1876 in music
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See also: 1875 in music, other events of 1876, 1877 in music and the list of 'years in music'.
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Events
- August 16 - Ricard Wagner's Siegfried debuts in Bayreuth
Published popular music
- "I'll Take You Home Again, Kathleen" by Thomas Payne Westendorf
- "Grandfather's Clock" by Henry Clay Work
- "The Bonnie Banks o' Loch Lomond" by Andrew Lang
- "Gay As A Lark" by Septimus Winner
- "When The Great Red Dawn is Shining" (anon)
- "Old Aunt Jemima" by James Grace
- "Rose of Killarney" by George Cooper & John Rogers Thomas
Classical music
- Pietro Abbà Cornaglia - Requiem
- Felix Draeseke - Six Fugues for piano; Dämmerungsräume: Five piano pieces, op 14
- Benjamin Godard - Concerto Romantique
Opera
- Arrigo Boito - Mefistofele
- Luigi Denza - Wallenstein
Musical theater
Births
- January 12 - Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, composer
- January 29 - Havergal Brian, composer (d. 1972)
- February 2 - Giovanni Zenatello, tenor
- February 28 - John Alden Carpenter, composer
- March 11 - Carl Ruggles, composer (d. 1971)
- June 5 - Tony Jackson, jazz musician (d. 1920)
- August 14 - Florrie Forde, Australian-born English Music Hall singer
- September 15 - Bruno Walter, conductor (d. 1962)
- November 23 - Manuel de Falla, composer (d. 1946)