1884 in music

Events

* late December - Seventh Symphony of Anton Bruckner is premiered in Leipzig, bringing the composer his first great success.

Published popular music

* "Oh My Darling, Clementine" w.m. Percy Montrose
* "The Coon's Salvation Army" by Sam Lucas
* "The Fountain in the Park" aka "While Strolling Through the Park One Day" w.m. Ed Haley
* "The Golden Wedding" m. Gabriel-Marie
* "Love's Old Sweet Song" w. George Clifton Bingham m. James Lynam Molloy
* "March of the Plumed Knight" by Charles B. Morrell & William Howard Doane
* "My Thoughts Are of Thee" by Sam Lucas
* "Otchi Tchorniya" ("Dark Eyes (song)") by Y. P. Grebyonka & F. Hermann
* "Rest, Comrades, Rest (Memorial Hymn)" by O. B. Ormsby
* "Rock-a-bye Baby" w.m. Effie I. Canning
* "When the Heather Blooms Again" by Frances Jane Crosby & William Howard Doane

Classical music

*Anton Bruckner - "Te Deum" (begun 1881)
*Henri Duparc - "La Vie Antérieure"
*César Franck - "Prélude, Chorale et Fugue"
*Alexander Glazunov - String Quartet No. 2 Opus 10 in F major
*Charles Gounod - "Mors et Vita" (oratorio)
*Hugo Wolf - String Quartet in D minor (begun 1878)

Opera

*Eduard Caudella - "Hatmanul Baltag"
*Luigi Mancinelli - "Isora di Provenza"
*Miguel Marqués - "El reloj de Lucerna" (libretto by Marcos Zapata, premiered in Madrid)
*Jules Massenet - "Manon"
*Karl Millöcker - "Gasparone"
*Viktor Nessler - "Der Trompeter von Säkkingen"
*Giacomo Puccini - "Le Villi"
*Charles Villiers Stanford - "The Canterbury Pilgrims"
*Felix Weingartner - "Sakuntala"

Musical theater

* "Adonis" Broadway production opened at the Bijou Theatre on September 4 and ran for 603 performances
* "The Beggar Student" London production opened at the Alhambra Theatre on April 12 and ran for 112 performances
* "The Grand Mogul" London production
* "Princess Ida" London production opened at the Savoy Theatre on January 5 and ran for 246 performances
* "Princess Ida" Broadway production opened at the Fifth Avenue Theatre on February 11 and ran for 48 performances

Births

*January 13 - Sophie Tucker, singer
*March 17 - Alcide Nunez, clarinetist
*May 19 - Arthur Meulemans, composer (died 1966)
*May 27 - Max Brod, author, composer and journalist (died 1968)
*September 17 - Charles Tomlinson Griffes, composer (died 1920)
*November 6 - Ludomir Rozycki, composer (d. 1953)
*November 23 - Guy Bolton, English librettist
*November 30 - Ture Rangström, composer (died 1947)

Deaths

*January 21 - Auguste Franchomme, cellist (dedicatee of works by Chopin)
*January 25 - Johann Gottfried Piefke, conductor and composer
*April 24 - Marie Taglioni, ballerina
*April 29 - Michael Costa, conductor and composer
*May 12 - Bedřich Smetana, composer
*June 25 - Hans Rott, composer
*June 8 - Henry Clay Work, US composer
*July 5 - Victor Massé, composer
*November 27 - Fanny Elssler, dancer
*December 4 - Alice Mary Smith, composer (born 1839)
*"date unknown"
**Franz Wohlfahrt, violin teacher
**Velvel Zbarjer, Brody singer