See also:
1885 in music,
other events of 1886,
1887 in music
and the list of 'years in music'.
Events
Published popular music
- "The Gladiators" m. John Philip Sousa
- "Johnny Get Your Gun" w.m. Monroe H. Rosenfeld
- "Semper Fidelis" m. John Philip Sousa
- "Somebody's Mother (The Song of All Mothers)" by James W. Wheeler
- "Two Lovely Black Eyes, Oh, What a Surprise" w. Charles Coborn m. Edmund Forman
Births
- January 25 - Wilhelm Furtwängler, conductor (d. 1954)
- April 26 - Ma Rainey
- May 13 - Joseph Achron, Lithuanian Jewish composer
- May 26 - Al Jolson (d. 1950)
- June 12 - E. Ray Goetz, US songwriter
- June 13 - Art Hickman, US bandleader
- July 4 - Heinrich Kaminski, German composer
- August 5 - Carlo Giorgio Garofalo, composer
- August 27 - Eric Coates, English composer and conductor ([1] (http://www.musicweb-international.com/coates/elgar.htm))
- August 31 - L. Wolfe Gilbert, Russian-born US songwriter
- September 1 - Othmar Schoeck, Swiss composer
- September 11 - Launy Grøndahl, Danish composer and conductor
- September 25 - Jesus Guridi, composer
- October 6 - Edwin Fischer, pianist and conductor
- November 6 - Gus Kahn, German-born US lyric writer
- December 25 - Kid Ory, jazz musician (d. 1973)
Deaths
