1884 in music
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Events
- September 27 - The Hungarian Royal Opera House in Budapest opens.
- late December - Anton Bruckner's Symphony No. 7 of is premiered in Leipzig, bringing the composer his first great success.
Bands formed
Published popular music
- "Oh My Darling, Clementine" w.m. Percy Montrose
- "The Coon's Salvation Army" by Sam Lucas
- "The Fountain in the Park" aka "While Strolling Through the Park One Day" w.m. Ed Haley
- "The Golden Wedding" m. Gabriel-Marie
- "Love's Old Sweet Song" w. George Clifton Bingham m. James Lynam Molloy
- "March of the Plumed Knight" by Charles B. Morrell & William Howard Doane
- "My Thoughts Are of Thee" by Sam Lucas
- "Otchi Tchorniya" by Y. P. Grebyonka & F. Hermann
- "Rest, Comrades, Rest (Memorial Hymn)" by O. B. Ormsby
- "Rock-a-bye Baby" w.m. Effie I. Canning
- "When the Heather Blooms Again" by Frances Jane Crosby & William Howard Doane
Classical music
- Anton Bruckner - Te Deum (begun 1881)
- Henri Duparc - La Vie Antérieure
- César Franck - Prélude, Choral et Fugue (Franck)
- Robert Fuchs - Symphony No. 1 in C[1]
- Alexander Glazunov - String Quartet No. 2 Opus 10 in F major
- Charles Gounod - Mors et Vita (oratorio)
- Richard Strauss - Symphony No. 2
- Hugo Wolf - String Quartet in D minor (begun 1878)
Opera
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- Eduard Caudella - Hatmanul Baltag
- Luigi Mancinelli - Isora di Provenza
- Miguel Marqués - El reloj de Lucerna (libretto by Marcos Zapata, premiered in Madrid)
- Jules Massenet - Manon
- Karl Millöcker - Gasparone
- Viktor Nessler - Der Trompeter von Säkkingen
- Giacomo Puccini - Le Villi
- Charles Villiers Stanford - The Canterbury Pilgrims
- Felix Weingartner - Sakuntala
Musical theater
- Adonis Broadway production opened at the Bijou Theatre on September 4 and ran for 603 performances
- The Beggar Student London production opened at the Alhambra Theatre on April 12 and ran for 112 performances
- The Grand Mogul London production
- Princess Ida London production opened at the Savoy Theatre on January 5 and ran for 246 performances
- Princess Ida Broadway production opened at the Fifth Avenue Theatre on February 11 and ran for 48 performances
Births
- January 13 - Sophie Tucker, singer
- February 22 - York Bowen, pianist and composer (died 1961)
- March 17 - Alcide Nunez, clarinetist
- March 18 - Joe Burke, pianist, composer and actor (died 1950)
- April 23 - Jurgis Karnavičius, composer (died 1941)
- May 19 - Arthur Meulemans, composer (died 1966)
- May 27 - Max Brod, author, composer and journalist (died 1968)
- August 13 - Edwin Grasse, composer and violinist (died 1954)
- September 6 - Emerson Whithorne (birth name Emerson Whittern), composer and historian (died 1958)
- September 17 - Charles Tomlinson Griffes, composer (died 1920)
- September 24 - Jonny Heykens, composer and orchestra leader (died 1945)
- November 1 - David Roitman, hazzan and composer (died 1943)
- November 6
- May Brahe, composer and songwriter (died 1956)
- Ludomir Rozycki, composer (d. 1953)
- November 23 - Guy Bolton, English librettist
- November 30 - Ture Rangström, composer (died 1947)
- December 29 - Foster Adolph Reynolds, Brass instrument maker (died 1960 at work)
- date unknown - Alfred Reynolds, English composer (d. 1969)
Deaths
- January 21 - Auguste Franchomme, cellist (dedicatee of works by Chopin)
- January 25 - Johann Gottfried Piefke, conductor and composer
- February 14 - Franz Wohlfahrt, violin teacher
- February 21 - John Pyke Hullah, composer and music teacher (b. 1812)
- April 24 - Marie Taglioni, ballerina
- April 29 - Michael Costa, conductor and composer
- May 12 - Bedřich Smetana, composer (b. 1824)
- June 25 - Hans Rott, composer (b. 1858)
- June 8 - Henry Clay Work, US composer
- July 5 - Victor Massé, composer
- November 27 - Fanny Elssler, dancer
- December 4 - Alice Mary Smith, composer (born 1839)
- date unknown - Velvel Zbarjer, Brody singer
References
- ↑ "Preface to Score of Fuchs Symphony No. 1". Retrieved 25 March 2009.
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