1887 in music

See also:\n1886 in music,\nother events of 1887,\n1888 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

• "Angels Without Wings" w.m. George Dance \n* "Away In The Manger" w. anon m. James Ramsey Murray \n* "Calvary" w. Henry Vaughn m. Paul Rodney \n* "Comrades" Felix McGlennon & George Horncastle\n* "I Know A Youth Who Loves A Maid" w. W. S. Gilbert m. Arthur Sullivan \n* "I Shipped, D'Ye See, In A Revenue Sloop" w. W. S. Gilbert m. Arthur Sullivan \n* "My Boy, You May Take It From Me" w. W. S. Gilbert m. Arthur Sullivan \n* "The Song That Reached My Heart" w.m. Julian Jordan \n* "There Grew A Little Flower" w. W. S. Gilbert m. Arthur Sullivan\n* "Ti! Hi! Tiddelly Hi!", w.m. Joseph Tabrar \n* "When The Night Wind Howls" w. W. S. Gilbert m. Arthur Sullivan

Classical music

\n*Gustave Charpentier - Didon (cantata) \n

Opera

Musical theater

• Dorothy Broadway production\n* Ruddigore London production\n* Ruddigore Broadway production

Births

\n*June 25 - George Abbott, US librettist and director\n* July 29 - Sigmund Romberg, composer\n* December 6 - Joseph Lamb

Deaths

\n* February 27 - Alexander Borodin\n*November 2 - Jenny Lind, Swedish nightingale