1883 in music

Events in the year 1883 in music.

Events

October 22 - Opening of the first Metropolitan Opera House.
Friedrich Kiel is involved in a traffic accident from which he never completely recovered.
The Gretsch Company, manufacturers of drums, banjos and guitars, opens in Brooklyn, N.Y.

Alfredo Catalani - Dejanice
César Cui - Prisoner of the Caucasus
Charles-Édouard Lefebvre - Le Trésor premiered in Angers
Miguel Marqués - La cruz de fuego
Karel Miry - De kleine patriot (opera in 4 acts, libretto by J. Hoste, premiered on December 23 in Brussels)

Cordelia's Aspirations (Edward Harrigan & David Braham) Broadway production opened at the New Theatre Comique on November 5 and ran for 176 performances
Eine Nacht in Venedig (A Night In Venice) Berlin and Vienna productions

February 11 - Paul von Klenau, Danish-born composer (d. 1946)
March 10 - Maria Barrientos, Spanish operatic soprano (d. 1946)
March 16 - Ernie Hare, U.S. bass/baritone (d. 1939)
March 19 - Josef Matthias Hauer, Austrian composer and theorist (d. 1959)
April 1 - Malcolm McEachern, Australian-born concert bass singer (d. 1945)
April 6 - Vernon Dalhart, U.S. singer
April 13 (O.S. April 1) - Alexander Vasilyevich Alexandrov, Russian Soviet composer
May 4 - Nikolai Malko, Ukrainian conductor
May 5 - Petar Konjović, composer (d. 1970)
May 26 - Mamie Smith, U.S. singer (d. 1946)
May 28
- George Dyson, English musician and composer (d. 1964)
- Václav Talich, Czech conductor
- Riccardo Zandonai, opera composer (d. 1944)
July 7 - Toivo Kuula, Finnish conductor and composer
July 25 - Alfredo Casella, composer (d. 1947)
July 29 - Manuel Infante, pianist and composer (d. 1958)
August 13 - Joseph C. Smith, American dance band leader (d. 1965)
August 19 - Emilius Bangert, Danish composer and organist (d. 1962)
September 18 - Gerald Tyrwhitt-Wilson, 14th Baron Berners, British composer
October 2 - Frico Kafenda, Slovak composer
October 22 - Victor Jacobi, operetta composer (d. 1921)
November 8 - Arnold Bax, English composer (d. 1953)
December 3 - Anton Webern, Austrian composer (d. 1945)
December 22 - Edgard Varèse, French(-born) composer (d. 1965)

January 24 - Friedrich von Flotow, composer (b. 1812)
February 13 - Richard Wagner, German composer (b. 1813)
February 17 - Napoléon Coste, guitarist and composer (b. 1805)
April 10 - Emilie Mayer, composer (b. 1812)
April 26 - Napoleon Orda, pianist, composer and artist (b. 1807)
June 6
- Ciprian Porumbescu, composer (b. 1853)
- Per Lasson, composer (b. 1859)
June 10 - Karl Graedener, cellist, singing teacher and composer (b. 1812)
July 14 - Svend Grundtvig, Danish folk song collector (b. 1824)
July 27 - Franz Doppler, flute virtuoso and composer (b. 1821)
October 4 – Giovanni Guicciardi, Italian opera singer (b. 1819)
October 30 - Robert Volkmann, composer (b. 1815)
December 3 - Gustav Hölzel, operatic bass-baritone (b. 1813)
December 11 - Mario, operatic tenor (b. 1810)
date unknown - Enrico Ceruti, violin maker (b. 1806)

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