1884 in music

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Contents 1 Events 2 Published popular music 3 Classical music 4 Opera 5 Musical theater 6 Births 7 Deaths

[edit] Events

• late December - Seventh Symphony of Anton Bruckner is premiered in Leipzig, bringing the composer his first great success.

[edit] Published popular music

• "Oh My Darling, Clementine"     w.m. Percy Montrose
• "The Coon's Salvation Army" by Sam Lucas
• "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" ("Dark Eyes (song)") 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
• "While Strolling Through The Park One Day"     w.m. Ed Haley

[edit] Classical music

• Anton Bruckner - Te Deum (begun 1881)
• Henri Duparc - La Vie Antérieure
• César Franck - Prélude, Chorale et Fugue
• Alexander Glazunov - String Quartet No. 2 Opus 10 in F major
• Charles Gounod - Mors et Vita (oratorio)
• Hugo Wolf - String Quartet in D minor (begun 1878)

[edit] Opera

• Eduard Caudella - Hatmanul Baltag
• 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

[edit] 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

[edit] Births

• January 13 - Sophie Tucker, singer
• March 17 - Alcide Nunez, clarinetist
• May 19 - Arthur Meulemans, composer (died 1966)
• May 27 - Max Brod, author, composer and journalist (died 1968)
• September 17 - Charles Tomlinson Griffes, composer (died 1920)
• November 6 - Ludomir Rozycki, composer (d. 1953)
• November 23 - Guy Bolton, English librettist
• November 30 - Ture Rangström, composer (died 1947)

[edit] Deaths

• January 21 - Auguste Franchomme, cellist (dedicatee of works by Chopin)
• January 25 - Johann Gottfried Piefke, conductor and composer
• April 24 - Marie Taglioni, ballerina
• April 29 - Michael Costa, conductor and composer
• May 12 - Bedřich Smetana, composer
• June 25 - Hans Rott, composer
• 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
  • Franz Wohlfahrt, violin teacher
  • Velvel Zbarjer, Brody singerfr:1884 en musique

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