Events in Music
Music Premiere
Feb 5 Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Otello" premieres at La Scala in Italy, Verdi's first new opera for over 15 years
Birthdays in Music
- Feb 2 Ernst Hanfstängl, German pianist and politician (d. 1975)
- Feb 3 Carlo Jachino, Italian composer, born in San Remo (d. 1971)
- 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) [1]
- Feb 17 Leevi Antti Madetoja, Finnish composer (Pohjalaisia), conductor and teacher, born in Oulu, Finland, (d. 1947)
- Feb 20 David McKinley Williams, Welsh-American church musician and composer, born in Carnarvonshire, Wales (d. 1978)
- Feb 23 Oskar Lindberg, Swedish composer (Requiem), born in Gagnef, Sweden (d. 1955)
Deaths in Music
- Feb 27 Alexander Borodin, Russian composer and scientist (Robert LeDiable), dies at 53
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