1899 in music explained
Events in the year 1899 in music.
Specific locations
Events
Published popular music
Recorded popular music
Classical music
- Hugo Alfvén – Symphony No. 2 in D
- Tor Aulin – 4 Aquarellen for Violin and Piano, Op. 12 or 15
- Amy Beach – Piano Concerto in C minor, Op. 45 (198/9)
- Joseph Callaerts – Toccata, Op.29
- Frederick Delius – Paris, Nocturne
- Friedrich Diethe – Romanze for Bass Clarinet
- Ernő von Dohnányi – Sonata for Cello and Piano in B minor
- George Enescu – Violin Sonata No. 2 in F minor, Op. 6
- Axel Gade – Concerto No. 2 for violin and orchestra in F major
- Louis Glass – Symphony No. 2 in C minor
- Reinhold Glière – Symphony No. 1
- Leopold Godowsky – 3 Concert Studies, Op.11
- Theodore Gouvy – Paraphrases symphoniques, Op.89
- Edvard Grieg – Ave maris stella, EG 150
- Johan Halvorsen – Norwegian Festival Overture
- Siegmund von Hausegger – Barbarossa
- Hans Huber – Concerto No. 3 for piano and orchestra
- Scott Joplin – Maple Leaf Rag
- Ferdinand Kühne – Geburstags-Marsch, Op.41
- Max Laurischkus Elegie, Op.2
- Duos, Op.3
- Luise Adolpha Le Beau – Elegy, Op.44
- Ernst Mielck – Finnish Suite, Op. 10
- Ethelbert Nevin – En Passant, Op.30
- Maurice Ravel – Pavane pour une Infante défunte, for piano
- Jean Sibelius – Symphony No. 1 in E minor
- Josef Suk – Symphony No. 1 in E major
- Arnold Schoenberg – Verklärte Nacht
Musical theater
Births
- January 7
- January 14 – Herbert Sumsion, English composer and organist (died 1995)
- January 21 – Alexander Tcherepnin, Russian pianist and composer (died 1977)
- February 15 – Georges Auric, French composer (died 1983)
- February 21 – Clara Clairbert, Belgian operatic soprano (died 1970)
- March 5 – Patrick Hadley, British composer (died 1973)
- March 10 – Finn Høffding, Danish composer (died 1997)
- March 13 – Pancho Vladigerov, Bulgarian composer (died 1978)
- March 26 – William Baines, English composer and pianist (died 1922)
- April 7 – Robert Casadesus, French pianist and composer (died 1972)
- April 29 – Duke Ellington, American jazz musician and composer (died 1974)
- May 1 – Jón Leifs, Icelandic composer (died 1968)
- May 6 – Billy Cotton, English bandleader (died 1969)
- May 10 – Fred Astaire, American dancer, actor and singer (died 1987)
- May 30 – Jack Little, British-born American singer and songwriter (died 1956)
- June 1 – Werner Janssen, American conductor and composer (died 1990)
- June 9 – Signe Amundsen, Norwegian operatic soprano (died 1987)
- June 11 – George Frederick McKay, American composer (died 1970)
- June 13 – Carlos Chávez, Mexican composer and conductor
- June 16 – Helen Traubel, American opera singer (died 1972)
- June 19 – Pat Ballard, American songwriter (died 1960)
- June 21 – Pavel Haas, Czech composer (killed 1944)
- June 30 – Harry Shields, American jazz musician (died 1971)
- July 1 – Thomas A. Dorsey, American "father of gospel music" (died 1993)
- July 3 – Benny Nawahi, American ukulele player (died 1985)
- July 10 – André Souris, Belgian composer and writer (died 1970)
- July 17 – James Cagney, American actor, singer and dancer (died 1986)
- July 18 – Felipe Pinglo Alva, Peruvian composer (died 1938)
- July 30 – John Woods Duke, American composer (died 1984)
- August 6 – Margarete Klose, operatic mezzo-soprano (died 1968)
- September 6 – Billy Rose, Broadway producer and lyricist (died 1966)
- September 9 – Maria Yudina, pianist (died 1970)
- September 11 – Jimmie Davis, country and gospel singer-songwriter and politician (died 2000)
- September 13 – Ephraim Amu, composer, musicologist and music teacher (died 1995)
- September 25 – Ricard Lamote de Grignon, conductor and composer (died 1965)
- September 26 – William L. Dawson, composer (died 1990)
- October 9 – Mary Jarred, opera singer (died 1993)
- October 19 – Sidonie Goossens, harpist (died 2004)
- October 31 – Ted Shapiro, songwriter and pianist (died 1980)
- November 9 – Mezz Mezzrow, jazz musician (died 1972)
- November 17 – Toscha Seidel, violinist (died 1962)
- November 18 – Eugene Ormandy, violinist and conductor (died 1985)
- November 22 – Hoagy Carmichael, composer, pianist and singer (died 1981)
- November 29 – Gustave Reese, musicologist (died 1977)
- November 30 – Hans Krása, Czech-German composer (killed 1944)
- December 2 – Sir John Barbirolli, conductor (died 1970)
- December 11 – Julio de Caro, composer (died 1980)
- December 16 – Noël Coward, dramatist, actor, singer and composer (died 1973)
- December 18 – Muriel Brunskill, operatic contralto (died 1980)
- December 21 – Silvestre Revueltas, composer (died 1940)
- date unknown – Sadettin Heper, composer (died 1980)
Deaths
- January 10 – Albert Becker, composer, 64
- February 3 – Amalie Joachim, contralto and voice teacher (born 1839)
- February 4 – Eduard Holst, Danish composer, playwright, actor, dancer and dance master, 52
- April 17 – Hans Balatka, composer, 72
- April 23 – Lucien Delormel, lyricist (born 1847)
- May 21 – Louise Tunison, composer and organist, 26
- May 29 – Frantz Jehin-Prume, violinist, composer, and music educator, 60
- June 3 – Johann Strauss II, composer, 73
- June 10 – Ernest Chausson, composer, 44 (bicycle accident)
- June 16 – August Winding, composer, 64
- August 17 – Erik Bøgh, journalist, dramatist and songwriter, 77
- August 28 – Guillermo Morphy, musicologist, 63
- October 10 – Allan James Foley, operatic bass, 62
- October 11 – John Troutbeck, musicologist (b. 1832)
- October 13 – Aristide Cavaillé-Coll, organ-builder, 88
- October 15 – Johann Nepomuk Fuchs, conductor and composer, 57
- October 18 – Gussie Davis, songwriter, 36
- October 22 – Ernst Mielck, composer, 21 (tuberculosis)
- October 23 – Ludwig Straus, violinist, 64
- October 31 – Hugh Talbot, singer and actor, 54
- November 16 – Vincas Kudirka, lyricist of the Lithuanian national anthem, 40 (tuberculosis)
- November 25 – Robert Lowry, hymn writer, 73
- December 7 – Anton de Kontski, pianist and composer, 82
- December 10 – Hans von Milde, operatic baritone, 78
- December 20 – Romain Bussine, poet, baritone, and voice teacher, 69
- December 21
- December 23 – Marietta Piccolomini, operatic soprano, 65
- December 31 – Carl Millöcker, conductor and composer, 57
Notes and References
- Book: Edward T.. James. Janet Wilson. James. Paul S.. Boyer. Notable American Women, 1607–1950: A Biographical Dictionary. registration. 1971. Harvard University Press. 978-0-674-62734-5. 31.
- Book: Orenstein, Arbie. Ravel: Man and Musician. 1991. 1975. Mineola, US. Dover. 978-0-486-26633-6. 24.
- Book: Moore, Jerrold Northrop. Jerrold Northrop Moore. 1984. Edward Elgar: A Creative Life. Oxford University Press. 0-19-315447-1. 273, 289.
- Book: François. Lesure. Marie. Rolf. Claude Debussy: A Critical Biography. 2019. Boydell & Brewer. 978-1-58046-903-6. 156–161.
- Book: Coleridge-Taylor, Samuel. Symphonic variations on an African air: opus 63. 2007. A-R Editions, Inc.. 978-0-89579-597-7. viii.
- Book: Fuld, James. The Book of World-Famous Music: Classical, Popular, and Folk. 5th. New York. Dover Publications. 2000. 495.
