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Overview of the events of 1880 in music
Overview of the events of 1880 in music
This article is about music-related events in
1880 .
Specific locations
Events
Published popular music
Classical music
Opera
Musical theater
Published Writings
Births
January 3 –
Lina Abarbanell , German-American singer and actress (d. 1963)
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January 5 –
Nikolai Medtner , Russian pianist and composer. (d. 1951)
January 6 –
John McKenna , traditional
Irish flute player (d. 1947)
February 19 –
Arthur Shepherd , American composer (d. 1958)
April 7 –
Fritz Grünbaum , Austrian Caberet artist (murdered 1941)
June 13 –
Vincent Rose , Italian-born American bandleader and composer (d. 1944)
July 5 –
Jan Kubelík , Czech violinist (d. 1940)
July 24 –
Ernest Bloch , Swiss-born American Jewish composer (d. 1959)
July 31 –
Manuel Penella , Spanish composer (d. 1939)
September 19 –
Zequinha de Abreu , Brazilian musician and composer (d. 1935)
September 20 –
Ildebrando Pizzetti , Italian composer (d. 1968)
September 27 –
Jacques Thibaud , French violinist (d. 1953)
October 12 –
Healey Willan , English-born
Canadian composer (d. 1968)
November 2
Aunt Molly Jackson , American folk singer and union activist (d. 1960)
Deaths
January 24 –
George Jackson Lambert , English organist and composer (born 1794)
February 18 –
Christina Enbom , Swedish operatic soprano (born 1804)
March 20 –
Joaquim Antônio da Silva Calado ,
choro composer and flautist (born
1848 )
March 31 –
Henryk Wieniawski , violinist and composer (born
1835 ) (heart attack)
May 1 –
Samuel Naumbourg , composer (born
1817 )
May 9 –
Hermann Berens , composer (born
1826 )
May 30 –
James Planché , word artist (born 1796)
August 16 –
Ernst Ferdinand Wenzel (born 1808)
August 17 –
Ole Bull ,
Norwegian violinist (born
1810 )
October 5 –
Jacques Offenbach , composer (born
1819 )
October 7 –
Fredrika Stenhammar , operatic soprano (born
1836 )
November 24 –
Napoléon Henri Reber , composer (born
1807 )
November 27 –
William Saurin Lyster , opera impresario (born
1828 )
December 2 –
Josephine Lang , composer (born
1815 )
December 27 –
Alessandro Nini , composer (born
1805 )
date unknown –
Knut Eriksson Helland , Hardanger fiddle maker (born
1851 )
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