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EVENTS

Sir William Sterndale Bennett becomes Principal of the British Royal Academy Of Music .

Bedrich Smetana 's Opera ''Prodana Nevesta'' (The Bartered Bride) debuts in Prague at the Provisional Theater ( May 30 )

Jacques Offenbach 's Operetta ''La Vie Parisienne'' debuts in Paris 's Palais Royale ( October 21 )

Ambroise Thomas 's Opera ''Mignon'' debuts in Paris at the Opéra-Comique ( November 17 )

PUBLISHED POPULAR MUSIC

"Come Back To Erin" w.m. Claribel

"When You and I Were Young, Maggie" by James A. Butterfield & George Washington Johnson

"Write Me A Letter Home" w.m. Will S. Hays

CLASSICAL MUSIC

Georges Bizet - ''La jolie fille de Perth: suite''

Felix Draeseke - ''Fantasie on Themes from Boieldieus "Weisse Dame"''

Johann Gottfried Piefke - ''Königgrätzer Marsch''

Amilcare Ponchielli - ''Concerto for Trumpet in F major ''

Franz Von Suppé - ''Light Cavalry Overture''

OPERA

MUSICAL THEATER

'') London production opened at the Adelphi Theatre on June 30

'' The Black Crook ''

BIRTHS

April 1 - Ferruccio Busoni , Pianist , Composer

May 17 - Erik Satie , composer

June 15 - Charles Wood , composer

June 30 - Harry Tally

July 26 - Francesco Cilea , composer

''date unknown'' - La Goulue , can-can dancer

DEATHS

January 25 - Minna Wagner , estranged wife of Richard Wagner

February 6 - Anna Liszt , pianist and mother of Franz Liszt

March 4 - Alexander Campbell , hymn-book compiler

November 26 - Adrien-Francois Servais , cellist