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Overview of the events of 1890 in music
Events in the year 1890 in music.
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Events
1890 sheet music cover
Published popular music
Recorded popular music
Births
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February 25 –
Myra Hess, pianist (d. 1965)
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February 27 –
Freddie Keppard, jazz cornetist (d. 1933)
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March 12 –
Evert Taube, writer, artist, composer and singer (d. 1976)
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March 17 –
Harold Morris, pianist and composer (d. 1964)
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March 20
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March 28 –
Paul Whiteman, bandleader (d. 1967)
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April 17 –
Gussie Mueller, jazz clarinetist (d. 1965)
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May 21 –
Harry Tierney, songwriter, composer of "Irene" and "Rio Rita" (d. 1965)
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June 6 –
Ted Lewis, bandleader (d. 1971)
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June 26 –
Jeanne Eagels, Broadway star (d. 1929)
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July 18 –
Victor Dolidze, Soviet-Georgian composer (d. 1933)
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August 12 –
Lillian Evanti, operatic soprano (d. 1967)
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August 15 –
Jacques Ibert, composer (d. 1962)
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August 28 –
Ivor Gurney, poet and composer (d. 1937)
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September 9 –
Francis Bousquet, French composer of classical music (d. 1942)
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September 15 –
Frank Martin, composer (d. 1974)
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September 26 –
Papanasam Sivan, Carnatic music composer (d. 1973)
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October 1 –
Stanley Holloway, English actor and singer (d. 1982)
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October 8 –
Samuel Hoffenstein, screenwriter and composer (d. 1947)
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October 13 –
Gösta Nystroem, composer (d. 1966)
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October 20 –
Jelly Roll Morton, American pianist, bandleader and composer (d. 1941)
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November 10 –
Mischa Bakaleinikoff, musical director (d. 1960)
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December 8 –
Bohuslav Martinů, classical composer (d. 1959)
Deaths
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January 8 –
Giorgio Ronconi, operatic baritone (b. 1810)
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January 16 –
Arthur Byron, operatic tenor (b. 1846)
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January 17 –
Salomon Sulzer, cantor and composer (b. 1804)
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January 20 –
Franz Lachner, conductor and composer (b. 1803)
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February 14 –
Wilhelm Fitzenhagen, cellist and music teacher (b. 1848)
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March 13 –
Henry Wylde, conductor, composer, music teacher and critic (b. 1822)
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April 16 –
John Barnett, composer and music writer (b. 1802)
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May 6 –
Hubert Léonard, violinist (b. 1819)
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May 28 –
Viktor Nessler, composer (b. 1841)
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June 3 –
Oskar Kolberg, folklorist and composer (b. 1814)
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June 30 –
Samuel Parkman Tuckerman, composer (b. 1819)
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July 22 –
Caterina Canzi, opera singer (b. 1805)
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October 7 –
John Hill Hewitt, songwriter (b. 1801)
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October 17 –
Prosper Sainton, violinist (b. 1813)
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October 28 –
Alexander John Ellis, music theorist (b. 1814)
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November 8 –
César Franck, composer (b. 1822)
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December 21 –
Niels Gade, composer (b. 1817)
- date unknown –
Ostap Veresai, minstrel and
kobzar (b. 1803)
References