1908 in music

Events

• January 26 - Sergei Rachmaninov's Symphony No. 2[?] is premiered
• March 15 - Maurice Ravel's Rapsodie espagnole[?] is premiered in Paris
• September 19 - Premiere of Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 7 in Prague
• December 3 - Edward Elgar's Symphony No. 1[?] is premiered in Manchester
• December 18 - Claude Debussy's Children's Corner[?] is premiered in Paris
• Anthony Maggio[?] publishes a dance band orchestration of early Blues "I Got The Blues" in New Orleans
• Arnold Schoenberg's String Quartet No. 2[?] is premiered in Vienna

Top Hits

• "Shine On Harvest Moon" by Nora Bayes[?] & Jack Norworth[?]
• "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" by Jack Norworth[?] & Albert Von Tilzer
• "Kerry Mills Barn Dance" by Kerry Mills[?]
• "She Sells Sea-Shells" by T. Sullivan
• "Consolation" by Edward Madden[?]
• "If You Cared for" Me by E. Rose
• "Up in a Balloon" by Percy Wenrich[?] & Ren Shields[?]
• "Daisies Won't Tell" by Anita Owen[?]
• "All for Love of You" by Dave Reed[?]
• "Good Evening, Caroline" by Albert Von Tilzer & Jack Norworth[?]
• "Smarty" by Albert Von Tilzer & Jack Norworth[?]
• "Yama Yama Man" by Karl Hoschna[?] & Colin Davis
• "Pineapple Rag" by Scott Joplin
• "Mephisto Rag" by Anthony J. Stasny
• "Fig Leaf Rag" by Scott Joplin
• "The Whitewash Man" by Jean Schwartz

Births

• July 8 - Louis Jordan

Deaths