Music History
Jan 2 Camille Saint-Saëns' 3rd Violin Concerto in B, premieres in Paris, France, with Spanish virtuoso Pablo de Sarasate as soloist and dedicatee
"Academic Festival Overture"
Jan 4 Johannes Brahms' "Academic Festival Overture" premieres in Breslau
- Feb 10 Jacques Offenbach's opera "Les Contes d'Hoffman" premieres in Paris
Symphony No. 4
Feb 20 Conductor Hans Richter leads the Vienna Philharmonic in premiere of Anton Bruckner's "Symphony No. 4", in Vienna, Austria-Hungary
- Mar 23 Gas lamp sets fire to Théâtre Municipal” opera house in Nice, France; 70 die, and building completely destroyed
Patience
Apr 23 W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan's comic opera "Patience" premieres at The Opera Comique, London
Music History
May 11 Bedřich Smetana's opera "Libuše" premieres iat the Natonal Theater, in Prague
- Jun 14 Player piano patented by John McTammany Jr (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
- Sep 3 Anton Bruckner completes his 6th Symphony
- Oct 4 Edward Leveaux patents automatic player piano
- Oct 22 Boston Symphony Orchestra gives its first concert
"Hérodiade"
Dec 19 Opera "Hérodiade" by Jules Massenet is produced in Brussels
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