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Timeline of music in the United States; To 1819; 1820–1849; 1850–1879; 1880–1919; 1920–1949; 1950–1969; 1970–present; Music history of the United States; Colonial era – to the Civil War – During the Civil War – Late 19th century – 1900–1940 – 1950s – 1960s – 1970s – 1980s
1912 in music, 1912 in British music, 1912 in Norwegian music – Birth of Woody Guthrie, Lightnin' Hopkins, John Cage; 1911 in music, 1911 in British music, 1911 in Norwegian music – Birth of Robert Johnson, Der Rosenkavalier by Richard Strauss premieres in Dresden, Death of Gustav Mahler, Austrian composer and conductor
July 13 – Ed Sherman, American football player, coach (died 2009) July 14 Woody Guthrie, folk musician ("This Land Is Your Land") (died 1967) Buddy Moreno, American musician (died 2015) July 17 – Art Linkletter, television host (House Party) (died 2010) July 28 – George Cisar, screen character actor (died 1979) July 31
February 27 – Eliška Kleinová, pianist and music teacher (died 1999) March 11 – Xavier Montsalvatge, composer and music critic (died 2002) March 14 – Les Brown, US bandleader (died 2001) March 15 – Lightnin' Hopkins, blues musician (died 1982) March 24 – Sari Biro, pianist (died 1990) March 27 – Robert Hughes, composer (died 2007)
Timeline of music in the United States (1850–1879) Timeline of music in the United States (1880–1919) Timeline of music in the United States (1920–1949) Timeline of music in the United States to 1819; Timeline of music in the United States (1950–1969) Timeline of music in the United States (1970–present)
The publication of Francis O'Neill's O'Neill's Music is a milestone in Irish American music history. [195] J. Berni Barbour and N. Clark Smith found the "first relatively permanent (African American) music publishing" company, in Chicago; it is also "probably the first black-owned music publishing company in history". [196]
1861 - G. Schirmer Inc. music publisher in business. [57] 1862 - Brooklyn Riot of 1862 occurred August 4 between the New York Metropolitan Police against a white mob attacking African American strike-breakers at a Tobacco Factory. [58] 1863 New York Draft Riots Over 100 are killed. The film Gangs of New York takes place during this time.
Vaudevillean Mamie Smith records "Crazy Blues" for Okeh Records, the first blues song commercially recorded by an African-American singer, [1] [2] [3] the first blues song recorded at all by an African-American woman, [4] and the first vocal blues recording of any kind, [5] a few months after making the first documented recording by an African-American female singer, [6] "You Can't Keep a Good ...