1878 in music

Table of contents

1 Events 2 Published popular songs 3 Musical theater 4 Births 5 Deaths

Events

• May 28 - Gilbert & Sullivan's H.M.S. Pinafore debuts in London

• "Aloha Oe" w.m. Queen Liliuokalani of Hawaii
• "Carry Me Back To Old Virginny" w.m. James A. Bland
• "De Gospel Raft" by Frank Dumont
• "Emmet's Lullaby" Joseph K. Emmet
• "I Am The Captain Of The Pinafore" w. W. S. Gilbert m. Arthur Sullivan
• "I Am The Ruler Of The Queen's Navee" w. W. S. Gilbert m. Arthur Sullivan
• "I'm Called Little Buttercup" w. W. S. Gilbert m. Arthur Sullivan
• "In The Evening By the Moonlight" w.m. James A. Bland
• "Keep In De Middle Ob De Road"     w.m. Will Hays
• "Kind Captain" w. W. S. Gilbert m. Arthur Sullivan
• "Never Mind The Why And Wherefore" w. W. S. Gilbert m. Arthur Sullivan

• H.M.S. Pinafore, London production
• Madame Favart, Paris production

• March 29 - Albert Von Tilzer
• July 4 - George M. Cohan
• October 19 - Alphonse Picou