1923 in music

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This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1923.

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Specific genres[]

Events[]

  • February – Joseph Samuels' Tampa Blue Jazz Band records the George Washington Thomas number "The Fives" for Okeh Records, considered the first example of jazz band boogie-woogie.
  • February 19 – Jean Sibelius conducts the world première of his Symphony No. 6 in Helsinki.
  • October 18 – Igor Stravinsky conducts the premiere of his Octet at the Paris Opera. On the same concert, Serge Prokofiev's First Violin Concerto (1917) is also premiered, with Marcel Darrieux, violin, and the Paris Opera Orchestra conducted by Serge Koussevitzky.
  • November 11 – Première of John Foulds's World Requiem at the Royal Albert Hall in London. It is repeated on that date each year until 1926.
  • November 19 – At a concert celebrating the 50th anniversary of the union of Buda and Pest (thus creating Budapest), Béla Bartók's Dance Suite and Zoltán Kodály's Psalmus Hungaricus both receive their world premieres
  • Explosion of recordings of African American musicians; Bessie Smith, Ida Cox, Joe "King" Oliver, Louis Armstrong, Jelly Roll Morton, Sidney Bechet, many others make their first recordings.
  • George Enescu makes his debut as a conductor with the Philadelphia Orchestra in New York City.
  • , Roger Désormière, Maxime Jacob and Henri Sauguet form the Ecole d'Arcueil.
  • Augustus John completes his portrait of cellist Guilhermina Suggia.
  • Japanese composer Michio Miyagi introduces an 80-string koto or "or hachijugen". It proves less popular than the 17-string koto he had invented two years earlier.

Publications[]

  • Stewart Macpherson – Melody and Harmony, Books 2 and 3. London: Stainer & Bell. (Book 1 published 1920.)

Published popular music[]

Zez Confrey's "Dizzy Fingers"
  • "Annabelle" w. Lew Brown m. Ray Henderson
  • "Back To Croa-Jingo-Long" w.m. Pat Dunlop
  • "Bambalina" w. Otto Harbach & Oscar Hammerstein II m. Herbert Stothart & Vincent Youmans. Introduced by Edith Day in the musical Wildflower
  • "Barney Google" w.m. Billy Rose & Con Conrad
  • "Beside A Babbling Brook" w. Gus Kahn m. Walter Donaldson
  • "Charleston" w.m. Cecil Mack & James P. Johnson. Inspiration for a dance craze.
  • "Chimes Blues" m. Joe "King" Oliver
  • "Come On, Spark Plug!" w.m. Billy Rose & Con Conrad
  • "Covered Wagon Days" w.m. Will Morrisey & Joe Burrows
  • "Dippermouth Blues" m. Joe "King" Oliver
  • "Dizzy Fingers" m. Zez Confrey
  • "Frasquita Serenade" m. Franz Lehár
  • "Gulf Coast Blues" w.m. Clarence Williams
  • "Horsey, Keep Your Tail Up" w.m. Walter Hirsch &
  • "I Cried For You" w. Arthur Freed m. Gus Arnheim & Abe Lyman
  • "I Love Life" w. m. Mana-Zucca
  • "I Love You" w. Harlan Thompson m. Harry Archer. Introduced by John Boles and in the musical Little Jessie James
  • "I Won't Say I Will But I Won't Say I Won't" w. B. G. De Sylva & Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin. Introduced by Irene Bordoni in the play
  • "I'm Goin' South" w.m. Abner Silver & Harry Woods
  • "I'm Sitting Pretty In A Pretty Little City" w.m. Lou Davis, Henry Santly & Abel Baer
  • "Indiana Moon" w. Benny Davis m. Isham Jones
  • "It Ain't Gonna Rain No Mo'" w.m. Wendell Hall
  • "I've Got The Yes! We Have No Bananas Blues" w. Lew Brown m. James F. Hanley & Robert King
  • "Just A Girl That Men Forget" w. Al Dubin & Fred Rath m. Joe Garron
  • "Just One More Chance" m. Steiger
  • "King Porter Stomp" m. Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton
  • "Last Night On The Back Porch" w. Lew Brown m. Carl Schraubstader
  • "Linger Awhile" w. Harry Owens m. Vincent Rose
  • "Louisville Lou" w. Jack Yellen m. Milton Ager
  • "Mama Goes Where Papa Goes" w. Jack Yellen m. Milton Ager
  • "Mama Loves Papa" w.m. Cliff Friend & Abel Baer
  • "March Of The Cameron Men" w.m. Campbell
  • "Mexicali Rose" w. Helen Stone m. Jack B. Tenney
  • "Milenberg Joys" m. Leon Rappolo, Paul Mares & Jelly Roll Morton
  • "Mon Paradis (Sérénade d'Aujourd'hui)" m. Cuthbert Clarke
  • "Moon Love" w. George Grossmith Jr. & P. G. Wodehouse m. Jerome Kern
  • "My Sweetie Went Away" w. Roy Turk m. Lou Handman
  • "Nashville Nightingale" w. Irving Caesar m. George Gershwin
  • "No, No, Nora" w. Gus Kahn m. Ted Fio Rito &
  • "Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out" w.m. Jimmy Cox
  • "Oh Didn't It Rain" w.m. Eddie Leonard
  • "Oh Gee Oh Gosh Oh Golly I'm In Love" w. Ole Olsen & Chic Johnson m. Ernest Breuer
  • "Oklahoma Indian Jazz" (w. & m.) Ray Hibbler, T.J. Johnsen, J.W. Barna, J.W. Murrin, and T. Guarini
  • "Old Fashioned Love" w. Cecil Mack m. James P. Johnson
  • "Old King Tut" w. William Jerome m. Harry Von Tilzer
  • "On The Mall" m. Edwin Franko Goldman
  • "Once In A Blue Moon" w. Anne Caldwell m. Jerome Kern
  • "An Orange Grove In California" w.m. Irving Berlin
  • "Out Where The Blue Begins" Graff, McHugh, Grant
  • "(Home In) Pasadena" w.m. Harry Warren, Grant Clarke & Edgar Leslie
  • "Raggedy Ann" w. Anne Caldwell m. Jerome Kern
  • "Rememb'ring" w.m. Vivian Duncan & Rosetta Duncan
  • "La Rosita" w. Allan Stuart m. Paul Dupont (Pseud. of Walter Haenschen)
  • "Seven Or Eleven" w. Lew Brown m. Walter Donaldson
  • "Sittin' In A Corner" w. Gus Kahn m. George W. Meyer
  • "Sleep" w.m. Earl Lebieg
  • "A Smile Will Go A Long Long Way" w. Benny Davis m. Harry Akst
  • "Snake Rag" m. King Oliver
  • "Sobbin' Blues" w.m. Art Kassel
  • "Some Sweet Day" w. Gene Buck m. Dave Stamper & Louis A. Hirsch
  • "Stella" w.m. Al Jolson, Benny Davis & Harry Akst
  • "Swingin' Down the Lane" w. Gus Kahn m. Isham Jones
  • "Tell Me With A Melody" w.m. Irving Berlin
  • "That Old Gang of Mine" w. Billy Rose & Mort Dixon m. Ray Henderson
  • "Tin Roof Blues" m. Paul Mares, Walter Melrose, Ben Pollack, Mel Stitzel, George Brunies & Leon Roppolo
  • "Waitin' For The Evenin' Mail" Billy Baskette
  • "When Clouds Have Vanished And Skies Are Blue" w. William R. Clay m. Charles L. Johnson
  • "When It's Night-Time In Italy, It's Wednesday Over Here" w.m. & Lew Brown
  • "When June Comes Along With A Song" w.m. George M. Cohan from the musical
  • "When You Walked Out Someone Else Walked Right In" w.m. Irving Berlin
  • "Who'll Buy My Violets" w. E. Ray Goetz m. Jose Padilla
  • "Who's Sorry Now?" w. Bert Kalmar & Harry Ruby m. Ted Snyder
  • "Wild Flower" w. Otto Harbach & Oscar Hammerstein II m. Vincent Youmans & Herbert Stothart
  • "Wolverine Blues" w.m. Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton, Benjamin Spikes & John C. Spikes
  • "Yes! We Have No Bananas" w.m. Frank Silver & Irving Cohn
  • "You Can't Do What My Last Man Did" w.m. J. C. Johnson & Allie Moore
  • "You've Got To See Mama Ev'ry Night" w.m. Con Conrad & Billy Rose

Hit songs on record[]

  • "Everything is K.O. in K.Y." by Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra
  • "Felix The Cat" by Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra
  • "Swinging Down The Lane" by Isham Jones & His Orchestra
  • "Down Hearted Blues" by Bessie Smith
  • "Waitin' For The Evenin' Mail" by Al Bernard
  • "Cut Yourself A Piece of Cake (and Make Yourself at Home) by Billy Jones
  • "I Love Me (I'm Wild About Myself)" by Billy Murray
  • "That Old Gang Of Mine" by Billy Murray
  • "Yes! We Have No Bananas", recorded by:
    • Billy Murray
    • Billy Jones
    • Ben Selvin & His Orchestra
  • "Sleep by Fred Waring's Pennsylvanians
  • "Someboy Stole My Gal" by Ted Weems And His Orchestra
  • "No No Nora/I've Got the Yes! We Have No Bananas Blues" by Eddie Cantor
  • "Parade of the Wooden Soldiers" by Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra
  • "(Nothing Could Be Finer Than to be in) Carolina in the Morning" by Van & Schenck
  • "Love Sends a Little Gift of Roses" by Carl Fenton & His Orchestra
  • "Dreamy Melody" by & His Orchestra
  • "Wolverine Blues" by the New Orleans Rhythm Kings

Other important recordings[]

  • "Dippermouth Blues" by King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band
  • "High Society" by King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band
  • "Milenburg Joys" by the New Orleans Rhythm Kings with Jelly Roll Morton
  • "Wild Cat Blues/Kansas City Man Blues" by Clarence Williams Blue 5, featuring Sidney Bechet

Classical music[]

  • Béla Bartók – Dance Suite
  • Henry Cowell – Aeolian Harp
  • Gerald Finzi – A Severn Rhapsody
  • Sigfrid Karg-Elert – Cathedral Windows
  • Gabriel Fauré – Piano Trio in D minor, Op. 120
  • Darius Milhaud – La création du monde (ballet)
  • Hans Pfitzner – Concerto for Violin in B minor
  • Arnold Schoenberg
    • Fünf Stücke [Five Pieces] for Piano, Op. 23 (1920/1923)
    • Serenade, Op. 24 (1920/1923)
    • Suite for Piano, Op. 25 (1921/1923)
  • Jean Sibelius – Symphony No. 6 was premiered by the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by the composer, on 19 February 1923
  • Igor Stravinsky – Octet for Wind Instruments
  • Germaine Tailleferre – Ballade for Piano and Orchestra; Concerto No. 1 for Piano and Orchestra
  • Joaquín Turina – Jardin de Oriente
  • Edgard Varèse
  • Heitor Villa-Lobos – Nonet ("Impressão rápida de todo o Brasil")
  • William Walton – Toccata for Violin and Piano
  • Leó Weiner – Concertino for Piano and Orchestra
  • Alexander von Zemlinsky – Lyric Symphony

Opera[]

Jazz[]

Main article: 1923 in jazz

Musical theater[]

Births[]

  • January 1 – Milt Jackson, jazz vibraphonist (d. 1999)
  • January 4
    • Don Butterfield, classical and jazz tuba player (d. 2006)
    • Tito Rodríguez, Puerto Rican-American singer-songwriter and television host (d. 1973)
  • January 5 – Sam Phillips, record producer (d. 2003)
  • January 25 – Rusty Draper, American singer-songwriter (d. 2003)
  • February 2 – Julius Hegyi, American conductor and violinist (d. 2007)
  • February 5 – Claude King, country singer and songwriter (d. 2013)
  • March 2 – Doc Watson, guitarist, singer and songwriter (d. 2012)
  • March 26 – Clifton Williams, composer (d. 1976)
  • April 25 – Albert King, blues guitarist and singer (d. 1992)
  • May 15 – John Lanchbery, composer and conductor (d. 2003)
  • May 17 – Peter Mennin, American composer and administrator (d. 1983)
  • May 28 – György Ligeti, composer (d. 2006)
  • June 8 – Karel Goeyvaerts, Belgian composer (d. 1993)
  • June 29 – Ronnie Ronalde, born Ronald Waldron, English yodeller and siffleur (d. 2015)
  • July 22 – Mukesh, Bollywood playback singer (d. 1976)
  • July 31 – Ahmet Ertegun, record industry executive (d. 2006)
  • August 4 – Arthur Butterworth, English composer (d. 2014)
  • August 11 – June Hutton, singer (d. 1973)
  • September 15 – Anton Heiller, Austrian organist, harpsichordist, composer, conductor (d. 1979)
  • September 17 – Hank Williams, country musician (d. 1953)
  • October 3 – Stanisław Skrowaczewski, orchestral conductor (d. 2017)
  • October 5 – Glynis Johns, actress and singer
  • October 16 – Bert Kaempfert, songwriter and orchestra leader (d. 1980)
  • October 20 – Robert Craft, conductor and music writer (d. 2015)
  • October 23 – Ned Rorem, composer and writer
  • November 1 – Antonia Apodaca, New Mexican folk musician and composer (d. 2020)
  • November 2 – Pearl Carr, singer (d. 2020)
  • November 10 – Anne Shelton, singer (d. 1994)
  • December 2 – Maria Callas, operatic soprano (d. 1977)

Deaths[]

References[]

  1. ^ Burns Mantle; John Arthur Chapman; Garrison P. Sherwood; Louis Kronenberger (1924). Burns Mantle Yearbook. Dodd, Mead.
  2. ^ Edward Tegla Davies. "Davies, John Cadvan (Cadvan; 1846–1923), Wesleyan minister". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
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