1903 in music

Events

• February 11 - Anton Bruckner's 9th Symphony premieres in Vienna
• Enrico Caruso joins cast of New York's Metropolitan Opera Company and makes first records for the Victor Talking Machine Company
• Mississippi John Hurt begins performing
• Victor Herbert's Babes in Toyland premieres

Published popular music

• "Always In The Way" w.m. Charles K. Harris
• "Always Leave Them Laughing When You Say Goodbye" w.m. George M. Cohan
• "Are We To Part Like This?" w.m. Harry Castling & Charles Collins
• "Bedelia" w. William Jerome m. Jean Schwartz
• "The Beer That Made Milwaukee Famous" w.m. Dan McAvoy
• "The Burning of Rome" by E.T. Paull
• "By The Sycamore Tree" w. George V. Hobart m. Max Hoffmann
• "Congo Love Song" w.m. Bob Cole & J. Rosamond Johnson
• "Daisy Donahue" w. James O'Dea m. Robert J. Adams
• "Dear Old Girl" w. Richard Henry Buck m. Theodore F. Morse
• "Dear Sing Sing" Schwartz
• "Down At The Old Bull And Bush" w.m. Andrew B. Sterling m. Harry Von Tilzer
• "Flowers Of Dixieland" w. Edgar Smith m. J. Rosamond Johnson
• "General Hardtack On Guard" w.m. Dave Reed Jr
• "Good-bye, Eliza Jane" w. Andrew B. Sterling m. Harry Von Tilzer
• "Hamlet Was A Melancholy Dane" w. William Jerome m. Jean Schwartz
• "Hannah!" by Joseph Farrell
• "He Was A Sailor" w. William Jerome m. Jean Schwartz
• "Hurrah For Baffin's Bay" w. Vincent Bryan m. Theodore F. Morse
• "I Can't Do The Sum" w. Glen MacDonough m. Victor Herbert
• "I Could Love You In A Steam Heat Flat" w. Vincent Bryan m. J. B. Mullen
• "I Never Could Love Like That" Bowman, Johns
• "Ida, Sweet As Apple Cider" w. Eddie Leonard m. Eddie Munson
• "I'm A Jonah Man" w.m. Alex Rogers
• "I'm On The Water Wagon Now" w. Paul West m. John W. Bratton
• "I'm Thinking Of You All The While" Reed Jnr
• "I'm Wearing My Heart Away For You" w.m. Charles K. Harris
• "In The Village By The Sea" w. Andrew B. Sterling m. Stanley Crawford
• "Indolence" Jason Mathews
• "Is Your Mother In, Molly Malone?" w.m. Mills & Everard
• "It Takes The Irish To Beat The Dutch" w. Edward Madden m. Theodore F. Morse
• "It Was The Dutch" w. Vincent Bryan m. J. B. Mullen
• "It's The Man In The Sailor Suit" w. Fred C. Farrell m. Theodore F. Morse
• "Jack Tar March" by John Philip Sousa
• "Julie" w. Wiliam Jerome m. Jean Schwartz
• "Lazy Moon" w. Bob Cole m. J. Rosamond Johnson
• "Like A Star That Falls From Heaven" w. Arthur Lamb m. Kerry Mills
• "Little Yellow Bird" w.m. C. W. Murphy & William Hargreaves
• "The Maid Of Timbucktoo" w. James Weldon Johnson m. Bob Cole
• "The March Of The Toys" m. Victor Herbert
• "Main Gazebo" Chris Praetorius
• "Mary Ellen" Bryan, Lemonier
• "Melody Of Love" w. Tom Glazer m. H. Engelmann
• "The Military Band" m. Victor Herbert
• "Moriaty" w. Charles Horwitz m. Fred V. Bowers
• "Mother O' Mine" w. Rudyard Kipling m. Frank E. Tours
• "My Cosy Corner Girl" w. Charles Noel Douglas m. John W. Bratton
• "My Hula Lula Girl" by Jean Schwartz & William Jerome
• "My Little Coney Isle" w. Andrew B. Sterling m. Harry Von Tilzer
• "My Little Creole Babe" w.m. Maude Nugent
• "My Little 'Rang Outang" Madden, Morse
• "Navajo" w. Harry H. Williams m. Egbert Van Alstyne
• "Nellie Dean" w.m. Harry Armstrong
• "An Old Man's Darling" w.m. Fred Murray & George Everard
• "Only A Dream Of A Golden Past" w. Alfred Bryan m. Stanley Crawford
• "Out Where The Breakers Roar" w. Harlow Hyde m. H. W. Petrie
• "Over The Pilsner Foam" w. Vincent Bryan m. J. B. Mullen
• "Palm Leaf Rag" by Scott Joplin
• "Please Mother, Buy Me A Baby" w.m. Will D. Cobb & Gus Edwards
• "The Saftest Of The Family" w. Harry Lauder & Bobry Beaton m. Harry Lauder
• "Save It For Me" w. James Weldon Johnson m. Bob Cole
• "Spring Beautiful Spring" m. Paul Lincke
• "Stop Your Ticklin', Jock" w. Harry Lauder & Frank Folley m. Harry Lauder
• "Summer Breeze March & Two-Step" by James Scott
• "There's A Little Street In Heaven That They Call Broadway" w. Jack T. Waldron & A. Baldwin Sloane m. A. Baldwin Sloane
• "Toyland" w. Glen MacDonough m. Victor Herbert
• "The Toymaker's Shop" m. Victor Herbert
• "Two Eyes Of Blue" w. George H. Taylor m. Leslie Stuart
• "Two Eyes Of Brown" w. Edward Madden m. Stephen Howard
• "Under A Panama" Bryan, Mullen
• "Under The Anheuser Bush" w.m. Andrew B. Sterling & Harry Von Tilzer
• "Up In A Coconut Tree" Madden, Morse
• "Upper Broadway After Dark" w. Edward Gardinier m. Maurice Levi
• "When I'm Away From You Dear" w.m. Paul Dresser
• "The Woodchuck Song" w. Robert Hobart Davis m. Theodore F. Morse
• "The Wreck Of The Old '97" w.m. Henry C. Work
• "Your Dad Gave His Life For His Country" w. Harry J. Breen m. T. Mayo Geary
• "You're The Flower Of My Heart, Sweet Adeline" w. Richard H. Gerard m. Henry W. Armstrong

Musical theater

• Babes In Toyland Broadway production
• The Cherry Girl London production
• The Duchess Of Dantzic London production
• The Earl And The Girl London production
• In Dahomey Broadway production
• In Dahomey London production
• The Jersey Lily Broadway production
• Madame Sherry Vienna production
• Madame Sherry London production
• The Medal And The Maid London production
• The Orchid London production
• The Rogers Brothers In London Broadway production
• Véronique London production
• The Wizard Of Oz Broadway production

Oratorio

• The Apostles by Edward Elgar

Births

• January 4 - Carroll Gibbons
• March 10 - Bix Beiderbecke
• September 15 - Roy Claxton Acuff, Country and Western singer
• October 10 - Vladimir Dukelsky aka Vernon Duke, composer

Deaths

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