1885 in music
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See also: 1884 in music, other events of 1885, 1886 in music and the list of 'years in music'.
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Events
- October 25 - Johannes Brahms' Symphony No. 4 is premiered in Meiningen.
- Tin Pan Alley group of popular song writers & publishers forms in New York City
- Gilbert & Sullivan's The Mikado premiers in London
Published popular music
- "American Patrol" m. F. W. Meacham
- "The Boy In The Gallery" w.m. George Ware
- "Coppelia Waltz" by Léo Delibes
- "Dars a Lock on de Chicken Coop Door" by Sam Lucas
- "The Flowers That Bloom In The Spring" w. William S. Gilbert m. Arthur Sullivan
- "Funny Things They Do Upon The Sly" w. G. W. Hunter & John Cooke Jnr m. G. W. Hunter
- "A More Humane Mikado" w. W. S. Gilbert m. Arthur Sullivan
- "Open Road" Johann Strauss II
- "Saffi's Aria" Johann Strauss II
- "Some Sweet Day" by Edward L. Park & William Howard Doane
- "There Is Beauty In The Bellow Of The Beast" w. W. S. Gilbert m. Arthur Sullivan
- "This Is The House That Jerry Built" w. T. S. Lonsdale m. W. G. Eaton
- "Three Little Maids From School" w. W. S. Gilbert m. Arthur Sullivan
- "A Wand'ring Minstrel I" w. William Schwenck Gilbert m. Arthur Sullivan
- "What Cheer 'Ria" w. Will Herbert m. Bessie Bellwood
Classical music
- Alexander Borodin - Sting Quartet No. 2 in D
- Alexander Glazunov - Stenka Razin
Opera
- Jules Massenet - Le Cid
- Amilcare Ponchielli - Marion Delorme
Musical theater
- Erminie London production
- Gilbert & Sullivan - The Mikado London production
- Der Zigeunerbaron (The Gypsy Baron) Vienna production
Births
- January 13 - James V. Monaco, Italian-born US composer
- January 27 - Jerome Kern
- February 12 - James Scott
- February 16 - Will Fyffe, Scottish comedian and singer
- May 5 - Agustín Barrios, composer
- May 14 - Otto Klemperer, conductor
- July 12 - George Butterworth, composer
- October 25 - Sam M. Lewis, US lyricist
- December 19 - Joe "King" Oliver, jazz musician (d. 1938)