1899 in Music - Events

Events

  • April 26
    • Jean Sibelius's Symphony No. 1 is premiered in Helsinki.
    • Tenor Antonio Paoli makes his début in Rossini's William Tell in Paris.
  • May 27 - Maurice Ravel conducts the first performance of his song cycle Shéhérazade.
  • June 19 - Edward Elgar's Enigma Variations are premiered in London
  • Ragtime music enjoys mainstream popularity in the United States
  • Claude Debussy marries Rosalie Texier, having lived for nine years with her best friend; the marriage lasts only five years.
  • Adelina Patti marries Baron Rolf Cederström.
  • Dame Marie Tempest marries actor-playwright Cosmo Stuart.
  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor marries Jessie Walmisley.

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