music of Japan
  • "Kachusha no uta" composed by Nakayama Shimpei is the first big kayokyoku (pop music) hit in Japan
• Music of Trinidad and Tobago
  • Lionel Belasco makes his first recordings, the first from Trinidad

1915 in music

• Music of Latvia
  • Krišjānis Barons finishes publishing Latvju Dainas, a collection of traditional dainas
• Music of Spain
  • Manuel de Falla composes El Amor Brujo, the first flamenco ballet
• Music of the United States
  • New Orleans-style bands start enjoying popularity in Chicago; Tom Brown starts billing his group as a Jass Band

1916 in music

• Music of the Dominican Republic
  • The American occupation of the Dominican Republic begins. This leads to a pop form called pambiche, invented for American soldiers that couldn't dance to the harder forms, and is also responsible for nationalist elements being added to the lyrics, foreshadowing the rise of Rafael Trujillo
• Music of Finland
  • A. O. Väisänen records jouhikko music played by Feodor Pratsu, inspiring a new generation of modern players
• Music of the United States
  • Folklorist Cecil Sharp begins a series of influential recordings of rural folk musicians, most importantly The Ritchies

1917 in music

• Music of Russia
  • The Bolsheviks come to power and persecute Gypsy musicians, who had long dominated Russian popular music, for having entertained the bourgeoisie; most Gypsies choose to leave
• Music of the United States
  • The beginning of recorded jazz by the Original Dixieland Jazz Band ("Livery Stable Blues")
  • Abe Schwartz and Harry Kandel help launch an American klezmer scene among Eastern European Jewish immigrant families

1918 in music

1919 in music

• Music of Mexico
  • Cornets are added to mariachi groups
• Music of Quebec
  • The first scholarly interest in Quebecois folk music, as well as its commercial recording, begin
• Music of the United States
  • Chicago establishes itself as the capital of jazz
  • Stride piano style develops in New York City