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Contents 1 Events 2 Published popular music 3 Classical music 4 Opera 5 Musical theatre 6 Births 7 Deaths

[edit] Events

• December 24 - Giuseppe Verdi's Opera Aida premieres.
• Anton Bruckner gives a series of organ recitals in London.
• Asger Hamerik becomes musical director of the Peabody Institute in Baltimore, Maryland.

[edit] Published popular music

• "The Blue and the Gray" by James W. Long
• "Good Bye, Liza Jane" (anon)
• "The Little Church Around The Corner"     w.m. Charles A. White
• "The Little Old Log Cabin In The Lane" w.m. William S. Hays
• "Mollie Darling" w.m. William S. Hays
• "Oh aint I got the Blues!" by A.A. Chapman
• "Onward, Christian Soldiers"      w. Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould m. Sir Arthur Sullivan
• "Reuben and Rachel" w. Harry Birch m. William Gooch
• "Susan Jane" w.m. William S. Hays

[edit] Classical music

• Georges Bizet - Jeux d'enfants
• Peter Cornelius - Chorgesänge
• Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - String Quartet No. 1 in D, Op. 11

[edit] Opera

• Giovanni Bottesini - Ali Baba
• Giuseppe Verdi - Aida

[edit] Musical theatre

• Geneviève de Brabant     London production
• The Mascot     London production
• La Mascotte     Vienna production
• Le Roi Carotte     London production
• Thespis     London production

[edit] Births

• March 1 - Ben Harney, US composer and ragtime pianist
• April 21 - Leo Blech, conductor and composer (d. 1958)
• June 17 - James Weldon Johnson, US songwriter, author, diplomat and educationalist
• June 29 - Luisa Tetrazzini, Italian soprano
• December 20 - Henry Kimball Hadley, composer (d. 1937)

[edit] Deaths

• January 4 - Vincent Adler, pianist and composer (b. 1826)
• February 11 - Filippo Taglioni, dancer and choreographer (b. 1777)
• March 26 - François-Joseph Fétis, composer and musicologist (b. 1784)
• April 27 - Sigismond Thalberg, pianist and composer (b. 1812)
• May 12 - Michael Auber, composer (b. 1782)
• May 26 - Aimé Maillart, composer (b. 1817)
• July 17 - Carl Tausig, pianist and composer (b. 1841) (typhoid)
• July 20 - François Delsarte, singer and music teacher (b. 1811)
• August 12 - Tiyo Soga, composer of hymns (b. 1829)
• September 3 - Václav Emanuel Horák, church musician and composer (b. 1800)
• date unknown
  • John Edward Pigot, music collector (b. 1822)
  • Fernando Quijano, songwriter, composer of the Uruguayan national anthem (b. 1805)