1909 in music

Table of contents

1 Events 2 Published songs 3 Musical theater 4 Opera 5 Births 6 Deaths

Events

• November 28 - Sergei Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No. 3 is premiered in New York City

• "Ace In The Hole" w.m. George D. Mitchell & James E. Dempsey
• "And Now Assemble" w. Adrian Ross m. Leo Fall
• "Beautiful Eyes, Beautiful Lies" w. George Whiting & Carter De Haven m. Ted Snyder
• "A Birthday" by Christina Rossetti
• "Boiled Beef And Carrots" w.m. Charles Collins & Fred Murray
• "By The Light Of The Silvery Moon" w. Edward Madden m. Gus Edwards
• "Carrie (Carrie Marry Harry)" w. Juni McCree m. Albert von Tilzer
• "Casey Jones" w. T. Lawrence Seibert m. Eddie Newton
• "Chewska" w. Adrian Ross m. Leo Fall
• "Christmas-Time Seems Years And Years Away" w.m. Irving Berlin & Ted Snyder
• "The Cubanola Glide" w. Vincent P. Bryan m. Harry Von Tilzer
• "The Dollar Princesses" w. Adrian Ross m. Leo Fall
• "Dublin Daisies" m. Percy Wenrich
• "Fickle Fortune" w. Arthur Wimperis m. Lionel Monckton & Howard Talbot
• "For You Alone" w. P. J. O'Reilly m. Henry E. Geehl
• "From The Land Of The Sky Blue Water" w. Nelle Richmond Eberhart m. Charles Wakefield Cadman
• "The Garden of Roses" by J.E. Dempsey
• "Has Anybody Here Seen Kelly?" w.m. C. W. Murphy, Will Letters, John Charles Moore & William C. McKenna
• "Heaven Will Protect The Working Girl" w. Edgar Smith m. A. Baldwin Sloane
• "How Do You Do?" w. Adrian Ross m. Leo Fall
• "I Just Came Back To Say Good Bye" w.m. Irving Berlin
• "I Love My Wife, But Oh, You Kid" w.m. Harry Armstrong & Billy Clark
• "I Wish That You Was My Gal, Molly" w.m. Irving Berlin & Ted Snyder
• "I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now" w. Will M. Hough & Frank R. Adams m. Joseph E. Howard & Harold Orlob
• "If The Wind Had Only Blown The Other Way" w.m. Edna Williams & Bessie Wynn
• "I'm A Member Of The Midnight Crew" w. William Jerome m. Jean Schwartz
• "I'm Awfully Glad I Met You" w. Jack Drislane m. George W. Meyer
• "I'm Glad I'm A Boy/ I'm Glad I'm A Girl" w.m. Nora Bayes & Jack Norworth
• "I'm Going To Do What I Please" w. Alfred Bryan m. Ted Snyder
• "I've Got A Pain In My Sawdust" w. Henry Edward Warner m. Herman Avery Wade
• "I've Got Rings On My Fingers" w. R. P. Weston & F. J. Barnes m. Maurice Scott
• "Let's All Go Down The Strand" w.m. Harry Castling & C. W. Murphy
• "Let's Go Into A Picture Show" w.m. Junie McCree & Albert von Tilzer
• "The Letter Song" w. Stanislaus Stange m. Oscar Straus
• "Meet Me Tonight In Dreamland" w. Beth Slater Whitson m. Leo Friedman
• "Moonstruck" w.m. Lionel Monckton
• "Moving Day In Jungle Town" w. A. Seymour Brown m. Nat D. Ayer
• "My Cousin Caruso" w. Edward Madden m. Gus Edwards
• "My Hero" w. (Eng) Stanislaus Stange (Ger) Rudolf Bernauer & Leopold Jacobson m. Oscar Straus
• "My Motter" w. Arthur Wimperis m. Howard Talbot
• "My Pony Boy" w. Bobby Health m. Charles O'Donnell
• "My Southern Rose" by Earl Taylor
• "My Wife's Gone To The Country" w. George Whiting & Irving Berlin m. Ted Snyder
• "Next To Your Mother Who Do You Love" w. Irving Berlin m. Ted Snyder
• "No One Could Do It Like My Father" w.m. Irving Berlin & Ted Snyder
• "Nobody Knows Nobody Cares" w.m. Charles K. Harris
• "Oh! You Candy Kid" w.m. Bob Adams & John Golden
• "Oh, What I Know About You" Irving Berlin, Joseph H. McKeon, Harry M. Piano, W. Raymond Walker
• "On Wisconsin" w. Carl Beck m. W. T. Purdy
• "Our Farm" Caryll & Monckton
• "Pork And Beans" m. Theron C. Bennett
• "Put On Your Old Grey Bonnet" w. Stanley Murphy m. Percy Wenrich
• "Rainbow" w. Alfred Bryan m. Percy Wenrich
• "Sadie Salome Go Home" w.m. Irving Berlin & Edgar Leslie
• "She Was A Dear Little Girl" w. Irving Berlin m. Ted Snyder
• "Ship Ahoy!" w.m. A. J. Mills & Bennett Scott
• "Stop That Rag (Keep On Playing, Honey)" Irving Berlin, Ted Snyder
• "Temptation Rag" m. Henry Lodge
• "That Mesmerizing Mendelssohn Tune" w.m. Irving Berlin
• "That's A Plenty" w. Henry Creamer m. Bert A. Williams
• "When I Dream In The Gloaming Of You" w.m. Herbert Ingraham
• "When You First Kissed The Last Girl You Loved" w. Will M. Hough & Frank R. Adams m. Joseph E. Howard
• "Where My Caravan Has Rested" w. Edward Teschemacher m. Herman Lohr
• "The Whiffenpoof Song" w. Meade Minnigerode & George S. Pomeroy m. Tod B. Galloway
• "The White Wash Man" w. William Jerome m. Jean Schwartz
• "Wild Cherries (Coony, Spoony Rag)" Irving Berlin, Ted Snyder
• "Yiddle On Your Fiddle" w.m. Irving Berlin
• "You Taught Me How To Love You Now Teach Me To Forget" w. Jack Drislane & Alfred Bryan m. George W. Meyer

• Elektra by Richard Strauss

• January 3 - Victor Borge, musician, actor (+ 2000)
• January 15 - Gene Krupa, drummer (+ 1973)
• January 16 - Ethel Merman, singer, actress (+ 1984)
• February 9 - Carmen Miranda, Brazilian singer, actress (+ 1955)
• May 30 - Benny Goodman, musician, actor (+ 1986)
• June 14 - Burl Ives (+ 1995)