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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