1879 in music
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[edit] 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.
[edit] Published popular music
- "Oh, 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
[edit] 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
[edit] Opera
- Giovanni Bottesini - Ero e Leandro
- Miguel Marqués - Camoens
- Viktor Nessler - Der Rattenfänger von Hameln
- Peter Tchaikovsky - Eugene Onegin
[edit] 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
[edit] Births
- February 26 - Frank Bridge, composer
- May 22 - Eastwood Lane, composer
- June 13 - Maria Gay, opera singer
- June 21 - Henry Creamer, US songwriter
- July 5 - Philippe Gaubert, composer
- July 9 - Ottorino Respighi, composer
- August 1 - Eva Tanguay, singer, vaudeville star (d. 1947)
- August 18 - Gus Edwards, Prussian-born US songwriter and entertainer
- October 12 - Chris Smith, composer
- October 21 - Joseph Canteloube, composer
- December 1 - Beth Slater Whitson, US lyric writer
- December 4 - Hamilton Harty, composer
[edit] 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
