1892 in music
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| Years in music: | 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 |
| Centuries: | 18th Century · 19th century · 20th century |
| Decades: | 1860s 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s |
| Years: | 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 |
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[edit] Events
- "After the Ball" becomes the first sheet music to sell over 1 million copies (for a single publisher in a single year)
- Erik Satie composes his first pieces in his own compositional system.
- Sergei Diaghilev graduates from the Saint Petersburg Conservatory.
[edit] Published popular music
- "After the Ball" w.m. Charles K. Harris
- "The Bowery" w. Charles H. Hoyt m. Percy Gaunt
- "Daddy Wouldn't Buy Me A Bow-Wow" w.m. Joseph Tabrar
- "Daisy Bell" (aka "A Bicycle Built For Two") w.m. Harry Dacre
- "Flanagan" w.m. C. W. Murphy & William Letters
- "Future Mrs. 'Awkins" by Albert Chevalier
- "The Holy City" w. Frederick Edward Weatherly m. Stephen Adams
- "La Sultana Turkish March" m. Fred Linden
- "Liebestraum Nocturne" m. Virginia Field
- "Molly And I And The Baby" w.m. Harry Kennedy
- "My Old Dutch" w. Albert Chevalier m. Charles Ingle
- "My Sweetheart's The Man In The Moon" w.m. James Thornton
- "The Sweetest Story Ever Told" w.m. R. M. Stults
- "The Virginia Skedaddle" w.m. Monroe H. Rosenfeld
[edit] Classical music
- Johannes Brahms - Intermezzos opus number 117
- Alexander Glazunov - String Quintet in A major (opus 39)
- Gustav Mahler - Das himmlische Leben (later incorporated into his fourth symphony)
- Miguel Marqués - El Centinelo
- Carl Nielsen - First Symphony
- Sergei Rachmaninoff - Prelude in C-sharp Minor
- Josef Suk - Serenade for Strings in E flat major
[edit] Opera
- Herman Bemberg - Elaine
- Karel Bendl - Dite Tabora
- Alfredo Catalani - La Wally
- Umberto Giordano - Mala Vita
- Isidore de Lara - The Light of Asia
- Ruggiero Leoncavallo - I Pagliacci
- Jules Massenet - Werther
[edit] Ballet
[edit] Musical theater
- Blue-Eyed Susan by George Robert Sims
- "Dorothy" London revival
- "Maid Marian" (retitled version of "Robin Hood") London production
- "Maid Marian" (sequel to "Robin Hood") Broadway production
[edit] Births
- January 31 - Eddie Cantor
- February 4 - Yrjö Kilpinen, Finnish composer (d. 1959) known most for his lieder
- March 10 - Arthur Honegger (d. 1955)
- March 27 - Ferde Grofé, composer
- April 10 - Victor de Sabata, conductor and composer (d. 1967)
- April 12 - Johnny Dodds
- April 19 - Germaine Tailleferre (d. 1983)
- May 14 - Arthur Lourié (d. 1966), Russian-born expatriate composer
- May 16 - Richard Tauber, Austrian singer
- May 18 - Ezio Pinza, Italian singer and actor
- May 31 - Jo Trent
- June 21 - Hilding Rosenberg, Swedish composer (d. 1985)
- June 30 - László Lajtha, Hungarian symphonist (d. 1963)
- July 2 - Jack Hylton, British bandleader
- July 8 - J. Russell Robinson
- July 26 - Philipp Jarnach (d. 1982), composer of German-French origins
- August 14 - Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji, composer, author, journalist and pianist (d. 1988)
- September 4 - Darius Milhaud (d. 1974)
- September 17 - Hendrik Andriessen (d. 1981), Dutch composer and organist
- October 17 - Herbert Howells (d. 1983)
- October 25 - Janszieka (Jennie) Deutsch and Roszicka (Rosie) Deutsch, Hungarian-born dancers, actresses and singers, billed as the Dolly sisters.
[edit] Deaths
- February 13 - Joseph Massart, violinist
- March 20 - Arthur Goring Thomas, composer
- April 22 - Édouard Lalo, composer
- May 6 - Ernest Guiraud, composer
- August 18 - Jules Perrot, ballet dancer
- September 24 - Patrick Gilmore, bandmaster and composer
- October 24 - Robert Franz, composer
- October 28 - Felix Otto Dessoff, composer (b. 1835)
- November 4 - Hervé, organist and composer
- November 19 - Antonio Torres Jurado, guitar maker
