This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1907.
Specific locations
Events
- January 27 â Executives of the Metropolitan Opera removes Richard Strauss's Salome from the repertoire following protests that the opera was indecent.
- February 3 â Josef Suk's first performance of Symphony ÃÂ.2 C moll (Asrael) in the National Theatre in Prague, Karel Kovarovic conducting.
- February 7 â Jules Massenet's Therese is produced in Monte Carlo.
- February 20 â The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh and the Maiden Fevroniya by Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov premieres at the Mariinsky Theatre in Saint Petersburg.
- February 21 â Frederick Delius' opera Romeo and Julia auf dem Dorf has its premiere at the Komische Oper Berlin.
- February 22 - Maurice Ravel's Introduction and Allegro for harp, string quartet, flute and clarinet premieres at the Cercle Masical in Paris.
- March 1 - Claude Debussy's La Mer receives its American premiere as it is performed by Karl Muck and the Boston Symphony Orchestra.
- March 19 - Edward Elgar conducts a New York performance of his oratio The Apostles with the Ontario Society of New York City.
- April 20 - Vincent d'Indy's symphonic work dedicated to the memory of his wife, Souvenirs premieres in Paris.
- April 23 - Excerpts from Arthur Nevin's opera Poia are premiered at the White House. President Theodore Roosevelt listens as the composer performs at the piano in the absence of an orchestra.
- April 27 - Igor Stravinski's Symphony No.1 E-flat receives its first private performance in Saint Peterburg at a private concert
- May 10 â Ariane et Barbe-Bleue, by Paul Dukas by the libretto based on the play by Maurice Maeterlinck, premiers at the Paris Opéra-Comique
- May 16 â The first of series of five concerts is presented by Serge Diaghilev in Paris, featuring Russian music, including works of Nikolai Rimski-Korsakov, Alexander Glazunov, Mikhail Glinka, Alexander Borodin, Modest Mussorgsky and others. Feodor Chaliapin sings operatic excerpts, creating a sensation.
- May 27 â Bach House (Eisenach) opens in what is at this time believed to be the birthplace of Johann Sebastian Bach, the first museum devoted to a single composer.
- June 12 â Cambridge University awards the honorary degree of Doctor of Music to Alexander Glazunov.
- June 18 â Oxford University awards the honorary degree of Doctor of Music to Alexander Glazunov.
- June 26 â Cambridge University awards the honorary degree of Doctor of Music to Camille Saint-Saens.
- August 24 - Edward Elgar's Pomp and Circumstance No.4 premiers at London.
- September 25 â Jean Sibelius conducts the world première of his Symphony No. 3 in C major Op.52 in Helsinki.
- September 27 - Norfolk Rhapsody No.2 and Norfolk Rhapsody No.3 by Ralph Vaughan Williams, are premiered at the Cardiff Festival.
- October 8 - Edvard Grieg's Olaf Trygvason, his only opera, is produced posthumously in Kristiania, Norway
- November 9 â Umberto Giordano's Marcella is peroduced at La Scala in Milan. The opera, in three episodes, is about the love affair between an artist and his model.
- Publication of Sketch of a New Aesthetic of Music by Ferruccio Busoni.
- November 15 - Donald MacBride recorded the earliest example of a solo recording by a chorister from the USA, at St Thomas Fifth Avenue, singing Handel's 'Angels Ever Bright and Fair'.
- November 20 â Feodor Chaliapin makes his American debut at the Metropolitan Opera house in Mefistofele
- Cosima Wagner steps down from her position as head of the Bayreuth Festival. She is succeeded by her son Siegfried.
Published popular music
Classical music
- Hugo Alfvén â Swedish Rhapsody No. 2, Op. 24 (Uppsalarapsodi)
- York Bowen âÂÂ
- Piano Concerto No. 3 "Fantasia" Op. 23
- Viola Concerto in C minor Op. 25 (http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2001/july01/yorkbowen.htm)
- Havergal Brian â English Suite
- Frederick Delius â Songs of Sunset; Brigg Fair
- ErnÃ
 Dohnányi â String Quartet No. 2 in D-flat, Op. 15
- Edward Elgar â The Wand of Youth
- Reinhold Glière â Symphony No. 2 in C minor
- Gustav Holst â A Somerset Rhapsody
- Sylvio Lazzari â Symphony in E-flat
- Henryk Melcer-SzczawiÃ
Âski â Violin Sonata in G (http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2006/Apr06/Melcer_AP0111.htm)
- Sergei Rachmaninoff âÂÂ
- Symphony No. 2 in E minor
- Piano Sonata No. 1 in D minor
- Maurice Ravel -
- Histoires naturelles
- Une Barque sur l'ocean
- Max Reger â Piano Trio in E minor, Op. 102
- Ottorino Respighi â Quartet for Strings in D major
- Arnold Schoenberg -
- String Quartet No.1 in D Minor, Op.7
- Kammersymphonie, Op.9
- Alexander Scriabin â Piano Sonata No. 5, Op.53
- Jean Sibelius â Symphony No. 3 in C major, Op. 52
- Charles Villiers Stanford â Stabat Mater
- Igor Stravinsky - Symphony in Eb, Op. 1
- Josef Suk â Symphony No. 2 in C minor, Op. 27 (Asrael)
- JoaquÃÂn Turina â Piano Quintet, Op.1
Opera
Dance
Births
- January 4 â Thrasybulos Georgiades, Greek musicologist (died 1977)
- January 7 â Nicanor Zabaleta, Spanish harpist (died 1993)
- January 16 â Martin Scherber, composer and music teacher (died 1974)
- January 17 â Henk Badings, Dutch composer (died 1987)
- February 1 â Günter Eich, German lyricist (died 1972)
- February 1 â Sándor Veress, Swiss-Hungarian composer born in Indonesia (died 1992)
- February 13 â Katy de la Cruz, Filipino singer (died 2004)
- February 15 â Jean Langlais, French organist and composer (died 1991)
- February 26 â Harry Gold, British dixieland jazz saxophonist and bandleader (died 2005)
- February 27 â Mildred Bailey, US singer (died 1951)
- March 3 â Joy Finzi, wife of Gerald Finzi and founder of the Finzi Trust (died 1991)
- March 11 â Jessie Matthews, British actress and singer (died 1981)
- March 14 â Tolibjon Sadikov, Uzbek composer (died 1957)
- March 15 â Zarah Leander, Swedish singer and actress (died 1981)
- March 19 â Elizabeth Maconchy, English composer (died 1994)
- April 2 â Alfredo Giovine, Italian music historian (died 1995)
- April 12 â Imogen Holst, British conductor and composer (died 1984)
- April 18 â Miklós Rózsa, Hungarian-American film composer (died 1995)
- April 21 â Beatrice Kay, US singer and actress (died 1986)
- April 29 â Tino Rossi, French singer and actor (died 1983)
- May 1 â Kate Smith, US singer (died 1986)
- May 5 â Yoritsune Matsudaira, Japanese composer (died 2001)
- May 10 â Harilaos Perpessas, Greek composer (d. 1995)
- May 14 â Edythe Wright, US singer (died 1965)
- May 18
- Gonzalo Brenes, Panamanian composer, musicologist, folk-song collector, music educator, and politician (died 2003)
- Clifford Curzon, English pianist (died 1982)
- June 14 â Sid Phillips, jazz clarinetist, bandleader, and arranger (died 1973)
- June 22 â Ernest "Doc" Paulin, American trumpeter (died 2007)
- July 17 - Kathleen Riddick, British conductor (died 1973)
- July 19 â Günter Bialas, German composer (died 1995)
- July 26 â André Gertler, Hungarian violinist (died 1998)
- August 3 â Lawrence Brown, US jazz trombonist (died 1988)
- August 8 â Benny Carter, US jazz saxophonist, composer, arranger and bandleader (died 2003)
- August 15 â Bob Pearson, British pianist and singer, part of Bob and Alf Pearson double act (died 1985)
- August 20 â Anatole Fistoulari, Russian composer (died 1995)
- August 21 â Hy Zaret, songwriter (died 2007)
- September 29 â Gene Autry, US singer and performer (died 1998)
- October 1 â ÃÂdön Pártos, Hungarian-born Israeli violist, composer (died 1977)
- October 5 â Mrs. Miller, American singer (died 1997)
- October 6 â Francisco Gabilondo Soler, Mexican singer and composer (died 1990)
- October 12 â Wolfgang Fortner, German composer (died 1987)
- October 19 â Roger Wolfe Kahn, American jazz and popular musician, composer, and bandleader (died 1962)
- October 24 â Rafael Godoy, Colombian composer (died 1973)
- October 27 â Helmut Walcha, German organist (died 1991)
- November 17 â James Moody, composer for harmonica (died 1995)
- November 18 â Compay Segundo, Cuban singer and songwriter, inventor of the armónico (died 2003)
- November 30 â György Ránki, Hungarian composer (died 1992)
- December 7 â Wanda Toscanini, daughter of Arturo Toscanini and wife of Vladimir Horowitz (died 1998)
- December 25 â Cab Calloway, US jazz singer and band leader (died 1994)
- December 27 â Willem van Otterloo, Dutch composer and conductor (died 1978)
- date unknown
- Seán Reid, Irish Uilleann piper (died 1978)
- N. Senada, German composer and music theorist (died 1993)
Deaths
- January 19 â Beniamino Cesi, pianist, 62
- February 5 â Ludwig Thuille, composer, 45
- February 28 â Rosina Brandram, D'Oyly Carte singer and actress, 61
- March 1 â August Manns, conductor, 81
- March 17 â Ernesto Köhler, flautist and composer, 57
- April 3 â Désirée Artôt, operatic soprano, 71
- April 4 â Lucile Grahn, ballerina, 86
- June 1 â Richard Mühlfeld, clarinettist, 51
- June 2 â Anastazy Wilhelm Dreszer, pianist and composer, 62
- June 4 â Agathe Backer-Grøndahl, Norwegian pianist and composer, 59
- July 15 â Gustav Schirmer, American founder of the Boston Music Company, 43
- July 23 â William Shakespeare Hays, songwriter, 70
- August 15 â Joseph Joachim, violinist, composer, and conductor, 76
- September 4 â Edvard Grieg, Norwegian composer, 64
- September 5 â Adolf ÃÂstbye, first Norwegian recording artist, 39
- September 17 â Ignaz Brüll, Austrian pianist and composer, 60
- October 4 â Alfredo Keil, composer and painter, 57
- October 9 â Romualdo Marenco, composer, 66
- October 10 â Charles Dancla, violinist and composer, 89
- November 6 â Sophie Cruvelli, operatic soprano, 81
- November 8 â Marie Sasse, operatic soprano, 73
- November 15 â Antonie Mielke, operatic soprano, 51 (heart disease)
- November 21 â Gaetano Braga, cellist and composer, 78
- November 24 â Theodor Bertram, German opera singer, 38 (suicide)
- December 18 â Luscombe Searelle, composer and impresario, 54 (cancer)
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