1894 in music
See also: 1893 in music, other events of 1894, 1895 in music and the list of 'years in music'.
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2 Published popular songs 3 Musical theater 4 Births 5 Deaths |
Events
- Enrico Caruso makes his operatic debut
- George W. Johnson is said to have recorded over 25,000 phonograph records
Published popular songs
- "Airy, Fairy Lillian" w. Tony Raymond m. Maurice Levi
- "And Her Golden Hair Was Hanging Down Her Back" w. Monroe H. Rosenfeld m. Felix McGlennon
- "At Trinity Church I Met My Doom" w.m. Fred Gilbert
- "Forgotten" w. Flora Wulschner m. Eugene Cowles
- "His Last Thoughts Were Of You" w. Edward B. Marks m. Joseph W. Stern
- "The Honeymoon" m. George Rosey
- "Humoresque" m. Anton Dvorák
- "I Don't Want To Play In Your Yard" w. Philip Wingate m. Henry W. Petrie
- "If It Wasn't For The 'Ouses In Between" w. Edgar Bateman m. George Le Brunn
- "I'll Be True To My Honey Boy" w.m. George Evans
- "I've Been Working On The Railroad" w.m. trad (first copyright 1894)
- "Kathleen" w.m. Helene Mora
- "The Little Lost Child" w. Edward B. Marks m. Joseph W. Stern
- "Long Ago In Alcala" w. Frederick Edward Weatherley & Adrian Ross m. André Messager
- "My Friend The Major" w.m. E. W. Rogers
- "My Pearl Is A Bowery Girl" w. William Jerome m. Andrew Mack
- "Oh! That Gorgonzola Cheese" w. Fred W. Leigh m. Harry Champion
- "She Is More To Be Pitied Than Censured" w.m. William B. Gray
- "She May Have Seen Better Days" w.m. James Thornton
- "The Sidewalks Of New York" w.m. Charles B. Lawlor & James W. Blake
- ""Why Did Nellie Leave Home?" by George M. Cohan
- "Yale Society Two-Step" by C. VanBaar
- "You've Been A Good Old Wagon But You've Done Broke Down" by Ben Harney
Musical theater
- A Gaiety Girl Broadway production
- The Passing Show Broadway production
- The Shop Girl London production
- A Trip To Chinatown London production
Births
- February 11 - Alfonso Leng
- April 15 - Bessie Smith
- April 27 - Nicolas Slonimsky
- June 10 - Punch Miller
Deaths
- February 4 - Adolphe Sax
- February 11 - Pasqual Juan Emilio Arrieta y Corera
- November 20 - Anton Rubinstein
- Juventino Rosas


