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Events
- April 28 - Jean Sibelius's symphonic suite Kullervo is premiered.
- May 26 - A statue of Felix Mendelssohn, by Werner Stein, is dedicated at St. Thomas Church, Leipzig. Removed by the Nazis in the 1930s, it will be re-dedicated in 2008.
- September 24 - Opening of the Theater Unter den Linden, Berlin with Adolf Ferron's operetta Daphne and Gaul and Haßreiter's ballet Die Welt in Bild und Tanz.
- September 26 - Antonín Dvořák arrives in the United States to take up his post as artistic director of the National Conservatory of Music.
- December 18
- Anton Bruckner's Symphony No. 8 in C minor is premiered by the Vienna Philharmonic with Hans Richter conducting at the Stadttheater, Leipzig.
- December 6 O.S. - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's ballet The Nutcracker and opera Iolanta are premiered in a double bill at the Imperial Mariinsky Theatre in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
- "After the Ball" becomes the first sheet music to sell over 1 million copies (for a single publisher in a single year).
- Erik Satie composes his first pieces in his own compositional system.
- Sergei Diaghilev graduates from the Saint Petersburg Conservatory.
- Ferdinand Praeger's controversial biography Wagner As I Knew Him is published posthumously in London.
Published popular music
- "After the Ball" w.m. Charles K. Harris
- "The Bowery" w. Charles H. Hoyt m. Percy Gaunt
- "Daddy Wouldn't Buy Me a Bow Wow" w.m. Joseph Tabrar
- "Daisy Bell" (aka "A Bicycle Built For Two") w.m. Harry Dacre
- "Flanagan" w.m. C. W. Murphy & William Letters
- "Future Mrs. 'Awkins" by Albert Chevalier
- "The Holy City" w. Frederick Edward Weatherly m. Stephen Adams
- "La Sultana Turkish March" m. Fred Linden
- "Liebestraum Nocturne" m. Virginia Field
- "Molly And I And The Baby" w.m. Harry Kennedy
- "My Old Dutch" w. Albert Chevalier m. Charles Ingle
- "My Sweetheart's The Man In The Moon" w.m. James Thornton
- "The Sweetest Story Ever Told" w.m. R. M. Stults
- "The Virginia Skedaddle" w.m. Monroe H. Rosenfeld
Recorded popular music
- "Daddy Wouldn't Buy Me a Bow-wow "
- Dan W. Quinn - "The Bowery"
- Dan W. Quinn
Classical music
- Johannes Brahms - Intermezzos opus number 117
- Alexander Glazunov - String Quintet in A major (opus 39)
- Gustav Mahler - Das himmlische Leben (later incorporated into his fourth symphony)
- Miguel Marqués - El Centinelo
- Carl Nielsen - First Symphony
- Joseph Parry - Saul of Tarsus (oratorio)
- Sergei Rachmaninoff - Prelude in C-sharp Minor and Piano Concerto No. 1 in F-sharp minor, Op. 1
- Max Reger - Cello Sonata No. 1, opus 5
- Alexander Scriabin - Piano Sonata No. 1 in F minor, opus 6
- Josef Suk - Serenade for Strings in E flat major
- Alexander von Zemlinsky - Symphony in D minor
Opera
- Herman Bemberg - Elaine
- Karel Bendl - Dite Tabora
- Alfredo Catalani - La Wally
- Gialdino Gialdini - I due soci premiered February 24 at the Teatro Brunetti, Bologna
- Umberto Giordano - Mala Vita
- Isidore de Lara - The Light of Asia
- Ruggiero Leoncavallo - I Pagliacci
- Jules Massenet - Werther
- Adolf Neuendorff - The Minstrel
- The World's Fair Colored Opera Company, with featured singer, soprano Matilda Sissieretta Jones were the first African-American performers to appear at Carnegie Hall
Ballet
Musical theater
- Blue-Eyed Susan by George Robert Sims
- "Dorothy" London revival
- "Maid Marian" (retitled version of "Robin Hood") London production
- "Maid Marian" (sequel to "Robin Hood") Broadway production
Top hits
- "Slide, Kelly, Slide" by George J. Gaskin
- "Sally in Our Alley" by Manhansett Quartette
Births
- January 1 - Artur Rodziński, Polish conductor (d. 1958)
- January 31 - Eddie Cantor (d. 1964)
- February 4 - Yrjö Kilpinen, Finnish composer (d. 1959) known most for his lieder
- February 15 - Ján Valašťan Dolinský, Slovak composer (d. 1965)
- March 10
- Arthur Honegger, composer (died 1955)
- Eva Turner, operatic soprano (died 1990)
- March 27 - Ferde Grofé, composer (d. 1972)
- April 1 - Renato Zanelli, Chilean baritone, later tenor (d. 1935)
- April 2 - Roy Palmer, jazz trombonist (d. 1962)
- April 10 - Victor de Sabata, conductor and composer (d. 1967)
- April 12 - Johnny Dodds (d. 1940)
- April 19 - Germaine Tailleferre (d. 1983)
- April 21 - Jaroslav Kvapil, composer (d. 1958)
- May 14 - Arthur Lourié (d. 1966), Russian-born expatriate composer
- May 18 - Ezio Pinza, Italian singer and actor (d. 1957)
- June 6 - Ted Lewis, singer and bandleader (d. 1971)
- June 18 - Eduard Steuermann, pianist (d. 1964)
- June 21 - Hilding Rosenberg, Swedish composer (d. 1985)
- June 23 - Mieczysław Horszowski, Polish pianist (d. 1993)
- June 30 - László Lajtha, Hungarian symphonist (d. 1963)
- July 2 - Jack Hylton, British bandleader
- July 8 - J. Russel Robinson (d. 1963)
- July 10 - Ján Móry, Slovak composer (d. 1978)
- July 26 - Philipp Jarnach (d. 1982), composer of German-French origins
- August 14 - Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji, composer, music critic and pianist (d. 1988)
- August 15 - Knud Jeppesen (d. 1974)
- September 4 - Darius Milhaud (d. 1974)
- September 5 - Joseph Szigeti (d. 1973), violinist
- September 17 - Hendrik Andriessen (d. 1981), Dutch composer and organist
- October 17 - Herbert Howells (d. 1983)
- October 19 - Ilmari Hannikainen (d. 1955)
- October 25 - Janszieka (Jennie) Deutsch and Roszicka (Rosie) Deutsch, Hungarian-born dancers, actresses and singers, billed as the Dolly sisters.
- November 28 - Thomas Wood, English composer (d. 1950)
- December 9 - Beatrice Harrison, cellist (d. 1965)
- December 11 - Giacomo Lauri-Volpi (d. 1979)
Deaths
- January 10 - Heinrich Dorn, German conductor, composer, and journalist (born 1804)
- February 13 - Lambert Massart, violinist (born 1811)
- February 20 - Róza Csillag, opera singer (born 1832)
- March 11 - Caroline Reinagle, pianist, composer and writer (born 1818)
- March 20 - Arthur Goring Thomas, composer (born 1850) (suicide)
- April 22 - Édouard Lalo, composer (born 1823)[1]
- May 2 - Wilhelm Rust, composer (born 1822)
- May 6 - Ernest Guiraud, composer (born 1837)
- June 5 - Robert Rees, Welsh tenor (born 1841)[2]
- August 18 - Jules Perrot, ballet dancer (born 1810)
- August 19 - František Zdeněk Skuherský, composer, teacher and music theorist (born 1830)
- September 5 - Henry Christian Timm, pianist, conductor and composer (born 1811)
- September 24 - Patrick Gilmore, bandmaster and composer (born 1829)
- October 24 - Robert Franz, composer (born 1815)
- October 28 - Felix Otto Dessoff, conductor and composer (born 1835)
- November 4 - Hervé, organist and composer (born 1825)
- November 19 - Antonio Torres Jurado, guitar maker (born 1817)
- date unknown - Adolf Rzepko, Polish composer, oboist, choral and orchestral conductor, and pianist (born 1825)
References
- ↑ Sadie, Stanley (Ed.) (1994) [1992]. The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. vol. 2, E-Lom, chpt: "Lalo, Edouard(-Victoire-Antoine)" by Hugh Macdonald. New York: MacMillan. ISBN 0-935859-92-6.
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