Die Rosenkavalier
Jan 26 Richard Strauss's opera "Der Rosenkavalier" (Knight of the Rose) premieres at the Königliches Opernhaus in Dresden, Germany
- Feb 5 Society of Dutch Composers forms in Amsterdam
Berceuse élégiaque
Feb 21 Gustav Mahler conducts his last concerto, Berceuse élégiaque, in New York City
L'heure espagnole
May 19 Maurice Ravel's opera "L'heure espagnole" premieres at the Opéra-Comique in Paris
- Jun 3 "Come Josephine in My Flying Machine" record by Fred Fisher and Alfred Bryan, sung by Ada Jones and Billy Murray hits #1
- Nov 18 Ludwig Thuille's opera "Lobetanz" first American performance
- Nov 20 Gustav Mahler's "Das Lied von der Erde" (Song of the Earth) premieres in Munich, conducted by Bruno Walter
- Nov 23 Wilhelm Kienzl's opera "Der Kuhreigen" premieres at the Volksoper in Vienna, Austria-Hungary
- Dec 7 Leslie J Stuart's musical "Betsy" premieres in NYC
I Gioielli Della Madonna
Dec 23 Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari's opera "I Gioielli Della Madonna" premieres at the Kurfürstenoper in Berlin, Germany, sung in German as "Der Schmuck der Madonna"
- Dec 29 San Francisco Symphony forms
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