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Events
- Friedrich Kiel is involved in a traffic accident from which he never completely recovered.
- The Gretsch Company, manufacturers of drums, banjos and guitars, opens in Brooklyn, N.Y.
Published popular music
- "A Boy's Best Friend Is His Mother" w. Henry Miller m. Joseph P. Skelly
- "The Farmer In The Dell" trad
- "La Golondrina" m. Narciso Serradell
- "Polly Wolly Doodle (All The Day)" trad
- "Ring Dem Heavenly Bells" by Sam Lucas
- "She Does The Fandango All Over The Place" w.m. G. W. Hunt
- "There Is A Tavern In The Town" anon
- "Transit Of Venus March" m. John Philip Sousa
Classical music
- Isaac Albéniz - Barcarola for piano No. 1
- Anton Arensky - Piano Concerto in F minor, op. 2; Symphony No. 1 in B minor
- Johannes Brahms - Symphony No. 3
- Emmanuel Chabrier - España, rapsodie pour orchestre
- George Whitefield Chadwick - Thalia (concert overture)
- Antonín Dvořák - Scherzo capriccioso, op. 66/B. 131
- Charles Gounod - The Redemption (oratorio)
- Franz Liszt - La lugubre gondola (possible date of early version)
- Pablo de Sarasate - Carmen Fantasy
- Sergei Taneyev - Canzona for Clarinet and Strings in F minor
- Emil Waldteufel -Estudiantina
Opera
- Alfredo Catalani - Dejanice
- César Cui - Prisoner of the Caucasus
- Charles-Édouard Lefebvre - Le Trésor premiered in Angers
- Miguel Marqués - La cruz de fuego
- Karel Miry - De kleine patriot (opera in 4 acts, libretto by J. Hoste, premiered on December 23 in Brussels)
Musical theater
- Cordelia's Aspirations (Edward Harrigan & David Braham) Broadway production opened at the New Theatre Comique on November 5 and ran for 176 performances
- Eine Nacht in Venedig (A Night In Venice) Berlin and Vienna productions
Births
- February 11 - Paul von Klenau, Danish composer
- March 19 - Josef Matthias Hauer, Austrian composer and theorist
- April 6 - Vernon Dalhart, U.S. singer
- April 13 (O.S. April 1) - Alexander Vasilyevich Alexandrov, Russian Soviet composer
- May 4 - Nikolai Malko, Ukrainian conductor
- May 26 - Mamie Smith, U.S. singer
- May 28:
- George Dyson, English musician and composer
- Václav Talich, Czech conductor
- July 7 - Toivo Kuula, Finnish conductor and composer
- September 18 - Gerald Tyrwhitt-Wilson, 14th Baron Berners, British composer
- October 2 - Frico Kafenda, Slovak composer
- November 8 - Arnold Bax, English composer
- December 3 - Anton Webern, Austrian composer
- December 22 - Edgard Varèse, French(-born) composer
Deaths
- January 24 - Friedrich von Flotow, composer (b. 1812)
- February 13 - Richard Wagner, German composer (b. 1813)
- April 26 - Napoleon Orda, pianist, composer and artist (b. 1807)
- June 10 - Karl Graedener, cellist, singing teacher and composer (b. 1812)
- July 14 - Svend Grundtvig, Danish folk song collector (b. 1824)
- October 30 - Robert Volkmann, composer (b. 1815)
- December 11 - Mario, operatic tenor (b. 1810)
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