1911 in music

Events

• 20 November - Gustav Mahler's Das Lied von der Erde is debuted in Munich, with Bruno Walter conducting.
• Scott Joplin publishes his ragtime opera, Treemonisha.
• Aino Ackté and other prominent opera singers found the Domestic Opera in Finland

Published popular music

• "After That I Want A Little More" w. Alfred Bryan m. Fred Fisher
• "After The Honeymoon" w.m. Irving Berlin
• "Alexander's Ragtime Band" w.m. Irving Berlin
• "All Alone" w. William Dillon m. Harry Von Tilzer
• "Any Old Iron" w.m. Charles Collins & Terry Sheppard
• "Archibald, Certainly Not" w.m. Alfred Glover & John St John
• "Baby Rose" by Louis Weslyn
• "Billy" w. Joe Goodwin m. James Kendis & Herman Paley
• "Bring Back My Lovin' Man" w.m. Irving Berlin
• "Can't You Take It Back And Change It For A Boy?" w.m. Thurland Chattaway
• "Daly's Reel" m. Joseph M. Daly
• "Down Home Rag" m. Wilbur Sweatman
• "Down The Field" w. Caleb O'Connor m. Stanleigh P. Friedman
• "El Choclo" w. Francice Luban m. Angel G. Villoldo
• "Everybody's Doing it Now" w.m. Irving Berlin
• "The Fire Bird" m. Igor Stravinsky
• "Floral Dance" w.m. Katie Moss
• "The Gaby Glide" w. Harry Pilcer m. Louis A. Hirsch
• "Hello! Susie Green" w. Lester Barrett m. Herman Darewski
• "Honey Love" w. Jack Drislane m. George W. Meyer
• "Honeysuckle Rag" m. George Botsford
• "I Want A Girl (Just Like The Girl)" w. William Dillon m. Harry Von Tilzer
• "I Want To Be In Dixie" (a.k.a. ""I'm Going Back To Dixie") w.m. Irving Berlin & Ted Snyder
• "In The Land Of Harmony" w. Bert Kalmar m. Ted Snyder
• "It's A Long Lane That Has No Turning" w. Arthur Penn m. Manuel Klein
• "Jimmy Valentine" w. Edward Madden m. Gus Edwards
• "The Little Grey Home In The West" w. D. Eardley-Wilmot m. Hermann Löhr
• "Love Is Mine" w. Edward Teschemacher m. Clarence G. Gartner
• "Make Me Love You Like I Never Loved Before" w. Alfred Bryan m. Fred Fisher
• "Mary O'Hoolihan" Berlin
• "(On) Moonlight Bay" w. Edward Madden m. Percy Wenrich
• "Movin' Man Don't Take My Baby Grand" w. Bert Kalmar m. Ted Snyder
• "My Beautiful Lady (Kiss Waltz)" w. C. M. S. McLellan m. Ivan Caryll
• "My Rosary Of Dreams" w.m. E. F. Dusenberg & C. M. Denison
• "Naughty, Naughty, Naughty" w. Harry Williams m. Egbert van Alstyne
• "The Oceana Roll" w. Roger Lewis m. Lucien Denni
• "Oh Baby Mine" w.m. Cecille Boucher
• "Oh You Beautiful Doll" w. A. Seymour Brown m. Nat D. Ayer
• "One O'Clock In The Morning I Get Lonesome" w.m. Irving Berlin
• "Ragtime Violin!" w.m. Irving Berlin
• "Red Rose Rag" w. Edward Madden m. Percy Wenrich
• "A Ring On The Finger Is Worth Two On The Phone" w. Jack Mahoney m. George W. Meyer
• "Roamin' In The Gloamin'" w.m. Harry Lauder
• "Run Home And Tell Your Mother" w.m. Irving Berlin
• "Somewhere A Voice Is Calling" w. Eileen Newton m. Arthur F. Tate
• "The Spaniard That Blighted My Life" w.m. Billy Merson
• "Spanish Love" Irving Berlin, Vincent Bryan, Ted Snyder
• "Texas Tommy Swing" Sid Brown & Val Harris
• "That Baboon Baby Dance" w. Dave Oppenheim m. Joe Cooper
• "That Hypnotizing Man" w. Lew Brown m. Albert Von Tilzer
• "That Mysterious Rag" w.m. Irving Berlin, Ted Snyder
• "That Was Before I Met You" w. Alfred Bryan m. George W. Meyer
• "There's A Girl In Havana" Irving Berlin, E. Ray Goetz, A. Baldwin Sloane
• "They Always Pick On Me" by Harry Von Tilzer and Stanley Murphy
• "Till The Sands Of The Desert Grow Cold" w. George Graff Jr m. Ernest R. Ball
• "To The Land Of My Own Romance" w. Harry B. Smith m. Victor Herbert
• "Too Much Mustard" m. Cecil Macklin
• "Virginia Lou" Irving Berlin, Earl Taylor
• "A Wee Deoch-an-Doris" w.m. Gerald Grafton & Harry Lauder
• "When I Was Twenty-One And You Were Sweet Sixteen" w. Harry H. Williams m. Egbert Van Alstyne
• "When I'm Alone I'm Lonesome" w.m. Irving Berlin & Ted Snyder
• "When It Rains, Sweetheart, When It Rains" w.m. Irving Berlin
• "When You Kiss An Italian Girl" w.m. Irving Berlin
• "When You're Away" w. A. Seymour Brown & Joe Young m. Bert Grant
• "When You're In Town" w.m. Irving Berlin
• "The Whistling Rag" w.m. Irving Berlin
• "Woodman, Woodman, Spare That Tree" w.m. Irving Berlin & Vincent Bryan
• "Yiddisha Nightingale" w.m. Irving Berlin
• "You've Got Me Hypnotized" w.m. Irving Berlin

Musical theater

• The Count Of Luxembourg London production
• Gypsy Love (Zigeunerliebe) Broadway production
• Der Lila Domino Leipzig production
• Marriage À La Carte Broadway production
• The Pink Lady Broadway production
• The Quaker Girl Broadway production
• Zigeunerliebe Berlin production

Births

• February 2 - Jussi Björling - Swedish tenor
• May 8 - Robert Johnson, Blues guitarist and singer.
• May 18 - Big Joe Turner
• October 24 - Sonny Terry
• November 5 - Roy Rogers, singer, actor (+ 1998)
• December 14 - Spike Jones, US bandleader

Deaths

• May 18 - Gustav Mahler
• October 3 - Paul Sarebresole

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