Composer events for 1876
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Birthdays
- Jens Laurson Emborg ()
- Salvatore Messina ()
- William Yeates Hurlstone (7 January)
- Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari (12 January)
- William Havergal Brian (29 January)
- Feodor Stepanovich Akimenko (20 February)
- John Alden Carpenter (28 February)
- Carl Ruggles (11 March)
- José Rolón (22 June)
- Manuel de Falla (23 November)
- Mieczysław Karłowicz (11 December)
- Pablo Casals (29 December)
Dying days
- Samuel Sebastian Wesley (19 April)
- Félicien-César David (29 August)
- Henri Bertini (1 October)
- Hermann Götz (3 December)
Music events
- Premiere of the Peer Gynt suites in Oslo, Norway, with Grieg conducting. (24 February) → Edvard Hagerup Grieg
- Premiere of Lãndliche Hochzeit, in Vienna, Austria. (5 March) → Carl Goldmark
- Premiere of La Gioconda, in Milan, Italy. (8 April) → Amilcare Ponchielli
- Premiere of Siegfried, in Bayreuth, Germany. (16 August) → Richard Wagner
- Premiere of Götterdämmerung, in Bayreuth, Germany. (17 August) → Richard Wagner
- Premiere of string quartet in B flat major op. 67, in Berlin, Germany. (30 October) → Johannes Brahms
- Premiere of Symphony no. 1 in c minor op. 68, in Karlsruhe, Germany. (4 November) → Johannes Brahms
- Premiere of The Kiss, in Prague, Czech Republic. (7 November) → Bedrich Smetana
- Premiere of the String Serenade in E major op. 22, in Prague, Czech Republic. (10 December) → Antonín Dvořák
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