Home > 1875 in music

and the list of 'years in music'.

1 Events

• March 3 - Georges Bizet's Carmen debuts in Paris

2 Published popular music

• "Angels, Meet Me At the Cross Road"     w.m. Will Hays
• "Carve Dat Possum" by Sam Lucas & Herbert Hershy
• "Dreaming Forever of Thee"      w.m. John Hill Hewitt
• " Grandfather's Clock "     w.m. Henry C. Work
• " I'll Take You Home Again, Kathleen "     w.m. Thomas P. Westendorf
• "Nancy Lee" w. Frederick Edward Weatherly, m. Stephen Adams (pseudonym of Michael Maybrick)
• "The Witches Flight (Galop Caprice)" by Henry A. Russell

3 Classical music

• Ma Vlast (My Country) - Six symphonic poems by Bedrich Smetana

4 Opera

• Carmen first performed in Paris. Music by Georges Bizet and libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy.

5 Musical theater

• Trial By Jury, Gilbert & Sullivan, London production opened at the Royalty Theatre on March 25March 25 is the 84th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (85th in leap years). There are 281 days remaining. Events 708 Constantine is consecrated Pope. 1306 Robert the Bruce becomes King of Scotland. 1409 The Council of Pisa opens. 1634 The first s
• Trial By Jury Philadelphia production opened at the Arch Street Theatre on October 22October 22 is the 295th day of the year (296th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 70 days remaining. Events 362 The temple of Apollo at Daphne, outside of Antioch is destroyed in a mysterious fire. 1383 The 1383-1385 Crisis in Portugal: A peri
• Trial By Jury, New York production opened at the Eagle Theatre on November 15November 15 is the 319th day of the year (320th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 46 days remaining. Events 600-1799 655 Battle of Winwaed: Penda of Mercia defeated by Oswiu of Northumbria. 1777 American Revolutionary War: After 16 months of
• The Zoo , Lyrics and Book: Bolton Rowe Music: Arthur SullivanSir Arthur Seymour Sullivan ( May 13, 1842 November 22, 1900) was a British composer best known for his operatic collaborations with librettist William S. Sullivan was born in Lambeth, now part of London. His father was a military bandmaster, and by the t, London production opened at St. James Theatre on June 5

6 Births

• February 2 - Fritz Kreisler, Austrian violinist and composer
• February 28 - Christie MacDonald , actress and singer
• May - Paul Sarebresole