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1903 in music

1903 in music

Overview of the events of 1903 in music

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1903.

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Events

  • "Always In The Way" (w.m. Charles K. Harris)
    – Byron G. Harlan on Edison Records
  • "Any Rags?" (w.m. Thomas S. Allen)
    – Arthur Collins on Edison
  • "The Arrow And The Song" (w. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow m. Michael William Balfe)
    – Herbert Goddard on Victor Records
  • "Badinage" (m. Victor Herbert)
    – Edison Grand Concert Band on Edison
  • "Bedelia" (w. William Jerome m. Jean Schwartz)
    – George J. Gaskin on Columbia Records
    – Edward M. Favor on Columbia
    – Billy Murray on Edison
  • "The Beer That Made Milwaukee Famous" (w.m. Dan McAvoy)
    – Edward M. Favor on Edison
    – Dan W. Quinn on Victor
  • "Blaze Away" (m. Abe Holzmann)
    – banjos Vess L. Ossman & Bill Farmer on Victor
  • "Blaze Away" (m. Abe Holzmann)
    – Kendle's Band on Victor
  • "By The Sycamore Tree" (w. George V. Hobart m. Max Hoffmann)
    – Harry Macdonough on Edison
    – Bob Roberts on Columbia
    – Billy Murray on Victor
  • "Come Down Ma' Evenin' Star" (w. Robert B. Smith m. John Stromberg)
    – Mina Hickman on Victor
  • "Congo Love Song" (w.m. Bob Cole & J. Rosamond Johnson)
    – Harry Macdonough on Edison
    – Mina Hickman on Victor
  • "Could You Be True To Eyes Of Blue If You Looked Into Eyes Of Brown?" (w.m. Will D. Cobb & Gus Edwards)
    – Harry Macdonough on Victor
  • "The Country Girl" (w. Stanislaus Stange m. Julian Edwards)
    – Vesta Victoria on Gramophone Records
  • "Didn't Know Exactly What To Do" (w. Frank Pixley m. Gustav Luders)
    – Edward M. Favor on Edison
  • "Down On The Farm" (w. Raymond A. Browne m. Harry Von Tilzer)
    – Franklyn Wallace on Edison
  • "Flowers Of Dixieland" (w. Edgar Smith m. J. Rosamond Johnson)
    – Franklyn Wallace on Edison
  • "The Gambling Man(1)" (w. William Jerome m. Jean Schwartz)
    – Silas Leachman on Victor
  • "Good-bye, Eliza Jane" (w. Andrew B. Sterling m. Harry Von Tilzer)
    – Arthur Collins on Edison
  • "Hamlet Was A Melancholy Dane" (w. William Jerome m. Jean Schwartz)
    – Edward M. Favor on Edison
  • "He Ought To Have A Tablet In The Hall of Fame" (w. Arthur L. Robb m. John Walter Bratton)
    – Edward M. Favor on Edison
  • "He Was A Sailor" (w. William Jerome m. Jean Schwartz)
    – Collins & Harlan on Edison
  • "Heidelberg Stein Song" (w. Frank Pixley m. Gustav Luders)
    – Harry Macdonough on Edison & Victor
  • "Hiawatha" (w. James O'Dea m. Neil Moret)
    – Edison Grand Concert Band on Edison
    – Harry Macdonough on Edison
    – Metropolitan Orchestra on Victor
    – Sousa's Band on Victor
  • "Hurrah For Baffin's Bay" (w. Vincent Bryan m. Theodore F. Morse)
    – Collins & Harlan on Edison
    – Dan W. Quinn on Victor
  • "I Could Love You In A Steam Heat Flat" (w. Vincent Bryan m. J. B. Mullen)
    – Harry West on Edison
  • "I Like You, Lil, For Fair" (Ade, Loraine)
    – Billy Murray on Victor
  • "I Never Could Love Like That" (Bowman, Johns)
    – Billy Murray on Victor
  • "I Want To Be A Lidy" (w. George Dance m. George Dee)
    – Clarke's Band Of Providence on Victor
  • "I Wonder Why Bill Bailey Don't Come Home" (w.m. Frank Fogerty, Matt C. Woodward & William Jerome)
    – Arthur Collins on Victor & Edison
  • "I'll Wed You In The Golden Summertime" (w. Alfred Bryan m. Stanley Crawford)
    – John H. Bieling & Harry Macdonough on Victor
  • "I'm A Jonah Man" (w.m. Alex Rogers)
    – Dan W. Quinn on Victor
    – Arthur Collins on Edison & Victor
  • "I'm Thinking Of You All The While" (Reed Jnr)
    – Billy Murray on Victor
  • "I'm Wearing My Heart Away For You" (w.m. Charles K. Harris)
    – Harry Macdonough & John H. Bieling on Victor
  • "In Silence" (w. Sydney Rosenfeld m. A. Baldwin Sloane)
    – Arthur Clifford on Edison
  • "In The City Of Sighs And Tears" (w. Andrew B. Sterling m. Kerry Mills)
    – J. W. Myers on Victor
  • "In the Good Old Summer Time" (w. Ren Shields m. George "Honey Boy" Evans)
    – Haydn Quartet on Victor
    – S. H. Dudley & Harry Macdonough with Sousa's Band on Victor
    – Harry Macdonough on Victor
  • "In The Sweet Bye And Bye" (w. Vincent P. Bryan m. Harry Von Tilzer)
    – J. Aldrich Libbey on Edison
  • "In The Village By The Sea" (w. Andrew B. Sterling m. Stanley Crawford)
    – Byron G. Harlan on Edison
  • "It Takes The Irish To Beat The Dutch" (w. Edward Madden m. Theodore F. Morse)
    – Billy Murray on Victor Monarch
  • "It Was The Dutch" (w. Vincent Bryan m. J. B. Mullen)
    – Collins & Harlan on Edison
  • "Juanita" (w. Caroline Norton m. trad Sp.)
    – Haydn Quartette on Victor
  • "Julie" (w. Wiliam Jerome m. Jean Schwartz)
    – Edward M. Favor on Edison
  • "Just For Tonight(1)" (w.m. Frank O. French)
    – Albert C. Campbell on Edison
  • "The Leader Of The Frocks And Frills" (w. Robert B. Smith m. Melville Ellis)
    – Clarke's Band of Providence on Victor
  • "Like A Star That Falls From Heaven" (w. Arthur Lamb m. Kerry Mills)
    – Joe Natus on Victor
  • "The Maid Of Timbucktoo" (w. James Weldon Johnson m. Bob Cole)
    – Harry Macdonough on Edison
  • "Massa's In De Cold Ground" (w. m. Stephen Collins Foster)
    – Edison Male Quartette on Edison
  • "Meet Me When The Sun Goes Down" (w. Vincent Bryan m. Harry von Tilzer)
    – William H. Thompson (singer) on Victor
  • "Melody Of Love" (w. Tom Glazer m. H. Engelmann)
    – Edison Symphony Orchestra on Edison
  • "The Message Of The Rose" (w. Will A. Heelan m. Leo Edwards)
    – George Seymour Lenox on Edison
  • "The Message Of The Violet" (w. Frank Pixley m. Gustav Luders)
    – J. W. Myers on Victor
  • "Mighty Lak' A Rose" (w. Frank Lebby Stanton m. Ethelbert Nevin)
    – Arthur Clifford on Edison
  • "Moriaty" (w. Charles Horwitz m. Fred V. Bowers)
    – Collins & Harlan on Edison
  • "My Cosy Corner Girl" (w. Charles Noel Douglas m. John Walter Bratton)
    – Henry Burr on Columbia
    – Harry Macdonough on Edison
  • "My Little Coney Isle" (w. Andrew B. Sterling m. Harry von Tilzer)
    – Harry Tally on Edison
  • "My Little 'Rang Outang" (Madden, Morse)
    – Billy Murray on Victor
  • "My Own United States" (w. Stanislaus Stange m. Julian Edwards)
    – J. W. Myers on Victor
  • "My Sulu Lulu Loo" (w. George Ade m. Nat D. Mann)
    – Clarke's Band Of Providence on Victor
  • "Only A Dream Of A Golden Past" (w. Alfred Bryan m. Stanley Crawford)
    – Franklyn Wallace on Edison
  • "Out Where The Breakers Roar" (w. Harlow Hyde m. H. W. Petrie)
    – Frank C. Stanley on Edison
  • "Please Mother, Buy Me A Baby" (w.m. Will D. Cobb & Gus Edwards)
    – Byron G. Harlan on Victor & Edison
  • "Pretty Little Dinah Jones" (w.m. J. B. Mullen)
    – Harry Macdonough on Edison
  • "R-E-M-O-R-S-E" (w. George Ade m. Alfred G. Wathall)
    – Joe Natus on Victor
  • "Sal" (w.m. Paul Rubens)
    – Madge Crichton with piano Landon Ronald on Gramophone & Typewriter Records
  • "Sammy" (w. James O'Dea m. Edward Hutchinson)
    – Harry Macdonough on Edison
  • "Sammy" (w. James O'Dea m. Edward Hutchinson)
    – Henry Burr on Columbia
  • "Sly Musette" (w. Sydney Rosenfeld m. A. Baldwin Sloane)
    – Harry Macdonough on Edison
  • "Tell Me Dusky Maiden" (w. James Weldon Johnson & Bob Cole m. J. Rosamond Johnson)
    – S. H. Dudley & Harry Macdonough on Victor
  • "Then I'd Be Satisfied With Life" (w.m. George M. Cohan)
    – Edward M. Favor on Edison
  • "There's One In A Million Like You" (w. Grant Clarke m. Jean Schwartz)
    – Walter Van Brunt on Edison
  • "Two Eyes Of Blue" (w. George H. Taylor m. Leslie Stuart)
    – Harry Macdonough on Victor
    – Mina Hickman on Victor
  • "Under The Bamboo Tree" (w.m. Bob Cole & J. Rosamond Johnson)
    – Mina Hickman on Victor
  • "Up In A Coconut Tree" (Madden, Morse)
    – Billy Murray on Victor Monarch
  • "Upper Broadway After Dark" (w. Edward Gardinier m. Maurice Levi)
    – Edward M. Favor on Edison
  • "The Vacant Chair" (w. Henry S. Washburne m. George Frederick Root)
    – Byron G. Harlan on Edison
  • "Wait At The Gate For Me" (w. Ren Shields m. Theodore F. Morse)
    – J. W. Myers on Victor
  • "What's The Matter With The Moon Tonight?" (w. Sydney Rosenfeld m. A. Baldwin Sloane)
    – Arthur Clifford on Edison
  • "When The Fields Are White With Cotton" (w. Robert F. Roden w. Max S. Witt)
    – Franklyn Wallace on Edison
  • "When We Were Two Little Boys" (w. Edward Madden m. Theodore F. Morse)
    – Billy Murray on Victor

Classical music

Opera

Dance

Musical theater

Published Writings

Births

Deaths

References

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    Rollo Myers: "Augusta Holmès: A Meteoric Career", in: The Musical Quarterly 53 (1967) 3, pp. 365–76
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    Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Planquette, Robert" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 21 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 725.
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    Gänzl, Kurt. "Lutz, (Wilhelm) Meyer (1829–1903)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004, Retrieved on 8 July 2008
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    "Death of Dr. Joseph Parry". The Cambrian News and Merionethshire Standard. 20 February 1903. p. 6. Retrieved 31 May 2016.
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    Sams, Eric and Susan Youens, 'Hugo Wolf', Grove Music Online ed. L. Macy, (subscription access) Archived 2008-05-16 at the Wayback Machine
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    Theodore Baker and Alfred Remy, ed. (1919). "Ryan, Thomas". Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians (3rd ed.). p. 798.
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    Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Arditi, Luigi" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 2 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 451.
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    Leo Riemens (1969). A concise biographical dictionary of singers; from the beginning of recorded sound to the present. Chilton Book Co.
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    Sibyl Sanderson Dead: Singer Passes Away in Paris, New York Times, May 16, 1903.
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    Who Was Who 1897-1916 gives her date of death as June 30; the Musical Times obituary gives June 28
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