The year 1889 in classical music and in lyrical art
1889. With other artists, Edvard Grieg, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov 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 Giovanni Bottesini. That year, new works would be composed, published or performed for the first time in public, such as “Falstaff” de Giuseppe Verdi, for example. That year, halls or orchestras would be founded or ceased to operate.
All these moments, more or less notable, make the year 1889 a page in the history of classical and lyrical music to be discovered or rediscovered. soclassiq currently lists more than 290 of these moments for 1889.
1889, from day to day
January
01
Birth of Juozas Tallat-KelpšaThat year: 1889, Classical music, Lithuanian conductor and composer (dead in 1949)
Composition of Fantasy for piano and orchestraThat year: 1889, Classical music (Work for orchestra with soloist), Claude Debussy
Birth of Maurice BaronThat year: 1889, Classical music, French composer (dead in 1964)
Birth of Tadeusz JareckiThat year: 1889, Classical music, Polish composer (dead in 1955)
Death of Joseph W. PostlewaiteThat year: 1889, Classical music, 19th-century composer of music in Missouri, U.S. (born in 1827)
02
Birth of Tito SchipaThat year: 1889, Classical music, Italian opera singer (1888-1965) (dead in 1965)
Death of Raffaele GalliThat year: 1889, Classical music, Italian composer (born in 1824)
03
Death of Giuseppe Dell'OreficeThat year: 1889, Classical music, Italian opera composer, conductor (born in 1848)
05
Death of Louis Théophile PlanelThat year: 1889, Classical music, composer (born in 1804)
10
Death of Martin Andreas UdbyeThat year: 1889, Classical music, Norwegian composer and organist (born in 1820)
12
Birth of Florence MacbethThat year: 1889, Classical music, American contralto (dead in 1966)
Death of James Ernest PerringThat year: 1889, Classical music, British opera singer (born in 1822)
14
Death of Ema de PukšecThat year: 1889, Classical music, Croatian opera singer (born in 1834)
Birth of Bianca MaleczkyThat year: 1889, Classical music, opera singer, voice teacher (dead in 1946)
19
Death of Francis HuefferThat year: 1889, Classical music, German-English writer on music, music critic, and librettist (born in 1845)
21
Birth of Thérèse LobiewskiThat year: 1889, Classical music, Russian actor and opera singer (1889-1977) (dead in 1977)
22
Death of Thomas R. WeberThat year: 1889, Classical music, composer (born in 1818)
24
Birth of Vladimir ShcherbachovThat year: 1889, Classical music, Russian composer (dead in 1952)
25
Birth of Ksenia DerzhinskayaThat year: 1889, Classical music, Soviet opera singer and music educator (1889-1951) (dead in 1951)
29
Birth of Maria MüllerThat year: 1889, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1958)
February
01
Death of Joseph GunglThat year: 1889, Classical music, Hungarian musician (born in 1809)
02
Premiere of Ariettes oubliéesThat year: 1889, Classical music (Song, lied), Claude Debussy
Death of Karl Friedrich HeringThat year: 1889, Classical music, composer (born in 1819)
06
Birth of Richard BonelliThat year: 1889, Classical music, American opera singer (dead in 1980)
Death of Jules ten BrinkThat year: 1889, Classical music, Dutch composer (born in 1838)
Birth of Marie CavanThat year: 1889, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1968)
07
Birth of Claudia MuzioThat year: 1889, Classical music, Italian opera soprano (dead in 1936)
Birth of Erna von Weymarn-PetersenThat year: 1889, Classical music, singer (dead in 1950)
08
Birth of Hugo Klement MrázekThat year: 1889, Classical music, Czech composer (1889-1916) (dead in 1916)
09
Death of Thuiskon HauptnerThat year: 1889, Classical music, composer (born in 1821)
11
Birth of Vladimir DeshevovThat year: 1889, Classical music, composer, film score composer (dead in 1955)
12
Premiere of The Jacobin, Op. 84That year: 1889, Classical music (Opera), Antonín Dvořák
Premiere of The Jacobin, Op. 84That year: 1889, Classical music (Opera), Antonín Dvořák
Death of Frédéric BarbierThat year: 1889, Classical music, French composer (born in 1829)
Birth of Américo CanhotoThat year: 1889, Classical music, Brazilian musician and guitarist (1889-1928) (dead in 1928)
14
Death of Karl DavydovThat year: 1889, Classical music, Russian composer (born in 1838)
17
Birth of Geoffrey ToyeThat year: 1889, Classical music, English conductor, composer and opera producer. (dead in 1942)
Birth of Kiyomi FujiiThat year: 1889, Classical music, Japanese composer (dead in 1944)
19
Birth of Giulia TessThat year: 1889, Classical music, Italian soprano (dead in 1976)
22
Birth of Maria WinetzkajaThat year: 1889, Classical music, Moldova-born American mezzo-soprano opera singer (dead in 1956)
23
Death of Ernest DepasThat year: 1889, Classical music, composer, violinist (born in 1809)
25
Birth of Adolf KrameničThat year: 1889, Classical music, Czech composer, choirmaster and organist (dead in 1953)
March
01
Premiere of Short SuiteThat year: 1889, Classical music (Work for soloist), Claude Debussy
03
Birth of Ruy CoelhoThat year: 1889, Classical music, Portuguese pianist, composer and conductor (dead in 1986)
Death of Sydney SmithThat year: 1889, Classical music, English pianist and composer (born in 1839)
Birth of André RenouxThat year: 1889, Classical music, composer (dead in 1967)
05
Death of Karl Emanuel KlitzschThat year: 1889, Classical music, composer (born in 1812)
08
Birth of Ina BoyleThat year: 1889, Classical music, Irish composer (dead in 1967)
11
Death of Benjamin Franklin BakerThat year: 1889, Classical music, American composer (born in 1811)
13
Death of Enrico TamberlikThat year: 1889, Classical music, Italian opera singer (born in 1820)
Death of Felice VaresiThat year: 1889, Classical music, Italian opera singer (born in 1813)
17
Death of Tirso de Obregón y PierradThat year: 1889, Classical music, singer, opera singer (born in 1832)
18
Death of William Henry MonkThat year: 1889, Classical music, English organist, church musician, and music editor (born in 1823)
20
Birth of Aimé Simon-GirardThat year: 1889, Classical music, French actor (dead in 1950)
21
Birth of Aleksandra YakovlevaThat year: 1889, Classical music, Russian opera singer (dead in 1979)
Death of Gilles RaspailThat year: 1889, Classical music, composer (born in 1839)
24
Birth of Ramón UsandizagaThat year: 1889, Classical music, conductor, composer (dead in 1964)
28
Birth of Sabine KalterThat year: 1889, Classical music, Polish singer (dead in 1957)
Death of René BaillotThat year: 1889, Classical music, composer (born in 1813)
29
Birth of Pierre VellonesThat year: 1889, Classical music, French composer (dead in 1939)
April
02
Birth of Sigurd HoffThat year: 1889, Classical music, Norwegian opera singer (dead in 1955)
03
Birth of Grigoraș DinicuThat year: 1889, Classical music, Romanian Roma composer and violinist (dead in 1949)
06
Death of Frederick OuseleyThat year: 1889, Classical music, English composer, organist and musicologist (born in 1825)
08
Birth of Adrian BoultThat year: 1889, Classical music, English conductor (dead in 1983)
Death of Jean-Baptiste ArbanThat year: 1889, Classical music, French cornetist, conductor, composer and pedagogue (born in 1825)
Birth of Emil FreyThat year: 1889, Classical music, Swiss musician (1889-1946) (dead in 1946)
12
Birth of Sr., Gerhard Theodore AlexisThat year: 1889, Classical music, composer (dead in 1927)
20
Birth of Vilgelm Marjanovitsj JablonskiyThat year: 1889, Classical music, musician, music pedagogue (dead in 1977)
21
Premiere of EdgarThat year: 1889, Classical music (Opera), Giacomo Puccini
Birth of Efrem ZimbalistThat year: 1889, Classical music, violinist, composer, teacher, conductor (dead in 1985)
24
Death of Mathilda GelhaarThat year: 1889, Classical music, Swedish actress (born in 1813)
Birth of Nellie BriercliffeThat year: 1889, Classical music, singer and actress (dead in 1966)
27
Death of Vladimir OpochininThat year: 1889, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1810)
30
Birth of Rudolph SimonsenThat year: 1889, Classical music, Danish composer (dead in 1947)
Birth of Chalmers CliftonThat year: 1889, Classical music, American composer (dead in 1966)
May
03
Birth of Yitzchak MannThat year: 1889, Classical music, Polish-Israeli opera singer and hazzan (dead in 1963)
06
Birth of Graziella ParetoThat year: 1889, Classical music, Spanish opera singer (dead in 1973)
Death of Friedrich Moritz GastThat year: 1889, Classical music, composer (born in 1821)
17
Birth of Marcel MoyseThat year: 1889, Classical music, French musician (dead in 1984)
Birth of Karl Aagard ØstvigThat year: 1889, Classical music, Norwegian singer (dead in 1968)
20
Birth of Felix ArndtThat year: 1889, Classical music, American pianist and composer (dead in 1918)
24
Birth of Purcell James MansfieldThat year: 1889, Classical music, composer (dead in 1968)
25
Birth of Hans Joachim MoserThat year: 1889, Classical music, German musicologist (dead in 1967)
Birth of Gilardo GilardiThat year: 1889, Classical music, Argentine composer (dead in 1963)
27
Death of Clément BroutinThat year: 1889, Classical music, French composer (born in 1851)
Birth of André GouinThat year: 1889, Classical music, composer (dead in 1959)
Death of Heinrich FranzThat year: 1889, Classical music, composer (born in 1812)
30
Death of Sergei Aleksandrovich TaneevThat year: 1889, Classical music, composer (born in 1821)
Birth of Augusto SebastianiThat year: 1889, Classical music, composer (dead in 1971)
31
Birth of Emmi KosáryThat year: 1889, Classical music, Hungarian actress (dead in 1964)
June
01
Birth of Sigrid OnéginThat year: 1889, Classical music, Franco-German operatic contralto (dead in 1943)
06
Birth of Yvonne BrothierThat year: 1889, Classical music, singer (dead in 1967)
08
Death of Aloys HennesThat year: 1889, Classical music, German composer (born in 1827)
09
Birth of Alfred JergerThat year: 1889, Classical music, Austrian actor, singer and opera singer (dead in 1976)
Birth of Heřma ŽárskáThat year: 1889, Classical music, opera singer
12
Birth of Otto FillmarThat year: 1889, Classical music, (1889-1974) (dead in 1974)
13
Death of Klementina KalašováThat year: 1889, Classical music, Czech opera singer (born in 1850)
Death of František JanákThat year: 1889, Classical music, organist, composer (born in 1821)
16
Birth of Jean HenryThat year: 1889, Classical music, composer
19
Death of Philip Louis BrachetThat year: 1889, Classical music, composer (born in 1828)
20
Death of Amélie Rey-BallaThat year: 1889, Classical music, French opera singer (born in 1836)
23
Birth of Leonore Schwarz-NeumaierThat year: 1889, Classical music, Austrian opera singer (dead in 1942)
26
Birth of Sergei YudinThat year: 1889, Classical music, Russian opera singer (dead in 1963)
27
Death of Carlotta PattiThat year: 1889, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1835)
Death of Whitney Eugene ThayerThat year: 1889, Classical music, American musician (born in 1838)
29
Birth of Greta von HaartmanThat year: 1889, Classical music, Finnish opera singer (dead in 1948)
Birth of Pedro MirassouThat year: 1889, Classical music, Argentinian singer (dead in 1963)
July
01
Birth of George Lem TrombleyThat year: 1889, Classical music, composer (dead in 1951)
Death of Frank RomerThat year: 1889, Classical music, composer (born in 1810)
03
Birth of Oskar GeierThat year: 1889, Classical music, composer (dead in 1952)
04
Death of Auguste MermetThat year: 1889, Classical music, French composer (born in 1810)
Birth of Joseph J. McGrathThat year: 1889, Classical music, composer (dead in 1968)
07
Death of Giovanni BottesiniThat year: 1889, Classical music, Italian composer, conductor, double bass player (born in 1821)
10
Death of Carli ZoellerThat year: 1889, Classical music, composer (born in 1840)
13
Death of Maria Francisca BiaThat year: 1889, Classical music, Dutch actress (born in 1809)
14
Birth of Ernst LinkoThat year: 1889, Classical music, Finnish pianist (1889-1960) (dead in 1960)
15
Death of Edmund AbesserThat year: 1889, Classical music, composer (born in 1837)
18
Birth of Alba Rosa ViëtorThat year: 1889, Classical music, Italian violinist and composer (dead in 1979)
20
Death of Gustav LangeThat year: 1889, Classical music, German composer (1830–1889) (born in 1830)
Death of Manuel ArcasThat year: 1889, Classical music, composer (born in 1835)
21
Birth of Steuart WilsonThat year: 1889, Classical music, English operatic tenor (1889-1966) (dead in 1966)
31
Death of Philippe Louis MercadierThat year: 1889, Classical music, composer (born in 1812)
August
02
Birth of Ignác HändlThat year: 1889, Classical music, Czech composer and organist (dead in 1954)
03
Birth of Jindřich VacekThat year: 1889, Classical music, Czech oboist, composer and organist (dead in 1946)
05
Death of Carl Amand MangoldThat year: 1889, Classical music, German composer and conductor (born in 1813)
06
Death of Giuseppe CapponiThat year: 1889, Classical music, Italian opera singer (born in 1832)
08
Death of Anna Maria KlemmingThat year: 1889, Classical music, Swedish actor and singer (born in 1864)
10
Birth of Armstrong GibbsThat year: 1889, Classical music, English composer (dead in 1960)
12
Birth of Mária BudanovitsThat year: 1889, Classical music, opera singer, voice teacher (dead in 1976)
14
Birth of Jaroslav JeremiášThat year: 1889, Classical music, composer, pianist (dead in 1919)
15
Birth of Gitta HalászThat year: 1889, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1968)
16
Death of Gustav SchumannThat year: 1889, Classical music, composer (born in 1815)
17
Death of Ernst FrankThat year: 1889, Classical music, German composer (born in 1847)
18
Death of Sylvain MangeantThat year: 1889, Classical music, composer (born in 1827)
22
Death of Jacques Franco MendesThat year: 1889, Classical music, Dutch cellist (born in 1812)
24
Birth of Moisés SimonsThat year: 1889, Classical music, Cuban musician (dead in 1945)
Birth of Walter Charles SchadThat year: 1889, Classical music, composer (dead in 1966)
30
Birth of Eduardo CiannelliThat year: 1889, Classical music, Italian actor (1889-1969) (dead in 1969)
September
06
Birth of Louis SilversThat year: 1889, Classical music, Film composer (dead in 1954)
09
Death of František Václav KarlíkThat year: 1889, Classical music, Czech composer, educator, choirmaster and organist (born in 1811)
10
Birth of Vilém PetrželkaThat year: 1889, Classical music, Czech conductor, music educator and composer (dead in 1967)
11
Birth of Kote PotskhverashviliThat year: 1889, Classical music, Soviet conductor and composer (1889-1959) (dead in 1959)
15
Birth of Harold William RhodesThat year: 1889, Classical music, composer (dead in 1956)
16
Death of Langdon ColborneThat year: 1889, Classical music, British musician (born in 1835)
17
Birth of Thomas William LesterThat year: 1889, Classical music, composer (dead in 1956)
18
Death of Louis MaasThat year: 1889, Classical music, composer (born in 1852)
22
Birth of Haldis HalvorsenThat year: 1889, Classical music, Norwegian opera singer (dead in 1936)
Also in September
Death of Antonio SelvaThat year: 1889, Classical music, Italian opera singer (born in 1824) .
October
01
Death of Wilhelm DrechslerThat year: 1889, Classical music, composer (born in 1830)
03
Death of Karel MiryThat year: 1889, Classical music, Belgian composer (born in 1823)
Death of Michael WatsonThat year: 1889, Classical music, composer (born in 1840)
10
Death of Adolf von HenseltThat year: 1889, Classical music, German composer and pianist (born in 1814)
14
Birth of Spencer WilliamsThat year: 1889, Classical music, American jazz and popular music composer, pianist, and singer (dead in 1965)
15
Birth of Margaret Burke SheridanThat year: 1889, Classical music, Irish opera singer (dead in 1958)
17
Death of Karl SpeichlerThat year: 1889, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1838)
18
Death of Massimiliano QuiliciThat year: 1889, Classical music, opera singer, kapellmeister, conductor (born in 1799)
20
Death of Per JanzonThat year: 1889, Classical music, Swedish actor (born in 1844)
21
Premiere of Emperor Waltz, Op. 437That year: 1889, Classical music (Work for orchestra), Johann Strauss II
22
Death of Olivier MétraThat year: 1889, Classical music, French conductor and composer (born in 1830)
24
Death of Loïsa PugetThat year: 1889, Classical music, French composer (born in 1810)
28
Birth of Rafaela HaroThat year: 1889, Classical music, singer, actor (dead in 1940)
29
Birth of David SapertonThat year: 1889, Classical music, American pianist (dead in 1970)
30
Birth of Miquel Blanch i RoigThat year: 1889, Classical music, Spanish composer (1889-1936) (dead in 1936)
31
Death of Valérie MomyThat year: 1889, Classical music, composer (born in 1808)
November
01
Birth of Paul Charles PrattThat year: 1889, Classical music, composer (dead in 1948)
04
Birth of Charles HackettThat year: 1889, Classical music, American opera singer (dead in 1942)
10
Birth of Josef KličkaThat year: 1889, Classical music, Czech composer and conductor (1889-1978) (dead in 1978)
Death of D. S. WamboldThat year: 1889, Classical music, composer (born in 1836)
11
Premiere of Don Juan, Op. 20That year: 1889, Classical music (Work for orchestra), Richard Strauss
Birth of Mary McCormicThat year: 1889, Classical music, singer (dead in 1981)
13
Birth of Erna LiebenthalThat year: 1889, Classical music, German opera singer (dead in 1946)
14
Death of Camille SchubertThat year: 1889, Classical music, French composer and music publisher (born in 1810)
Birth of Erzsi GervayThat year: 1889, Classical music, (1889--1971) opera singer, recitalist, voice teacher (dead in 1971)
17
Birth of Roberto ViglioneThat year: 1889, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1921)
18
Birth of Ernesto TagliaferriThat year: 1889, Classical music, Italian musician (dead in 1937)
20
Premiere of Symphony No. 1 in D major, “Titan”That year: 1889, Classical music (Work for orchestra), Gustav Mahler
24
Death of Frederic ClayThat year: 1889, Classical music, English composer (born in 1838)
Death of Vincenzo PetraliThat year: 1889, Classical music, Italian composer (born in 1830)
Birth of Caspar Koch ((Sänger))That year: 1889, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1952)
December
01
Death of Frédéric BoissièreThat year: 1889, Classical music, composer (born in 1866)
02
Birth of Paul Shearer AlthouseThat year: 1889, Classical music, American opera singer (dead in 1954)
03
Birth of Cyrillus KreekThat year: 1889, Classical music, Estonian composer (dead in 1962)
Death of Baltasar SaldoniThat year: 1889, Classical music, Spanish musicologist and composer (born in 1807)
Birth of Fritz Müller-RehrmannThat year: 1889, Classical music, composer (dead in 1949)
07
Death of Antoni de KątskiThat year: 1889, Classical music, Polish musician (born in 1817)
08
Birth of Otto StollThat year: 1889, Classical music, composer (dead in 1968)
12
Birth of Václav ŠtěpánThat year: 1889, Classical music, Czech music educator, composer and pianist (dead in 1944)
19
Birth of Zona Maie GriswoldThat year: 1889, Classical music, American opera singer (dead in 1961)
31
Death of Giuseppe ApolloniThat year: 1889, Classical music, Italian composer (born in 1822)
Death of Jules JavelotThat year: 1889, Classical music, composer (born in 1825)
Also in December
Death of Maurice Mac-NabThat year: 1889, Classical music, French chansonnier, poet and writer (born in 1856) . Death of ChristianThat year: 1889, Classical music, French actor and singer in operetta (born in 1821) .
This was also in 1889
Birth of Mary CaweinThat year: 1889, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1969). Death of João Maria dos AnjosThat year: 1889, Classical music, composer (born in 1856). Birth of Muhlis Sabahattin EzgiThat year: 1889, Classical music, Turkish composer (dead in 1947). Death of Victor CognietThat year: 1889, Classical music, composer . Birth of Eman HlinomazThat year: 1889, Classical music, composer, teacher (dead in 1962). Birth of A. Emmett AdamsThat year: 1889, Classical music, composer (dead in 1938). Death of Asahel AbbotThat year: 1889, Classical music, composer (born in 1805). Birth of Franz RickabyThat year: 1889, Classical music, composer (dead in 1925). Death of Henry Philerin HudsonThat year: 1889, Classical music, composer (born in 1798). Inauguration: Wheeler Opera HouseThat year: 1889, Classical music (Aspen, United States of America). Death of Wilhelm NeulandThat year: 1889, Classical music, composer (born in 1806). Birth of Mario MariottiThat year: 1889, Classical music, composer (dead in 1975). Birth of Walter Edward HoweThat year: 1889, Classical music, composer (dead in 1948). Death of Augustin CortadaThat year: 1889, Classical music, composer (born in 1846). Death of Johann ReschThat year: 1889, Classical music, composer (born in 1830). Birth of Valentina BartolomasiThat year: 1889, Classical music, singer (dead in 1932). Death of Karl Eugen PetzoldThat year: 1889, Classical music, composer (born in 1813). Birth of Jean NeymarckThat year: 1889, Classical music, composer (dead in 1913). Birth of Madeline Dedieu-PetersThat year: 1889, Classical music, composer (dead in 1947). Birth of Guido VolpiThat year: 1889, Classical music, Italian opera singer (dead in 1944). Death of Giacinta TosoThat year: 1889, Classical music, singer (born in 1807). Birth of John Sylvanus ThompsonThat year: 1889, Classical music, American composer (dead in 1963). Birth of Norman CockerThat year: 1889, Classical music, Organist and composer (dead in 1953). Inauguration: Woodstock Opera HouseThat year: 1889, Classical music (Illinois, United States of America). Death of Franz Mueller Jr.That year: 1889, Classical music, composer (born in 1872). Birth of George RaselyThat year: 1889, Classical music, American opera singer (dead in 1965). Inauguration: Lisbon Opera HouseThat year: 1889, Classical music (Lisbon, United States of America). Death of Karl FormesThat year: 1889, Classical music, German opera singer (born in 1816). Birth of Luisa BertanaThat year: 1889, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1933). Birth of Bettina FreemanThat year: 1889, Classical music, American opera singer . Death of Nicolau Guanyabens i GiralThat year: 1889, Classical music, Spanish composer and physician (1826-1889) (born in 1826). Death of Silvano MangeantThat year: 1889, Classical music, conductor (born in 1827). Birth of Sydney RosenbloomThat year: 1889, Classical music, composer (dead in 1967). Death of Guadalupe OlmedoThat year: 1889, Classical music, composer, pianist (born in 1854). Inception: Bristol Choral SocietyThat year: 1889, Classical music (United Kingdom). Death of Bernhard SulzeThat year: 1889, Classical music, composer (born in 1829). Death of Adelaide CortesiThat year: 1889, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1828). Birth of Gertrude RossThat year: 1889, Classical music, composer (dead in 1957). Birth of Mischa Mischa-LéonThat year: 1889, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1928). Death of Konstancja GładkowskaThat year: 1889, Classical music, singer (born in 1810).
Works (composition or publishing)
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Giuseppe Verdi (age 76)
- FalstaffThat year: 1889, Classical music (Opera)
- 4 Sacred PiecesThat year: 1889, Classical music (Work for choir), published in 1898
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Anton Bruckner (age 65)
- String Quintet in F major (Work for chamber orchestra)
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Johannes Brahms (age 56)
- Violin Sonata No. 3 in D minor, Op. 108That year: 1889, Classical music (Work for chamber orchestra), composed in 1888
- 3 Motets, Opp. 110 (Work for choir)
- 4 Quartets, Opp. 92 (Work for choir)
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Camille Saint-Saëns (age 54)
- Les Cloches du soir, Op. 85 (Work for soloist)
- Scherzo, Op. 87 (Work for chamber orchestra)
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (age 49)
- The Sleeping Beauty, Op. 66That year: 1889, Classical music (Ballet)
- Hamlet, fantasy overture, Op. 67aThat year: 1889, Classical music (Work for orchestra)
- Hommage à Anton Rubinstein (Work for choir)
- Le Rossignol (Work for choir)
- Impromptu in A-flat major (Work for soloist)
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Antonín Dvořák (age 48)
- Symphony No. 8 in G major, Op. 88That year: 1889, Classical music (Work for orchestra)
- Piano Quartet No. 2 in E-flat major, Op. 87 (Work for chamber orchestra)
- Poetic Tone Poems, Op. 85 (Work for soloist)
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Edvard Grieg (age 46)
- 6 Poems, Opp. 49 (Song, lied)
- 6 Lieder, Opp. 48 (Song, lied)
- Du retter tidt dit øjepar, WoO 148 (Song, lied)
- Simpel sang, WoO 147 (Song, lied)
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Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (age 45)
- Suite (Dance of the Skomorokhi, Dance of the Clowns", Dance of the Tumblers, …) (Work for orchestra)
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Leoš Janáček (age 35)
- Královničky. „Staré národní tance obřadné se zpěvy“ (Work for choir)
- Moravian Folk Dances (Work for chamber orchestra)
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Edward Elgar (age 32)
- 7 lieder (Song, lied)
- The Black Knight, Op. 25 (Work for choir), published in 1893
- Presto (Work for soloist)
- 2 Pieces for violin and piano, Opp. 13 (Work for chamber orchestra)
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Isaac Albéniz (age 29)
- Spanish Suite No. 2, Opp. 97 (Work for soloist)
- 2 Spanish National Songs, Opp. 164 (Work for soloist)
- Ricordati, Op. 96 (Work for soloist)
- Chanson de Barberine (Song, lied)
- Cadiz-gaditana, Op. 98 (Work for soloist)
- Zambra granadina, Op. 99 (Work for soloist)
- Characteristic Suite (Work for orchestra)
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Claude Debussy (age 27)
- 5 Poems (Song, lied)
- La Demoiselle élue (1) (Work for orchestra)
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Richard Strauss (age 25)
- Utan svafvel och fosfor (Work for choir)
- Festmarsch in C major (Work for orchestra)
- Schlichte Weisen, Opp. 21 (Song, lied)
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Alexander Glazunov (age 24)
- 2 Pieces, Opp. 22 (Work for soloist)
- Fantasy in E major, Op. 28, “The Sea” (Work for orchestra)
- Wedding March in E-flat major, Op. 21 (Work for orchestra)
- March of the Devil, in B flat major (Work for orchestra)
- Nocturne in D-flat major, Op. 37 (Work for soloist)
- Oriental Rhapsody in G major, Op. 29 (Work for orchestra)
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Jean Sibelius (age 24)
- Allegro for brass septet (Work for chamber orchestra)
- Overture for brass septet in F minor (Work for chamber orchestra)
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Erik Satie (age 23)
- Hungarian Song (Work for soloist)
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Alexander Scriabin (age 17)
- 3 Pieces, Opp. 2 (Work for soloist)
- Fantasy for 2 pianos in A minor (Work for chamber orchestra)
- Mazurka in F major (Work for soloist)
- Mazurka in B minor (Work for soloist)
- Album Leaf in A-flat major, “de Monighetti” (Work for soloist)
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Sergei Rachmaninoff (age 16)
- Fantasy Pieces (Work for soloist)
- Fughetta in F major (Work for soloist)
- String Quartet No. 1 (Work for chamber orchestra)