1877 in music
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See also: 1876 in music, other events of 1877, 1878 in music and the list of 'years in music'.
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Events
- Thomas Edison invents the phonograph
Published popular music
- "Abdulla Bulbul Ameer" w.m. Percy French
- "Captain Cuff" w.m. G. W. Hunt
- "Chopstics" m. Arthur de Lulli
- "Dear Old Pals" w.m. G. W. Hunt
- "Early In De Mornin'" w.m. Will Hays
- "In The Gloaming" w. Meta Orred m. Annie Fortescue Harrison (Words 1874)
- "Little Daisy's Request" by Arabella M. Root
- "The Lost Chord" w. Adelaide A. Proctor m. Sir Arthur Sullivan (Words 1858)
- "My Name Is John Wellington Wells" w. W. S. Gilbert m. Arthur Sullivan
- "Phelim O'Toole" by Harry Banks
- "Time Was When Love And I Were Well Acquainted" w. W. S. Gilbert m. Arthur Sullivan
Classical music
- Felix Draeseke - Fata Morgana, op 13
- Edouard Lalo - Cello Concerto
Opera
- Samson et Dalila was first produced in Weimar. Music by Camille Saint-Saëns and libretto by Ferdinand Lemaire.
- The Veiled Prophet of Khorossan by Charles Villiers Stanford
Musical theater
- La Belle Hélène, New York production
- Les Cloches De Corneville by Robert Planquette, Paris production opened at the Folies-Dramatique on April 19 and ran for 408 performances
- Le Grand Mogol, Marseilles production
- Orpheus in the Underworld by Jacques Offenbach, London production
- The Sorcerer, Gilbert & Sullivan London production opened at the Opera Comique on October 17 and ran for 175 performances
Births
- April 24 - Blanche Ring, US singer and actress
- May 25 - Billy Murray, singer
- July 17 - Edward Madden, US lyric writer
- August 16 - Karl Hoschna, Bohemian-born US composer
- September 6 - Buddy Bolden