1894 in music

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March 14 - Johan Svendsen conducts the world premiere of Carl Nielsen's Symphony No. 1 in Copenhagen
December 22 - Claude Debussy's Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune is premiered in Paris
Enrico Caruso makes his operatic debut
George W. Johnson is said to have recorded over 25,000 phonograph records
The National College of Music , London, was formed by the Moss Family. The college still exists today as an examination board for music and drama.

Owls' Serenade 1894 sheet music cover

"Airy, Fairy Lillian" w. Tony Raymond m. Maurice Levi
"And Her Golden Hair Was Hanging Down Her Back" w. Monroe H. Rosenfeld m. Felix McGlennon
"At Trinity Church I Met My Doom" w.m. Fred Gilbert
"Don't Be Cross" by Karl Zeller from the operetta Der Obersteiger
"Forgotten" w. Flora Wulschner m. Eugene Cowles
"His Last Thoughts Were Of You" w. Edward B. Marks m. Joseph W. Stern
"The Honeymoon" m. George Rosey
"Humoresque" m. Antonín Dvořák
"I Don't Want To Play In Your Yard" w. Philip Wingate m. Henry W. Petrie
"If It Wasn't For The 'Ouses In Between" w. Edgar Bateman m. George Le Brunn
"I'll Be True To My Honey Boy" w.m. George Evans
"I've Been Working On The Railroad" w.m. trad (first copyright 1894)
"Kathleen" w.m. Helene Mora
"Little Kinkies" w.m. M. Tobias
"The Little Lost Child" w. Edward B. Marks m. Joseph W. Stern
"Long Ago In Alcala" w. Frederick Edward Weatherley & Adrian Ross m. André Messager
"My Friend The Major" w.m. E. W. Rogers
"My Pearl Is A Bowery Girl" w. William Jerome m. Andrew Mack
"Oh! That Gorgonzola Cheese" w. Fred W. Leigh m. Harry Champion
"The Owls Serenade" w. Arthur J. Lamb, m. H.W. Petrie
"She Is More To Be Pitied Than Censured" w.m. William B. Gray
"She May Have Seen Better Days" w.m. James Thornton
"The Sidewalks Of New York" w.m. Charles B. Lawlor & James W. Blake
""Why Did Nellie Leave Home?" by George M. Cohan
"Yale Society Two-Step" by C. VanBaar
"You've Been A Good Old Wagon But You've Done Broke Down" by Ben Harney

"And Her Golden Hair was Hanging Down Her Back"
- Dan W. Quinn, Berliner Records
"My Pearl is a Bowery Girl"
- Dan W. Quinn, Berliner Records

Granville Bantock - The Pearl of Iran
Julius Bechgaard - Frau Inge
Herman Bemberg - Cleopatra
Frederick Delius - The Magic Fountain
Charles Edouard Lefebvre - Djelma premiered on May 25 at the Théâtre de l'Opéra in Paris
Hamish MacCunn - Jeanie Deans
Jules Massenet - Thaïs
Emile Pessard - Le muet

A Gaiety Girl - Broadway production opened at Daly's Theatre on September 17 and ran for 81 performances
Der Obersteiger - Austrian production opened at the Theater an der Wien on January 5
The Passing Show - Broadway production opened at the Casino Theatre on May 5
Rob Roy Broadway production opened at the Herald Square Theatre on October 29 and ran for 168 performances
The Shop Girl - London production opened at the Gaiety Theatre on November 24 and ran for 546 performances
A Trip To Chinatown - London production opened at Toole's Theatre on September 29 and ran for 125 performances

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