Events in Music History in 1909

Elektra

Jan 25 Richard Strauss' one-act opera "Elektra" premieres in Dresden

Polonia

Feb 12 Symphony in B minor "Polonia", by Polish composer Ignacy Jan Paderewski has its public premiere with the Boston Symphony Orchestra

Mahler Conducts NY Philharmonic

Mar 31 Gustav Mahler conducts New York Philharmonic for his 1st time

  • Jun 12 "Shine On, Harvest Moon" by Ada Jones & Billy Murray hits #1

Susanna's Secret

Nov 4 Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari's opera "Il Segreto di Susanna" (Susanna's Secret) is first produced in Munich

Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 3

Nov 28 Sergei Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 3, one of the genres most difficult, premieres at the New Theatre in New York City, with the composer as soloist and the New York Symphony Society conducted by Walter Damrosch