1878 in music
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See also: 1877 in music, other events of 1878, 1879 in music and the list of 'years in music'.
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[edit] Events
- May 28 - Gilbert & Sullivan's H.M.S. Pinafore debuts in London
[edit] Published popular music
- "Aloha Oe" w.m. Queen Liliuokalani of Hawaii
- "Carry Me Back To Old Virginny" w.m. James A. Bland
- "De Gospel Raft" by Frank Dumont
- "Emmet's Lullaby" Joseph K. Emmet
- From HMS Pinafore: (words by W. S. Gilbert, music by Arthur Sullivan)
- "I Am The Captain Of The Pinafore"
- "I Am The Ruler Of The Queen's Navee"
- "I'm Called Little Buttercup"
- "Kind Captain"
- "Never Mind the Why and Wherefore"
- "When I Was a Lad"
- "In The Evening By the Moonlight" w.m. James A. Bland
- "Keep In De Middle Ob De Road" w.m. Will Hays
[edit] Classical music
- Ferruccio Busoni - Piano Concerto in D, op. 17, for piano and string orchestra
- Niels Gade - Capriccio for violin and orchestra in A minor
- Sergei Taneyev - Symphony no 2 in B flat minor
[edit] Opera
- Charles Gounod - Polyeucte
- Joseph Parry - Blodwen
[edit] Musical theater
- Gilbert and Sullivan – H.M.S. Pinafore, London production
- Jacques Offenbach – Madame Favart, Paris production
[edit] Births
- March 4 - Egbert Van Alstyne, US songwriter
- March 29 - Albert Von Tilzer, US songwriter
- May 25 - Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, American tap dancer, singer, actor
- July 4 - George M. Cohan, US songwriter, entertainer
- July 21 - Ernest R. Ball, US composer
- October 19 - Alphonse Picou, clarinettist
- November 4 - Jean Schwartz, songwriter
[edit] Deaths
- February 2 - Josif Runjanin, composer
- April 8 - Henriette "Jetty" Treffz, first wife and business manager of Johann Strauss II
- December 28 - José Bernardo Alcedo, composer of the Peruvian national anthemfr:1878 en musique
