Editing 1892 in music

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Events in the year '''1892 in music'''.

==Specific locations==
*[[1892 in Norwegian music]]

== Events ==
*[[April 28]] – [[Jean Sibelius]] conducts the world première of his ''[[Kullervo (Sibelius)|Kullervo Symphony]]'' in [[Helsinki]].<ref>{{cite book|first=Erik|last=Tawaststjerna|author-link=Erik Tawaststjerna|title=Sibelius: Volume&nbsp;I, 1865–1905|date=2008a|orig-date=1965/1967; {{abr|trans.|translation}}&nbsp;1976|translator-first=Robert|translator-last=Layton|translator-link=Robert Layton (musicologist)|location=London|publisher=Faber and Faber|isbn=9780571247721|page=106}}</ref>
*[[May 26]] – A statue of [[Felix Mendelssohn]], by Werner Stein, is dedicated at [[St. Thomas Church, Leipzig]]. Removed by the Nazis in the 1930s, it is re-dedicated in 2008.
*[[August 1]] – [[Jef Denyn]] presents the world's first [[carillon]] concert at [[St. Rumbold's Cathedral]] in [[Mechelen]], Belgium.
*[[September 24]] – Opening of the [[Komische Oper Berlin|Theater Unter den Linden, Berlin]] with [[Adolf Ferron]]'s operetta ''Daphne'' and Gaul and Haßreiter's ballet ''Die Welt in Bild und Tanz''.
*[[September 26]] – [[Antonín Dvořák]] arrives in the United States to take up his post as artistic director of the National Conservatory of Music.
*[[December 18]]
**[[Anton Bruckner]]'s [[Symphony No. 8 (Bruckner)|Symphony No. 8 in C minor]] is premiered by the [[Vienna Philharmonic]] with [[Hans Richter (conductor)|Hans Richter]] conducting at the Stadttheater, Leipzig.
**[[December 6]] [[Old Style and New Style dates|O.S.]] – [[Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky]]'s [[ballet]] ''[[The Nutcracker]]'' and opera ''[[Iolanta]]'' are premiered in a double bill at the [[Mariinsky Theatre|Imperial Mariinsky Theatre]] in [[Saint Petersburg]], Russia.
*"[[After the Ball (song)|After the Ball]]" becomes the first [[sheet music]] to sell over 1 million copies (for a single publisher in a single year).
*[[Erik Satie]] composes his first pieces in his own compositional system.
*[[Sergei Diaghilev]] graduates from the [[Saint Petersburg Conservatory]].
*[[Ferdinand Praeger]]'s controversial biography ''Wagner As I Knew Him'' is published posthumously in London.
*[[Sudrophone]] patented by [[François Sudre (1844–1912)|François Sudre]] in France.

== Published popular music ==
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* "[[After the Ball (song)|After the Ball]]"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w.m. [[Charles K. Harris]]
* "[[The Bowery (song)|The Bowery]]"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w. [[Charles Hale Hoyt|Charles H. Hoyt]] m. Percy Gaunt
* "[[Daddy Wouldn't Buy Me a Bow Wow]]"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w.m. [[Joseph Tabrar]]
* "[[Daisy Bell]]" (aka "A Bicycle Built For Two")&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w.m. [[Harry Dacre]]
* "Flanagan"  w.m. [[C. W. Murphy]] & William Letters
* "Future Mrs. 'Awkins" by Albert Chevalier
* "[[The Holy City (song)|The Holy City]]"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w. [[Frederic Weatherly|Frederic Edward Weatherly]] m. Stephen Adams
* "La Sultana Turkish March" m. Fred Linden
* "Liebestraum Nocturne" m. [[Virginia Field]]
* "Molly And I And The Baby"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w.m. [[Harry Kennedy (songwriter)|Harry Kennedy]]
* "[[My Old Dutch (song)|My Old Dutch]]"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w. [[Albert Chevalier]] m. [[Charles Ingle]]
* "My Sweetheart's The Man In The Moon"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w.m. [[James Thornton (songwriter)|James Thornton]]
* "The Sweetest Story Ever Told"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w.m. R. M. Stults
* "The Virginia Skedaddle" w.m. [[Monroe H. Rosenfeld]]

== Recorded popular music ==
*"Daddy Wouldn't Buy Me a Bow-wow " – [[Dan W. Quinn]]
*"Daddy Wouldn't Buy Me a Bow-wow " – [[Silas Leachman]]
*"Esquimeau Dance" – William Tuson
*"Grover Cleveland March" – [[Patrick Gilmore|Gilmore's Band]] 
*"Michael Casey At The Telephone" – [[Russell Hunting]]
*"Michael Casey Taking The Census" – Russell Hunting
*"Pat Brady as President" – [[Dan Kelly (recording artist)|Dan Kelly]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/stream/ColumbiaPhonograph1889-1896/Columbia%20Phonograph%201889-1896#page/n61/mode/2up|title=The Recordings of the Columbia Phonograph Company, 1889–1896|website=archive.org|date=May 2017 |access-date=2017-11-05}}</ref>
*"Parody of "We'll Never Turn His Picture Toward The Wall'" – [[Al Reeves]]<ref>{{Citation|last=Tim Gracyk|title=RARE Al Reeves banjoist comedian brown wax cylinder 1890s Al Jolson (John L. Sullivan song)|date=2015-02-13|url=https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1XGywJ9J3O0| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210831084446/https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=1XGywJ9J3O0| archive-date=2021-08-31 | url-status=dead|accessdate=2017-10-12}}</ref>
*"Riding through the Glen" – [[Issler's Orchestra]]
*"Take Your Time Gentlemen" – Press Eldridge
*"The Blind Boy" – [[Richard Jose]]
*"The Bowery" – [[Dan W. Quinn]]
*"The Laughing Darkie" – [[George W. Johnson (singer)]]<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://www.loc.gov/programs/national-recording-preservation-board/about-this-program/donations/lost-recording-list/|title=Lost Recording List – National Recording Preservation Board|work=The Library of Congress|access-date=2017-10-09|language=en}}</ref>
*"The Night Alarm" – Holding's Military Band 
*"[[The Old Folks at Home]]" – [[Len Spencer]]<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GQglDwAAQBAJ&q=vess+ossman+1894&pg=PA1|title=Encyclopedia of Great Popular Song Recordings|last=Sullivan|first=Steve|date=2017-05-17|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=9781442254497|language=en}}</ref>
*"Uncle Ned's Dream" – [[George W. Johnson (singer)]]<ref name=":0" />

==Classical music==
*[[Johannes Brahms]] – Intermezzos [[Opus number]] 117
*[[Edward Elgar]] – [[Serenade for Strings (Elgar)|Serenade for Strings]], Op. 20
*[[Alexander Glazunov]] – String Quintet in A major (Opus 39)
*[[Gustav Mahler]] – ''Das himmlische Leben'' (later incorporated into his [[Symphony No. 4 (Mahler)|fourth symphony]])
*[[Miguel Marqués (composer)|Miguel Marqués]] – ''El Centinelo''
*[[Carl Nielsen]] – [[Symphony No. 1 (Nielsen)|First Symphony]]
*[[Joseph Parry]] – ''Saul of Tarsus'' (oratorio)
*[[Sergei Rachmaninoff]]
**[[Prelude in C-sharp minor (Rachmaninoff)|Prelude in C-sharp Minor]]
**[[Piano Concerto No. 1 (Rachmaninoff)|Piano Concerto No. 1]] in F-sharp minor, Op. 1
*[[Max Reger]]
**Cello Sonata No. 1, Op. 5
**''Twelve Waltz-Caprices'', Op. 9, four-hand piano
**''20 German Dances'', Op. 10, four-hand piano
*[[Alexander Scriabin]] – [[Sonata No. 1 (Scriabin)|Piano Sonata No. 1]] in F minor, opus 6
*[[Jean Sibelius]] – ''[[Kullervo Symphony]]''
*[[Josef Suk (composer)|Josef Suk]] – Serenade for Strings in E-flat major
*[[Alexander von Zemlinsky]] – Symphony in D minor

==[[Opera]]==
*[[Herman Bemberg]] – ''Elaine''
*[[Karel Bendl]] – ''Dite Tabora''
*[[Alfredo Catalani]] – ''[[La Wally]]''
*[[Gialdino Gialdini]] – ''I due soci'' premiered February 24 at the [[Teatro Brunetti]], [[Bologna]]
*[[Umberto Giordano]] – ''[[Mala vita|Mala Vita]]''
*[[Isidore de Lara]] – ''The Light of Asia''
*[[Ruggiero Leoncavallo]] – ''[[I Pagliacci]]''
*[[Jules Massenet]] – ''[[Werther]]'' (Composed 1887)
*[[Adolf Neuendorff]] – ''The Minstrel''
*[[Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky]] – ''[[Iolanta]]''
* The [[World's Fair]] Colored Opera Company, with featured singer, soprano [[Matilda Sissieretta Jones]] are the first African-American performers to appear at [[Carnegie Hall]]

==[[Ballet]]==
*[[Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky]] – ''[[The Nutcracker]]''

==[[Musical theater]]==
*''Blue-Eyed Susan'', libretto by [[George Robert Sims]], on London stage
* "Maid Marian" (retitled version of "Robin Hood"); [[West End theatre|London]] production
* "Maid Marian" (sequel to "Robin Hood"); [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] production
*''[[The Wicklow Postman]]''; initial production in [[Boston, Massachusetts]]

== Top hits ==
* "Slide, Kelly, Slide" by [[George J. Gaskin]]
* "Sally in Our Alley" by [[Manhansett Quartet]]te

== Births ==
* [[January 1]] – [[Artur Rodziński]], Polish conductor (d. 1958)
* [[January 31]] – [[Eddie Cantor]], born Isidore Itzkowitz, American singer and entertainer (d. 1964)
* [[February 4]] – [[Yrjö Kilpinen]], [[Finland|Finnish]] composer known most for his [[lied]]er (d. 1959)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/c.asp?c=C6678|title=Yrjö Kilpinen|website=Hyperion Music|access-date=15 February 2025}}</ref>
* [[February 15]] – [[Ján Valašťan Dolinský]], Slovak composer (d. 1965)
* [[March 10]] 
**[[Arthur Honegger]], composer (d. 1955)
**[[Eva Turner]], operatic soprano (d. 1990)
* [[March 27]] – [[Ferde Grofé]], composer (d. 1972)
* [[April 1]] – [[Renato Zanelli]], Chilean baritone, later tenor (d. 1935)
* [[April 2]] – [[Roy Palmer (musician)|Roy Palmer]], jazz trombonist (d. 1962)
* [[April 10]] – [[Victor de Sabata]], conductor and composer (d. 1967)
* [[April 12]] – [[Johnny Dodds]], jazz clarinetist (d. 1940)
* [[April 15]] – [[Manuel Quiroga (violinist)|Manuel Quiroga]], violinist (d. 1961)
* [[April 19]] – [[Germaine Tailleferre]], composer (d. 1983)<ref>{{cite book|first=Lindsey C.|last=Harnsberger|title=Essential Dictionary of Music: The Most Practical and Useful Music Dictionary for Students and Professionals|location=Los Angeles|publisher=Alfred Publishing Co.|year=1997|page=260|isbn=978-0-88284-728-3}}</ref>
* [[April 21]] – [[Jaroslav Kvapil (composer)|Jaroslav Kvapil]], composer (d. 1958)
* [[May 14]] – [[Arthur Lourié]], [[Russia]]n-born expatriate composer (d. 1966)
* [[May 18]] – [[Ezio Pinza]], Italian bass singer and actor (d. 1957)
* [[May 19]] – [[Pops Foster]], jazz bass player (d. 1969)
* [[June 6]] – [[Ted Lewis (musician)|Ted Lewis]], singer and bandleader (d. 1971)
* [[June 18]] – [[Eduard Steuermann]], pianist (d. 1964)
* [[June 21]] – [[Hilding Rosenberg]], Swedish composer (d. 1985)<ref>{{cite book|title=Program Notes, Volume 62|author=Chicago Symphony Orchestra |publisher=Orchestral Association|year=1952|page=15}}</ref>
* [[June 23]] – [[Mieczysław Horszowski]], Polish pianist (d. 1993)
* [[June 30]] – [[László Lajtha]], Hungarian symphonist (d. 1963)
* [[July 2]] – [[Jack Hylton]], British bandleader (d. 1965)
* [[July 8]] – [[J. Russel Robinson]], dixieland pianist-composer (d. 1963)
* [[July 10]] – [[Ján Móry]], Slovak composer (d. 1978)
* [[July 26]] – [[Philipp Jarnach]], composer of German-French origins (d. 1982)
* [[August 14]] – [[Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji]], composer, music critic and pianist (d. 1988)
* [[August 15]] – [[Knud Jeppesen]], musicologist (d. 1974)
* [[September 4]] – [[Darius Milhaud]], composer (d. 1974)
* [[September 5]] – [[Joseph Szigeti]], [[violin]]ist (d. 1973)
* [[September 17]] – [[Hendrik Andriessen]], [[Netherlands|Dutch]] composer and organist (d. 1981)
* [[October 17]] – [[Herbert Howells]], church music composer (d. 1983)
* [[October 19]] – [[Ilmari Hannikainen]], composer (d. 1955)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bach-cantatas.com/Lib/Hannikainen-Ilmari.htm|title=Ilmari Hannikainen|website=Bach Cantatas|access-date=15 February 2025}}</ref>
*[[October 25]] – [[Dolly Sisters|Janszieka (Jennie) Deutsch]] and [[Dolly Sisters|Roszicka (Rosie) Deutsch]], Hungarian-born dancers, actresses and singers, billed as the [[Dolly sisters]] (d. 1941 and 1970 respectively)
*[[November 11]] – [[Isidor Achron]], Polish-American pianist and composer (d. [[1948]])
*[[November 28]] – [[Thomas Wood (composer)|Thomas Wood]], English composer (d. 1950)
*[[December 9]] – [[Beatrice Harrison]], cellist (d. 1965)
*[[December 11]] – [[Giacomo Lauri-Volpi]], operatic tenor (d. 1979)

== Deaths ==
*[[January 10]] – [[Heinrich Dorn]], German conductor, composer and journalist (born 1804)
*[[February 13]] – [[Lambert Massart]], violinist (born 1811)
*[[February 20]] – [[Róza Csillag]], opera singer (born 1832)
*[[March 11]] – [[Caroline Reinagle]], pianist, composer and writer (born 1818)
*[[March 20]] – [[Arthur Thomas (composer)<Arthur Thomas]], composer (born 1850) (suicide)
*[[April 22]] – [[Édouard Lalo]], composer (born 1823)<ref>Sadie, Stanley (Ed.) (1994) [1992]. The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. vol. 2, E-Lom, chpt: "Lalo, Edouard(-Victoire-Antoine)" by Hugh Macdonald. New York: MacMillan. {{ISBN|0-935859-92-6}}.</ref>
*[[May 2]] – [[Wilhelm Rust]], composer (born 1822)
*[[May 6]] – [[Ernest Guiraud]], composer (born 1837)
*[[June 5]] – [[Robert Rees (singer)|Robert Rees]], Welsh tenor (born [[1841 in music|1841]])<ref name="NLoW">{{cite web|url=https://biography.wales/article/s-REES-ROB-1841 |title=Biography of Robert Rees |author=Griffith, Robert David |publisher=National Library of Wales|date= |accessdate=27 December 2011}}</ref>
*[[August 18]] – [[Jules Perrot]], ballet dancer (born 1810)
*[[August 19]] – [[František Zdeněk Skuherský]], composer, teacher and music theorist (born 1830)
*[[September 5]] – [[Henry Christian Timm]], pianist, conductor and composer (born 1811)
*[[September 24]] – [[Patrick Gilmore]], bandmaster and composer (born 1829)
*[[October 24]] – [[Robert Franz]], composer (born 1815)
*[[October 28]] – [[Felix Otto Dessoff]], conductor and composer (born 1835)
*[[November 4]] – [[Hervé (composer)|Hervé]], organist and composer (born 1825)
*[[November 19]] – [[Antonio Torres Jurado]], guitar maker (born 1817)
*''date unknown'' – [[Adolf Rzepko]], Polish composer, oboist, choral and orchestral conductor and pianist (born 1825)

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