"Liebeslieder Walzer"
Jan 5 Johannes Brahms' collection of lovesongs, "Liebeslieder Walzer" premieres
Valkyrie Premieres
Jun 26 Richard Wagner's opera "Valkyrie", second in his Ring Cycle premieres in Munich, featuring "Ride of the Valkyries"
Mahler's 1st Concert
Oct 13 Gustav Mahler (10) gives his 1st public piano concert in Jihlava, Kingdom of Bohemia (now Czech Republic)