1903 in music


This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1903.

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Published popular music



Recorded popular music

  • "Always In The Way"
– Byron G. Harlan on Edison Records
  • "Any Rags?"
– Arthur Collins on Edison
  • "The Arrow And The Song"
– Herbert Goddard on Victor Records
  • "Badinage"
– Edison Grand Concert Band on Edison
  • "Bedelia"
– George J. Gaskin on Columbia Records
– Edward M. Favor on Columbia
– Billy Murray on Edison
  • "The Beer That Made Milwaukee Famous"
– Edward M. Favor on Edison
– Dan W. Quinn on Victor
  • "Blaze Away"
– banjos Vess L. Ossman & Bill Farmer on Victor
  • "Blaze Away"
– Kendle's Band on Victor
  • "By The Sycamore Tree"
– Harry Macdonough on Edison
– Bob Roberts on Columbia
– Billy Murray on Victor
  • "Come Down Ma' Evenin' Star"
– Mina Hickman on Victor
  • "Congo Love Song"
– Harry Macdonough on Edison
– Mina Hickman on Victor
  • "Could You Be True To Eyes Of Blue If You Looked Into Eyes Of Brown?"
– Harry Macdonough on Victor
  • "The Country Girl"
– Vesta Victoria on Gramophone Records
  • "Didn't Know Exactly What To Do"
– Edward M. Favor on Edison
  • "Down On The Farm"
– Franklyn Wallace on Edison
  • "Flowers Of Dixieland"
– Franklyn Wallace on Edison
  • "The Gambling Man"
– Silas Leachman on Victor
  • "Good-bye, Eliza Jane"
– Arthur Collins on Edison
  • "Hamlet Was A Melancholy Dane"
– Edward M. Favor on Edison
  • "He Ought To Have A Tablet In The Hall of Fame"
– Edward M. Favor on Edison
  • "He Was A Sailor"
– Collins & Harlan on Edison
  • "Heidelberg Stein Song"
– Harry Macdonough on Edison & Victor
– Edison Grand Concert Band on Edison
– Harry Macdonough on Edison
– Metropolitan Orchestra on Victor
– Sousa's Band on Victor
  • "Hurrah For Baffin's Bay"
– Collins & Harlan on Edison
– Dan W. Quinn on Victor
  • "I Could Love You In A Steam Heat Flat"
– Harry West on Edison
– Billy Murray on Victor
  • "I Never Could Love Like That"
– Billy Murray on Victor
  • "I Want To Be A Lidy"
– Clarke's Band Of Providence on Victor
  • "I Wonder Why Bill Bailey Don't Come Home"
– Arthur Collins on Victor & Edison
  • "I'll Wed You In The Golden Summertime"
– John H. Bieling & Harry Macdonough on Victor
  • "I'm A Jonah Man"
– Dan W. Quinn on Victor
– Arthur Collins on Edison & Victor
  • "I'm Thinking Of You All The While"
– Billy Murray on Victor
  • "I'm Wearing My Heart Away For You"
– Harry Macdonough & John H. Bieling on Victor
  • "In Silence"
– Arthur Clifford on Edison
  • "In The City Of Sighs And Tears"
– J. W. Myers on Victor
– Haydn Quartet on Victor
– S. H. Dudley & Harry Macdonough with Sousa's Band on Victor
– Harry Macdonough on Victor
– J. Aldrich Libbey on Edison
  • "In The Village By The Sea"
– Byron G. Harlan on Edison
  • "It Takes The Irish To Beat The Dutch"
– Billy Murray on Victor Monarch
  • "It Was The Dutch"
– Collins & Harlan on Edison
  • "Juanita"
– Haydn Quartette on Victor
  • "Julie"
– Edward M. Favor on Edison
  • "Just For Tonight"
– Albert C. Campbell on Edison
  • "The Leader Of The Frocks And Frills"
– Clarke's Band of Providence on Victor
  • "Like A Star That Falls From Heaven"
– Joe Natus on Victor
  • "The Maid Of Timbucktoo"
– Harry Macdonough on Edison
  • "Massa's In De Cold Ground"
– Edison Male Quartette on Edison
– William H. Thompson (singer) on Victor
  • "Melody Of Love"
– Edison Symphony Orchestra on Edison
  • "The Message Of The Rose"
– George Seymour Lenox on Edison
  • "The Message Of The Violet"
– J. W. Myers on Victor
– Arthur Clifford on Edison
  • "Moriaty"
– Collins & Harlan on Edison
  • "My Cosy Corner Girl"
– Henry Burr on Columbia
– Harry Macdonough on Edison
  • "My Little Coney Isle"
– Harry Tally on Edison
  • "My Little 'Rang Outang"
– Billy Murray on Victor
  • "My Own United States"
– J. W. Myers on Victor
  • "My Sulu Lulu Loo"
– Clarke's Band Of Providence on Victor
  • "Only A Dream Of A Golden Past"
– Franklyn Wallace on Edison
  • "Out Where The Breakers Roar"
– Frank C. Stanley on Edison
  • "Please Mother, Buy Me A Baby"
– Byron G. Harlan on Victor & Edison
  • "Pretty Little Dinah Jones"
– Harry Macdonough on Edison
  • "R-E-M-O-R-S-E"
– Joe Natus on Victor
  • "Sal"
– Madge Crichton with piano Landon Ronald on Gramophone & Typewriter Records
  • "Sammy"
– Harry Macdonough on Edison
  • "Sammy"
– Henry Burr on Columbia
  • "Sly Musette"
– Harry Macdonough on Edison
  • "Tell Me Dusky Maiden"
– S. H. Dudley & Harry Macdonough on Victor
  • "Then I'd Be Satisfied With Life"
– Edward M. Favor on Edison
– Walter Van Brunt on Edison
  • "Two Eyes Of Blue"
– Harry Macdonough on Victor
– Mina Hickman on Victor
  • "Under The Bamboo Tree"
– Mina Hickman on Victor
  • "Up In A Coconut Tree"
– Billy Murray on Victor Monarch
  • "Upper Broadway After Dark"
– Edward M. Favor on Edison
  • "The Vacant Chair"
– Byron G. Harlan on Edison
  • "Wait At The Gate For Me"
– J. W. Myers on Victor
  • "What's The Matter With The Moon Tonight?"
– Arthur Clifford on Edison
  • "When The Fields Are White With Cotton"
– Franklyn Wallace on Edison
  • "When We Were Two Little Boys"
– Billy Murray on Victor

Classical music

[Opera]

[Dance]

[Musical theater]

Babes In Toyland Broadway production opened at the Majestic Theatre on October 13 and ran for 192 performancesThe Cherry Girl London production opened at the Vaudeville Theatre on December 29 and ran for 215 performancesThe Duchess of Dantzig London production opened at the Lyric Theatre on October 17 and ran for 236 performancesThe Earl and the Girl London production opened at the Adelphi Theatre on December 10 and transferred to the Lyric Theatre on September 12, 1904, for a total run of 371 performancesThe Fisher Maiden Broadway production opened at the Victoria Theater on October 5 and ran for 32 performances. Starring Al Shean, George A. MacFarlane, Edna Bronson, Bessie Tannehill, Dorothy Jardon and Frances Cameron.In Dahomey Broadway production opened at the New York Theatre on February 18 and ran for 53 performancesIn Dahomey London production opened at the Shaftesbury Theatre on May 16 and ran for 251 performancesThe Jersey Lily Broadway production opened at the Victoria Theater on September 14 and ran for 24 performancesMadame Sherry Vienna productionMadame Sherry London production opened at the Apollo Theatre on December 23The Medal and the Maid London production opened at the Lyric Theatre on April 25My Lady Molly London production opened at Terry's Theatre on March 14The Orchid London production opened at the Gaiety Theatre on October 26 and ran for 559 performancesA Princess of Kensington London production opened at the Savoy Theatre on January 22 and ran for 115 performancesThe Rogers Brothers In London Broadway production opened at the Knickerbocker Theatre on September 7 and ran for 64 performancesThe School Girl London production opened on May 9 at the Prince of Wales Theatre and ran for 333 performances.Three Little Maids Broadway production opened at Daly's Theatre on September 1 and ran for 130 performancesThe Wizard of Oz Broadway production opened at the Majestic Theatre on January 21 and ran for 293 performances

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