1890 in music

See also: \n1889 in music,\nother events of 1890,\n1891 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

• September 9 - Edward Elgar's concert overture Froissart is premiered at the Three Choirs Festival in Worcester\n* George W. Johnson records phonograph cylinders\n* First full performance of Hector Berlioz's opera, Les Troyens, takes place at Karlsruhe, 21 years after the composer's death

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Published popular music

\n* "The Commodore Song"\n* "Little Pig Went To Market" by J. Cheever Goodwin & Gustave Kerker\n* "Maggie Murphy's Home" w. Edward Harrigan m. David Braham \n* "Passing By" w. Robert Herrick m. Edward C. Purcell \n* "Throw Him Down McCloskey" w.m. John W. Kelly \n* "You'll Miss Lots of Fun When You're Married" by John Philip Sousa & Edward M. Taber

Classical music

• Scheherazade m. Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

Opera

• Cavalleria Rusticana by Pietro Mascagni\n* Prince Igor commenced by Alexander Borodin completed by Alexander Glazunov and Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov\n* Queen of Spades by Peter Tchaikovsky

Musical theater

• The Gondoliers     Broadway production\n* Love And Law     Broadway production\n* Robin Hood     Chicago production\n* The Sentry     London production\n* Reilly And The 400 Broadway production

Births

\n* February 27 - Freddie Keppard\n* March 20 - Beniamino Gigli\n* March 28 - Paul Whiteman\n* April 17 - Gussie Mueller\n* June 6 - Ted Lewis\n* December 8 - Bohuslav Martinu

Deaths