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1897 in music
See also: 1896 in music, other events of 1897, 1898 in music and the list of 'years in music'.
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Events
- The Cakewalk matures into Ragtime music
- John Philip Sousa's band makes phonograph recordings of Cakewalks and early Ragtime
- early publications by Scott Joplin
Published popular music
- "Asleep In The Deep" w. Arthur J. Lamb m. Henry W. Petrie
- "At A Georgia Camp Meeting" w.m. Kerry Mills
- "Badinage" m. Victor Herbert
- "Beautiful Isle Of Somewhere" w. Mrs Jessie Brown Pounds m. John S. Fearis
- "Break The News To Mother" w.m. Charles K. Harris
- "Danny Deever" w. Rudyard Kipling m. Walter Damrosch
- "Harlem Rag" m. Tom Turpin
- "Louisiana Rag" m. Theodore H. Northrup
- "On The Banks Of The Wabash Far Away" w.m. Paul Dresser
- "Our Lodger's Such A Nice Young Man" w.m. Fred Murray & Laurence Barclay
- "Roustabout Rag" m. Paul Sarebresole
- "The Shuffling Coon" by J. R. Todd
- "Song Of India" m. Nikolai Rimsky Korsakov
- "Stars And Stripes Forever" m. John Philip Sousa
- "Syncopated Sandy" by Wayburn & Whiting
- "Take Back Your Gold" w.m. Monroe H. Rosenfeld
- "There's A Little Star Shining For You" w.m. James Thornton
- "Ye Boston Tea Party" by Arthur Pryor
Classical music
- The Sorcerer's Apprentice m. Paul Dukas
- Symphony No. 2- Alexander Zemlinsky
Opera
Musical theater
- The Charlatan Broadway production
- The Circus Girl Broadway production
- The Glad Hand Broadway production
- Pousse Café Broadway production
Births
- January 22 - Leslie Sarony , English singer, comedian and songwriter
- April 19 - Vivienne Segal , US actress and singer
- May 2 - J. Fred Coots - US composer
- May 14 - Sidney Bechet
- July 11 - Blind Lemon Jefferson
- July 11 - Johnny Marvin , US singer & songwriter
- August 4 - Abe Lyman , US bandleader, composer and drummer
- August 24 - Fred Rose , US composer, singer and pianist
- September 8 - Jimmie Rodgers
- September 18 - Sam H. Stept , Russian-born US composer, pianist and conductor
- October 11 - Leo Reisman
- November 2 - Dennis King, British singer and actor
- Aileen Stanley
- December 30 - Alfredo Bracchi, Italian lyricist
Deaths
Last updated: 11-05-2004 17:18:54