1916 in music

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1916.

Events
February 1 - Carl Nielsen conducts the première of his Symphony No. 4, the Inextinguishable, in Copenhagen. February 11 - Baltimore Symphony Orchestra presents its first concert. March 3 - The Original Dixieland Jass Band begin playing at Schiller's Cafe in Chicago, Illinois, under the name Stein's Dixie Jass Band. March 10 - Sir Hubert Parry writes the choral setting of William Blake's poem "And did those feet in ancient time" which becomes known as "Jerusalem" (first performed 28 March at the Queen's Hall, London). April 28 - Edison Records carry out the first public "comparison test" between live and recorded singing voices at Carnegie Hall, featuring soprano Marie Rappold.[1] June 5 - Stein's Dixie Jass Band plays its first concert under its new name, the Original Dixieland Jass Band. August 3 - The musical comedy Chu Chin Chow, written, produced, directed and starring Oscar Asche, with music by Frederic Norton, premières at His Majesty's Theatre in London. It will run for five years and a total of 2,238 performances (more than twice as many as any previous musical), a West End theatre record that will stand for nearly forty years. December - Wilbur Sweatman records his hot ragtime for Emerson Records in New York City. Gustav Holst completes composition of his orchestral suite The Planets, Op. 32, in England. Sydney Conservatorium of Music in Australia accepts its first students. Soprano Hedy Iracema-Brügelmann is awarded the Charlottenkreuz. German soprano Vali von der Osten marries tenor Fritz Windgassen.

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Published popular music
"Allah's Holiday" w. Otto Harbach m. Rudolf Friml "And They Called It Dixieland" w. Raymond Egan m. Richard A. Whiting "Arrah Go On, I'm Gonna Go Back To Oregon" w. Sam M. Lewis & Joe Young m. Bert Grant "At Finnigan's Ball" w.m. Bert Lee "Baby Shoes" by Joe Goodwin "Beale Street Blues" w.m. W. C. Handy "A Broken Doll" w.m. James W. Tate & Frank Clifford Harris "Bugle Call Rag" w.m. Eubie Blake & Carey Morgan "Bull Frog Blues" Tom Brown, Guy Shrigley "The Cobbler's Song" w. Oscar Asche m. Frederic Norton "La Cumparsita" w. Carol Raven m. G. H. Matos Rodriguez (words written 1932) "Don't Leave Me, Daddy" Joe Verges "Down In Honky Tonky Town" w. Charles McCarron m. Chris Smith "Down Where The Swanee River Flows" w. Charles McCarron and Charles S. Alberte m. Albert Von Tilzer "For Dixie And Uncle Sam" w. J. Keirn Brennan m. Ernest R. Ball ""Forever" Is A Long, Long Time" w. Darl MacBoyle m. Albert Von Tilzer "From Here To Shanghai" w.m. Irving Berlin "Give Me All Of You" Schwartzwald "Goodbye, Good Luck, God Bless You" w. J. Keirn Brennan m. Ernest R. Ball "Green Hills Of Somerset" w. Fred E. Weatherly m. Eric Coates "Have A Heart" w. Gene Buck m. Jerome Kern "Homesickness Blues" w.m. Cliff Hess "The Honolulu Blues" w. Grant Clarke & Eddie Cox m. James V. Monaco "How's Every Little Thing In Dixie?" w. Jack Yellen m. Albert Gumble "Hula Lou" w. Edward Grossmith m. Ted D. Ward "I Ain't Got Nobody" w. Roger Graham & Dave Peyton m. Spencer Williams "I Can Dance With Everybody But My Wife" w. Joseph Cawthorn & John Golden m. John Golden "I Sent My Wife To The Thousand Isles" w. Andrew B. Sterling & Ed Moran m. Harry von Tilzer "I Want To Marry A Male Quartette" w. Otto Harbach m. Rudolf Friml "If I Knock The "L" Out Of Kelly" w. Sam M. Lewis & Joe Young m. Bert Grant "If You Were the Only Girl (in the World)" w. Clifford Grey m. Nat D. Ayer "I'm Sorry I Made You Cry" w.m. N. J. Clesi "Ireland Must Be Heaven, for My Mother Came from There" w. Joseph McCarthy & Howard Johnson m. Fred Fisher "I've A Shooting Box In Scotland" w.m. Thomas Lawrason Riggs & Cole Porter "Joe Turner Blues" w. Walter Hirsch m. W. C. Handy "Katinka" w. Otto Harbach m. Rudolf Friml "Keep Your Eye On The Girlie You Love" w. Howard Johnson & Alex Gerber m. Ira Schuster "The Laddies Who Fought And Won" w.m. Harry Lauder "Li'l Liza Jane" w.m. Countess Ada De Lachau "Love Me At Twilight" w. William Jerome & Joe Young m. Bert Grant "Mammy's Little Coal Black Rose" w. Raymond Egan m. Richard Whiting "M-I-S-S-I-S-S-I-P-P-I" w, Bert Hanlon & Benny Ryan m. Harry Tierney "Movie Trot" m. Harry H. Raymond

Cover of sheet music for "The Moving Picture Hero Of My Heart""The Moving Picture Hero Of My Heart" w. Roger Lewis m. Ernie Erdman "My Hawaiian Sunrise" w.m. L. Wolfe Gilbert & Carey Morgan "My Syncopated Melody Man" w.m. Blanche Merrill & Eddie Cox "Nat'an, For What Are You Waitin', Nat'an" w.m. James Kendris "Naughty! Naughty! Naughty!" w. Joe Goodwin & William Tracey m. Nat Vincent "Never Let The Same Bee Sting You Twice" w.m. Cecil Mack & Chris Smith "O'Brien Is Tryin' To Learn To Talk Hawaiian" w. Al Dubin m. Rennie Cormack "Oh! How She Could Yacki, Hacki, Wicki, Wacki, Woo" w. Stanley Murphy & Charles McCarron m. Albert Von Tilzer "Operatic Rag" J. Lensberg "Poor Butterfly" w. John Golden m. Raymond Hubbell "Pretty Baby" w. Gus Kahn m. Tony Jackson & Egbert Van Alstyne "Rackety Coo!" w. Otto Harbach m. Rudolf Friml "Rolling Stones - All Come Rolling Home Again" w. Edgar Leslie m. Archie Gottler "Roses of Picardy" w. Frederick Weatherly m. Haydn Wood "Shamrock Rag" m. Euday L. Bowman "She Is The Sunshine Of Virginia" w. Ballard MacDonald m. Harry Carroll "Sierra Sue" w.m. Joseph Buell Carey "Someone Else May Be There While I'm Gone" w.m. Irving Berlin "Sweet Cider Time When You Were Mine" w. Joe McCarthy m. Percy Wenrich

Joseph Lamb's 1916 "The Top Liner Rag", a classic rag"Take Me Back to Dear Old Blighty" w.m. A. J. Mills, Fred Godfrey & Bennett Scott "That Funny Jas Band From Dixieland" w.m. Henry I. Marshal "There's A Little Bit Of Bad In Every Good Little Girl" w. Grant Clarke m. Fred Fisher "There's A Quaker Down In Quaker Town" w. David Berg m. Alfred Solman "They Made It Twice As Nice as Paradise and They Called It Dixieland" w. Raymond Egan m. Richard Whiting "They're Wearing 'Em Higher In Hawaii" w. Joe Goodwin m. Halsey K. Mohr "Throw Me A Rose" w. P. G. Wodehouse & Herbert Reynolds m. Emmerich Kallman "Turn Back The Universe And Give Me Yesterday" w. J. Keirn Brennan m. Ernest R. Ball "Walkin' The Dog" Shelton Brooks "What Do You Want To Make Those Eyes At Me For?" w. Joseph McCarthy & Howard Johnson m. James V. Monaco "When John McCormack Sings A Song" w. William Jerome & E. Ray Goetz m. Jean Schwartz "When You're Down In Louisville" w.m. Irving Berlin "Where Did Robinson Crusoe Go With Friday On Saturday Night?" w. Sam M. Lewis & Joe Young m. George W. Meyer "Where The Black-Eyed Susans Grow" w. Dave Radford m. Richard Whiting "Yaacka Hula Hickey Dula" w.m. E. Ray Goetz, Joe Young & Pete Wendling "You Belong To Me" w. Harry B. Smith m. Victor Herbert "You Can't Get Along With 'Em Or Without 'Em" w. Grant Clarke m. Fred Fisher "You're In Love" w. Otto Harbach & Edward Clark m. Rudolf Friml

Singles

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