The Governor's Son
Feb 25 George M. Cohan's 1st Broadway musical "The Governor's Son"opens at the Savoy Theatre, NYC; runs for 32 performances
Music History
Mar 23 Australian opera star Dame Nellie Melba reveals secret of her now famous toast
Manru
May 29 Ignacy Jan Paderewski's opera "Manru" has its world premiere in Dresden, Germany
Music History
Oct 19 Edward Elgar's "Pomp & Circumstance March" premieres in Liverpool, England
Nocturnes
Oct 27 1st complete performance of Claude Debussy's orchestral composition "Nocturnes"
- Nov 5 Debut concert of the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Emil Młynarski; program features Zygmunt Stojowski's Symphony in D minor (Op. 21)
Music History
Nov 11 Maurice Ravel's piano composition "Jeux d'eau" premieres
Grisélidis
Nov 20 Dramatic opera "Grisélidis" by Jules Massenet, Armand Silvestre and Eugène Morand premieres the Opéra-Comique in Paris, France
Feuersnot
Nov 21 Richard Strauss' opera "Feuersnot" premieres in Dresden
Music Premiere
Nov 28 Gustav Mahler conducts premiere of his 4th Symphony in G, at Kaim-Saal concert hall in Maxvorstadt, Munich, Germany to mixed reviews