1912 in music

Events

• June 26 - Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 9 is premiered in Vienna by the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Bruno Walter
• W.C. Handy publishes "The Memphis Blues", one of the first blues songs to become a hit.
• Aino Ackté[?] founds an opera festival in Savonlinna; after a period of dormancy, the Savonlinna Opera Festival[?] will become one of the most important cultural events in Finland

Top Hits

• "Moonlight Bay" by Edward Madden[?]
• "Do It Again" by Irving Berlin
• "At the Devil's Ball" by Irving Berlin
• "Everybody Two-Step" by Earl C. Jones[?] & Wallie Herzer[?]
• "All Night Long" by Shelton Brooks
• "Kentucky Sue" by Lew Brown
• "Hitchy Koo" by Wolfe Gilbert[?]
• "Bagdad" by Anne Caldwell
• "Giannina Mia" by Otto Harbach

Births

• March 15 - Lightnin' Hopkins[?]
• July 14 - Woodie Guthrie

Deaths