1889 In Music

Events

• November 20 - Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 1 is premiered in Budapest
• Emile Berliner markets first commercial gramophone records

Published popular music

• "Ask A Policeman" w. E. W. Rogers m. A. E. Duran Deau
• "Down Went McGinty" w.m. Joseph Flynn
• "Four Little Curly Headed Coons" by James W. Wheeler
• "Little Annie Rooney (Is My Sweetheart)" w.m. Michael Nolan
• "Oh, Promise Me" w. Clement Scott m. Reginald de Koven
• "Playmates" w.m. Harry Dacre
• "Slide Kelly Slide" w.m. John W. Kelly
• "Take A Pair Of Sparkling Eyes" w. W. S. Gilbert m. Arthur Sullivan
• "The Thunderer" m. John Philip Sousa
• "The Washington Post" m. John Philip Sousa

Classical music

• Enrique Granados - Danzas espaolas
• Augusta Holms - Ode triomphale

Opera

• Francesco Cilea - Gina
• Robert Fuchs - Die Knigsbraut

Musical theater

• Gilbert & Sullivan - The Gondoliers London production
• Love's Trickery London production

Births

• April 11 - Nick LaRocca - jazz bandleader
• May 20 - Felix Arndt, US pianist & tunewriter
• July 4 - Joe Young, US lyricist and singer
• July 10 - Noble Sissle, US bandleader and singer
• September 26 - Frank Crumit, US singer
• October 3 - Manuel Manetta - jazz musician & teacher
• November 18 - Amelita Galli-Curci - opera singer
• December 25 - Edward "Kid" Ory, US trombonist

Deaths

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