1891 in music

See also: \n1890 in music,\nother events of 1891,\n1892 in music\nand the list of 'years in music'.

Table of contents

1 Events 2 Published popular music 3 Musical theater 4 Births 5 Deaths

Events

\n*October 16 - The Chicago Symphony Orchestra gives its inaugural concert

Published popular music

\n* "Actions Speak Louder Than Words" w. George Horncastle m. Felix McGlennon \n* "Hey, Rube!" w. J. Sherrie Matthews m. Harry Bulger \n* "High School Cadets March" m. John Philip Sousa \n* "Little Boy Blue" w. Eugene Field m. Ethelbert Nevin \n* "The Man Who Broke The Bank At Monte Carlo" w.m. Fred Gilbert \n* "The Miner's Dream Of Home" w.m. Will Godwin & Leo Dryden \n* "Molly O!" w.m. William J. Scanlan \n* "Narcissus" m. Ethelbert Nevin \n* "The Pardon Came Too Late" w.m. Paul Dresser \n* "The Picture That's Turned To The Wall" w.m. Charles Graham \n* "Reuben And Cynthia" w.m. Percy Gaunt \n* "Ta-ra-ra-boom-de-ay" w.m. Henry J. Sayers\n* "Wot Cher!" w. Albert Chevalier m. Charles Ingle

Musical theater

• Robin Hood, Broadway production\n* The Tyrolean, Broadway production\n* Der Vogelhändler (The Tyrolean), Vienna production

Births

\n* Charles McCarron\n* January 25 - Wellman Braud\n* April 2 - Jack Buchanan, Scottish singer, actor, dancer and director\n* April 23 - Sergei Prokofiev\n* May 30 - Ben Bernie - US bandleader\n* June 9 - Cole Porter\n* June 10 - Al Dubin, Swiss-born American lyricist\n* July 14 - Fréhel, French singer, actress (d. 1951)\n*July 16 - Blossom Seeley, US singer and vaudeville performer

Deaths

\n* 5 January - Emma Abbott, singer