1893 in music

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Events

• February 9 - Première of Giuseppe Verdi's final opera Falstaff in La Scala in Milan
• August 14-15 - America's oldest music organization, the Stoughton Musical Society performs at the World's Columbian Exposition
• December 29 - Claude Debussy's String Quartet is premièred in Paris
• Song "Good Morning to All" by Mildred J. Hill and Patty Smith Hill first published in the book "Song Stories for the Kindergarten"

Published popular music

Selected compositions (words/music indicated by "w.m."):

• "Can't Lose Me, Charlie" w.m. Harry S. Miller
• "The Cat Came Back"     w.m. Henry S. Miller
• "December And May"     w. Edward Marks m. William Lorraine
• "Do Do My Huckleberry Do"     w. Harry Dillon m. John Dillon (the Dillon Brothers)
• "The Fatal Wedding"     w. W. H. Windom m. Gussie L. Davis
• "Good Morning to All"     w. Patty Smith Hill m. Mildred J. Hill
• "I Long to See The Girl I Left Behind"     w.m. John T. Kelly
• "The Liberty Bell" by John Philip Sousa
• "Mamie, Come Kiss Your Honey"     w.m. May Irwin
• "Marguerite" by Charles A. White
• "Oh! Mr Porter"     w. Thomas Le Brunn m. George Le Brunn
• "Private Tommy Atkins"     w. Henry Hamilton m. S. Potter
• "Say 'Au Revoir', But Not 'Good-Bye'" by Harry Kennedy
• "Sweet Marie"     w. Cy Warman m. Raymond Moore
• "Two Little Girls in Blue"     w.m. Charles Graham
• "The Volunteer Organist"     w. William G. Gray m. Henry Lamb
• "When The Roll Is Called Up Yonder"     w.m. James M. Black
• "Zacatecas" by Genaro Codina

Recorded popular music

• "Daisy Bell"
  - Dan W. Quinn
• Derek B Scott sings “The Volunteer Organist” (Glenroy/Lamb, 1893)

Classical music

• Amy Beach - Gaelic Symphony
• Antonín Dvořák - Symphony no. 9 in E minor, "From the New World"
• Edward German - Symphony in A minor, "Norwich"
• Johan Halvorsen - Entry of the Boyars
• Johannes Brahms - Six Pieces for Piano, Op. 118
• Jean Sibelius - Lemminkäinen Suite
• Josef Suk - Quintet for Piano and Strings in G minor
• Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Symphony no. 6 in B minor, "Pathétique"

Opera

• Granville Bantock — Caedmar
• Julius Bechgaard — Frode premiered on May 11 in Copenhagen
• Engelbert Humperdinck — Hänsel und Gretel
• Isidore de Lara — Amy Robsart
• Emile Pessard
  • Une nuit de Noël premiered at the Ambigu, Paris
  • Mam'zelle Carabin premiered on November 3 at the Théâtre des Bouffes Parisiens, Salle Choiseul, Paris
• Giacomo Puccini — Manon Lescaut
• Giuseppe Verdi — Falstaff

Musical theater

• A Gaiety Girl     London production opened at the Prince of Wales Theatre on October 14 and ran for 413 performances
• Jane Annie      London production opened at the Savoy Theatre on May 13 and ran for 50 performances
• Little Christopher Columbus     London production opened at the Lyric Theatre on October 10 and ran for 279 performances
• Morocco Bound (music Frank Osmond Carr lyrics: Adrian Ross) London production opened at the Shaftesbury Theatre on April 13 and transferred to the Trafalgar Square Theatre on January 8, 1894 for a total run of 295 performances.
• A Trip To Chinatown     Broadway production
• Utopia Limited     London production opened at the Savoy Theatre on October 7 and ran for 245 performances

Births

• February 10 - Jimmie Durante, comedian and singer
• February 15 - Walter Donaldson, songwriter (died 1947)
• February 21 - Andrés Segovia, Spanish classical guitarist
• April 2 - Sergei Protopopov, Russian composer and music theorist
• April 16 - Federico Mompou, composer (died 1987)
• June 26 - Big Bill Broonzy, blues singer, songwriter and guitarist (died 1958)
• June 28 - Luciano Gallet, Brazilian composer, pianist and conductor
• July 3 - Mississippi John Hurt, country blues singer and guitarist (died 1966)
• July 28 - Rued Langgaard, Danish composer and organist
• August 22 - Dorothy Parker, US writer, poet and lyricist (died 1953)
• September 13 - Larry Shields, Dixieland jazz clarinetist
• October 1 - Cliff Friend US composer
• November 8 - Clarence Williams, US jazz pianist, composer, promoter, vocalist, theatrical producer, and publisher

Deaths

• January 18 - Julius Eichberg, composer (b. 1824)
• May 25 - Johann Rufinatscha, composer and music teacher (b. 1812)
• June 10 - Elek Erkel, Hungarian composer, son of Ferenc Erkel (b. 1843)
• June 25 - Ferenc Erkel, Hungarian composer (b. 1810)
• July 16 - Antonio Ghislanzoni, librettist (b. 1824)
• August 7 - Alfredo Catalani, composer (b. 1854)
• August 31 - Sir William Cusins, instrumentalist, conductor and composer; Master of the Queen's Music (b. 1833)
• September 8 - Michel Lentz, lyricist of the national anthem of Luxembourg (b. 1820)
• September 13 - Carl Ludvig Gerlach, opera singer and composer
• October 16 - Carlo Pedrotti, conductor and composer (b. 1817)
• October 18 - Charles Gounod, composer (b. 1818)
• November 6 - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, composer (b. 1840)
• date unknown - Felix Battanchon, cellist (b. 1814)