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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
- "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
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
- 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)
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)
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