Editing Timeline of musical events (section)

== 1890s ==
* '''[[1899 in music]]''', '''[[1899 in Norwegian music]]''' – ''[[Rusalka (opera)|Rusalka]]'' by [[Antonín Dvořák]]; ''[[Ein Heldenleben]]'' by [[Richard Strauss]]; [[Symphony No. 1 (Sibelius)|Symphony No. 1]] and publication of ''[[Finlandia]]'' by [[Jean Sibelius]]; ''[[Shéhérazade (Ravel)]]'' by [[Maurice Ravel]]; ''[[Enigma Variations]]'' by [[Edward Elgar]]; "[[Maple Leaf Rag]]" by [[Scott Joplin]]; Death of [[Johann Strauss II]]; Birth of [[Duke Ellington]]; Birth of [[Silvestre Revueltas]]
* '''[[1898 in music]]''', '''[[1898 in Norwegian music]]''' – Birth of [[George Gershwin]], [[Paul Robeson]]
* '''[[1897 in music]]''', '''[[1897 in Norwegian music]]''' – [[Ragtime music]] becomes popular in the United States; Death of [[Johannes Brahms|Brahms]], Birth of [[Marian Anderson]]
* '''[[1896 in music]]''', '''[[1896 in Norwegian music]]''' – ''[[Also sprach Zarathustra (Strauss)|Also sprach Zarathustra]]'' by [[Richard Strauss]]; ''[[Jungfrun i tornet]]'' by [[Jean Sibelius]]; Death of [[Antônio Carlos Gomes|Carlos Gomes]], Brazilian composer and opera composer and [[Anton Bruckner]], Austrian composer and organist
* '''[[1895 in music]]''', '''[[1895 in Norwegian music]]''' – ''[[The Swan of Tuonela]]'' by [[Jean Sibelius]]; ''[[Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks]]'' by [[Richard Strauss]]; Birth of [[Carl Orff]], [[Oscar Hammerstein II]], [[William Grant Still]], the "Dean of African-American music"
* '''[[1894 in music]]''', '''[[1894 in Norwegian music]]''' – [[Cello Concerto (Dvořák)|Cello Concerto]] and ''[[Humoresques (Dvořák)|Humoresques]]'' by [[Antonín Dvořák]]
* '''[[1893 in music]]''', '''[[1893 in Norwegian music]]''' – [[Symphony No. 9 (Dvořák)|Symphony No. 9]] and [[String Quartet No. 12 (Dvořák)|String Quartet No. 12]] by [[Antonín Dvořák]]; [[Symphony No. 3 (Mahler)|Symphony No. 3]] by [[Gustav Mahler]]; ''[[Karelia Suite]]'' by [[Jean Sibelius]]; Death of [[Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky]], Russian composer
* '''[[1892 in music]]''', '''[[1892 in Norwegian music]]''' – [[Dan W. Quinn]] makes first recordings in New York City; ''[[Kullervo (Sibelius)|Kullervo]]'' by [[Jean Sibelius]]; ''[[Pagliacci]]'' by [[Ruggero Leoncavallo]]; ''[[The Nutcracker]]'' by [[Marius Petipa]]
* '''[[1891 in music]]''', '''[[1891 in Norwegian music]]''' – [[Piano Trio No. 4 (Dvořák)|Piano Trio No. 4]] by [[Antonín Dvořák]]; Birth of [[Sergei Prokofiev]], Soviet composer and pianist; [[George W. Johnson (singer)|George W. Johnson]] becomes first African American recording artist with "The Laughing Song"
* '''[[1890 in music]]''', '''[[1890 in Norwegian music]]''' – [[John Philip Sousa]] makes first recordings with [[Columbia Phonograph Company]]; Birth of [[Bronislava Nijinska]], choreographer