1887 in music



Specific locations

Events

25 May – A fire during the 745th performance there of Mignon largely destroys the second Salle Favart, home of the Opéra-Comique in Paris; 84 people are recorded dead.

Published popular music

  • "Angels Without Wings" w.m. George Dance
  • "Away In A Manger" w. anon m. James Ramsey Murray
  • "Calvary" w. Henry Vaughn m. Paul Rodney
  • "Comrades" Felix McGlennon & George Horncastle
  • "The Song That Reached My Heart" w.m. Julian Jordan
  • "Ti! Hi! Tiddelly Hi!", w.m. Joseph Tabrar
  • From the score of Ruddigore :
  • *"I Know A Youth Who Loves A Maid"
  • *"I Shipped, D'Ye See, In A Revenue Sloop"
  • *"My Boy, You May Take It From Me"
  • *"There Grew A Little Flower"
  • *"When The Night Wind Howls"

[Classical music]

Opera

[Musical theater]

Dorothy Broadway production opened at the Standard Theatre on November 5 and transferred to the Grand Opera House on April 16, 1888, for a total run of 51 performancesRuddigore London and Broadway productions

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