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Events in the year 1893 in music.

Specific locations

  • 1893 in Norwegian music

Events

  • February 9 – Première of Giuseppe Verdi's final opera Falstaff in La Scala in Milan with Victor Maurel in the title rôle.
  • Summer – Gustav Mahler's first summer composing at his Komponierhäuschen ("composition hut") at Steinbach am Attersee in the Salzkammergut region of Austria.
  • August 14–15 – America's oldest music organization, the Stoughton Musical Society performs at the World's Columbian Exposition.
  • October 16–28 – In Saint Petersburg (Russia), Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky conducts the first performance of his Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74, Pathétique (Патетическая), nine days before his death (attributed to cholera). The second performance takes place 21 days later at a memorial concert conducted by Eduard Nápravník, incorporating minor revisions. Tchaikovsky wrote it between February and the end of August at Klin.
  • December 16 – Antonín Dvořák's Symphony No. 9 "From the New World" receives its première at Carnegie Hall in New York City.
  • December 29 – Claude Debussy's String Quartet is premièred in Paris.
  • American sisters Patty and Mildred J. Hill publish Song Stories for the Kindergarten including "Good Morning to All", which later becomes known as "Happy Birthday to You".
  • The first sousaphone is built by James Welsh Pepper at the request of bandmaster John Philip Sousa in the United States.

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Selected compositions (words/music indicated by "w.m."):

  • "Can't Lose Me, Charlie" w.m. Harry S. Miller
  • "The Cat Came Back"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w.m. Harry S. Miller
  • "Daisy Bell" – Edward M. Favor (Edison Records)
  • "December And May"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w. Edward Marks m. William Lorraine
  • "Do Do My Huckleberry Do"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w. Harry Dillon m. John Dillon (the Dillon Brothers)
  • "The Fatal Wedding"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w. W. H. Windom m. Gussie L. Davis
  • "Good Morning to All"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w. Patty Smith Hill m. Mildred J. Hill
  • "I Long to See The Girl I Left Behind"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w.m. John T. Kelly
  • "The Liberty Bell" by John Philip Sousa
  • "Mamie, Come Kiss Your Honey"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w.m. May Irwin
  • "Marguerite" by Charles A. White
  • "Oh! Mr Porter"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w. Thomas Le Brunn m. George Le Brunn
  • "Private Tommy Atkins"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w. Henry Hamilton m. S. Potter
  • "Say 'Au Revoir', But Not 'Good-Bye'" by Harry Kennedy
  • "Sweet Marie"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w. Cy Warman m. Raymond Moore
  • "They All Take After Me"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w. T. W. Connor m. Harry Randall
  • "Two Little Girls in Blue"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w.m. Charles Graham
  • "The Volunteer Organist"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w. William G. Gray m. Henry Lamb
  • "When The Roll Is Called Up Yonder"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w.m. James M. Black
  • "Zacatecas" by Genaro Codina
  • "After the Ball (song)" – George J. Gaskin
  • "After the Fair (Parody)" – George H. Diamond
  • "Anvil Chorus" – John York AtLee
  • "Beau Ideal March" – Baldwin's Cadet Band of Boston
  • "Blind Tom" – Brilliant Quartette
  • "The Cat Came Back" – George H. Diamond
  • "Chinese Picnic" – Vess Ossman
  • "Cocoanut Dance" – Vess Ossman
  • "The Commodore Song" – Edward M. Favor
  • "Daisy Bell" – Dan W. Quinn
  • "Darkie Tickle" – Vess Ossman
  • "Down On The Farm" – Edward Clarance
  • "Forge in the Forest" – Voss' First Regiment Band
  • "Grover Cleveland March" – Issler's Orchestra
  • "High School Cadets" – Vess Ossman
  • "If I Was Only Just Behind Her" – George H. Diamond
  • "The King's Song" – Edward M. Favor
  • "Lanciers With Figures Called" – Issler's Orchestra
  • "The Liberty Bell (march)" – John Philip Sousa
  • "Love's Sweet Honor" – Vess Ossman
  • "Lovely Woman" – Al Reeves
  • "Mama's Black Baby Boy" – Unique Quartette
  • "The Man That Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo” – George H. Diamond
  • "Marriage Bells" – Vess Ossman
  • "Mary Ann Medley" – Brilliant Quartette (Columbia Records)
  • "O Promise Me" – George J. Gaskin
  • "Parody On "After the Ball" – George H. Diamond
  • "Pat Brady and the World Fair at Chicago" – Dan Kelly
  • "Wang's Gavotte" – Issler's Orchestra
  • "The Washington Post (march)" – Vess Ossman
  • "Why Should I Keep From Whistling?" – John York AtLee & Fred Gaisberg

Classical music

  • Amy Beach – Gaelic Symphony
  • Johannes Brahms
  • Six Pieces for Piano, Op. 118
  • Four Pieces for Piano, Op. 119
  • Claude Debussy – String Quartet in G minor
  • Antonín Dvořák – Symphony no. 9 in E minor, "From the New World"
  • Edward German – Symphony in A minor, "Norwich"
  • Johan Halvorsen – Entry of the Boyars
  • Sergei Rachmaninoff
  • Fantaisie-Tableaux, for two pianos, Op. 5
  • Morceaux de salon for violin and piano, Op. 6
  • Jean Sibelius – Lemminkäinen Suite
  • William Stanley – Bay View Gavotte in A major
  • Josef Suk – Quintet for Piano and Strings in G minor
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – Symphony no. 6 in B minor, "Pathétique"
  • Charles-Marie Widor - Symphony no. 3 for organ & orchestra, Op. 69

Opera

  • Granville Bantock – Caedmar
  • Julius Bechgaard – Frode premiered on May 11 in Copenhagen
  • Engelbert Humperdinck – Hänsel und Gretel
  • Isidore de Lara – Amy Robsart
  • Emile Pessard
  • Une nuit de Noël premiered at the Ambigu, Paris
  • Mam'zelle Carabin premiered on November 3 at the Théâtre des Bouffes Parisiens, Salle Choiseul, Paris
  • Giacomo Puccini – Manon Lescaut
  • Camille Saint-Saëns – Phryné
  • Giuseppe Verdi – Falstaff

Musical theater

  • A Gaiety Girl – London production opened at the Prince of Wales Theatre on October 14 and ran for 413 performances
  • Jane Annie – London production opened at the Savoy Theatre on May 13 and ran for 50 performances
  • Little Christopher Columbus – London production opened at the Lyric Theatre on October 10 and ran for 279 performances
  • Morocco Bound (music Frank Osmond Carr lyrics: Adrian Ross) – London production opened at the Shaftesbury Theatre on April 13 and transferred to the Trafalgar Square Theatre on January 8, 1894, for a total run of 295 performances.
  • A Trip To Chinatown – Broadway production
  • Utopia Limited – London production opened at the Savoy Theatre on October 7 and ran for 245 performances

Births

  • February 10 – Jimmy Durante, American comedian and singer (died 1980)
  • February 15 – Walter Donaldson, American songwriter (died 1947)
  • February 21 – Andrés Segovia, Spanish classical guitarist (died 1987)
  • March 8 – Mississippi John Hurt, American country blues singer and guitarist (died 1966)
  • March 18 – Jean Goldkette, French-born American jazz pianist and bandleader (died 1962)
  • April 2 – Sergei Protopopov, Russian composer and music theorist (died 1954)
  • April 16 – Federico Mompou, Spanish classical composer (died 1987)
  • April 18 – Georges Boulanger, Romanian violinist (died 1958)
  • June 10 – Hattie McDaniel, singer and actress (died 1952)
  • June 26 – Big Bill Broonzy, American blues singer, songwriter and guitarist (died 1958)
  • June 28 – Luciano Gallet, Brazilian composer, pianist and conductor (died 1931)
  • July 25 – Dorothy Dickson, American-born British singer and actress (died 1995)
  • July 28 – Rued Langgaard, Danish composer and organist (died 1952)
  • August 21 – Lili Boulanger, French composer (died 1918)
  • August 22 – Dorothy Parker, American writer, poet and lyricist (died 1953)
  • September 13 – Larry Shields, American Dixieland jazz clarinetist (died 1953)
  • September 24 – Blind Lemon Jefferson, blues musician (died 1929)
  • October 1 – Cliff Friend, American Tin Pan Alley songwriter (died 1974)
  • October 23 – Jean Absil, Belgian composer and organist (died 1974)
  • November 8 – Clarence Williams, American jazz pianist, composer, promoter, vocalist, theatrical producer and publisher (died 1965)
  • December 7 — Fay Bainter, American actress (d. 1968)
  • December 24 – Harry Warren, born Salvatore Antonio Guaragna, American film songwriter (died 1981)

Deaths

  • January 18 – Julius Eichberg, composer (b. 1824)
  • February 13 – George Lichtenstein, pianist and music teacher (b. 1827)
  • May 2 – , composer (b.1809)
  • May 25 – Johann Rufinatscha, composer and music teacher (b. 1812)
  • June 10 – Elek Erkel, Hungarian composer, son of Ferenc Erkel (b. 1843)
  • June 25 – Ferenc Erkel, Hungarian composer (b. 1810)
  • July 16 – Antonio Ghislanzoni, librettist (b. 1824)
  • August 7 – Alfredo Catalani, composer (b. 1854)
  • August 31 – Sir William Cusins, instrumentalist, conductor and composer; Master of the Queen's Music (b. 1833)
  • September 8 – Michel Lentz, lyricist of the national anthem of Luxembourg (b. 1820)
  • September 13 – Carl Ludvig Gerlach, opera singer and composer
  • October 16 – Carlo Pedrotti, conductor and composer (b. 1817)
  • October 18 – Charles Gounod, composer (b. 1818)
  • November 6 – Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, composer (b. 1840)
  • December 23 – Benedict Randhartinger, composer (b. 1802)
  • date unknown – Félix Battanchon, cellist (b. 1814)

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