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	Cp	18th Century
	C	19th century
	Cf	20th century
	Yp1	1887
	Yp2	1888
	Yp3	1889
	Year	1890
	Ya1	1891
	Ya2	1892
	Ya3	1893
	Dp3	1860s
	Dp2	1870s
	Dp1	1880s
	D	1890s
	Dn1	1900s
	Dn2	1910s
	Dn3	1920s

EVENTS

September 9 - Edward Elgar 's concert Overture '' Froissart '' is premiered at the Three Choirs Festival in Worcester

George W. Johnson records Phonograph Cylinders

First full performance of Hector Berlioz 's opera, ''Les Troyens'', takes place at Karlsruhe, 21 years after the composer's death

PUBLISHED POPULAR MUSIC

"The Commodore Song"

"Little Pig Went To Market" by J. Cheever Goodwin & Gustave Kerker

"Maggie Murphy's Home" w. Edward Harrigan m. David Braham

"Passing By" w. Robert Herrick m. Edward C. Purcell

"Throw Him Down McCloskey" w.m. John W. Kelly

"You'll Miss Lots of Fun When You're Married" by John Philip Sousa & Edward M. Taber

CLASSICAL MUSIC

Ferruccio Busoni - ''Violin Sonata No. 1'', Opus 29

Ernest Chausson - ''Chansons de Shakespeare''

Antonín Dvořák - ''Requiem''

Alexander Glazunov - ''Symphony No. 3'', Opus 33

Armas Järnefelt - ''Ouverture Lyrique''

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov - '' Scheherazade ''

Alexander Scriabin - ''Romance for Horn and Piano''

Jean Sibelius - ''Piano Quintet in G minor''

Sergei Taneyev - ''String Quartet No. 1'' Opus 4

OPERA

'' Cavalleria Rusticana '' by Pietro Mascagni

'' Prince Igor '' begun by Alexander Borodin , completed by Alexander Glazunov and Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

''Queen of Spades'' by Pyotr Llyich Tchaikovsky

MUSICAL THEATER

'' The Gondoliers '' Broadway production

'' Love And Law '' Broadway production

'' Robin Hood '' Chicago production

'' The Sentry '' London production

'' Reilly And The 400 '' Broadway production

BIRTHS

February 25 - Myra Hess , pianist

February 27 - Freddie Keppard

March 20

--- Beniamino Gigli , opera singer

--- Lauritz Melchior , opera singer

March 28 - Paul Whiteman

April 17 - Gussie Mueller

May 21 - Harry Tierney , songwriter, composer of ''Irene'' and ''Rio Rita''

June 6 - Ted Lewis

June 26 - Jeanne Eagels , Broadway star

August 12 - Lillian Evanti , opera singer

August 15 - Jacques Ibert , composer

September 15 - Frank Martin , composer

October 1 - Stanley Holloway , English actor and singer

December 8 - Bohuslav Martinů

''date unknown'' - Rob Barbecue , jazz musician

DEATHS

January 20 - Franz Lachner , conductor and composer

November 8 - César Franck

December 21 - Niels Wilhelm Gade , composer

SEE ALSO

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