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1888 in music
Summary
This is a list of notable events in
music
that took place in the year
1888
.
List of years in music
(
table
)
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Art
Archaeology
Architecture
Literature
Music Philosophy
Science
+...
Specific locations
edit
1888 in Norwegian music
Events
edit
January 5
– The
Neues deutsches Theater, Prague
, is inaugurated with a performance of
Wagner
's opera
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
.
April 11
– The
Concertgebouw
in
Amsterdam
is inaugurated.
June 29
–
G. F. Handel
's
Israel in Egypt
is recorded onto wax cylinder at
The Crystal Palace
in London, the earliest known recording of classical music.
August 14
– A recording of
Arthur Sullivan
's "
The Lost Chord
" is played during a press conference introducing
Thomas Edison
's
phonograph
in London.
October 5
– At the age of seven,
George Enescu
becomes the youngest student ever admitted to the
Vienna Conservatory
Gustav Mahler
completes a projected
symphonic poem
,
Totenfeier
(Funeral Rites). It will eventually become the opening movement of his
Symphony No. 2
.
Published popular music
edit
"
Drill, Ye Tarriers, Drill
" anonymous possibly Thomas F. Casey
"
Over The Waves
" ("Sobre las Olas") w.m.
Juventino Rosas
"
Where Did You Get That Hat?
" w.m.
Joseph J. Sullivan
"The Whistling Coon" w.m. Sam Devere
Classical music
edit
Johannes Brahms
–
Violin Sonata in D Minor
(
opus
108)
Cécile Chaminade
–
Scarf Dance
,
Callirhoe
(ballet)
Claude Debussy
-
Arabesque No. 1
, L. 66 for piano
Frederick Delius
–
Hiawatha
(tone poem)
Gabriel Fauré
–
Requiem
in D minor, Op. 48
César Franck
Symphony in D Minor
Psyché
, a symphonic poem with choir (based on the Greek myth), premiere March 10 1888
Edvard Grieg
Lyric Pieces
for Piano, Book IV
Peer Gynt Suite No. 1
Op. 46
Augusta Holmes
–
La Nuit et l'amour
Edwin Lemare
Andantino in D-flat
, also known as
Moonlight and Roses
, Op. 83 No. 2
Gustav Mahler
–
Symphony No. 1
Lieder aus "Des Knaben Wunderhorn"
(song collection)
Carl Nielsen
–
Suite for String Orchestra
Ignacy Jan Paderewski
– Piano Concerto in A minor
Max Reger
– String Quartet in D minor (with double bass obbligato; without op.) (1888–9)
Joseph Rheinberger
– Organ Sonata No. 12 in D-flat, Op. 154
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
–
Sheherazade
Russian Easter Festival Overture
Erik Satie
–
Gymnopédie
for piano
Richard Strauss
Don Juan
,
Macbeth
and
Death and Transfiguration
(first version)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. 5
Hugo Wolf
Goethe
-Lieder
Mörike
-Lieder
Opera
edit
Karel Miry
–
La Napolitaine
(opera in 1 act, libretto by J. de Bruyne), premiered on February 25 in
Antwerp
Emile Pessard
–
Tartarin sur les Alpes
premiered on November 17 at the Théâtre de la Gaîté, Paris
Camille Saint-Saëns
–
Ascanio
Carl Maria von Weber
, completed by
Gustav Mahler
–
Die Drei Pintos
Musical theater
edit
The Yeomen of the Guard
by
W. S. Gilbert
and Sir
Arthur Sullivan
, premiered on October 3 at the
Savoy Theatre
, London and on October 17 at the
Casino Theatre (Broadway)
,
New York
[1]
Births
edit
January 20
– Huddie William Ledbetter (
Lead Belly
), American
folk
and
blues
singer (d. 1949)
January 26
–
Lisa Steier
, Swedish ballerina (d. 1928)
February 9
–
Ernst Mehlich
, German-Brazilian conductor and composer (d. 1977)
February 27
–
Lotte Lehmann
, singer (d. 1976)
May 10
–
Max Steiner
, composer (d. 1971)
May 11
–
Irving Berlin
, composer (d. 1989)
May 27
–
Louis Durey
, composer, member of
Les Six
(d. 1979)
June 3
–
Tom Brown
,
jazz
trombonist (d. 1958)
June 6
–
Pete Wendling
, American composer, pianist, and piano roll recording artist (d. 1974)
June 16
–
Bobby Clark
, American comedian and singer (d. 1960)
June 17
–
Bernhard van den Sigtenhorst Meyer
, Dutch composer (d. 1953)
June 25
–
Rosalie Housman
, American composer (d. 1949)
August 16
–
Armand J. Piron
,
jazz
musician (d. 1943)
September 12
–
Maurice Chevalier
, French singer and actor (d. 1972)
October 7
–
Cecil Coles
, composer (d. 1918)
November 16
–
Luis Cluzeau Mortet
, Uruguayan composer (d. 1957)
November 23
–
Harpo Marx
, American comedian, film star, mime artist and musician (d. 1964)
November 26
–
Francisco Canaro
, Uruguayan-born Argentine violinist, composer (d. 1964)
December 28
–
Gabriel von Wayditch
, American composer of operas (d. 1969)
Deaths
edit
January 5
–
Henri Herz
, pianist and composer, 84
January 14
–
Stephen Heller
, pianist and composer, 74
February 7
–
Aurore von Haxthausen
, pianist and composer
February 22
–
Jean-Delphin Alard
, violinist and music teacher, 72
March 10
–
Ciro Pinsuti
, pianist and composer, 58
March 21
–
Thomas German Reed
, composer and theatre manager, 72
March 29
–
Charles-Valentin Alkan
, French pianist and composer, 74 (killed in freak accident, trapped beneath a falling coat-rack)
April 21
–
Julius Weissenborn
, bassoonist, 51
June 13
–
Timoteo Pasini
, Italian composer, conductor, and pianist, 59
August 8
–
Friedrich Wilhelm Jähns
, composer, music teacher and cataloguer, 79
August 31
–
Blanche Cole
, operatic soprano, 37 (dropsy)
November 17
–
Jakob Dont
, violinist and composer, 73
December 2
–
Franz Xaver Witt
, church musician and composer, 54
December 26
–
Alfred Vance
, English
music hall
singer and comedian, 49 (died on stage)
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References
edit
^
"The Yeomen of the Guard".
The Guide to Musical Theatre
. Retrieved
April 3,
2013
.