February 1887 in Music History

Events in Music

Feb 5 Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Otello" premieres at La Scala in Italy, Verdi's first new opera for over 15 years

Feb 2 Ernst Hanfstängl, German pianist and politician (d. 1975)
Feb 3 Carlo Jachino, composer
Feb 7 [James Hubert] Eubie Blake, American ragtime composer and pianist (Memories of You, I'm Just Wild About Harry), born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 1983)
Feb 17 Leevi Antti Madetoja, composer
Feb 20 David McKinley Williams, composer
Feb 23 Oskar Frederik Lindberg, composer