1926 in music

See also: 1925 in music, other events of 1926, 1927 in music and the list of 'years in music'.

Contents

1 Events 2 Published popular music 3 Recorded popular music 4 Other important recordings 5 Classical music 6 Opera 7 Musical theater 8 Births 9 Deaths

Events

• June 26 - Václav Talich conducts the world première of Leos Janacek's Sinfonietta in Prague
• October 21 - Carl Nielsen's Flute Concerto is given its world premiere in Paris
• November 4 - Wanda Landowska gives the world premiere of Manuel de Falla's Harpsichord Concerto in Barcelona
• November 9 - Paul Hindemith's opera Cardillac is premiered in Dresden
• November 27 - Béla Bartók's The Miraculous Mandarin is premiered in Cologne
• First recordings by Jelly Roll Morton & His Red Hot Peppers
• Virgilio Savona begins studying music
• The Société de Musique de Chambre de Genève is founded by Frank Martin.

Published popular music

• "(What Can I Say) After I Say I'm Sorry" w.m. Walter Donaldson & Abe Lyman
• "Alabama Stomp" w. Henry Creamer m. James P. Johnson
• "All Alone Monday" w. Bert Kalmar m. Harry Ruby
• "Am I Wasting My Time On You?" w.m. Irving Bibo & Howard Johnson
• "Are You Lonesome Tonight?" w. Roy Turk m. Lou Handman
• "Baby Face" w. Benny Davis m. Harry Akst
• "Barcelona" w. Gus Kahn m. Tolchard Evans
• "Because I Love You" w.m. Irving Berlin
• "Big Butter And Egg Man" w.m. Sidney Clare, Cliff Friend & Joseph H. Santly
• "The Birth Of The Blues" w. B. G. De Sylva & Lew Brown m. Ray Henderson
• "Black Bottom" w. B. G. De Sylva & Lew Brown m. Ray Henderson
• "Black Bottom Stomp" m. Jelly Roll Morton
• "The Blue Room" w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers
• "Breezin' Along With The Breeze" w.m. Havan Gillespie, Seymour Simons & Richard Whiting
• "Bridget O'Flynn" King, Sterling
• "Bring Back Those Minstrel Days" w. Ballard MacDonald m. Martin Broones
• "But I Do - You Know I Do" w. Gus Kahn m. Walter Donaldson
• "By The Tamarisk" m. Eric Coates
• "Bye Bye Blackbird" w. Mort Dixon m. Ray Henderson
• "The Chant" m. Mel Stitzel
• "Charmaine" w.m. Erno Rapee & Lew Pollack
• "Cherie, I Love You" w.m. Lillian Rosedale Goodman
• "Clap Yo' Hands" w. Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin
• "Climbing Up The Ladder Of Love" w. Raymond Klages m. Jesse Greer
• "Cossack Love Song" Harbach, Hammerstein, Stothart & Gershwin
• "Crazy Words, Crazy Tune" w. Jack Yellen m. Milton Ager
• "Cross Your Heart" w. B. G. De Sylva m. Lewis E. Gensler
• "'Deed I Do" w. Walter Hirsch m. Fred Rose
• "The Desert Song" w. Otto Harbach & Oscar Hammerstein II m. Sigmund Romberg
• "The Devil Is Afraid Of Music" w.m. Willard Robison
• "The Dicky Bird Hop" w. Leslie Sarony m. Ronald Gourley
• "Do, Do, Do" w. Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin
• "Doctor Jazz" w. Walter Melrose m. Joe "King" Oliver
• "Don't Have Any More, Mrs Moore" Castling, Walsh
• "East St Louis Toddle-O" m. Bubber Miley & Duke Ellington
• "Everything's Gonna Be All Right" w. Benny Davis m. Harry Akst
• "Fidgety Feet" w. Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin
• "Flapperette" m. Jesse Greer
• "The Gang That Sang Heart Of My Heart" w.m. Ben Ryan
• "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" w. B. G. De Sylva m. Lewis E. Gensler
• "Get Away, Old Man, Get Away" w.m. Frank Crumit
• "Gimme A Little Kiss, Will Ya, Huh?" w. Roy Turk & Jack Smith m. Maceo Pinkard
• "The Girl Friend" w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers. Introduced by Eva Puck & Sammy White in the musical The Girl Friend
• "The Girl Is You And The Boy Is Me" w. B. G. De Sylva & Lew Brown m. Ray Henderson
• "Half A Moon" w. Eddie Dowling & Herbert Reynolds m. James F. Hanley
• "Hawaiian Wedding Song" (originally "Ke Kali Nei Au") w. Al Hoffman & Dick Manning m. Charles E. King (Words written 1959.)
• "Heebie Jeebies" w.m. Boyd Atkins
• "Hello Bluebird" w.m. Cliff Friend
• "Hello, Aloha, How Are You?" w. L. Wolfe Gilbert m. Abel Baer
• "Hello, Baby" w. Seymour Simons m. Richard A. Whiting
• "Here I Am" w. B. G. De Sylva & Lew Brown m. Ray Henderson
• "Hey Gypsy (Play Gypsy)" w.m. Emmerich Kalman, Clifford Grey, "N. Foley"
• "Hi-Diddle-Diddle" w.m. Hal Keidel & Carleton Coon
• "Horses" w. Byron Gay m. Richard A. Whiting
• "How Could Red Riding Hood?" w.m. Randolph
• "How Many Times?" w.m. Irving Berlin
• "I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me" w. Clarence Gaskill m. Jimmy McHugh
• "I Know That You Know" w. Anne Caldwell m. Vincent Youmans
• "I Never See Maggie Alone" w. Harry Tilsley m. Everett Lynton
• "I Parted My Hair In The Middle" David, Murphy
• "I Want a Big Butter and Egg Man" w.m. Percy Venable & Louis Armstrong
• "I'd Climb The Highest Mountain" w.m. Lew Brown & Sidney Clare
• "If I Could Be With You One Hour Tonight" w. Henry Creamer m. James P. Johnson
• "If You Can't Land Her On The Old Verandah" w.m. Silver
• "I'm A One-Man Girl" w. Leo Robin m. Richard Myers
• "I'm Coming, Virginia" w. Will Marion Cook & Donald Heywood
• "I'm Just Wild About Animal Crackers" w.m. Fred Rich, Sam Coslow & Harry Link
• "I'm Lonely Without You" w. Bud Green m. Harry Warren
• "In A Little Spanish Town" w. Sam M. Lewis & Joe Young m. Mabel Wayne
• "It All Depends On You" w. B. G. De Sylva & Lew Brown m. Ray Henderson
• "I've Got The Girl" w.m. Walter Donaldson
• "Jack In The Box" m. Zez Confrey
• "Jersey Walk" w. Eddie Dowling & Henry Creamer m. James F. Hanley
• "Katinka" w. Benee Russell m. Henry Tobias
• "The Kinkajou" w. Joseph McCarthy m. Harry Tierney
• "Lay Me Down To Sleep In Carolina" w. Jack Yellen m. Milton Ager
• "Like He Loves Me" w. Anne Caldwell m. Vincent Youmans
• "A Little Birdie Told Me So" w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers
• "The Little White House" w. Eddie Dowling m. James F. Hanley
• "Lonesome And Sorry" w. Benny Davis m. Con Conrad
• "Look At The World And Smile" w. Anne Caldwell m. Raymond Hubbell
• "Looking At The World Through Rose Coloured Glasses" w.m. Tommy Malie & Jimmy Stieger
• "Lucky Day" w. B. G. De Sylva & Lew Brown m. Ray Henderson
• "Mary Lou" w. Abe Lyman & George Waggner m. J. Russel Robinson
• "Maybe" w. Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin
• "Me Too" w. Charles Tobias & Al Sherman m. Harry Wood
• "Moonlight On The Ganges" w. Chester Wallace m. Sherman Myers
• "The More We Are Together" w.m. Jimmy Campbell & Reg Connelly
• "Mountain Greenery" w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers
• "Muddy Water" w. Jo Trent m. Peter DeRose & Harry Richman
• "Muskrat Ramble" m. Edward "Kid" Ory
• "My Cutie's Due At Two To Two Today" w.m. Albert Von Tilzer, Irving Bilbo & Leo Robin
• "My Dream Of The Big Parade" w. Al Dubin m. Jimmy McHugh
• "My Pretty Girl" m. Charles Fulcher
• "One Alone" w. Otto Harbach & Oscar Hammerstein II m. Sigmund Romberg
• "Our Director" m. F. E. Bigelow
• "Passing Shadows" m. Raymond Loughborough
• "Play Gypsies, Dance Gypsies" w. Harry B. Smith m. Emmerich Kalman
• "Poor Papa" w. Billy Rose m. Harry Woods
• "The Rangers' Song" w. Joseph McCarthy m. Harry Tierney
• "Reaching For The Moon" w.m. Benny Davis & Jesse Greer
• "The Riff Song" w. Otto Harbach & Oscar Hammerstein II m. Sigmund Romberg
• "Rio Rita" w. Joseph McCarthy m. Harry Tierney
• "Romance" w. Otto Harbach & Oscar Hammerstein II m. Sigmund Romberg
• "Say It Again" by Harry Richman
• "Scatter Your Smiles" w.m. Max Kortlander & Pete Wendling
• "She Knows Her Onions" Ager, Yellen, Pollack
• "Shut The Door" w.m. Billy Mann, Wally Ives, Dick Howard & Jim Kern
• "Sleepy Head" w. Benny Davis m. Jesse Greer
• "Snag It" m. Joseph "King" Oliver
• "So This Is Spring" Sarony
• "Somebody's Lonely" Davis, Gold
• "Someone To Watch Over Me" w. Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin
• "Song Of The Wanderer" w.m. Neil Moret
• "Static Strut" m. Jack Yellen & Phil Wall
• "Sunday" w.m. Chester Conn, Ned Miller, Jule Styne & Bennie Krueger
• "Sunny Disposish" w. Ira Gershwin m. Philip Charig
• "Tamiami Trail" w.m. Cliff Friend & Joseph H. Santly
• "There Ain't No Maybe In My Baby's Eyes" w. Gus Kahn & Raymond B. Egan m. Walter Donaldson
• "There's A New Star In Heaven Tonight - Rudolph Valentino" w. J. Keirn Brennan & Irving Mills m. Jimmy McHugh
• "Thinking Of You" w. Paul Ash m. Walter Donaldson
• "Ting-A-Ling" w. Andy Britt m. Jack Little
• "Tiptoe Through The Tulips" w. Al Dubin m. Joe Burke
• "Tonight You Belong To Me" w. Billy Rose m. Lee David
• "A Tree In The Park" w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers
• "Up And At 'Em" w.m. Jack Pettis & Al Goering
• "Valencia" w. Lucien Jean Boyer & Jacques Charles (Fr) Clifford Grey (Eng) m. Jose Padilla
• "When Day Is Done" w. B. G. De Sylva m. Roger Katscher
• "When Do We Dance?" w. Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin
• "When The Red, Red Robin Comes Bob, Bob, Bobbin' Along" w.m. Harry Woods
• "Where Do You Work-A, John?" w. Mortimer Weinberg & Charley Marks m. Harry Warren
• "Where'd You Get Those Eyes?" w.m. Walter Donaldson
• "Why Do I" w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers. Introduced by Francis X. Donegan & June Cochran in the musical The Girl Friend
• "Wistful And Blue" Davidson, Etting
• "Ya Gotta Know How To Love" w. Bud Green m. Harry Warren

Recorded popular music

• "Always" by Vincent Lopez & His Orchestra
• "Black Bottom" by Johnny Hamp's Kentucky Serenaders
• "Breezin' Along With the Breeze" by Johnny Marvin
• "Bye Bye Bye Blackbird" by Gene Austin
• "Do, Do, Do" by Gertrude Lawrence
• "Gimme A Little Kiss (Will Ya', Hunh?)" by Whispering Jack Smith
• "He's The Last Word" by Ben Pollock & His Californians
• "I'm Sitting On Top of the World" by Al Jolson
• "In A Little Spanish Town" by Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra
• "Red Hot Henry Brown" by Margaret Young
• "Some of These Days" by Sophie Tucker with Ted Lewis's Jazz Band
• "Valencia (A Song of Spain)" by Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra
• "When My Baby Smiles At Me" by Ted Lewis & His Jazz Band
• "When the Red, Red Robin Comes Bob-Bob-Bobbin' Along" Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra
• "Who" by George Olsen & His Music
• "Ya Gotta Know How To Love" by Esther Walker

Other important recordings

• "Heebie Jeebies" by Louis Armstrong & His Hot 5
• "Black Bottom Stomp" by Jelly Roll Morton & His Red Hot Peppers
• "Sidewalk Blues" by Jelly Roll Morton & His Red Hot Peppers
• "Snag It" by King Oliver & His Dixie Syncopators

Classical music

• George Antheil - Ballet mécanique
• Jens Laursen Emborg - Concerto for violin and orchestra
• Ferde Grofé - Theme and Variations on Music from a Garage
• Harald Sæverud - Symphony in B flat minor
• Igor Stravinsky - Pater Noster
• Gerald Tyrwhitt - The Triumph of Neptune (ballet)
• Peter Warlock - Capriol Suite

Opera

• Leos Janacek - The Makropulos Affair
• Zoltán Kodály - Háry Janós
• Ernst Krenek - Johnny spielt auf

Musical theater

• Americana Broadway revue opened at the Belmont Theatre on July 26 and ran for 224 performances
• Blackbirds London production opened at the Pavilion on September 11.
• Countess Maritza Broadway production opened at the Shubert Theatre on September 18 and ran for 321 performances
• The Desert Song (Sigmund Romberg) - Broadway production opened at the Casino Theatre on November 30 and ran for 471 performances
• The Girl Friend Broadway production opened at the Vanderbilt Theatre on March 17 and ran for 301 performances
• Lady, Be Good! (Cole Porter) - London production opened at the Empire Theatre on April 14 and ran for 326 performances
• No Foolin' Broadway revue opened at the Globe Theatre on June 24 and ran for 108 performances
• Oh, Kay! Broadway production opened at the Imperial Theatre on November 8 and ran for 256 performances
• Peggy-Ann Broadway production opened at the Vanderbilt Theatre on December 27 and ran for 333 performances
• The Student Prince (Sigmund Romberg) -London production opened at His Majesty's Theatre on February 3 and ran for 96 performances
• Sunny London production opened at the Hippodrome on October 7 and ran for 363 performances
• Tip-Toes London production opened at the Winter Garden Theatre on August 31 and ran for 182 performances
• Wildflower London production opened at the Shaftesbury Theatre on February 17

Births

• January 3 - Sir George Martin, record producer for the Beatles
• January 29 - Franco Cerri, guitarist
• February 17 - Friedrich Cerha, composer
• April 28 - Blossom Dearie
• May 25 - Miles Davis
• July 19 - Sue Thompson
• August 3 - Tony Bennett
• August 7 - Stan Freberg, comedy singer and actor
• August 10 - Edwin Carr, composer and conductor
• August 12 - Joe Jones
• August 14 - Buddy Greco, singer
• August 15 - Rose Maddox, country singer
• August 21 - Carolyn Leigh, US lyric writer
• September 17 - Bill Black, US musician
• September 23 - John Coltrane, musician
• September 26 - Julie London, US singer and actress
• October 13 - Ray Brown, jazz bassist
• October 18 - Chuck Berry
• October 25 - Galina Vishnevskaya, operatic soprano
• October 29 - Jon Vickers, tenor
• November 5 - Joan Sutherland, soprano
• December 11 - Big Mama Thornton
• December 30 - Stan Tracey, jazz pianist and composer

Deaths

• July 12 - Charles Wood, composer
• December 17 - Alexandr Dmitriyevich Kastal'sky, composer
• date unknown - Louis Fleury, flautist
• date unknown - Edmund Jenkins, composer
• date unknown - Marcelle Lender, French singer-dancer and entertainer