- Sep 26 Victor Herbert and Harry Smith's operetta "The Fortune Teller" premieres at Wallack's Theater, New York City
Vienna Philharmonic
Oct 6 Gustav Mahler conducts his first Vienna Philharmonic concert
- Oct 6 Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Fraternity founded at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, Massachusetts
- Nov 22 Pietro Mascagni's opera "Iris" premieres at the Teatro Costanzi in Rome, Italy