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EVENTS

December 31 - Gilbert & Sullivan 's '' The Pirates Of Penzance '' debuts in New York City

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

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 - ''Toccata'' from his 5th organ symphony

OPERA

Giovanni Bottesini - ''Ero e Leandro''

Viktor Nessler - '' Der Rattenfänger Von Hameln ''

Peter Tchaikovsky - '' Eugene Onegin ''

MUSICAL THEATER

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 4 - Hamilton Harty , composer

DEATHS