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EVENTS

Richard Strauss' first major work, a symphony in D minor, is premiered.

Gustav Mahler obtains work as a conductor at a summer theatre at Bad Hall.

Richard Wagner publishes his autobiography.

PUBLISHED POPULAR MUSIC

"Away, Away! My Heart's On Fire" w. W. S. Gilbert m. Arthur Sullivan

"Blow The Man Down" trad

" Funiculì Funiculà " w. G. Turco m. Luigi Denza

"Now for The Pirates' Lair" w. W. S. Gilbert m. Arthur Sullivan

"Oh, Better Far To Live And Die" w. W. S. Gilbert m. Arthur Sullivan

"A Rollicking Band Of Pirates, We" w. W. S. Gilbert m. Arthur Sullivan

"Roses From The South Waltz" m. Johann Strauss II

"Sailing, Sailing" w.m. Godfrey Marks

"To Gain A Brief Advantage" w. W. S. Gilbert m. Arthur Sullivan

"When A Felon's Not Engaged" w. W. S. Gilbert m. Arthur Sullivan

"When The Foeman Bares His Steel" w. W. S. Gilbert m. Arthur Sullivan

"When You Had Left Our Pirate Fold" w. W. S. Gilbert m. Arthur Sullivan

"Yes! I Am Brave! Oh, Family Descent" w. W. S. Gilbert m. Arthur Sullivan

CLASSICAL MUSIC

Jan Levoslav Bella - ''String Quartet No. 2 in C minor''

Johannes Brahms - '' Tragic Overture '', '' Academic Festival Overture ''

Felix Draeseke - ''Weihestunden. Six songs for baritone (or mezzo-soprano) and piano''

Antonín Dvořák - '' Symphony No. 6 In D Major, Op. 60 '', '' Songs My Mother Taught Me ''

Niels Gade - ''Concerto for violin and orchestra in D minor''

Iosef Ivanovici - ''The Danube Waves''

Hubert Parry - ''Piano concerto''

Giacomo Puccini - ''Messa di Gloria''

Hans Rott - ''Symphony in E major''

Pablo Sarasate - ''Spanish Dances for Violin and Piano''

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - '' 1812 Overture '', ''Serenade for Strings''

OPERA

Dudley Buck - ''Deseret, or A Saint's Affliction''

Léo Delibes - ''Jean de Nivelle''

MUSICAL THEATER

'' La Mascotte '' Paris production

'' The Pirates Of Penzance '' London production

BIRTHS

January 5 - Nikolai Karlovich Medtner , Russia n pianist and composer. (d. 1951)

February 3 - Lina Abarbanell , German singer and actress

June 13 - Vincent Rose , Italian-born US bandleader and composer

July 5 - Jan Kubelík , Czech violinist (d. 1940)

July 24 - Ernest Bloch , Swiss -born American Jew ish composer (d. 1959)

October 12 - Healey Willan - England -born Canadian composer (d. 1968)

November 10 - Ildebrando Pizzetti - Italian composer (d. 1968)

''unknown date'' - Blind Uncle Gaspard - American vocalist and guitarist.

DEATHS

March 31 - Henryk Wieniawski , violinist and composer

August 17 - Ole Bull , Norwegian violinist

October 4 - Jacques Offenbach