1881 in music
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See also: 1880 in music, other events of 1881, 1882 in music and the list of 'years in music'.
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Events
- February 10 - Offenbach's Tales of Hoffman debuts in Paris
- November 9 - Johannes Brahms' Piano Concerto No. 2 is given its public premiere in Budapest
- December 4 - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto is premiered in Vienna
Published popular music
- "Loch Lomond"
- "Good Bye!" by Francesco Paolo Tosti
- "My Bonnie Lies over the Ocean"
- "Slowly and Sadly" (President Garfield Memorial Tribute)" by Arabella M. Root
Classical music
- Rébecca (oratorio) by Cesar Franck
Opera
- Joan Of Arc by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Musical theater
- Les Contes d'Hoffman (Jacques Offenbach) - Paris production
- Patience (Gilbert and Sullivan) - London production
Births
- March 25 - Béla Bartók
- August 15 - Ted Snyder, US composer and music publisher
- November 22 - Ethel Levey, US singer, dancer & actress
- November 28 - Stefan Zweig, librettist of Richard Strauss's Die schweigsame Frau (The Silent Woman)
- December 3 - Henry Fillmore
- December 24 - Charles Wakefield Cadman, composer and songwriter