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1911 in music
See also: 1910 in music, other events of 1911, 1912 in music and the list of 'years in music'.
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Events
- May 24 - Edward Elgar conducts the premiere of his Symphony No. 2 in London
- 20 November - Gustav Mahler's Das Lied von der Erde is debuted in Munich, with Bruno Walter conducting.
- Scott Joplin publishes his ragtime opera, Treemonisha .
- Aino Ackté and other prominent opera singers found the Domestic Opera in Finland
Published popular music
- "After That I Want A Little More" w. Alfred Bryan m. Fred Fisher
- "After The Honeymoon" w.m. Irving Berlin
- "Alexander's Ragtime Band" w.m. Irving Berlin
- "All Alone" w. William Dillon m. Harry Von Tilzer
- "Any Old Iron" w.m. Charles Collins & Terry Sheppard
- "Archibald, Certainly Not" w.m. Alfred Glover & John St John
- "Baby Rose" by Louis Weslyn
- "Billy" w. Joe Goodwin m. James Kendis & Herman Paley
- "Bring Back My Lovin' Man" w.m. Irving Berlin
- "Can't You Take It Back And Change It For A Boy?" w.m. Thurland Chattaway
- "Daly's Reel" m. Joseph M. Daly
- "Down Home Rag" m. Wilbur Sweatman
- "Down The Field" w. Caleb O'Connor m. Stanleigh P. Friedman
- "El Choclo" w. Francice Luban m. Angel G. Villoldo
- "Everybody's Doing it Now" w.m. Irving Berlin
- "The Fire Bird" m. Igor Stravinsky
- "Floral Dance" w.m. Katie Moss
- "The Gaby Glide" w. Harry Pilcer m. Louis A. Hirsch
- "Hello! Susie Green" w. Lester Barrett m. Herman Darewski
- "Honey Love" w. Jack Drislane m. George W. Meyer
- "Honeysuckle Rag" m. George Botsford
- "I Want A Girl (Just Like The Girl)" w. William Dillon m. Harry Von Tilzer
- "I Want To Be In Dixie" (a.k.a. ""I'm Going Back To Dixie") w.m. Irving Berlin & Ted Snyder
- "In The Land Of Harmony" w. Bert Kalmar m. Ted Snyder
- "It's A Long Lane That Has No Turning" w. Arthur Penn m. Manuel Klein
- "Jimmy Valentine" w. Edward Madden m. Gus Edwards
- "The Little Grey Home In The West" w. D. Eardley-Wilmot m. Hermann Löhr
- "Love Is Mine" w. Edward Teschemacher m. Clarence G. Gartner
- "Make Me Love You Like I Never Loved Before" w. Alfred Bryan m. Fred Fisher
- "Mary O'Hoolihan" Berlin
- "(On) Moonlight Bay" w. Edward Madden m. Percy Wenrich
- "Movin' Man Don't Take My Baby Grand" w. Bert Kalmar m. Ted Snyder
- "My Beautiful Lady (Kiss Waltz)" w. C. M. S. McLellan m. Ivan Caryll
- "My Rosary Of Dreams" w.m. E. F. Dusenberg & C. M. Denison
- "Naughty, Naughty, Naughty" w. Harry Williams m. Egbert van Alstyne
- "The Oceana Roll" w. Roger Lewis m. Lucien Denni
- "Oh Baby Mine" w.m. Cecille Boucher
- "Oh You Beautiful Doll" w. A. Seymour Brown m. Nat D. Ayer
- "One O'Clock In The Morning I Get Lonesome" w.m. Irving Berlin
- "Ragtime Violin!" w.m. Irving Berlin
- "Red Rose Rag" w. Edward Madden m. Percy Wenrich
- "A Ring On The Finger Is Worth Two On The Phone" w. Jack Mahoney m. George W. Meyer
- "Roamin' In The Gloamin'" w.m. Harry Lauder
- "Run Home And Tell Your Mother" w.m. Irving Berlin
- "Somewhere A Voice Is Calling" w. Eileen Newton m. Arthur F. Tate
- "The Spaniard That Blighted My Life" w.m. Billy Merson
- "Spanish Love" Irving Berlin, Vincent Bryan, Ted Snyder
- "Texas Tommy Swing" Sid Brown & Val Harris
- "That Baboon Baby Dance" w. Dave Oppenheim m. Joe Cooper
- "That Hypnotizing Man" w. Lew Brown m. Albert Von Tilzer
- "That Mysterious Rag" w.m. Irving Berlin, Ted Snyder
- "That Was Before I Met You" w. Alfred Bryan m. George W. Meyer
- "There's A Girl In Havana" Irving Berlin, E. Ray Goetz, A. Baldwin Sloane
- "They Always Pick On Me" by Harry Von Tilzer and Stanley Murphy
- "Till The Sands Of The Desert Grow Cold" w. George Graff Jr m. Ernest R. Ball
- "To The Land Of My Own Romance" w. Harry B. Smith m. Victor Herbert
- "Too Much Mustard" m. Cecil Macklin
- "Virginia Lou" Irving Berlin, Earl Taylor
- "A Wee Deoch-an-Doris" w.m. Gerald Grafton & Harry Lauder
- "When I Was Twenty-One And You Were Sweet Sixteen" w. Harry H. Williams m. Egbert Van Alstyne
- "When I'm Alone I'm Lonesome" w.m. Irving Berlin & Ted Snyder
- "When It Rains, Sweetheart, When It Rains" w.m. Irving Berlin
- "When You Kiss An Italian Girl" w.m. Irving Berlin
- "When You're Away" w. A. Seymour Brown & Joe Young m. Bert Grant
- "When You're In Town" w.m. Irving Berlin
- "The Whistling Rag" w.m. Irving Berlin
- "Woodman, Woodman, Spare That Tree" w.m. Irving Berlin & Vincent Bryan
- "Yiddisha Nightingale" w.m. Irving Berlin
- "You've Got Me Hypnotized" w.m. Irving Berlin
Classical music
- Gustav Holst - Second Suite for Military Band in F
- Ethel Smyth - March of the Women
Opera
- L'Heure Espagnole - Maurice Ravel
- Der Rosenkavalier - Richard Strauss
Musical theater
- The Count Of Luxembourg London production opened at Daly's Theatre on May 20 and ran for 340 performances
- Gypsy Love (Zigeunerliebe ) opened in Berlin. The Broadway production opened at the Globe Theatre on October 17 and ran for 31 performances
- Der Lila Domino (The Lilac Domino) - Leipzig production
- Marriage Ā La Carte Broadway production opened at the Casino Theatre on January 2 and ran for 64 performances
- The Pink Lady Broadway production opened at the New Amsterdam Theatre on March 13 and ran for 312 performances
- The Quaker Girl Broadway production opened at the Park Theatre on October 23 and ran for 240 performances
Births
- January 20 - Roy Eldridge, jazz musician
- February 2 - Jussi Björling - Swedish tenor
- May 8 - Robert Johnson, Blues guitarist and singer.
- May 13 - Maxine Sullivan , US singer (+ 1987)
- May 18 - Big Joe Turner
- May 20 - Vet Boswell of the Boswell Sisters US singing group
- July 4 - Mitch Miller, US arranger, conductor, record producer and oboe player (an ill woodwind that no-one plays good)
- July 8 - Gertrude Niesen
- July 16 - Ginger Rogers, US dancer, actress and singer
- August 6 - Lucille Ball, US actress and singer
- October 7 - Vaughn Monroe, US singer and bandleader
- October 24 - Sonny Terry
- November 5 - Roy Rogers, singer, actor (+ 1998)
- December 3 - Nino Rota, composer
- December 14 - Spike Jones, US bandleader
Deaths
- May 18 - Gustav Mahler
- May 29 - William S. Gilbert, of Gilbert & Sullivan
- October 3 - Paul Sarebresole
- December 22 - Karl Hoschna , Bohemian-born US composer
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