1875 in music

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Table of contents

1 Events
2 Published popular music
3 Musical theater
4 Opera
5 Classical music
6 Births
7 Deaths

Events

March 3 - Georges Bizet's Carmen debuts in Paris

Published popular music

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"Angels, Meet Me At the Cross Road" w.m. Will Hays
"Carve Dat Possum" by Sam Lucas & Herbert Hershy
"Dreaming Forever of Thee" w.m. John Hill Hewitt
"Grandfather's Clock" w.m. Henry C. Work
"I'll Take You Home Again, Kathleen" w.m. Thomas P. Westendorf
"Nancy Lee" w. Frederick Edward Weatherly, m. Stephen Adams (pseudonym of Michael Maybrick)
"The Witches Flight (Galop Caprice)" by Henry A. Russell

Musical theater

Die Fledermaus, Paris production
Trial By Jury, London production
Trial By Jury, New York production
The Zoo, London production

Opera

Carmen first performed in Paris. Music by Georges Bizet and libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic HalÃÂÃÂ©vy.

Classical music

Ma Vlast (My Country) - Six symphonic poems by Bedrich Smetana

Births

February 2 - Fritz Kreisler, Austrian violinist and composer
February 28 - Christie MacDonald, actress and singer
May - Paul Sarebresole

Deaths

June 3 - Georges Bizet