- Feb 3 Josek Suk's "Asreal Symphony", dedicated to his late wife and father-in-law Antonin Dvořák, premieres at the Prague National Theatre, conducted by Karel Kovařovic
Schoenberg's 1st String Quartet
Feb 5 Arnold Schoenberg's 1st string quartet premieres in Vienna
Symphony No. 3
Sep 25 Jean Sibelius' 3rd Symphony premiere given by the Helsinki Philharmonic Society, conducted by the composer
Thaïs
Nov 25 Jules Massenet's opera "Thaïs" has its first American performance in New York
Talk of the Town
Dec 3 George M. Cohan's musical "Talk of the Town" premieres in NYC
Mahler Departs Vienna
Dec 9 Gustav Mahler departs Vienna for America
- Dec 31 Gustav Mahler conducts the Metropolitan Opera, in New York City