Birthdays in Music
- Feb 5 Carl Teike, German military composer, born in Stettin-Altdamm, Pomerania (now Szczecin, Poland) (d. 1922)
- Feb 7 Arthur Collins, American baritone vocalist, known as 'King of the Ragtime Singers' (Peerless Quartet), and comedian, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1933)
- Feb 7 Ricardo Castro Herrera, Mexican concert pianist and composer, born at Hacienda de santa Bárbara, Mexico (d. 1907)
- Feb 17 Andrew Barton "Banjo" Paterson, Australian bush poet (Waltzing Matilda, The Man From Snowy River), born near Orange, New South Wales (d. 1941)
Deaths in Music
- Feb 16 Vaclav Jindrich Veit, Czech composer, dies at 58
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