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EVENTS

January 14 - Giacomo Puccini 's '' Tosca '' premieres in Rome .

February 2 - Gustave Charpentier 's opera ''Louise'' premieres in Paris ; Mary Garden makes her public debut in the title role in April.

October 3 - Edward Elgar 's '' The Dream Of Gerontius '' is premiered in Birmingham

PUBLISHED POPULAR MUSIC

"Absence Makes The Heart Grow Fonder" w.m. Fred Fisher , Arthur Gillespie & Herbert Dillea

"The Blue And The Gray" w.m. Paul Dresser

"Bridge Of Sighs" w.m. James Thornton

"Calligan - Call Again!" w.m. Herbert Rutter & Harry Lauder

"Calling To Her Boy Just Once Again" w.m. Paul Dresser

"Creole Belles" w. George Sidney m. J. Bodewalt Lampe

"The Duchess Of Central Park" w. J. Cheaver Goodwin m. Maurice Levi

"Eyes Of Blue" m. Andrew Mack

"The Fatal Rose of Red" - J. Fred Helf

"The Flight Of The Bumble Bee" m. N. Rimsky-Korsakov

"A Flower From The Garden Of Life" w.m. Thurland Chattaway

"For Old Time's Sake" w.m. Charles K. Harris

"The Gladiators' Entry" m. Julius Fučík

"Hail To The Spirit Of Liberty" w.m. John Philip Sousa

"Hunky Dory" m. Abe Holzmann

"I Can't Tell Why I Love You But I Do" w. Will D. Cobb m. Gus Edwards

"I Love You, Ma Cherie" w.m. Paul Rubens

"I Must Have Been A-Dreamin' " w.m. Bob Cole

"I Need The Money" w.m. Raymond A. Browne

"I Won't Be an Actor No More" w.m. George M. Cohan

"In The House Of Too Much Trouble" w.m. Will A. Heelan & J. Fred Helf

"I've A Longing In My Heart For You Louise" w.m. Charles K. Harris

"Just Because She Made Dem Goo-Goo Eyes" w.m. John Queen & Hughie Cannon

" Lift Ev'ry Voice And Sing " w. James Weldon Johnson m. J. Rosamond Johnson

"Little Tommy Murphy" w. Matthew Woodward m. Andrew Mack

"A Love-Lorn Lily" w. Louis Harrison & George V. Hobart m. A. B. Sloane

"Ma Blushin' Rosie" w. Edgar Smith m. John Stromberg

"Midnight Fire-Alarm" - H.J. Lincoln

"My Charcoal Charmer" w. Will D. Cobb m. Gus Edwards

"My Drowsy Babe" w. George Totten Smith m. George A. Nichols

"My Sunflower Sue" w. Walter H. Ford m. John Walter Bratton

"Nothing Doing" w. Edgar Smith m. John Stromberg

"Off To Philadelphia" w. Gordon Temple m. Walter B. Haynes

"Oh! Wouldn't That Jar You?" w.m. Will D. Cobb

"The Old Flag Never Touched The Ground" w.m. James Weldon Johnson & J. Rosamond Johnson

"Song Of The Flea" - words by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe ; music Modest Moussorgsky

"Strike Up the Band - Here Comes a Sailor" w. Andrew B. Sterling m. Charles B. Warn

"The Tale Of The Kangaroo" w. Frank Pixley m. Gustave Luders

"Tell Me Pretty Maiden" w. Owen Hall m. Leslie Stuart

"That Old Sunny Window" w.m. Shelley

"There Are Two Sides To A Story" w.m. Will A. Heelan & J. Fred Helf

"Violets" w. Julian Fane m. Ellen Wright

"Wait" w. Charles Horwitz m. Frederick W. Bowers

"When Reuben Comes To Town" w. J. Cheever Goodwin m. Maurice Levi

"When The Birds Go North Again" w. Robert F. Roden m. Max S. Witt

"When The Harvest Days Are Over, Jessie Dear" w. Howard Graham m. Harry Von Tilzer

"Who Threw The Overalls In Mrs Murphy's Chowder?" w.m. George L. Giefer

"You Never Miss The Water Till The Well Runs Dry" w.m. Rowland Howard

RECORDED POPULAR MUSIC

" American Patrol " Sousa's Band

" A Bird In A Gilded Cage " Harry Macdonough

"Doan Ye Cry, Mah Honey" S. H. Dudley

"The Duchess Of Central Park" Harry Macdonough

"For Old Time's Sake" Will F. Denny

"Just Because She Made Dem Goo-Goo Eyes" Dan W. Quinn

"Lead, Kindly Light" Haydn Quartette

"A Love-Lorn Lily" Harry Macdonough

"Ma Blushin' Rosie" Albert C. Campbell

"My Sunflower Sue" Arthur Collins with The Metropolitan Orchestra

"O! That We Two Were Maying" Harry Macdonough & Florence Hayward

"Strike Up the Band - Here Comes A Sailor" Dan W. Quinn

"Tell Me Pretty Maiden" Lyric Theatre Chorus p. Paul Rubens

"When Reuben Comes To Town" Dan W. Quinn

"When You Were Sweet Sixteen" Jere Mahoney

"Where The Sweet Magnolias Grow" Haydn Quartette

CLASSICAL MUSIC

Alexander Goedicke - ''Piano Concerto''

Joseph Holbrooke - ''The Raven''

Josef Rheinberger - ''Requiem in D Minor''

Josef Suk - ''Pieces for violin and piano''

OPERA

Gustave Charpentier - '' Louise ''

César Cui - '' Feast In Time Of Plague ''

August Enna - ''The Shepherdess and the Chimney-Sweep''

Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov - ''Asya''

Ruggiero Leoncavallo - ''Zaza''

MUSICAL THEATER

'' The Casino Girl ''

'' Chris And The Wonderful Lamp '' Broadway production

'' Fiddle-Dee-Dee '' Broadway production

'' Floradora '' Broadway production

'' Giddy Throng '' Broadway production

'' The Messenger Boy '' London production opened at the Gaiety Theatre on February 3 and ran for 429 performances

'' Miss Prinnt '' Broadway production

'' The Policy Players ''

'' The Rogers Brothers In Central Park '' Broadway production

'' San Toy '' Broadway production

'' Sons Of Ham ''

'' Véronique '' Vienna production

BIRTHS

January 1 - Xavier Cugat (+ 1990 ), bandleader

February 13 - Wingy Manone , U.S. jazz musician (d. 1982)

March 2 - Kurt Weill (+ 1950 ), German composer.

March 10 - Peter De Rose , US composer

May 28 - Tommy Ladnier , jazz musician (d. 1939)

June 8 - George Antheil , composer

June 15 - Paul Mares , jazz musician (d. 1949)

June 24 - Gene Austin , US singer & composer

July 10

--- Evelyn Laye , English actress and singer

--- Mitchell Parish , US lyricist

July 13 - George Lewis , jazz musician (d. 1969)

July 29 - Don Redman , US arranger, bandleader and saxophonist

August 2 - Helen Morgan , US singer and actress

August 8 - Lucius "Lucky" Millinder - US bandleader

August 23 - Ernst Krenek , composer

October 9 - Elmer Snowden , banjo player

November 14 - Aaron Copland , composer

November 25 - Arthur Schwartz , US composer

December 12 - Sammy Davis, Sr. , vaudeville entertainer

December 14 - Juan D'Arienzo , tango musician

December 29 - B. H. Haggin , music critic

DEATHS

March 13 - Alicia Ann Spottiswoode , songwriter

May 28 - George Grove , compiler of the well-known dictionary of music

October 15 - Zdeněk Fibich , composer

November 22 - Sir Arthur Sullivan

''date unknown'' - Charles-Louis Hanon , composer and piano teacher