1890 in music

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Events in the year 1890 in music.

Specific locations[edit]

• 1890 in Norwegian music

Events[edit]

• January–June period – George W. Johnson becomes the first African American to record phonograph cylinders, in New York.
• June 21 – Richard Strauss conducts the premiere of his symphonic poem Death and Transfiguration at the Eisenach Festival.
• September 3 – Carl Nielsen makes the first entry in his diary.
• September 9 – Edward Elgar's concert overture Froissart is premiered at the Three Choirs Festival in Worcester.
• December 6–7 – 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.

1890 sheet music cover

Published popular music[edit]

• "The Commodore Song"
• "I was Dreaming" – August Juncker ^[1][2]
• "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

Recorded popular music[edit]

• "Anvil Chorus" – John York AtLee
• "Banjo Duet" – Bohee Minstrels^[3]
• "Down Upon The Suwanee River" – Professor Baton’s Brass and String Military Band^[4]
• "Everybody's Darling" – Duffy and Imgrund's Fifth Regiment Band
• "La Media Noche" – United States Marine Band^[5]
• "The Mocking Bird" – John York AtLee and Fred Gaisberg
• "Semper Fidelis" – United States Marine Band
• "The Song That Reached My Heart" – Duffy & Imgrund's Fifth Regiment Band^[6]
• "Third verse of Mary & John, The Lover's Quarrel" – Will White^[7]
• "The Thunderer" – United States Marine Band
• "The Washington Post" – United States Marine Band

Classical music[edit]

• Ferruccio Busoni – Violin Sonata No. 1, Opus 29
• Ernest Chausson – Chansons de Shakespeare
• Antonín Dvořák –
  • Requiem
  • Symphony No. 8
• Alexander Glazunov – Symphony No. 3, Opus 33
• Armas Järnefelt – Ouverture Lyrique
• Carl Nielsen – String Quartet No. 2 in F minor
• Hans Pfitzner – Sonata in F-sharp minor for cello and piano
• Alexander Scriabin – Romance for Horn and Piano
• Jean Sibelius – Piano Quintet in G minor
• Johann Strauss II – Rathausball-Tänze
• Sergei Taneyev – String Quartet No. 1 Opus 4
• William Robert Knox – Gladys Gavotte

Opera[edit]

• 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[edit]

• The Gondoliers     Broadway production
• Love And Law     Broadway production
• Robin Hood     Chicago production
• The Sentry     London production
• Reilly And The 400 Broadway production

Births[edit]

• February 25 – Myra Hess, pianist (d. 1965)
• February 27 – Freddie Keppard, jazz cornetist (d. 1933)
• March 12 – Evert Taube, writer, artist, composer and singer (d. 1976)
• March 17 – Harold Morris, pianist and composer (d. 1964)
• March 20
  • Beniamino Gigli, operatic tenor (d. 1957)
  • Lauritz Melchior, operatic tenor (d. 1973)
• March 28 – Paul Whiteman, bandleader (d. 1967)
• April 17 – Gussie Mueller, jazz clarinetist (d. 1965)
• May 21 – Harry Tierney, songwriter, composer of "Irene" and "Rio Rita" (d. 1965)
• June 6 – Ted Lewis, bandleader (d. 1971)
• June 26 – Jeanne Eagels, Broadway star (d. 1929)
• August 12 – Lillian Evanti, operatic soprano (d. 1967)
• August 15 – Jacques Ibert, composer (d. 1962)
• August 28 – Ivor Gurney, poet and composer (d. 1937)
• September 15 – Frank Martin, composer (d. 1974)
• September 26 – Papanasam Sivan, Carnatic music composer (d. 1973)
• October 1 – Stanley Holloway, English actor and singer (d. 1982)
• October 8 – Samuel Hoffenstein, screenwriter and composer (d. 1947)
• October 13 – Gösta Nystroem, composer (d. 1966)
• November 10 – Mischa Bakaleinikoff, musical director (d. 1960)
• December 8 – Bohuslav Martinů, classical composer (d. 1959)

Deaths[edit]

• 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)
• February 14 – Wilhelm Fitzenhagen, cellist and music teacher (b. 1848)
• March 13 – Henry Wylde, conductor, composer, music teacher and critic (b. 1822)
• 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 3 – Oskar Kolberg, folklorist and composer (b. 1814)
• June 30 – Samuel Parkman Tuckerman, composer (b. 1819)
• July 22 – Caterina Canzi, opera singer (b. 1805)
• 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 Gade, composer (b. 1817)
• date unknown – Ostap Veresai, minstrel and kobzar (b. 1803)

References[edit]

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