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Events in the year 1889 in music.
Specific locations
Events
- January 4 – Anton Seidl conducts Das Rheingold at the Metropolitan Opera, commencing the first performance of the Ring Cycle in the United States.
- May 28 – The first ever pre-recorded wax cylinders of songs, instrumental music, and humorous monologues were introduced by Edison Records
- November 20 – Gustav Mahler premieres his Symphony No. 1 in Budapest at the Vigadó Concert Hall, at this time described as a "Symphonic-Poem in 2 Parts"; it is not favourably received in this form.
- Emile Berliner markets the first commercial gramophone records
- Joseph Kekuku is credited with inventing the Hawaiian steel guitar
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Published popular music
- "Ask A Policeman" w. E. W. Rogers m. A. E. Duran Deau
- "Down Went McGinty" w.m. Joseph Flynn
- "Four Little Curly Headed Coons" by James W. Wheeler
- "Little Annie Rooney (Is My Sweetheart)" w.m. Michael Nolan
- "Oh, Promise Me" w. Clement Scott m. Reginald de Koven
- "Playmates" w.m. Harry Dacre
- "Slide Kelly Slide" w.m. John W. Kelly
- "Take A Pair Of Sparkling Eyes" w. W. S. Gilbert m. Arthur Sullivan
- "The Thunderer" m. John Philip Sousa
- "The Washington Post (march)" m. John Philip Sousa
Recorded popular music
- "22nd Regiment March" – Frank Goede[1]
- "Ain't Going to Rain No More" – Will Lyle (banjo)
- "Amusement Polka" – John Mitthauer[2]
- "And the Phonograph is Listening" – Will Lyle (banjo)[3]
- "Anniversary March" – Max Franlin[4]
- "Arbucklenian Polka" – David B. Dana (cornet) & Edward Issler (piano)[5]
- "The Beggar Student" – Duffy & Imgrund's Fifth Regiment Band[6]
- "Colonel Wellington's March" – Voss' First Regiment Band[7]
- "Comin' Thro' the Rye" – George Schweinfest (flute) & Edward Issler (piano)[8]
- "Cujus Animam" – David B. Dana (cornet) & Edward Issler (piano)[9]
- "Dream After the Ball" – George Schweinfest (flute) & Edward Issler (piano)[10]
- "Dream of Love" – William Tuson (clarinet) & Edward Issler (piano)[11]
- "Down Went McGinty" – Issler's Orchestra[12]
- "For Right & Liberty" – Issler's Orchestra[13]
- "Hoboken Pioneers" – Issler's Orchestra[14]
- "Honeymoon Waltz" – Frank Goede
- "Hornpipe Polka" – United States Marine Band[15]
- "Kentucky Jubilee" – Issler's Orchestra
- "Jingle Bells" – Will Lyle (banjo)[16]
- "Jubilee March" – Duffy & Imgrund's Fifth Regiment Band
- "The Men of Wall Street" – George Schweinfest (flute)
- "The Minstrel Boy" – Theodore Hoch[17]
- "The Night Alarm" – Duffy & Imgrund's Fifth Regiment Band[18]
- "The Pattison Waltz" – Effie Stewart
- "Pearl of Pekin" – Henry Giese
- "The Phonograph Serenade" – Duffy & Imgrund's Fifth Regiment Band[19]
- "Rattle on a Banjo" – Will Lyle (banjo)
- "Right & Liberty March" – George Schweinfest (flute)
- "Section From "The Mikado" – Issler's Orchestra[20]
- "Song of the Roses" – Duffy & Imgrund's Fifth Regiment Band
- "Semper Fidelis" – Issler's Orchestra
- "The Warbler" – Frank Goede
- "Washington Centennial Parade" – Duffy & Imgrund's Fifth Regiment Band
- "The Wren Polka" – George Schweinfest (flute) & & Edward Issler (piano)[21]
Classical music
- Edward Elgar – "Queen Mary's Song"
- Enrique Granados – Danzas españolas
- Augusta Holmès – Ode triomphale
- Hubert Parry
- Ode on Saint Cecilia's Day
- Symphony No. 3, in C major, "The English" (first performance)
- Symphony No. 4, in E minor (first performance, original version)
- Guy Ropartz
- Cinq pièces brèves, for orchestra
- Carnaval, for orchestra
- Johan Wagenaar – De Schipbreuk (cantata)
- Valentin Zubiaurre – Ecos de Oiz
Opera
- Francesco Cilea – Gina
- Robert Fuchs – Die Königsbraut
- Miguel Marqués – El plato del día (libretto by Andrés Ruesga, Manuel Lastra and Enrique Prieto, premiered in Madrid)
- Louisa Melvin Delos Mars – Leoni, the Gypsy Queen (premiered in Providence, Rhode Island)
- Giacomo Puccini – Edgar
Musical theater
- The Gondoliers (Music: Sir Arthur Sullivan Book & Lyrics: W. S. Gilbert) London production opened at the Savoy Theatre on December 7 and ran for 554 performances
- Love's Trickery London production
Births
- January 31 – Michael Coleman, fiddler (d. 1945)
- February 7 – Claudia Muzio, operatic soprano (d. 1936)
- March 8 – Ina Boyle, Irish composer (d. 1967)
- March 15 – Billy Jones, singer (d. 1940)
- March 16 – Elsie Janis, musical comedy star and songwriter (d. 1956)
- April 3 – Grigoraș Dinicu, Romanian composer and violinist (d. 1948)
- April 8 – Adrian Boult, conductor (d. 1983)
- April 11 – Nick LaRocca – jazz-band leader (d. 1961)
- April 30 – Rudolph Simonsen – composer (d. 1947)
- May 15 – Graziella Pareto, operatic soprano (d. 1973)
- May 16 – Alfred Kalmus, music publisher (d. 1972)
- May 20 – Felix Arndt, pianist & composer (d. 1918)
- May 25 – Gilardo Gilardi, pianist, conductor and composer (d. 1962)
- May 29 – Aksel Agerby, Danish composer, organist, and music administrator (d. 1942)
- July 4 – Joe Young, US lyricist and singer (d. 1939)
- July 10 – Noble Sissle, bandleader and singer (d. 1975)
- August 10 – Cecil Armstrong Gibbs, composer (d. 1960)
- September 10 – Vilém Petrželka, conductor and composer (d. 1967)
- September 26 – Frank Crumit, singer (d. 1943)
- October 3 – Manuel Manetta, jazz musician & teacher (d. 1969)
- October 28 – Juliette Béliveau, actress and singer (d. 1975)
- December 11 – Ben Black, composer and impresario (d. 1950)
- December 25 – Nathaniel Shilkret, composer and musician (d. 1982)
- December 28 – Vaslav Nijinsky, Ballet dancer (d. 1950)
- date unknown – Nellie Briercliffe, singer and actress (d. 1966)
Deaths
- January 23 – Selina Dolaro, actress and singer (b. 1849) (stroke)
- January 31 – Joseph Gungl, composer and conductor (b. 1810)
- March 3 – Sydney Smith, English composer and pianist (b. 1839)
- March 13 – Felice Varesi, operatic baritone (b. 1813)
- April 6 – Frederick Ouseley, organist, composer and musicologist (b. 1825)
- April 9 – Jean-Baptiste Arban, cornet virtuoso (b. 1825)
- April 30 – Carl Rosa, opera impresario (b. 1842)
- May 30 – Silverio Franconetti, flamenco singer (b. 1831)
- July 7 – Giovanni Bottesini, double bass player and composer (b. 1821)
- July 14 – Elma Ström, Swedish opera singer (b. 1822)
- October 3 – Karel Miry, Belgian composer (b. 1823)
- October 10 – Adolf von Henselt, pianist and composer (b. 1814)
- November 24 – Frederic Clay, composer (b. 1838) (stroke)
- November 25 – Alojzy Gonzaga Jazon Żółkowski, actor and singer (b. 1814)
- December 13 – Catherine Chislova, ballerina (b. 1846)
- December 31 – Giuseppe Apolloni, composer (b. 1822)
- date unknown
- Jovo Ivanišević, composer (b. 1861)
- Gustaw Lewita, pianist (b. 1855)
- Jeanne-Catherine Pauwels, Belgian pianist (b. 1795)
- Kurmangazy Sagyrbaev, Kazakh folk musician and composer (b. 1818)
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