- 1890 in music
Events
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September 9 -Edward Elgar 's concertoverture "Froissart " is premiered at theThree Choirs Festival in Worcester
*George W. Johnson recordsphonograph cylinders
* First full performance ofHector Berlioz 's opera, "Les Troyens", takes place at Karlsruhe, 21 years after the composer's deathPublished 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" byJohn Philip Sousa & Edward M. TaberClassical music
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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"
*Alexander Scriabin - "Romance for Horn and Piano"
*Jean Sibelius - "Piano Quintet in G minor"
*Sergei Taneyev - "String Quartet No. 1" Opus 4Opera * "
Cavalleria Rusticana " byPietro Mascagni
* "Prince Igor " begun byAlexander Borodin , completed byAlexander Glazunov andNikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
* "Queen of Spades" byPyotr Ilyich 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 productionBirths
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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 musicianDeaths
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January 8 -Giorgio Ronconi , operatic baritone (b. 1810)
*January 17 -Salomon Sulzer , cantor and composer (b. 1804)
*January 20 -Franz Lachner , conductor and composer (b. 1803)
*April 16 -John Barnett , composer and music writer (b. 1802)
*May 6 -Hubert Léonard , violinist (b. 1819)
*May 28 -Viktor Nessler , composer (b. 1841)
*June 30 -Samuel Parkman Tuckerman , composer (b. 1819)
*October 7 -John Hill Hewitt , songwriter (b. 1801)
*October 17 -Prosper Sainton , violinist (b. 1813)
*October 28 -Alexander John Ellis , music theorist (b. 1814)
*November 8 -César Franck , composer (b. 1822)
*December 21 -Niels Wilhelm Gade , composer (b. 1817)
*"date unknown" -Ostap Veresai , minstrel andkobzar (b. 1803)
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