1887 in music

Events

Published popular music

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

Musical theater

• Dorothy Broadway production
• Ruddigore London production
• Ruddigore Broadway production

Births

• July 29 - Sigmund Romberg, composer
• December 6 - Joseph Lamb

Deaths

• February 27 - Alexander Borodin

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