1901 in music

Events

• October 27 - First complete performance of Sergei Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No. 2[?]
• November 25 - Premiere of Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 4
• The classical music publishing firm Universal Edition is founded in Vienna
• Ragtime popularity grows

Top Hits

• "The Billboard" by John N. Klohr
• "Davy Jones' Locker" by H.W. Petrie
• "Sweet Annie Moore" by John H. Flynn
• "Tobermory" by Harry Lauder[?]
• "I've Grown So Used to You" by Chattaway
• "Coon! Coon! Coon!" by Leo Friedman & Gene Jefferson
• "Mighty Lak' a Rose" by Frank Stanton & Ethelbert Nevin
• "A Signal from Mars" by E.T. Paull[?]

Births

• July 28 - Rudy Vallee
• August 4 - Louis Armstrong
• October 2 - Kiki

Deaths

• January 27 - Giuseppe Verdi