The year 1885 in classical music and in lyrical art

1885. With other artists, Giuseppe Verdi, Johannes Brahms and Anton Bruckner influenced their time (romantic era). That year would see the birth of future classical or lyrical artists, such as Alban Berg, while others would disappear. That year, new works would be composed, published or performed for the first time in public, such as “Edgar” de Giacomo Puccini, for example. That year, halls or orchestras would be founded or ceased to operate.

All these moments, more or less notable, make the year 1885 a page in the history of classical and lyrical music to be discovered or rediscovered. soclassiq currently lists more than 320 of these moments for 1885.

1885, from day to day

1885

romantic era

January

09

Death of Joseph O'KellyThat year: 1885, Classical music, Irish composer, pianist and choral conductor (born in 1828)

10

Birth of Charles HuerterThat year: 1885, Classical music, composer (dead in 1974)

11

Birth of Heinrich SthamerThat year: 1885, Classical music, German composer and music educator (dead in 1955)

12

Birth of Grigory PirogovThat year: 1885, Classical music, Russian singer (dead in 1931)

13

Birth of James V. MonacoThat year: 1885, Classical music, Italian-born American composer of popular music (dead in 1945)

Birth of Roger BoucherThat year: 1885, Classical music, French composer and organist (dead in 1918)

Birth of Walter Lynnwood FarnamThat year: 1885, Classical music, Canadian organist (dead in 1930)

14

Birth of Lamberto BergaminiThat year: 1885, Classical music, Italian opera singer (dead in 1957)

15

Birth of Alexander MogilevskyThat year: 1885, Classical music, Russian musician (dead in 1953)

Birth of Alice D'HermanoyThat year: 1885, Classical music, opera singer

17

Death of Leopoldine BlahetkaThat year: 1885, Classical music, composer (1809-1885) (born in 1809)

Birth of Alys LorraineThat year: 1885, Classical music, American operatic soprano (dead in 1956)

18

Death of Michael HermesdorffThat year: 1885, Classical music, musicologist (born in 1833)

23

Birth of Bolesław Wallek-WalewskiThat year: 1885, Classical music, classical composer (dead in 1944)

Death of Félix ClémentThat year: 1885, Classical music, French organist and musicologist (born in 1822)

26

Birth of Ruby May GordonThat year: 1885, Classical music, Canadian opera singer (dead in 1952)

27

Birth of Jerome KernThat year: 1885, Classical music, American composer of musical theater and popular music (1885-1945) (dead in 1945)

Birth of Eduard KünnekeThat year: 1885, Classical music, German composer (b. 1885) (dead in 1953)

28

Birth of Lois EwellThat year: 1885, Classical music, American musician

Birth of Jean AthanasiuThat year: 1885, Classical music, Romanian singer and opera singer (dead in 1938)

30

Birth of Valentin ŠindlerThat year: 1885, Classical music, Czech opera singer (dead in 1957)

February

04

Birth of F. Henri KlickmannThat year: 1885, Classical music, American composer and songwriter (dead in 1966)

Birth of Paolo MauriThat year: 1885, Classical music, composer (dead in 1963)

08

Birth of Joan Viladomat MassanasThat year: 1885, Classical music, Spanish composer and musician born in Manlleu (Barcelona) in 1885 and died and Barcelona in 1940. (dead in 1940)

09

Birth of Alban BergThat year: 1885, Classical music, Austrian composer (dead in 1935)

Death of Edmond WeberThat year: 1885, Classical music, composer (born in 1838)

12

Birth of James ScottThat year: 1885, Classical music, American ragtime composer (dead in 1938)

Birth of Dmitry MelkikhThat year: 1885, Classical music, composer (dead in 1943)

14

Death of Lorentz Skougaard-SeveriniThat year: 1885, Classical music, musician, opera singer (born in 1837)

15

Death of Leopold DamroschThat year: 1885, Classical music, German American conductor and composer (born in 1832)

18

Death of Charlotte von Sainton-DolbyThat year: 1885, Classical music, Operatic contralto (born in 1821)

19

Birth of Paulus KrylowThat year: 1885, Classical music, composer (dead in 1935)

Birth of Pavel KrylovThat year: 1885, Classical music, composer (dead in 1935)

24

Birth of Cesare FrancoThat year: 1885, Classical music, composer (dead in 1944)

March

01

Birth of Henry PravecekThat year: 1885, Classical music, Czech composer, conductor and choir director (1885-1969) (dead in 1969)

06

Birth of Yvonne GallThat year: 1885, Classical music, French singer (dead in 1972)

08

Birth of Juan de Dios FilibertoThat year: 1885, Classical music, Argentine musician, composer (dead in 1964)

14

Death of Alexander ReichardtThat year: 1885, Classical music, Austrian opera singer (born in 1825)

20

Birth of Paul FosseThat year: 1885, Classical music, composer (dead in 1959)

22

Birth of Adriano LualdiThat year: 1885, Classical music, Italian composer (dead in 1971)

25

Birth of Stefan MakedonskiThat year: 1885, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1952)

26

Birth of Julius HarrisonThat year: 1885, Classical music, English composer and conductor (dead in 1963)

27

Death of Serafino Amedeo de De FerrariThat year: 1885, Classical music, Italian musician (born in 1824)

28

Death of Ludvig NormanThat year: 1885, Classical music, Swedish composer, conductor, pianist, and music teacher (born in 1831)

Birth of Marc DelmasThat year: 1885, Classical music, French composer (dead in 1931)

30

Birth of Quintín Esquembre SáezThat year: 1885, Classical music, Spanish composer (1885-1965) (dead in 1965)

31

Death of Franz AbtThat year: 1885, Classical music, German composer and choral conductor (born in 1819)

Birth of Knud HarderThat year: 1885, Classical music, Danish composer (dead in 1967)

Death of Philipp Fahrbach, Sr.That year: 1885, Classical music, Austrian composer (born in 1815)

April

02

Birth of Walter BrommeThat year: 1885, Classical music, German composer (dead in 1943)

03

Death of Johann Julius SchneiderThat year: 1885, Classical music, composer (born in 1805)

04

Birth of Nagayo MotooriThat year: 1885, Classical music, Japanese composer (1885-1945) (dead in 1945)

Birth of Ferenc SzékelyhidyThat year: 1885, Classical music, Hungarian opera singer (dead in 1954)

06

Birth of Carlos SalzedoThat year: 1885, Classical music, French harpist, pianist, conductor and composer (dead in 1961)

07

Birth of Tobias WilhelmiThat year: 1885, Classical music, composer, violinist (dead in 1944)

13

Death of Thomas CramptonThat year: 1885, Classical music, composer (born in 1817)

15

Death of Walther von GoetheThat year: 1885, Classical music, German composer (born in 1818)

Birth of Lambert MurphyThat year: 1885, Classical music, American opera singer (dead in 1954)

Birth of Margarethe Arndt-OberThat year: 1885, Classical music, German opera singer (dead in 1971)

16

Birth of Leo WeinerThat year: 1885, Classical music, Hungarian composer (dead in 1960)

Birth of Frederick ChubbThat year: 1885, Classical music, composer (dead in 1966)

17

Birth of Pierre CamusThat year: 1885, Classical music, composer, teacher (dead in 1948)

18

Birth of Émile ColonneThat year: 1885, Classical music, French singer (dead in 1970)

22

Premiere of Symphony No. 7 in D minor, Op. 70That year: 1885, Classical music (Work for orchestra), Antonín Dvořák

23

Death of William Henry HolmesThat year: 1885, Classical music, pianist and composer (born in 1812)

Death of Charles Henry PurdayThat year: 1885, Classical music, composer (born in 1799)

24

Death of Karl OberhofferThat year: 1885, Classical music, opera singer, singer (born in 1811)

26

Birth of Max AlexanderThat year: 1885, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1942)

28

Composition of Ecce sacerdos magnusThat year: 1885, Classical music (Work for choir), Anton Bruckner

29

Birth of Wallingford RieggerThat year: 1885, Classical music, American music composer (dead in 1961)

30

Birth of Luigi RussoloThat year: 1885, Classical music, Italian Futurist, artist, composer (dead in 1947)

Premiere of La Petite SymphonieThat year: 1885, Classical music (Work for chamber orchestra), Charles Gounod

May

01

Death of Henry Brinley RichardsThat year: 1885, Classical music, Welsh composer (born in 1817)

Birth of Aleksandar KraevThat year: 1885, Classical music, Bulgarian opera singer (dead in 1958)

Death of Luciano AlbitesThat year: 1885, Classical music, composer (born in 1824)

03

Birth of Aranka FodorThat year: 1885, Classical music, Hungarian opera singer (dead in 1931)

Birth of Rafael Vásquez ÁlvarezThat year: 1885, Classical music, Guatemalan composer (1885-1941) (dead in 1941)

05

Birth of Agustín BarriosThat year: 1885, Classical music, Paraguayan composer and musician (dead in 1944)

Death of Lauro RossiThat year: 1885, Classical music, Italian opera composer (born in 1812)

07

Death of Anna CarinaThat year: 1885, Classical music, (1839--1885) opera singer (born in 1839)

08

Death of Pavel KřížkovskýThat year: 1885, Classical music, Czech music educator, composer, pianist, organist and roman catholic priest (born in 1820)

10

Birth of Giulio CrimiThat year: 1885, Classical music, Italian opera singer (dead in 1939)

Birth of Walter E. MilesThat year: 1885, Classical music, composer (dead in 1961)

11

Death of Ferdinand HillerThat year: 1885, Classical music, German composer and conductor (born in 1811)

12

Birth of Cesare ChiesaThat year: 1885, Classical music, composer (dead in 1965)

13

Birth of Frida VadnaiThat year: 1885, Classical music, (1884/1885-after 1946) opera singer, voice teacher

14

Birth of Otto KlempererThat year: 1885, Classical music, German conductor and composer (dead in 1973)

15

Death of Lodovico GrazianiThat year: 1885, Classical music, Italian opera singer (born in 1820)

16

Birth of Tenna KraftThat year: 1885, Classical music, Danish opera singer (dead in 1954)

17

Birth of Spéranza Calo-SéaillesThat year: 1885, Classical music, Greek painter, singer, inventor and opera singer (1885-1949) (dead in 1949)

21

Birth of Princess Sophie of Schönburg-WaldenburgThat year: 1885, Classical music, German opera singer (dead in 1936)

23

Death of Carl BaermannThat year: 1885, Classical music, German composer (1810-1885) (born in 1810)

Birth of Vladimir Aleksandrovitsj SabininThat year: 1885, Classical music, singer (dead in 1930)

25

Death of Marie CabelThat year: 1885, Classical music, coloratura soprano (born in 1827)

Death of Karl Helmut DammasThat year: 1885, Classical music, German composer and author (born in 1816)

26

Birth of Hans BatteuxThat year: 1885, Classical music, German singer (dead in 1961)

Death of Alfred HeitschThat year: 1885, Classical music, composer (born in 1844)

30

Death of Heinrich OberhofferThat year: 1885, Classical music, Luxembourgian-German church musician and organist (born in 1824)

June

01

Birth of Eugeniusz MossakowskiThat year: 1885, Classical music, Polish singer (dead in 1958)

04

Birth of Linda ŠmídováThat year: 1885, Classical music, opera singer

05

Death of Julius BenedictThat year: 1885, Classical music, German-born composer and conductor (born in 1804)

Birth of Waldemar SommerfeltThat year: 1885, Classical music, Norwegian composer (dead in 1919)

07

Death of Heinrich SiewertThat year: 1885, Classical music, composer (born in 1818)

08

Death of Victor MagnienThat year: 1885, Classical music, French composer, conductor, violinist and guitarist (born in 1802)

10

Death of Adolphe BlancThat year: 1885, Classical music, French composer (born in 1828)

12

Birth of Werner JostenThat year: 1885, Classical music, German composer (dead in 1963)

13

Birth of John PalmThat year: 1885, Classical music, Curaçao composer (dead in 1925)

Birth of James C. BradfordThat year: 1885, Classical music, composer (dead in 1941)

17

Death of Ignaz ReimannThat year: 1885, Classical music, German composer (born in 1820)

19

Birth of Stevan HristićThat year: 1885, Classical music, Serbian composer (dead in 1958)

21

Birth of Heino KaskiThat year: 1885, Classical music, Finnish composer and pianist (dead in 1957)

22

Birth of Florence HinkleThat year: 1885, Classical music, American operatic soprano (dead in 1933)

25

Birth of Alfredo SchiumaThat year: 1885, Classical music, Argentine composer, conductor and violinist (dead in 1963)

Birth of Alfredo L. SchiumaThat year: 1885, Classical music, composer (dead in 1963)

26

Birth of Frieda HempelThat year: 1885, Classical music, German soprano singer (dead in 1955)

27

Birth of Guilhermina SuggiaThat year: 1885, Classical music, Portuguese musician (dead in 1950)

Birth of Adalgisa GianaThat year: 1885, Classical music, Italian operatic soprano (dead in 1970)

28

Birth of Giuseppe MulèThat year: 1885, Classical music, Italian composer and conductor (dead in 1951)

30

Birth of Alice GentleThat year: 1885, Classical music, American opera singer (dead in 1958)

July

07

Birth of Ernest FarrarThat year: 1885, Classical music, English composer, pianist and organist (dead in 1918)

Death of Nicola de De GiosaThat year: 1885, Classical music, Italian composer (born in 1819)

Death of Søffren DegenThat year: 1885, Classical music, Danish musician (born in 1812)

08

Death of Hendrik WaelputThat year: 1885, Classical music, Belgian composer (born in 1845)

Birth of Otto WickThat year: 1885, Classical music, composer (dead in 1957)

12

Birth of George ButterworthThat year: 1885, Classical music, British composer (dead in 1916)

16

Death of Josef MüllerThat year: 1885, Classical music, Czech music educator, composer and organist (born in 1817)

17

Birth of Benjamin DaleThat year: 1885, Classical music, British composer (dead in 1943)

19

Birth of Klym Chichka-AndriyenkoThat year: 1885, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1967)

Birth of Yrjö SomersalmiThat year: 1885, Classical music, Finnish actor (dead in 1929)

Death of Adolph NathanThat year: 1885, Classical music, composer (born in 1814)

20

Birth of Ulysse PaquinThat year: 1885, Classical music, Canadian opera singer (dead in 1972)

21

Death of Auguste NetzThat year: 1885, Classical music, German opera singer (born in 1830)

23

Birth of Stefan Belina-SkupiewskiThat year: 1885, Classical music, Polish educationist and singer (dead in 1962)

24

Birth of Dezső Antalffy-ZsirossThat year: 1885, Classical music, Hungarian organist/composer (dead in 1945)

25

Death of James George BarnettThat year: 1885, Classical music, composer

26

Birth of Ādolfs KaktiņšThat year: 1885, Classical music, opera singer, singer (dead in 1965)

Birth of Walter FlathThat year: 1885, Classical music, German publisher (dead in 1958)

27

Death of Samuel P. JacksonThat year: 1885, Classical music, American organist (born in 1818)

29

Birth of Pedro Humberto AllendeThat year: 1885, Classical music, Chilean composer (dead in 1959)

Death of Harold ThomasThat year: 1885, Classical music, composer (born in 1834)

31

Birth of Aristide BaracchiThat year: 1885, Classical music, Italian opera singer (dead in 1964)

Birth of Arthur ColinetThat year: 1885, Classical music, composer (dead in 1956)

August

02

Birth of Claire DuxThat year: 1885, Classical music, Operatic soprano (dead in 1967)

03

Birth of Siegfried SalomonThat year: 1885, Classical music, Danish composer (dead in 1962)

08

Birth of Emmi LeisnerThat year: 1885, Classical music, German opera and concert singer (dead in 1958)

Death of Federico Guzmán FríasThat year: 1885, Classical music, composer, pianist (born in 1827)

Death of Albert SchröderThat year: 1885, Classical music, composer (born in 1829)

10

Death of Henryk SzopowiczThat year: 1885, Classical music, composer (born in 1814)

12

Death of Henry K. OliverThat year: 1885, Classical music, American politician (born in 1800)

15

Birth of Bert Lee FultonThat year: 1885, Classical music, composer (dead in 1935)

16

Birth of Carmen MelisThat year: 1885, Classical music, singer (dead in 1967)

17

Death of Perucho FigueredoThat year: 1885, Classical music, Cuban musician (born in 1795)

21

Birth of Leo FuntekThat year: 1885, Classical music, Slovenian-born violinist, conductor, arranger and professor (dead in 1965)

23

Birth of Regina VicarinoThat year: 1885, Classical music, American soprano opera singer (dead in 1957)

25

Birth of Denise OrmeThat year: 1885, Classical music, singer and actress (dead in 1960)

26

Death of August Gottfried RitterThat year: 1885, Classical music, German composer (born in 1811)

Premiere of Mors et VitaThat year: 1885, Classical music (Work for choir), Charles Gounod

28

Birth of Alice ZeppilliThat year: 1885, Classical music, French opera singer (dead in 1969)

Birth of Armas MaasaloThat year: 1885, Classical music, Finnish composer and organist (dead in 1960)

29

Birth of Jan Křtitel VovesThat year: 1885, Classical music, Czech composer and organist (1885-1945) (dead in 1945)

September

01

Birth of Leopold Josef BeerThat year: 1885, Classical music, composer (dead in 1956)

04

Birth of Alice EversmanThat year: 1885, Classical music, music critic, opera singer (dead in 1974)

05

Birth of Désiré DefauwThat year: 1885, Classical music, conductor, violinist (dead in 1960)

06

Birth of Uzeyir HajibeyovThat year: 1885, Classical music, Azerbaijani composer (1885–1948) (dead in 1948)

Birth of Muslim MagomayevThat year: 1885, Classical music, Azerbaijani composer and conductor (dead in 1937)

09

Birth of Miriam LicetteThat year: 1885, Classical music, singer (dead in 1969)

10

Birth of Dora PejačevićThat year: 1885, Classical music, Croatian composer (dead in 1923)

Death of Adolf PrigozhyThat year: 1885, Classical music, composer

12

Death of Carl von RadeckiThat year: 1885, Classical music, composer (born in 1842)

13

Death of Friedrich KielThat year: 1885, Classical music, German composer and music teacher (born in 1821)

14

Birth of Vittorio GuiThat year: 1885, Classical music, Italian conductor, and composer (dead in 1975)

15

Death of Juliusz ZarębskiThat year: 1885, Classical music, Polish composer, pianist (born in 1854)

19

Birth of Hans LissmannThat year: 1885, Classical music, German singer and opera singer (dead in 1964)

20

Birth of Éva GauthierThat year: 1885, Classical music, mezzo-soprano, voice teacher (dead in 1958)

24

Birth of Artur LembaThat year: 1885, Classical music, Estonian composer (dead in 1963)

30

Birth of Michail BagrinovskiyThat year: 1885, Classical music, Soviet conductor and composer (1885-1966) (dead in 1966)

October

01

Birth of Anna MedekThat year: 1885, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1960)

02

Birth of Juan A. Rodríguez CabreraThat year: 1885, Classical music, composer, lyricist (dead in 1944)

05

Birth of Duška VronskáThat year: 1885, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1939)

06

Birth of Odette Le FontenayThat year: 1885, Classical music, French opera singer - soprano (dead in 1965)

08

Birth of Will VoderyThat year: 1885, Classical music, American composer and conductor (dead in 1951)

12

Birth of Ester FerrabiniThat year: 1885, Classical music, Italian opera singer (dead in 1984)

Birth of Raymonde DelaunoisThat year: 1885, Classical music, singer (dead in 1984)

14

Birth of Reginald Lindsay SweetThat year: 1885, Classical music, composer (dead in 1950)

15

Birth of Fridtjof Backer-GrøndahlThat year: 1885, Classical music, Norwegian musician (dead in 1959)

16

Birth of Umberto UrbanoThat year: 1885, Classical music, Italian singer and opera singer (dead in 1969)

20

Death of Adolf PrůchaThat year: 1885, Classical music, Czech composer, choirmaster and organist (born in 1837)

21

Birth of Egon WelleszThat year: 1885, Classical music, Austrian, later British composer, teacher and musicologist (dead in 1974)

Death of Michele NovaroThat year: 1885, Classical music, Italian songwriter (born in 1818)

22

Birth of Giovanni MartinelliThat year: 1885, Classical music, Italian operatic tenor (dead in 1969)

Birth of Lothar WindspergerThat year: 1885, Classical music, German composer and music educator (dead in 1935)

24

Premiere of The Gypsy BaronThat year: 1885, Classical music (Opera), Johann Strauss II

25

Premiere of Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98That year: 1885, Classical music (Work for orchestra), Johannes Brahms

29

Birth of Juan Bautista MassaThat year: 1885, Classical music, Argentinian composer (dead in 1938)

30

Death of Gustav MerkelThat year: 1885, Classical music, German musician (born in 1827)

November

05

Birth of Henri ColletThat year: 1885, Classical music, French composer (dead in 1951)

06

Death of Caroline HahnThat year: 1885, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1814)

09

Birth of Aureliano PertileThat year: 1885, Classical music, Italian opera singer (dead in 1952)

Birth of Battle of the Trouée de CharmesThat year: 1885, Classical music, Battle (dead in 1914)

14

Death of Sándor Udvarhelyi von AgyagfalvaThat year: 1885, Classical music, actor, opera singer (born in 1815)

Birth of Trygve TorjussenThat year: 1885, Classical music, composer (dead in 1977)

22

Death of Heinrich FrankenbergerThat year: 1885, Classical music, German organist (born in 1824)

Birth of Carl GüntherThat year: 1885, Classical music, German singer and opera singer (dead in 1958)

23

Birth of Kipras PetrauskasThat year: 1885, Classical music, Lithuanian singer and opera singer (dead in 1968)

25

Death of Abramo BaseviThat year: 1885, Classical music, Italian composer (born in 1818)

26

Death of Elizabeth PhilpThat year: 1885, Classical music, British singer, music educator and composer (born in 1827)

27

Birth of Rudolph RetiThat year: 1885, Classical music, musical analyst, composer and pianist (dead in 1957)

December

01

Birth of Guy de LioncourtThat year: 1885, Classical music, French composer (dead in 1961)

08

Premiere of Virga Jesse floruitThat year: 1885, Classical music (Work for choir), Anton Bruckner

09

Birth of Kornél OcskayThat year: 1885, Classical music, Hungarian opera singer (dead in 1963)

Death of Alma Hütter-KrauseThat year: 1885, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1844)

11

Death of Célestin LavigueurThat year: 1885, Classical music, Canadian composer (born in 1831)

12

Birth of Melchiorre Mauro-CottoneThat year: 1885, Classical music, composer (dead in 1938)

19

Death of Huber von KárolyThat year: 1885, Classical music, composer, conductor, music pedagogue, university teacher (born in 1828)

21

Birth of Karel KonvalinkaThat year: 1885, Classical music, Czech music educator, composer and choirmaster (dead in 1970)

22

Birth of Deems TaylorThat year: 1885, Classical music, American composer, music critic, and promoter of classical music (dead in 1966)

25

Birth of Mana-ZuccaThat year: 1885, Classical music, composer (dead in 1981)

29

Birth of Walter RießThat year: 1885, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1943)

31

Birth of Franz von HoesslinThat year: 1885, Classical music, German conductor (dead in 1946)

This was also in 1885

Works (composition or publishing)

Franz Liszt (age 74)

Bagatelle sans tonalitéThat year: 1885, Classical music (Work for soloist), published in 1956
Salve Regina (Work for choir)
Gruss (Work for choir)
Pax vobiscum! (Work for choir)
Qui Mariam absolvisti (Work for choir)
Abschied. Russisches Volkslied (Work for soloist)
Historische ungarische Bildnisse (Work for soloist)
Historische ungarische Bildnisse - Magyar arcképe (Work for soloist)
La lugubre gondola (Work for soloist)
Piano Concerto, “In the Hungarian Style” (Work for orchestra with soloist)
Trauervorspiel und Trauermarsch (Work for soloist)
En Rêve. Nocturne (Work for soloist)

Anton Bruckner (age 61)

Ave Regina caelorum (Work for choir)

Johann Strauss II (age 60)

Treasure Waltz, Op. 418That year: 1885, Classical music (Work for orchestra)

Alexander Borodin (age 52)

Petite SuiteThat year: 1885, Classical music (Work for soloist)
Scherzo in A-flat (Work for soloist)
Spes' (Song, lied)

Camille Saint-Saëns (age 50)

Romance, Op. 67 (Work for chamber orchestra)
Violin Sonata No. 1 in D minor, Op. 75 (Work for chamber orchestra)
Wedding Cake, Op. 76 (Work for orchestra with soloist)

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (age 45)

Manfred Symphony, Op. 58That year: 1885, Classical music (Work for orchestra)
Vakula the Smith, Op. 14That year: 1885, Classical music (Opera)
Hymne aux saints Cyrille et Méthode (Work for choir)
Chœur de l'Êcole de Droit (Work for choir)
Marche de l'École de Droit (Work for orchestra)

Emmanuel Chabrier (age 44)

GwendolineThat year: 1885, Classical music (Opera)
Prélude pastorale and Joyeuse marche (Work for orchestra), published in 1888
La Sulamite (Work for choir), composed in 1884

Antonín Dvořák (age 44)

Hymn of the Czech Peasants (Work for choir)
2 Czech Folk Poems (Song, lied)

Edvard Grieg (age 42)

Holberg Suite, "From Holberg's Time", Opp. 40That year: 1885, Classical music (Work for soloist), composed in 1884
Bergliot, Op. 42 (Song, lied)
Under Juletreet, WoO 144 (Song, lied)

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (age 41)

Four Variations on a Chorale in G minor (Work for chamber orchestra)

Leoš Janáček (age 31)

The Wild Duck (Work for choir)
Dymák (Work for soloist)
At the Ferry (Work for choir)
Čtveřice mužských sborů (Work for choir)

Edward Elgar (age 28)

3 Songs, Opp. 16 (Song, lied)
Gavotte (Work for chamber orchestra)

Giacomo Puccini (age 27)

EdgarThat year: 1885, Classical music (Opera)

Gustav Mahler (age 25)

Songs of a WayfarerThat year: 1885, Classical music (Song, lied)

Claude Debussy (age 23)

Barcarolle (Song, lied)
Les Cloches (Song, lied)
Romance (Song, lied)

Alexander Glazunov (age 20)

Stenka Razin, Op. 13 (Work for orchestra)
To the Memory of a Hero, Op. 8 (Work for orchestra with soloist)
5 Romances, Opp. 4 (Song, lied)
Characteristic Suite in D major, Op. 9 (Work for orchestra)

Erik Satie (age 19)

Fantaisie-valse (Work for soloist)
Valse-ballet (Work for soloist)

Richard Strauss (age 19)

Cadenzas in C minor from “Piano Concerto No. 24, K. 491” (Mozart) (Work for soloist)
8 Poems, Opp. 10 (Song, lied)
Piano Quartet in C minor, Op. 13 (Work for chamber orchestra)