February 1887 in Music

Events in Music


Music releaseMusic Premiere

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

Composer Giuseppe Verdi
Composer
Giuseppe Verdi


Birthdays in Music

  • 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

Deaths in Music

  • Feb 15 Alexander Borodin, composer, dies
  • Feb 27 Alexander Porfir'yevich Borodin, Russian composer, dies at 53