1923 IN MUSIC

Contents

Events

Published popular music

Hit songs on record

Other important recordings

Classical music

Births

Deaths

Events

★ November 11 - Premiere of John Foulds's ''World Requiem'' at the Royal Albert Hall in London. It is repeated on that date each year until 1926.

★ November 19 - At a concert celebrating the 50th anniversary of the union of Buda and Pest (thus creating Budapest), Béla Bartók's ''Dance Suite'' and Zoltán Kodály's ''Psalmus Hungaricus'' both receive their world premieres

★ Explosion of recordings of African American musicians; Bessie Smith, Ida Cox, Joe "King" Oliver, Louis Armstrong, Jelly Roll Morton, Sidney Bechet, many others make their first recordings.

★ George Enescu makes his debut as a conductor with the Philadelphia Orchestra in New York City.

★ Henri Pawl-Pleyel, Roger Desormière, Maxime Jacob and Henri Sauguet form the Ecole d'Arcueil.

Published popular music

★ "Annabelle" w. Lew Brown m. Ray Henderson

★ "Back To Croa-Jingo-Long" w.m. Pat Dunlop

★ "Bambalina" w. Otto Harbach & Oscar Hammerstein II m. Vincent Youmans. Introduced by Edith Day in the musical ''Wildflower''

★ "Barney Google" w.m. Billy Rose & Con Conrad

★ "Beside A Babbling Brook" w. Gus Kahn m. Walter Donaldson

★ "Charleston" w.m. Cecil Mack & James P. Johnson. Inspiration for a dance craze.

★ "Chimes Blues" m. Joe "King" Oliver

★ "Come On, Spark Plug!" w.m. Billy Rose & Con Conrad

★ "Covered Wagon Days" w.m. Will Morrisey & Joe Burrows

★ "Dizzy Fingers" m. Zez Confrey

★ "Frasquita Serenade" m. Franz Lehár

★ "Gulf Coast Blues" w.m. Clarence Williams

★ "Horsey, Keep Your Tail Up" w.m. Walter Hirsch & Bert Kaplan

★ "I Cried For You" w. Arthur Freed m. Gus Arnheim & Abe Lyman

★ "I Love Life" w. Irwin M. Cassel m. Mana-Zucca

★ "I Love You" w. Harlan Thompson m. Harry Archer. Introduced by John Boles and Margaret Wilson in the musical ''Little Jessie James''

★ "I Won't Say I Will But I Won't Say I Won't" w. B. G. De Sylva & Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin. Introduced by Irene Bordoni in the play ''Little Miss Bluebeard''

★ "I'm Goin' South" w.m. Abner Silver & Harry Woods

★ "I'm Sitting Pretty In A Pretty Little City" w.m. Lou Davis, Henry Santly & Abel Baer

★ "Indiana Moon" w. Benny Davis m. Isham Jones

★ "It Ain't Gonna Rain No Mo'" w.m. Wendell Hall

★ "I've Got The Yes! We Have No Bananas Blues" w. Lew Brown m. James F. Hanley & Robert King

★ "Just A Girl That Men Forget" w. Al Dubin & Fred Rath m. Joe Garron

★ "Just One More Chance" m. Steiger

★ "King Porter Stomp" m. Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton

★ "Last Night On The Back Porch" w. Lew Brown m. Carl Schraubstader

★ "Linger Awhile" w. Harry Owens m. Vincent Rose

★ "Louisville Lou" w. Jack Yellen m. Milton Ager

★ "Mama Goes Where Papa Goes" w. Jack Yellen m. Milton Ager

★ "Mama Loves Papa" w.m. Cliff Friend & Abel Baer

★ "March Of The Cameron Men" w.m. Campbell

★ "Mexicali Rose" w. Helen Stone m. Jack B. Tenney

★ "Milenberg Joys" m. Leon Rappolo, Paul Mares & Jelly Roll Morton

★ "Mon Paradis (Sérénade d'Aujourd'hui)" m. Cuthbert Clarke

★ "Moon Love" w. George Grossmith, Jr. & P. G. Wodehouse m. Jerome Kern

★ "My Sweetie Went Away" w. Roy Turk m. Lou Handman

★ "Nashville Nightingale" w. Irving Caesar m. George Gershwin

★ "No, No, Nora" w. Gus Kahn m. Ted Fio Rito & Ernie Erdman

★ "Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out" w.m. Jimmy Cox

★ "Oh Didn't It Rain" w.m. Eddie Leonard

★ "Oh Gee Oh Gosh Oh Golly I'm In Love" w. Ole Olsen & Chic Johnson m. Ernest Breuer

★ "Old Fashioned Love" w. Cecil Mack m. James P. Johnson

★ "Old King Tut" w. William Jerome m. Harry Von Tilzer

★ "On The Mall" m. Edwin Franko Goldman

★ "Once In A Blue Moon" w. Anne Caldwell m. Jerome Kern

★ "An Orange Grove In California" w.m. Irving Berlin

★ "Out Where The Blue Begins" Graff, McHugh, Grant

★ "(Home In) Pasadena" w.m. Harry Warren, Grant Clarke & Edgar Leslie

★ "Raggedy Ann" w. Anne Caldwell m. Jerome Kern

★ "Rememb'ring" w.m. Vivian Duncan & Rosetta Duncan

★ "La Rosita" w. Allan Stuart m. Paul Dupont (Pseud. of Walter Haenschen)

★ "Seven Or Eleven" w. Lew Brown m. Walter Donaldson

★ "Sittin' In A Corner" w. Gus Kahn m. George W. Meyer

★ "Sleep" w.m. Earl Lebieg

★ "A Smile Will Go A Long Long Way" w. Benny Davis m. Harry Akst

★ "Snake Rag" m. King Oliver

★ "Sobbin' Blues" w.m. Art Kassel

★ "Some Sweet Day" w. Gene Buck m. Dave Stamper & Louis A. Hirsch

★ "Stella" w.m. Al Jolson, Benny Davis & Harry Akst

★ "Swingin' Down The Lane" w. Gus Kahn m. Isham Jones

★ "Tell Me With A Melody" w.m. Irving Berlin

★ "That Old Gang Of Mine" w. Billy Rose & Mort Dixon m. Ray Henderson

★ "Tin Roof Blues" m. Paul Mares, Walter Melrose, Ben Pollack, Mel Stitzel, George Brunies & Leon Roppolo

★ "Waitin' For The Evenin' Mail" Billy Baskette

★ "When Clouds Have Vanished And Skies Are Blue" w. William R. Clay m. Charles L. Johnson

★ "When It's Night-Time In Italy, It's Wednesday Over Here" w.m. James Kendis & Lew Brown

★ "When June Comes Along With A Song" w.m. George M. Cohan from the musical ''The Rise Of Rosie O'Reilly''

★ "When You Walked Out Someone Else Walked Right In" w.m. Irving Berlin

★ "Who'll Buy My Violets" w. E. Ray Goetz m. Jose Padilla

★ "Who's Sorry Now?" w. Bert Kalmar & Harry Ruby m. Ted Snyder

★ "Wild Flower" w. Otto Harbach & Oscar Hammerstein II m. Vincent Youmans & Herbert Stothart

★ "Wolverine Blues" w.m. Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton, Benjamin Spikes & John C. Spikes

★ "Yes, We Have No Bananas" w.m. Frank Silver & Irving Cohn

★ "You Can't Do What My Last Man Did" w.m. J. C. Johnson & Allie Moore

★ "You've Got To See Mama Ev'ry Night" w.m. Con Conrad & Billy Rose

Hit songs on record

★ "Everything is K.O. in K.Y." by Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra

★ "Swinging Down The Lane" by Isham Jones & His Orchestra

★ "Down Hearted Blues" by Bessie Smith

★ "Waitin' For The Evenin' Mail" by Al Bernard

★ "Cut Yourself A Piece of Cake (and Make Yourself at Home) by Billy Jones

★ "I Love Me (I'm Wild About Myself)" by Billy Murray

★ "Yes, We Have No Bananas" by Billy Murray

★ "Yes, We Have No Bananas" by Billy Jones

★ "Yes, We Have No Bananas" by Ben Selvin & His Orchestra

★ "No No Nora/I've Got the Yes We Have No Bananas Blues" by Eddie Cantor

★ "Parade of the Wooden Soldiers" by Paul Whiteman's Orchestra

★ "(Nothing Could Be Finer Than to be in) Carolina in the Morning" by Van & Schenck

★ "Love Sends a Little Gift of Roses" by Carl Fenton & His Orchestra

★ "Dreamy Melody" by Art Landry & His Orchestra

Other important recordings

★ "Dippermouth Blues" by King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band

★ "High Society" by King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band

★ "Milenburg Joys" by the New Orleans Rhythm Kings with Jelly Roll Morton

★ "Wild Cat Blues/Kansas City Man Blues" by Clarence Williams Blue 5, featuring Sidney Bechet

Classical music

★ Henry Cowell - ''Aeolian Harp''

★ Gerald Finzi - ''A Severn Rhapsody''

★ Sigfrid Karg-Elert - ''Cathedral Windows''

★ Darius Milhaud - ''La création du monde'' (ballet)

★ Hans Pfitzner - ''Concerto for Violin in B minor''

★ Joaquín Turina - ''Jardin de Oriente''

★ Edgard Varèse

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★ ''Hyperprism'' (1922-23)

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★ ''Octandre''

★ William Walton - ''Toccata for Violin and Piano''

★ Leó Weiner - ''Concertino for Piano and Orchestra''

★ Alexander von Zemlinsky - ''Lyric Symphony''
==Opera==

★ Joaquín Turina - ''Jardin de Oriente''
==Musical theater==

★ ''The Beauty Prize'' (Music: Jerome Kern Lyrics and Book: P. G. Wodehouse and George Grossmith). London production opened at the Winter Garden Theatre on September 5 and ran for 214 performances

★ ''Catherine'' London production opened at the Gaiety Theatre on September 22 and ran for 217 performances

★ ''The Cousin from Nowhere'' London production opened at Prince's Theatre on February 24 and ran for 105 performances

★ ''Dover Street to Dixie'' London revue opened at the Pavilion on May 31 and ran for 108 performances

★ ''George White's Scandals of 1923'' Broadway revue opened at the Globe Theatre on June 18 and transferred to the Fulton Theatre on November 5 for a total run of 168 performances

★ ''Head over Heels'' London production opened at the Adelphi Theatre on September 8 and ran for 113 performances

★ ''Katinka'' London production opened at the Shaftesbury Theatre on August 30 and ran for 108 performances

★ ''Kid Boots'' Broadway production opened at the Earl Carroll Theatre on December 31 and transferred to the Selwyn Theatre on September 1, 1924 for a total run of 489 performances

★ ''Little Nellie Kelly'' London production opened at the New Oxford Theatre on July 2 and ran for 265 performances

★ ''London Calling'' London revue opened at the Duke of York's Theatre on September 4 and ran for 367 performances

★ ''Madame Pompadour''

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★ Vienna production opened at the Carltheater on March 2

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★ London production opened at Daly's Theatre on December 20 and ran for 467 performances

★ ''The Music Box Revue'' London revue opened at the Palace Theatre on May 15 and ran for 217 performances

★ ''The Rainbow'' London production opened at the Empire Theatre on April 3 and ran for 113 performances

★ ''Rats'' London revue opened at the Vaudeville Theatre on February 4 and ran for 285 performances

★ ''The Rise of Rosie O'Reilly'' Broadway production opened at the Liberty Theatre on December 25 and ran for 97 performances

★ ''Stop Flirting'' London production opened at the Shaftesbury Theatre on May 30 and ran for 418 performances

★ ''Wildflower'' Broadway production opened at the Casino Theatre on February 7 and ran for 477 performances

★ ''You'd Be Surprised'' London production opened at the Royal Opera House on January 27 and ran for 270 performances

★ ''Ziegfeld Follies of 1923'' Broadway revue opened at the New Amsterdam Theatre on October 20 and ran for 233 performances

Births

★ January 5 - Sam Phillips

★ February 5 - Claude King

★ March 2 - Doc Watson

★ March 26 - James Clifton Williams

★ April 25 - Albert King

★ May 13 - Bea Arthur

★ May 15 - John Lanchbery

★ May 28 - György Ligeti

★ July 22 - Mukesh

★ July 31 - Ahmet Ertegün

★ August 11 - June Hutton of the Pied Pipers

★ September 17 - Hank Williams

★ October 5 - Glynis Johns

★ October 16 - Bert Kaempfert

★ October 20 - Robert Craft

★ November 10 - Anne Shelton

★ December 2 - Maria Callas

Deaths

★ February 19 - Jeronimo Gimenez y Bellido, composer

★ March 5 - Dora Pejačević, composer

★ May 30 - Camille Chevillard, composer

★ July 11 - Albert Chevalier, English actor, singer, songwriter and Music hall performer

★ July 13 - Asger Hamerik, composer

★ October 22 - Victor Maurel, operatic baritone

★ December 2 - Tomás Bretón, composer

★ December 14 - Giuseppi Gallignani, composer

★ ''date unknown'' - Patsy Touhey, Irish-American piper