Events The Cakewalk matures into Ragtime music John Philip Sousa's band makes phonograph recordings of Cakewalks and early Ragtime early publications by Scott Joplin Published popular music "Asleep In The Deep" w. Arthur J. Lamb m. Henry W. Petrie "At A Georgia Camp Meeting" w.m. Kerry Mills "Badinage" m. Victor Herbert "Beautiful Isle Of Somewhere" w. Mrs Jessie Brown Pounds m. John S. Fearis "Break The News To Mother" w.m. Charles K. Harris "Danny Deever" w. Rudyard Kipling m. Walter Damrosch "Harlem Rag" m. Tom Turpin "Louisiana Rag" m. Theodore H. Northrup "On The Banks Of The Wabash Far Away" w.m. Paul Dresser "Our Lodger's Such A Nice Young Man" w.m. Fred Murray & Laurence Barclay "Roustabout Rag" m. Paul Sarebresole "The Shuffling Coon" by J. R. Todd "Song Of India" m. Nikolai Rimsky Korsakov "Stars And Stripes Forever" m. John Philip Sousa "Syncopated Sandy" by Wayburn & Whiting "Take Back Your Gold" w.m. Monroe H. Rosenfeld "There's A Little Star Shining For You" w.m. James Thornton "Ye Boston Tea Party" by Arthur Pryor Musical theater The Charlatan Broadway production The Circus Girl Broadway production The Glad Hand Broadway production Pousse Café Broadway production Classical music The Sorceror's Apprentice m. Paul Dukas Births April 19 - Vivienne Segal, US actress and singer May 14 - Sidney Bechet July 11 - Blind Lemon Jefferson September 8 - Jimmie Rodgers November 2 - Dennis King, British singer and actor Deaths April 3 - Johannes Brahms