1906 in music

• May 27 - premiere of Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 6 in Essen
• With the assistance of Sergei Taneyev , the Moscow Conservatory is founded in Moscow
• Debut of opera singer Amelita Galli-Kurchi
• The emergence of the genre of the Chinese opera "yueju" ( Chinese 越剧 )

• Stop Your Tickling Jock

• Frank Bridge - Three Idylls for String Quartet ; Quartet No. 1 in E Minor Bologna
• Grigorash Diniku - “Hora staccato” for violin
• Eduard Elgar - The Kingdom Oratorio
• George Enescu - Concertstück for viola and piano; decimet for winds in D major, opus 14; Légende for trumpet and piano
• Charles Ives - Central Park in the Dark Symphony
• Gustav Mahler - Symphony No. 6
• Karl Nielsen - String Quartet No. 4 in F Major, Op. 44
• Sergey Rachmaninov - Symphony No. 2 in E Minor
• Max Reger - Serenade for Orchestra in G Major, Op. 95
• Arnold Schoenberg - Chamber Symphony No. 1
• Sergey Taneev - quartet for piano in E major, opus 20
• Edgar Varez - “Un grand sommeil noir”, to verses by Paul Verlaine
• Anton Webern - Rondo for String Quartet

• Walter Braunfels - The Falad
• Jules Massenet - Ariana
• Karl Nielsen - Masquerade
• Sergey Rachmaninov - Francesca da Rimini
• Ethel Smith - Pests
• Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari - The Four Despots

Born

• January 1 - Giovanni D'anzi , songwriter (d. 1974)
• January 4 - Frankie Newton , trumpeter (d. 1954)
• January 15 - Alessandro Cicognini , author of film music (d. 1995)
• January 27 - Radames Gnattali , composer (d. 1988)
• January 31 :
  • Benjamin Frankel , composer (d. 1973)
  • Roosevelt Sykes , Bluesman (d. 1983)
• February 1 - Hildegrad , actress and cabaret singer (d. 2005)
• February 5 - Zara Levin , pianist and composer (d. 1976)
• February 19 - Grace Williams , composer (d. 1977)
• February 21 - Genie Aubert , singer and actress (d. 1988)
• March 3 - Barney Bigard , a jazz musician (d. 1980)
• March 13 - Frank Teshemacher , a jazz musician (d. 1932)
• March 20 - Ozzy Nelson , actor and bandleader (d. 1975)
• March 25 - Gene Sablon , singer (d. 1994)
• March 27 - Pee Vi Russell , a jazz musician (d. 1969)
• April 9 - Antal Dorati , conductor (d. 1988)
• April 18 - "Little Brother" Montgomery , a jazz musician (d. 1985)
• May 23 - Lucha Reyes , singer (born 1944)
• June 1 - Walter Legge , music producer (d. 1979)
• June 3 - Josephine Baker , singer and dancer (d. 1975)
• June 26 - Alberto Rabagliati , singer and actor (d. 1974)
• June 28 - Safford Cape , conductor and musicologist (d. 1973)
• July 7 - Anton Karas , citrist and composer (d. 1985)
• July 15 - Alexander Friedlander , conductor, composer and teacher (d. 1990)
• July 30 - Louis Reiter , composer (d. 2000)
• September 4 - Alexander Moises , composer and conductor (d. 1984)
• September 15 - Daniil Frenkel , composer (d. 1984)
• September 25th :
  • Yaroslav Ezhek , composer (d. 1942)
  • Dmitry Shostakovich , composer (d. 1975)
• September 30 - Mireille Khartuh , singer (d. 1996)
• October 9 - Janis Ivanov , composer (d. 1983)
• October 10 - Paul Creston , composer (d. 1985)
• October 12 - Willy Hess , Swiss musicologist, composer and teacher (d. 1997).
• October 15 - Victoria Spivey , singer, pianist and composer (d. 1976)
• October 22 - Charles Lynch , pianist (d. 1984)
• October 31 - Luis Talma , composer (d. 1996)
• November 3 - Alma Rose , violinist (d. 1944)
• November 9 - Pete Brown , jazz musician (d. 1963)
• December 10 - Harold Adamson , songwriter (d. 1980)
• December 27 - Oscar Levant , pianist and actor (d. 1972)
• The exact date is unknown - Morgan Lewis , songwriter (d. 1968)

Died

• January 23 - Charles Hunter , author of ragtime (born 1876)
• January 30 - Paul Dresser , composer (born 1857)
• February 25 - Anton Arensky , composer (born 1861)
• March 22 - Martin Vegelius , composer (b. 1846)
• March 25 - John Knowles Payne , organist and composer (born 1839)
• May 9 - Helen Lemmens-Sherrington , opera singer- soprano (born 1834)
• May 11 - Gottardo Aldigieri , opera singer baritone (born 1824)
• May 24 - Heinrich Rayman , organist and composer (born 1850)
• May 30 - Enrique el Meliso , performer of flamenco (born 1848)
• June 7 - " Signor Brokolini ", opera singer (born 1841)
• July 1 - Manuel Patricio Rodriguez Garcia , singer and music teacher (born 1805)
• July 8 - Ivan Melnikov , opera singer-baritone (born 1832)
• July 9 - Alfred Stelzner , manufacturer of musical instruments (b. 1852) ^[1]
• July 29 - Alexander Luigini , composer (born 1850)
• August 26 - Eugene Gora , opera singer (born 1842)
• September 1 - Giuseppe Giacosa , librettist Giacomo Puccini
• October 18 - Leon Gastinel , composer (born 1823)
• December 14 - Federico Consolo , violinist and composer (born 1841)
• December 30 - Eugene Goossens (father) , conductor (born 1845)
• Exact date unknown
  • Leontin de Meissen , opera singer-soprano (born 1835)
  • Nisn Spivak , cantor and composer (born 1824)