1906 in music

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This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1906.

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1906 in Norwegian music

Events[edit]

February – Abyssinia receives its première at the Majestic Theatre (Broadway), with a score co-written by Bert Williams, including premiere of Nobody.
May 27 – Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 6 receives its première in Essen, Germany.
December 11 – The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra plays its first concert, the oldest continuously active professional orchestra in Australia.
Amelita Galli-Curci makes her operatic debut at Trani, as Gilda in Verdi's Rigoletto.
Approximate start of Shaoxing opera.
Last full-scale court performance of gambuh dance-drama with gamelan ensemble in Bali.^[1]

Published popular music[edit]

"Frog Legs Rag" by James Scott.

"Abraham Jefferson Washington Lee" Harry Von Tilzer
"Ain't You Coming Back To Old New Hampshire, Molly?" w. Robert F. Roden m. J. Fred Helf
"Alice, Where Art Thou Going?" Heelan, Gumble
"All In Down And Out" w. Cecil Mack m. Chris Smith, Billy B. Smith & Elmer Bowman
"Anchors Aweigh" w. Alfred Hart Miles & R. Lovell m. Charles A. Zimmerman
"Andulko Safárova" Kmoch
"Anxious" William Jerome, Jean Kendis, Paley
"Are You Coming Out Tonight, Mary Ann?" w. Andrew B. Sterling m. Harry Von Tilzer
"Arrah Wanna" w. Jack Drislane m. Theodore F. Morse
"At Dawning" w. Nelle Richmond Eberhart m. Charles Wakefield Cadman
"Because You're You" w. Henry Blossom m. Victor Herbert
"The Bee That Gets The Honey Doesn't Hang Around The Hive" w. Ed Rose m. J. Fred Helf
"The Bird On Nellie's Hat" w. Arthur J. Lamb m. Alfred Solman
"The Buffalo Rag" Tom Turpin
"By The Side Of The Zuyder Zee" w. A. J. Mills m. Bennett Scott
"Captain Baby Bunting Of The Rocking Horse Brigade" w. Ed Gardinier & Will D. Cobb m. J. Fred Helf
"Cheyenne" w. Harry H. Williams m. Egbert Van Alstyne
"Colleen Bawn" w. Edward Madden m. J. Fred Helf
"College Life" w. Porter Emerson Browne m. Henry Frantzen
"Come, Take A Skate With Me" w.m. Raymond Brown & Gus Edwards
"Crocodile Isle" Morse
"Dill Pickles Rag" m. Charles L. Johnson
"Do Re Mi Fa So La Ti Do" w. William Cahill m. Benjamin Hapgood Burt
"Don't You Think It's Time To Marry?" Edwards
"Dreaming" w. L. W. Heiser m. J. Anton Dailey
"Every Day Is Ladies' Day To Me" w. Henry Blossom m. Victor Herbert
"The Free Lance March" m. John Philip Sousa
"Frog Legs Rag" m. James Scott
"The Galloping Major" w. Fred W. Leigh m. George Bastow
"The Game Of Peek-a-Boo" Edwards
"Girlie, I Love You" Morse
"The Good Old USA" w. Jack Drislane m. Theodore F. Morse
"The Grand Old Rag" (aka "You're a Grand Old Flag") w.m. George M. Cohan
"He Walked Right In Turned Around And Walked Right Out Again" w. Edward Rose m. Maxwell Silver
"Here's To Our Absent Brothers" w.m. J. Fred Helf
"He's A Cousin Of Mine" w. Cecil Mack m. Chris Smith & Silvio Hein
"Highland Birthday Party" w.m. Hector Grant
"Holding Hands (You Don't Say Nothing At All)" w. Jack Norworth m. Albert Von Tilzer
"Honora H. Doolin" Mills
"I Don't Like Your Family" Howard
"I Just Can't Make My Eyes Behave" w.m. Will D. Cobb & Gus Edwards
"I Miss You In A Thousand Different Ways" w. Will D. Cobb m. Gus Edwards
"I Never Saw Such Jealousy In My Life" w. Andrew B. Sterling m. Harry Von Tilzer
"I Was Born In Virginia" w.m. George M. Cohan
"Ida-Ho!" Von Tilzer
"If Anybody Wants To Meet A Jonah Shake Hands With Me" w.m. Harry Hoyt
"I'm Sorry" Von Tilzer
"I'm Wise" w. Harry Williams m. Egbert van Alstyne
"In Old New York" w. Henry Blossom m. Victor Herbert
"Is It Warm Enough For You?" Paley
"I've Said My Last Farewell" Sischer
"Just One Word Of Consolation" w. Frank B. Williams m. Tom Lemonier
"Keep on the Sunny Side" w. Jack Drislane m. Theodore F. Morse
"Kiss, Kiss, Kiss (If You Want To Learn To Kiss)" w. Harry B. Smith m. Gertrude Hoffmann
"Lassie, Dinna Sigh For Me" w.m. Hector Grant
"A Lemon In The Garden Of Love" w. M. E. Rourke m. Richard Carle
"Let Bygones Be Bygones And Let Us Be Sweethearts Again" w. Alex Rogers m. Bert Williams
"Let It Alone" w. Alex Rogers m. Bert Williams
"Let Me See You Smile" Fischer
"The Little Chauffeur" Bowers
"The Load That Father Carried" w. Frank Fogerty m. J. B. Mullen
"Love Me And The World Is Mine" w. Dave Reed Jr m. Ernest R. Ball
"Mississippi Sunflower" (characteristic march & two-step) m. Otto and John Heinzman
"Moonbeams" w. Henry Blossom m. Victor Herbert
"Moonlight Dance" m. Herman Finck
"Mr Monkey" Edwards
"My Mariuccia Take A Steamboat" w. George Ronklyn m. Al Piantadosi
"National Emblem March" w. E. E. Bagley
"The Next Horse I Ride On" w.m. Fred Murray & George Everard
"Not Because Your Hair Is Curly" w.m. Bob Adams
"Nothing Like That In Our Family" Heelan, Furth
"Pickles and peppers" Adaline Shepherd
"Poor John" w. Fred W. Leigh m. Henry E. Pether
"The Poor Old Man" w.m. Vincent Bryan
"School Days" w. Will D. Cobb m. Gus Edwards
"Since Father Went To Work" w.m. William Cahill
"Some One Looks Good To Some One" Weaver
"The Streets Of New York" w. Henry Blossom m. Victor Herbert from the musical The Red Mill
"Sunbonnet Sue" w. Will D. Cobb m. Gus Edwards
"Sweet Anastasia Brady" Schwartz
"That's The Reason Noo I Wear A Kilt" w.m. A. B. Kendal & Harry Lauder
"Waltz Me Around Again Willie" w. Will D. Cobb m. Ren Shields
"We Parted On The Shore" w.m. Harry Lauder
"We've Been Chums For Fifty Years" w.m. Thurland Chattaway
"What A Mouth" w.m. R. P. Weston
"What's The Use Of Dreaming?" w.m. Joseph E. Howard
"What's The Use Of Loving If You Can't Love All The Time" w. Joseph Mittenthal m. Harry Armstrong
"When Love Is Young In Springtime" w.m. Rida Johnson Young & Melville Ellis
"When The Whip-poor-will Sings, Marguerite" w. C. M. Denison m. J. Fred Helf
"When Tommy Atkins Marries Dolly Gray" w. Will D. Cobb m. Gus Edwards
"When You Know You're Not Forgotten By The Girl You Can't Forget" w. Ed Gardinier m. J. Fred Helf
"While The Old Mill Wheel Is Turning" w. Will D. Cobb m. Kerry Mills
"Whistle It!" Blossom, Herbert
"Wonderland" w.m. Thomas S. Allen
"Won't You Come Over To My House" w. Harry H. Williams m. Egbert Van Alstyne
"Wouldn't You Like To Flirt with Me?" Rogers
"You Can Have Broadway" w.m. George M. Cohan from the musical George Washington, Junior
"You Can't Give Your Heart To Somebody Else And Still Hold Hands With Me" Edwards

Recorded popular music[edit]

"Stop Your Tickling Jock" – Harry Lauder

Classical music[edit]

Frank Bridge –
- Three Idylls for String Quartet
- String Quartet No. 1 in E minor "Bologna"
Grigoraş Dinicu – Hora staccato
Edward Elgar – The Kingdom (oratorio)
George Enescu –
- Au soir, for four trumpets
- Concertstück, for viola and piano
- Decet for winds in D major, Op. 14
- Légende, for trumpet and piano
Charles Ives – Central Park in the Dark
Gustav Mahler – Symphony No. 6 (3rd version)
Carl Nielsen – String Quartet No. 4 in F major, Op. 44
Sergei Rachmaninoff – Symphony No. 2 in E Minor
Max Reger – Serenade in G for orchestra Op. 95
Arnold Schoenberg – Chamber Symphony No. 1
Josef Suk – Symphony No. 2 "Asrael"
Sergei Taneyev – Piano Quartet in E major Op. 20
Edgard Varèse – Un grand sommeil noir
Anton Webern – Rondo for string quartet

Opera[edit]

Walter Braunfels – Falada
Jules Massenet – Ariane
Carl Nielsen – Maskarade
Sergei Rachmaninoff – Francesca Da Rimini
Dame Ethel Smyth – The Wreckers
Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari – I quattro rusteghi

Musical theater[edit]

About Town Broadway production
Forty-Five Minutes From Broadway Broadway production
The Free Lance Broadway production
George Washington, Junior Broadway production opened at the Herald Square Theatre on February 12 and ran for 81 performances.
The Glass-Blowers Broadway production
A Parisian Model Broadway production
The Little Cherub London production
The Red Mill Broadway production
Seeing New York Broadway production opened at the New York Roof Theatre on June 5 and ran for 75 performances
The Spring Chicken Broadway production opened at Daly's Theatre on October 8 and transferred to the New Amsterdam Theatre on December 10 and ran for a total of 91 performances.
The Vicar of Wakefield London production

Births[edit]

January 1 – Giovanni D'Anzi, Italian songwriter (died 1974)
January 4 – Frankie Newton, American trumpeter (died 1954)
January 27 – Radamés Gnattali, Brazilian composer (died 1988)
January 15 – Alessandro Cicognini, film composer (died 1995)
January 31
- Benjamin Frankel, composer (died 1973)
- Roosevelt Sykes, blues musician (died 1983)
February 1 – Hildegarde, actress and cabaret singer (died 2005)
February 5 – Zara Levina, pianist and composer (died 1976)
February 19 – Grace Williams, Welsh composer (died 1977)
February 21 – Jeanne Aubert, singer and actress (died 1988)
March 3 – Barney Bigard, jazz musician (died 1980)
March 13 – Frank Teschemacher, jazz musician (died 1932)
March 20 – Ozzie Nelson, actor, band leader (died 1975)
March 25 – Jean Sablon, French singer (died 1994)
March 27 – Pee Wee Russell, jazz musician (died 1969)
April 9 – Antal Doráti, conductor (died 1988)
April 18 – Little Brother Montgomery, jazz musician (died 1985)
May 23 – Lucha Reyes, singer
June 1 – Walter Legge, record producer (died 1979)
June 3 – Josephine Baker, US singer, dancer and toast of Paris (died 1975)
June 26 – Alberto Rabagliati, Italian singer and actor (died 1974)
June 28 – Safford Cape, American conductor and musicologist (died 1973)
July 7 – Anton Karas, Austrian zither player and composer (died 1985)
July 30 – Ľudovít Rajter, Slovak composer (died 2000)
August 6 – Cátulo Castillo, Argentine tango composer (died 1975)
September 4 – Alexander Moyzes, Slovak composer and conductor (died 1984)
September 25
- Jaroslav Ježek, composer (died 1942)
- Dmitri Shostakovich, composer (died 1975)
September 30 – Mireille Hartuch, French singer (died 1996)
October 9 – Janis Ivanovs, Latvian composer (died 1983)
October 10 – Paul Creston, composer (died 1985)
October 15 – Victoria Spivey, US singer, pianist and composer (died 1976)
October 22 – Charles Lynch, Irish concert pianist (died 1984)
October 31 – Louise Talma, composer (died 1996)
November 3 – Alma Rosé, violinist (died 1944)
November 9 – Pete Brown, jazz musician (died 1963)
December 10 – Harold Adamson, US lyricist (died 1980)
December 26 – Morgan Lewis, songwriter (died 1968)
December 27 – Oscar Levant, pianist and actor (died 1972)
Billie Maxwell, country guitarist/vocalist (died 1954)