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.

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

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)
December 26 - Julius Weismann, German conductor and composer (d. 1950)