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1877 caricature of Richard Wagner

Events

"Abdul Abulbul Amir" w.m. Percy French
"Captain Cuff" w.m. G. W. Hunt
"Chopstics" m. Arthur de Lulli
"Dear Old Pals" w.m. G. W. Hunt
"Early In De Mornin'" w.m. Will Hays
"In The Gloaming" w. Meta Orred m. Annie Fortescue Harrison (Words 1874)
"Little Daisy's Request" by Arabella M. Root
"The Lost Chord" w. Adelaide Anne Procter m. Sir Arthur Sullivan (Words 1858)
"My Name Is John Wellington Wells" w. W. S. Gilbert m. Arthur Sullivan
"Phelim O'Toole" by Harry Banks
"Time Was When Love And I Were Well Acquainted" w. W. S. Gilbert m. Arthur Sullivan

The Chimes of Normandy adapted from Les Cloches de Corneville Broadway production opened at the Fifth Avenue Theatre on October 22 and ran for 16 performances
Les Cloches de Corneville by Robert Planquette, Paris production opened at the Folies-Dramatique on April 19 and ran for 408 performances
Le Grand Mogol, Marseilles production
Orpheus in the Underworld by Jacques Offenbach, London revival
The Sorcerer, Gilbert & Sullivan London production opened at the Opera Comique on November 17 and ran for 175 performances

January 18 - George Tolhurst, composer (b. 1827)
March 23 - Caroline Unger, operatic contralto (b. 1803)
April 7 - Errico Petrella, opera composer (b. 1813)
April 26 - Louise Bertin, composer and poet (b. 1805)
June 3 - Ludwig Ritter von Köchel, cataloguer of the works of Mozart (b. 1800)
June 29 - Clorinda Corradi, operatic contralto (b. 1804)
August 5 - Luigi Legnani, guitarist and composer (b. 1790)
September 12 - Julius Rietz, German cellist, composer and teacher, editor of an edition of Mendelssohn's complete works (b. 1812)
October 3 - Thérèse Johanne Alexandra Tietjens, operatic soprano (b. 1831)
date unknown - Cesare Ciardi, flautist and composer (b. 1818)

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