1889 in music
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[edit] Events
- November 20 - Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 1 is premiered in Budapest
- Emile Berliner markets first commercial gramophone records
- Joseph Kekuku is credited with inventing the Hawaiian steel guitar
[edit] Published popular music
- "Ask A Policeman" w. E. W. Rogers m. A. E. Duran Deau
- "Down Went McGinty" w.m. Joseph Flynn
- "Four Little Curly Headed Coons" by James W. Wheeler
- "Little Annie Rooney (Is My Sweetheart)" w.m. Michael Nolan
- "Oh, Promise Me" w. Clement Scott m. Reginald de Koven
- "Playmates" w.m. Harry Dacre
- "Slide Kelly Slide" w.m. John W. Kelly
- "Take A Pair Of Sparkling Eyes" w. W. S. Gilbert m. Arthur Sullivan
- "The Thunderer" m. John Philip Sousa
- "The Washington Post" m. John Philip Sousa
[edit] Classical music
- Enrique Granados - Danzas españolas
- Augusta Holmès - Ode triomphale
[edit] Opera
- Francesco Cilea - Gina
- Robert Fuchs - Die Königsbraut
- Miguel Marqués - El plato del día (libretto by Andrés Ruesga, Manuel Lastra and Enrique Prieto, premiered in Madrid)
[edit] Musical theater
- The Gondoliers (Music: Sir Arthur Sullivan Book & Lyrics: W. S. Gilbert) London production opened at the Savoy Theatre on December 7 and ran for 554 performances
- Love's Trickery London production
[edit] Births
- February 7 - Claudia Muzio, opera singer
- March 15 - Billy Jones, US singer
- March 16 - Elsie Janis, musical comedy star and songwriter
- April 11 - Nick LaRocca - jazz bandleader
- May 20 - Felix Arndt, US pianist & tunewriter
- July 4 - Joe Young, US lyricist and singer
- July 10 - Noble Sissle, US bandleader and singer
- September 26 - Frank Crumit, US singer
- October 3 - Manuel Manetta - jazz musician & teacher
- November 18 - Amelita Galli-Curci - opera singer
- December 25 - Edward "Kid" Ory, US trombonist
[edit] Deaths
- January 23 - Selina Dolaro, actress and singer
- January 31 - Joseph Gungl, composer and conductor
- March 3 - Sydney Smith, English composer and pianist
- April 9 - Jean-Baptiste Arban, cornet virtuoso
- April 30 - Carl August Nicholas Rosa, opera impresario
- July 7 - Giovanni Bottesini, double bass player and composer
- October 3 - Karel Miry, Belgian composer
- October 10 - Adolf von Henselt, pianist and composer
- November 24 - Frederic Clay, composer
- December 31 - Giuseppe Apolloni, composer
