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Events
- September 9 - Edward Elgar's concert overture Froissart is premiered at the Three Choirs Festival in Worcester
- George W. Johnson records phonograph cylinders
- First full performance of Hector Berlioz's opera, Les Troyens, takes place at Karlsruhe, 21 years after the composer's death
- Charles-Marie Widor succeeds César Franck as organ professor at the Paris Conservatoire.
- The New York Phonograph Company opens the first recording studio.
Published popular music
- "The Commodore Song"
- "Little Pig Went To Market" by J. Cheever Goodwin & Gustave Kerker
- "Maggie Murphy's Home" w. Edward Harrigan m. David Braham
- "Passing By" w. Robert Herrick m. Edward C. Purcell
- "Star of the East" w. George Cooper m. Amanda Kennedy
- "Throw Him Down McCloskey" w.m. John W. Kelly
- "You'll Miss Lots of Fun When You're Married" by John Philip Sousa & Edward M. Taber
Classical music
- Ferruccio Busoni - Violin Sonata No. 1, Opus 29
- Ernest Chausson - Chansons de Shakespeare
- Antonín Dvořák - Requiem
- Alexander Glazunov - Symphony No. 3, Opus 33
- Armas Järnefelt - Ouverture Lyrique
- Alexander Scriabin - Romance for Horn and Piano
- Jean Sibelius - Piano Quintet in G minor
- Sergei Taneyev - String Quartet No. 1 Opus 4
Opera
- Cavalleria Rusticana by Pietro Mascagni
- Prince Igor begun by Alexander Borodin, completed by Alexander Glazunov and Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
- Queen of Spades by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Musical theater
- The Gondoliers Broadway production
- Love And Law Broadway production
- Robin Hood Chicago production
- The Sentry London production
- Reilly And The 400 Broadway production
Births
- February 25 - Myra Hess, pianist (d. 1965)
- February 27 - Freddie Keppard (d. 1933)
- March 20
- Beniamino Gigli, opera singer (d. 1957)
- Lauritz Melchior, opera singer (d. 1973)
- March 28 - Paul Whiteman (d. 1967)
- April 17 - Gussie Mueller (d. 1965)
- May 21 - Harry Tierney, songwriter, composer of Irene and Rio Rita (d. 1965)
- June 6 - Ted Lewis
- June 26 - Jeanne Eagels, Broadway star
- August 12 - Lillian Evanti, opera singer (d. 1967)
- August 15 - Jacques Ibert, composer (d. 1962)
- September 15 - Frank Martin, composer (d. 1974)
- October 1 - Stanley Holloway, English actor and singer (d. 1982)
- December 8 - Bohuslav Martinů (d. 1959)
- date unknown - Rob Barbecue, jazz musician
Deaths
- January 8 - Giorgio Ronconi, operatic baritone (b. 1810)
- January 17 - Salomon Sulzer, cantor and composer (b. 1804)
- January 20 - Franz Lachner, conductor and composer (b. 1803)
- April 16 - John Barnett, composer and music writer (b. 1802)
- May 6 - Hubert Léonard, violinist (b. 1819)
- May 28 - Viktor Nessler, composer (b. 1841)
- June 30 - Samuel Parkman Tuckerman, composer (b. 1819)
- October 7 - John Hill Hewitt, songwriter (b. 1801)
- October 17 - Prosper Sainton, violinist (b. 1813)
- October 28 - Alexander John Ellis, music theorist (b. 1814)
- November 8 - César Franck, composer (b. 1822)
- December 21 - Niels Wilhelm Gade, composer (b. 1817)
- date unknown - Ostap Veresai, minstrel and kobzar (b. 1803)
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