1893 in music

Events

• February 9 - Premier of Giuseppe Verdi's final opera Falstaff in La Scala in Milan
• Song "Happy Birthday To You" by Mildred J. Hill and Patty Smith Hill first published in the book "Song Stories for the Kindergarten"

Published popular music

• "Can't Loose Me Charlie" w.m. Harry S. Miller
• "The Cat Came Back"     w.m. Henry S. Miller
• "December And May"     w. Edward Marks m. William Lorraine
• "Do Do My Huckleberry Do"     w. Harry Dillon m. John Dillon
• "The Fatal Wedding"     w. W. H. Windom m. Gussie L. Davis
• "Good Morning To All"     w. Patty Smith Hill m. Mildred J. Hill
• "I Long To See The Girl I Left Behind"     w.m. John T. Kelly
• "Liberty Bell March" by John Philip Sousa
• "Mamie, Come Kiss Your Honey"     w.m. May Irwin
• "Marguerite" by Charles A. White
• "Oh! Mr Porter"     w. Thomas Le Brunn m. George Le Brunn
• "Private Tommy Atkins"     w. Henry Hamilton m. S. Potter
• "Say 'Au Revoir', But Not 'Good-Bye'" by Harry Kennedy
• "Sweet Marie"     w. Cy Warman m. Raymond Moore
• "Two Little Girls In Blue"     w.m. Charles Graham
• "The Volunteer Organist"     w. William G. Gray m. Henry Lamb
• "When The Roll Is Called Up Yonder"     w.m. James M. Black
• "Zacatecas" by Genaro Codina

Musical theater

• A Gaiety Girl     London production
• Little Christopher Columbus     London production
• A Trip To Chinatown     Broadway production
• Utopia Limited     London production

Opera

• Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi
• Hansel and Gretel by Engelbert Humperdinck
• Manon Lescaut by Giacomo Puccini

Births

• February 10 - Jimmie Durante
• February 15 - Walter Donaldson
• June 26 - Big Bill Broonzy
• July 3 - Mississippi John Hurt
• September 13 - Larry Shields
• November 8 - Clarence Williams

Deaths

• October 18 - Charles Gounod

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