1871 in music

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.

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
• "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

Classical music

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

Opera

• Giovanni Bottesini - Ali Baba
• Giuseppe Verdi - Aida

Musical theatre

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

Births

• March 1 - Ben Harney, US composer and ragtime pianist
• June 17 - James Weldon Johnson, US songwriter, author, diplomat and educationalist
• June 29 - Luisa Tetrazzini, Italian soprano
• December 20 - Henry Kimball Hadley, composer

Deaths

• April 27 - Sigismond Thalberg, pianist and composer
• May 12 - Daniel Auber, composer
• May 26 - Aimé Maillart, composer
• July 17 - Carl Tausig, pianist and composer
• July 20 - François Delsarte, singer and music teacher
• date unknown
  • Václav Emanuel Horák, church musician and composer
  • John Edward Pigot, music collector
  • Fernando Quijano, songwriter, composer of the Uruguayan national anthem

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