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Events in Music in 1883

  • Mar 31 1st performance of Caesar Franck's "Le Chasseur Maudit"
  • Apr 14 Leo Delibes' opera "Lakmé" premieres in Paris
  • Aug 17 The first public performance of the Dominican Republic's national anthem, Himno Nacional
  • Oct 22 New York's original Metropolitan Opera House has its grand opening with a performance of the opera "Faust"
  • Nov 5 Musical "Cordelia's Aspirations" premieres in NYC

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Dec 2 Johannes Brahms' "3rd Symphony in F" premieres with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Composer and Conductor Johannes Brahms
Composer and Conductor
Johannes Brahms


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