Overview of the events of 1902 in music
Original 1902 production of Pelléas et Mélisande ; Mary Garden as Mélisande. This is a list of notable events in music that took place in 1902.
Specific locations
Events
January 25
February 18 – Jules Massenet 's Le jongleur de Notre-Dame Monte Carlo March 1 – Sergei Vassilenko 's cantata Skazaniye o grade velikom Kitezhe i tikhom ozere Svetoyare (Tale of the Great City of Kitezh and the Quiet Lake Svetoyar) receives its first performance in MoscowMarch 8 – Jean Sibelius conducts the world première of his Symphony No. 2 in Helsinki March 9 – Austrian composer Gustav Mahler (41) marries his student Alma Maria Schnidler (23)March 10 – Ralph Vaughan Williams ' four-movement orchestral Bucolic Suite premieres in Bournemouth , EnglandMarch 18 – Arnold Schoenberg 's string sextet Verklärte Nacht Vienna , by the Rose String Quartet with two players from the Vienna Philharmonic April 5 – Maurice Ravel 's Jeux d'eau Ricardo Vines at the Societe Nationale de Musique in ParisApril 9 – One-act opera by Ethel Smyth Der Wald to her own libretto premieres in Berlin April 11
April 12 – The zarzuela Los amores de la Inés Manuel de Falla and Amadeo Vives to a libretto by Emilio Dugi premieres at the Teatro Comico in MadridApril 18 – The cantata The Celestial Country by Charles Ives receives its first performance at Central Presbyterian Church, New York CityApril 30 – Claude Debussy 's only opera Pelléas et Mélisande Opéra-Comique in Paris , with André Messager conductingMay 17 – Pianist and conductor Alfred Cortot , after studying the music of Richard Wagner at Bayreuth in 1898, conducts the French premiere of Götterdämmerung June 9 – The first complete performance of Gustav Mahler 's Symphony No. 3 is given in Krefeld (the longest symphony in the standard repertoire – 90 minutes)June 26 – Composer Hubert Parry receives a baronetcy in the 1902 Coronation Honours ;[ 1] Charles Villiers Stanford , is knightedAugust 17 – Camille Saint-Saens 's incidental music Parysatis premieres at the Grand Roman Arena in Béziers, FranceOctober 14 – Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov 's Servilia premieres at the Imperial Opera in Saint PetersburgNovember 26 – The opera Adriana Lecouvreur Francesco Cilea premieres at the Teatro Lirico in MilanNovember 28 – Carl Nielsen 's first opera Saul og David Copenhagen (Denmark)December 1 – Carl Nielsen conducts the premiėre of his Symphony No. 2 , The Four Temperaments , in Copenhagen December 16 – Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov 's Potemkin Holiday is produced in Saint PetersburgDecember 25 – Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Kashchei the Immortal Lead Belly begins performing.Walter Damrosch replaces Emil Paur as music director of the New York Philharmonic Society ; his appointment lasts one season
Published popular music
Frolic of the Frogs
Recorded popular music
"Arkansaw Traveler" – Len Spencer
"In the Good Old Summer Time" – William Redmond
Classical music
Granville Bantock – The Witch of Atlas Bela Bartok - Scherzo Burlesque for Piano and Orchestra , Op.2Georgy Catoire – Piano Trio in F minor, Op.14Edward Elgar – Dream Children , Op. 43Alexander Glazunov –
Alfred Hill – Hinemoa Joseph Jongen – Piano Quartet, Op.23Scott Joplin
A Breeze from Alabama
Cleopha
Elite Syncopations The Entertainer I Am Thinking of My Pickanniny Days March Majestic The Ragtime Dance The Strenuous Life Serge Koussevitzky – Double Bass Concerto in F Sharp Minor Stephan Krehl – Quintet for Clarinet and Strings, Op.19Mykola Lysenko – 3 Pieces from 'Album from the Summer of 1902', Op.41Vítězslav Novák – In the Tatra Mountains Max Reger – 16 Gesänge, Op.62Camille Saint-Saëns - Cello concerto No.2 in D Minor for cello and orchestra Franz Schmidt - Symphony No. 1 in E major premiers in Vienna (January 25, 1902)Jean Sibelius – Symphony No. 2 , Op. 43Leone Sinigaglia – Variations on a Theme by Brahms, Op.22Francisco Tárrega – Gran Vals Ralph Vaughan Williams – Blackmwore by the Stour
Lillian Russell 's only recording, from 1912. During the production of
Twirly Whirly (1902), composer John Stromberg delayed giving her her solo for several days, saying it wasn't ready. When he committed suicide a few days before the first rehearsal, the sheet music for "Come Down Ma Evenin' Star" was found in his pocket. It became Lillian Russell's signature song.
Births
January – Billy Pigg , Northumbrian piper (d. 1968)
January 6 - Mark Brunswick , American composer (d.1971)January 9 - Rudolf Bing , Austrian operatic impresario (d.1997)January 11
January 21 – Webster Booth , English tenor (d. 1984)[ 3] February 26 – Rudolf Moralt , German conductor (d. 1958)February 27 - Marian Anderson , American contralto (d.1993)March 16 – Leon Roppolo , US jazz clarinetist (d. 1943)March 21 – Son House , blues musician (d. 1988)March 29
March 31 – Hans Albrecht , musicologist (died 1961)April 4 – Adam Adrio , German musicologist (d. 1973)April 8
April 24 – Rube Bloom , US pianist and composer (d. 1976)April 26 – Walter Dana , polka-music promoter (d. 2000)May 1 – Sonnie Hale , English actor and singer (d. 1959)May 7 – Marcel Poot , Belgien composer (d. 1988)May 11 – Bidu Sayão , Brazilian opera singer (d. 1999)May 17
May 18 – Meredith Willson , US composer (d. 1984)May 18 – Henri Sauguet , French composer (d. 1989)May 19 – Lubka Kolessa , pianist and music teacher (d. 1997)May 31 – Billy Mayerl , English pianist, composer and conductor (d. 1959)June 2 – Rosa Rio , American organist and composer (d. 2010)June 6 – Jimmie Lunceford , bandleader (d. 1947)June 13 - Oliviero De Fabritiis , Italian conductor and composer (d. 1982)[ 4] June 15 - Max Rudolf , German conductor (d.1995)June 17
June 19 – Guy Lombardo , bandleader (d. 1977)June 21 – Skip James , blues musician (d. 1969)June 26 - Hugues-Adhemar Cuenod , Swiss tenor (d.2010)July 7 – Karl Gustav Fellerer , musicologist (died 1984)July 19 – Buster Bailey , jazz clarinetist (d. 1967)July 20 – Jimmy Kennedy , Irish-born British songwriter (d. 1984)July 21 – Omer Simeon , jazz musician (d. 1959)August 6
Jim Davidson, Australian bandleader (d. 1982)
Margarete Klose , German contralto (d. 1968)August 9
August 25 – Stefan Wolpe , German composer (d. 1972)October 25 – Eddie Lang , US jazz guitarist (d. 1933)November 1 – Eugen Jochum , German conductor (d. 1987)November 22
December 11 – Alfred Rosé , composer (died 1975)December 15 – Mary Skeaping , British choreographer (d. 1984)December 19 – Dusolina Giannini , Italian-American soprano (d. 1986)December 27 – Sam Coslow , US songwriter and singer (d. 1982)
Deaths
January 7 – Wilhelm Hertz , lyricist (born 1835)January 17 – Elias Blix , politician, poet and musician (b. 1836)January 11 – James James , composer of the Welsh national anthem, "Hen Wlad fy Nhadau " (b. 1833)January 18 – Filippo Marchetti , opera composerJanuary 20 – Camilla Urso , violinist (b. 1842)February 1 – Salomon Jadassohn , composer and music teacher (b. 1831 )February 9 – Ludwig von Brenner , conductor and composer (b. 1833)February 11 – Leonid Malashkin , conductor and composer (b. 1842)April 21 – Ethna Carbery , songwriter (b. 1866)June 17 – Karl Piutti , organist and composer (b. 1846)June 20 – Caspar Joseph Brambach (b. 1833)July 5 – John Stromberg , composer (b. 1858)July 6 – Leopoldo Miguez , composer (b. 1850)July 13 – Benjamin Bilse , conductor and composer (b. 1816)August 3 – August Klughardt , conductor and composer (b. 1847)August 11 – Charles E. Pratt , composer (born 1841)August 23 - Teresa Stolz , Czech soprano (b. 1834)September 7
September 11 – Émile Bernard , French composer and organistSeptember 26 – Camille D'elmar , actress and opera singer (b. 1861)September 28 – Ion Ivanovici , bandleader and composer (b. 1845)December 4 – Fyodor Ignat'yevich Stravinsky , Russian bass (b. 1843)date unknown
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