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1896 in music
See also: 1895 in music, other events of 1896, 1897 in music and the list of 'years in music'.
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Events
- February 1 - Giacomo Puccini's La Bohème debuts in Turin
Published popular music
- "All Coons Look Alike To Me" w.m. Ernest Hogan
- "The Amorous Goldfish" w. Harry Greenbank m. Sidney Jones
- "Chin, Chin, Chinaman" w. Harry Greenbank m. Sidney Jones
- "El Capitan March" m. John Philip Sousa
- "Eli Green's Cakewalk" w.m. David Reed & Sadie Koninsky
- "Elsie From Chelsea" w.m. Harry Dacre
- "Going For A Pardon" w. James Thornton & Clara Havenschild m. James Thornton
- "Happy Days In Dixie" m. Kerry Mills
- "Hot Tamale Alley" by George M. Cohan
- "A Hot Time In The Old Town" w. Joseph Hayden m. Theodore A. Metz
- "I Love You In The Same Old Way - Darling Sue" w. Walter H. Ford m. John W. Bratton
- "In The Baggage Coach Ahead" w.m. Gussie L. Davis
- "A Jovial Monk Am I" w. (Eng) Arthur Sturgess m. Edmond Audran
- "Kentucky Babe" w. Richard Henry Buck m. Adam Geibel
- "Laugh And The World Laughs With You" w. Ella Wheeler Wilcox m. Louis Gottschalk
- "Love Makes The World Go 'Round" w. Clyde Fitch m. arr. William Furst
- "Mister Johnson, Turn Me Loose" w.m. Ben Harney
- "Mother Was A Lady" w. Edward B. Marks m. Joseph W. Stern
- "Musetta's Waltz Song" m. Giacomo Puccini
- "My Gal Is A High Born Lady" w.m. Barney Fagan arr. Gustave Luders
- "Remus Takes the Cake" by J. H. Ellis
- "The Saint Louis Cyclone" by Ren Shields & George Evans
- "Sambo at the Cakewalk" by Alfred E. Marks
- "Stars & Stripes Forever" by John Philip Sousa
- "Sweet Rosie O'Grady" w.m. Maude Nugent
- "To A Wild Rose" m. Edward MacDowell
- "Warmest Baby in the Bunch" by George M. Cohan
- "When The Saints Go Marching In" w. Katherine E. Purvis m. James M. Black
Recorded popular music
- "All Coons Look Alike To Me" (w.m. Ernest Hogan )
- Dan W. Quinn on Edison Records
- "The Amorous Goldfish" (w. Harry Greenbank m. Sidney Jones)
- Dan W. Quinn on Edison - "And Her Golden Hair Was Hanging Down Her Back" (w. Monroe H. Rosenfeld m. Felix McGlennon )
- Maud Foster on Berliner Records
- "Annie Laurie" (w. William Douglas m. Lady John Douglas Scott )
- George J. Gaskin on Edison
- Edison Male Quartette on Edison
- "Auld Lang Syne" (w. adapted Robert Burns)
- Edison Male Quartette on Edison
- "The Band Played On" (w. John Palmer m. Charles B. Ward )
- Dan W. Quinn on Columbia records and Berliner
- "The Belle Of Avenoo A" (w.m. Safford Waters )
- Dan W. Quinn on Berliner - "Ben Bolt" (w. Thomas Dunn English m. Nelson Kneass )
- George J. Gaskin on Berliner - "The Blue Danube" (m. Johann Strauss)
- Edison Grand Concert Band on Edison
- "Chin, Chin, Chinaman" (w. Harry Greenbank m. Sidney Jones )
- Dan W. Quinn on Edison - "La Donna È Mobile" (w. Francesco Piave m. Giuseppe Verdi)
- Ferruccio Giannini on Berliner
- "Don't You Hear Dem Bells?" (w.m. D. S. McCosh)
- Brilliant Quartet on Berliner - "Down In Poverty Row" (w. Gussie L. Davis m. Arthur Trevelyan )
- Dan W. Quinn on Berliner
- George J. Gaskin on Edison - "Elsie From Chelsea" (w.m. Harry Dacre )
- Dan W. Quinn on Edison - "Funiculi-Funicula" (w. G. Turco m. Luigi Denza)
- Ferruccio Giannini on Berliner
- "The Future Mrs 'Awkins" (w.m. Albert Chevalier )
- George J. Gaskin on Berliner - "The Gladiators" (m. John Philip Sousa)
- Edison Grand Concert Band on Edison
- "Hallelujah Chorus" (w. Charles Jennes m. George Frederic Handel )
- Edison Grand Concert Band on Edison - "The Holy City" (w. Frederick Edward Weatherly m. Stephen Adams )
- Ferruccio Giannini on Berliner - "Home Sweet Home" (w. John Howard Payne m. Sir Henry Rowley Bishop )
- George J. Gaskin on Edison - "The Honeymoon" (m. George Rosey )
- Edison Grand Concert Band on Edison - "I Don't Want To Play In Your Yard" (w. Philip Wingate m. Henry W. Petrie)
- George J. Gaskin on Berliner
- Maud Foster on Berliner
- "In The Baggage Coach Ahead" (w.m. Gussie L. Davis)
- George J. Gaskin on Edison - "I'se Gwine Back To Dixie" (w.m. C. A. White )
- Brilliant Quartet on Berliner - "Just Tell Them That You Saw Me" (w.m. Paul Dresser)
- George J. Gaskin on Berliner
- Dan W. Quinn on Berliner
- "Kathleen" (w.m. Helene Mora )
- George J. Gaskin on Edison - "Kathleen Mavourneen" (w. Annie Crawford (Barry) m. Frederick William Nichols Crouch )
- George J. Gaskin on Berliner - "King Cotton March" (m. John Philip Sousa)
- Edison Grand Concert Band on Edison - "Listen To The Mocking Bird" (w. Alice Hawthorne m. Richard Milburn )
- whistling Billy Golden on Edison - "The Lost Chord" (w. Adelaide A. Proctor m. Sir Arthur Sullivan)
- Edison Grand Concert Band on Edison
- "Marching Through Georgia" (w.m. Henry Clay Work)
- George J. Gaskin on Berliner
- "La Marseillaise" (w.m. Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle)
- Ferruccio Giannini on Berliner
- "My Angeline" (w. Harry B. Smith m. Victor Herbert)
- Frank Daniels on Berliner
- "My Best Girl's A New Yorker" (w.m. John Stromberg )
- Dan W. Quinn on Berliner - "My Gal Is A High Born Lady" (w.m. Barney Fagan arr. Gustave Luders )
- George J. Gaskin on Edison
- Dan W. Quinn on Berliner - "My Pearl Is A Bowery Girl" (w. William Jerome m. Andrew Mack )
- George J. Gaskin on Berliner
- "Nearer, My God, To Thee" (w. Sarah F. Adams m. Lowell Mason)
- J. W. Myers on Berliner
- Len Spencer & Roger Harding on Columbia
- "Onward, Christian Soldiers" (w. Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould m. Sir Arthur Sullivan)
- J. W. Myers on Berliner
- "The Palms" (Gabriel Fauré)
- Ferruccio Giannini on Berliner
- "La Paloma" (w. anon m. Sebastian Yradier )
- Ferruccio Giannini on Berliner - "Private Tommy Atkins" (w. Henry Hamilton m. S. Potter)
- George J. Gaskin on Berliner
- "Put Me Off At Buffalo" (w. Harry Dillon m. John Dillon)
- Dan W. Quinn on Berliner
- "Rock Of Ages" (w. Augustus Montague Toplady m. Thomas Hasting )
- J. W. Myers on Berliner
- "'Round His Bed I'm Goin' To Creep" ()
- Len Spencer on Columbia - "Sally In Our Alley " (w. Henry Carey m. trad)
- Edison Male Quartette on Edison
- George J. Gaskin on Berliner
- "She Is More To Be Pitied Than Censured" (w.m. William B. Gray )
- Steve Porter on Columbia - "She May Have Seen Better Days" (w.m. James Thornton ])
- Dan W. Quinn on Berliner - "The Sidewalks Of New York" (w.m. Charles B. Lawlor & James W. Blake )
- George J. Gaskin on Edison and on Berliner - "The Streets Of Cairo" (w.m. James Thornton)
- Dan W. Quinn on Berliner - "The Sunshine Of Paradise Alley" (w. Walter H. Ford m. John W. Bratton )
- George J. Gaskin on Berliner - "Tenting On The Old Camp Ground" (w.m. Walter Kittredge )
- George J. Gaskin on Berliner - "Then You'll Remember Me" (w. Alfred Bunn m. Michael William Balfe)
- Ferruccio Giannini on Berliner
- "There's Only One Girl In the World For Me" (w.m. Dave Marion )
- J. W. Myers on Berliner - "They Are The Best Friends Of All"
- Helene Mora on US Phonograph Records - "Toreador Song" (w. Henri Meilhac, Ludovic Halévy m. Georges Bizet)
- J. W. Myers on Berliner
- "Tramp, Tramp, Tramp" (w.m. George Frederick Root )
- George J. Gaskin on Berliner - "Trilby Song"
- Maurice Farkoa with piano Frank Lambert on Berliner - "Watchman Tell Us Of The Night" (Bowring, Mason)
- J. W. Myers on Berliner - "'Way Down Yonder In The Cornfield"
- Columbia Quartette on Columbia - "When Johnny Comes Marching Home" (w.m. Louis Lambert )
- George J. Gaskin on Berliner - "Where Is My Wandering Boy, Tonight?" (w.m. Rev. R. Lowry)
- J. W. Myers on Berliner - "Wot Cher!" (w. Albert Chevalier m. Charles Ingle )
- George J. Gaskin on Berliner
Classical music
- Vindent d'Indy - Istar
Opera
- Andrea Chenier by Umberto Giordano
- La Bohème by Giacomo Puccini
- Sadko by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Musical theater
- The Art Of Maryland Broadway production
- El Capitan Broadway production
- The Circus Girl London production
- The Gay Parisienne London production
- The Geisha London production
- The Geisha Broadway production
- The Girl From Paris London production
- The Grand Duke London production
Births
- January 28 - Elsie Carlisle , English singer
- February 22 - Nacio Herb Brown, US songwriter
- April 10 - Edith Day , US actress, singer and dancer
- April 30 - Reverend Gary Davis
- September 10 - Adele Astaire, US dancer and singer
- September 15 - Bert Ambrose, English bandleader and violinist
- October 7 - Phil Ohman , US bandleader
- October 28 - Howard Hanson, composer
- October 31 - Ethel Waters, singer (d. 1977)
- December 6 - Ira Gershwin, lyricist
Deaths
- May 20 - Clara Schumann, Austrian composer
- October 11 - Anton Bruckner, Austrian composer
Last updated: 11-05-2004 17:18:50