1867 in music

See also:\n1866 in music,\nother events of 1867, \n1868 in music and the \nlist of 'years in music'.

Table of contents

1 Events 2 Top hits 3 Births 4 Deaths

Events

\n* Arthur Sullivan scores his first operetta Cox and Box\n* The Maple Leaf Forever written by Alexander Muir\n* Giuseppe Verdi's opera Don Carlos premieres at the Paris Opéra (March 11)\n* Jacques Offenbach's operetta La Grande-duchesse de Gérolstein debuts in Paris at the Théâtre des Variétés (April 12)\n* Charles Gounod's opera Roméo et Juliette debuts at the Théâtre-Lyrique in Paris (April 27)\n* Georges Bizet's opera La Jolie Fille de Perth premieres at Paris's Théâtre Lyrique (December 26)

Top hits

\n* "Blue Danube Waltz" by Johann Strauss II\n* "Champagne Charlie" by Alfred Lee & H. J. Whymark\n* "The Man on the Flying Trapeze" by George Leybourne, Gaston Lyle, & Alfred Lee\n* "Not For Joseph"     w.m. Arthur Lloyd

Births

\n* January 20 - Yvette Guilbert, singer, actress (d. 1944)\n* March 25 - Arturo Toscanini, noted conductor\n* September 5 - Amy Beach, composer\n* November 24 - Scott Joplin, ragtime composer

Deaths

\n* December 6 - Giovanni Pacini, composer