1874 in music

See also: 1873 in music, other events of 1874, 1875 in music and the list of 'years in music'.

Table of contents

1 Events 2 Popular music hits 3 Musical theater 4 Births 5 Deaths

Events

• Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky releases his piano composition Pictures at an Exhibition.

Popular music hits

• "Crimson Roses In the Heather" by Caroline Dana Howe & William Howard Doane
• "Oh! Dat Watermelon!" by Luke Schoolcraft

Musical theater

• Die Fledermaus, Vienna production
• Die Fledermaus, Berlin production
• Whittington, London production

Births

• January 29 - Charles E. King, US composer and singer
• February 20 - Mary Garden, Operatic soprano

Deaths