See also: 1900 in music, other events of 1901, 1902 in music and the list of 'years in music'.

Events

• October 27 - First complete performance of Sergei Rachmaninoff'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.
• Enrique Granados founds the Academia Granados in Spain.
• Geraldine Farrar makes her operatic debut.
• Percy Grainger makes his recital debut.
• Ragtime popularity grows.

Published popular music

• "Ain't That A Shame" w. John Queen m. Walter Wilson
• "All That Glitters Is Not Gold" w. George A. Norton m. James W. Casey
• "Any Old Place I Can Hang My Hat Is Home Sweet Home To Me" w. William Jerome m. Jean Schwartz
• "At The Pan-I-Marry-Can" w. Harry Dillon m. John Dillon
• "Baby Mine" w. Raymond A. Browne m. Leo Friedman
• "The Billboard" m. John N. Klohr
• "Blaze Away" m. Abe Holzmann
• "Coon! Coon! Coon!" by Leo Friedman & Gene Jefferson
• "The Country Girl"      w. Stanislaus Stange m. Julian Edwards
• "Davy Jones' Locker"      w.m. H. W. Petrie
• "Don't Put Me Off At Buffalo Any More"      w. William Jerome m. Jean Schwartz
• "Down Where The Cotton Blossoms Grow"      w. Andrew B. Sterling m. Harry Von Tilzer
• "Eyes Of Blue, Eyes Of Brown"      w.m. Costen & Andrew B. Sterling
• "Flora, I Am Your Adorer" w. Vincent P. Bryan m. Charles Robinson
• "The Fortune Telling Man" w.m. Bert Williams & George Walker
• "Go Way Back And Sit Down" w. Elmer Bowman m. Al Johns
• "Good Morning, Carrie" w. Cecil Mack m. Chris Smith & Elmer Bowman
• "He Calls Me His Own Grace Darling" w.m.Lawrence Barclay
• "He Laid Away A Suit Of Gray To Wear The Union Blue" w. Edward M. Wickes m. Ben Jansen
• "He Ought To Have A Tablet In The Hall of Fame" w. Arthur L. Robb m. John W. Bratton
• "Hello Central, Give Me Heaven" w.m. Charles K. Harris
• "Hiawatha" w. James O'Dea m. Neil Moret Words written 1903.
• "High Society" w.m. Walter Melrose & Porter Steele
• "Hoity-Toity" w. Edgar Smith m. John Stromberg
• "Jagtime Johnson's Ragtime March" by Fred L. Ryder
• "The Honeysuckle And The Bee" w. Albert H. Fitz m. William H. Penn
• "I Ain't A-goin' To Weep No More" w. George Totten Smith m. Harry von Tilzer
• "I Hate To Get Up Early In The Morning" w. John Queen m. Hughie Cannon
• "I Love You Truly" w.m. Carrie Jacobs-Bond
• "I Want To Be A Lidy" w. George Dance m. George Dee
• "If You Love Your Baby, Make Dem Goo-Goo Eyes" w. Bert Williams m. George Walker
• "I'll Be With You When The Roses Bloom Again" w. Will D. Cobb m. Gus Edwards
• "I'm Tired" w. William Jerome m. Jean Schwartz
• "In The Shade Of The Palm" w.m. Leslie Stuart
• "The Invincible Eagle March" w.m. John Philip Sousa
• "It Seems Like Yesterday" w. Frederic Ranken m. Isidore Witmark
• "I've Grown So Used To You" w.m. Thurland Chattaway
• "Josephine, My Jo" w. Cecil Mack m. J. Tim Brymn
• "Just A-Wearyin' For You" w. Frank Stanton m. Carrie Jacobs-Bond
• "The Maiden With The Dreamy Eyes" w. James Weldon Johnson & Bob Cole m. J. Rosamond Johnson
• "Mamie, Don't You Feel Ashamie" w. Will D. Cobb m. Gus Edwards
• "Mighty Lak' A Rose" w. Frank L. Stanton m. Ethelbert Nevin
• "My Castle On The Nile" w. Bob Cole & James Weldon Johnson m. J. Rosamond Johnson
• "My Japanese Cherry Blossom" w. Edgar Smith m. John Stromberg
• "My Lady Hottentot" w. William Jerome m. Harry von Tilzer
• "My Lonesome Little Louisiana Lady" w. Will D. Cobb m. Gus Edwards
• "My Own United States" w. Stanislaus Stange m. Julian Edwards
• "My Princess Zulu Lulu" w.m. Dave Reed Jr
• "Nancy Brown" w.m. Clifton Crawford
• "O Dry Those Tears!" w.m. Teresa del Riego
• "Oh! Oh! Miss Phoebe" w. Andrew B. Sterling m. Harry von Tilzer
• "Panamericana" m. Victor Herbert
• "The Phrenologist Coon" w. Ernest Hogan m. Will Accooee
• "A Picture Without A Frame" w.m. Al Wilbur & Harry Jonnes
• "Rusty Rags" Ossman
• "Sally's Sunday Hat" w. Will D. Cobb m. Gus Edwards
• "Serenade" w. Jerry Gray & Herb Hendler m. Riccardo Drigo
• "She's Getting More Like The White Folks Every Day" w.m. Bert Williams & George Walker
• "A Signal from Mars" by E.T. Paull
• "Simple Little Sister Mary Green" w.m. Clifton Crawford
• "Somehow It Made Him Think Of Home" w. Frederic Ranken m. Isidore Witmark
• "Sunflower Slow Drag" m. Scott Joplin & Scott Hayden

• "Sweet Annie Moore" by John H. Flynn
• "Tact" w.m. Leslie Stuart
• "The Tale Of A Bumble Bee" w. Frank Pixley m. Gustav Luders
• "Tell Me Dusky Maiden" w. James Weldon Johnson & Bob Cole m. J. Rosamond Johnson
• "Tell Us Pretty Ladies" w. Edgar Smith m. John Stromberg
• "There's No North Or South Today" w.m. Paul Dresser
• "Tobermory" w.m. Harry Lauder
• "Way Down In Indiana" w.m. Paul Dresser
• "Way Down Yonder In The Cornfield" w. Will D. Cobb m. Gus Edwards
• "We Shall Overcome" w. C. Albert Tindley Music 1794 "O Sanctissima".
• "The Wedding Of Reuben And The Maid" w. Harry B. Smith m. Maurice Levi
• "When It's All Goin' Out And Nothin' Comin' In" w.m. Bert Williams & George Walker
• "When Mr Shakespeare Comes To Town" w. William Jerome m. Jean Schwartz
• "When The Boys Go Marching By" w.m. Charles W. Doty
• "When Two Little Hearts Are One" w. Edgar Smith m. John Stromberg
• "Where The Silv'ry Colorado Wends Its Way" w. C. H. Scoggins m. Charles Avril
• "Zamona" w. Frederic Ranken m. William Loraine

Classical music

• Gustav Mahler - Der Tambourg'sell

Opera

• Frederick Delius - A Village Romeo and Juliet
• Antonin Dvorak - Rusalka
• Jules Massenet - Grisélidis
• Charles Villiers Stanford - Much Ado About Nothing
• Richard Strauss - Feuersnot

Musical theater

• Blue Bell In Fairyland London production
• A Chinese Honeymoon .....London production
• The Emerald Isle London production
• The Fortune Teller London production
• Hoity-Toity Broadway production
• Kitty Grey London production
• The Ladies' Paradise Broadway production
• The Rogers Brothers In Washington Broadway production
• The Silver Slipper London production
• The Supper Club
• The Toreador London production

Births

• February 2 - Jascha Heifetz, violinist
• May 12 - Scrappy Lambert , US singer
• May 21 - Horace Heidt , US bandleader
• May 30 - Frankie Trumbauer, US saxophonist, bandleader and sometime singer
• June 24 - Harry Partch, composer
• June 29 - Nelson Eddy, US singer and actor
• July 28 - Rudy Vallee
• August 4 - Louis Armstrong
• September 9 - James Blades, percussionist
• September 26 - Ted Weems, US bandleader
• October 18 - Annette Hanshaw , US singer
• October 2 - Kiki
• October 7 - Ralph Rainger, US composer and pianist
• October 20 - Frank Churchill , US composer
• November 22 - Joaquin Rodrigo, Spanish composer

Deaths

• January 27 - Giuseppe Verdi
• April 3 - Richard D'Oyly Carte