January - The New York Philharmonic Society dispenses with having a regular music director due to declining sales. Walter Damrosch leaves, and the next three seasons are handled by guests conductors.
February 23 – March 8 – George Enescu conducts the world premieres of three of his works, the Suite No. 1 for orchestra, op. 9, in C major, and the two Romanian Rhapsodies, op. 11, in A major and D major, as part of a concert at the Romanian Athenaeum in Bucharest.
September 9 - Samuel Coleridge-Taylor's sacred cantata The Atonement, Op. 53 receives its first performance at the Hereford Festival in Hereford, England.
"He Was A Sailor" (w. William Jerome m. Jean Schwartz) – Collins & Harlan on Edison
"Heidelberg Stein Song" (w. Frank Pixley m. Gustav Luders) – Harry Macdonough on Edison & Victor
"Hiawatha" (w. James O'Dea m. Neil Moret) – Edison Grand Concert Band on Edison – Harry Macdonough on Edison – Metropolitan Orchestra on Victor – Sousa's Band on Victor
"Hurrah For Baffin's Bay" (w. Vincent Bryan m. Theodore F. Morse) – Collins & Harlan on Edison – Dan W. Quinn on Victor
Sergei Vassilenko – Skazaniye o grade velikom Kitezhe i tikhom ozere Svetoyare ("Tale of the Great City of Kitezh and the Quiet Lake Svetoyar") first staged version is produced in Moscow (originally a cantata, Op. 5)