1870 In Music

Events

• Musikverein opens in Vienna (January 6)
• Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's fantasy-overture Romeo and Juliet debuts in Moscow, conducted by Nikolai Rubenstein (March 16)
• Leo Delibes' ballet Copplia debuts at the Paris Opra (May 25)
• Richard Wagner's Die Walkre premieres at the Munich Court Theatre (June 26)

Published popular music

• "Come In Old Adam, Come In!" by Alice Cary & C. F. Shattuck
• "Just Touch the Harp Gently, My Pretty Louise" by Sam Mitchell & Charles Blamphin

Classical music

• Messe des Orphonistes - Charles Gounod

Opera

• Prodana Nevesta (The Bartered Bride) by Bedřich Smetana
• Die Walküre by Richard Wagner

Musical theater

• Chilpric     London production
• La Mascotte     Paris production
• La Prichole     London production

Births

• January 3 - Henry Eichheim
• February 12 Marie Lloyd, British music-hall singer (d. 1922)
• April 30 - Franz Lehr
• August 4 - Harry Lauder, Scottish singer, comedian and songwriter
• August 12 - Arthur J. Lamb, lyricist and actor
• October 7 - Uncle Dave Macon, musician
• November 30 - Cecil Forsyth

Deaths

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