1919 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

July 22 - The Ballets Russes gives the world premiere of Manuel de Falla's ballet El sombrero de tres picos (The Three-Cornered Hat) in London
October 27 - Edward Elgar's Cello Concerto is premiered in London
Original Dixieland Jass Band brings New Orleans jazz to England
The Louisiana Five are advertised as playing "Modern Jazz"
King Oliver leaves New Orleans
Ernest Ansermet writes an enthusiastic review of the Southern Syncopated Orchestra in London, singling out Sidney Bechet - one of the first serious pieces of jazz criticism

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[edit] Published popular music

"Abie My Boy" w.m. L.Silberman, A. Grock, Herbert Rule & Tom McGhee
"Alcoholic Blues" w. Edward Laska, m. Albert Von Tilzer
"Alexander's Band Is Back In Dixieland" w. Jack Yellin m. Albert Gumble
"Alice Blue Gown" w. Joseph McCarthy m. Harry Tierney
"All The Quakers Are Shoulder Shakers Down In Quaker Town" w. Bert Kalmar & Edgar Leslie m. Pete Wendling
"And He'd Say "Oo-La-La Wee Wee!"" w. George Jessel, m. Harry Ruby
"Any Old Place With You" w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers
"Ask the Stars" by Frank Stammers
"Baby, Won't You Please Come Home?" w.m. Charles Warfield & Clarence Williams
"Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gives To Me" w.m. Charles McCarron, Casey Morgan & Arthur Swanstrom
"Breeze (Blow My Baby Back To Me)" w.m. Ballard MacDonald, Joe Goodwin & James F. Hanley
"Camp Meeting Blues" by Dabney's Band
"Cielito Lindo" w.m. Quirino Mendoza y Cortez
"Daddy Long Legs" w. Sam M. Lewis & Joe Young
"Dardanella" w. Fred Fisher m. Felix Bernard & Johnny S. Black
"Don't Dilly Dally On The Way" w.m. Fred W. Leigh & Charles Collins
"Everybody Wants A Key To My Cellar" w.m. Ed Rose, Billy Baskette & Lew Pollack
"Hold Me" w.m. Art Hickman & Ben Black
"I Ain't Gonna Give Nobody None O' This Jelly Roll" w. Spencer Williams m. Clarence Williams
"I Gave Her That" w. m. B. G. De Sylva & Al Jolson
"I Lost My Heart In Dixieland" w.m. Irving Berlin
"I Might be Your "Once-In-A-While"" w. Robert B. Smith m. Victor Herbert
"I Never Realized" w.m. Cole Porter
"I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate" w.m. Armand J. Piron

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"I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles" w. Jaan Kenbrovin m. John W. Kellette
"Indian Summer" w. Al Dubin m. Victor Herbert Words 1939.
"Irene" w. Joseph McCarthy m. Harry Tierney. Introduced by Edith Day in the musical Irene
"I've Got My Captain Working For Me Now" w.m. Irving Berlin
"Jazz Baby" w. Blanche Merrill & William Jerome m. William Jerome
"Just Like A Gypsy" w.m. Seymour Simons & Nora Bayes
"The Lamplit Hour" m. John Penn, w. Thomas Burke
"Let The Rest Of The World Go By" w. J. Keirn Brennan m. Ernest R. Ball
"Letter Song" by William Lebaron
"Little Girls, Goodbye" w. William Le Baron m. Victor Jacobi
"Love Sends A Little Gift Of Roses" w. Leslie Cooke m. John Openshaw
"Mah Lindy Lou" w.m. Lily Strickland
"Mammy O' Mine" w. William Tracey m. Maceo Pinkard
"Mandy" w.m. Irving Berlin
"Mirandy" w.m. James Reese Europe, Noble Sissle & Eubie Blake
"The Moon Shines On The Moonshine" w. Frank De Witt m. Robin Hood Bowers. Introduced by Bert Williams in the revue Ziegfeld Follies of 1919
"My Baby's Arms" w. Joseph McCarthy m. Harry Tierney
"My Isle Of Golden Dreams" w. Gus Kahn m. Walter Blaufuss
"Nobody Knows (And Nobody Seems To Care)" w.m. Irving Berlin
"O" w. Byron Gay m. Arnold Johnson
"Oh By Jingo! (Oh By Gee, You're The Only Girl For Me)" w. Lew Brown m. Albert Von Tilzer
"Oh How I Laugh When I Think How I Cried About You" w. Roy Turk & George Jessel, m. Willy White
"Oh! What A Pal Was Mary" w. Edgar Leslie & Bert Kalmar m. Pete Wendling
"Old-Fashioned Garden" w.m. Cole Porter
"On Miami Shore" w. William Le Baron m. Victor Jacobi
"On Patrol In No Man's Land" w.m. James Reese Europe, Noble Sissle & Eubie Blake
"Open Up The Golden Gates To Dixieland And Let Me Into Paradise" w. Jack Yellen m. Gus Van & Joe Schenck
"Peggy" w. Harry Williams m. Neil Moret
"A Pretty Girl Is Like A Melody" w.m. Irving Berlin
"Prohibition Blues" w. Ring Lardner m. Nora Bayes
"Royal Garden Blues" w.m. Clarence Williams & Spencer Williams
"Sahara (We'll Soon Be Dry Like You)" w. Alfred Bryan m. Jean Schwartz. Introduced in the musical Monte Cristo, Jr.
"Sipping Cider Through A Straw" w.m. Carey Morgan & Lee David
"Smilin' Through" w.m. Arthur A. Penn
"Someday Sweetheart" w.m. John Spikes & Benjamin Spikes
"Sugar Blues" w. Lucy Fletcher m. Clarence Williams
"Swanee" w. Irving Caesar m. George Gershwin
"Sweet Hawaiian Moonlight" w. Harold G. Frost m. F. H. Klickmann
"Sweet Kisses That Came In The Night" w. Lew Brown & Eddie Buzzell m. Albert Von Tilzer
"Take Me To The Land Of Jazz" m. Pete Wendling
"Take Your Girlie To The Movies (If You Can't Make Love At Home)" w. Edgar Leslie & Bert Kalmar m. Pete Wendling
"Tell Me" w. J. Will Callahan m. Max Kortlander
"That Naughty Waltz" w. Edwin Stanley m. Sol P. Levy
"There's More To The Kiss Than the X-X-X" w. Irving Caesar m. George Gershwin
"Tulip Time" w. Gene Buck m. Dave Stamper
"The Vamp" w.m. Byron Gay
"Wait Till You Get Them Up In The Air, Boys" w. Lew Brown m. Harry Von Tilzer
"What'll We Do On A Saturday Night When The Town Goes Dry" w.m. Harry Ruby
"When Honey Sings An Old Time Song" w.m. Joseph B. Carey
"When They're Old Enough To Know Better, It's Better To Leave Them Alone" w. Sam M. Lewis & Joe Young m. Harry Ruby
"Who Played Poker With Pocahontas When John Smith Went Away?" w. Sam M. Lewis & Joe Young m. Fred Ahlert
"Winnie The Window Cleaner" w.m. Herman Darewski
"The World Is Waiting For The Sunrise" w. Eugene Lockhart m. Ernest Seitz
"You Ain't Heard Nothing Yet" w.m. Al Jolson, Gus Kahn & B. G. DeSylva
"You Cannot Make Your Shimmy Shake On Tea" w. Rennold Wolf m. Irving Berlin
"You Didn't Want Me When You Had Me" w. Benee Russell & Bernie Grossman m. George J. Bennett
"You'd Be Surprised" w.m. Irving Berlin
"Your Eyes Have Told Me So" w. Gus Kahn m. Egbert Van Alstyne & Walter Blaufuss
"You're A Million Miles From Nowhere When You're One Little Mile From Home" w. Sam Lewis & Joe Young m. Walter Donaldson

[edit] Hit recordings

"Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gives To Me" by Ted Lewis & His Jazz Band
"You Ain't Heard Nothing Yet" by Al Jolson
"A Pretty Girl Is Like A Melody" by John Steel
"I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles" by Ben Selvin's Novelty Orchestra
"The Moon Shines on the Moonshine" by Bert Williams
"Jazz Baby" by Marion Harris
"You'd Be Surprised" by Eddie Cantor
"The Alcoholic Blues" by the Louisiana Five

[edit] Classical music

Ernest Bloch - Suite for Viola and Orchestra
Rebecca Clarke - Sonata for Viola and Piano
Peder Gram - Concerto for violin and orchestra in D major
Charles Tomlinson Griffes - The Pleasure-Dome of Kubla Khan
Johan Halvorsen - Norwegian Rhapsody No. 1
Paul Hindemith - Sonata for viola & piano in F major, Op. 11/4
Darius Milhaud - Le bœuf sur le toit (ballet)
Gabriel Pierné - Sonata for Cello and Piano
Dane Rudhyar - Syntony
Leo Sowerby - Concerto for Harp
Igor Stravinsky - Firebird Suite No. 1

[edit] Opera

Rutland Boughton - The Moon Maiden
Sergei Prokofiev - The Love for Three Oranges
Richard Strauss - Die Frau ohne Schatten

[edit] Musical theater

Afgar (lyrics by Douglas Furber, music by Charles Cuvillier and book by Fred Thompson and Worton David). London production opened at the Pavilion Theatre on September 17
Apple Blossoms Broadway production
Eastward, Ho! London production opened at the Alhambra Theatre on September 9
George White's Scandals Broadway revue opened at the Liberty Theatre on June 2 and ran for 128 performances
Irene Broadway production opened at the Vanderbilt Theatre on November 18 and ran for 670 performances
Joy-Bells London production opened at the Hippodrome Theatre on March 25 and ran for 723 performances
The Kiss Call Broadway production
Monsieur Beaucaire London production opened at the Prince of Wales Theatre on April 19, transferred to the Palace Theatre on July 29 and ran for 221 performances
Monsieur Beaucaire Broadway production opened at the New Amsterdam Theatre on December 11 and ran for 143 performances
Monte Cristo, Jr. Broadway production opened at the Winter Garden Theatre on February 12 and ran for 254 performances
Oh, Boy! (musical) London production opened on January 27 at the Kingsway Theatre and ran for 167 performances
The Red Mill London production opened at the Empire Theatre on December 26 and ran for 64 performances
Sybil Vienna production
Take It From Me Broadway production opened on March 31 at the 44th Street Theatre and ran for 96 performances
The Whirligig opened at the Palace Theatre on December 23