1912 in music

Table of contents

1 Events
2 Published Songs
3 Popular Recordings
4 Musical theater
5 Births
6 Deaths

Events

June 26 - Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 9 is premiered in Vienna by the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Bruno Walter
16 October - Arnold Schoenberg's Pierrot lunaire debuted in Vienna
W.C. Handy publishes "The Memphis Blues", one of the first blues songs to become a hit.
Aino Ackt� founds an opera festival in Savonlinna; after a period of dormancy, the Savonlinna Opera Festival will become one of the most important cultural events in Finland

Published Songs

"After All That I've Been To You" w. Jack Drislane m. Chris Smith
"Alexander's Bag-Pipe Band" w.m. Irving Berlin, E. Ray Goetz, A. Baldwin Sloane
"All Night Long" w.m. Shelton Brooks
"And The Green Grass Grew All Around" w. William Jerome m. Harry Von Tilzer
"At The Devil's Ball" w.m. Irving Berlin
"Bagdad" w. Anne Caldwell m. Victor Herbert
"Be My Little Baby Bumble Bee" w. Stanley Murphy m. Henry I. Marshall
"Beans! Beans!! Beans!!!" w. Elmer Bowman m. Chris Smith
"Becky's Got A Job In A Musical Show" w.m. Irving Berlin
"Come Back To Me, My Melody" Irving Berlin, Ted Snyder
"Come Back To Playland With Me" w.m. Maude Lambert
"Cuddle Up And Cling To Me" w. Stanley Murphy m. Henry L. Marshall
"Daddy Has A Sweetheart (And Mother Is Her Name)" w. Gene Buck m. Dave Stamper
"Do It Again" w.m. Irving Berlin
"Down In Dear Old New Orleans" w. Joe Young m. Conrad & Whidden
"Dreams Of Long Ago" w. Earl Carroll m. Enrico Caruso

"The Elevator Man Going Up, Going Up, Going Up, Going Up!" w.m. Irving Berlin
"Everybody Loves A Chicken" w.m. Bobby Jones
"Everybody Two-Step" w. Earl C. Jones m. Wallie Herzer
"Florida Rag" V. Lowry
"The Funny Little Melody" w.m. Irving Berlin
"Giannina Mia" w. Otto Harbach m. Rudolf Friml
"Goodnight, Nurse" w. Thomas J. Gray m. W. Raymond Walker
"He Played It On His Fid, Fid, Fiddle-dee-dee" w.m.Ray Goetz & Irving Berlin
"Hitchy-Koo" w. L. Wolfe Gilbert m. Lewis F. Muir & Maurice Abrahams
"I'm Afraid, Pretty Maid, I'm Afraid" w.m. Irving Berlin
"I'm The Lonesomest Gal In Town" w. Lew Brown m. Albert Von Tilzer
"In My Harem" w.m. Irving Berlin
"In The Garden" w.m. C. Austin Miles
"It's A Long Way To Tipperary" w.m. Jack Judge & Harry H. Williams
"Keep Away From The Fellow Who Owns An Automobile" w.m. Irving Berlin
"Kentucky Sue" by Lew Brown
"The Land Of Golden Dreams" w. C. M. Denison m. E. F. Dusenberry
"Last Night Was The End Of The World" w. Andrew B. Sterling m. Harry Von Tilzer
"The Last Shot Got Him" w.m. Cecil Mack & Cecil Smith
"Lead Me To That Beautiful Band" Irving Berlin, E. Ray Goetz
"A Little Love, A Little Kiss" w. (Fr) Nilson Fysher (Eng) Adrian Ross m. Leo Silesu
"Love Is Like A Firefly" w. Otto Harbach m. Rudolf Friml
"Melody" m. Charles Gates Dawes
"The Memphis Blues" w. George A. Norton m. William Christopher Handy
"The Million Dollar Ball" Irving Berlin, E. Ray Goetz
"My Melancholy Baby" w. George A. Norton m. Ernie Burnett
"On A Beautiful Night With A Beautiful Girl" w. Will D. Cobb m. Gus Edwards

"On The Mississippi" w. Ballard MacDonald m. Harry Carroll & Arthur Fields
"Pick, Pick, Pick Pick On The Mandolin, Antonio" w.m. Irving Berlin
"Ragging The Baby To Sleep" w. L. Wolfe Gilbert m. Lewis F. Muir
"Ragtime Cowboy Joe" w. Grant Clarke m. Lewis F. Muir & Maurice Abrahams
"The Ragtime Drummer" James I. Lent
"The Ragtime Jockey Man" w.m. Irving Berlin
"Ragtime Mocking Bird" w.m. Irving Berlin
"Ragtime Soldier Man" w.m. Irving Berlin
"Roll Dem Roly Boly Eyes" w.m. Eddie Leonard
"The Rose Of Tralee" w. C. Mordaunt Spencer m. Charles W. Glover
"Row Row Row" w. William Jerome m. James V. Monaco
"She Pushed Me Into The Parlour" w. Alf Ellerton m. Will Mayne
"Slippery Elm Rag" m. Clarence Woods
"Sly Musette" w. Sydney Rosenfeld m. A. Baldwin Sloane
"The Society Bear" w.m. Irving Berlin
"Some Boy" w. Gene Buck m. Dave Stamper
"Somebody's Coming To Town From Dixie" w. Raymond A. Browne m. Henry Clay Smith
"The Sweetheart Of Sigma Chi" w. Byron D. Stokes m. F. Dudleigh Vernor
"Sympathy" w. Otto Harbach m. Rudolf Friml
"Take A Little Tip From Father" Irving Berlin, Ted Snyder
"Take Me Back" w.m. Irving Berlin
"Take Me To That Swanee Shore" w. L. Wolfe Gilbert m. Lewis F. Muir
"Take Me To The Cabaret" w.m. Will Dillon
"Teasing Moon" w. Stanley Murphy m. Henry Marshall
"That Dixie Dip Rag" m. Dippy Dip
"That Eccentric Rag" m. J. Russel Robinson
"That Kentucky Rag" w. Boyle Woolfolk m. Hampton Durand
"That Old Girl Of Mine" w. Earle C. Jones m. Egbert van Alstyne
"That Syncopated Boogie Boo" w. Sam M. Lewis m. George W. Meyer
"That's How I Need You" w. Joe McCarthy & Joe Goodwin m. Al Piantadosi
"There's One In A Million Like You" w. Grant Clarke m. Jean Schwartz
"Waiting For The Robert E. Lee" w. L. Wolfe Gilbert m. Lewis F. Muir
"'Way Down South" w.m. George Fairman
"The Wedding Glide" w.m. Louis Hirsch
"A Wee Hoose 'Mang The Heather" w.m Gilbert Wells, Fred Elton & Harry Lauder
"When I Get You Alone Tonight" w.m. Joseph McCarthy, Joe Goodwin & Fred Fisher
"When I Lost You" w.m. Irving Berlin
"When Irish Eyes Are Smiling" w. Chauncey Olcott & George Graff Jr m. Ernest R. Ball
"When It's Apple Blossom Time In Normandy" w.m Harry Gifford, Huntley Trevor & Tom Mellor
"When The Midnight Choo-Choo Leaves For Alabam" w.m. Irving Berlin
"When Uncle Joe Plays A Rag On His Old Banjo" w.m. Theodore F. Morse
"Yiddisha Professor" w.m. Irving Berlin
"You're My Baby" w. A Seymour Brown m. Nat D. Ayer

Popular Recordings

"The Herd Girl's Dream" by George Stehl, Marshall P. Lufsky, & Paul Surth, Columbia
"Everybody Two Step" by Billy Murray, Edison
"Roamin' in the Gloamin'" by Harry Lauder, Victor

Musical theater

Promotional artwork for 1912 Ziegfeld Follies

The Count Of Luxembourg Broadway production
The Firefly Broadway production
Forty-Five Minutes From Broadway Broadway revival
Gypsy Love London production
Hullo, Ragtime London production
Der Lila Domino Vienna production
Oh! Oh! Delphine Broadway production
The Pink Lady London production
Wall Street Girl Broadway production