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December 1889 in Music History

Events in Music

Music Premiere

Dec 7 W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan's comic opera "The Gondoliers" premieres at the Savoy Theatre, London

Arthur Sullivan
Composer Arthur Sullivan
W. S. Gilbert
Dramatist W. S. Gilbert

Birthdays in Music

  • Dec 7 Heathcote Dicken Statham, English composer (d. 1973)
  • Dec 12 Václav Štěpán, Czech pianist and composer, born in Pečky, Austria-Hungary (d. 1944)
  • Dec 20 Božidar Širola, Croatian composer, born in Žakanje, Croatia (d. 1956)

Deaths in Music

  • Dec 3 Baltasar Saldoni, Spanish composer and musicologist, dies at 82

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