1891 in music
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Events in the year 1891 in music.
Specific locations
Events
- February 23 â Fourteen-year-old cellist Pablo Casals gives a solo recital in Barcelona.[1]
- March 16 â A performance of the Budapest Opera is interrupted by a spontaneous demonstration in support of musical director Gustav Mahler, at the time in conflict with intendant Géza Zichy and already negotiating for a position elsewhere.
- May 5 â The Music Hall in New York City (which becomes Carnegie Hall) has its grand opening and first public performance, with Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky guest-conducting his own work.
- May 10 â Danish classical composer Carl Nielsen marries his compatriot, the sculptor Anne Marie Brodersen, in St Mark's English Church, Florence, Italy, the couple having first met on March 2 in Paris.[2]
- June 24 - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky finished his ballet The Nutcracker
- October 16 â The Chicago Symphony Orchestra gives its inaugural concert.
- The Peabody Mason Concerts are inaugurated with a performance by Ferruccio Busoni.
- The ensemble attached to the Glasgow Choral Union is formally recognised as the Scottish Orchestra, predecessor of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra.[3]
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! Knocked 'em in the Old Kent Road" w. Albert Chevalier m. Charles Ingle
Recorded popular music
- "Bell Buoy" â J. W. Myers
- "The Church Across The Way" â Len Spencer
- "The Cobbler" â George J. Gaskin[4]
- "College Songs" â Gilmore's Band[5]
- "Cujus Animam" â David B. Dana (cornet) & Edward Issler (piano)[6]
- "Dance of the Owls" â A. T. Van Winkle (Xylophone) & Edward Issler (Piano)[7]
- "Drill, Ye Tarriers, Drill" â George J. Gaskin
- "Farewell to Dresden" â United States Marine Band
- "Five Minutes With The Minstrels" â Voss' First Regiment Band[8]
- "Home, Sweet, Home" â John York AtLee
- "La Media Noche (Mexican Dance)" â United States Marine Band
- "The Laughing Song" â George W. Johnson
- "Little 'Liza Loves You" â Len Spencer
- "Michael Casey as a Physician" â Russell Hunting[9]
- "The Mocking Bird" â John York AtLee and Fred Gaisberg
- "Nannon Waltz" â Issler's Orchestra[10]
- "One Minute Too Late" â Voss' First Regiment Band[11]
- "Paddy's Wedding" â Dan Kelly[12]
- "Pat Brady as a Police Justice" â Dan Kelly[13]
- "Pat Brady on a Spree" â Dan Kelly[14]
- "The Picture Turned to the Wall" â George J. Gaskin
- "The Picture Turned to the Wall" â Manhansett Quartette[15]
- "Rocked in the Cradle of the Deep" â Holding's Parlor Orchestra[16]
- "Sally in Our Alley" â Manhansett Quartette[17]'
- "Saving Them All for Mary" â Al Reeves[18]
- "Sweet Marie" â George J. Gaskin[4]
- "Third verse of Mary & John, The Lover's Quarrel" â Will White[19]
- "Turkey in the Straw" â Billy Golden
- "Uncle Jefferson â Billy Golden
- "Vienna Dudes March" â Duffy and Imgrund's Fifth Regiment Band[20]
Classical music
- Anton Arensky â Cantata on the 10th Anniversary of the Coronation
- Claude Debussy â Two Arabesques
- Johannes Brahms â Clarinet Quintet in B Minor, Op. 115
- Max Bruch â Concerto for Violin No. 3
- Heinrich von Herzogenberg â Requiem, Op. 72
- Carl Nielsen â Fantasy Pieces for Oboe and Piano
- Ethelbert Nevin â Water Scenes
- Camille Saint-Saëns â Africa, Op. 89
- Erik Satie â 6 Gnossiennes for piano
- Alphons Czibulka â Wintermärchen Waltzes Op. 366 (source of Hearts and Flowers)
Opera
- Frederick Delius â Irmelin
- Robert Fuchs â Die Teufelsglocke
- Miguel Marqués â El monaguillo (libretto by Emilio Sánchez Pastor, premiered in Madrid)
- Pietro Mascagni â L'amico Fritz
- Emile Pessard â Les folies amoureuses premiered on April 15 at the Théâtre de l'Opéra-Comique, Paris
Musical theater
- Robin Hood, Broadway production
- The Tyrolean, Broadway production
- Der Vogelhändler (The Tyrolean), Vienna production
Births
- January 25 â Wellman Braud, jazz musician (died 1966)
- February 5 â Dino Borgioli, operatic tenor (died 1960)
- March 22 â Alexis Roland-Manuel, French composer and critic (died 1966)
- March 28 â Leah Frances Russell, Australian opera singer (died 1983)
- April 2 â Jack Buchanan, Scottish singer, actor, dancer and director (died 1957)
- April 15 â Väinö Raitio, Finnish composer (died 1945)
- April 23 â Sergei Prokofiev, Russian composer (died 1953)
- May 16 â Richard Tauber, Austrian singer (died 1948)
- May 26 â Mamie Smith, blues singer (died 1946)
- May 30 â Ben Bernie, US bandleader (died 1943)
- June 3 â Georges Guibourg, French singer, actor and writer (died 1970)
- June 9 â Cole Porter, songwriter (died 1964)
- June 10 â Al Dubin, Swiss-born American lyricist (died 1945)
- June 21 â Hermann Scherchen, German conductor (died 1966)
- July 14 â Fréhel, French singer and actress (died 1951)
- July 16 â Blossom Seeley, US singer and vaudeville performer (died 1974)
- August 2 â Arthur Bliss, composer (died 1975)
- September 11 â Noël Gallon, French composer and music educator (died 1966)
- September 14 â CzesÅaw Marek, Polish composer, pianist, and piano teacher (died 1985)
- September 16 â Milton Schwarzwald, American film director and composer (died 1950)
- September 26 â Charles Munch, Alsatian symphonic conductor and violinist (died 1968)
- October 1 â Morfydd Llwyn Owen, Welsh singer and composer (died 1918)
- October 29 â Fanny Brice, US actress, comedian and singer (died 1951)
- November 27 â Giovanni Breviario, operatic tenor (died 1982)
- date unknown
- Charles McCarron, composer and lyricist (died 1919)
- Margaret Morris, dancer and choreographer (died 1980)
Deaths
- January 5 â Emma Abbott, singer (born 1850)
- January 8 â Fredrik Pacius, composer and conductor (born 1809)
- January 17 â Johannes Verhulst, conductor and composer (born 1816)
- January 16 â Léo Delibes, composer (born 1836)
- January 21 â Calixa Lavallée, composer (born 1842)
- May 23 â Ignace Leybach, pianist, organist and composer (born 1817)
- June 14 â Count Nicolò Gabrielli, Italian opera composer (born 1814
- July 3 â Stefano Golinelli, pianist and composer (born 1818)
- July 21 â Franco Faccio, composer and conductor (born 1840)
- August 5/6 â Henry Litolff, keyboard virtuoso and composer (born 1818)
- September 2 â Ferdinand Praeger, composer, music teacher, pianist and writer (b. 1815)
- October 27
- Charles Constantin, conductor (born 1835)
- Johann Dubez, Viennese violinist and composer (born 1828)
- November 9 â Frederick Mathushek, piano maker (born 1814)
- November 20 â Franz Hitz, Swiss pianist and composer (born 1828)
- December 28 â Alfred Cellier, composer (born 1844)
- date unknown
- Harvey B. Dodworth, bandmaster and conductor (born 1822)[21]
- Fanny Salvini-Donatelli, operatic soprano (born c.1815)
