April 28 - Jean Sibelius's symphonic suite Kullervo is premiered.May 26 - A statue of Felix Mendelssohn, by Werner Stein, is dedicated at St. Thomas Church, Leipzig. Removed by the Nazis in the 1930s, it was re-dedicated in 2008.September 24 - Opening of the Theater Unter den Linden, Berlin with Adolf Ferron's operetta Daphne and Gaul and Haßreiter's ballet Die Welt in Bild und Tanz.September 26 - Antonín Dvořák arrives in the United States to take up his post as artistic director of the National Conservatory of Music.December 18Anton Bruckner's Symphony No. 8 in C minor is premiered by the Vienna Philharmonic with Hans Richter conducting at the Stadttheater, Leipzig.December 6 O.S. - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's ballet The Nutcracker and opera Iolanta are premiered in a double bill at the Imperial Mariinsky Theatre in Saint Petersburg, Russia."After the Ball" becomes the first sheet music to sell over 1 million copies (for a single publisher in a single year).Erik Satie composes his first pieces in his own compositional system.Sergei Diaghilev graduates from the Saint Petersburg Conservatory.Ferdinand Praeger's controversial biography Wagner As I Knew Him is published posthumously in London."After the Ball" w.m. Charles K. Harris"The Bowery" w. Charles H. Hoyt m. Percy Gaunt"Daddy Wouldn't Buy Me a Bow Wow" w.m. Joseph Tabrar"Daisy Bell" (aka "A Bicycle Built For Two") w.m. Harry Dacre"Flanagan" w.m. C. W. Murphy & William Letters"Future Mrs. 'Awkins" by Albert Chevalier"The Holy City" w. Frederick Edward Weatherly m. Stephen Adams"La Sultana Turkish March" m. Fred Linden"Liebestraum Nocturne" m. Virginia Field"Molly And I And The Baby" w.m. Harry Kennedy"My Old Dutch" w. Albert Chevalier m. Charles Ingle"My Sweetheart's The Man In The Moon" w.m. James Thornton"The Sweetest Story Ever Told" w.m. R. M. Stults"The Virginia Skedaddle" w.m. Monroe H. Rosenfeld"Daddy Wouldn't Buy Me a Bow-wow " – Dan W. Quinn
"Daddy Wouldn't Buy Me a Bow-wow " – Silas Leachman
"Esquimeau Dance" – William Tuson
"Grover Cleveland March" – Gilmore's Band
"Michael Casey At The Telephone" – Russell Hunting
"Michael Casey Taking The Census" – Russell Hunting
"Pat Brady as President" – Dan Kelly
"Parody of "We'll Never Turn His Picture Toward The Wall'" – Al Reeves
"Riding through the Glen" – Issler's Orchestra
"Take Your Time Gentlemen" – Press Eldridge
"The Blind Boy" – Richard Jose
"The Bowery" – Dan W. Quinn
"The Laughing Darkie" – George W. Johnson (singer)
"The Night Alarm" – Holding's Military Band
"The Old Folks at Home" – Len Spencer
"Uncle Ned's Dream" – George W. Johnson (singer)
Johannes Brahms - Intermezzos opus number 117Alexander Glazunov - String Quintet in A major (opus 39)Gustav Mahler - Das himmlische Leben (later incorporated into his fourth symphony)Miguel Marqués - El CentineloCarl Nielsen - First SymphonyJoseph Parry - Saul of Tarsus (oratorio)Sergei RachmaninoffPrelude in C-sharp MinorPiano Concerto No. 1 in F-sharp minor, Op. 1Max RegerCello Sonata No. 1, Op. 5Twelve Waltz-Caprices, Op. 9, four-hand piano20 German Dances, Op. 10, four-hand pianoAlexander Scriabin - Piano Sonata No. 1 in F minor, opus 6Josef Suk - Serenade for Strings in E flat majorAlexander von Zemlinsky - Symphony in D minorHerman Bemberg - ElaineKarel Bendl - Dite TaboraAlfredo Catalani - La WallyGialdino Gialdini - I due soci premiered February 24 at the Teatro Brunetti, BolognaUmberto Giordano - Mala VitaIsidore de Lara - The Light of AsiaRuggiero Leoncavallo - I PagliacciJules Massenet - WertherAdolf Neuendorff - The MinstrelThe World's Fair Colored Opera Company, with featured singer, soprano Matilda Sissieretta Jones were the first African-American performers to appear at Carnegie HallPyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - The NutcrackerBlue-Eyed Susan by George Robert Sims"Dorothy" London revival"Maid Marian" (retitled version of "Robin Hood") London production"Maid Marian" (sequel to "Robin Hood") Broadway production"Slide, Kelly, Slide" by George J. Gaskin"Sally in Our Alley" by Manhansett QuartetteJanuary 1 - Artur Rodziński, Polish conductor (d. 1958)January 31 - Eddie Cantor (d. 1964)February 4 - Yrjö Kilpinen, Finnish composer (d. 1959) known most for his liederFebruary 15 - Ján Valašťan Dolinský, Slovak composer (d. 1965)March 10Arthur Honegger, composer (died 1955)Eva Turner, operatic soprano (died 1990)March 27 - Ferde Grofé, composer (d. 1972)April 1 - Renato Zanelli, Chilean baritone, later tenor (d. 1935)April 2 - Roy Palmer, jazz trombonist (d. 1962)April 10 - Victor de Sabata, conductor and composer (d. 1967)April 12 - Johnny Dodds (d. 1940)April 19 - Germaine Tailleferre (d. 1983)April 21 - Jaroslav Kvapil, composer (d. 1958)May 14 - Arthur Lourié (d. 1966), Russian-born expatriate composerMay 18 - Ezio Pinza, Italian singer and actor (d. 1957)June 6 - Ted Lewis, singer and bandleader (d. 1971)June 18 - Eduard Steuermann, pianist (d. 1964)June 21 - Hilding Rosenberg, Swedish composer (d. 1985)June 23 - Mieczysław Horszowski, Polish pianist (d. 1993)June 30 - László Lajtha, Hungarian symphonist (d. 1963)July 2 - Jack Hylton, British bandleaderJuly 8 - J. Russel Robinson (d. 1963)July 10 - Ján Móry, Slovak composer (d. 1978)July 26 - Philipp Jarnach (d. 1982), composer of German-French originsAugust 14 - Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji, composer, music critic and pianist (d. 1988)August 15 - Knud Jeppesen (d. 1974)September 4 - Darius Milhaud (d. 1974)September 5 - Joseph Szigeti (d. 1973), violinistSeptember 17 - Hendrik Andriessen (d. 1981), Dutch composer and organistOctober 17 - Herbert Howells (d. 1983)October 19 - Ilmari Hannikainen (d. 1955)October 25 - Janszieka (Jennie) Deutsch and Roszicka (Rosie) Deutsch, Hungarian-born dancers, actresses and singers, billed as the Dolly sisters.November 28 - Thomas Wood, English composer (d. 1950)December 9 - Beatrice Harrison, cellist (d. 1965)December 11 - Giacomo Lauri-Volpi (d. 1979)January 10 - Heinrich Dorn, German conductor, composer, and journalist (born 1804)February 13 - Lambert Massart, violinist (born 1811)February 20 - Róza Csillag, opera singer (born 1832)March 11 - Caroline Reinagle, pianist, composer and writer (born 1818)March 20 - Arthur Goring Thomas, composer (born 1850) (suicide)April 22 - Édouard Lalo, composer (born 1823)May 2 - Wilhelm Rust, composer (born 1822)May 6 - Ernest Guiraud, composer (born 1837)June 5 - Robert Rees, Welsh tenor (born 1841)August 18 - Jules Perrot, ballet dancer (born 1810)August 19 - František Zdeněk Skuherský, composer, teacher and music theorist (born 1830)September 5 - Henry Christian Timm, pianist, conductor and composer (born 1811)September 24 - Patrick Gilmore, bandmaster and composer (born 1829)October 24 - Robert Franz, composer (born 1815)October 28 - Felix Otto Dessoff, conductor and composer (born 1835)November 4 - Hervé, organist and composer (born 1825)November 19 - Antonio Torres Jurado, guitar maker (born 1817)date unknown - Adolf Rzepko, Polish composer, oboist, choral and orchestral conductor, and pianist (born 1825) 
