1895 in music
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See also: 1894 in music, other events of 1895, 1896 in music and the list of 'years in music'.
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Events
- August 10 - The first ever Promenade Concert is held at the Queen's Hall in London.
- December 13 - first complete performance of Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 2 in Berlin
Published popular music
- "America The Beautiful" w. Katherine Lee Bates m. Samuel A. Ward
- "The Band Played On" w. John F. Palmer m. Charles B. Ward
- "The Belle Of Avenoo A" w.m. Safford Waters
- "Down In Poverty Row" w. Gussie L. Davis m. Arthur Trevelyan
- "A Dream" w. Charles B. Cory m. J. C. Bartlett
- "The Hand That Rocks The Cradle" w. Charles W. Berkeley m. William H. Holmes
- "It's A Great Big Shame" w.Edgar Bateman m. George Le Brunn
- "Just Tell Them That You Saw Me" w.m. Paul Dresser
- "King Cotton March" m. John Philip Sousa
- "My Angeline" w. Harry B. Smith m. Victor Herbert
- "My Best Girl's A New Yorker" w.m. John Stromberg
- "Put Me Off At Buffalo" w. Harry Dillon m. John Dillon
- "Rastus On Parade" w. George Marion m. Kerry Mills
- "She Was One Of The Early Birds" w.m. T. W. Connor
- "Sleep Little Rosebud" w. Alfred Bryant, m. Louis Campbell Tipton
- "The Soldiers Of The Queen" w.m. Leslie Stuart
- "The Streets Of Cairo" w.m. James Thornton
- "The Sunshine Of Paradise Alley" w. Walter H. Ford m. John W. Bratton
Classical music
- Léon Boëllmann - Suite Gothique for Organ
- Antonin Dvorak - Cello Concerto in B minor
Opera
Musical theater
- An Artist's Model London production opened at Daly's Theatre on February 2 and ran for 392 performances
- Dandy Dick Whittington London production
- The Shop Girl Broadway production opened at Palmer's Theatre on October 28 and ran for 72 performances
- The Tyrolean London production
Births
- January 27 - Buddy De Sylva
- February 7 - Irving Aaronson
- March 31 - Lizzy Miles
- April 1 - Alberta Hunter, singer (d. 1984)
- April 9 - Mance Lipscomb, popular singer
- April 23 - Jimmie Noone
- May 2 - Lorenz Hart, US lyricist
- June 16 - Lew Pollack, US composer
- July 4 - Irving Caesar, US lyricist and librettist
- July 10 - Carl Orff, German composer (d. 1982)
- July 25 - Yvonne Printemps, singer and actress (d. 1977)
- August 10 - Harry Richman, US singer, actor and composer
- September 9 - Harry Tobias, US lyric writer
- November 16 - Paul Hindemith, German composer
- November 29 - Busby Berkeley, film director, choreographer (d. 1976)
- December 2 - Harriet Cohen, pianist (d. 1967)
Deaths
- January 10 - Benjamin Godard, composer
- May 21 - Franz von Suppé, composer
- August 6 - George Frederick Root, US composer
- September - Nipper, the dog on the HMV record label
- October 25 - Charles Hallé, pianist and conductor