1873 in music

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See also: 1872 in music, other events of 1873, 1874 in music and the list of 'years in music'.

Table of contents

1 Events
2 Published popular music
3 Classical music
4 Opera
5 Musical theater
6 Births
7 Deaths

Events

Published popular music

"Silver Threads Among the Gold" by Hart Pease Danks & Eben Eugene Rexford
"The German Polka" by Gus Williams
"Home on the Range" by Daniel Kelly & Brewster M. Higley
"I'se Gwine Back to Dixie" by Charles A. White
"Good Sweet Ham" by Henry Hart

Classical music

Opera

Musical theater

Births

February 27 - Enrico Caruso, opera singer
June 1 - Ada Jones, US singer
August 11 - J. Rosamond Johnson, US composer and singer
August 18 - Otto Harbach, lyricist
September 21 - Papa Jack Laine
November 16 - W. C. Handy
Tom Turpin

Deaths