Mark's Music Circus
presents
Music Events of

Births

• 5 January:   NIKOLAI MEDTNER = Russian pianist and composer = [died: 1951]
• 19 February:   ARTHUR SHEPHERD = American composer = [died: 1958]
• 13 June:   VINCENT ROSE = Italian-born American bandleader and composer = [died: 1944]
• 5 July:   JAN KUBELÍK = Czech violinist = [died: 1940]
• 24 July:   ERNEST BLOCH = Swiss-born American Jewish composer = [died: 1959]
• 12 October:   HEALEY WILLAN = England-born Canadian composer = [died: 1968]
• 2 November:   JOHN FOULDS = British composer = [died: 1939]
• 10 November:   ILDEBRANDO PIZZETTI = Italian composer = [died: 1968]


• date unknown:
• BLIND UNCLE GASPARD = American vocalist and guitarist = [died: 1937]

Timeline of Musical Events

• Undated:
• RICHARD STRAUSS' first major work, A Symphony in D minor, is premiered.
• GUSTAV MAHLER obtains work as a conductor at a summer theatre at Bad Hall.
• RICHARD WAGNER publishes his autobiography.

Published Popular Music

• "Away, Away! My Heart's On Fire" = lyrics by W. S. GILBERT; music by ARTHUR SULLIVAN
• "Blow The Man Down" = (trad)
• "Funiculì Funicula" = lyrics by G. TURCO; music by LUIGI DENZA
• "Now for The Pirates' Lair" = lyrics by W. S. GILBERT; music by ARTHUR SULLIVAN
• "Oh, Better Far To Live And Die" = lyrics by W. S. GILBERT; music by ARTHUR SULLIVAN
• "A Rollicking Band Of Pirates, We" = lyrics by W. S. GILBERT; music by ARTHUR SULLIVAN
• "Roses From The South Waltz" = music by JOHANN STRAUSS II
• "Sailing, Sailing" = lyrics & music by GODFREY MARKS
• "To Gain A Brief Advantage" = lyrics by W. S. GILBERT; music by ARTHUR SULLIVAN
• "When A Felon's Not Engaged" = lyrics by W. S. GILBERT; music by ARTHUR SULLIVAN
• "When The Foeman Bares His Steel" = lyrics by W. S. GILBERT; music by ARTHUR SULLIVAN
• "When You Had Left Our Pirate Fold" = lyrics by W. S. GILBERT; music by ARTHUR SULLIVAN
• "Yes! I Am Brave! Oh, Family Descent" = lyrics by W. S. GILBERT; music by ARTHUR SULLIVAN

Classical Music

• JAN LEVOSLAV BELLA
• String Quartet No. 2 in C minor
• GIOVANNI BOTTESINI
• Gran Duo Concertante
• JOHANNES BRAHMS
• Tragic Overture, Academic Festival Overture
• FELIX DRAESEKE
• Weihestunden. Six songs for baritone (or mezzo-soprano) and piano
• ANTONÍN DVORAK
• Symphony No. 6 in D major, op. 60, Songs My Mother Taught Me
• NIELS GADE
• Concerto for violin and orchestra in D minor
• ION IVANOVICI
• The Danube Waves
• HUBERT PARRY
• Piano concerto
• GIACOMO PUCCINI
• Messa di Gloria
• HANS ROTT
• Symphony in E major
• PABLO SARASATE
• Spanish Dances for Violin and Piano
• PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
• 1812 Overture
• Serenade for Strings

Opera

• DUDLEY BUCK
• Deseret, or A Saint's Affliction
• LEO DELIBES
• Jean de Nivelle
• MIGUEL MARQUES
• Florinda
• ADOLF NEUENDORFF
• The Rat-Charmer of Hamelin/Der Rattenfanger von Hameln
• ANTON RUBINSTEIN
• The Merchant Kalashnikov
• GEORGE STEPHANESCU
• Peste Dunare
• Sinziana si Pepelea

Musical Theatre

• LA MASCOTTE
• Paris production


• THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE
• London production