16 October - Arnold Schoenberg's Pierrot LunairePierrot Lunaire ("Moonstruck Pierrot" or "Pierrot in the moonlight") is an important work of Arnold Schoenberg, a setting of Albert Giraud's work of French poems of the same name to music, translated into German. Pierrot, as it is also known, has a charac debuted in Vienna
W.C. Handy publishes "The Memphis Blues", one of the first bluesBlues is a vocal and instrumental musical form which evolved from African American spirituals, shouts, work songs and chants and has its earliest stylistic roots in West Africa. Blues has been a major influence on later American and Western popular music, songs to become a hit.
Aino Ackté founds an operaCharles Garnier's Opera, Paris, opened 1875 Opera is an art form consisting of a dramatic stage performance set to music. The drama is presented using the typical elements of theater such as scenery, costumes, and acting. However, the words of the opera, festival in SavonlinnaSavonlinna Nyslott in Swedish, literally Newcastle is a municipality of about 28,000 inhabitants in the southeast of Finland, in the heart of the Saimaa lake region. Olaf's Castle The city was founded in the 17th century based around St. Olaf's Castle.; after a period of dormancy, the Savonlinna Opera Festival will become one of the most important cultural events in FinlandSuomen TasavaltaRepubliken Finland ( In Detail) ( In Detail) National motto: None Official languages Finnish and Swedish Capital Helsinki President Tarja Halonen Prime minister Matti Vanhanen Area Total % water Ranked 64th 337,030 km˛ 9. 4% Population Tot
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"After All That I've Been To You" w. Jack Drislane m. Chris SmithChris Smith ( October 12, 1879 October 4, 1949) was a United States composer and performer. Smith was born in Charleston, South Carolina. He started traveling with Medicine Shows at a young age, then went into Vaudeville where he performed in an acts with
"Alexander's Bag-Pipe Band" w.m. Irving BerlinIrving Berlin ( May 11, 1888 September 22, 1989) was an American composer and lyricist. Born Israel Isidore Baline in Tyumen, Siberia, he emigrated to the United States in 1893 with the rest of his family. Following the death of his father in 1896, Irving, E. Ray Goetz, A. Baldwin Sloane
