1871 in music

Events

* December 24 - Giuseppe Verdi's Opera "Aida" premieres.
*Anton Bruckner gives a series of organ recitals in London.
*Asger Hamerik becomes musical director of the Peabody Institute in Baltimore, Maryland.

Published popular music

* "The Blue and the Gray" by James W. Long
* "Good Bye, Liza Jane" (anon)
* "The Little Church Around The Corner" w.m. Charles A. White
* "The Little Old Log Cabin In The Lane" w.m. William S. Hays
* "Mollie Darling" w.m. William S. Hays
* "Oh aint I got the Blues!" by A.A. Chapman
* "Onward, Christian Soldiers" w. Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould m. Sir Arthur Sullivan
* "Reuben and Rachel" w. Harry Birch m. William Gooch
* "Susan Jane" w.m. William S. Hays

Classical music

*Georges Bizet - "Jeux d'enfants"
*Peter Cornelius - "Chorgesänge"
*Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - "String Quartet No. 1 in D, Op. 11"

Opera

*Giovanni Bottesini - "Ali Baba"
*Giuseppe Verdi - "Aida"

Musical theatre

* "Geneviève De Brabant" London production
* "The Mascot" London production
* "La Mascotte" Vienna production
* "Le Roi Carotte" London production
* "Thespis" London production

Births

*March 1 - Ben Harney, US composer and ragtime pianist
*April 21 - Leo Blech, conductor and composer (d. 1958)
* June 17 - James Weldon Johnson, US songwriter, author, diplomat and educationalist
* June 29 - Luisa Tetrazzini, Italian soprano
* December 20 - Henry Kimball Hadley, composer (d. 1937)

Deaths

*January 4 - Vincent Adler, pianist and composer (b. 1826)
*February 11 - Filippo Taglioni, dancer and choreographer (b. 1777)
*March 26 - François-Joseph Fétis, composer and musicologist (b. 1784)
*April 27 - Sigismond Thalberg, pianist and composer (b. 1812)
*May 12 - Daniel Auber, composer (b. 1782)
*May 26 - Aimé Maillart, composer (b. 1817)
*July 17 - Carl Tausig, pianist and composer (b. 1841) (typhoid)
*July 20 - François Delsarte, singer and music teacher (b. 1811)
*August 12 - Tiyo Soga, composer of hymns (b. 1829)
*September 3 - Václav Emanuel Horák, church musician and composer (b. 1800)
*"date unknown"
**John Edward Pigot, music collector (b. 1822)
**Fernando Quijano, songwriter, composer of the Uruguayan national anthem (b. 1805)