"Chant de Nigamo"
Jan 3 Arthur Honegger's symphonic poem "Chant de Nigamon," premieres at the Cirque d'Hiver in Paris, France
Le tombeau de Couperin
Feb 28 Maurice Ravel's orchestral suite "Le tombeau de Couperin" premieres in Paris
- Apr 24 Fritz Kreisler, Victor Jacobi, and William LeBaron's operetta "Apple Blossoms" closes at the Globe Theatre, NYC;, after 256 performances
Music History
Jul 28 Sigmund Romberg and Alex Gerber's musical "Poor Little Ritz Girl", with additional songs by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart (marking their Broadway debut), opens at the Central Theatre, NYC; runs for 93 performances
- Aug 10 Mamie Smith and her Jazz Hounds record “Crazy Blues” for Okeh Records, first significant Blues hit by African American artist
Enrico Caruso's Final Recording Session
Sep 20 Italian tenor Enrico Caruso finishes what becomes his final recording session, singing the "Domine Deus" and "Crucifixus" from Gioachino Rossini's "Petite messe solennelle", at Victor's Trinity Church studio in Camden, New Jersey
Music History
Oct 16 Sigmund Romberg and Alex Gerber's musical "Poor Little Ritz Girl", with additional songs by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart (marking their Broadway debut), closes at the Central Theatre, NYC, after 93 performances
The Emperor Jones
Nov 1 Eugene O'Neill's drama "The Emperor Jones" opens at Provincetown Playhouse, NYC; runs for 204 performances
- Dec 12 Maurice Ravel's ballet "La Valse" premieres in Paris
"Sally"
Dec 21 Jerome Kern and Buddy DeSylva's musical "Sally" premieres in NYC
- Dec 24 Enrico Caruso gives his last public performance, with the Metropolitan Opera in NYC