Music History
Jan 6 Maurice Ravel's "Albaradode Gracioso" premieres in Paris
Music Premiere
Jan 14 Giacomo Puccini's opera "Tosca" premieres in Rome
- Feb 2 Gustave Charpentiers opera "Louise" premieres in Paris
Meeting of Interest
Mar 16 AL meets in Chicago, Ban Johnson announces AL league will be Chicago White Stockings, Washington Senators, Milwaukee Brewers, Detroit Tigers, Cleveland Blues, Boston Americans, Philadelphia Athletics and Baltimore Orioles
Music History
Mar 17 American modern dancer Isadora Duncan gives her first Europen performance in London, England [1]
Music History
Jul 2 Jean Sibelius' "Finlandia" premieres in Helsinki
- Aug 27 Gabriel Fauré's grand cantata "Prométhée" premieres at Arènes de Béziers, France; performance involved almost 800 singers and musicians (including two wind bands and 15 harps) and an audience of 10,000
Music History
Oct 3 Edward Elgar and Cardinal Newman's oratorium "The Dream of Gerontius" premieres in Birmingham, England
- Dec 12 National Negro Anthem, "Lift Every Voice & Sing", composed