1875 in music
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See also: 1874 in music, other events of 1875, 1876 in music and the list of 'years in music'.
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Events
- March 3 - Georges Bizet's Carmen debuts in Paris.
- May 6 - Richard Wagner conducts portions of Götterdämmerung in concert in Vienna (the complete opera is premiered in 1876).
- Robert Volkmann becomes professor of harmony and counterpoint at the National Academy of Music in Budapest, under Franz Liszt.
Published popular music
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- "Angels, Meet Me At the Cross Road" w.m. Will Hays
- "Carve Dat Possum" by Sam Lucas & Herbert Hershy
- "Dreaming Forever of Thee" w.m. John Hill Hewitt
- "Grandfather's Clock" w.m. Henry C. Work
- "I'll Take You Home Again, Kathleen" w.m. Thomas P. Westendorf
- "Nancy Lee" w. Frederick Edward Weatherly, m. Stephen Adams (pseudonym of Michael Maybrick)
- "The Witches Flight (Galop Caprice)" by Henry A. Russell
Classical music
- Alexander Borodin, String Quartet No. 1
- Johannes Brahms, Fifteen Liebeslieder for piano duet; String Quartet No. 3
- Gabriel Fauré, Allegro Symphonique (for orchestra); Suite for Orchestra; Les Djinns (for chorus and orchestra)
- Édouard Lalo, Allegro Symphonique
- Modest Mussorgsky, Pesni i plyaski smerti (Songs and Dances of Death), song cycle for bass voice and piano
- Amilcare Ponchielli, cantata A Gaetano Donizetti
- Tchaikovsky, Symphony No. 3; ballet Swan Lake; String Quartet
- Antonín Dvořák, Symphony No. 5; Serenade for Strings; String Quintet (with double bass) (orig Op. 18); Piano Quartet in D; Piano Trio in Bb; Moravian duets (for voices and piano)
- Jules Massenet, oratorio Eve
- Edvard Grieg, incidental music to Ibsen's Peer Gynt
- Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, String Quartet No. 1
- Camille Saint-Saëns - Allegro appassionato for Cello and Piano in B minor
- Ma Vlast (My Country) - Six symphonic poems by Bedrich Smetana
Opera
- Carmen first performed in Paris. Music by Georges Bizet and libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy.
- The Queen of Sheba, by Karl Goldmark
- Angelo, by Cesar Cui
Musical theater
- Trial By Jury, Gilbert & Sullivan, London production opened at the Royalty Theatre on March 25
- Trial By Jury Philadelphia production opened at the Arch Street Theatre on October 22
- Trial By Jury, New York production opened at the Eagle Theatre on November 15
- The Zoo, Lyrics and Book: Bolton Rowe Music: Arthur Sullivan, London production opened at St. James Theatre on June 5
Births
- February 2 - Fritz Kreisler, Austrian violinist and composer
- February 28 - Christie MacDonald, actress and singer
- March 7 - Maurice Ravel, French composer
- May - Paul Sarebresole
- August 9 - Albert William Ketelbey, composer
- August 18 - Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, composer