1893 in music
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| Years in music: | 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 |
| Centuries: | 18th Century · 19th century · 20th century |
| Decades: | 1860s 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s |
| Years: | 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 |
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[edit] Events
- February 9 - Premiere of Giuseppe Verdi's final opera Falstaff in La Scala in Milan
- August 14-15 - America's oldest music organization, the Stoughton Musical Society performs at the World's Columbian Exposition
- December 29 - Claude Debussy's String Quartet premiered in Paris
- Song "Happy Birthday To You" by Mildred J. Hill and Patty Smith Hill first published in the book "Song Stories for the Kindergarten"
[edit] Published popular music
- "Can't Lose Me Charlie" w.m. Harry S. Miller
- "The Cat Came Back" w.m. Henry S. Miller
- "December And May" w. Edward Marks m. William Lorraine
- "Do Do My Huckleberry Do" w. Harry Dillon m. John Dillon
- "The Fatal Wedding" w. W. H. Windom m. Gussie L. Davis
- "Good Morning To All" w. Patty Smith Hill m. Mildred J. Hill
- "I Long To See The Girl I Left Behind" w.m. John T. Kelly
- "Liberty Bell March" by John Philip Sousa
- "Mamie, Come Kiss Your Honey" w.m. May Irwin
- "Marguerite" by Charles A. White
- "Oh! Mr Porter" w. Thomas Le Brunn m. George Le Brunn
- "Private Tommy Atkins" w. Henry Hamilton m. S. Potter
- "Say 'Au Revoir', But Not 'Good-Bye'" by Harry Kennedy
- "Sweet Marie" w. Cy Warman m. Raymond Moore
- "Two Little Girls In Blue" w.m. Charles Graham
- "The Volunteer Organist" w. William G. Gray m. Henry Lamb
- "When The Roll Is Called Up Yonder" w.m. James M. Black
- "Zacatecas" by Genaro Codina
[edit] Classical music
- Amy Beach - Gaelic Symphony
- Antonín Dvořák - Symphony no. 9 in E minor, "From the New World"
- Edward German - Symphony in A minor, "Norwich"
- Johan Halvorsen - Entry of the Boyars
- Josef Suk - Quintet for Piano and Strings in G minor
- Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Symphony no. 6 in B minor, "Pathétique"
[edit] Opera
- Granville Bantock - Caedmar
- Engelbert Humperdinck - Hansel and Gretel
- Isidore de Lara - Amy Robsart
- Giacomo Puccini - Manon Lescaut
- Giuseppe Verdi - Falstaff
[edit] Musical theater
- A Gaiety Girl London production opened at the Prince of Wales Theatre on October 14 and ran for 413 performances
- Jane Annie London production opened at the Savoy Theatre on May 13 and ran for 50 performances
- Little Christopher Columbus London production opened at the Lyric Theatre on October 10 and ran for 279 performances
- Morocco Bound (music Frank Osmond Carr lyrics: Adrian Ross) London production opened at the Shaftesbury Theatre on April 13 and transferred to the Trafalgar Square Theatre on January 8, 1894 for a total run of 295 performances.
- A Trip To Chinatown Broadway production
- Utopia Limited London production opened at the Savoy Theatre on October 7 and ran for 245 performances
[edit] Births
- February 10 - Jimmie Durante
- February 15 - Walter Donaldson
- April 16 - Federico Mompou, composer
- June 26 - Big Bill Broonzy
- June 28 - Luciano Gallet, Brazilian composer, pianist and conductor
- July 3 - Mississippi John Hurt
- August 22 - Dorothy Parker, US writer, poet and lyricist
- September 13 - Larry Shields
- October 1 - Cliff Friend US composer
- November 8 - Clarence Williams
[edit] Deaths
- June 25 - Ferenc Erkel, composer
- August 7 - Alfredo Catalani, composer
- August 31 - William George Cusins, instrumentalist, conductor and composer
- September 8 - Michel Lentz, lyricist of the national anthem of Luxembourg
- October 18 - Charles Gounod, composer
- November 6 - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, composer
- date unknown - Felix Battanchon, cellist
