1891 in music
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[edit] Events
- February 23 - Fourteen-year-old cellist Pablo Casals gives a solo recital in Barcelona.
- October 16 - The Chicago Symphony Orchestra gives its inaugural concert.
[edit] Published popular music
- "Actions Speak Louder Than Words" w. George Horncastle m. Felix McGlennon
- "Don't mind, my Darling!" w.m. Paul Steinmark
- "Hey, Rube!" w. J. Sherrie Matthews m. Harry Bulger
- "High School Cadets March" m. John Philip Sousa
- "Little Boy Blue" w. Eugene Field m. Ethelbert Nevin
- "The Man Who Broke The Bank At Monte Carlo" w.m. Fred Gilbert
- "The Miner's Dream Of Home" w.m. Will Godwin & Leo Dryden
- "Molly O!" w.m. William J. Scanlan
- "Narcissus" m. Ethelbert Nevin
- "The Pardon Came Too Late" w.m. Paul Dresser
- "The Picture That's Turned To The Wall" w.m. Charles Graham
- "Reuben And Cynthia" w.m. Percy Gaunt
- "Ta-ra-ra-boom-de-ay" w.m. Henry J. Sayers
- "Wot Cher!" w. Albert Chevalier m. Charles Ingle
[edit] Recorded popular music
- "The Laughing Song" - George W. Johnson
[edit] Classical music
- Anton Arensky - Cantata on the 10th Anniversary of the Coronation
- Johannes Brahms - Clarinet Quintet in B Minor, Opus 115
- Max Bruch - Concerto for Violin No. 3
- Ethelbert Nevin - Water Scenes
- Erik Satie - 6 Gnossiennes for Piano
[edit] Opera
- Frederick Delius - Irmelin
- Robert Fuchs - Die Teufelsglocke
- Miguel Marqués - El monaguillo (libretto by Emilio Sánchez Pastor, premiered in Madrid)
- Emile Pessard - Les folies amoureuses premiered on April 15 at the Théâtre de l'Opéra-Comique, Paris
[edit] Musical theater
- Robin Hood, Broadway production
- The Tyrolean, Broadway production
- Der Vogelhändler (The Tyrolean), Vienna production
[edit] Top hits
- "The Laughing Song" by George Washington Johnson
[edit] Births
- January 25 - Wellman Braud, jazz musician (d. 1966)
- February 5 - Dino Borgioli, operatic tenor (d. 1960)
- April 2 - Jack Buchanan, Scottish singer, actor, dancer and director (d. 1957)
- April 23 - Sergei Prokofiev, composer (d. 1953)
- May 30 - Ben Bernie, US bandleader (d. 1943)
- June 9 - Cole Porter, songwriter (d. 1964)
- June 10 - Al Dubin, Swiss-born American lyricist (d. 1945)
- July 14 - Fréhel, French singer, actress (d. 1951)
- July 16 - Blossom Seeley, US singer and vaudeville performer (d. 1974)
- August 2 - Arthur Bliss, composer (d. 1975)
- October 29 - Fanny Brice, US actress, comedian and singer (d. 1951)
- November 27 - Giovanni Breviario, operatic tenor (d. 1982)
- date unknown
- Charles McCarron, composer and lyricist (d. 1919)
- Margaret Morris, dancer and choreographer (d. 1980)
[edit] Deaths
- January 5 - Emma Abbott, singer (b. 1850)
- January 8 - Fredrik Pacius, composer and conductor (b. 1809)
- January 17 - Johannes Verhulst, conductor and composer (b. 1816)
- January 16 - Léo Delibes, composer (b. 1836)
- January 21 - Calixa Lavallée, composer (b. 1842)
- May 23 - Ignace Leybach, pianist, organist and composer (b. 1817)
- July 3 - Stefano Golinelli, pianist and composer (b. 1818)
- July 21 - Franco Faccio, composer and conductor (b. 1840)
- August 5 - Henry Charles Litolff, keyboard virtuoso and composer (b. 1818)
- November 9 - Frederick Mathushek, piano maker (b. 1814)
- December 28 - Alfred Cellier, composer (b. 1844)
