Events in Music
Music Premiere
Jun 10 Richard Wagner's opera "Tristan und Isolde" premieres in Munich, Germany

Richard Wagner
Music Premiere
Dec 17 Franz Schubert's Symphony No. 8 "Unfinished Symphony" premieres in Vienna with Johann von Herbeck conducting

Franz Schubert
Birthdays in Music
- Jan 1 Giuseppe Ferrata, composer
- Jan 3 Henry Lytton, British actor and opera singer (The Mikado), born in London, England (d. 1936)
- Feb 5 Harvey Worthington Loomis, American composer (Lyrics of the Red Man), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1930)
- Mar 2 Théophile "Théo" Ysaÿe, Belgian composer and pianist, born in Verviers, Belgium (d. 1918)
- Mar 3 Alexander Gustav Adolfovich Winkler, composer
- Apr 13 Heinrich Reinhardt, composer
- May 5 Felicjan Szopski, composer
- May 9 August de Boeck, composer
- May 22 Enrique Morera, composer
- Jun 4 Guido Gasperini, Italian composer, born in Florence (d. 1942)
- Jun 9 Carl Nielsen, Norre-Lyndelse Denmark, composer (Det Uuslukkelige)
- Jun 9 Lucien-Denis-Gabriel-Alberic Magnard, French composer
- Jun 14 Auguste Jean Maria Charles Serieyx, composer
- Jun 15 Paul Gilson, Belgian composer, born in Brussels (d. 1942)
- Jun 21 Herbert Brewer, English composer, born in Gloucester, England (d. 1928)
- Jul 6 Emile Jaques-Dalcroze, Swiss musician, composer, and pedagogue (Dalcroze Eurythmics), born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1950)
- Jul 21 Robert Kahn, German composer, born in Mannheim (d. 1951)
- Jul 29 Nicola Spinelli, composer
- Aug 10 Alexander K Glazunov, composer (Chopiniana), born in St Petersburg, Russia
- Sep 9 Edwin Lehare, composer
- Sep 11 Alfred Hollins, British composer, born in Hull, Yorkshire (d. 1942)
- Oct 1 Paul Dukas, French composer, born in Paris (d. 1935)
- Nov 12 Frans "Sas" van Aerschot, Flemish operetta actor (Paljas), born (d. 1939)
- Nov 26 Earl Ross Drake, American composer, born in Aurora, Illinois (d. 1916)
- Dec 8 Jean Sibelius, Finnish composer (Valse Triste, Finlandia), born in Tavastehus, Finland (d. 1957)
- Dec 13 Gustav Luders, German-American composer, born in Bremen, Germany (d. 1913)
Deaths in Music
- Apr 1 Giuditta Pasta, Italian soprano, dies at 67
- Apr 8 John Park, composer, dies at 61
- Apr 26 Charles J Sax, Belgium musician and father of Adolphe Sax inventor of the saxophone, dies at 74
- Jun 15 Jakob Zeugheer, Swiss composer, dies at 61
- Jul 24 Johan Filip von Schantz, composer, dies at 30
- Aug 17 Johann Nepomuk Poissl, composer, dies at 82
- Aug 27 Józef Nowakowski, Polish pianist and composer, dies at 64
- Sep 24 Frantiszek Sołtyk, Polish composer, dies at 81
- Oct 8 Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst, composer, dies at 51
- Oct 12 William Vincent Wallace, composer, dies at 53
- Nov 6 Atale Therese Annette Wartel, composer, dies at 51
- Nov 23 Josef Leopold Zvonar, composer, dies at 41
- Dec 6 Sebastian de Iradier, Spanish composer (Arreglito), dies at 56
- Dec 18 Francisco Manuel da Silva, composer, dies at 70