1879 in music

See also:\n1878 in music,\nother events of 1879,\n1880 in music\nand the list of 'years in music'.

Table of contents

1 Events 2 Published popular music 3 Classical music 4 Opera 5 Musical theater 6 Births 7 Deaths

Events

\n* December 31 - Gilbert & Sullivan's The Pirates of Penzance debuts in New York City

Published popular music

\n* Oh, Dem Golden Slippers by James A. Bland\n* In the Morning By the Bright Light by James A. Bland\n* My Visit to the Opera by Joseph P. Skelly

Classical music

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Opera

• Eugene Onegin by Peter Tchaikovsky

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Musical theater

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Births

\n* June 13 - Maria Gay, opera singer\n* June 21 - Henry Creamer, US songwriter\n* August 1 - Eva Tanguay, singer, vaudeville star (d. 1947)\n* October 12 - Chris Smith, composer

Deaths