1874 in music

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See also: 1873 in music, other events of 1874, 1875 in music and the list of 'years in music'.

Table of contents

1 Events
2 Popular music hits
3 Musical theater
4 Births
5 Deaths

Events

Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky releases his piano composition Pictures at an Exhibition.

Popular music hits

"Crimson Roses In the Heather" by Caroline Dana Howe & William Howard Doane
"Oh! Dat Watermelon!" by Luke Schoolcraft

Musical theater

Die Fledermaus, Vienna production
Die Fledermaus, Berlin production
Whittington, London production

Births

January 29 - Charles E. King, US composer and singer
February 20 - Mary Garden, Operatic soprano
September 13 - Arnold Schoenberg, composer
November 12 - Bert Williams

Deaths