1884 in music
Specific locations
Events
Bands formed
Adonis Broadway production opened at the Bijou Theatre on September 4 and ran for 603 performancesThe Beggar Student London production opened at the Alhambra Theatre on April 12 and ran for 112 performancesThe Grand Mogul London production
Births
- January 13 – Sophie Tucker, singer
- February 22 – York Bowen, pianist and composer
- March 14 – Wintter Watts, composer of art songs
- March 17 – Alcide Nunez, clarinetist
- March 18 – Joe Burke, pianist, composer and actor
- March 26 – Wilhelm Backhaus, German pianist
- April 22 – Armas Launis, Finnish composer and ethnomusicologist
- April 23 – Jurgis Karnavičius, Lithuanian composer
- May 19 – Arthur Meulemans, composer
- May 27 – Max Brod, author, composer and journalist
- August 7 – Billie Burke, American actress and singer
- August 13 – Edwin Grasse, composer and violinist
- September 6 – Emerson Whithorne, composer and historian
- September 17 – Charles Tomlinson Griffes, composer
- September 24 – Jonny Heykens, composer and orchestra leader
- October 6 – Oliphant Chuckerbutty, organist and composer
- November 1 – David Roitman, hazzan and composer
- November 6
- *May Brahe, composer and songwriter
- *Ludomir Rozycki, composer
- November 19 – Norman Allin, English singer
- November 23 – Guy Bolton, English librettist
- November 30 – Ture Rangström, composer
- December 29 – Foster Adolph Reynolds, brass instrument maker
- date unknown – Alfred Reynolds, English composer
Deaths
- January 21 – Auguste Franchomme, cellist
- January 25 – Johann Gottfried Piefke, conductor and composer
- February 14 – Franz Wohlfahrt, violin teacher
- February 21 – John Pyke Hullah, composer and music teacher
- March 14 – Franz Wohlfahrt, German violin teacher 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
- August 18 –, composer
- November 27 – Fanny Elssler, dancer
- December 4 – Alice Mary Smith, composer
- date unknown – Velvel Zbarjer, Brody singer