Events Edvard Grieg's Piano Concerto is premiered at Copenhagen's Casino (April 3) Richard Wagner's opera Das Rheingold debuts at the Königlich Hof- und Nationaltheater in Munich (September 22) Published popular music "Little Brown Jug" by R.E. Eastburn "Now the Day is Over" by Joseph Barnby "Shew, Fly! Don't Bother Me!" by T. Bringham Bishop "Sweet Genevieve" w.m. Henry Tucker Opera "Das Rheingold" by Richard Wagner Classical music Ein Deutsches Requiem - Cantata by Johannes Brahms Births March 3 - Henry Wood, conductor May 5 - Hans Pfitzner, composer June 6 - Siegfried Wagner, composer June 17 - Sidney Jones, composer November 8 - J. Bodewalt Lampe, Danish-born composer Deaths March 8 - Hector Berlioz, composer April 20 - Carl Loewe, composer, baritone, conductor
Ein Deutsches Requiem - Cantata by Johannes Brahms
Births March 3 - Henry Wood, conductor May 5 - Hans Pfitzner, composer June 6 - Siegfried Wagner, composer June 17 - Sidney Jones, composer November 8 - J. Bodewalt Lampe, Danish-born composer Deaths March 8 - Hector Berlioz, composer April 20 - Carl Loewe, composer, baritone, conductor