Overview of the events of 1894 in music
Events in the year 1894 in music .
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Events
Published popular music
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Recorded popular music
Classical music
Anton Arensky – Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor , Op. 32Agathe Backer-Grøndahl
Norske Folkeviser og Folkedanse, Op.33
Norwegian Folk Songs, Op.34
3 Claverstykker, Op.35 Johannes Brahms – Two Clarinet Sonatas , Op. 120Claude Debussy
Antonín Dvořák
Robert Fuchs – Serenade No. 5 in D, Op. 53Alexander Gretchaninov – String Quartet no 1 (2?) in G major, Op. 2Edvard Grieg
5 Songs of Norway, Op.58
5 Songs, Op.60 Victor Herbert – Concerto for Cello no 2 in E minorMikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov – Caucasian Sketches Joseph Jongen – Quartet for Strings no 1 in C minor, op. 3August Klughardt – String Quintet, Op.62Alexander Kopylov – String Quartet no 2 in F major, op. 23Theodor Leschetizky – 2 Pieces, Op.43Gustav Mahler – Symphony No. 2 Carl Nielsen
Josef Rheinberger – Sonata for Horn and Piano in E-flat majorNikolay Rimsky-Korsakov – 2 Pieces, Op.38Adolphe Samuel – Symphony No. 7 Opus 48[ 3] Alexander Scriabin – 12 Études, Op. 8Charles Villiers Stanford – 6 Elizabethan Pastorals, Op.53Wilhelm Stenhammar
Piano Concerto No.1, Op.1, premiered March 17 in Stockholm
String Quartet No. 1 in C major, Op. 2[ 4] Sigismond Stojowski – 2 Orientales, Op.10Louis Vierne – String Quartet in D minor, Op. 12 (c. 1894)
Births
January 3 – Benito Canónico , Venezuelan composer (d. 1971)January 31 – Isham Jones , American bandleader and composer (d. 1956)February 1 – James P. Johnson , American jazz pianist and composer.February 11 – Alfonso Leng , Chilean dentist and part-time classical composer (d. 1974)February 20 – Jimmy Yancey , American jazz pianistApril 3 – Dooley Wilson , African American pianist and singer (d. 1953)April 15 – Bessie Smith , American blues singer (d. 1937)April 27 – Nicolas Slonimsky , Russian-born American conductor and composer (d. 1995)May 10 – Dimitri Tiomkin , Russian-born American film music composer, pianist and conductor (d. 1979)May 29 – Beatrice Lillie , Canadian actress and singer (d. 1989)June 1 – Percival Mackey , English pianist, film music composer and bandleader (d. 1950)June 4 – La Bolduc (Mary Travers), Québécois singer (d. 1941)June 10 – Punch Miller , American Dixieland jazz trumpeter (d. 1971)July 10 – Jimmy McHugh , American songwriter and pianist (d. 1969)August 15 – Harry Akst , American songwriter and pianist (d. 1963)August 26 – Arthur Loesser , pianist and musicologist (died 1969)September 3 – Marie Dubas , French music-hall singer (d. 1972)September 18 – Willard Robison , American songwriter and bandleader (d. 1968)September 25 – J. Mayo Williams , African American blues music producer (d. 1980)September 26 – Vaughn De Leath , American crooner, "The Original Radio Girl" (d. 1943)December 31 – Ernest John Moeran , British composer (d. 1950)
Deaths
January 13 – Nadezhda von Meck , patron of Tchaikovsky (b. 1831)January 21 – Guillaume Lekeu , composer (b. 1870) (typhoid)January 24 - Laura Schirmer Mapleson , American opera singer (b. 1862)January 30 – Giovanni Masutto , Italian musicologist and flautist (b. 1830)February 4
February 11 – Emilio Arrieta , composer (b. 1823)February 12 – Hans von Bülow , pianist, conductor and composer (b. 1830)February 18 – Camillo Sivori , violinist and composer (b. 1815)March 21 – Jakob Rosenhain , pianist and composer (b. 1813)April 12 – Ludwig Pfau , lyricist and revolutionary (born 1821)April 13
June 5 – Marcelina Czartoryska , pianist and aristocrat (born 1817)June 9 – Juventino Rosas , violinist and composer (b. 1868)June 23 – Marietta Alboni , operatic contralto (b. 1826)July 17 – Leconte de Lisle , lyricist (born 1818)July 26 – Eduard Tauwitz , composer (b. 1812)September 13 – Emmanuel Chabrier , composer (b. 1841)September 21 – Emma Fursch-Madi , operatic soprano (b. 1847)October 16 – Johanna Jachmann-Wagner , opera singer, actress and music teacher (b. 1826)October 27 – Carl Ploug , Danish lyricist, song writer, editor, and politician (born 1813)October 28 – Rudolf Hildebrand , historian of the German folk song (b. 1824)November 4 – Eugène Oudin , composer (b. 1858)November 20 – Anton Rubinstein , pianist and composer (b. 1829)
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