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EVENTS

Edvard Grieg 's '' Piano Concerto '' is premiered at Copenhagen 's Casino ( April 3 )

Richard Wagner 's Opera '' Das Rheingold '' debuts at the Königlich Hof- und Nationaltheater in Munich ( September 22 )

PUBLISHED POPULAR MUSIC

"Little Brown Jug" by J. Eastburn Winner

"Now the Day is Over" by w. Sabine Baring-Gould m. Joseph Barnby

"Shew, Fly! Don't Bother Me!" by T. Bringham Bishop (possibly w. Billy Reeves m. Frank Campbell)

"Sweet Genevieve" w. George Cooper m. Henry Tucker

CLASSICAL MUSIC

Johannes Brahms - '' Ein Deutsches Requiem ''

Charles Gounod - ''Les Martyrs''

OPERA

Richard Wagner - " Das Rheingold "

BIRTHS

February 1 - Kerry Mills , US violinist and songwriter

March 3 - Henry Wood , Conductor

May 5 - Hans Pfitzner , composer

June 6 - Siegfried Wagner , composer

June 17 - Sidney Jones , composer

September 6 - Henry Walford Davies , composer and organist, Master of the King's Musick

November 8 - J. Bodewalt Lampe , Danish-born composer

DEATHS

March 8 - Hector Berlioz , composer

April 20 - Carl Loewe , composer, Baritone , Conductor

November 29 - Giulia Grisi , opera singer

December 18 - Louis Moreau Gottschalk , composr and pianist