1891 in music
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See also: 1890 in music, other events of 1891, 1892 in music and the list of 'years in music'.
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Events
- October 16 - The Chicago Symphony Orchestra gives its inaugural concert
Published popular music
- "Actions Speak Louder Than Words" w. George Horncastle m. Felix McGlennon
- "Don't mind, my Darling!" w.m. Paul Steinmark
- "Hey, Rube!" w. J. Sherrie Matthews m. Harry Bulger
- "High School Cadets March" m. John Philip Sousa
- "Little Boy Blue" w. Eugene Field m. Ethelbert Nevin
- "The Man Who Broke The Bank At Monte Carlo" w.m. Fred Gilbert
- "The Miner's Dream Of Home" w.m. Will Godwin & Leo Dryden
- "Molly O!" w.m. William J. Scanlan
- "Narcissus" m. Ethelbert Nevin
- "The Pardon Came Too Late" w.m. Paul Dresser
- "The Picture That's Turned To The Wall" w.m. Charles Graham
- "Reuben And Cynthia" w.m. Percy Gaunt
- "Ta-ra-ra-boom-de-ay" w.m. Henry J. Sayers
- "Wot Cher!" w. Albert Chevalier m. Charles Ingle
Recorded popular music
- "The Laughing Song" - George Washington Johnson
Classical music
- Anton Arensky - Cantata on the 10th Anniversary of the Coronation
- Max Bruch - Concerto for Violin No. 3
- Ethelbert Nevin - Water Scenes
- Erik Satie - 6 Gnossiennes for Piano
Opera
- Frederick Delius - Irmelin
- Robert Fuchs - Die Teufelsglocke
Musical theater
- Robin Hood, Broadway production
- The Tyrolean, Broadway production
- Der Vogelhändler (The Tyrolean), Vienna production
Births
- Charles McCarron
- January 25 - Wellman Braud
- April 2 - Jack Buchanan, Scottish singer, actor, dancer and director
- April 23 - Sergei Prokofiev
- May 30 - Ben Bernie - US bandleader
- June 9 - Cole Porter
- June 10 - Al Dubin, Swiss-born American lyricist
- July 14 - Fréhel, French singer, actress (d. 1951)
- July 16 - Blossom Seeley, US singer and vaudeville performer
- October 29 - Fanny Brice, US actress, comedienne and singer
Deaths
- January 5 - Emma Abbott, singer
- January 16 - Léo Delibes, composer
