1877 in music - Definition and Overview

See also: 1876 in music, other events of 1877, 1878 in music and the list of 'years in music'.

Events

• Thomas Edison invents the phonograph

Published popular music

• "Abdulla Bulbul Ameer"     w.m. Percy French
• "Captain Cuff"     w.m. G. W. Hunt
• "Chopstics"     m. Arthur de Lulli
• "Dear Old Pals"     w.m. G. W. Hunt
• "Early In De Mornin'"     w.m. Will Hays
• "In The Gloaming"     w. Meta Orred m. Annie Fortescue Harrison (Words 1874)
• "Little Daisy's Request" by Arabella M. Root
• "The Lost Chord"     w. Adelaide A. Proctor m. Sir Arthur Sullivan (Words 1858)
• "My Name Is John Wellington Wells"     w. W. S. Gilbert m. Arthur Sullivan
• "Phelim O'Toole" by Harry Banks
• "Time Was When Love And I Were Well Acquainted"     w. W. S. Gilbert m. Arthur Sullivan

Classical music

Opera

• Samson et Dalila was first produced in Weimar. Music by Camille Saint-Saëns and libretto by Ferdinand Lemaire.

Musical theater

• La Belle Hélène, New York production
• Les Cloches De Corneville, Paris production opened at the Folies-Dramatique on April 19 and ran for 408 performances
• Le Grand Mogol, Marseilles production
• Orpheus in the Underworld, London production
• The Sorcerer, Gilbert & Sullivan London production opened at the Opera Comique on October 17 and ran for 175 performances

Births

• April 24 - Blanche Ring, US singer and actress
• May 25 - Billy Murray, singer
• July 17 - Edward Madden, US lyric writer
• August 16 - Karl Hoschna, Bohemian-born US composer
• September 6 - Buddy Bolden

Deaths