Events Published popular music "Away, Away! My Heart's On Fire" w. W. S. Gilbert m. Arthur Sullivan \n* "Blow The Man Down" trad \n* "Funiculi-Funicula" w. G. Turco m. Luigi Denza \n* "Now for The Pirates' Lair" w. W. S. Gilbert m. Arthur Sullivan \n* "Oh, Better Far To Live And Die" w. W. S. Gilbert m. Arthur Sullivan \n* "A Rollicking Band Of Pirates, We" w. W. S. Gilbert m. Arthur Sullivan \n* "Roses From The South Waltz" m. Johann Strauss II \n* "Sailing, Sailing" w.m. Godfrey Marks \n* "To Gain A Brief Advantage" w. W. S. Gilbert m. Arthur Sullivan \n* "When A Felon's Not Engaged" w. W. S. Gilbert m. Arthur Sullivan \n* "When The Foeman Bares His Steel" w. W. S. Gilbert m. Arthur Sullivan \n* "When You Had Left Our Pirate Fold" w. W. S. Gilbert m. Arthur Sullivan \n* "Yes! I Am Brave! Oh, Family Descent" w. W. S. Gilbert m. Arthur Sullivan Classical music Songs My Mother Taught Me m. Anton Dvořák \nOpera \nMusical theater La Mascotte Paris production\n* The Pirates Of Penzance London production Births February 3 - Lina Abarbanell, German singer and actress\n*June 13 - Vincent Rose - Italian-born US bandleader and composer Deaths\n* October 4 - Jacques Offenbach