1881 in music
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See also: 1880 in music, other events of 1881, 1882 in music and the list of 'years in music'.

Events

• February 10 - Offenbach's Tales of Hoffman debuts in Paris
• November 9 - Johannes Brahms' Piano Concerto No. 2 is given its public premiere in Budapest
• December 4 - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto is premiered in Vienna

Published popular music

• "Loch Lomond"
• "Good Bye!" by Francesco Paolo Tosti
• "My Bonnie Lies over the Ocean"
• "Slowly and Sadly" (President Garfield Memorial Tribute)" by Arabella M. Root

Musical theater

• Les Contes d'Hoffman     Paris production
• Patience      London production

Opera

• Joan Of Arc by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Oratorio

• Rébecca by Cesar Franck

Births

• 25 March - Béla Bartók
• 3 December - Henry Fillmore

Deaths

• 28 March - Modest Mussorgsky

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