See also: 1895 in music, other events of 1896, 1897 in music and the list of 'years in music'.

Table of contents
1 Events
2 Published popular music
3 Musical theater
4 Opera
5 Births
6 Deaths

Events

Published popular music

  • "All Coons Look Alike To Me"     w.m. Ernest Hogan
  • "The Amorous Goldfish"     w. Harry Greenbank m. Sidney Jones
  • "Chin, Chin, Chinaman"     w. Harry Greenbank m. Sidney Jones
  • "El Capitan March"     m. John Philip Sousa
  • "Eli Green's Cakewalk"     w.m. David Reed & Sadie Koninsky
  • "Elsie From Chelsea"     w.m. Harry Dacre
  • "Going For A Pardon"     w. James Thornton & Clara Havenschild m. James Thornton
  • "Happy Days In Dixie"     m. Kerry Mills
  • "Hot Tamale Alley" by George M. Cohan
  • "A Hot Time In The Old Town"     w. Joseph Hayden m. Theodore A. Metz
  • "I Love You In The Same Old Way - Darling Sue"     w. Walter H. Ford m. John W. Bratton
  • "In The Baggage Coach Ahead"     w.m. Gussie L. Davis
  • "A Jovial Monk Am I"     w. (Eng) Arthur Sturgess m. Edmond Audran
  • "Kentucky Babe"     w. Richard Henry Buck m. Adam Geibel
  • "Laugh And The World Laughs With You"     w. Ella Wheeler Wilcox m. Louis Gottschalk
  • "Love Makes The World Go 'Round"     w. Clyde Fitch m. arr. William Furst
  • "Mister Johnson, Turn Me Loose"     w.m. Ben Harney
  • "Mother Was A Lady"     w. Edward B. Marks m. Joseph W. Stern
  • "Musetta's Waltz Song"     m. Giacomo Puccini
  • "My Gal Is A High Born Lady"     w.m. Barney Fagan arr. Gustave Luders
  • "Remus Takes the Cake" by J. H. Ellis
  • "The Saint Louis Cyclone" by Ren Shields & George Evans
  • "Sambo at the Cakewalk" by Alfred E. Marks
  • "Stars & Stripes Forever" by John Philip Sousa
  • "Sweet Rosie O'Grady" w.m. Maude Nugent
  • "To A Wild Rose"     m. Edward MacDowell
  • "Warmest Baby in the Bunch" by George M. Cohan
  • "When The Saints Go Marching In"     w. Katherine E. Purvis m. James M. Black

Musical theater

  • The Art Of Maryland     Broadway production
  • El Capitan     Broadway production
  • The Circus Girl     London production
  • The Gay Parisienne     London production
  • The Geisha     London production
  • The Geisha     Broadway production
  • The Girl From Paris     London production
  • The Grand Duke     London production

Opera

Births

Deaths