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1918 in music
Summary
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1918.
List of years in music
(
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)
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+...
Specific locations
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1918 in British music
1918 in Norwegian music
Specific genres
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1918 in country music
1918 in jazz
Events
edit
January 18
– The Historic Concert for the Benefit of Widows and Orphans of Austrian and Hungarian Soldiers at the
Konzerthaus, Vienna
.
[1]
Programme for Rebecca Clarke's recital at the Aeolian Hall
February 13
–
May Mukle
and
Rebecca Clarke
give a recital at the
Aeolian Hall
in New York City, accompanied by
Marjorie Hayward
, performing works by
Hubert Parry
,
Frank Bridge
, and Clarke herself. It includes the premiėre of
Morpheus
, written by Clarke under the pen-name "Anthony Trent".
[2]
March 3
–
Béla Bartók
's
String Quartet No. 2
is premièred in
Budapest
.
April 30
–
May 1
– Composer
Toivo Kuula
is mortally wounded in the
Finnish Civil War
.
August –
King Oliver
leaves
New Orleans
for
Chicago
.
September 28
– First performance of
Igor Stravinsky
's
Histoire du Soldat
, conducted by
Ernest Ansermet
, in Lausanne, Switzerland.
September 29
– First performance of
Gustav Holst
's orchestral suite
The Planets
, before an invited audience at the
Queen's Hall
in London, conducted by
Adrian Boult
.
November 15
–
Rosa Ponselle
makes her
Metropolitan Opera
début as Leonora in Verdi's
La forza del destino
, opposite
Enrico Caruso
.
November 30
–
Ernest Ansermet
conducts the first concert by the
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
.
Ralph Vaughan Williams
is appointed Director of Music,
First Army (United Kingdom)
.
First documented racially integrated
jazz
recording session.
Worldwide sales of
phonograph/gramophone
records estimated at 100 million records this year.
Bands formed
edit
Goldman Band
founded by
Edwin Franko Goldman
Published popular music
edit
"
After You've Gone
" w.
Henry Creamer
m.
Turner Layton
"
All Aboard for Home Sweet Home
" w.m. Addison Burkhardt. Al Piantadosi and Jack Glogau
"Bagdad" w.
Harold Atteridge
m.
Al Jolson
"
Beautiful Ohio
" w.
Ballard MacDonald
m. Mary Earl
"
Clarinet Marmalade
" m.
Edwin B. Edwards
,
Nick LaRocca
,
Tony Spargo
&
Larry Shields
"Dallas Blues" w. Lloyd Garrett m. Hart A. Wand
"Dancing 'neath the Dixie moon" w. Will J. Hart m. Ed. Nelson.
"Dark Grows The Sky" w. Harry Graham m. Harold Fraser-Simson
"The Daughter Of Rosie O'Grady" w. Monty C. Brice m.
Walter Donaldson
"
Dear Little Boy of Mine
" w. J. Keirn Brennan m.
Ernest R. Ball
"
Dear Old Pal of Mine
" w. Harold Robe m. Lt.
Gitz Rice
"Ding Dong" w.m.
Irving Berlin
"
Don't Let Us Sing Anymore About War, Just Let Us Sing of Love (Peace Song)
" w.m.
Harry Lauder
"Every Day" by
Shelton Brooks
"Ev'rybody's Crazy 'bout the Doggone Blues, But I'm Happy" by
Henry Creamer
and
Turner Layton
"
Everybody's Happy Now
" m. James Kendis &
James Brockman
& Nat Vincent
"Everything Is Peaches Down In Georgia" w.
Grant Clarke
m.
Milton Ager
"Fidgety Feet" m.
Edwin B. Edwards
,
Nick LaRocca
,
Tony Spargo
&
Larry Shields
"A Good Man Is Hard To Find" w.m.
Eddie Green
"
Good Morning Mr. Zip-Zip-Zip!
" w.m. Robert Lloyd
"
Goodbye, France
" w.m.
Irving Berlin
"
Hello Central! Give Me No Man's Land
" w.
Sam M. Lewis
&
Joe Young
m.
Jean Schwartz
"Hindustan" w.m. Oliver G. Wallace &
Harold Weeks
"Hike! Hike! Hike! (Along the Old Turn Pike)" w.m. Nat Vincent
"How Can You Tell" by
Ned Wayburn
"
How Ya Gonna Keep 'em Down on the Farm (After They've Seen Paree)?
" w.
Sam M. Lewis
&
Joe Young
m.
Walter Donaldson
"I Found The End Of The Rainbow" w.m. John Mears, Harry Tierney &
Joseph McCarthy
"I Want To Shimmy" by
Shelton Brooks
"
If He Can Fight Like He Can Love, Good Night Germany!
" w.
Grant Clarke
&
Howard Johnson
m. George W. Meyer
"I'll Be There, Laddie Boy, I'll Be There" w. Jack Frost m. E. Clinton Keithley
"I'll Say She Does" w.m. B. G. DeSylva,
Gus Kahn
&
Al Jolson
"In The Land Of Beginning Again" w.
Grant Clarke
m. George W. Meyer
"
Ja-Da
" w.m.
Bob Carleton
"
K-K-K-Katy
" w.m.
Geoffrey O'Hara
"Madelon" w. (Eng) Alfred Bryan (Fr) Louis Bousquet m. Camille Robert
"Mammy's Chocolate Soldier" w. Sidney Mitchell m. Archie Gottler
"Me-Ow!" by Mel B. Kaufman
"Mickey" w. Harold H. Williams m. Neil Moret
"My Baby Boy" w.
William Dillon
m.
Albert Von Tilzer
"
Oh How I Wish I Could Sleep Until My Daddy Comes Back Home
" w.
Sam M. Lewis
&
Joe Young
m.
Pete Wendling
"
Oh! Frenchy
" w. Sam Ehrlich m.
Con Conrad
"
Oh! How I Hate to Get Up in the Morning
" w.m.
Irving Berlin
"Oh, Susie, Behave" w.
Ed Rose
and m. Abe Olman
"
On the Road to Calais
" w. Alfred Bryan m.
Al Jolson
"Original Dixieland One-Step" w.m.
Joe Jordan (musician)
,
Nick LaRocca
&
J. Russell Robinson
"
Oui, Oui, Marie
" w. Alfred Bryan &
Joseph McCarthy
m. Fred Fisher
"
Rock-A-Bye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody
" w.
Sam M. Lewis
& Joe Young m.
Jean Schwartz
"
The Rose of No Man's Land
" w. Jack Caddigan m. James A. Brennan
"Russian Rag" m.
George L. Cobb
"
Somebody Stole My Gal
" w.m.
Leo Wood
"Sometime" by
Rida Johnson Young
"
Tell That to the Marines
" w. Harold Atteridge &
Al Jolson
m.
Jean Schwartz
"That Tumble-Down Shack In Athlone" w. Richard W. Pascoe m. Monte Cobb & Alma M. Saunders
"That Wonderful Mother Of Mine" w. Clyde Hager m. Walter Goodwin
"There's Nobody Home but Me" w. Sam Erlich m.
Con Conrad
"
They Were All Out of Step But Jim
" w.m.
Irving Berlin
"Those Draftin' Blues" w.m.
Maceo Pinkard
"
Till We Meet Again
" w.
Raymond B. Egan
m.
Richard A. Whiting
"Tishomingo Blues"
Spencer Williams
"Wedding Bells, Will You Ever Ring For Me?" w.
Sam M. Lewis
&
Joe Young
m.
Jean Schwartz
"We'll Do Our Share while You're Over There" w. Lew Brown & Al Herriman m. Jack Egan
"
When Alexander Takes His Ragtime Band to France
" w.
Alfred Bryan
&
Edgar Leslie
m. Cliff Hess
"When Tony Goes Over The Top" w. Billy Frisch & Archie Fletcher m. Alex Marr
"When You Look In The Heart Of A Rose" w. Marion Gillespie m. Florence Methuen
"Why Do They All Take The Night Boat To Albany?" w.
Joe Young
&
Sam M. Lewis
m.
Jean Schwartz
"Without You" w.
Nora Bayes
m. Irving Fisher
"
Would You Rather Be a Colonel with an Eagle on Your Shoulder or a Private with a Chicken On Your Knee?
" w.
Sidney D. Mitchell
m.
Archie Gottler
"
You Can't Stop the Yanks (Till They Go Right Thru)
" w.m.
Jack Caddigan
&
Chick Story
"You'll Find Old Dixieland In France" w. (Eng) Grant Clarke (Fr) Louis Delamarre m. George W. Meyer
"You're In Style When You're Wearing A Smile" w.m. Al W. Brown,
Gus Kahn
&
Egbert van Alstyne
Top hit recordings
edit
"
Tiger Rag
/Skeleton Jangle" by the
Original Dixieland Jass Band
"Over There" by
Enrico Caruso
"
After You've Gone
" by
Marion Harris
"Smiles" by
Joseph C. Smith
's Orchestra
"
I'm Always Chasing Rainbows
" by
Charles W. Harrison
"
Rock-A-Bye Your Baby With a Dixie Melody
" by
Al Jolson
"
Hello Central, Give Me No-Man's Land
" by Al Jolson
"
I'm Sorry I Made You Cry
" by
Henry Burr
Classical music
edit
Joseph Achron
– Violin Sonata No.2
Agustín Barrios
–
Un sueño en la foresta
Arnold Bax
String Quartet No. 1 in G major, GP. 199
[3]
Symphonic Variations
, GP. 210
[3]
Emile-Robert Blanchet
– 2 Barcarolles for piano, Op.24
Lili Boulanger
D'un matin de printemps
D'un soir triste
Carl Busch
– Indian Tribal Melodies
John Alden Carpenter
– Little Indian
Frederick Delius
–
A Song Before Sunrise
Edward Elgar
–
Violin Sonata
George Enescu
–
Symphony No. 3
in C major, Op. 21
Gabriel Fauré
–
Fantaisie
, Op. 111
Gustav Holst
–
The Planets
Alexander Glazunov
–
Romance of Nina
Paul Hindemith
–
Violin Sonatas, Op. 11
Jan Ingenhoven
[nl]
– Trio for violin, cello and harp
Leoš Janáček
–
Taras Bulba
Sigfrid Karg-Elert
– 30 Caprices for Flute Solo, Op. 107
Charles Koechlin
– Sonata (for bassoon and piano) Op. 71
Leevi Madetoja
– Symphony No. 2, Op. 35
Bohuslav Martinů
–
String Quartet No. 1
, H. 117
Darius Milhaud
– Symphonie de chambre No.2, Op. 49
Nikolai Myaskovsky
– Symphony No.5, Op. 18
Carl Nielsen
–
Pan and Syrinx
(tone poem)
Preston Ware Orem
– American Indian Rhapsody
Francis Poulenc
Sonata for Two Clarinets, FP 7
Sonata for Piano Four Hands, FP 8
Toréador, FP 11
Mouvements perpétuels, FP 14
Ottorino Respighi
– La boutique fantasque. Balletto su musiche di G. Rossini
Emil Reznicek
– Symphony No.3 in D major (composer on April 5, premiered the following year)
Camille Saint-Saens
– Vers la victoire, Op.152
Igor Stravinsky
Histoire du Soldat
Ragtime
Karol Szymanowski
Songs of an infatuated Muezzin,
for soprano and orchestra
3 Caprices de Paganini,
for voice and piano
4 Songs to Lyrics by Rabindranath Tagore,
for voice and piano
Felix Weingartner
– Freiheitsgesang, Op.67
Opera
edit
Béla Bartók
–
Duke Bluebeard's Castle
(composed 1911),
Royal Hungarian Opera House
in Budapest, 24 May
Charles Wakefield Cadman
–
Shanewis
, libretto by
Nelle Richmond Eberhart
[4]
Giacomo Puccini
–
Il trittico
(consisting of
Il tabarro
,
Suor Angelica
and
Gianni Schicchi
)
Gabriel von Wayditch
–
Jesus Before Herod
Felix Weingartner
–
Die Dorfschule
Jazz
edit
Musical theatre
edit
As You Were
London production opened at the
Pavilion
on
August 3
The Better 'Ole
Broadway production opened at the
Greenwich Village Theatre
on
October 19
, transferred to the
Cort Theatre
on
November 18
and transferred to the
Booth Theatre
on June 16, 1919, for a total run of 353 performances
Buzz-Buzz
London
revue
opened at the
Vaudeville Theatre
on
December 20
and ran for 612 performances
The Canary
Broadway production opened at the Globe Theatre on
November 4
and ran for 152 performances
Fiddlers Three
Broadway production opened at the
Cort Theatre
on
September 3
and ran for 87 performances
The Girl Behind the Gun
Broadway production opened at the
New Amsterdam Theatre
on
September 16
and ran for 160 performances
Hullo, America
London production opened at the
Palace Theatre
on
September 25
Ladies First
Broadway production opened at the
Broadhurst Theatre
on
October 24
The Lilac Domino
London production opened at the
Empire Theatre
on
February 21
and ran for 747 performances
Listen Lester
(Music:
Harold Orlob
Book and Lyrics: Harry L. Cort & George E. Stoddard. Broadway production opened at the
Knickerbocker Theatre
on
December 23
and ran for 272 performances. Starring Mary Milburn,
Eddie Garvie
,
Johnny Dooley
,
Clifton Webb
, Ada Mae Weeks,
Ada Lewis
and
Gertrude Vanderbilt
.
Oh, Lady! Lady!!
Broadway
production opened at the
Princess Theatre
on
February 1
, transferred to the
Casino Theatre
on
June 17
and ran for a total of 219 performances.
The Passing Show of 1918
Broadway revue opened at the
Winter Garden Theatre
on
July 25
and ran for 142 performances
Phi-Phi
Paris
operetta
opened at the
Bouffes-Parisiens
on
November 12
Sinbad
Broadway production opened at the
Winter Garden Theatre
on
February 14
and ran for 164 performances
Sometime
(Music:
Rudolf Friml
Book:
Rida Johnson Young
Lyrics:
Rida Johnson Young
) Broadway production opened at the
Shubert Theatre
on October 4 and transferred to the
Casino Theatre
on November 11 for a total run of 283 performances. Featuring
Mae West
and
Ed Wynn
Toot-Toot!
Broadway production opened at
George M. Cohan's Theatre
on
March 11
and ran for 40 performances
Very Good Eddie
London production opened at the
Palace Theatre
on
May 18
and ran for 341 performances
Where the Lark Sings
by
Franz Lehár
Births
edit
January 9
–
Ruthilde Boesch
, Austrian soprano (d. 2012)
January 12
–
Julio Gutiérrez
, Cuban pianist, conductor and songwriter (d. 1990)
January 20
–
Juan García Esquivel
, Mexican bandleader (d. 2002)
January 24
–
Gottfried von Einem
, composer (d. 1996)
January 27
Skitch Henderson
, bandleader (d. 2005)
Elmore James
, blues musician (d. 1963)
February 3
–
Joey Bishop
, all-round entertainer (d. 2007)
February 15
–
Hank Locklin
, singer (d. 2009)
February 16
– Patty Andrews of
The Andrews Sisters
singing group (d. 2013)
March 20
–
Bernd Alois Zimmermann
, German composer (d. 1970)
March 20
–
Marian McPartland
, British jazz pianist (d. 2013)
March 23
–
Alberto Caracciolo
, tango musician (d. 1994)
March 29
–
Pearl Bailey
, singer (d. 1990)
April 3
–
Sixten Ehrling
, conductor (d. 2005)
April 25
–
Astrid Varnay
, operatic soprano (d. 2006)
May 15
–
Eddy Arnold
, country singer (d. 2008)
May 17
–
Birgit Nilsson
, operatic soprano (d. 2005)
June 4
–
Noel Estrada
, composer (d. 1979)
June 8
–
Robert Preston
, star of musicals (d. 1987)
June 10
–
Patachou
, French singer (d. 2015)
June 26
–
Roger Voisin
, trumpeter (d. 2008)
July 5
–
George Rochberg
, composer (d. 2005)
July 6
–
Eugene List
, classical pianist (d. 1985)
July 24
–
Ruggiero Ricci
, violinist (d. 2012)
July 27
–
Leonard Rose
, cellist (d. 1984)
August 18
–
Cisco Houston
, folk singer (d. 1961)
August 25
–
Leonard Bernstein
, composer and conductor (d. 1990)
August 29
–
Mrs Mills
, born Gladys Jordan, honky-tonk pianist (d. 1978)
August 31
–
Alan Jay Lerner
, US lyricist (d. 1986)
September 13
–
Dick Haymes
, Argentinian-born US singer and actor (d. 1980)
September 14
– Israel López "
Cachao
", Cuban bassist and composer (d. 2008)
September 22
–
Henryk Szeryng
, violinist (d. 1988)
September 23
–
Lola Graham
, pianist (d. 1992)
September 26
–
John Zacherle
, actor and singer (d. 2016)
October 9
–
Bebo Valdés
, Cuban pianist (d. 2013)
October 11
–
Jerome Robbins
, choreographer (d. 1998)
October 14
–
Ellen Faull
, operatic soprano (d. 2008)
October 16
–
Géori Boué
, operatic soprano (d. 2017)
October 17
–
Rita Hayworth
, actress, dancer and singer (d. 1987)
October 26
–
Eric Ericson
, Swedish choral conductor and choral teacher (d. 2013)
November 20
–
Tibor Frešo
, composer (d. 1987)
December 12
–
Joe Williams
, jazz singer (d. 1999)
December 19
–
Professor Longhair
, blues singer and pianist (d. 1980)
December 23
–
José Greco
, flamenco dancer and choreographer (d. 2000)
December 24
–
Dave Bartholomew
, bandleader, composer and arranger (d. 2019)
Deaths
edit
January 10
–
Alphonse Mailly
, French composer (born 1833)
January 19
–
Juan José Cañas
, co-writer of the El Salvador national anthem (b. 1826)
February 7
–
Alexander Taneyev
, composer (b. 1850)
February 15
–
Miguel Marqués
– Spanish composer and violinist (b. 1843)
February 23
–
Sophie Menter
– German composer and pianist (b. 1846)
February 27
–
Vasily Safonov
, pianist (born 1852)
March 1
–
Emil Sjögren
, lieder composer (b. 1853)
March 2
–
Theobald Rehbaum
, violinist (born 1835)
March (12–15) –
José White Lafitte
, violinist and composer (b. 1836)
March 13
–
César Cui
, music critic and composer (b. 1835)
March 15
–
Lili Boulanger
, composer (b. 1893)
March 23
–
Théo Ysaÿe
, pianist and composer (b. 1865)
March 25
–
Claude Debussy
, composer (b. 1862)
March 26
– Charles Clairville, librettist (born 1855)
April 8
–
Lucjan Rydel
, Polish lyricist and playwright (b. 1870)
April 13
–
David Ffrangcon Davies
, operatic baritone (b. 1855)
April 21
–
Antonio Pini-Corsi
, operatic baritone (b. 1859)
May 5
–
Bertha Palmer
, writer, musician, businesswoman, socialite and philanthropist (b. 1849)
May 18
–
Toivo Kuula
, conductor and composer (b. 1883) (accidentally shot)
May 22
–
Fritz Seitz
, violinist and composer (b. 1848)
June 9
–
Jozsef Angster
, master organ maker (b. 1834)
June 10
–
Arrigo Boito
, writer and composer (b. 1842)
July 27
–
Gustav Kobbé
, American music critic and author (b. 1857) (killed in sailing accident)
August 12
–
Anna Held
, singer (b. 1872)
August 15
–
Heinrich Köselitz
, author and composer (b. 1854)
August 26
–
Cecil Coles
, composer (b. 1888) (killed in action)
[5]
September 7
–
Morfydd Llwyn Owen
, singer, pianist and composer (b. 1891) (complications from surgery for appendicitis)
[6]
September 18
–
Ernest Farrar
, composer (b. 1885) (killed in action)
September 19
Nikolay Ladukhin
, music theorist and composer (born 1860)
Liza Lehmann
, operatic soprano and composer (b. 1862)
October 7
–
Hubert Parry
, composer (b. 1848)
October 15
–
Antonio Cotogni
, operatic baritone (b. 1831)
October 16
–
Felix Arndt
, pianist and composer (b. 1889)
October 22
–
Charles Peccatte
, archetier (b. 1850)
October 24
Charles Lecocq
, composer (b. 1832)
Marianne Scharwenka
, violinist (b. 1856)
October 29
–
Rudolf Tobias
, organist and composer (b. 1873)
November 4
–
Joaquín Valverde Sanjuán
,
zarzuela
composer (b. 1875)
December 13
–
Nikolay Figner
, Russian-Ukrainian lyric tenor (b. 1857)
date unknown
–
King Watzke
, violinist and bandleader (b. c. 1880)
References
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