You don't have to post a big list all at once. Just add some favorite tunes whenever you think of them.
Arthur Collins & Byron G. Harlan - "I'm Going Back to Dixie" Owes more than a bit to "Alexander's Ragtime Band" in the chorus--as well as the Civil War-era tune "Dixie" of course. I particularly like the verses though--the melodic slides and rhythmic variations are more sophisticated and nuanced than a lot of pop tunes from this era. This one's from 1911 (as is "Alexander's Ragtime Band")
Rudolph's favorites from the 1910s: (You Tube links included, click on the blue-colored title) 65. Original Dixieland Jazz Band - Tiger Rag (1918 - Jazz) 64. Bert Williams - I'm Neutral (1915 - Popular '10s) 63. Robert Hampton - Agitation Rag (1915 - Ragtime) 62. Olly Oakley - Toronto Rig (1911 - Folk) 61. Polk Miller's Old South Quartet - Laughing Song (1910 - Folk/Popular '10s) 60. Enrico Caruso - Over There (1918 - Popular '10s) 59. Nat Johnson - Calico Rag (1914 - Ragtime) 58. Joseph Samuels - Arkansas Reel And Medley Reels (1919 - Folk) 57. James P. Johnson - Steeplechase Rag (1917 - Ragtime) 56. Jules Levy Jr. - Our Own Make Polka (1917 - Marching Band) 55. Estudiantina Orecque - Then Se Telo Pia (1910 - World/Greece) 54. Lou Chiha 'Frisco' - Buzzin' The Bee (1917 - Popular '10s) 53. Maurice Burkhart - The Ragtime Jockey Man (1912 - Popular '10s) 52. Guido Gialdini - Birds Of The Forest (1913 - Popular '10s) 51. Columbia Orchestra - A Cat-A-Strophy (1919 - Popluar '10s) 50. Mayo & Tally - At The Ball, That's All (1915 - Popular '10s) 49. Gustav Holst - The Planets: Mars, The Bringer Of War (1916 - Classical Music) 48. Harry C. Browne - Carve Dat Possum (1917 - Popular '10s) 47. William H. Reitz - Blood Lillies (1916 - Popular '10s) 46. Earl Fuller - Slippery Hank (1917 - Jazz) 45. John McCormack - It's A Long Way To Tipperary (1918- Popular '10s) 44. James Skinner - The Birlin Reels (1910 - Folk) 43. Lt. James Europe's 396th Infantry (Hell Fighters) Band - Indianola (1919 - Marching Band) 42. Marion Harris - After You've Gone (1918 - Jazz) 41. Stellla Mayhew - Savanah (1910 - Popular '10s) 40. Darius Milhaud - Le Boeuf Sur Le Toit (1919 - Classical Music) 39. Arthur Fields - Oh! How I Hate To Get Up In The Morning (1918 - Popular '10s) 38. Charles Daab - Bonnie Scotland (1914 - Popular '10s) 37. Arthur Pryor - Temptation Rag (1910 - Marching Band) 36. Crawford Gorst - Laughing Love (1915 - Popular '10s) 35. Mykola Leontovich - Carol Of The Bells (1914 - Classical Music) 34. Eubie Blake - Charleston Rag (1917 - Ragtime) 33. George Hamilton Green - Greased Lightning (1919 - Marching Band) 32. Irving Caesar - Just A Gigolo (1919 - Popular '10s) 31. Billy Golden & James Marlow - Insect Powder Agent (1915 - Popular '10s) 30. Alma Gluck - Nightingale Song (1916 - Popular '10s) 29. Igor Stravinsky - Petrushka, Scene I: The Shrovetide Fair (1911 - Classical Music) 28. Charles Kellogg - The Flower Song (1916 - Popular '10s) 27. Bert Williams - It's Nobody's Business But My Own (1919 - Popular '10s) 26. James Scott - Rag Sentimental (1918 - Ragtime) 25. Eugene Jaudas - Garry Owen (1913 - Popular '10s) 24. Billy Murray & Joe Belmont - An Afternoon In June (1914 - Popular '10s) 23. Arthur Fields - You Can't Beat Us (1918 - Popular '10s) 22. Manuel De Falla - El Amor Brujo (1915 - Classical Music) 21. Irvin & Jack Kaufman - The Vamp (1919 - Popular '10s) 20. Fred Van Eps - Red Pepper (1911 - Popular '10s) 19. Wilbur Sweatman - Down Home Rag (1916 - Jazz) 18. Cal Stewart - I Laughed At The Wrong Time (1911 - Popular '10s) 17. Jere Sanford - Sanford's Whistling And Yodeling Specialty (1912 - Popular '10s) 16. Igor Stravinsky - Le Sacre Du Printemps (1913 - Classical Music) 15. Henry Burr & Peerless Quartet - I Don't Know Where I'm Going (1917 - Popular '10s) 14. Euday Bowman - 12th Street Rag (1914 - Ragtime) 13. Nora Bayes - Over There (1917 - Popular '10s) 12 Harry Lauder - Stop Your Ticklin' Jock (1910 - Popular '10s) 11. Billy Murray - He'd Have To Get Under, Get Out And Get Under (1913 - Popular '10s) 10. Earl Fuller - Oriental (1918 - Jazz) 09. American Quartet - You're A Grand Old Flag (1918 - Popular '10s) 08. Paul Gerbert - Der Rot Schwyzer (1919 - Popular '10s) 07. Wyert A. Moor & Benjamin Kohon - The Elephant And The Fly (1918- Popular '10s) 06. Eubie Blake - The Chevy Chase (1914- Ragtime) 05. Willy Derby - Het Fiere Schooiershart (1919 - Dutch Popular) 04. Billy Murray - Can You Tame Wild Wimmen? (1918 - Popular '10s) 03. Harry Marlow - When Tommy Comes Marching Home (1915 - Popular '10s) 02. Arthur Pryor - Canhanibalmo Rag (1911 - Marching Band) 01. Scott Joplin - Stop Time Rag (1910 - Ragtime)
I think this is the only recording in my collection that has anything recorded in the 1910's. https://www.amazon.com/Barrios-Complete-Guitar-Recordings-1913-1942/dp/B000S6BN0W
I haven't ever played most of my Edison discs, plus I think they're likely from the 1920's. I like Taxi by, I think, The Green Brothers Novelty Orchestra.
Mahler: Symphony No.9 Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis Stravinsky: Firebird, Petrushka, Histoire du Soldat Ravel: Piano Trio in A Minor Sibelius: Symphony No.5 R.Strauss: Eine Alpensinfonie Debussy: Violin Sonata in G minor Holst: The Planets
There are not too many recordings from the early 1900’s that I like, due to the technology being in its infancy. However, I really like a lot of music that was composed then. For example: “Magnetic Rag” - Scott Joplin “Saint Louis Blues” - W.C. Handy “After You’ve Gone” - Layton / Creamer The Planets - Gustav Holst The Firebird - Igor Stravinsky
After You've Gone St. Louis Blues Swanee You'd Be Surprised Colonel Bogey March (used in "The Bridge On The River Kwai") Livery Stable Blues Mahler's Eighth (written 1907/8 but premiered in 1912) Whiffenpoof Song ("Baa Baa Baa") Some Of These Days Let Me Call You Sweetheart
Good compilation: The Greatest Hits of the 1910s -- might be one of those "streaming specials" https://www.amazon.com/Greatest-Hits-1910s-Various-artists/dp/B06WLNDRGC Includes gems like this: Marion Harris - "After You've Gone"
