Events in Music
Music Premiere
Dec 2 Johannes Brahms' "3rd Symphony in F" premieres with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Birthdays in Music
- Dec 1 Romanos Melik'yan, Armenian composer, born in Kizlyar, (d. 1935)
- Dec 3 Anton (Friedrich Wilhelm) von Webern, Austrian 12-tone composer, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1945)
- Dec 14 Manolis Kalomiris, Greek opera composer, born in Smyrna, Greece (d. 1962)
- Dec 19 Louis Davids [Simon David], Dutch cabaret performer, singer and comedian, born in Rotterdam, Netherlands (d. 1939)
- Dec 22 Edgard Varèse, French-American composer (Ionisation; Poème électronique), born in Burgundy, France (d. 1965)
- Dec 25 Fran Lhotka, Czech composer, born in Mladá Vožice (d. 1962)
Deaths in Music
- Dec 25 Marek Konrad Sokolowski, Polish guitarist and composer, dies at 65
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