1883 in music
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See also: 1882 in music, other events of 1883, 1884 in music and the list of 'years in music'.
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Events
- Friedrich Kiel is involved in a traffic accident from which he will never completely recover.
Published popular music
- "A Boy's Best Friend Is His Mother" w. Henry Miller m. Joseph P. Skelly
- "The Farmer In The Dell" trad
- "La Golondrina" m. Narisco Serradell
- "Polly Wolly Doodle (All The Day)" trad
- "Ring Dem Heavenly Bells" by Sam Lucas
- "She Does The Fandango All Over The Place" w.m. G. W. Hunt
- "There Is A Tavern In The Town" anon
- "Transit Of Venus March" m. John Philip Sousa
Classical music
- Barcarola for piano No. 1 - Isaac Albeniz
- Symphony No. 1 in B minor - Anton Arensky
- Symphony No. 3 by Johannes Brahms
- Thalia (concert overture) - George Whitefield Chadwick
- The Redemption (oratorio) - Charles Gounod
- Carmen Fantasy - Pablo de Sarasate
- Voices of Spring - Johann Strauss
- Canzona for Clarinet and Strings in F minor - Sergei Taneyev
- Estudiantina - Emil Waldteufel
Opera
- Cesar Cui - Prisoner of the Caucasus
Musical theater
- Ein Nacht In Venedig (A Night In Venice) Berlin and Vienna productions
Births
- April 6 - Vernon Dalhart, U.S. singer
- May 26 - Mamie Smith, U.S. singer
- September 18 - Gerald Hugh Tyrwhitt-Wilson, 14th Baron Berners, composer
- November 8 - Arnold Bax, composer
- December 3 - Anton Webern, Austrian composer
Deaths
- February 13 - Richard Wagner, German composer
- October 30 - Robert Volkmann, composer