Events January 2 - Gustave Charpentier's opera Louise premieres in Paris; Mary Garden makes her public debut in the title role in April January 14 - Giacomo Puccini's Tosca premieres in Rome Published popular music "Absence Makes The Heart Grow Fonder" w.m. Fred Fisher, Arthur Gillespie & Herbert Dillea "The Blue And The Gray" w.m. Paul Dresser "Bridge Of Sighs" w.m. James Thornton "Calligan - Call Again!" w.m. Herbert Rutter & Harry Lauder "Calling To Her Boy Just Once Again" w.m. Paul Dresser "Creole Belles" w. George Sidney m. J. Bodewalt Lampe "The Duchess Of Central Park" w. J. Cheaver Goodwin m. Maurice Levi "Eyes Of Blue" m. Andrew Mack "The Fatal Rose of Red" - Fred Helf "The Flight Of The Bumble Bee" m. N. Rimsky-Korsakov "A Flower From The Garden Of Life" w.m. Thurland Chattaway "For Old Time's Sake" w.m. Charles K. Harris "The Gladiators' Entry" m. Julius Fucik "Hail To The Spirit Of Liberty" w.m. John Philip Sousa "Hunky Dory" m. Abe Holzmann "I Can't Tell Why I Love You But I Do" w. Will D. Cobb m. Gus Edwards "I Love You, Ma Cherie" w.m. Paul Rubens "I Must Have Been A-Dreamin' " w.m. Bob Cole "I Need The Money" w.m. Raymond A. Browne "In The House Of Too Much Trouble" w.m. Will A. Heelan & J. Fred Helf "I've A Longing In My Heart For You Louise" w.m. Charles K. Harris "Just Because She Made Dem Goo-Goo Eyes" w.m. John Queen & Hughie Cannon "Lift Ev'ry Voice And Sing" w. James Weldon Johnsonm. J. Rosamond Johnson "Little Tommy Murphy" w. Matthew Woodward m. Andrew Mack "A Love-Lorn Lily" w. Louis Harrison & George V. Hobart m. A. B. Sloane "Ma Blushin' Rosie" w. Edgar Smith m. John Stromberg "Midnight Fire-Alarm" - H.J. Lincoln "My Charcoal Charmer" w. Will D. Cobb m. Gus Edwards "My Drowsy Babe" w. George Totten Smith m. George A. Nichols "My Sunflower Sue" w. Walter H. Ford m. John W. Bratton "Nothing Doing" w. Edgar Smith m. John Stromberg "Off To Philadelphia" w. Gordon Temple m. Walter B. Haynes "Oh! Wouldn't That Jar You?" w.m. Will D. Cobb "The Old Flag Never Touched The Ground" w.m. James Weldon Johnson & J. Rosamond Johnson "Song Of The Flea" Goethe & Moussorgsky "Strike Up the Band - Here Comes a Sailor" w. Andrew B. Sterling m. Charles B. Warn "The Tale Of The Kangaroo" w. Frank Pixley m. Gustave Luders "Tell Me Pretty Maiden" w. Owen Hall m. Leslie Stuart "That Old Sunny Window" w.m. Shelley "There Are Two Sides To A Story" w.m. Will A. Heelan & J. Fred Helf "Violets" w. Julian Fane m. Ellen Wright "Wait" w. Charles Horwitz m. Frederick W. Bowers "When Reuben Comes To Town" w. J. Cheever Goodwin m. Maurice Levi "When The Birds Go North Again" w. Robert F. Roden m. Max S. Witt "When The Harvest Days Are Over, Jessie Dear" w. Howard Graham m. Harry Von Tilzer "Who Threw The Overalls In Mrs Murphy's Chowder?" w.m. George L. Giefer "You Never Miss The Water Till The Well Runs Dry" w.m. Rowland Howard Top hits on record "American Patrol" Sousa's Band "A Bird In A Gilded Cage" Harry Macdonough "Doan Ye Cry, Mah Honey" S. H. Dudley "The Duchess Of Central Park" Harry Macdonough "For Old Time's Sake" Will F. Denny "Just Because She Made Dem Goo-Goo Eyes" Dan W. Quinn "Lead, Kindly Light" Haydn Quartette "A Love-Lorn Lily" Harry Macdonough "Ma Blushin' Rosie" Albert C. Campbell "My Sunflower Sue" Arthur Collins with The Metropolitan Orchestra "O! That We Two Were Maying" Harry Macdonough & Florence Hayward "Strike Up the Band - Here Comes A Sailor" Dan W. Quinn "Tell Me Pretty Maiden" Lyric Theatre Chorus p. Paul Rubens "When Reuben Comes To Town" Dan W. Quinn "When You Were Sweet Sixteen" Jere Mahoney "Where The Sweet Magnolias Grow" Haydn Quartette Musical theater The Casino Girl Chris And The Wonderful Lamp Broadway production Fiddle-Dee-Dee Broadway production Floradora Broadway production Giddy Throng Broadway production The Messenger Boy London production Miss Prinnt Broadway production The Policy Players The Rogers Brothers In Central Park Broadway production San Toy Broadway production Sons Of Ham Véronique Vienna production Births March 2 - Kurt Weill (+ 1950), German composer. Xavier Cugat (+ 1990), Spanish musician. Deaths