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Events
January 25 – Arnold Schoenberg’s symphonic poem “Pelleas and Melisanda” premieres in Vienna
January 29 – premiere of Gustav Mahler’s Songs for the Death of Children series for voice and orchestra in Vienna
October - National Opera of Lorraine, Nancy, France, destroyed in a fire
October 15 – Claude Debussy’s “The Sea” premieres in Paris
September - Rabindranath Tagore posts lyrics to "Amar Shonar Bangla", which later became the anthem of Bangladesh
December 30 – Franz Legar’s Merry Widow premieres in Vienna

Hits
"I Love a Lassie"

Classical music
Hugo Alwen - Symphony No. 3 E-major
Claude Debussy, The Sea, Three Symphonic Sketches
Edward Elgar, Introduction and Allegro for Strings, op. 47
Nikolai Metner, Two Tales for Piano, Opus 8-9
Carl Nielsen, "Søvnen," op. 18
Vitezslav Novak - String Quartet No. 2 re-majeure
Maurice Ravel – “Reflections” for piano; fugue C major for piano; “Introduction and Allegro” for harp, flute, clarinet, two violins, viola and cello
Arnold Schoenberg – String Quartet No. 1 Re Minor, Opus 7
Anton Webern – Slow Part for String Quartet; String Quartet
Haydn Wood - String Quartet "Fantasia"

Opera
Frederick Convers, Lolan, or the Pipe of Desire
Leo Fall, “The Wandering Fire”
Manuel de Falla, “Life is Short”
Franz Legar, "The Merry Widow"
Jules Massenet - "Kerubino"
Leopoldo Muñone, The Life of Bretonia
Richard Strauss, "Salome"

Born.

January
January 2 – Michael Tippett (D) – British composer and conductor
January 8 – Giacinto Shelsi (died) – Italian composer and poet
January 12 – Tex Ritter (D) – American country singer and actor
January 24 – Elena Nikolai (died) – Bulgarian and Italian opera singer (mezzo-soprano)
January 26 – Maria von Trapp (d.) – Austrian and American singer and choral conductor

February
February 10 – Chick Webb – American jazz drummer and orchestra leader
February 15 – Harold Arlen (d.) – American composer and songwriter

march
March 6 – Bob Wills (d.) – American country singer, musician and songwriter
March 11 – British composer and songwriter
March 14 – American musician and bandleader
March 18 – Vladimir Donadze – Soviet Georgian musicologist and music teacher
March 23 – Lale Anderson (d.) – German singer and songwriter

April
April 25 – Heinz Freudenthal (died) – German viola player and conductor

May
May 2
Ulla Poulsen – Danish ballerina and actress
(sic) British composer
May 3 – Airik Muradyan (died) – Soviet and Armenian singer, folklorist and ethnographer
May 8 – American jazz cornetist, composer and bandleader
May 21 – Simon Karas (D) – Greek musicologist
May 29 – Bode Sowande – Nigerian organist, composer, musicologist, music teacher and conductor

June
June 6 – Laszlo Halas (D) – Hungarian-born American conductor
June 13 - (d.) - American