Clara Schumann's Last Concert
Mar 12 Clara Schumann plays Johannes Brahms's "Variations on a Theme by Haydn" for two pianos, with James Kwast in her last public concert (Frankfurt, Germany)
Carnegie Hall Opens
May 5 Music Hall (now Carnegie Hall) opens in New York City, with Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky as guest conductor of the New York Music Society Orchestra
Grisélidis
May 15 Jules Massenet's opera "Grisélidis" premieres in Paris
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