Editing 1893 in music

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Events in the year '''1893 in music'''.

==Specific locations==
*[[1893 in Norwegian music]]

==Events==
* [[February 9]] – Première of [[Giuseppe Verdi]]'s final opera ''[[Falstaff (opera)|Falstaff]]'' in [[La Scala]] in [[Milan]] with [[Victor Maurel]] in the title rôle.
* Summer – [[Gustav Mahler]]'s first summer composing at his ''Komponierhäuschen'' ("composition hut") at [[Steinbach am Attersee]] in the [[Salzkammergut]] region of Austria.
* [[August 14]]–15 – America's oldest music organization, the [[Stoughton Musical Society]] performs at the [[World's Columbian Exposition]].
* [[October 16]]–28 – In [[Saint Petersburg]] (Russia), [[Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky]] conducts the first performance of his [[Symphony No. 6 (Tchaikovsky)|Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74, ''Pathétique'']] (Патетическая), nine days before his death (attributed to [[cholera]]). The second performance takes place 21 days later at a memorial concert conducted by [[Eduard Nápravník]], incorporating minor revisions. Tchaikovsky wrote it between February and the end of August at [[Klin, Klinsky District, Moscow Oblast|Klin]].
* [[December 16]] – [[Antonín Dvořák]]'s [[Symphony No. 9 (Dvořák)|Symphony No. 9]] "From the New World" receives its première at [[Carnegie Hall]] in [[New York City]].
* [[December 29]] – [[Claude Debussy]]'s [[String Quartet (Debussy)|String Quartet]] is premièred in [[Paris]].
* American sisters [[Patty Hill|Patty]] and [[Mildred J. Hill]] publish ''Song Stories for the Kindergarten'' including "Good Morning to All", which later becomes known as "[[Happy Birthday to You]]".
* The first [[sousaphone]] is built by [[J. W. Pepper & Son|James Welsh Pepper]] at the request of bandmaster [[John Philip Sousa]] in the United States.<ref>{{cite book|first=Paul E.|last=Bierley|title=The Incredible Band of John Philip Sousa|url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780252031472|url-access=registration|year=2006|publisher=University of Illinois Press|location=Champaign|isbn=978-0-252-03147-2|pages=[https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780252031472/page/55 55]–}}</ref>

==Published popular music==
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Selected compositions (words/music indicated by "w.m."):
* "Can't Lose Me, Charlie" w.m. [[Harry S. Miller]]
* "[[The Cat Came Back]]"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w.m. Harry S. Miller
* "[[Daisy Bell]]" – [[Edward M. Favor]] ([[Edison Phonograph Company|Edison Records]]) 
* "December And May"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w. Edward Marks m. William Lorraine
* "Do Do My Huckleberry Do"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w. Harry Dillon m. John Dillon (the [[Dillon Brothers]])
* "The Fatal Wedding"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w. W. H. Windom m. [[Gussie L. Davis]]
* "Good Morning to All"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w. Patty Smith Hill m. Mildred J. Hill
* "I Long to See The Girl I Left Behind"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w.m. John T. Kelly
* "[[Liberty Bell (march)|The Liberty Bell]]" by [[John Philip Sousa]]
* "Mamie, Come Kiss Your Honey"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w.m. [[May Irwin]]
* "Marguerite" by Charles A. White
* "[[Oh! Mr Porter]]"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w. Thomas Le Brunn m. George Le Brunn
* "[[Tommy Atkins|Private Tommy Atkins]]"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w. Henry Hamilton m. S. Potter
* "Say 'Au Revoir', But Not 'Good-Bye'" by [[Harry Kennedy (songwriter)|Harry Kennedy]]
* "Sweet Marie"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w. [[Cy Warman]] m. Raymond Moore
* "They All Take After Me"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w. [[T. W. Connor]] m. Harry Randall
* "Two Little Girls in Blue"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w.m. Charles Graham
* "[[The Volunteer Organist]]"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w. William G. Gray m. Henry Lamb
* "[[When The Roll Is Called Up Yonder]]"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;w.m. [[James Milton Black|James M. Black]]
* "Zacatecas" by Genaro Codina

==Recorded popular music==
*"[[After the Ball (song)]]" – [[George J. Gaskin]]<ref>{{Citation|last=Tim Gracyk|title=George J. Gaskin "After The Ball" 1893 brown wax cylinder Charles K. Harris song|date=2015-01-31|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fekEjAXc0Q| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210829064642/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fekEjAXc0Q| archive-date=2021-08-29 | url-status=dead|accessdate=2017-10-09}}</ref>
*"After the Fair (Parody)" – George H. Diamond
* "[[Anvil Chorus]]" – [[John Yorke AtLee|John York AtLee]]
*"Beau Ideal March" – Baldwin's Cadet Band of Boston
*"Blind Tom" – Brilliant Quartette<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/wsrc7bIcyZE Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20210902104009/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsrc7bIcyZE Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{Citation|last=Tim Gracyk|title=Brilliant Quartette "Blind Tom" 1893 brown wax cylinder Columbia Phonograph Company|date=2016-04-16|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsrc7bIcyZE|accessdate=2017-10-09}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
*"[[The Cat Came Back]]" – George H. Diamond<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/stream/NAPCo1893/NAPCo%201893#page/n5/mode/2up|title=North American Phonograph Company Catalog Nov. 1893|website=archive.org|date=November 1893 |access-date=2018-01-31}}</ref>
*"Chinese Picnic" – [[Vess Ossman]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/stream/NAPCo1893/NAPCo%201893#page/n3/mode/2up|title=North American Phonograph Company Catalog Nov. 1893|website=archive.org|date=November 1893 |access-date=2017-11-19}}</ref>
*"Cocoanut Dance" – [[Vess Ossman]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/stream/NAPCo1893/NAPCo%201893#page/n3/mode/2up|title=North American Phonograph Company Catalog Nov. 1893|website=archive.org|date=November 1893 |access-date=2017-11-19}}</ref>
*"The Commodore Song" – [[Edward M. Favor]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://cylinders.library.ucsb.edu/search.php?queryType=@attr+1=1020&num=1&start=1&query=cylinder10471|title=Cylinder Preservation and Digitization Project|last=Collections.|first=University of California, Santa Barbara. Library. Department of Special|date=2005-11-16|website=cylinders.library.ucsb.edu|language=en|access-date=2017-10-09}}</ref>
*"Daisy Bell" – [[Dan W. Quinn]]
*"Darkie Tickle" – [[Vess Ossman]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/stream/NAPCo1893/NAPCo%201893#page/n3/mode/2up|title=North American Phonograph Company Catalog Nov. 1893|website=archive.org|date=November 1893 |access-date=2017-11-19}}</ref>
*"Down On The Farm" – Edward Clarance<ref>{{Citation|last=Tim Gracyk|title=early brown wax cylinder 1893 "Down On The Farm" Edward Clarance Edison Record 864|date=2015-02-22|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_zkTmWKn9w&t=27s| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202030112/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_zkTmWKn9w| archive-date=2017-02-02 | url-status=dead|accessdate=2017-10-09}}</ref>
*"Forge in the Forest" – Voss' First Regiment Band
*"Grover Cleveland March" – [[Issler's Orchestra]]
*"[[High School Cadets]]" – [[Vess Ossman]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/stream/NAPCo1893/NAPCo%201893#page/n3/mode/2up|title=North American Phonograph Company Catalog Nov. 1893|website=archive.org|date=November 1893 |access-date=2017-11-19}}</ref>
*"If I Was Only Just Behind Her" – [[George H. Diamond]]
*"The King's Song" – [[Edward M. Favor]]<ref>{{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>
*"Lanciers With Figures Called" – [[Issler's Orchestra]]
* "[[The Liberty Bell (march)]]" – [[John Philip Sousa]]
*"Love's Sweet Honor" – [[Vess Ossman]]<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://classic-banjo.ning.com/forum/topics/early-ossman-recording-interest?page=1&commentId=2667446%3AComment%3A124573&x=1|title=Early Ossman recording interest...|last1=Posted by Texican65 on September 12|first1=2017 at 23:32 in Classic Banjo|last2=Discussions|first2=View|access-date=2017-10-09}}</ref>
*"Lovely Woman" – [[Al Reeves]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/stream/NAPCo1893/NAPCo%201893#page/n3/mode/2up|title=North American Phonograph Company Catalog Nov. 1893|website=archive.org|date=November 1893 |access-date=2017-11-19}}</ref>
*"Mama's Black Baby Boy" – [[Unique Quartette]]
*"[[The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo (song)|The Man That Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo]]” – George H. Diamond<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/stream/NAPCo1893/NAPCo%201893#page/n5/mode/2up|title=North American Phonograph Company Catalog Nov. 1893|website=archive.org|date=November 1893 |access-date=2018-01-31}}</ref>
*"Marriage Bells" – [[Vess Ossman]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/stream/NAPCo1893/NAPCo%201893#page/n3/mode/2up|title=North American Phonograph Company Catalog Nov. 1893|website=archive.org|date=November 1893 |access-date=2017-11-19}}</ref>
*"Mary Ann Medley" – Brilliant Quartette (Columbia Records)
*"[[Oh Promise Me|O Promise Me]]" – [[George J. Gaskin]]
*"Parody On "After the Ball" – George H. Diamond<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/stream/NAPCo1893/NAPCo%201893#page/n5/mode/2up|title=North American Phonograph Company Catalog Nov. 1893|website=archive.org|date=November 1893 |access-date=2017-11-19}}</ref>
*"Pat Brady and the World Fair at Chicago" – [[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>
*"Wang's Gavotte" – [[Issler's Orchestra]]
*"[[The Washington Post (march)]]" – [[Vess Ossman]]<ref name=":0" />
*"When Summer Comes Again" – George H. Diamond<ref>{{Citation|last=Tim Gracyk|title=George H. Diamond on Edison brown wax cylinder circa 1893 "When Summer Comes Again"|date=2015-02-16|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8q3yBRPPjc&t=66s| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108112914/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8q3yBRPPjc&feature=youtu.be| archive-date=2020-11-08 | url-status=dead|accessdate=2017-10-09}}</ref>
*"Why Should I Keep From Whistling?" – [[John Yorke AtLee|John York AtLee]] & [[Fred Gaisberg]]<ref>{{Citation|last=Tim Gracyk|title=HISTORIC 1893 brown wax cylinder VERY EARLY RECORD! John Yorke Atlee & Fred Gaisberg (piano)|date=2014-11-11|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHElBpc4c5k&t=53s| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210901180719/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHElBpc4c5k&t=53s| archive-date=2021-09-01 | url-status=dead|accessdate=2017-10-09}}</ref>

==Classical music==
*[[Amy Beach]] – ''[[Gaelic Symphony]]''
*[[Johannes Brahms]]
**[[Six Pieces for Piano, Op. 118 (Brahms)|Six Pieces for Piano, Op. 118]]
**[[Four Pieces for Piano, Op. 119 (Brahms)|Four Pieces for Piano, Op. 119]]
*[[Claude Debussy]] – [[String Quartet (Debussy)|String Quartet]] in G minor
*[[Antonín Dvořák]] – [[Symphony No. 9 (Dvořák)|Symphony no. 9 in E minor]], "From the New World"
*[[Edward German]] – Symphony in A minor, "Norwich"
*[[Johan Halvorsen]] – ''Entry of the Boyars''
*[[Sergei Rachmaninoff]] 
** ''[[Suite No. 1 (Rachmaninoff)|Fantaisie-Tableaux]],'' for two pianos, Op. 5
** [[Morceaux de salon, Op. 6 (Rachmaninoff)|''Morceaux de salon'']] for violin and piano, Op. 6
*[[Jean Sibelius]] – ''[[Lemminkäinen Suite]]''
*[[William Stanley (composer)|William Stanley]] – ''Bay View Gavotte'' in A major
*[[Josef Suk (composer)|Josef Suk]] – Quintet for Piano and Strings in G minor
*[[Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky]] – [[Symphony No. 6 (Tchaikovsky)|Symphony no. 6]] in B minor, "Pathétique"
*[[Charles-Marie Widor]] - Symphony no. 3 for organ & orchestra, Op. 69

==[[Opera]]==
*[[Granville Bantock]] – ''Caedmar''
*[[Julius Bechgaard]] – ''Frode'' premiered on May 11 in [[Copenhagen]]
*[[Engelbert Humperdinck (composer)|Engelbert Humperdinck]] – ''[[Hänsel und Gretel (opera)|Hänsel und Gretel]]''
*[[Isidore de Lara]] – ''Amy Robsart''
*[[Emile Pessard]]
**''Une nuit de Noël'' premiered at the Ambigu, Paris
**''Mam'zelle Carabin'' premiered on November 3 at the [[Théâtre des Bouffes Parisiens]], Salle Choiseul, Paris
*[[Giacomo Puccini]] – ''[[Manon Lescaut (Puccini)|Manon Lescaut]]''
*[[Camille Saint-Saëns]] – ''[[Phryné (opera)|Phryné]]''
*[[Giuseppe Verdi]] – ''[[Falstaff (opera)|Falstaff]]''

==[[Musical theater]]==
* ''[[A Gaiety Girl]]'' – [[West End theatre|London]] production opened at the [[Prince of Wales Theatre]] on [[October 14]] and ran for 413 performances
* ''[[Jane Annie]]'' – London production opened at the [[Savoy Theatre]] on [[May 13]] and ran for 50 performances
* ''[[Little Christopher Columbus]]'' – London production opened at the [[Lyric Theatre (London)|Lyric Theatre]] on [[October 10]] and ran for 279 performances
* ''[[Morocco Bound]]'' (music [[Frank Osmond Carr]] lyrics: [[Adrian Ross]]) – London production opened at the [[Shaftesbury Theatre]] on [[April 13]] and transferred to the [[Trafalgar Square Theatre]] on January 8, 1894, for a total run of 295 performances.
* ''[[A Trip To Chinatown]]'' – [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] production
* ''[[Utopia Limited]]'' – London production opened at the [[Savoy Theatre]] on [[October 7]] and ran for 245 performances

==Births==
*[[February 10]] – [[Jimmy Durante]], American comedian and singer (died 1980)
*[[February 15]] – [[Walter Donaldson (songwriter)|Walter Donaldson]], American songwriter (died 1947)
*[[February 21]] – [[Andrés Segovia]], Spanish classical guitarist (died 1987)
*[[March 8]] – [[Mississippi John Hurt]], American country blues singer and guitarist (died 1966)
*[[March 18]] – [[Jean Goldkette]], French-born American jazz pianist and bandleader (died 1962)
*[[April 2]] – [[Sergei Protopopov]], Russian composer and music theorist (died 1954)
*[[April 16]] – [[Federico Mompou]], Spanish classical composer (died 1987)
*[[April 18]] – [[Georges Boulanger (violinist)|Georges Boulanger]], Romanian violinist (died 1958)
*[[June 10]] – [[Hattie McDaniel]], singer and actress (died 1952)
*[[June 26]] – [[Big Bill Broonzy]], American blues singer, songwriter and guitarist (died 1958)
*[[June 28]] – [[Luciano Gallet]], Brazilian composer, pianist and conductor (died 1931)
*[[July 25]] – [[Dorothy Dickson]], American-born British singer and actress (died 1995)
*[[July 28]] – [[Rued Langgaard]], Danish composer and organist (died 1952)
*[[August 21]] – [[Lili Boulanger]], French composer (died 1918)
*[[August 22]] – [[Dorothy Parker]], American writer, poet and lyricist (died 1953)
*[[September 13]] – [[Larry Shields]], American Dixieland jazz clarinetist (died 1953)
*[[September 24]] – [[Blind Lemon Jefferson]], blues musician (died 1929)
*[[October 1]] – [[Cliff Friend]], American Tin Pan Alley songwriter (died 1974)
*[[October 23]] – [[Jean Absil]], Belgian composer and organist (died 1974)
*[[November 8]] – [[Clarence Williams (musician)|Clarence Williams]], American jazz pianist, composer, promoter, vocalist, theatrical producer and publisher (died 1965)
*[[December 7]] — [[Fay Bainter]], American actress (d. 1968)
*[[December 24]] – [[Harry Warren]], born Salvatore Antonio Guaragna, American film songwriter (died 1981)

==Deaths==
*[[January 18]] – [[Julius Eichberg]], composer (b. 1824)
*[[February 13]] – [[George Lichtenstein (musician)|George Lichtenstein]], pianist and music teacher (b. 1827)
*[[May 2]] – {{ill|Daniel Friedrich Eduard Wilsing|de}}, composer (b.1809)
*[[May 25]] – [[Johann Rufinatscha]], composer and music teacher (b. 1812)
*[[June 10]] –  Elek Erkel, Hungarian composer, son of Ferenc Erkel (b. 1843)
*[[June 25]] – [[Ferenc Erkel]], Hungarian composer (b. 1810)
*[[July 16]] – [[Antonio Ghislanzoni]], librettist (b. 1824)
*[[August 7]] – [[Alfredo Catalani]], composer (b. 1854)
*[[August 31]] – Sir [[William Cusins]], instrumentalist, conductor and composer; [[Master of the Queen's Music]] (b. 1833)
*[[September 8]] – [[Michel Lentz]], lyricist of the national anthem of Luxembourg (b. 1820)
*[[September 13]] – [[Carl Ludvig Gerlach]], opera singer and composer
*[[October 16]] – [[Carlo Pedrotti]], conductor and composer (b. 1817)
*[[October 18]] – [[Charles Gounod]], composer (b. 1818)
*[[November 6]] – [[Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky]], composer (b. 1840)
*[[December 23]] – [[:de:Benedict Randhartinger|Benedict Randhartinger]], composer (b. 1802)
*''date unknown'' – [[Félix Battanchon]], cellist (b. 1814)

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