1888 in music

none August 2026 February 2012 1888 1888 music film This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1888. Specific locations 1888 in Norwegian music Events January 5 – The Neues Deutsches Theater, Prague, is inaugurated with a performance of Wagner's opera Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg. April 11 – The Concertgebouw in Amsterdam is inaugurated. June 29 – G. F. Handel's Israel in Egypt is recorded onto wax cylinder at The Crystal Palace in London, the earliest known recording of classical music. August 14 – A recording of Arthur Sullivan's "The Lost Chord" is played during a press conference introducing Thomas Edison's phonograph in London. October 5 – At the age of seven, George Enescu becomes the youngest student ever admitted to the Vienna Conservatory Gustav Mahler completes a projected symphonic poem, Totenfeier (Funeral Rites). It will eventually become the opening movement of his Symphony No. 2. Published popular music "Drill, Ye Tarriers, Drill"     anonymous possibly Thomas F. Casey "Over The Waves" ("Sobre las Olas")     w.m. Juventino Rosas "Where Did You Get That Hat?"     w.m. Joseph J. Sullivan Classical music Johannes Brahms – Violin Sonata in D Minor (opus 108) Cécile Chaminade – Scarf Dance, Callirhoe (ballet) Claude Debussy - Arabesque No. 1, L. 66 for piano Frederick Delius – Hiawatha (tone poem) Gabriel Fauré – Requiem in D minor, Op. 48 César Franck Symphony in D Minor Psyché, a symphonic poem with choir (based on the Greek myth), premiere March 10 1888 Edvard Grieg Lyric Pieces for Piano, Book IV Peer Gynt Suite No. 1 Op. 46 Augusta Holmes – La Nuit et l'amour Edwin Lemare Andantino in D-flat, also known as Moonlight and Roses, Op. 83 No. 2 Gustav Mahler – Symphony No. 1 Lieder aus "Des Knaben Wunderhorn" (song collection) Carl Nielsen – Suite for String Orchestra Ignacy Jan Paderewski – Piano Concerto in A minor Max Reger – String Quartet in D minor (with double bass obbligato; without op.) (1888–9) Joseph Rheinberger – Organ Sonata No. 12 in D-flat, Op. 154 Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov – Sheherazade Russian Easter Festival Overture Erik Satie – Gymnopédie for piano Richard Strauss Don Juan, Macbeth and Death and Transfiguration (first version) Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5 Hugo Wolf Goethe-Lieder Mörike-Lieder Opera Karel Miry – La Napolitaine (opera in 1 act, libretto by J. de Bruyne), premiered on February 25 in Antwerp Emile Pessard – Tartarin sur les Alpes premiered on November 17 at the Théâtre de la Gaîté, Paris Camille Saint-Saëns – Ascanio Carl Maria von Weber, completed by Gustav Mahler – Die Drei Pintos Arthur Sullivan – The Yeomen of the Guard, October 3 Savoy Theatre, London Births January 20 – Huddie William Ledbetter (Lead Belly), American folk and blues singer (d. 1949) January 26 – Lisa Steier, Swedish ballerina (d. 1928) February 9 – Ernst Mehlich, German-Brazilian conductor and composer (d. 1977) February 27 – Lotte Lehmann, singer (d. 1976)Lotte Lehmann Opera Singer, Soprano, Diva Britannica https://www.britannica.com/biography/Lotte-Lehmann 2026-08-01 Britannica.com en May 10 – Max Steiner, composer (d. 1971) May 11 – Irving Berlin, composer (d. 1989) May 27 – Louis Durey, composer, member of Les Six (d. 1979) June 3 – Tom Brown, jazz trombonist (d. 1958) June 6 – Pete Wendling, American composer, pianist, and piano roll recording artist (d. 1974) June 16 – Bobby Clark, American comedian and singer (d. 1960) June 17 – Bernhard van den Sigtenhorst Meyer, Dutch composer (d. 1953) June 25 – Rosalie Housman, American composer (d. 1949) August 16 – Armand J. Piron, jazz musician (d. 1943) September 12 – Maurice Chevalier, French singer and actor (d. 1972) October 7 – Cecil Coles, composer (d. 1918) November 16 – Luis Cluzeau Mortet, Uruguayan composer (d. 1957) November 23 – Harpo Marx, American comedian, film star, mime artist and musician (d. 1964) November 26 – Francisco Canaro, Uruguayan-born Argentine violinist, composer (d. 1964) December 28 – Gabriel von Wayditch, American composer of operas (d. 1969) Deaths January 5 – Henri Herz, pianist and composer, 84 January 14 – Stephen Heller, pianist and composer, 74 February 7 – Aurore von Haxthausen, pianist and composer February 22 – Jean-Delphin Alard, violinist and music teacher, 72 March 10 – Ciro Pinsuti, pianist and composer, 58 March 21 – Thomas German Reed, composer and theatre manager, 72 March 29 – Charles-Valentin Alkan, French pianist and composer, 74 (killed in freak accident, trapped beneath a falling coat-rack) April 21 – Julius Weissenborn, bassoonist, 51 June 13 – Timoteo Pasini, Italian composer, conductor, and pianist, 59 August 8 – Friedrich Wilhelm Jähns, composer, music teacher and cataloguer, 79 August 31 – Blanche Cole, operatic soprano, 37 (dropsy) November 17 – Jakob Dont, violinist and composer, 73 December 2 – Franz Xaver Witt, church musician and composer, 54 December 26 – Alfred Vance, English music hall singer and comedian, 49 (died on stage) References Category:19th century in music Category:Music by year