1884 in music

See also: \n1883 in music,\nother events of 1884,\n1885 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

Published popular music

• "Clementine"     w.m. Percy Montrose \n* "The Coon's Salvation Army" by Sam Lucas\n* "The Golden Wedding"     m. Gabriel-Marie \n* "Love's Old Sweet Song"     w. George Clifton Bingham m. James Lyman Molloy \n* "March of the Plumed Knight" by Charles B. Morrell & William Howard Doane\n* "My Thoughts Are of Thee" by Sam Lucas\n* "Otchi Tchorniya"     trad \n* "Rest, Comrades, Rest (Memorial Hymn)" by O. B. Ormsby\n* "Rock-a-bye Baby"     w.m. Effie I. Canning \n* "When the Heather Blooms Again" by Francis Jane Crosby & William Howard Doane\n* "While Strolling Through The Park One Day"     w.m. Ed Haley

Classical music

Opera

\n*Jules Massenet - Manon

Musical theater

• Adonis Broadway production\n* The Beggar Student London production\n* Desirée Broadway production\n* The Grand Mogul London production\n* Princess Ida London production\n* Princess Ida Broadway production

Births

\n*January 13 - Sophie Tucker, singer\n*March 17 - Alcide Nunez, clarinetist \n

Deaths

\n*January 25 - Johann Gottfried Piefke, conductor and composer \n*May 12 - Bedrich Smetana, composer \n*June 25 - Hans Rott, composer \n*June 8 - Henry Clay Work, US composer