A CHRONOLOGY OF MUSIC 1900 - 1910


1900
BUSH, A., KRENEK, WEILL, COPLAND and ANTHEIL were born;
SULLIVAN died
SAINT-SAËNS (65)
String Quartet
MASSENET (58)
La Terre promisée, oratorio
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV (56)
Legend of Tsar Sultan, opera
WIDOR (56)
Chorale and Variations for harp
FAURÉ (55)
Promethée, lyric tragedy
PARRY (52)
Agamemnon, incidental music
LIADOV (45)
Polonaise, for orchestra
SINDING (44)
Sange, for female voices and piano Legende, for violin and orchestra
ELGAR (43)
The Dream of Gerontius, oratorio
LEONCAVALLO (42)
Zaza, opera
PUCCINI (42)
Tosca, opera
IPPOLlTOV-lVANOV (41)
Assia, Lyric scenes
CHARPENTIER (40)
Louise, opera
MAHLER (40)
Symphony No 4
MACDOWELL (39)
Piano Sonata No 3, Norse
DEBUSSY (38)
Nocturnes, for orchestra and chorus
GERMAN (38)
Nell Gwynne, incidental music
PIERNE (37)
Violin Sonata
d’ALBERT (36)
Kain, opera
ROPARTZ (36)
Five Motets
GLAZUNOV (35)
Ouverture Solennelle
NIELSEN (35)
Fest - praeludium, for piano
Cantata for the Lorens Frelich Festival (unpublished)
SIBELIUS (35)
Finlandia, symphonic poem
BANTOCK (32)
Tone Poem No 1, Thalaba the Destroyer
NOVAK (30)
Two Ballads for chorus and piano duet
SCHMITT (30)
Le palais hante, for orchestra (1900-4)
ZEMLINSKY (29)
Das glaserne Hertz, ballet
Psalm LXXXIII, for voices and orchestra
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS (28)
Bucolic Suite, for orchestra RACHMANINOV (27-33)
Twelve songs (1900-6)
REGER (27)
Two Romances, for solo instruments and orchestra Two String Quartets Two Clarinet Sonatas
HOLST (26)
Cotswolds Symphony Suite de Ballet Ave Maria, for eight-part female choir
SCHOENBERG (26-39)
Gurre-Lieder, for solo voices, chorus and orchestra (190@13)
COLERIDGE-TAYLOR (25)
Hiawatha’s Departure, cantata
GLIERE (25)
String Octet String Sextet No 1 String Quartet No 1
BRIAN (24)
Tragic Prelude, for orchestra (discarded)
AUBERT (23)
Suite Breve, for two pianos
Trois esquisses, for piano
La Lettre, vocal work
HOLBROOKE (22)
The Raven, symphonic poem
Variations on ‘Three Blind Mice', for orchestra
Variations on ‘The Girl I Left Behind Me', for orchestra
SCHREKER (22)
Flammen, opera
Psalm CXVI, for three female voices, organ and orchestra
SCOTT (21)
Symphony No 1
BLOCH (20-49)
Helvetia, symphonic fresco for orchestra (1900-29)
 
1901
FINZI and RUBBRA were born;
STAINER and VERDI died
DVORAK (60)
fp Rusalka, opera
GRIEG (58)
Lyric Pieces for piano, Book X
FAURÉ (56)
La voile du bonheur, incidental music
STANFORD (49)
Much Ado About Nothing, opera Irish Rhapsody No 1
ELGAR (44)
Cockaigne, overture Introduction and Allegro for strings (1901-5)
Pomp and Circumstance Marches Nos 1-4 (1901-7)
Concerto Allegro for piano
SMYTH (43)
The Forest, opera
PADEREWSKI (41)
Manru, opera
LOEFFLER (40)
Divertissement Espagnol, for saxophone and orchestra
MACDOWELL (40)
Piano Sonata No 4, Keltic
DEBUSSY (39)
Pour le piano (possibly 1896)
GERMAN (39)/SULLIVAN (posthumous)
The Emerald Isle, operetta (completed by German after Sullivan’s death)
MASCAGNI (38)
Le Maschera, opera
PIERNE (38)
La Fille de Tabarin, opera-comique
Poème symphonique, for piano and orchestra
Konzertstücke, for harp
STRAUSS, R. (37)
Feuersnot, opera
DUKAS (36)
Piano Sonata in Eb minor
GLAZUNOV (36)
The Seasons, ballet (possibly earlier)
NIELSEN (36)
Cantata for the Student’s Association Symphony No 2, The Four Temperaments (1901-2)
SIBELIUS (36)
Symphony No 2 Cortege, for orchestra (unpublished)
Portraits, for strings
BANTOCK (33)
Tone Poem No 2, Dante Tone Poem No 3, Fifine at the Fair
NOVAK (31)
Two Choruses, for female chorus and piano
SKRIABIN (29)
Symphony No 2
RACHMANINOV (28)
Piano Concerto No 2 Cello Sonata Suite No 2 for two pianos
IVES (27-30)
Symphony No 3 (1901-4)
COLERIDGE-TAYLOR (26)
The Blind Girl of Castel-Cuille, cantata
Toussaint l’ouverture, concert overture
Idyll, for orchestra
RAVEL (26)
Jeux d’eau, for piano
Myrrha, cantata
WOLF-FERRARI (25)
p Piano Quintet p Piano Trio
HOLBROOKE (23)
Ode to Victory, for chorus and orchestra Ulalume, symphonic poem (1901-3)
SCHREKER (23)
Der Ferne Klang, opera
HARTY (22)
Trio
BLOCH (21)
Symphony in C# minor (1901-2)
ENESCO (20)
Romanian Rhapsody No 1 Symphonie Concertante, for cello and orchestra p Violin Sonata No 2
KODALY (19)
Adagio for violin (or viola)
and piano
CASELLA (18)
Pavana, for piano
 
 
1902
DURUFLE, RODRIGO and WALTON were born
SAINT-SAËNS (67)
Coronation March Cello Concerto No 2
MASSENET (61)
Le Jongleur de Notre Dame, opera Piano Concerto
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV (58)
fp Kaschey the Immortal, opera
d’INDY (51)
Symphony No 2 (1902-3)
HUMPERDINCK (48)
Dornroschen, opera
Cantata ved, abeljubilaeet for soli, chorus and orchestra
ELGAR (45)
Coronation Ode Falstaff, symphonic study (1902-13)
Dream Children, for piano or small orchestra
SMYTH (44)
String Quartet in E minor
MAHLER (42)
Symphony No 5
Five Ruckert Songs
LOEFFLER (41)
Poème, for orchestra
MACDOWELL (41)
Fireside Tales, for piano New England Idylls
DEBUSSY (40)
Pelléas et Mélisande, opera
DELIUS (40)
Appalachia, for orchestra and chorus
GERMAN (40)
Merrie England, operetta
PARKER (39)
Organ Concerto
PIERNE (39)
The Children’s Crusade, oratorio
d’ALBERT (38)
Der Improvisator, opera
SIBELIUS (37)
The Origin of Fire, for voices and orchestra
GLAZUNOV (37)
Symphony No 7
Ballade
NIELSEN (37)
Saul and David, opera
CILEA (36)
Adriana Lecouvreur, opera
BANTOCK (34)
Tone Poem No 4, Hudibras
Tone Poem No 5, Witch of Atlas
Tone Poem No 6, Lalla Rookh
The Time Spirit, for chorus and orchestra
ROUSSEL (33)
Piano Trio
NOVAK (32)
In The Tatra Mountains, symphonic poem
JONGEN (29)
Fantaisie sur deux Noels wallons, for orchestra
Piano Quartet
RACHMANINOV (29)
The Spring, cantata
REGER (29)
Piano Quintet Violin Sonata
HOLST (28)
The Youth’s Choice, opera
SCHMIDT (28)
Notre Dame, opera
IVES (29-36)
Violin Sonata No 2 (1902-10)
COLERIDGE-TAYLOR (27)
Meg Blane, rhapsody for mezzo and chorus
HAHN (27)
La Carmélite, opera-comique
GLIERE (27)
String Sextet No 2
RAVEL 127)
Alcyone, cantata
WOLF-FERRARI (26)
p Piano Trio p Violin Sonata
AUBERT (25)
La Légende du Sang
HOLBROOKE (24)
Queen Mab, for chorus and orchestra
SCHREKER (24)
Romantische Suite (unpublished)
Ekkehard, symphonic overture
Phantastiche Ouverture (unpublished)
Schwanengesang, for chorus and orchestra
BRIDGE (23)
Berceuse, for violin and small orchestra
RESPIGHI (23)
Piano Concerto
BARTOK (21)
Scherzo for orchestra
ENESCO (21)
Romanian Rhapsody No 2
STRAVINSKY (20)
Storm Cloud, for voice and piano Scherzo for piano
 
 
1903
BERKELEY, L., BLACHER, KHACHATURIAN and RAINIER were born; WOLF died
CHAUSSON (posthumous)
fp Le Roi Arthus
CUI (68)
Mlle Fifi, opera
BALAKIREV (66)
Ten songs
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV (59-61)
The Invisible City of Kitezh, opera (1903-5)
Serenade, for cello and piano
Souvenir de trois chants polonaises, for violin and orchestra
D'INDY (52)
Choral Varie, for saxophone and orchestra
ELGAR (46)
Symphony No 2 (c1903-10)
The Apostles, oratorio
PADEREWSKI (4@)
Symphony (1903-7)
DEBUSSY (41)
Le Diable dans le beffroi, libretto and musical sketches
Rhapsody, for saxophone, contralto and orchestra (1903-5)
Danse sacré et danse profane, for harp and strings
D’un cahier d’esquisses, for piano
Estampes, for piano
DELIUS (41)
Sea Drift, for baritone, chorus and orchestra
GERMAN (41)
A Princess of Kensington, operetta
PARKER (40)
Vathek, symphonic poem
The Eternal Feminine, incidental music (lost)
d’ALBERT (39)
Tiefland, music drama
Wie Wir die Natur erleben, for voice and orchestra
DUKAS (38)
Variations, Interlude and Finale on a Theme by Rameau, for piano
NIELSEN (38)
Helios, overture
Søvnen, for chorus and orchestra (1903-4)
SIBELIUS (38)
Violin Concerto Romance, for strings
BUSONI (37)
Piano Concerto, with male chorus (1903-4)
SATIE (37)
Trois morceaux en forme de poire, for piano duet
BANTOCK (35)
Serenade for four horns
ROUSSEL (34)
Resurrection, for orchestra Violin Sonata
NOVAK (33)
Slovak Suite, for small orchestra Eternal Longing, for orchestra
SCHMITT (33)
Scherzo vif, for violin and orchestra
ZEMLINSKY (32)
Symphony No 3
Die Seejungfrau, orchestral fantasy
SKRIABIN (31)
Symphony No 3, Divine Poem
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS (31)
The House of Life, song cycle
RACHMANINOV (30)
Variations on a Theme by Chopin, for piano Ten Preludes for piano
REGER (30)
Gesang der Verklarten, for voice and orchestra
HOLST (29)
Indra, symphonic poem King Estmere, for chorus and orchestra Quintet for wind
IVES (29-34)
Three Places in New England, for orchestra (1909-14)
Violin Sonata No 1 (1907-8)
SCHOENBERG (29)
Pelleas und Melisande, suite for orchestra
SUK (29)
Fantasy, for violin and orchestra
COLERIDGE-TAYLOR (28)
The Atonement, oratorio
RAVEL (28)
Schéhérezade, song cycle with orchestra
Alyssa, cantata
String Quartet in F major
BRIAN (27)
Burlesque, variations and overture on an original theme for orchestra
Legende, for orchestra (lost)
‘Shall I Compare Thee . . .’, part song
WOLF-FERRARI (27)
fp Le donne curiose, opera
p Chamber Symphony
La Vita nuova, oratorio
AUBERT (26)
La Momie, ballet
DOHNANYI (26)
p String Quartet
p Cello Sonata
HOLBROOKE (25)
The New Renaissance, overture The Bells, for chorus and orchestra
CANTELOUBE (24)
Colloque Sentimentale, for voices and string quartet
SCOTT (24)
Symphony No 2 (three symphonic dances)
BARTOK (22)
Kossuth, tone poem Violin Sonata
ENESCO (22)
Suite for orchestra
CASELLA (20)
Variations sur une chaconne, for piano
 
 
1904
DALLAPICCOLA, KABALEVSKY and SKALKOTTAS were born;
DVORAK died
FAURÉ (59)
Impromptu for harp
d’INDY (53)
Violin Sonata
STANFORD (52)
Violin Concerto No 1 Evening Service in G major
JANACEK (50)
Osud (Fate), opera
LIADOV (49)
Baba Yaga, symphonic poem
SINDING (48)
Hannamaal, for male voices and orchestra
PUCCINI (46)
Madam Butterfly, opera
MAHLER (44)
Symphony No 6
DEBUSSY (42)
La Mer, three symphonic sketches
L’isle joyeuse, for piano
Masques, for piano
Fetes galantes, songs (second series)
Trois Chansons de France
DELIUS (42)
Koanga, opera
GERMAN (42)
Welsh Rhapsody, for orchestra
d’ALBERT (40)
Two Songs with orchestra
Mittelalterliche Venushymne, for tenor, male chorus and orchestra
An den Genius von Deutschland, for soli and chorus
ROPARTZ (40)
Cello Sonata No 1
STRAUSS, R. (40)
Symphonia Domestica
GLAZUNOV (39)
Violin Concerto
SIBELIUS (39)
Symphony No 3 (1904-7)
Kuolema, incidental music (includes ‘Valse Triste')
GIORDANO (37)
Siberia, opera
DAVIES, H. W. (35)
Everyman, oratorio
ROUSSEL (35-37)
Symphony No 1, La Poème de la foret (1904-6)
ZEMLINSKY (33)
Der Traumgorge, opera
ALFVEN (32)
Swedish Rhapsody No 1, Midsommervaka
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS (32)
Songs of Travel
JONGEN (31)
Lalla Rookh, symphonic poem
REGER (31)
String Quartet Serenade, for flute, violin and viola Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Beethoven, for two pianos String Trio Cello Sonata Violin Sonata
HOLST (30)
The Mystic Trumpeter, for soprano and orchestra
IVES (30)
Orchestra Set No 1 (1904-11)
Thanksgiving and/or Father’s Day (Part 4 of Holidays Symphony)
SUK (30)
Symphony No 2 in C minor, Asrael (1904-6)
Prague, symphonic poem
GLIERE (29)
String Sextet No 3
BRIAN (28)
For Valour, concert overture Hero and Leander, symphonic poem (lost)
Psalm 23, for tenor, chorus and orchestra (1904-5)
CARPENTER (28)
Improving Songs for Anxious Children
AUBERT (27)
The Blue Forest, opera (1904-10)
Chrysothemis, ballet
DOHNANYI (27)
p Serenade for string trio
HOLBROOKE (26)
The Viking, symphonic poem
BRIDGE (25)
Novelleten, for string quartet Violin Sonata
CANTELOUBE (25)
Dans la montagne, suite for violin and piano
HARTY (25)
Piano Quartet
BLOCH (24)
Hiver, symphonic poem (1904-5)
Printemps, symphonic poem (1904-5)
MEDTNER (24)
Nine songs (Goethe)
PIZZETTI (24)
Three Symphonic Preludes to Oedipus Rex
BARTOK (23)
Rhapsody, for piano and orchestra
Burlesca, for orchestra
Piano Quintet
STRAVINSKY (22)
Sonata in F# minor for piano
Cantata (lost)
The Mushrooms going to War, for bass and piano
CASELLA (21)
Toccata for piano
TOCH (17)
Scherzo for orchestra Piano Concerto (lost)
1905
ALWYN, BLITZSTEIN. LAMBERT, RAWSTHORNE, SEIBER and TIPPETT were born
BALAKIREV (68)
Piano Sonata in B minor
BRUCH (67)
Suite on a popular Russian melody
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV (61)
fp Orchestral Variations on a Russian people’s song
WIDOR (61)
Les Pêcheurs de Saint-Jean, Lyric drama
PARRY (57)
The Clouds, incidental music
d’INDY (54)
Jour d’eté a la montagne, symphonic triptych
HUMPERDINCK (51)
Die Heirat wieder Willen, comic opera
MAHLER (45)
Symphony No 7 in E minor
Kindertotenlieder, song cycle for voice and orchestra
LOEFFLER (44)
La Mort de Tintagiles, symphonic poem for two viola d’amore and orchestra
La Villanelle du Diable, symphonic fantasy for organ and orchestra
A Pagan poem, for piano, English horn and three trumpets
DEBUSSY (43)
Images, for piano, Book I
DELIUS (43)
A Mass of Life, for solo voices, chorus and orchestra
MASCAGNI (42)
Amica, opera
d’ALBERT (41)
Flauto Solo, musical comedy
STRAUSS, R. (41)
Salome, opera
GLAZUNOV (40)
Symphony No 8 Scene Dansante
NIELSEN (40)
Drommen om ‘Glade Tul’, for piano
SIBELIUS (40)
Pelléas et Mélisande, incidental music
Not With Lamentations, for mixed voices
SATIE (39)
Pousse l’amour, operetta
ROUSSEL (36)
Divertissement, for piano and wind quartet
LEHAR (35)
The Merry Widow, operetta
NOVAK (35)
Serenade in D for small orchestra
ALFVEN (33)
Symphony No 3 in E major
En Skargardssagen, symphonic poem
REGER (32)
Sinfonietta for orchestra
Suite in the Old Style, for violin and piano
HOLST (31)
Song of the Night for violin and orchestra
SCHOENBERG (31)
String Quartet No 1
COLERIDGE-TAYLOR (30)
Five Choral Ballads
GLIERE (30)
String Quartet No 2
RAVEL (30)
Miroirs, for piano Sonatina, for piano
BRIAN (29)
Psalm 137, for baritone, chorus and orchestra
HOLBROOKE (27)
Les horn mages, for orchestra
BRIDGE (26)
Piano Quintet Phantasie Quartet Norse Legend, for violin and piano
IRELAND (26)
Songs of a Wayfarer
RESPIGHI (26)
Re Enzo, comic opera
Notturno, for orchestra
Suite in G major for string orchestra and organ
Burlesca
BARTOK (24)
Suite No 1 for orchestra Suite No 2 for orchestra (revised 1943)
ENESCO (24)
Symphony No 1 p String Octet
STRAVINSKY (23)
Symphony in Eb major (1905-7)
CASELLA (22)
Symphony No 1 (1905-6)
SZYMANOWSKI (22)
Concert Overture
WEBERN (22)
Quartet BERG (22-3)
Seven ‘Fruhe Lieder’, for soprano and piano or orchestra (1905-8)
WELLESZ (20)
Sinfonischer Prolog, for orchestra
 
1906
FRANKEL, SHOSTAKOVITCH, COOKE and LUTYENS were born
GRIEG (63)
Moods, for piano
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV (62)
Le coq d’or, opera (1906-7)
WIDOR (62)
Piano Concerto
FAURÉ (61)
Piano Quintet
La chanson d’Eve, song cycle (1906-10)
d’INDY (55)
Souuenirs, tone poem
LIADOV (51)
Eight Popular Russian Songs, for orchestra
ELGAR (49)
The Wand of Youth, suites for orchestra (final versions, 1906-7)
The Kingdom, oratorio
SMYTH (48)
The Wreckers, opera
ALBENIZ (46)
Merlin, opera
Ibéria, piano cycle (190@9)
DELIUS (44)
Piano Concerto
PARKER (43)
The Prince of India, incidental music
STRAUSS, R. (42)
Elektra, opera (190@8)
DUKAS (41)
Villanelle, for horn and piano
NIELSEN (41)
fp Maskarade, opera
String Quartet in F
SIBELIUS (41)
Pohjola’s Daughter, symphonic fantasy
The Liberated Queen, cantata
SATIE (40)
Passacaille, for piano
Prelude en tapisserie, for piano
BANTOCK (38)
Omar Khayyam, for soli, chorus and orchestra
NOVAK (36)
Toman and the Wood-nymph, symphonic poem
Six Male Choruses
SCHMITT (36)
Sélamik, for orchestra
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS (34)
Norfolk Rhapsodies Nos 1-3
RACHMANINOV (33)
Francesca da Rimini, opera The Miserly Knight, opera Fifteen songs
REGER (33)
Serenade
HOLST (32)
Songs of the West, for orchestra Two Songs Without Words
SCHOENBERG (32)
Chamber Symphonies Nos 1 and 2
IVES (32)
The Pond, for flute, harp, piano and string quartet
COLERIDGE-TAYLOR (31)
Kubla Khan, rhapsody for mezzo and chorus
RAVEL (31)
Introduction and Allegro for harp, flute, clarinet and string quartet
BRIAN (30)
First English Suite
Carmilham, for contralto, chorus and orchestra
Psalm 68, for soprano, double chorus and orchestra (1906-7)
WOLF-FERRARI (30)
fp School for Fathers, opera
fp I quatro (sic) rusteghi, comedy-opera
QUILTER (29)
To Julia, song cycle
HOLBROOKE (28)
Byron, for chorus and orchestra Variations on ‘Auld Lang Syne', for orchestra
BRIDGE (27)
Three Idylls for string orchestra
String Quartet in E minor
Nine Miniatures for cello and piano
IRELAND (27)
Piano Trio No 1, Phantasy Trio
BLOCH (26)
Poèmes d’Automne, for voice and orchestra
PIZZETTI (26)
String Quartet
STRAVINSKY (24)
Conductor and Tarantula, for voice and piano (lost)
KODALY (24)
Summer Evening, for orchestra
MALIPIERO (24)
Sinfonia del Mare
BAX (23)
Piano Trio in E major
BERG (21-3)
Piano Sonata (190@8)
SCHOECK (20)
Serenade, for small orchestra (190@7)
1907
MACONCHY was born;
GRIEG died
CUI (72)
Matteo Falcone, opera
BALAKIREV (70)
Symphony No 2 (1907-8)
STANFORD (55)
Stabat Mater
MESSAGER (54)
Fortuno, operetta
ELGAR (50)
Symphony No 1 (1907-8)
IPPOLITOV-IVANOV (48)
Symphony
MAHLER (47)
Symphony No 8, Symphony of a Thousand
DEBUSSY (45)
Images, for piano, Book II
DELIUS (45)
A Village Romeo and Juliet, opera
Brigg Fair, orchestral rhapsody
Songs of Sunset
GERMAN (45)
Tom Jones, operetta
PIERNE (44)
Canzonetta, for clarinet
d’ALBERT (43)
Tragaldabas comic opera
ROPARTZ (43)
Pastorale and Dance, for oboe and orchestra
Violin Sonata No 1
DUKAS (42)
Ariadne and Bluebeard, opera
GLAZUNOV (42)
Canto di destino, overture
NIELSEN (42)
Saga-drøm, for orchestra (1907-8)
SIBELIUS (42)
Belshazzar’s Feast, suite for orchestra
Night-ride and Sunrise, tone poem
BUSONI (41)
Ezégien, for piano
CILEA (41)
Gloria, opera BEACH (40)
The Chambered Nautilus, for chorus and orchestra
GIORDANO (40)
Marcella, opera
NOVAK (37)
Lady Godiva, overture
SCHMITT (37)
La Tragédie de Salomé, ballet
ALFVEN (35)
Swedish Rhapsody No 2, Uppsalarapsodi
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS (35)
Towards the Unknown Region, song for chorus and orchestra
In the Fen Country, symphonic impression
JONGEN (34)
Félyane, opera (unfinished)
RACHMANINOV (34)
Symphony No 2 The Isle of the Dead, symphonic poem Piano Sonata No 1
REGER (34)
Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Hiller
HOLST (33)
Somerset Rhapsody, for orchestra
Nine Hymns from the Rig-Veda (1907-8)
SCHOENBERG (33)
String Quartet No 2
Friede auf Erden, for choir
SUK (33)
A Summer Tale, symphonic poem
GLIERE (32)
Symphony No 2
RAVEL (32)
‘Sur l’herbé, song
Rhapsodie espagnole, for orchestra
Piece en forme de Habanera
Cinq mélodies populaires grecques, for voice and piano
BRIAN (31)
The Vision of Cleopatra, for soli, chorus and orchestra
Fantastic Symphony (revised 1912)
DOHNANYI (30)
p String Quartet in D major
QUILTER (30)
Serenade, for orchestra
HOLBROOKE (29)
Apollo and the Seaman, for orchestra Piano Concerto No 1
BRIDGE (28)
Isabella, symphonic poem
Trio No 1 Phantasie
HARTY (28)
Comedy Overture
Ode to a Nightingale, for soprano and orchestra
RESPIGHI (28)
Fantasy, for piano and orchestra String Quartet in D major String Quartet in D minor
MEDTNER (27)
Three Songs (Heine)
BARTOK (26)
Hungarian Folksongs, for piano
MIASKOVSKY (26)
Sonata No 1 for piano
GRAINGER (25)
Molly on the shore, for strings
STRAVINSKY (25)
Faun and Shepherdess, for mezzo and orchestra
Pastorale for soprano and piano
Symphony in E flat
Two Songs (1907-8)
TURINA (25)
Piano Quintet
BAX (24)
Fatherland, for two sopranos, chorus and orchestra
CASELLA (24)
Cello Sonata No 1
SZYMANOWSKI (24)
Symphony No 1
PROKOFIEV (16)
Piano Sonata No 1 (1907-9)
Four Pieces for piano (1907-11)
CARTER and MESSIAEN were born;
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV, SARASATE and MACDOWELL, died
GOLDMARK (78)
A Winter’s Tale, opera
WIDOR (64)
Sinfonia Sacra, for organ and orchestra
FAURÉ (63)
Sérénade, for cello and piano
JANACEK (5@63)
Mr Broucek’s Excursion to the Moon, opera (1908-17)
ALBENIZ (48)
Navarra, for piano
MAHLER (48)
Das Lied von der Erde (The Song of the Earth), song cycle with orchestra
DEBUSSY (46)
Ibéria, from Images for orchestra
The Fall of the House of Usher (sketched, uncompleted 1908-10)
Children’s Corner, for piano
Trois chansons de Charles d’Orléans, for unaccompanied choir
DELIUS (46)
Dance Rhapsody No 1 for orchestra
In a Summer Garden, for orchestra
PIERNE (45)
The Children of Bethlehem, oratorio
NIELSEN (43)
Cantata for the Anniversary of Copenhagen University
SIBELIUS (43)
String Quartet in five movements, Voces Intimae
BUSONI (42-5)
The Bridal Choice (Die Brautwahl), for orchestra (1908-11)
SATIE (42)
Aperçus désagréables, for piano duet
BEACH (41)
Piano Quintet
DAVIES, H. W. (39)
Solemn Melody, for organ and strings
NOVAK (38)
The Storm, for soli, chorus and orchestra (1908-10)
ZEMLINSKY (37)
Kleider machen Leute, comic opera
SKRIABIN (36)
Poem of Ecstasy, for orchestra
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS (36)
String Quartet in G minor
REGER (35)
Symphonic Prologue to a Tragedy Violin Concerto Piano Trio Sonata for clarinet or viola and piano
IVES (34)
The Unanswered Question, for small orchestra
HOLST (34)
Savitri, opera
Choral Hymns from the Rig-Veda, Group I
SCHOENBERG (34)
Buch der hangenden Garten, setting of fifteen poems for voice and piano
GLIERE (33)
The Sirens, symphonic poem
HAHN (33)
Promethee triomphant, for soli, chorus and orchestra
La Pastorale de Noél, a Christmas Mystery
RAVEL (33)
Gaspard de la nuit, for piano
Ma mere l’oye, for piano
FALLA (32)
Pieces espagnoles, for piano
AUBERT (31)
Crepuscules d’Automne, song cycle
QUILTER (31)
Songs of Sorrow
CANTELOUBE (30)
Eglogue d’automne, for voices and orchestra
HOLBROOKE (30)
Dramatic Choral Symphony
SCHREKER (30)
Der Geburstag der Infantin, a pantomime
Der Wind, for clarinet and piano quartet (unpublished)
Rokoko, ballet
BRIDGE (29)
Dance Rhapsody, for orchestra Suite for strings
RESPIGHI (29)
Concerto in the Old Style, for violin and orchestra
MEDTNER (28)
Twelve songs (Goethe)
BARTOK (27)
Portraits, for orchestra (1907-8)
Violin Concerto No 1 String Quartet No 1 in A minor
MIASKOVSKY (27)
Symphony No 1
GRAINGER (26)
Country Gardens, for piano
KODALY (26)
String Quartet No 1
MALIPIERO (26)
Cello Sonata
STRAVINSKY (26)
Chant Funebre, for wind instruments
Fireworks, for orchestra
Scherzo Fantastique, for orchestra
Lament on the Death of Rimsky-Korsakov, for chorus and orchestra
Four Studies for piano
Le Rossignol, opera (1908-14)
BAX (25)
Lyrical Interlude, for string quintet
CASELLA (25)
Symphony No 2 (1908-9)
Sarabande for piano or harp
WEBERN (25)
Passacaglia, for orchestra
Entflieht auf Leichten Kahnan, for chorus
Ten Lieder
BERG (23)
An Leukon, for voice and piano
VILLA-LOBOS (21)
Recouli, for small orchestra
PROKOFIEV (17-21)
Four Pieces for piano (1908-12)
1909
HOLMBOE and SEIGMEISTER were born;
ALBENIZ and TARREGA died
LIADOV (54)
The Enchanted Lake, symphonic poem
SINDING (53)
Kantate ved hundreaarsften, for soli, chorus and orchestra
ELGAR (52)
Elegy, for string orchestra Violin Concerto (c1909-10)
IPPOLITOV-IVANOV (50)
Treachery, opera
MAHLER (49)
Symphony No 9
DEBUSSY (47)
Rondes de Printemps, from Images for orchestra
Rhapsody, for clarinet and orchestra (1909-10)
Petite piece, for clarinet and piano, in A major
Preludes for piano, Book I (1909-10)
Homage a Haydn, for piano
La plus que lente, for piano
Trois Ballades de François Villon, songs (1909-10)
Le Promenoir des deux amants, songs (1904-10)
GERMAN (47)
Fallen Fairies, comic opera
d’ALBERT (45)
Izeyl, music drama
STRAUSS, R. (45)
Der Rosenkavalier, opera (1909-10)
DUKAS (44)
Prélude élegiaque, for piano
Vocalise
GLAZUNOV (44)
Symphony No 9 begun
NIELSEN (44)
Cantata for a Commemoration (unpublished)
Cantata for the National Exhibition at Arhus (unpublished)
BUSONI (43)
Berceuse élégiaque, for orchestra
LEHAR (39)
The Count of Luxemburg, operetta
SKRIABIN (38)
Poem of Fire - Prometheus, for orchestra, piano and chorus (1909-10)
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS (37)
A Sea Symphony (Symphony No 1), for soloists, chorus and orchestra The Wasps, incidental music On Wenlock Edge, song cycle
JONGEN (36)
Violin Sonata No 2
RACHMANINOV (36)
Piano Concerto No 3
REGER (36)
The 100th Psalm, for voice and orchestra
Die Nonnen, for voice and orchestra String Quartet
HOLST (35)
First Suite for Military Band
A Vision of Dame Christian, incidental music
Choral Hymns from the Rig-Veda, Group 2
SCHOENBERG (35)
Five Pieces for orchestra (revised 1949)
Erwartung, monodrama for voice and orchestra
COLERIDGE-TAYLOR (34)
Bon-Bon, suite
GLIERE (34-36)
Symphony No 3, Ilya Murometz (1909-11)
HAHN (34)
Le Bal de Béatrice d’Este, ballet
RAVEL (34)
Menuet sur le nom d’Haydn, for piano
FALLA (33-39)
Nights in the gardens of Spain, for piano and orchestra (1909-15)
Trois melodies, songs
WOLF-FERRARI (33)
Susanna’s Secret, opera
QUILTER (32)
Seven Elizabethan Lyrics
HOLBROOKE (31)
Pierrot and Pierrette, opera
BRIDGE (30)
Dance Poem, for orchestra
HARTY (30)
Violin Concerto
IRELAND (30)
Violin Sonata No 1
RESPIGHI (30)
Chaconne, for violin, strings and organ
PIZZETTI (29-32)
Phaedra, opera (1909-12)
BARTOK (28)
For Children, for piano
KODALY (27)
Cello Sonata (1909-10)
BAX (26)
Enchanted Summer, for tenor, chorus and orchestra Christmas Carol
CASELLA (26)
Italia, orchestral rhapsody
Orchestral Suite in C major
Notturnino, for piano or harp
Berceuse triste, for piano
SZYMANOWSKI (26)
Symphony No 2
WEBERN (26)
Five Movements for string quartet
BERG (24)
Four songs (1909-10)
BUTTERWORTH (24)
‘I Fear Thy Kisses’, song
DUPRE (23)
Sonata for violin and piano
PROKOFIEV (18)
Sinfonietta (1909-14)
Two Poems for female voices and orchestra (1909 10)
Four Etudes for piano
 
1910
BARBER, SCHUMAN and STILL were born; BALAKIREV died
BALAKIREV (73)
Suite on pieces by Chopin
MASSENET (68)
Don Quixote, opera
FAURÉ (65)
Nine Preludes
HUMPERDINCK (56)
Konigskinder, opera
LIADOV (55)
Dance of the Amazons, for orchestra
Kikimora, symphonic poem
SINDING (54)
Romanze, for violin and orchestra
ELGAR (53)
Romance, for bassoon and orchestra
PUCCINI (52)
Girl of the Golden West, opera
MAHLER (50)
Symphony No 10 begun (left unfinished)
PARKER (47)
Mona, opera
GLAZUNOV (45)
Cortege Solennelle in B flat for orchestra
NIELSEN (45)
Symphony No 3 Espansiva (1910-11)
At a Young Artist’s Bier, for string quartet
GIORDANO (43)
Mese Mariano, opera
ROUSSEL (41)
Evocations, for orchestra (1910-11)
ZEMLINSKY (39)
Psalm XXXV, for voices and orchestra
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS (38)
Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis, for strings
RACHMANINOV (37)
The Bells, choral symphony
Thirteen Piano Preludes
Liturgy of St John Chrysostom
REGER (37)
Piano Concerto
Piano Quartet
Cello Sonata
String Sextet
HOLST (36)
Beni Mora, oriental suite for orchestra
The Cloud Messenger, ode
Choral Hymns for the Rig-Veda, Group 3
IVES (36-42)
Symphony No 4 (191@16)
SCHOENBERG (36-39)
Die Gluckliche Hand, music drama (1910@13)
SUK (36)
String Quartet No 2 (1910-11)
COLERIDGE-TAYLOR (35)
Endymion’s Dream, for chorus
HAHN (35)
La fête chez Therese, ballet
DOHNANYI (33)
Der Schlier der Pierette, ballet
p Piano Quintet
QUILTER (33)
Three English Dances Four Songs
CANTELOUBE (31)
Vers la princesse lointaine, symphonic poem (1910-11)
Le Mas, opera (1910-13)
HARTY (31)
With the Wild Geese, tone poem
RESPIGHI (31)
Semirama, Lyric tragedy
BLOCH (30)
fp Macbeth, opera
MEDTNER (30)
Three Songs (Nietzsche)
Violin Sonata
BARTOK (29)
Four Dirges, for piano
Deux Images, for orchestra
MIASKOVSKY (29)
Silence, symphonic poem
MALIPIERO (28)
Sinfonia del Silenzio e della Morte
Impressioni dal vero, I (1910-11)
STRAVINSKY (28)
The Firebird, ballet
Two poems of Verlaine, for voice and piano
BAX (27)
In the Faery Hills, symphonic poem
Violin Sonata No 1 (1910-15)
CASELLA (27)
Barcarola, for piano
WEBERN (27)
Six Pieces for large orchestra Four Pieces for violin and piano (191@15)
BERG (25)
String Quartet
VILLA-LOBOS (23)
Suite dos canticos sertanejos, for small orchestra
PROKOFIEV (19)
Dreams, symphonic poem
Autumnal Sketch, for orchestra (revised 1934)
Deux Poèmes, for voice and piano (1910-11)
MILHAUD (18-23)
La brebis égaree, opera (1910-15)
KORNGOLD (13)
Piano Trio (1910-13)