Mark's Music Circus
presents
Music Events of

Births

• 3 January:   LINA ABARBANELL = German singer and actress = [died: 1963]
• 26 February:   FRANK BRIDGE = English composer and violist = [died: 1941]
• 22 May:   EASTWOOD LANE = American composer = [died: 1951]
• 13 June:   MARIA GAY = Catalan opera singer = [died: 1943]
• 21 June:   HENRY CREAMER = American songwriter = [died: 1930]
• 5 July:   PHILIPPE GAUBERT = French composer = [died: 1941]
• 9 July:   OTTORINO RESPIGHI = Italian composer = [died: 1936]
• 1 August:   EVA TANGUAY = Canadan singer, vaudeville star = [died: 1947]
• 18 August:   GUS EDWARDS, Prussian-born American songwriter and entertainer = [died: 1945]
• 12 October:   CHRIS SMITH = American composer = [died: 1949]
• 21 October:   JOSEPH CANTELOUBE = French composer = [died: 1957]
• 1 December:   BETH SLATER WHITSON = American lyric writer = [died: 1930]
• 4 December:   HAMILTON HARTY = Irish composer, conductor, pianist and organist = [died: 1941]

Timeline of Musical Events

• 31 December: GILBERT & SULLIVAN's The Pirates of Penzance debuts in New York City


• Undated:
• ENGELBERT HUMPERDINCK becomes the first winner of the Mendelssohn Award awarded by the Mendelssohn Stiftung (foundation) of Berlin.

Published Popular Music

• "In the Morning By the Bright Light" = by JAMES A. BLAND
• "My Visit to the Opera" = by JOSEPH P. SKELLY
• "Oh, Dem Golden Slippers" = by JAMES A. BLAND

Classical Music

• HENRI DUPARC
• Le Manoir de Rosemonde
• CESAR FRANCK
• Piano Quintet
• ASGER HAMERIK
• Concert Romance for cello and piano
• FRANZ LACHNER
• Elegie for Flute and Organ
• CHARLES-MARIE WIDOR
• Symphony for Organ No. 5

Opera

• GIOVANNI BOTTESINI
• Ero e Leandro
• MIGUEL MARQUES
• Camoens
• VIKTOR NESSLER
• Der Rattenfanger von Hameln
• PETER TCHAIKOVSKY
• Eugene Onegin

Musical Theatre

• Opening: 13 January 1879 @ the Comique Theatre, New York, NY
• THE MULLIGAN GUARDS' BALL [Broadway production]
• Closing: date unknown               Performance Count: 153


• Opening: 15 January 1879 @ Standard Theatre, New York, NY
• H.M.S. PINAFORE [Original production]
  (Musical, Comedy, Operetta)
• Music by: Sir Arthur Sullivan;   Libretto by: W. S. Gilbert
• Closing: 14 June 1879               Performance Count: 175


• Opening: 21 February 1879 @ Broadway Theatre, New York, NY
• THE SORCERER [Original production]
  (Musical, Comedy, Operetta)
• Music by: Sir Arthur Sullivan;   Libretto by: W. S. Gilbert
• Closing: 8 March 1879               Performance Count: 20
• Opening: 10 March 1879 @ Broadway Theatre, New York, NY
• H.M.S. PINAFORE [Revival production]
  (Musical, Comedy, Operetta)
• Music by: Sir Arthur Sullivan;   Libretto by: W. S. Gilbert
• Closing: 24 May 1879               Performance Count: 71


• Opening: 14 April 1879 @ Standard Theatre, New York, NY
• COX AND BOX [Original production]
  (Musical, Operetta)
• Music by: Sir Arthur Sullivan;   Libretto by: F.C. Burnand
• Closing: 24 May 1879               Performance Count: 7


• Opening: 14 April 1879 @ Fifth Avenue Theatre, New York, NY
• FATINITZA [Original production]
  (Musical, Opera)
• Music by: Franz Von Suppé;   Libretto by: Harry B. Smith;   Lyrics by: Franz Von Suppé
• Closing: date unknown


• Opening: 30 April 1879 @ Olympic Theatre, New York, NY
• ASSOMMOIR [Original production]
  (Play)
• Closing: date unknown


• Opening: 30 April 1879 @ Olympic Theatre, New York, NY
• L'ASSOMMOIR [Original production]
  (Play)
• Written by: Augustin Daly
• Closing: date unknown


• Opening: 11 August 1879 @ the Comique Theatre, New York, NY
• THE MULLIGAN GUARDS' CHOWDER [Broadway production]
• Closing: date unknown               Performance Count: 112


• Opening: 16 September 1879 @ Union Square Theatre, New York, NY
• MY PARTNER [Original production]
  (Play, Drama)
• Written by: Bartley Campbell
• Closing: 18 October 1879


• Opening: 17 September 1879 @ Daly's Theatre, New York, NY
• LOVE'S YOUNG DREAM [Original production]
  (Musical, One Act, Operetta, Comedy)
• Music by: Edward Mollenhauer;   Book by: Joseph Daly


• NEWPORT [Original production]
  (Musical, Comedy, Farce)
• Music by Charles Le Cocq, Edward Mollenhauer, Meyer Lutz and DeBrille;   Written by Olive Logan Sykes;   Lyrics by Fred Williams
• Closing: 29 September 1879               Performance Count: 13


• Opening: 18 October 1879 @ Daly's Theatre, New York, NY
• WIVES [Original production]
  (Play)
• Written by: Bronson Howard
• Closing: date unknown


• Opening: 21 October 1879 @ Union Square Theatre, New York, NY
• FRENCH FLATS [Original production]
  (Play, Farce)
• Written by: A.R. Cazauran
• Closing: 20 January 1880


• Opening: 17 November 1879 @ the Comique Theatre, New York, NY
• THE MULLIGAN GUARDS' CHRISTMAS [Broadway production]
• Closing: date unknown               Performance Count: 104


• Opening: 31 December 1879 @ Fifth Avenue Theatre, New York, NY
• THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE [Original production]
  (Musical, Operetta)
• Music by: Sir Arthur Sullivan;   Libretto by: W. S. Gilbert
• Closing: date unknown