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Music styles of the 1900s

1,256works
9,141pressings
12styles arrived
0styles peaked

Genres

Pop36%
Other27%
Classical27%
Folk, World, & Country9%
Jazz1%
Rock0%
Electronic0%
Funk / Soul0%
Hip Hop0%

Pressed on

Shellac82%
Cylinder17%
Flexi-disc0%
Pathé Disc0%
Vinyl0%
Acetate0%

Arrived in the 1900s

Took offStyleWorks
1901 Concert Band437
1902 Marches3,840
1902 Military2,012
1903 Solo1,222
1904 Overture578
1904 Barbershop265
1905 Instrumental12,655
1906 Opera14,611
1908 Ragtime2,545
1908 Music Hall1,671
1908 Cabaret278
1909 Brass Band2,192

Most-pressed works of the 1900s

TitleArtistYearPressings
Pagliacci - Vesti La Giubba = On With The PlayEnrico Caruso190726
Forza Del Destino: Solenne In Quest' OraEnrico Caruso190616
Rigoletto - Quartet Act IIIEnrico Caruso190711
Lucia — Sextette: Chi Mi Frena = What Restrains MeMarcella Sembrich190811
Contes D' Hoffman-Barcarole (Oh, Night Of Love)Geraldine Farrar190911
I Love A Lassie (My Scotch Bluebell)Harry Lauder190710
Aida - Celeste AidaEnrico Caruso190810
Virginia Song / Red WingJ. W. Myers190810
Nearer, My God, To Thee / Let The Lower Lights Be BurningJ. W. Myers190810
Stars And Stripes ForeverSousa's Band19019
WarblersSousa's Band19019
Rigoletto - Questa O QuellaEnrico Caruso19089
Santiago Waltz / La PalomaColumbia Orchestra19089
L'Africana - O ParadisoGiacomo Meyerbeer19089
Uncle Josh Invites City Folks To Visit Him On His Farm / Two Rubes In An Eating HouseCal Stewart19089
Silent Night, Hallowed Night / Will There Be Any Stars In My CrownHaydn Quartet19099
Manon - Il SognoEnrico Caruso19028
Sunflower DanceVess L. Ossman19068
Don Pasquale — Duetto (Norina ed Malatesta)Marcella Sembrich19068
Four Little Blackberries / Ida And Dot PolkaThomas Mills19088
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Built from the Discogs monthly data dumps (CC0), snapshot 2026-09-01. Counts are of catalogued works and pressings, not of listening.