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Overview of the events of 1888 in music
Overview of the events of 1888 in music
This is a list of notable events in
music that took place in the year
1888.
Specific locations
Events
Published popular music
Classical music
Opera
Births
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January 20 – Huddie William Ledbetter (
Lead Belly), American
folk and
blues singer (d. 1949)
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January 26 –
Lisa Steier, Swedish ballerina (d. 1928)
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February 9 –
Ernst Mehlich, German-Brazilian conductor and composer (d. 1977)
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February 27 –
Lotte Lehmann, singer (d. 1976)
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May 10 –
Max Steiner, composer (d. 1971)
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May 11 –
Irving Berlin, composer (d. 1989)
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May 27 –
Louis Durey, composer, member of
Les Six (d. 1979)
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June 3 –
Tom Brown,
jazz trombonist (d. 1958)
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June 6 –
Pete Wendling, American composer, pianist, and piano roll recording artist (d. 1974)
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June 16 –
Bobby Clark, American comedian and singer (d. 1960)
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June 17 –
Bernhard van den Sigtenhorst Meyer, Dutch composer (d. 1953)
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June 25 –
Rosalie Housman, American composer (d. 1949)
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August 16 –
Armand J. Piron,
jazz musician (d. 1943)
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September 12 –
Maurice Chevalier, French singer and actor (d. 1972)
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October 7 –
Cecil Coles, composer (d. 1918)
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November 16 –
Luis Cluzeau Mortet, Uruguayan composer (d. 1957)
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November 23 –
Harpo Marx, American comedian, film star, mime artist and musician (d. 1964)
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November 26 –
Francisco Canaro, Uruguayan-born Argentine violinist, composer (d. 1964)
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December 28 –
Gabriel von Wayditch, American composer of operas (d. 1969)
Deaths
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January 5 –
Henri Herz, pianist and composer, 84
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January 14 –
Stephen Heller, pianist and composer, 74
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February 7 –
Aurore von Haxthausen, pianist and composer
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February 22 –
Jean-Delphin Alard, violinist and music teacher, 72
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March 10 –
Ciro Pinsuti, pianist and composer, 58
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March 21 –
Thomas German Reed, composer and theatre manager, 72
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March 29 –
Charles-Valentin Alkan, French pianist and composer, 74 (killed in freak accident, trapped beneath a falling coat-rack)
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April 21 –
Julius Weissenborn, bassoonist, 51
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June 13 –
Timoteo Pasini, Italian composer, conductor, and pianist, 59
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August 8 –
Friedrich Wilhelm Jähns, composer, music teacher and cataloguer, 79
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August 31 –
Blanche Cole, operatic soprano, 37 (dropsy)
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November 17 –
Jakob Dont, violinist and composer, 73
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December 2 –
Franz Xaver Witt, church musician and composer, 54
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December 26 –
Alfred Vance, English
music hall singer and comedian, 49 (died on stage)
References