- 1891 in music
Events
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October 16 - TheChicago Symphony Orchestra gives its inaugural concertPublished popular music
* "Actions Speak Louder Than Words" w. George Horncastle m.
Felix McGlennon
* "Don't mind, my Darling!" w.m. Paul Steinmark
* "Hey, Rube!" w. J. Sherrie Matthews m. Harry Bulger
* "High School Cadets March" m.John Philip Sousa
* "Little Boy Blue" w. Eugene Field m.Ethelbert Nevin
* "The Man Who Broke The Bank At Monte Carlo" w.m. Fred Gilbert
* "The Miner's Dream Of Home" w.m.Will Godwin &Leo Dryden
* "Molly O!" w.m. William J. Scanlan
* "Narcissus" m.Ethelbert Nevin
* "The Pardon Came Too Late" w.m.Paul Dresser
* "The Picture That's Turned To The Wall" w.m. Charles Graham
* "Reuben And Cynthia" w.m. Percy Gaunt
* "Ta-ra-ra-boom-de-ay" w.m.Henry J. Sayers
* "Wot Cher!" w.Albert Chevalier m. Charles IngleRecorded popular music
* "The Laughing Song" -
George W. Johnson Classical music
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Anton Arensky - "Cantata on the 10th Anniversary of the Coronation"
*Johannes Brahms - "Clarinet Quintet in B Minor, Opus 115"
*Max Bruch - "Concerto for Violin No. 3"
*Ethelbert Nevin - "Water Scenes"
*Erik Satie - "6 Gnossiennes for Piano"Opera
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Frederick Delius - "Irmelin"
*Robert Fuchs - "Die Teufelsglocke"
*Miguel Marqués - "El monaguillo" (libretto by Emilio Sánchez Pastor, premiered in Madrid)
*Emile Pessard - "Les folies amoureuses" premiered on April 15 at the Théâtre de l'Opéra-Comique, ParisMusical theater * "
Robin Hood ", Broadway production
* "The Tyrolean ", Broadway production
* "Der Vogelhändler " ("The Tyrolean "), Vienna productionTop hits
* "The Laughing Song" by
George Washington Johnson Births
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January 25 -Wellman Braud , jazz musician (d. 1966)
*February 5 -Dino Borgioli , operatic tenor (d. 1960)
*April 2 -Jack Buchanan , Scottish singer, actor, dancer and director (d. 1957)
*April 23 -Sergei Prokofiev , composer (d. 1953)
*May 30 -Ben Bernie , US bandleader (d. 1943)
*June 9 -Cole Porter , songwriter (d. 1964)
*June 10 -Al Dubin , Swiss-born American lyricist (d. 1945)
*July 14 - Fréhel, French singer, actress (d.1951 )
*July 16 -Blossom Seeley , US singer andvaudeville performer (d. 1974)
*August 2 -Arthur Bliss , composer (d.1975 )
*October 29 -Fanny Brice , US actress, comedian and singer (d. 1951)
*November 27 -Giovanni Breviario , operatic tenor (d. 1982)
*"date unknown"
**Charles McCarron , composer and lyricist (d. 1919)
**Margaret Morris, dancer and choreographer (d. 1980)Deaths
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January 5 -Emma Abbott , singer (b. 1850)
*January 8 -Fredrik Pacius , composer and conductor (b. 1809)
*January 17 -Johannes Verhulst , conductor and composer (b. 1816)
*January 16 -Léo Delibes , composer (b. 1836)
*January 21 -Calixa Lavallée , composer (b. 1842)
*May 23 -Ignace Leybach , pianist, organist and composer (b. 1817)
*July 3 -Stefano Golinelli , pianist and composer (b. 1818)
*July 21 -Franco Faccio , composer and conductor (b. 1840)
*August 5 -Henry Charles Litolff , keyboard virtuoso and composer (b. 1818)
*November 9 -Frederick Mathushek , piano maker (b. 1814)
*December 28 -Alfred Cellier , composer (b. 1844)
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