- Jan 7 Vincent d'Indy's opera "L'etranger" premieres in Brussells
- Jan 13 Rhodes Opera House burns in Boyertown, Pennsylvania killing 170
- Feb 11 Anton Bruckner's 9th Symphony premieres in Vienna
- Jun 12 The Sigma Alpha Iota International Music Fraternity is founded at the University of Michigan School of Music
- Nov 15 Eugen d'Albert's opera "Tiefland" premieres in Prague
- Nov 16 V Herbert & H Smith's musical "Babette" premieres in NYC
- Nov 23 Enrico Caruso US debut (Metropolitan Opera House, NY) in "Rigoletto"
- Nov 27 Opera "Die Neugierigen Frauen" by Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari is produced in Munich
- Dec 27 "Sweet Adeline", a barbershop quartet favorite, is first sung