1871 in music

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This article is about music-related events in 1871.

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 (Bizet)
• Peter Cornelius – Chorgesänge
• Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – String Quartet No. 1 (Tchaikovsky)

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 educator
• June 29 – Luisa Tetrazzini, Italian soprano
• August 16 - Zakaria Paliashvili, Georgian composer
• December 20 – Henry Kimball Hadley, composer (d. 1937)

Deaths

• January 4 – Vincent Adler, pianist and composer (b. 1826)
• February 1 – Alexander Serov, composer and music critic (b. 1820)
• 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 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)
• September 26 – Cipriani Potter, pianist and composer (b. 1792)
• date unknown
  • John Edward Pigot, music collector (b. 1822)
  • Fernando Quijano, songwriter, composer of the Uruguayan national anthem (b. 1805)