1922 in music
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See also: 1921 in music, other events of 1922, 1923 in music and the list of 'years in music'.
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Events
- January 24 - Carl Nielsen conducts the premiere of his Symphony No. 5 in Copenhagen.
- April 21 - Death of Alessandro Moreschi, the last known castrato singer of the Vatican.
- October 19 - Maurice Ravel orchestral arrangement of Modest Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition is premiered in Paris
- Louis Armstrong leaves New Orleans for Chicago to join King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band
- Kid Ory makes his first recordings
- All songs written in this year or earlier are now public domain in the United States
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Published popular music
- "Aggravatin' Papa" w.m. Roy Turk, J. Russel Robinson & Addy Britt
- "Ain't It A Shame" w.m. W. A. Hann, Joseph Simms & Al W. Brown
- "All Over Nothing At All" w. J. Keirn Brennan & Paul Cunningham m. James Rule
- "Along The Road To Gundagai" w.m. Jack O'Hagan
- "L'Amour, Toujours L'Amour (Love Everlasting)" w.(Eng) Catherine Chisholm Cushing m. Rudolf Friml
- "Angel Child" w. Georgie Price & Benny Davis m. Abner Silver
- "Baby Blue Eyes" w.m. Jesse Greer, Walter Hirsch & George Jessel
- "Bee's Knees" by Leo Wood & Ray Lopez
- "Blue (And Broken Hearted)" w. Grant Clarke & Edgar Leslie m. Lou Handman
- "A Brown Bird Singing" w. Rodney Richard Bennett m. Haydn Wood
- "Bugle Call Rag" m. Jack Pettis, Billy Meyers & Elmer Schoebel
- "Carolina in the Morning" w. Gus Kahn m. Walter Donaldson
- "Carolina Shout" m. James P. Johnson
- "Chicago" w.m. Fred Fisher
- "China Boy" w.m. Dick Winfree & Phil Boutelje
- "Crinoline Days" w.m. Irving Berlin
- "Dancing Fool" w. Harry B. Smith & Francis Wheeler m. Ted Snyder
- "Dearest (You're The Nearest To My Heart)" w. Benny Davis m. Harry Akst
- "Do It Again" w. B. G. De Sylva m. George Gershwin
- "Down In MIdnight Town" w. Andrew B. Sterling & Edward P. Moran m. Harry Von Tilzer
- "Downhearted Blues" w.m. Alberta Hunter
- "Dreamy Melody" w.m. Ted Koehler, Frank Magine & C. Naset
- "Farewell Blues" w.m. Paul Joseph Mares, Leon Rappolo & Elmer Schoebel
- "Fate" by Byron Gay
- "Georgette" w. Lew Brown m. Ray Henderson
- "Georgia" w. Howard Johnson m. Walter Donaldson
- "Goin' Home" w.m. Williams Arms Fisher
- "Hot Lips" w.m. Henry Busse, Henry Lange, Lou Davis
- "I Found A Four Leaf Clover" w. B. G. De Sylva m. George Gershwin
- "I Gave You Up Just Before You Threw Me Down" w. Bert Kalmar m. Harry Ruby & Fred E. Ahlert
- "I'll Build A Stairway To Paradise" w. B. G. De Sylva & Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin
- "In The Little Red Schoolhouse" w.m. Al Wilson & James A. Brennan
- "A Kiss In The Dark" w. B. G. De Sylva m. Victor Herbert
- "The Lady In Ermine" w. Cyrus Wood m. Al Goodman
- "Lady Of The Evening" w.m. Irving Berlin
- "Limehouse Blues" w. Douglas Furber m. Philip Braham
- "Lovesick Blues" w. Irving Mills m. Cliff Friend
- "Lovin' Sam, The Sheik Of Alabam" w. Jack Yellen m. Milton Ager
- "March With Me!" w. Douglas Furber m. Ivor Novello
- "Mary, Dear" w.m. Harry DeCosta & M. K. Jerome
- "Mister Gallagher And Mister Shean" w.m. Ed Gallagher & Al Shean
- "My Buddy" w. Gus Kahn m. Walter Donaldson
- "My Honey's Loving Arms" w. Herman Ruby m. Joseph Meyer
- "My Rambler Rose" w. Gene Buck m. Louis A. Hirsch & Dave Stamper
- "My Sweet Hortense" w. Joe Young & Sam Lewis m. Walter Donaldson
- "My Word You Do look Queer" w.m. R. P. Weston & Bert Lee
- "'Neath The South Sea Moon" w. Gene Buck m. Louis A. Hirsch & Dave Stamper
- "Nellie Kelly I Love You" w.m. George M. Cohan
- "On The Alamo" w. Gus Kahn m. Isham Jones
- "On The Gin Gin Ginny Shore" w. Edgar Leslie m. Walter Donaldson
- "Oo-oo Ernest Are You Earnest With Me" w. Sidney Clare & Harry Tobias m. Cliff Friend
- "Pack Up Your Sins And Go To The Devil" w.m. Irving Berlin
- "Robinson Crusoe's Isle" w. Harry Graham m. Robert Stolz
- "Rosalie" w.m. Hugo Frey
- "Rose Of The Rio Grande" w. Edgar Leslie m. Harry Warren & Ross Gorman
- "Round On The End And High In The Middle (O-Hi-O)" w.m. Alfred Bryan & Bert Hanlon
- "Runnin' Wild" w. Joe Grey & Leo Wood m. A. Harrington Gibbs
- "Say It While Dancing" w. Bennie Davis m. Abner Silver
- "Some Sunny Day" w.m. Irving Berlin
- "Stumbling" w.m. Zez Confrey
- "'Taint Nobody's Business If I Do" w.m. Clarence Williams, Porter Grainger & Graham Prince
- "That Da Da Strain" w. Mamie Medina m. Edgar Dowell
- "Three O'Clock In The Morning" w. Dorothy Terris m. Julian Robledo
- "Throw Me A Kiss" w. Gene Buck m. Louis A. Hirsch & Dave Stamper
- "Thru' The Night" w. Virginia K. Logan m. Frederic Knight Logan
- "Toot Toot Tootsie Goodbye" w.m. Ted Fio Rito, Robert A. King, Gus Kahn & Ernie Erdman
- "Trees" w. Joyce Kilmer m. Oscar Rasbach
- "'Way Down Yonder In New Orleans" w. Henry Creamer m. Turner Layton
- "The West, A Nest, And You" w. Larry Yoell m. Billy Hill
- "When Hearts Are Young" w. Cyrus Wood m. Sigmund Romberg & Al Goodman
- "When The Leaves Come Tumbling Down" w.m. Richard Howard
- "When You And I Were Young, Maggie, Blues" w.m. Jack Frost & Jimmy McHugh
- "Who Cares?" w. Jack Yellen m. Milton Ager
- "Wonderful One" w. Dorothy Terris m. Paul Whiteman & Ferde Grofe
- "You Know You Belong To Somebody Else" w. Eugene West m. James V. Monaco
- "You Remind Me Of My Mother" w.m. George M. Cohan
- "You Tell Her, I S-t-u-t-t-e-r" w. Billy Rose m. Cliff Friend
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Top hits on records
- "April Showers" by Al Jolson
- "Hot Lips" by Paul Whiteman's Orchestra
- "Mister Gallagher and Mister Shean" by Gallagher & Shean
- "My Buddy" by Henry Burr
- "Oh, Is She Dumb!/Susie" by Eddie Cantor
- "On the Alamo" by Isham Jones & His Orchestra
- "Three O'Clock In the Morning" by Paul Whiteman's Orchestra
- "Toot Toot Tootsie, Goo'bye" by Al Jolson
- "Way Down Yonder in New Orleans" by Margaret Young
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Classical music
- Kurt Atterberg - Cello Concerto
- Hamilton Harty - Piano Concerto
- Paul Hindemith - String Quartet No. 3 in C, Op. 22
- Manuel Infante - Sevillana "Impresiones de fiesta en Sevilla"
- William Walton - Façade (with Edith Sitwell)
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Opera
- Jules Massenet - Amadis
- The Fakir of Benares
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Musical theater
- The Hotel Mouse Broadway production opened at the Shubert Theatre on march 13 and ran for 88 performances
- Little Nellie Kelly Broadway production opened at the Liberty Theatre on November 13 and ran for 276 performances
- Phi-Phi London production opened at the Pavilion Theatre on August 16 and ran for 132 performances
- Queen O' Hearts Broadway production opened at the Cohan Theatre on October 10 and ran for 40 performances
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Births
- January 7 - Jean-Pierre Rampal, flautist
- January 16 - Ernesto Bonino, Italian singer
- February 1 - Renata Tebaldi, operatic soprano
- February 16 - Sir Geraint Evans
- February 17 - Tommy Edwards
- March 28 - Felice Chiusano, Italian singer (Quartetto Cetra)
- April 7 - Mongo Santamaria
- April 5 - Gale Storm
- April 22 - Charles Mingus
- May 17 - Dennis Brain
- May 25 - Kitty Kallen, US singer
- May 29 - Iannis Xenakis, composer
- June 24 - Tata Giacobetti, Italian singer and lyricist (Quartetto Cetra)
- July 15 - Joan Roberts, US actress and singer
- September 3 - Salli Terri, mezzo soprano
- September 16 - Janis Paige, US singer and actress
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Deaths
- January 26 - Luigi Denza, composer
- March 4 - Bert Williams, star of the Ziegfeld Follies
- April 21 - Alessandro Moreschi, castrato singer
- May 22 - Ada Jones, US singer
- June 5 - Lillian Russell, US singer and actress
- October 7 – Marie Lloyd, British music-hall singer
- November 14 - G. H. Chirgwin, English music hall comedian and singer
