The year 1888 in classical music and in lyrical art
1888. With other artists, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Johann Strauss II and Anton Bruckner influenced their time (romantic era). That year would see the birth of future classical or lyrical artists, while others would disappear such as Edward Lear. That year, new works would be composed, published or performed for the first time in public, such as “Scheherazade, Op. 35” de Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, for example. That year, halls or orchestras would be founded or ceased to operate.
All these moments, more or less notable, make the year 1888 a page in the history of classical and lyrical music to be discovered or rediscovered. soclassiq currently lists more than 330 of these moments for 1888.
1888, from day to day
January
01
Birth of Helmi EinerThat year: 1888, Classical music, Estonian opera singer (dead in 1968)
Death of Henri MarxThat year: 1888, Classical music, composer (born in 1816)
04
Birth of Makso AdrianThat year: 1888, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1968)
05
Death of Henri HerzThat year: 1888, Classical music, Austrian musician (born in 1803)
07
Death of Johanna von GhilanyThat year: 1888, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1864)
Birth of Melitta HeimThat year: 1888, Classical music, Austrian opera singer (dead in 1950)
10
Birth of Emile van BoschThat year: 1888, Classical music, Belgian opera singer (dead in 1940)
11
Death of Vilma von VoggenhuberThat year: 1888, Classical music, opera singer, singer (born in 1841)
12
Birth of Claude DelvincourtThat year: 1888, Classical music, French composer (dead in 1954)
14
Death of Stephen HellerThat year: 1888, Classical music, Classical pianist and composer (born in 1813)
15
Birth of T. Francis BurkeThat year: 1888, Classical music, composer (dead in 1966)
16
Death of Cecílie Soukupová-BotschonováThat year: 1888, Classical music, opera singer, singer (born in 1827)
17
Death of Heinrich Ernst KayserThat year: 1888, Classical music, German composer (born in 1815)
18
Death of Thomas KleinThat year: 1888, Classical music, composer (born in 1802)
20
Premiere of The Three PintosThat year: 1888, Classical music (Opera), Carl Maria von Weber
26
Birth of Fritz LubrichThat year: 1888, Classical music, German composer (dead in 1971)
Birth of Fritz Lubrich Jr.That year: 1888, Classical music, composer (dead in 1971)
28
Birth of Maurice BeslyThat year: 1888, Classical music, Composer, conductor and organist (dead in 1945)
Birth of Gaylord YostThat year: 1888, Classical music, American musician (dead in 1958)
29
Death of Edward LearThat year: 1888, Classical music, British artist, illustrator, author and poet (1812-1888) (born in 1812)
30
Birth of Hélène Jourdan-MorhangeThat year: 1888, Classical music, violinist, scenographer, costume designer, music critic (dead in 1961)
February
03
Birth of Felip Alcàntara i PuigThat year: 1888, Classical music, Spanish businessperson and composer (1888-1960) (dead in 1960)
07
Death of Johann Georg BratschThat year: 1888, Classical music, composer (born in 1815)
09
Death of José ComellasThat year: 1888, Classical music, composer, pianist, piano teacher (born in 1842)
10
Birth of Blažena Rylek StaňkováThat year: 1888, Classical music, Czech composer (dead in 1974)
12
Birth of Victor KolarThat year: 1888, Classical music, American conductor (dead in 1957)
15
Birth of Lawrence WrightThat year: 1888, Classical music, British composer (dead in 1964)
Death of Anna Aleksandrovna BichurinaThat year: 1888, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1853)
16
Birth of Ludmila ProkopováThat year: 1888, Classical music, Czech-Bulgarian pianist (dead in 1959)
19
Birth of Rosy WertheimThat year: 1888, Classical music, Dutch composer, pianist and music teacher (dead in 1949)
20
Birth of Vasyl BarvinskyThat year: 1888, Classical music, Ukrainian composer and pianist (dead in 1963)
22
Death of Jean-Delphin AlardThat year: 1888, Classical music, French musician (born in 1815)
24
Birth of Alexander LarsenThat year: 1888, Classical music, Danish opera singer (dead in 1964)
27
Birth of Lotte LehmannThat year: 1888, Classical music, German soprano (dead in 1976)
28
Birth of Eugène BigotThat year: 1888, Classical music, French composer and conductor (dead in 1965)
Death of Antonio MuschThat year: 1888, Classical music, Italian composer (born in 1809)
Birth of Julius KlaasThat year: 1888, Classical music, composer (dead in 1965)
29
Birth of Fanny HeldyThat year: 1888, Classical music, singer (dead in 1973)
March
01
Death of Enrico CalzolariThat year: 1888, Classical music, Italian singer and opera singer (born in 1823)
Death of Ernest SzemelényiThat year: 1888, Classical music, composer (born in 1824)
03
Death of Frederick FedericiThat year: 1888, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1850)
09
Birth of Alexei StanchinskyThat year: 1888, Classical music, Russian composer (dead in 1914)
10
Death of Ciro PinsutiThat year: 1888, Classical music, Italian composer (born in 1828)
Death of Eugène ChanatThat year: 1888, Classical music, composer
12
Birth of Hans KnappertsbuschThat year: 1888, Classical music, German musician (dead in 1965)
Birth of Yuri Kiporenko-DamanskiThat year: 1888, Classical music, Russian singer and opera singer (1888-1955) (dead in 1955)
14
Birth of Henri GoublierThat year: 1888, Classical music, French composer (dead in 1951)
15
Birth of Max WinklerThat year: 1888, Classical music, composer (dead in 1965)
17
Death of Michał ZawadzkiThat year: 1888, Classical music, Polish composer (born in 1828)
Birth of Vincenc MaixnerThat year: 1888, Classical music, Czech conductor and composer (dead in 1946)
18
Birth of Emmy NeiendorffThat year: 1888, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1962)
20
Birth of María Rodrigo BellidoThat year: 1888, Classical music, Spanish classical pianist, composer (dead in 1967)
21
Death of Thomas German ReedThat year: 1888, Classical music, English composer, musical director, actor, singer and theatrical manager (born in 1817)
Birth of Joseph SamsonThat year: 1888, Classical music, French kapellmeister (dead in 1957)
22
Birth of Emanuel ListThat year: 1888, Classical music, Austrian opera singer (dead in 1967)
25
Birth of Sándor FarkasThat year: 1888, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1970)
26
Death of Walter BacheThat year: 1888, Classical music, British pianist and composer (born in 1842)
Birth of Masalim ValeevThat year: 1888, Classical music, Soviet conductor and composer (1888-1956) (dead in 1956)
29
Death of Charles-Valentin AlkanThat year: 1888, Classical music, French-Jewish composer and pianist (born in 1813)
30
Birth of Esperanza IrisThat year: 1888, Classical music, Mexican singer (dead in 1962)
31
Birth of Heinrich NeuhausThat year: 1888, Classical music, Soviet musician (dead in 1964)
April
01
Death of Jean ConteThat year: 1888, Classical music, French composer and music educator (born in 1830)
02
Death of Franz GötzeThat year: 1888, Classical music, German singer (born in 1814)
03
Birth of Richard Henry ColemanThat year: 1888, Classical music, Cathedral organist (dead in 1965)
08
Birth of Victor SchertzingerThat year: 1888, Classical music, American composer, film director, film producer, and screenwriter (dead in 1941)
10
Death of J. Leon WettgeThat year: 1888, Classical music, composer (born in 1836)
15
Birth of Anna Maria KlechniowskaThat year: 1888, Classical music, composer (dead in 1973)
Death of Théophile SemetThat year: 1888, Classical music, French composer (born in 1824)
17
Birth of Maggie TeyteThat year: 1888, Classical music, Operatic soprano (dead in 1976)
18
Birth of Frida LeiderThat year: 1888, Classical music, singer (dead in 1975)
Birth of Joseph DisclezThat year: 1888, Classical music, composer (dead in 1955)
21
Death of Julius WeissenbornThat year: 1888, Classical music, German bassoonist and composer (born in 1837)
Birth of Hans EbellThat year: 1888, Classical music, composer (dead in 1934)
28
Birth of Angela CziczkováThat year: 1888, Classical music, Slovak pianist (dead in 1973)
Death of Xavier van ElewyckThat year: 1888, Classical music, composer (born in 1825)
May
02
Birth of Mykola VilinskyThat year: 1888, Classical music, Ukrainian composer (dead in 1956)
06
Birth of Louis D'AngeloThat year: 1888, Classical music, American opera singer (dead in 1958)
07
Death of Alfred Dudley TurnerThat year: 1888, Classical music, American composer (born in 1854)
10
Birth of Max SteinerThat year: 1888, Classical music, Austria-born American music composer of theatre and films, as well as a conductor (1988-1971) (dead in 1971)
Death of Ludwig Carl SeydlerThat year: 1888, Classical music, organist, composer (born in 1810)
11
Birth of Jef TinelThat year: 1888, Classical music, composer (dead in 1972)
12
Birth of Mariano StabileThat year: 1888, Classical music, Italian opera singer (dead in 1968)
13
Birth of Anatoly Nikolayevich AlexandrovThat year: 1888, Classical music, Russian musician (dead in 1982)
17
Birth of Elisabeth OhmsThat year: 1888, Classical music, Dutch opera singer (dead in 1974)
19
Death of Herrmann HirschbachThat year: 1888, Classical music, German author and chess player (born in 1812)
21
Birth of Olena KatulskaThat year: 1888, Classical music, Ukrainian opera singer and music educator (dead in 1966)
25
Birth of Elin LinnanderThat year: 1888, Classical music, Swedish actress (dead in 1967)
26
Birth of Aroldo LindiThat year: 1888, Classical music, Swedish singer (dead in 1944)
27
Birth of Louis DureyThat year: 1888, Classical music, French composer (dead in 1979)
Birth of Hermann KromeThat year: 1888, Classical music, composer (dead in 1955)
28
Birth of Johanna GeislerThat year: 1888, Classical music, German singer and opera singer (dead in 1956)
30
Birth of Sergeĭ Ivanovich MigaĭThat year: 1888, Classical music, singer, opera singer, music pedagogue (dead in 1959)
June
01
Birth of Oleksandra KropyvnytskaThat year: 1888, Classical music, Ukrainian operatic soprano (dead in 1969)
Death of Marshall William TaylorThat year: 1888, Classical music, composer (born in 1846)
02
Birth of Kateřina KřížováThat year: 1888, Classical music, opera singer
03
Death of Carl RiedelThat year: 1888, Classical music, German composer and conductor (born in 1827)
04
Birth of Ingeborg SteffensenThat year: 1888, Classical music, Danish opera singer and singer (dead in 1964)
06
Death of Antonino Gandolfo BrancaleoneThat year: 1888, Classical music, Italian composer (born in 1820)
07
Birth of Nils LarsenThat year: 1888, Classical music, Norwegian composer (dead in 1937)
Death of Sallie HolmanThat year: 1888, Classical music, Canadian opera singer (born in 1849)
08
Birth of Poul SchierbeckThat year: 1888, Classical music, Danish composer and organist (dead in 1949)
09
Birth of Hugo KauderThat year: 1888, Classical music, Austrian musician (dead in 1972)
12
Birth of John GläserThat year: 1888, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1968)
13
Birth of Elisabeth SchumannThat year: 1888, Classical music, German soprano (dead in 1952)
Death of Timoteo PasiniThat year: 1888, Classical music, Italian composer, conductor, and pianist (born in 1829)
15
Death of Grigory LishinThat year: 1888, Classical music, Russian poet, theatre critic and composer (born in 1854)
17
Birth of Bernhard van den Sigtenhorst MeyerThat year: 1888, Classical music, Dutch composer and teacher (dead in 1953)
19
Birth of Jacques de FontenaillesThat year: 1888, Classical music, composer (dead in 1914)
20
Death of Cesare DominicetiThat year: 1888, Classical music, Italian composer (born in 1821)
22
Death of Edmund NeupertThat year: 1888, Classical music, Norwegian musician (born in 1842)
Birth of Karl ViitolThat year: 1888, Classical music, Estonian opera singer (dead in 1944)
23
Death of Emil NaumannThat year: 1888, Classical music, German composer and musicologist (born in 1827)
25
Birth of Carl RobrechtThat year: 1888, Classical music, composer (dead in 1961)
27
Death of Albert ParlowThat year: 1888, Classical music, German composer and conductor (born in 1824)
28
Birth of Stefi GeyerThat year: 1888, Classical music, Hungarian musician (dead in 1956)
29
Premiere of The FairiesThat year: 1888, Classical music (Opera), Richard Wagner
Birth of Suzanne BalguerieThat year: 1888, Classical music, French singer (dead in 1973)
July
04
Birth of Vito CarnevaliThat year: 1888, Classical music, Italian composer (dead in 1960)
05
Birth of Jacques de La PresleThat year: 1888, Classical music, French composer and music educator (dead in 1969)
08
Death of Auguste VincentThat year: 1888, Classical music, French pianist and composer (born in 1829)
10
Death of Rafael HernandoThat year: 1888, Classical music, Composer of zarzuelas (born in 1822)
Birth of Vera SchwarzThat year: 1888, Classical music, Hungarian Soprano (dead in 1964)
11
Birth of Jindřich VojáčekThat year: 1888, Classical music, Czech composer and organist (dead in 1945)
12
Birth of Browning MummeryThat year: 1888, Classical music, Australian operatic tenor (dead in 1974)
18
Birth of Hana KramperováThat year: 1888, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1968)
Death of William Henry BirchThat year: 1888, Classical music, composer (born in 1826)
24
Birth of Basil RuysdaelThat year: 1888, Classical music, American actor and opera singer (dead in 1960)
Birth of Einar RalfThat year: 1888, Classical music, Swedish composer and opera singer (dead in 1971)
31
Death of Jean VogtThat year: 1888, Classical music, 19th-century German composer (born in 1823)
August
01
Birth of Vito FrazziThat year: 1888, Classical music, Italian musician (dead in 1975)
Death of Franz KnappeThat year: 1888, Classical music, composer (born in 1848)
06
Birth of Heinrich SchlusnusThat year: 1888, Classical music, German opera singer (dead in 1952)
Birth of Arthur FieldsThat year: 1888, Classical music, American musician (dead in 1953)
Birth of George CouttsThat year: 1888, Classical music, composer (dead in 1962)
08
Birth of César VezzaniThat year: 1888, Classical music, French opera singer (dead in 1951)
Death of Friedrich Wilhelm JähnsThat year: 1888, Classical music, composer (born in 1809)
09
Death of Issac StraussThat year: 1888, Classical music, French art collector, conductor and composer (born in 1806)
10
Death of Karoline HetzeneckerThat year: 1888, Classical music, German singer and opera singer (born in 1822)
15
Birth of Albert SpaldingThat year: 1888, Classical music, American violinist (dead in 1953)
Birth of Inga PetersThat year: 1888, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1978)
16
Death of Ferdinand GinouvèsThat year: 1888, Classical music, French composer
20
Death of William ChappellThat year: 1888, Classical music, British writer (born in 1809)
21
Birth of Evelyn ParnellThat year: 1888, Classical music, American opera singer (dead in 1939)
24
Birth of Alberto BimboniThat year: 1888, Classical music, American conductor and composer (dead in 1960)
25
Death of Leandre SunyerThat year: 1888, Classical music, Spanish composer (1833-1888) (born in 1833)
31
Death of Blanche ColeThat year: 1888, Classical music, British opera singer (born in 1851)
Also in August
Death of Ann Childe SeguinThat year: 1888, Classical music, opera singer and music teacher (born in 1809) .
September
02
Birth of Friedrich SchorrThat year: 1888, Classical music, Asutro-Hungarian opera singer (dead in 1953)
Death of Josep Viñas i DiazThat year: 1888, Classical music, Spanish businessperson, composer and conductor (1823-1888) (born in 1823)
05
Birth of Marie-Anne AsselinThat year: 1888, Classical music, Canadian mezzo-soprano (dead in 1971)
06
Birth of Kurt SchröderThat year: 1888, Classical music, composer (dead in 1962)
Birth of Bohuslav LeopoldThat year: 1888, Classical music, Czech conductor, violinist and composer (dead in 1956)
Death of Jacques-Joseph MichelThat year: 1888, Classical music, composer, pianist (born in 1847)
07
Birth of Kálmán SzügyiThat year: 1888, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1943)
08
Death of Paul DelisseThat year: 1888, Classical music, composer (born in 1817)
12
Birth of Erling KroghThat year: 1888, Classical music, Norwegian singer (dead in 1968)
Birth of Richard Townley WoodmanThat year: 1888, Classical music, composer (dead in 1947)
Birth of Herbert MathesonThat year: 1888, Classical music, composer (dead in 1918)
13
Birth of Josef František MunclingerThat year: 1888, Classical music, Czech music educator, opera singer and director (dead in 1954)
Birth of Oili SiikaniemiThat year: 1888, Classical music, Finnish singer (dead in 1932)
Closing: Teatro ColónThat year: 1888, Classical music (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Death of Maurice DecourcelleThat year: 1888, Classical music, composer (born in 1815)
18
Birth of Frederick Charles HayThat year: 1888, Classical music, composer (dead in 1945)
Birth of Laura RobertsonThat year: 1888, Classical music, American opera singer (dead in 1976)
22
Death of Mathilde von MarlowThat year: 1888, Classical music, opera singer, singer (born in 1828)
29
Death of Jean-François BerthelierThat year: 1888, Classical music, French opera singer (born in 1830)
Birth of Dóra BársonyThat year: 1888, Classical music, (1888--1972) opera singer (dead in 1972)
October
03
Birth of Joseph NoyonThat year: 1888, Classical music, French composer of religious music and organist (dead in 1962)
09
Birth of Julie ReisserováThat year: 1888, Classical music, Czech composer (dead in 1938)
10
Birth of Josef TurnauThat year: 1888, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1954)
11
Birth of Piero CoppolaThat year: 1888, Classical music, Italian composer and conductor (dead in 1971)
Birth of Emil BohnkeThat year: 1888, Classical music, German musician (dead in 1928)
13
Birth of Charles ScharrèsThat year: 1888, Classical music, Belgian composer and pianist (1888-1957) (dead in 1957)
15
Birth of Rezika ThalerThat year: 1888, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1984)
Death of Carl J. LatannThat year: 1888, Classical music, composer (born in 1840)
25
Death of Jan Nepomuk MaýrThat year: 1888, Classical music, Czech conductor, theater manager, music educator, composer and opera singer (born in 1818)
Birth of Sue HarvardThat year: 1888, Classical music, Welsh-American operatic soprano (dead in 1967)
26
Birth of Milada ModestinováThat year: 1888, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1942)
Birth of Martin FalckThat year: 1888, Classical music, composer (dead in 1914)
Death of Edward B. PhelpsThat year: 1888, Classical music, composer (born in 1828)
28
Birth of Emil ŠtolcThat year: 1888, Classical music, Czech conductor and composer (dead in 1940)
Birth of Louis Leslie LothThat year: 1888, Classical music, composer (dead in 1974)
29
Birth of Anna CaseThat year: 1888, Classical music, American opera singer (dead in 1984)
31
Birth of Julius IsserlisThat year: 1888, Classical music, pianist, music pedagogue (dead in 1968)
November
05
Birth of Frances IngramThat year: 1888, Classical music, American operatic contralto singer (dead in 1974)
06
Birth of Vladimír WuršerThat year: 1888, Classical music, opera singer, conductor (dead in 1942)
08
Birth of David Monrad JohansenThat year: 1888, Classical music, Norwegian composer (dead in 1974)
15
Birth of Artie MatthewsThat year: 1888, Classical music, American songwriter, pianist and ragtime composer (dead in 1958)
16
Birth of Luis Cluzeau MortetThat year: 1888, Classical music, Uruguayan composer and musician (dead in 1957)
17
Death of Jakob DontThat year: 1888, Classical music, Austrian violinist, composer, and teacher (born in 1815)
19
Birth of Felix SalmondThat year: 1888, Classical music, British musician (dead in 1952)
Birth of Marguerite NamaraThat year: 1888, Classical music, American lyric soprano (1888-1974) (dead in 1974)
December
02
Death of Franz Xaver WittThat year: 1888, Classical music, German Catholic priest, church musician and composer (born in 1834)
03
Death of Józef BrzowskiThat year: 1888, Classical music, Polish composer (born in 1805)
06
Birth of Emiliana de ZubeldiaThat year: 1888, Classical music, composer (dead in 1987)
10
Birth of Gerrard WilliamsThat year: 1888, Classical music, composer (dead in 1947)
Death of Mariano ObiolsThat year: 1888, Classical music, composer (born in 1809)
11
Death of Marià Obiols i TramullasThat year: 1888, Classical music, Catalan conductor and composer (born in 1809)
Birth of Gdal SaleskiThat year: 1888, Classical music, composer, writer, cellist (dead in 1966)
Birth of José Antonio de ErauzquinThat year: 1888, Classical music, composer (dead in 1961)
13
Death of Robert OhlssonThat year: 1888, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1841)
18
Death of Francesco FlorimoThat year: 1888, Classical music, Italian music historian and composer (born in 1800)
19
Birth of Fritz ReinerThat year: 1888, Classical music, HUmgarian orchestra conductor (dead in 1963)
28
Birth of Gabriel von WayditchThat year: 1888, Classical music, American-Hungarian composer (dead in 1969)
30
Birth of Ilse Fromm-MichaelsThat year: 1888, Classical music, Pianist and composer (dead in 1986)
31
Birth of Harold Vincent MilliganThat year: 1888, Classical music, composer (dead in 1951)
Also in December
Death of Edmond CabelThat year: 1888, Classical music, operatic tenor (born in 1832) .
This was also in 1888
Inauguration: Victoria Hall, HanleyThat year: 1888, Classical music (City of Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom). Inception: Royal Concertgebouw OrchestraThat year: 1888, Classical music. Birth of Walter HarburgerThat year: 1888, Classical music, composer, musicologist (dead in 1967). Birth of Herbert LangleyThat year: 1888, Classical music, British actor (1888-1967) (dead in 1967). Birth of Phyllis SjöströmThat year: 1888, Classical music, British-Finnish soprano singer . Death of Casimiro Espino TeyslerThat year: 1888, Classical music, Spanish composer (1845-1888) (born in 1845). Death of Joseph Rotondi d'ArailzaThat year: 1888, Classical music, composer . Birth of Luiz N. WetterléThat year: 1888, Classical music, composer . Death of Wanda von BogdaniThat year: 1888, Classical music, Polish music educator (born in 1851). Death of Edmond SténosseThat year: 1888, Classical music, composer (born in 1839). Death of Magdalena RoserThat year: 1888, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1810). Death of Anton ThomsThat year: 1888, Classical music, composer (born in 1825). Death of Hippolyte BuffetThat year: 1888, Classical music, composer . Birth of Olga Carrara-PesciaThat year: 1888, Classical music, Italian-American opera singer . Death of Anna Maria JavetteThat year: 1888, Classical music, Swedish opera singer (born in 1857). Death of Antoni Castell de PonsThat year: 1888, Classical music, Spanish politician and tenor (1819-1888) (born in 1819). Inauguration: Bayview Opera HouseThat year: 1888, Classical music (San Francisco, United States of America). Death of Fritz BovetThat year: 1888, Classical music, composer (born in 1845). Inauguration: Romanian AthenaeumThat year: 1888, Classical music (Bucharest, Romania). Inauguration: Fountain Hill Opera HouseThat year: 1888, Classical music (Bethlehem, United States of America). Birth of Nikolay Nikolaevitsj RozjdestvenskiyThat year: 1888, Classical music, Russian opera singer (1888-1934) (dead in 1934). Birth of Luise WillerThat year: 1888, Classical music, German operatic contralto (dead in 1970). Birth of Mabel RiegelmanThat year: 1888, Classical music, American operatic soprano . Death of Moritz WeyermannThat year: 1888, Classical music, composer (born in 1832). Inception: Fadettes of BostonThat year: 1888, Classical music (United States of America). Death of Selmar MüllerThat year: 1888, Classical music, composer (born in 1819). Death of Gustav BlessnerThat year: 1888, Classical music, composer (born in 1808). Birth of Frank MagineThat year: 1888, Classical music, composer (dead in 1979). Death of Bernard FarebrotherThat year: 1888, Classical music, British organist (born in 1847). Death of Friedrich Wilhelm SchützeThat year: 1888, Classical music, composer (born in 1807). Inauguration: McPherson Opera HouseThat year: 1888, Classical music (Kansas, United States of America). Death of Josef PistlThat year: 1888, Classical music, composer (born in 1829). Death of Leonardo MojaThat year: 1888, Classical music, composer (born in 1811). Inauguration: State Opera PragueThat year: 1888, Classical music (Prague 1, Czech Republic). Death of Franziska PixisThat year: 1888, Classical music, German mezzo-soprano (born in 1816). Birth of Maria SvanidzeThat year: 1888, Classical music, opera singer, cantatrice (dead in 1942). Death of Edouard AlexandreThat year: 1888, Classical music, composer (born in 1824). Inauguration: ConcertgebouwThat year: 1888, Classical music (Amsterdam, Netherlands). Death of Frederic Nicholls LöhrThat year: 1888, Classical music, composer (born in 1844). Death of Eduard HamelThat year: 1888, Classical music, composer (born in 1811). Birth of Julio OsmaThat year: 1888, Classical music, composer (dead in 1938). Birth of Chin Lei KuiThat year: 1888, Classical music, Cantonese opera performer . Birth of Sigmund MatuszewskiThat year: 1888, Classical music, German singer (dead in 1954). Birth of Paul AllixThat year: 1888, Classical music, French organist (dead in 1974). Death of Matteo Luigi FischettiThat year: 1888, Classical music, composer (born in 1830). Birth of Stasys AudėjusThat year: 1888, Classical music, Lithuanian opera singer (dead in 1958).
Works (composition or publishing)
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Giuseppe Verdi (age 75) - 4 Sacred PiecesThat year: 1888, Classical music (Work for choir), published in 1898
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Johann Strauss II (age 63) - Emperor Waltz, Op. 437That year: 1888, Classical music (Work for orchestra)
- Emperor Jubilation, Op. 434 (Work for orchestra)
- Reiter, Op. 428 (Work for orchestra)
- Spanish March, Op. 433 (Work for orchestra)
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Johannes Brahms (age 55) - Violin Sonata No. 3 in D minor, Op. 108That year: 1888, Classical music (Work for chamber orchestra), published in 1889
- 5 Songs, Opp. 104 (Work for choir)
- Fest- und Gedenksprüche, Opp. 109 (Work for choir)
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Camille Saint-Saëns (age 53) - AscanioThat year: 1888, Classical music (Opera)
- Les Guerriers, Op. 84 (Work for choir)
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (age 48) - Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64That year: 1888, Classical music (Work for orchestra)
- 6 Songs on French texts, Opp. 65 (Song, lied)
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Emmanuel Chabrier (age 47) - Prélude pastorale and Joyeuse marche (Work for orchestra), composed in 1885
- Prélude et Marche française, “Joyeuse Marche” (Work for chamber orchestra)
- Suite pastorale (Work for orchestra)
- Duo de l'ouvreuse de l'Opéra-Comique et de l'employé du Bon Marché (Song, lied)
- Habanera (Work for soloist)
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Antonín Dvořák (age 47) - Album Leaf (Work for soloist)
- 4 Lieder, Opp. 82 (Song, lied)
- Love Songs, Op. 83 (Song, lied)
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Edvard Grieg (age 45) - Lyric Pieces IV, Opp. 47That year: 1888, Classical music (Work for soloist)
- Szenen aus Olav Trygvason, Op. 50 (Work for choir)
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Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (age 44) - Scheherazade, Op. 35That year: 1888, Classical music (Work for orchestra)
- Russian Easter Festival Overture, Op. 36That year: 1888, Classical music (Work for orchestra)
- 3 Mazurkas on Polish Folk Themes "Souvenir de trois chants polonais" (Work for orchestra with soloist)
- Nocturne for 4 horns (Work for chamber orchestra)
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Leoš Janáček (age 34) - Srňátko (Work for soloist)
- Tři Sbory mužské (Work for choir)
- Idyll (Work for orchestra)
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Edward Elgar (age 31) - Salut d'Amour (Liebesgruss), Op. 12aThat year: 1888, Classical music (Work for chamber orchestra)
- Vocal settings of Salut d'Amour (Liebesgruss), Op. 12bThat year: 1888, Classical music (Song, lied)
- Serenade, Opp. 20That year: 1888, Classical music (Work for orchestra), published in 1892
- The Wind at Dawn (Song, lied), published in 1880
- Allegretto on G.E.D.G.E. (Work for chamber orchestra)
- As I laye a-thynkynge (Song, lied)
- 11 Vesper Voluntaries, Opp. 14 (Work for soloist)
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Giacomo Puccini (age 30) - Sole e amore (Song, lied)
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Isaac Albéniz (age 28) - 12 Characteristic Pieces, Opp. 92 (Work for soloist)
- Amalia, Op. 95 (Work for soloist)
- Escenas Sinfonicas (Work for orchestra)
- 6 Ballads, “Marquesa de Boloños” (Song, lied)
- 2 Ballroom Mazurkas (Work for soloist)
- A Donde vengo ? (Song, lied)
- Besa el aura (Song, lied)
- Cuando sobre el pecho inclinas (Song, lied)
- Del salón en el Angulo oscuro (Song, lied)
- Me ha herido rescatándose (Song, lied)
- Pavana fácil para manos pequeñas, Op. 83 (Work for soloist)
- Piano Sonata No. 5 in G major, Op. 82 (Work for soloist)
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Claude Debussy (age 26) - Ariettes oubliées (Song, lied), composed in 1887
- Axel (Song, lied)
- La Demoiselle élue (2) (Work for orchestra)
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Richard Strauss (age 24) - Death and Transfiguration, Op. 24That year: 1888, Classical music (Work for orchestra), published in 1890
- 6 Lieder, Opp. 19 (Song, lied)
- Mädchenblumen, Opp. 22 (Song, lied)
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Alexander Glazunov (age 23) - Slavonian Feast, symphonic sketches, Op. 26A (Work for orchestra)
- From Hafiz (Song, lied)
- 2 Pieces for cello and orchestra, Opp. 20 (Work for orchestra with soloist)
- Elegy in D-flat major, Op. 17 (Work for chamber orchestra)
- Preludium and Two Mazurkas, Opp. 25 (Work for soloist)
- Mazurka in G major, Op. 18 (Work for orchestra)
- Les Chanteurs de Noël, in F major from the String Quartet Jour de Fête. (Work for chamber orchestra)
- String Quartet in B major (Work for chamber orchestra)
- String Quartet No. 3 in G major, Op. 26, “Quatuor Slave” (Work for chamber orchestra)
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Erik Satie (age 22) - GymnopédiesThat year: 1888, Classical music (Work for soloist)
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Alexander Scriabin (age 16) - 24 Preludes, Opp. 11That year: 1888, Classical music (Work for soloist)
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Sergei Rachmaninoff (age 15) - 3 Nocturnes (Work for soloist)
- Scherzo for orchestra in D minor (Work for orchestra)
- Esmeralda (Opera)
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Maurice Ravel (age 13) - Sonata Movement for piano, Op. 1 (Work for soloist)
- Variations from “Freu dich, o meine Seele” (Schumann), Op. 3 (Work for soloist)
- Variations from “La mort d'Aase” (Grieg), Op. 2 (Work for soloist)
