November 1887 in Music History

Events in Music

  • Nov 23 Opera "Trumpeter of Säckingen" 1st American production (NYC)

Birthdays in Music

  • Nov 1 Max Trapp, German composer, born in Berlin (d. 1971)
  • Nov 4 Knut Algot Håkanson, Swedish composer, born in Kinna, Sweden (d. 1929)
  • Nov 8 Yury Alexandrovich Shaporin, Russian-Ukrainian Soviet composer, born in Hlukhiv, Russian Empire (d. 1966)
  • Nov 14 Bernhard Paumgartner, Austrian musicologist, conductor, and composer, born in Vienna, Austro-Hungarian Empire (d. 1971)
  • Nov 23 Eduardo Corrochio, Spanish-born dancer (d. 1943)
  • Nov 23 Paul Malengreau, Belgian organist, composer, and educator (Brussels Conservatory, 1813-53), born in at Trélon, Nord, France (d. 1956)
  • Nov 28 Jacobo Palm, Dutch Antillean classical organist, violist, pianist, and composer, born in Curaçao (d. 1982)

Deaths in Music

  • Nov 2 Swedish Nightingale [Jenny Lind], Swedish soprano, dies at 67
  • Nov 18 Eduard Marxsen, German pianist and composer, dies at 81
  • Nov 18 Heinrich Panofka, German violist and composer, dies at 80