Composer events for 1890
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Birthdays
- Andres Isasi y Linares ()
- Gonzalo Roig ()
- Jacob van Domselaer ()
- Otávio Pinto ()
- María de Baratta (27 February)
- Rodolphe Mathieu (10 July)
- Hans Gál (5 August)
- Jacques-François Ibert (15 August)
- Ivor Gurney (28 August)
- Frank Martin (15 September)
- Luís Freitas Branco (12 October)
- Bohuslav Martinů (8 December)
- Maurice Schoemaker (27 December)
Dying days
- Franz Lachner (20 January)
- César Auguste Franck (8 November)
- Niels Vilhelm Gade (21 December)
Music events
- Premiere of The Sleeping Beauty, in St. Petersburg, Russia. (15 January) → Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
- Premiere of Symphony no. 8, in Prague, Czech Republic, with Dvořák conducting. (2 February) → Antonín Dvořák
- Premiere of Cavalleria Rusticana, in Rome, Italy. (17 May) → Pietro Mascagni
- Premiere of Tod und Verklärung op. 24, in Eisenach, Germany, with Strauss conducting. (21 June) → Richard Strauss
- Premiere of Prince Igor, in St. Petersburg, Russia. (4 November) → Alexander Porfir’yevich Borodin
- Premiere of Les Troyens (first part), in Karlsruhe, Germany. (6 December) → Hector Berlioz
- Premiere of Pique Dame, in St. Petersburg, Russia. (19 December) → Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
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