1879 in music
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This article is about music-related events in 1879.
Events
- December 31 – Gilbert & Sullivan's The Pirates of Penzance debuts in New York City
- Engelbert Humperdinck becomes the first winner of the Mendelssohn Award awarded by the Mendelssohn Stiftung (foundation) of Berlin.
- The Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra gains a permanent home at the Garnier Palace.
Published popular music
- "O Dem Golden Slippers by James A. Bland
- "In the Morning By the Bright Light" by James A. Bland
- "My Visit to the Opera" by Joseph P. Skelly
Classical music
- Henri Duparc – Le Manoir de Rosemonde
- César Franck – Piano Quintet
- Asger Hamerik – Concert Romance for 'cello and piano
- Franz Lachner – Elegie for Flute and Organ
- Charles-Marie Widor – Symphony for Organ No. 5
Opera
- Giovanni Bottesini – Ero e Leandro
- Miguel Marqués – Camoens
- Viktor Nessler – Der Rattenfänger von Hameln
- Peter Tchaikovsky – Eugene Onegin
Musical theater
- The Mulligan Guards' Ball Broadway production opened at the Comique Theatre on January 13 and ran for 153 performances
- The Mulligan Guards' Chowder Broadway production opened at the Comique Theatre on August 11 and ran for 112 performances
- The Mulligan Guards' Christmas Broadway production opened at the Comique Theatre on November 17 and ran for 104 performances
Births
- January 3 – Lina Abarbanell, German-American soprano (d. 1963)
- February 9 – Natanael Berg, Swedish composer (d. 1957)
- February 26 – Frank Bridge, composer (d. 1941)
- April 1 – Louise Gunning, singer, Broadway and vaudeville (d. 1960)
- May 22 –
- Jean Cras, French composer (d. 1932)
- Eastwood Lane, composer (d. 1951)
- June 13 – Maria Gay, opera singer (d. 1943)
- June 21 – Henry Creamer, US songwriter (d. 1930)
- July 5 – Philippe Gaubert, composer (d. 1941)
- July 9 – Ottorino Respighi, composer (d. 1936)
- August 1 – Eva Tanguay, singer, vaudeville star (d. 1947)
- August 18 – Gus Edwards, Prussian-born US songwriter and entertainer (d. 1945)
- September 30 – Henri Casadesus, violist and music publisher (d. 1947)
- October 12 – Chris Smith, composer (d. 1949)
- October 18 – Grzegorz Fitelberg, Polish conductor, violinist and composer (d. 1953)
- October 21 – Joseph Canteloube, composer (d. 1957)
- December 1 – Beth Slater Whitson, US lyric writer (d. 1930)
- December 4 – Hamilton Harty, composer (d. 1941)
- December 19 – Otto Olsson, Swedish composer (d. 1964)
Deaths
- January 8 – Ferdo Livadić, composer (born 1799)
- February 20 – John Orlando Parry, pianist, singer and comedian (born 1810)
- April 9 – Ernst Friedrich Eduard Richter, music theorist
- May 27 – E. S. Engelsberg, composer
- June 3 – Frances Ridley Havergal, hymn-writer
- July 6 – Henry Smart, organist and composer (born 1813)
- August 4 – Adelaide Kemble, opera singer
- September 12 – Peter Arnold Heise, composer
- October 14 – Karl Anton Eckert, conductor and composer (born 1820)
- November 30 – August Bournonville, ballet-master and choreographer
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