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) [1]
Feb 17 Leevi Antti Madetoja, Finnish composer (Pohjalaisia), conductor and teacher, born in Oulu, Finland, (d. 1947)
Feb 20 David McKinley Williams, composer
Feb 23 Oskar Frederik Lindberg, composer