1908 in music

See also: 1907 in music, other events of 1908, 1909 in music and the list of 'years in music'.

Table of contents

1 Events
2 Published songs
3 Musical theater
4 Births
5 Deaths

Events

January 26 - Sergei Rachmaninov's Symphony No. 2 is premiered
March 15 - Maurice Ravel's Rapsodie espagnole is premiered in Paris
September 19 - Premiere of Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 7 in Prague
December 3 - Edward Elgar's Symphony No. 1 is premiered in Manchester
December 18 - Claude Debussy's Children's Corner is premiered in Paris
Anthony Maggio publishes a dance band orchestration of early Blues "I Got The Blues" in New Orleans
Arnold Schoenberg's String Quartet No. 2 is premiered in Vienna

Published songs

"All For Love Of You" w. Dave Reed m. Ernest R. Ball

"Any Old Port In A Storm" w. Arthur J. Lamb m. Kerry Mills

"Black And White Rag" w.m. George Botsford

"Call Round Any Old Time" w.m. Charles Moore & E. W. Rogers

"Consolation" by Edward Madden

"Cuddle Up A Little Closer, Lovey Mine" w. Otto Harbach m. Karl Hoschna

"Daisies Won't Tell" w.m. Anita Owen

"Down Among The Sugar Cane" w. Avery & Charles Hart m. Cecil Mack & Chris Smith

"Down In Jungle Town" w. Edward Madden m. Theodore F. Morse

"Dusty Rag" m. May Aufderhelde

"The Fairest Of The Fair" w.m. John Philip Sousa
"Feed The Kitty" w. Ed Moran m. J. Fred Helf
"Fig Leaf Rag" by Scott Joplin
"Gee But There's Class To A Girl Like You" w.m. W. R. Williams
"Golliwog's Cake Walk" m. Claude Debussy
"Good Evening, Caroline" by Albert Von Tilzer & Jack Norworth
"Ham And !" by Arthur Marshall
"Hoo-oo Ain't You Calling Me" w.m. Herbert Ingraham
"I Hear You Calling Me" w.m. Harold Herford & Charles Marshall
"I Want To Be Loved Like A Leading Lady" w. Paul West m. Herman Avery Wade
"If I Had A Thousand Lives To Live" w. Sylvester Maguire m. Alfred Solman
"If You Cared for" Me by E. Rose
"I'm A Yiddish Cowboy" w. Edgar Leslie m. Al Piantodosi & Halsey K. Mohr
"I'm Glad I'm Married" w. Jack Norworth m. Albert Von Tilzer
"I'm Looking For The Man That Wrote "The Merry Widow Waltz"" w. Edgar Selden m. Seymour Furth
"In The Garden Of My Heart" w. Caro Roma m. Ernest R. Ball
"It's Moonlight All The Time On Broadway" Wenrich
"It's The Pretty Things You Say" w. Alfred Bryan m. Ted Snyder
"I've Taken Quite A Fancy To You" w. Edward Madden m. Theodore F. Morse
"Kerry Mills' Barn Dance" w. Thurland Chattaway m. Kerry Mills
"The Longest Way 'Round Is The Sweetest Way Home" w. Ren Shields m. Kerry Mills
"Love Is Like A Cigarette" w. Glen MacDonough m. Victor Herbert
"Love Me Like I Want To Be Loved" w. Earle C. Jones & Alfred Bryan m. George W. Meyer
"Love's Roundelay" w. Joseph Herbert m. Oscar Straus
"Make A Noise Like A Hoop And Roll Away" w. Ren Shields m. J. Fred Helf
"Meet Me In Rose-Time, Rosie" w. William Jerome m. Jean Schwartz
"Mephisto Rag" by Anthony J. Stasny
"Mother Hasn't Spoken To Father Since" w. William Jerome m. Jean Schwartz
"My Brudda Sylvest'" w. Jesse Lasky m. Fred Fisher
"My Girl's A Yorkshire Girl" w.m. C. W. Murphy & Dan Lipton
"Now I Have To Call Him Father" w.m. Charles Collins & Fred Godfrey
"Pineapple Rag" by Scott Joplin
"Roses Bring Dreams Of You" w.m. Herbert Ingraham
"She Sells Sea-Shells" w. Terry Sullivan m. Harry Gifford
"Shine On Harvest Moon" w. Jack Norworth m. Nora Bayes & Jack Norworth
"A Singer Sang A Song" w. Will Heelan m. Seymour Furth
"Smarty" w. Jack Norworth m. Albert Von Tilzer
"Somebody Lied" w.m. Jeff T. Branen & Evans Lloyd
"Sweetest Gal In Town" w.m. Bob Cole & J. Rosamond Johnson
"Sweetest Maid Of All" w. Joseph Herbert m. Oscar Straus
"Take Me Out To The Ballgame" w. Jack Norworth m. Albert Von Tilzer
"Up In A Balloon" w. Ren Shields m. Percy Wenrich
"A Vision Of Salome" m. J. Bodewalt Lampe
"When Highland Mary Danced The Highland Fling" w. Jack Mahoney m. Harry Von Tilzer
"When It's Moonlight On The Prairie" w. Robert F. Roden m. S. R. Henry
"The Whitewash Man" w. William Jerome m. Jean Schwartz
"The Yama Yama Man" w. George Collin Davis m. Karl Hoschna
"Yip-I-Addy-I-Ay!" w. Will D. Cobb m. John H. Flynn
"You Tell Me Your Dream" w. Seymour A. Rice & Albert H. Brown m. Neil Moret
"You Will Have To Sing An Irish Song" w. Jack Norworth m. Albert Von Tilzer
"You're In The Right Church, But The Wrong Pew" w. Cecil Mack m. Chris Smith