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