Events January 6 – Première of Leoš Janáček's piano cycle On an Overgrown Path (Po zarostlém chodníčku) at the "Besední dům" Hall in Brno. January 8 - Florent Schmitt's symphonic poem Le Palais hante [The Haunted Palace], based on a story by Edgar Allan Poe, is premièred at the Orchestre Lamoureux in Paris. January 26 – Arnold Schoenberg's symphonic poem Pelleas und Melisande is premièred in Vienna. January 29 – Gustav Mahler's Kindertotenlieder is premiered in Vienna. February 2 - The Moscov paper Nashi Dni publishes an open letter signed by 29 prominent Moscov musicians, including Rachmaninoff, Chaliapin, Gliere, calling for basic reforms in Russia. February 5 - Camille Saint-Saëns's Concerto No.2 in D Minor for Cello and Orchestra premieres in Paris February 10 - German conductor Felix Weingartner conducts for the first time in America with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra. February 14 - Jules Massenet's opera Cherubin premiers in Monte Carlo. February 25 - Concerto for Dubble Bass and Orchestra by Serge Koussevitzky is premièred in Moscow, with the composer as soloist. February 27 - The ballet My Lady Nicotine, with music by George W. Byng, is produced at the Alhambra Theatre, London. March 4 - Concerto in A minor for Violin and Orchestra, Op.82, by Alexander Glazunov, receives its world première in Saint Petersburg, the composer conducting. March 8 - Edward Elgar's Introduction and Allegro for string quartet and string orchestra and Pomp and Circumstance No.3 are premièred as the composer conducts the London Symphony Orchestra March 12 - Ottorino Respighi's first opera Re Enzo receives its initial performance in Bologna. March 16 - Pietro Mascagni's lyric drama Amica is premièred at the Theatre du Casino, Monte Carlo. March 19 - Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov is dismissed from the faculty of the Saint Petersburg Conservatory for supporting students who went on strike demanding reforms. March 27 - A performance of Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov's Kashchey the Deathless becomes the scene of heated public demonstration as a result of recent events at the Saint Petersburg Conservatory. April 14 - Engelbert Humperdinck's three-act comic opera Die Heirat wider Willen receives its initial performance at the Royal Opera in Berlin. April 15 - The Consertvatory of Geneva gives the first public demonstration os Émile Jaques-Dalcroze's eurythmics. April 30 - Louis Coerne is awarded a Ph.D.for his dissertation The Evolution of Modern Orchestration. May 25 - Emile Jaques-Dalcroze's opera Onkel Dazumal is produced in Cologne May 29 - Alexander Scriabin's Symphony No.3 in C Major, The Divine Poem, Op.43, is performed for the first time by Arthur Nikisch in Paris. June 26 - Gabriel Faure succeeds Theodore Dubois as director of the Paris Conservatoire September – The lyrics of Rabindranath Tagore's song "Amar Shonar Bangla" are published in two magazines. They are later adopted as the national anthem of Bangladesh. September 8 - Double-bass virtuoso Serge Koussevitzky maries Natalie Ushkov, the daughter of a wealthy tea merchant September 29 - George Whitefield Chadwick's symphonic poem Cleopatra premieres at the Worcester Music Festival in Massachusetts October – The opera house at Nancy, France, is destroyed by fire. October 4 - Enrico Caruso, now in Vienna, denies claims of music critics in Budapest that he "had to have morphine injected" when he sang in Budapest October 8 - Max Reger's Sinfonietta in A Major, Op.90 is premiered by Felix Mottl in Essen October 11 – The Institute of Musical Art, predecessor of the Juilliard School, opens in New York City. October 15 – Claude Debussy's La Mer is premiered in Paris as Camille Chevillard conducts the Lamoureux Orchestra. October 19 - A revised final version of Jean Sibelius' Violin concerto in D Minor, Op.47, premieres in Berlin with Carl Halir as soloist. October 21 Henry Wood first conducts a performance of his Fantasia on British Sea Songs at a Trafalgar Day concert in London. Turandot Suite, by Ferruccio Busoni, receives its first performance in Berlin. October 29 - The first concert of the New Symphony Orchestra of London occurs at the Coronet Theater, London Otto Klemperer meets Mahler for the first time, while conducting one of his works. December 1 - The first opera by an American composer ever to be staged in Europe is produced in Bremen. It is the three-act opera Zenobia, by Louis Adolphe Coerne. December 5 - Alexander Glazunov is elected director of the Saint Petersburg Conservatory December 9 - Richard Strauss's one-act musical drama Salome receives its initial performance at the Königliches Opernhaus in Dresden. December 26 - Charles-Marie Widor's four-act opera Les Pecheurs de Saint-Jean receives its first performance at the Opera-Comique in Paris. December 28 - Die lustige Witwe by Franz Lehar, receives its first performance in Vienna.
Events January 6 – Première of Leoš Janáček's piano cycle On an Overgrown Path (Po zarostlém chodníčku) at the "Besední dům" Hall in Brno. January 8 - Florent Schmitt's symphonic poem Le Palais hante [The Haunted Palace], based on a story by Edgar Allan Poe, is premièred at the Orchestre Lamoureux in Paris. January 26 – Arnold Schoenberg's symphonic poem Pelleas und Melisande is premièred in Vienna. January 29 – Gustav Mahler's Kindertotenlieder is premiered in Vienna. February 2 - The Moscov paper Nashi Dni publishes an open letter signed by 29 prominent Moscov musicians, including Rachmaninoff, Chaliapin, Gliere, calling for basic reforms in Russia. February 5 - Camille Saint-Saëns's Concerto No.2 in D Minor for Cello and Orchestra premieres in Paris February 10 - German conductor Felix Weingartner conducts for the first time in America with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra. February 14 - Jules Massenet's opera Cherubin premiers in Monte Carlo. February 25 - Concerto for Dubble Bass and Orchestra by Serge Koussevitzky is premièred in Moscow, with the composer as soloist. February 27 - The ballet My Lady Nicotine, with music by George W. Byng, is produced at the Alhambra Theatre, London. March 4 - Concerto in A minor for Violin and Orchestra, Op.82, by Alexander Glazunov, receives its world première in Saint Petersburg, the composer conducting. March 8 - Edward Elgar's Introduction and Allegro for string quartet and string orchestra and Pomp and Circumstance No.3 are premièred as the composer conducts the London Symphony Orchestra March 12 - Ottorino Respighi's first opera Re Enzo receives its initial performance in Bologna. March 16 - Pietro Mascagni's lyric drama Amica is premièred at the Theatre du Casino, Monte Carlo. March 19 - Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov is dismissed from the faculty of the Saint Petersburg Conservatory for supporting students who went on strike demanding reforms. March 27 - A performance of Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov's Kashchey the Deathless becomes the scene of heated public demonstration as a result of recent events at the Saint Petersburg Conservatory. April 14 - Engelbert Humperdinck's three-act comic opera Die Heirat wider Willen receives its initial performance at the Royal Opera in Berlin. April 15 - The Consertvatory of Geneva gives the first public demonstration os Émile Jaques-Dalcroze's eurythmics. April 30 - Louis Coerne is awarded a Ph.D.for his dissertation The Evolution of Modern Orchestration. May 25 - Emile Jaques-Dalcroze's opera Onkel Dazumal is produced in Cologne May 29 - Alexander Scriabin's Symphony No.3 in C Major, The Divine Poem, Op.43, is performed for the first time by Arthur Nikisch in Paris. June 26 - Gabriel Faure succeeds Theodore Dubois as director of the Paris Conservatoire September – The lyrics of Rabindranath Tagore's song "Amar Shonar Bangla" are published in two magazines. They are later adopted as the national anthem of Bangladesh. September 8 - Double-bass virtuoso Serge Koussevitzky maries Natalie Ushkov, the daughter of a wealthy tea merchant September 29 - George Whitefield Chadwick's symphonic poem Cleopatra premieres at the Worcester Music Festival in Massachusetts October – The opera house at Nancy, France, is destroyed by fire. October 4 - Enrico Caruso, now in Vienna, denies claims of music critics in Budapest that he "had to have morphine injected" when he sang in Budapest October 8 - Max Reger's Sinfonietta in A Major, Op.90 is premiered by Felix Mottl in Essen October 11 – The Institute of Musical Art, predecessor of the Juilliard School, opens in New York City. October 15 – Claude Debussy's La Mer is premiered in Paris as Camille Chevillard conducts the Lamoureux Orchestra. October 19 - A revised final version of Jean Sibelius' Violin concerto in D Minor, Op.47, premieres in Berlin with Carl Halir as soloist. October 21 Henry Wood first conducts a performance of his Fantasia on British Sea Songs at a Trafalgar Day concert in London. Turandot Suite, by Ferruccio Busoni, receives its first performance in Berlin. October 29 - The first concert of the New Symphony Orchestra of London occurs at the Coronet Theater, London Otto Klemperer meets Mahler for the first time, while conducting one of his works. December 1 - The first opera by an American composer ever to be staged in Europe is produced in Bremen. It is the three-act opera Zenobia, by Louis Adolphe Coerne. December 5 - Alexander Glazunov is elected director of the Saint Petersburg Conservatory December 9 - Richard Strauss's one-act musical drama Salome receives its initial performance at the Königliches Opernhaus in Dresden December 26 - Charles-Marie Widor's four-act opera Les Pecheurs de Saint-Jean receives its first performance at the Opera-Comique in Paris. December 28 - Die lustige Witwe by Franz Lehar, receives its first performance in Vienna.