- 1884 in music
Events
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December - Seventh Symphony ofAnton Bruckner is premiered inLeipzig , bringing the composer his first great success.Published popular music
* "
Oh My Darling, Clementine " w.m.Percy Montrose
* "The Coon's Salvation Army" bySam Lucas
* "The Fountain in the Park" aka "While Strolling Through the Park One Day" w.m. Ed Haley
* "The Golden Wedding" m. Gabriel-Marie
* "Love's Old Sweet Song" w. George Clifton Bingham m.James Lynam Molloy
* "March of the Plumed Knight" byCharles B. Morrell &William Howard Doane
* "My Thoughts Are of Thee" by Sam Lucas
* "Otchi Tchorniya" ("Dark Eyes (song) ") by Y. P. Grebyonka & F. Hermann
* "Rest, Comrades, Rest (Memorial Hymn)" byO. B. Ormsby
* "Rock-a-bye Baby" w.m.Effie I. Canning
* "When the Heather Blooms Again" by Frances Jane Crosby & William Howard DoaneClassical music *
Anton Bruckner - "Te Deum" (begun 1881)
*Henri Duparc - "La Vie Antérieure"
*César Franck - "Prélude, Chorale et Fugue"
*Alexander Glazunov - String Quartet No. 2 Opus 10 inF major
*Charles Gounod - "Mors et Vita" (oratorio)
*Hugo Wolf - String Quartet inD minor (begun 1878)Opera *
Eduard Caudella - "Hatmanul Baltag"
*Luigi Mancinelli - "Isora di Provenza"
*Miguel Marqués - "El reloj de Lucerna" (libretto by Marcos Zapata, premiered in Madrid)
*Jules Massenet - "Manon "
*Karl Millöcker - "Gasparone "
*Viktor Nessler - "Der Trompeter von Säkkingen "
*Giacomo Puccini - "Le Villi "
*Charles Villiers Stanford - "The Canterbury Pilgrims"
*Felix Weingartner - "Sakuntala"Musical theater * "Adonis" Broadway production opened at the
Bijou Theatre onSeptember 4 and ran for 603 performances
* "The Beggar Student " London production opened at theAlhambra Theatre onApril 12 and ran for 112 performances
* "The Grand Mogul " London production
* "Princess Ida " London production opened at theSavoy Theatre onJanuary 5 and ran for 246 performances
* "Princess Ida " Broadway production opened at theFifth Avenue Theatre onFebruary 11 and ran for 48 performancesBirths
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January 13 -Sophie Tucker , singer
*March 17 -Alcide Nunez , clarinetist
*May 19 -Arthur Meulemans , composer (died 1966)
*May 27 -Max Brod , author, composer and journalist (died 1968)
*September 17 - Charles Tomlinson Griffes, composer (died 1920)
*November 6 -Ludomir Rozycki , composer (d. 1953)
*November 23 -Guy Bolton , English librettist
*November 30 -Ture Rangström , composer (died 1947)Deaths
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January 21 -Auguste Franchomme , cellist (dedicatee of works by Chopin)
*January 25 -Johann Gottfried Piefke , conductor and composer
*April 24 -Marie Taglioni , ballerina
*April 29 - Michael Costa, conductor and composer
*May 12 -Bedřich Smetana , composer
*June 25 -Hans Rott , composer
*June 8 -Henry Clay Work , US composer
*July 5 -Victor Massé , composer
*November 27 -Fanny Elssler , dancer
*December 4 -Alice Mary Smith , composer (born 1839)
*"date unknown"
**Franz Wohlfahrt, violin teacher
**Velvel Zbarjer , Brody singer
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