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and the list of 'years in music'.

1 Events

2 Published popular music

• "The Gladiators" m. John Philip Sousa
• "Johnny Get Your Gun" w.m. Monroe H. Rosenfeld
• "Semper Fidelis" m. John Philip Sousa
• "Somebody's Mother (The Song of All Mothers)" by James W. Wheeler
• "Two Lovely Black Eyes, Oh, What a Surprise" w. Charles Coborn m. Edmund Forman

3 Classical Music

• Alexander Glazunov - Five Novelettes for String Quartet, Op. 15

4 Musical theater

• Adonis, London production opened at the Gaiety Theatre on May 31 and ran for 110 performances.
• Dorothy, London production opened at the Gaiety Theatre on September 25. It transferred to the Prince Of Wales Theatre on December 20 and to the Lyric Theatre on December 17December 17 is the 351st day of the year (352nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 14 days remaining. Events 283 St Gaius becomes Pope. 384 St Siricius becomes Pope. 1538 Pope Paul III excommunicates King Henry VIII of England 1869 Suez C, 18881888 is a leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). In Germany, 1888 is known as the 1888 Year of Three Emperors. Events January 3 91cm telescope first used at Lick Observatory January 12 ? Blizzards in Dakota and Montana, Minnesota, Nebr for a total run of 931 performances.
• Erminie , Broadway production opened at the Casino Theatre on May 10May 10 is the 130th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (131st in leap years). There are 235 days remaining. Events 1291 Scottish nobles recognize the authority of King Edward I of England. 1497 Amerigo Vespucci allegedly leaves Cadiz for his first and ran for 1256 performances
• The Queen of HeartsMiss Piggy on The Muppet Show, as the Queen of Hearts The Queen of Hearts is a character from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland who could be classified as evil, spastic, snobbish monarch who is quick with death sentences. Her most famous line, one which sh, (Music: John Philip Sousa)Broadway production

5 Births

• January 25January 25 is the 25th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 340 days remaining (341 in leap years). Events 1327 Edward III becomes King of England. 1494 Alfonso II becomes King of Naples. 1533 Henry VIII of England marries his second wife - Wilhelm FurtwänglerWilhelm Furtwangler ( January 25, 1886 November 30, 1954) was a German conductor and sometime composer. Furtwangler was born in Berlin. His father Adolf was an archaeologist and his mother a painter, and his brother Phillip a mathematician. Most of his ch, conductor (d. 1954)
• April 26 - Ma Rainey
• May 26 - Al Jolson (d. 1950)
• June 12 - E. Ray Goetz , US songwriter
• June 13 - Art Hickman , US bandleader
• August 31 - L. Wolfe Gilbert, Russian-born US songwriter
• October 6 - Edwin Fischer, pianist and conductor
• November 6 - Gus Kahn, German-born US lyric writer
• December 25 - Kid Ory, jazz musician (d. 1973)