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and the list of 'years in music'.

1 Events

• wax phonograph cylinders mass marketed

2 Published popular music

• "Drill, Ye Tarriers, Drill"     anon poss Thomas F. Carey
• " Over The Waves " ("Sobre las Olas")     w.m. Juventino Rosas
• "Where Did You Get That Hat?"     w.m. Joseph J. Sullivan
• "The Whistling Coon"     w.m. Sam Devere

3 Classical music

• Violin Sonata in D Minor ( Brahms)
• Scarf Dance , Callirhoe (ballet) ( Cecile Chaminade)
• Petite Suite for piano duet; Arabesques 1 and 2 for piano ( Debussy)
• Symphony in D Minor ( Cesar Franck)
• Lyric Pieces for Piano, Book IV ( Grieg)
• Symphony No. 1, Des Knaben Wunderhorn (song cycle) ( Mahler)
• Russian Easter Overture ( Rimsky-Korsakov)
• Three Gymnopédies for piano ( Erik SatieEric Alfred Leslie Satie (born Honfleur, 17 May 1866 died Paris, 1 July 1925) was a French composer, performing pianist and publicist. He also described himself as a "gymnopedist" (in 1887, shortly before writing his most famous compositions, the Gymnoped)
• Don Juan, Violin Sonata ( Richard StraussRichard Strauss ( June 11, 1864 September 8, 1949) was a German composer of classical music particularly noted for his tone poems and operas. He was also a noted conductor. He was born on June 11, 1864 in Munich, Germany, the son of Franz Strauss who was)
• Sleeping BeautySleeping Beauty La Belle aux bois dormant is a fairy tale classic, the first in the set published in 1697 by Charles Perrault, Contes de ma Mere l'Oye ("Mother Goose Tales"). Giambattista Basile had earlier published the tale in the Pentamerone in 1634. (ballet), Symphony No. 5 ( Tchaikovsky)
• Goethe-Lieder, Möricke-Lieder ( Hugo WolfHugo Wolf ( March 13, 1860 February 22, 1903) was a Slovene composer and writer on music, particularly noted for his songs. He brought to the form of the lieder a concentrated expressive intensity which was almost unique in late Romanticism, somewhat rela)
• Trois Gymnopédies Erik SatieEric Alfred Leslie Satie (born Honfleur, 17 May 1866 died Paris, 1 July 1925) was a French composer, performing pianist and publicist. He also described himself as a "gymnopedist" (in 1887, shortly before writing his most famous compositions, the Gymnoped

4 OperaCharles Garnier's Opera, Paris, opened 1875 Opera is an art form consisting of a dramatic stage performance set to music. The drama is presented using the typical elements of theater such as scenery, costumes, and acting. However, the words of the opera,