1874 in music
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See also: 1873 in music, other events of 1874, 1875 in music and the list of 'years in music'.
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Events
Classical music
- Anton Bruckner - Symphony No. 4
- Friedrich Kiel - Christus (oratorio)
- Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky - Pictures at an Exhibition (for piano)
- Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Piano Concerto No. 1
Opera
Published popular music
- "Crimson Roses In the Heather" by Caroline Dana Howe & William Howard Doane
- "Laughing Eyes Of Blue" w. J. Cheever Goodwin m. Edward E. Rice. Performed by Eliza Weathersby in the burlesque musical Evangeline
- "Oh! Dat Watermelon!" by Luke Schoolcraft
Musical theater
- Evangeline a US burlesque musical based upon a poem by Longfellow opened at Niblo's Gardens on July 27 and ran for only 16 performances before moving to Boston.
- Whittington, London production
Births
- January 29 - Charles E. King, US composer and singer
- February 20 - Mary Garden, Operatic soprano
- September 13 - Arnold Schoenberg, composer
- November 12 - Bert Williams
- December 25 - Lina Cavalieri, glamourous opera singer (d. 1944)