1890 in music
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See also: 1889 in music, other events of 1890, 1891 in music and the list of 'years in music'.
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Events
- September 9 - Edward Elgar's concert overture Froissart is premiered at the Three Choirs Festival in Worcester
- George W. Johnson records phonograph cylinders
- First full performance of Hector Berlioz's opera, Les Troyens, takes place at Karlsruhe, 21 years after the composer's death
Published popular music
- "The Commodore Song"
- "Little Pig Went To Market" by J. Cheever Goodwin & Gustave Kerker
- "Maggie Murphy's Home" w. Edward Harrigan m. David Braham
- "Passing By" w. Robert Herrick m. Edward C. Purcell
- "Throw Him Down McCloskey" w.m. John W. Kelly
- "You'll Miss Lots of Fun When You're Married" by John Philip Sousa & Edward M. Taber
Classical music
- Chansons de Shakespeare - Ernest Chausson
- Requiem - Antonin Dvorák
- Ouverture Lyrique - Armas Järnefelt
- Scheherazade - Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
- Romance for Horn and Piano - Alexander Scriabin
Opera
- Cavalleria Rusticana by Pietro Mascagni
- Prince Igor commenced by Alexander Borodin completed by Alexander Glazunov and Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
- Queen of Spades by Peter Tchaikovsky
Musical theater
- The Gondoliers Broadway production
- Love And Law Broadway production
- Robin Hood Chicago production
- The Sentry London production
- Reilly And The 400 Broadway production
Births
- February 27 - Freddie Keppard
- March 20 - Beniamino Gigli
- March 28 - Paul Whiteman
- April 17 - Gussie Mueller
- June 6 - Ted Lewis
- October 1 - Stanley Holloway, English actor and singer
- December 8 - Bohuslav Martinu
Deaths
- November 8 - César Franck
- December 21 - Niels Wilhelm Gade, composer