Events in Music History in 1921

Music History

Feb 17 Arthur Honegger's chamber piece "Pastorale D'ete" premieres

  • May 23 Noble Sissle and Eubie Blake's musical revue "Shuffle Along", the 1st hit Broadway show with an all-Black cast opens at Cort 63rd Street Theatre, NYC; runs for 504 performances [1]

The Music Box Opens

Sep 22 Music Box Theater opens at 239 W 45th Street, NYC; Built by theatrical producer Sam H. Harris for Irving Berlin's musical revue "The Music Box", written specifically for the venue

Kat'a Kabanova

Oct 23 Leos Janacek's opera "Kat'a Kabanova" premieres in Brno

  • Nov 7 Ed Wynn's musical revue "The Perfect Fool" premieres in NYC
  • Nov 26 Danish composer Rued Langgaard's "Music of the Spheres" (Sfærernes Musik) premieres at Konzerthaus in Karlsruhe, Germany; it is not performed in Denmark until 1969
  • Nov 29 Zoel Parenteau and André Picard's musical "Kiki" opens at the Belasco Theatre, NYC; runs for 233 performances