Music History
Dec 2 Camille Saint-Saëns' opera "Samson et Dalila" premieres in Weimar
Symphony No. 3
Dec 16 Anton Bruckner reluctantly steps in to conduct the premiere of his "Symphony No. 3", dedicated to Richard Wagner; it is a critical disaster and undergoes many revisions [1]
Brahms' 2nd Symphony
Dec 30 Johannes Brahms' 2nd Symphony in D, premieres in Vienna