Overview of the events of 1897 in music
Events in the year 1897 in music .
Published popular music [ edit ] Recorded popular music [ edit ] Hugo Alfvén – Symphony No. 1 Ferruccio Busoni – Violin Concerto Ernest Chausson Chant funèbre , for four female voices (1897) Piano Quartet in A, Op. 30 Vêpres pour le commun des vierges , for organ, Op. 31 String Quartet , Op. 35 Piece for cello or viola, and piano , Op. 39 Frederick Delius – Piano Concerto Felix Draeseke – String Quintet in A "Stelzner"-Quintet Paul Dukas – The Sorcerer's Apprentice George Enescu – Piano Suite No. 1 in G minor, "Dans le style ancien" Op. 3 Poème roumain , Op. 1 Sonata no. 1 for violin and piano in D major, Op. 2 Trio in G minor for piano, violin, and cello August Enna – Concerto for violin and orchestra in D major Asger Hamerik – Symphony no. 6 ("Spirituelle") for string orchestra Alexander Mackenzie – Piano Concerto Carl Nielsen – Hymnus amoris Dora Pejačević – Berceuse , Op. 2, for solo piano Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov – Symphony No. 2 "Antar" (final version) Arnold Schoenberg – String Quartet in D major Alexander Scriabin – Piano Sonata No. 2 Richard Strauss – Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche Alexander von Zemlinsky – Symphony No. 2 January 2 – Jane Green , US singer (died 1931 ) January 9 – Luis Gianneo , Argentine composer, pianist, and conductor (died 1968 ) January 10 – Sam Chatmon , blues musician (died 1983 ) January 22 February 12 – Břetislav Bakala , conductor and pianist (died 1958) February 27 – Marian Anderson , contralto (died 1993) March 3 – Ingrid Lang-Fagerström , harpist (died 1990 ) March 6 – Sandy MacPherson , theatre organist (died 1975 ) March 9 – Pedro Flores , composer (died 1979 ) March 11 – Henry Cowell , composer (died 1965 ) March 13 – Maria Nemeth , Hungarian operatic soprano (died 1967 ) March 21 – Sim Gokkes , Dutch-Jewish composer (died 1943 ) March 26 – David McCallum, Sr. , violinist and father of David McCallum (died 1972 ) April 1 – Lucille Bogan , blues singer (died 1979 ) April 8 – John Frederick Coots , US composer (died 1985) April 17 – Harald Sæverud , composer (died 1992 ) April 19 – Vivienne Segal , US actress and singer (died 1992) April 23 – Pixinguinha , choro composer and woodwind player (died 1973 ) May 14 – Sidney Bechet , jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, and composer (died 1959 ) May 29 – Erich Wolfgang Korngold , composer (died 1957) June 3 June 12 – Alexandre Tansman , pianist and composer (died 1986 ) June 15 – Mary Ellis , actress and singer (died 2003 ) June 22 – Bulbul , opera and folk singer (died 1961) June 27 – Maceo Pinkard , composer, lyricist and music publisher (died 1962) August 10 — Jack Haley , American actor (d. 1979) August 4 – Abe Lyman , US bandleader, composer and drummer (died 1957 ) August 29 – Helge Rosvaenge , operatic tenor (died 1972 ) September 3 – Francisco Mignone , composer (died 1986 ) September 8 – Jimmie Rodgers , country singer (died 1933 ) September 18 October 11 – Leo Reisman , violinist and bandleader (died 1961 ) October 26 – Tiana Lemnitz , operatic soprano (died 1994) November 2 – Dennis King , British singer and actor (died 1971) November 12 – Karl Marx , conductor and composer (died 1985) November 20 – Margaret Sutherland , composer (died 1984) December 9 – Hermione Gingold , actress and singer (died 1987 ) December 18 – Fletcher Henderson , jazz musician (died 1952 ) December 26 — Wilhelmina Schmidt , singer and composer; stage name Willy Corsari (died 1998 )[ 3] December 30 – Alfredo Bracchi , Italian lyricist (died 1976 ) January 24 – Sarah Edith Wynne , operatic soprano and concert singer, 54[ 4] February 10 – Antonio Bazzini , violinist, composer and music, 78 February 23 – Woldemar Bargiel , composer and teacher, 68[ 5] February 25 – Cornélie Falcon , opera singer, 83[ 6] March 7 – Leonard Labatt , operatic tenor, 58 April 3 – Johannes Brahms , composer, 63 April 8 – George Garrett , composer, 62 April 23 – Clement Harris , pianist and composer, 25 (killed in the Greco-Turkish war) May 21 – Carl Mikuli , pianist and composer, 77 June 9 June 18 – Franz Krenn , composer and music teacher, 81 August 1 – Gaetano Antoniazzi , violin-maker, 71 September 16 – Edward Edwards , choirmaster and composer, 81 September 20 October 11 – Léon Boëllmann , organist and composer, 35 November 6 – Edouard Deldevez , conductor, composer and violinist, 80 November 14 – Giuseppina Strepponi , operatic soprano, 82 December – Slavka Atanasijević , Serbian pianist and composer, 47[ 7] December 4 – Adolf Neuendorff , German-American composer, conductor, pianist and violinist, 54 ^ "Rachmaninov's First Symphony: From Despair to Posthumous Triumph" . 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