Events March 3 - Georges Bizet's Carmen debuts in Paris Published popular music "Angels, Meet Me At the Cross Road" w.m. Will Hays "Carve Dat Possum" by Sam Lucas & Herbert Hershy "Dreaming Forever of Thee" w.m. John Hill Hewitt "Grandfather's Clock" w.m. Henry C. Work "I'll Take You Home Again, Kathleen" w.m. Thomas P. Westendorf "Nancy Lee" w. Frederick Edward Weatherly, m. Stephen Adams (pseudonym of Michael Maybrick) "The Witches Flight (Galop Caprice)" by Henry A. Russell Musical theater Die Fledermaus, Paris production Trial By Jury, London production Trial By Jury, New York production The Zoo, London production Opera Carmen first performed in Paris. Music by Georges Bizet and libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy. Classical music Ma Vlast (My Country) - Six symphonic poems by Bedrich Smetana Births February 2 - Fritz Kreisler, Austrian violinist and composer February 28 - Christie MacDonald, actress and singer May - Paul Sarebresole Deaths June 3 - Georges Bizet