1917 in music

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

[edit] Events

May 12 - Béla Bartók's ballet The Wooden Prince is premiered in Budapest
First Jazz recordings made by the Original Dixieland Jass Band
First African American jazz recordings made by Wilber Sweatman's Band
Eddie Cantor makes his first recordings

[edit] Published popular music

"All The World Will Be Jealous Of Me" w. Al Dubin m. Ernest R. Ball
"Any Time Is Kissing Time" w. Oscar Asche m. Frederic Norton from the musical Chu Chin Chow
"Are You From Heaven?" w.m. L. Wolfe Gilbert & Anatol Friedland
"A Bachelor Gay" w. Frank Clifford Harris & (Arthur) Valentine m. James W. Tate from the musical The Maid of the Mountains
"Barnyard Blues" w.m. Edwin B. Edwards, Nick La Rocca, Tony Spargo & Larry Shields
"The Bells Of St Mary's" w. Douglas Furber m. A. Emmett Adams
"The Bombo-Shay" by Henry Creamer
"Bring Back My Daddy To Me" m. George W. Meyer w. William Tracey & Howard Johnson
"Bring Me A Rose" w.m. Charles Shisler
"Cheer Up, Liza" John L. Golden, Raymond Hubbell
"Cleopatra Had A Jazz Band" w. Jack Coogan m. Jimmy Morgan
"Come To The Fair" w. Helen Taylor m. Easthope Martin
"The Darktown Strutters' Ball" w.m. Shelton Brooks
"Dixie Jass Band One-Step" Original Dixieland Jass Band
"Down In The Valley" trad US
"Eileen (Alanna Asthore)" w. Henry Blossom m. Victor Herbert
"For Me And My Gal" w. Edgar Leslie & E. Ray Goetz m. George W. Meyer
"For Your Country And My Country" w.m. Irving Berlin
"Give A Man A Horse He Can Ride" w. James Thomson m. Geoffrey O'Hara
"Give Me The Moonlight, Give Me The Girl" w. Lew Brown m. Albert Von Tilzer
"Going Up" w. Otto Harbach m. Louis A. Hirsch
"Good Luck And God Be With You, Laddie Boy" w. Will D. Cobb m. Gus Edwards
"Goodbye Broadway, Hello France" w. C. Francis Reisner & Benny Davis m. Billy Baskette
"Goodbye Ma! Goodbye Pa! Goodbye Mule!" w. William Herschell m. Barclay Walker
"Good-bye-ee" w.m. R. P. Weston & Bert Lee
"Hail! Hail! The Gang's All Here" w. D. A. Esrom m. Theodore F. Morse & Arthur Sullivan
"Have A Heart" w. P. G. Wodehouse m. Jerome Kern
"Hawaiian Butterfly" w. George A. Little m. Billy Baskette & Joseph H. Santley
"Homing" w. Arthur L. Salmon m. Teresa del Riego
"How Can I Forget When There's So Much To Remember" w.m. Irving Berlin
"Huckleberry Finn" by Cliff Hess
"I Don't Know Where I'm Going But I'm On My Way" w.m. George Fairman
"I Don't Want To Get Well" w. Howard Johnson & Harry Pease m. Harry Jentes
"I May Be Gone For A Long, Long Time" w. Lew Brown m. Albert Von Tilzer
"I'd Love To Be A Monkey In The Zoo" w. Bert Hanlon m. Willie White
"I'll Take You Back To Italy" w.m. Irving Berlin
"I'm All Bound Round With The Mason-Dixon Line" w. Sam M. Lewis & Joe Young m. Jean Schwartz
"I'm Always Chasing Rainbows" w. Joseph McCarthy m. Harry Carroll (melody adapted from Chopin)
"If I Find The Guy Who Wrote "Poor Butterfly" " w. William Jerome m. Arthur Green
"Indiana" w. Ballard MacDonald m. James F. Hanley
"Indianola" m. Henry R. Stern & Domenico Savino
"Joan Of Arc They Are Calling You" w. Alfred Bryan & Willie Weston m. Jack Wells
"Johnson Rag" m. Guy H. Hall & Henry Kleinhauf
"Just A Baby's Prayer At Twilight" w. Sam M. Lewis & Joe Young m. M. K. Jerome
"Leave It To Jane" w. P. G. Wodehouse m. Jerome Kern
"Let's All Be Americans Now" w.m. Irving Berlin, Edgar Leslie & George W. Meyer
"Lily Of The Valley" w. L. Wolfe Gilbert m. Anatole Friedland
"Little Mother Of Mine" w. Walter H. Brown m. Harry T. Burleigh
"Little Sir Echo" w. Laura R. Smith m. J. S. Fearis

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The first "jass" tune to be recorded. Click image for more information.

"Livery Stable Blues" Alcide Nunez & Ray Lopez
"Lorraine My Beautiful Alsace Lorraine" w. Alfred Bryan m. Fred Fisher
"Love Will Find A Way" w. Harry Graham m. Harold Fraser-Simson. Introduced by José Collins in the musical The Maid of the Mountains
"Mad'moiselle From Armentieres" w.m. anon
"McNamara's Band" w. John J. Stamford m. Shamus O'Connor
"The Modern Maiden's Prayer" w. Ballard MacDonald m. James F. Hanley
"My Sunshine Jane" by Keirn Brennan
"My Sweetie" w.m. Irving Berlin
"'N' Everything" w.m. Al Jolson, B. G. DeSylva & Gus Kahn
"Napoleon" w. P.G. Wodehouse m. Jerome Kern
"Nesting Time In Flatbush" w. P. G. Wodehouse m. Jerome Kern
"Oh It's A Lovely War" w.m. Maurice Scott
"Oh Johnny Oh Johnny Oh" w. Ed Rose m. Abe Olman
"Ole Miss Rag" w.m. W. C. Handy
"On The Road To Home Sweet Home" w. Gus Kahn m. Egbert van Alstyne
"Ostrich Walk" m. Edwin B. Edwards, Nick LaRocca, Tony Spargo & Larry Shields
"Out Where The West Begins" w. Arthur Chapman m. Estelle Philleo
"Over There" w.m. George M. Cohan
"Paddy McGinty's Goat" w.m. R.P. Weston, Bert Lee & The Two Bobs
"A Paradise For Two" w. Frank Clifford Harris & Valentine m. James W. Tate
"Regretful Blues" w. Grant Clarke m. Cliff Hess
"The Road To Paradise" w. Rida Johnson Young m. Sigmund Romberg from the musical Maytime
"Rockaway" by Howard Johnson
"Rolled Into One" w. P. G. Wodehouse m. Jerome Kern
"Rose Room" w. Harry Williams m. Art Hickman
"Sailin' Away On The Henry Clay" w. Gus Kahn m. Egbert Van Alstyne
"Say A Prayer For The Boys Out There" w. Bernie Grossman m. Alex Marr
"Send Me Away With A Smile" w.m. Louis Weslyn & Al Piantadosi
"Shave 'em Dry" m. Sam Wishnuff
"Shim-Me-Sha-Wabble" m. Spencer Williams
"Sing Me Love's Lullaby" w. Dorothy Terris m. Theodore F. Morse
"The Siren's Song" w. P. G. Wodehouse m. Jerome Kern
"Six Times Six Is Thirty-Six" w. Bert Hanlon m. William White
"Slippery Hank" F. H. Losey
"Smile And Show Your Dimple" w.m. Irving Berlin
"Smiles" w. J. Will Callahan m. Lee S. Roberts
"Some Sunday Morning" w. Gus Kahn & Raymond Egan m. Richard A. Whiting
"Somewhere In France" Ivey
"Somewhere In France (Is The Lily)" Howard
"Southern Gals" Yellen, Gumble
"The Story Book Ball" w.m. Billie Montgomery & George Perry
"Sweet Emalina My Gal" w.m. Henry Creamer & Turner Layton
"That's The Kind Of Baby For Me" w.m. Jack Egan & Alfred Harrison
"There Are Fairies At The Bottom Of Our Garden" w.m. Liza Lehmann
"There's A Lump Of Sugar Down In Dixie" w. Alfred Bryan & Jack Yellen m. Albert Gumble
"There's Something Nice About The South" w.m. Irving Berlin
"They Go Wild Simply Wild Over Me" w. Joseph McCarthy m. Fred Fisher
"Thine Alone" w. Henry Blossom m. Victor Herbert
"The Tickle Toe" w. Otto Harbach m. Louis Hirsch
"Tiger Rag" w. Harry De Costa m. Edwin B. Edwards, Nick La Rocca, Tony Spargo & Larry Shields
"Till The Clouds Roll By" w. P. G. Wodehouse, Guy Bolton & Jerome Kern m. Jerome Kern
"Ugly Chile" w.m. Clarence Williams
"The Waggle O' The Kilt" w.m. Harry Lauder
"Wait Till The Cows Come Home" w. Anne Caldwell m. Ivan Caryll
"When The Boys Come Home" w. John Hay m. Oley Speaks
"When Yankee Doodle Learns To Parlez Vous Francais" w. Will Hart m. Ed G. Nelson
"Where Do We Go From Here?" w. Howard Johnson m. Percy Wenrich
"Where The Morning Glories Grow" w. Gus Kahn & Richard Egan m. Richard A. Whiting
"Why Am I Always The Bridesmaid?" w.m. Fred Leigh, Charles Collins & Lily Morris
"Will You Remember?" w. Rida Johnson Young m. Sigmund Romberg
"Wonder Eyes" m. Percy E. Fletcher
"Yah-De-Dah" M. B. Kaufman
"You Brought Ireland Right Over To Me" w. J. Keirn Brennan m. Ernest R. Ball
"You Never Knew About Me" w. P. G. Wodehouse m. Jerome Kern

[edit] Hit recordings

"Livery Stable Blues/Dixie Jass One Step" by the Original Dixieland Jass Band
"Goodbye Broadway, Hello France" by the American Quartet
"Over There" by Nora Bayes
"Poor Butterfly" by the Victor Military Band

[edit] Classical music

Launy Grøndahl - Violin Concerto in D Major
Charles Koechlin - Cello Sonata
Sergei Prokofiev - The Gambler (opera);
Sergei Prokofiev - Symphony No. 1 Classical
Ottorino Respighi - Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 1
Igor Stravinsky - Chant du Rossignol (opera)
Karol Szymanowski - Demeter (cantata)

[edit] Opera

Armas Launis - Kullervo
Gabriel von Wayditch - The Caliph's Magician

[edit] Musical theater

The Better 'Ole London production opened at the Oxford Theatre on August 4 and ran for 811 performances
The Boy London production opened at the Adelphi Theatre on September 14 and ran for 801 performances
Cheep London revue opened at the Vaudeville Theatre on April 26.
Chu Chin Chow Broadway production opened at the Manhattan Opera House on October 22 and ran for 208 performances
Eileen opened at the Shubert Theatre on March 19 and ran for 64 performances.
Hanky Panky London revue opened at the Empire Theatre on March 24
Jack O'Lantern Broadway production opened at the Globe Theatre on October 16 and ran for 265 performances
Leave It To Jane Broadway production opened at the Longacre Theatre on August 28 and ran for 167 performances
The Maid Of The Mountains London production opened at Daly's Theatre on February 10 and ran for 1352 performances
Maytime Broadway production opened at the Shubert Theatre on August 16 and ran for 492 performances
Oh, Boy! (musical) Broadway production opened at the Princess Theatre on February 20 and ran for 463 performances
The Riviera Girl Broadway production opened at the New Amsterdam Theatre on September 24 and ran for 78 performances