1917 in music

Overview of the events of 1917 in music

1917 in music
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Original Dixieland Jazz Band
Original Dixieland Jazz Band

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1917.

Specific locations

Specific genres

Events

Bands formed

  • See Category:Musical groups established in 1917

Published popular music

Sheet music cover for "Bring Back My Daddy To Me"
Promotional ad for "Good-bye Broadway—Hello, France!" published in the New York Clipper.[1]
Willie Weston[1]
The first "jass" tune to be recorded. Roger Graham Music Publisher, Chicago. Click image for more information.

Hit recordings

The first commercial jazz recording, 1917.

Classical music

  • Arnold Bax – November Woods
  • Lili Boulanger – Psaume 130 (Du fond de l'abîme)
  • Frank Bridge – Cello Sonata in D minor
  • John Alden Carpenter
    • The Birthday of the Infanta, ballet
    • The Home Road for SATB mixed chorus or unison voices and piano
    • Symphony No. 1 ("Sermons in Stones")
  • Carlos Chávez – Sonata fantasia (Piano Sonata No. 1)
  • Nancy Dalberg – Symphony in C-sharp minor
  • Claude Debussy – Violin Sonata in G minor
  • Frederick Delius – Eventyr (Once Upon a Time)
  • Gabriel Fauré – Cello Sonata No. 1
  • Alexander Glazunov – Piano Concerto No. 2 in B, Op. 100
  • Launy Grøndahl – Violin Concerto in D Major
  • Charles Koechlin
    • La divine vesprée, ballet
    • Paysages et marines, Op. 63bis, version for flute, clarinet, string quartet, and piano
    • Sonata for cello and piano, Op. 66
  • Carl Nielsen – Chaconne, for piano
  • Willem Pijper
    • Symphony No. 1, Pan
    • Sonatina No. 1, for piano
    • De Lente Komt, choral
  • Sergei Prokofiev
    • Violin Concerto No. 1, Op. 19
    • Igrok (The Gambler), opera, Op. 24
    • Mimoletnosti (Visions fugitives), 20 pieces for piano, Op. 22
    • Piano Sonata No. 3 ("From Old Notebooks"), Op. 28
    • Piano Sonata No. 4 ("From Old Notebooks"), Op. 29
    • Symphony No. 1 Classical, Op. 25
  • Maurice Ravel – Le tombeau de Couperin, for piano
  • Ottorino Respighi – Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 1
  • Arnold Schoenberg – Verklärte Nacht (string orchestra version)
  • Jean Sibelius – Humoresques for Violin and Orchestra opp. 87 and 89
  • Charles Villiers Stanford
    • Aviator's Hymn, for tenor, bass, choir, and organ
    • Irish Rhapsody No. 5, in G Minor, for orchestra
    • Night Thoughts, Op. 148, for piano
    • "On Windy Way When Morning Breaks", partsong
    • Sailing Song, partsong, two soprano voices
    • "St George of England", song
    • Scènes de ballet, Op. 150, for piano
    • Sonata No. 1, in F major, Op. 149, for organ
    • Sonata No. 2 ("Eroica"), in G minor, Op. 151, for organ
    • Sonata No. 3 ("Britannica"), in D minor, Op. 152, for organ
  • Igor Stravinsky
    • Berceuse, for voice and piano
    • Le chant du rossignol, symphonic poem
    • Cinq pièces faciles, for piano 4 hands
    • "Ovsen’", No. 2 from Podblyudnïye (Saucers) (Four Russian Peasant Songs), for women's choir
    • Song of the Volga Boatmen, arrangement for winds and percussion
    • Study, for pianola
    • Valse pour les enfants, for piano (possibly 1916)
  • Karol Szymanowski
    • Sonata No. 3, for piano
    • String Quartet No. 1 in C major
    • Demeter, cantata
    • Agave, cantata
  • Heitor Villa-Lobos
    • String Quartet No. 4
    • Symphony No. 2 Ascenção (Ascension), revised or completed 1943/44
  • Eugène Ysaÿe – Exil, for string orchestra of only violins and violas, Op. 25

Opera

Film

Jazz

Musical theatre

Births

Deaths

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References

  1. ^ a b "New York Clipper". Illinois Digital Newspaper Collections. Retrieved July 6, 2015.