1885, from day to day
1885. With other artists, Antonín Dvořák, Johannes Brahms and Johann Strauss II influenced their time (romantic era). That year would see the birth of future classical or lyrical artists, such as Alban Berg, while others would disappear. That year, new works would be composed, published or performed for the first time in public, such as “Edgar” de Giacomo Puccini, for example. That year, halls or orchestras would be founded or ceased to operate.
All these moments, more or less notable, make the year 1885 a page in the history of classical and lyrical music to be discovered or rediscovered. soclassiq currently lists more than 330 of these moments for 1885.
The year 1885 in classical music and in lyrical art
January
01
Birth of Roland Diggle That year: 1885, Classical music, composer (dead in 1954)
03
Death of August Seelmann That year: 1885, Classical music, composer (born in 1806)
04
Death of Iosif Kotek That year: 1885, Classical music, Russian composer and musician (born in 1855)
09
Death of Joseph O'Kelly That year: 1885, Classical music, Irish composer, pianist and choral conductor (born in 1828)
10
Birth of Charles Huerter That year: 1885, Classical music, composer (dead in 1974)
11
Birth of Heinrich Sthamer That year: 1885, Classical music, German composer and music educator (1885-1955) (dead in 1955)
12
Birth of Grigory Pirogov That year: 1885, Classical music, Russian singer (dead in 1931)
13
Birth of James V. Monaco That year: 1885, Classical music, Italian-born American composer of popular music (dead in 1945)
Birth of Roger Boucher That year: 1885, Classical music, French composer and organist (dead in 1918)
Birth of Walter Lynnwood Farnam That year: 1885, Classical music, Canadian organist (1885-1930) (dead in 1930)
14
Birth of Lamberto Bergamini That year: 1885, Classical music, Italian opera singer (dead in 1957)
15
Birth of Alexander Mogilevsky That year: 1885, Classical music, Russian musician (1885-1953) (dead in 1953)
Birth of Alice D'Hermanoy That year: 1885, Classical music, opera singer
17
Death of Leopoldine Blahetka That year: 1885, Classical music, composer (1809-1885) (born in 1809)
Birth of Alys Lorraine That year: 1885, Classical music, American operatic soprano (1885-1956) (dead in 1956)
18
Death of Michael Hermesdorff That year: 1885, Classical music, German musicologist (born in 1833)
23
Birth of Bolesław Wallek-Walewski That year: 1885, Classical music, classical composer (dead in 1944)
Death of Félix Clément That year: 1885, Classical music, French organist and musicologist (born in 1822)
26
Birth of Jeanne Gordon That year: 1885, Classical music, Canadian opera singer (dead in 1952)
27
Birth of Jerome Kern That year: 1885, Classical music, American composer of musical theater and popular music (1885-1945) (dead in 1945)
Birth of Eduard Künneke That year: 1885, Classical music, German composer (b. 1885) (dead in 1953)
28
Birth of Lois Ewell That year: 1885, Classical music, American musician (dead in 1946)
Birth of Jean Athanasiu That year: 1885, Classical music, Romanian singer and opera singer (dead in 1938)
30
Birth of Valentin Šindler That year: 1885, Classical music, Czech opera singer (dead in 1957)
February
04
Birth of F. Henri Klickmann That year: 1885, Classical music, American composer and songwriter (1885-1966) (dead in 1966)
Birth of Paolo Mauri That year: 1885, Classical music, composer (dead in 1963)
08
Birth of Joan Viladomat Massanas That year: 1885, Classical music, Catalan composer and musician (dead in 1940)
09
Birth of Alban Berg That year: 1885, Classical music, Austrian composer (dead in 1935)
Death of Edmond Weber That year: 1885, Classical music, composer (born in 1838)
12
Birth of James Scott That year: 1885, Classical music, American ragtime composer (dead in 1938)
Birth of Dmitry Melkikh That year: 1885, Classical music, composer (dead in 1943)
14
Death of Lorentz Skougaard-Severini That year: 1885, Classical music, Norwegian tenor (born in 1837)
15
Death of Leopold Damrosch That year: 1885, Classical music, German American conductor and composer (1832-1885) (born in 1832)
18
Death of Charlotte von Sainton-Dolby That year: 1885, Classical music, Operatic contralto (born in 1821)
19
Birth of Pavel Krilov That year: 1885, Classical music, composer (dead in 1935)
Birth of Pavel Krylov That year: 1885, Classical music, composer (dead in 1935)
24
Birth of Cesare Franco That year: 1885, Classical music, composer (dead in 1944)
March
01
Birth of Henry Pravecek That year: 1885, Classical music, Czech composer, conductor and choir director (1885-1969) (dead in 1969)
06
Birth of Yvonne Gall That year: 1885, Classical music, French singer (dead in 1972)
08
Birth of Juan de Dios Filiberto That year: 1885, Classical music, Argentine musician, composer (1885-1964) (dead in 1964)
14
Death of Alexander Reichardt That year: 1885, Classical music, Austrian opera singer (born in 1825)
15
Premiere of Holberg Suite, "From Holberg's Time", Opp. 40 That year: 1885, Classical music (Work for soloist), Edvard Grieg
Premiere of La Sulamite That year: 1885, Classical music (Work for choir), Emmanuel Chabrier
20
Birth of Paul Fosse That year: 1885, Classical music, composer (dead in 1959)
22
Birth of Adriano Lualdi That year: 1885, Classical music, Italian composer (1885-1971) (dead in 1971)
25
Birth of Stefan Makedonski That year: 1885, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1952)
26
Birth of Julius Harrison That year: 1885, Classical music, English composer and conductor (dead in 1963)
27
Death of Serafino Amedeo de De Ferrari That year: 1885, Classical music, Italian musician (born in 1824)
28
Death of Ludvig Norman That year: 1885, Classical music, Swedish composer, conductor, pianist, and music teacher (1831-1885) (born in 1831)
Birth of Marc Delmas That year: 1885, Classical music, French composer (dead in 1931)
30
Birth of Quintín Esquembre Sáez That year: 1885, Classical music, Spanish composer (1885-1965) (dead in 1965)
31
Death of Franz Abt That year: 1885, Classical music, German composer and choral conductor (born in 1819)
Death of Philipp Fahrbach, Sr. That year: 1885, Classical music, Austrian composer (born in 1815)
Birth of Knud Harder That year: 1885, Classical music, Danish composer (1885-1967) (dead in 1967)
April
02
Birth of Walter Bromme That year: 1885, Classical music, German composer (dead in 1943)
03
Death of Johann Julius Schneider That year: 1885, Classical music, composer (born in 1805)
04
Birth of Ferenc Székelyhidy That year: 1885, Classical music, (1885–1954) opera singer (dead in 1954)
Birth of Nagayo Motoori That year: 1885, Classical music, Japanese composer (1885-1945) (dead in 1945)
06
Birth of Carlos Salzedo That year: 1885, Classical music, French harpist, pianist, conductor and composer (dead in 1961)
07
Birth of Tobias Wilhelmi That year: 1885, Classical music, violinist, composer (dead in 1944)
13
Death of Thomas Crampton That year: 1885, Classical music, composer (born in 1817)
15
Death of Walther von Goethe That year: 1885, Classical music, German composer (born in 1818)
Birth of Lambert Murphy That year: 1885, Classical music, American opera singer (dead in 1954)
Birth of Margarethe Arndt-Ober That year: 1885, Classical music, German opera singer (dead in 1971)
16
Birth of Leó Weiner That year: 1885, Classical music, (1885–1960) composer, music pedagogue (dead in 1960)
Birth of Frederick Chubb That year: 1885, Classical music, composer (dead in 1966)
17
Birth of Pierre Camus That year: 1885, Classical music, composer, teacher (dead in 1948)
18
Birth of Émile Colonne That year: 1885, Classical music, French singer (dead in 1970)
22
Premiere of Symphony No. 7 in D minor, Op. 70 That year: 1885, Classical music (Work for orchestra), Antonín Dvořák
23
Death of William Henry Holmes That year: 1885, Classical music, pianist and composer (1812-1885) (born in 1812)
Death of Charles Henry Purday That year: 1885, Classical music, composer (born in 1799)
24
Death of Karl Oberhoffer That year: 1885, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1811)
26
Birth of Max Alexander That year: 1885, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1942)
28
Composition of Ecce sacerdos magnus That year: 1885, Classical music (Work for choir), Anton Bruckner
29
Birth of Luigi Russolo That year: 1885, Classical music, Italian Futurist, artist, composer (dead in 1947)
Birth of Wallingford Riegger That year: 1885, Classical music, American music composer (dead in 1961)
30
Premiere of La Petite Symphonie That year: 1885, Classical music (Work for chamber orchestra), Charles Gounod
May
01
Death of Henry Brinley Richards That year: 1885, Classical music, Welsh composer (born in 1819)
Birth of Aleksandar Kraev That year: 1885, Classical music, Bulgarian opera singer (dead in 1958)
Death of Luciano Albites That year: 1885, Classical music, composer (born in 1824)
03
Birth of Rafael Vásquez Álvarez That year: 1885, Classical music, Guatemalan composer (1885-1941) (dead in 1941)
05
Birth of Agustín Pío Barrios That year: 1885, Classical music, Paraguayan composer and musician (1885-1944) (dead in 1944)
Death of Lauro Rossi That year: 1885, Classical music, Italian opera composer (born in 1812)
07
Death of Anna Carina That year: 1885, Classical music, (1839--1885) opera singer (born in 1839)
08
Death of Pavel Křížkovský That year: 1885, Classical music, Czech music educator, composer, pianist, organist and roman catholic priest (born in 1820)
10
Birth of Giulio Crimi That year: 1885, Classical music, Italian opera singer (1885-1939) (dead in 1939)
Birth of Walter E. Miles That year: 1885, Classical music, composer (dead in 1961)
11
Death of Ferdinand Hiller That year: 1885, Classical music, German composer and conductor (born in 1811)
12
Birth of Cesare Chiesa That year: 1885, Classical music, composer (dead in 1965)
13
Birth of Frida Vadnai That year: 1885, Classical music, (1884/1885-after 1946) opera singer, voice teacher
14
Birth of Otto Klemperer That year: 1885, Classical music, German conductor and composer (dead in 1973)
15
Death of Lodovico Graziani That year: 1885, Classical music, Italian opera singer (born in 1820)
16
Birth of Tenna Kraft That year: 1885, Classical music, Danish opera singer (1885-1954) (dead in 1954)
17
Birth of Spéranza Calo-Séailles That year: 1885, Classical music, Greek painter, singer, inventor and opera singer (1885-1949) (dead in 1949)
21
Birth of Princess Sophie of Schönburg-Waldenburg That year: 1885, Classical music, Princess consort of Albania (dead in 1936)
23
Death of Carl Baermann That year: 1885, Classical music, German composer (1810-1885) (born in 1810)
Birth of Vladimir Aleksandrovitsj Sabinin That year: 1885, Classical music, singer (dead in 1930)
25
Death of Marie Cabel That year: 1885, Classical music, coloratura soprano (1827-1885) (born in 1827)
Death of Karl Helmut Dammas That year: 1885, Classical music, German composer and author (1816-1885) (born in 1816)
26
Birth of Hans Batteux That year: 1885, Classical music, German singer (1885-1961) (dead in 1961)
Death of Alfred Heitsch That year: 1885, Classical music, composer (born in 1844)
30
Death of Heinrich Oberhoffer That year: 1885, Classical music, Luxembourgian-German church musician and organist (1824-1885) (born in 1824)
June
01
Birth of Eugeniusz Mossakowski That year: 1885, Classical music, Polish singer (dead in 1958)
04
Birth of Linda Šmídová That year: 1885, Classical music, opera singer
05
Death of Julius Benedict That year: 1885, Classical music, German-born composer and conductor (born in 1804)
Birth of Waldemar Sommerfelt That year: 1885, Classical music, Norwegian composer (dead in 1919)
07
Death of Heinrich Siewert That year: 1885, Classical music, composer (born in 1818)
08
Death of Victor Magnien That year: 1885, Classical music, French composer, conductor, violinist and guitarist (1802-1885) (born in 1802)
10
Death of Adolphe Blanc That year: 1885, Classical music, French composer (born in 1828)
12
Birth of Werner Josten That year: 1885, Classical music, German composer (1885-1963) (dead in 1963)
13
Birth of John Palm That year: 1885, Classical music, Curaçao composer (1885-1925) (dead in 1925)
Birth of James C. Bradford That year: 1885, Classical music, composer (dead in 1941)
17
Death of Ignaz Reimann That year: 1885, Classical music, German composer (1820-1885) (born in 1820)
19
Birth of Stevan Hristić That year: 1885, Classical music, Serbian composer (1885-1958) (dead in 1958)
21
Birth of Heino Kaski That year: 1885, Classical music, Finnish composer and pianist (1885-1957) (dead in 1957)
22
Birth of Florence Hinkle That year: 1885, Classical music, American operatic soprano (dead in 1933)
25
Birth of Alfredo Schiuma That year: 1885, Classical music, Argentine composer, conductor and violinist (dead in 1963)
Birth of Alfredo L. Schiuma That year: 1885, Classical music, composer (dead in 1963)
26
Birth of Frieda Hempel That year: 1885, Classical music, German soprano singer (dead in 1955)
27
Birth of Guilhermina Suggia That year: 1885, Classical music, Portuguese musician (dead in 1950)
Birth of Adalgisa Giana That year: 1885, Classical music, Italian operatic soprano (1885-1970) (dead in 1970)
28
Birth of Giuseppe Mulè That year: 1885, Classical music, Italian composer and conductor (1885-1951) (dead in 1951)
30
Birth of Alice Gentle That year: 1885, Classical music, American opera singer (dead in 1958)
July
07
Birth of Ernest Farrar That year: 1885, Classical music, English composer, pianist and organist (dead in 1918)
Death of Nicola de De Giosa That year: 1885, Classical music, Italian composer (born in 1819)
Death of Søffren Degen That year: 1885, Classical music, Danish musician (born in 1812)
08
Death of Hendrik Waelput That year: 1885, Classical music, Belgian composer (born in 1845)
Birth of Otto Wick That year: 1885, Classical music, composer (dead in 1957)
12
Birth of George Butterworth That year: 1885, Classical music, English composer (1885–1916) (dead in 1916)
16
Death of Josef Müller That year: 1885, Classical music, Czech music educator, composer and organist (born in 1817)
17
Birth of Benjamin Dale That year: 1885, Classical music, British composer (dead in 1943)
19
Birth of Klym Chichka-Andriyenko That year: 1885, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1967)
Birth of Yrjö Somersalmi That year: 1885, Classical music, Finnish actor (dead in 1929)
Death of Adolph Nathan That year: 1885, Classical music, composer (born in 1814)
20
Birth of Ulysse Paquin That year: 1885, Classical music, Canadian opera singer (dead in 1972)
21
Death of Auguste Netz That year: 1885, Classical music, German opera singer (born in 1830)
23
Birth of Stefan Belina-Skupiewski That year: 1885, Classical music, Polish educationist and singer (1885-1962) (dead in 1962)
24
Birth of Dezső Antalffy-Zsiross That year: 1885, Classical music, Hungarian organist and composer (dead in 1945)
25
Death of James George Barnett That year: 1885, Classical music, composer
26
Birth of Ādolfs Kaktiņš That year: 1885, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1965)
Birth of Walter Flath That year: 1885, Classical music, German publisher (dead in 1958)
27
Death of Samuel P. Jackson That year: 1885, Classical music, American organist (born in 1818)
29
Birth of Pedro Humberto Allende That year: 1885, Classical music, Chilean composer (dead in 1959)
Death of Harold Thomas That year: 1885, Classical music, composer (born in 1834)
31
Birth of Aristide Baracchi That year: 1885, Classical music, Italian opera singer (dead in 1964)
Birth of Arthur Colinet That year: 1885, Classical music, composer (dead in 1956)
August
02
Birth of Claire Dux That year: 1885, Classical music, Operatic soprano (dead in 1967)
03
Birth of Siegfried Salomon That year: 1885, Classical music, Danish composer and violinist (1885–1962) (dead in 1962)
08
Birth of Emmi Leisner That year: 1885, Classical music, German opera and concert singer (dead in 1958)
Death of Federico Guzmán Frías That year: 1885, Classical music, Chilean pianist and composer (born in 1827)
Death of Albert Schröder That year: 1885, Classical music, composer (born in 1829)
10
Death of Henryk Szopowicz That year: 1885, Classical music, Polish physician and composer (born in 1814)
12
Death of Henry Kemble Oliver That year: 1885, Classical music, American politician (1800-1885) (born in 1800)
15
Birth of Bert Lee Fulton That year: 1885, Classical music, composer (dead in 1935)
16
Birth of Carmen Melis That year: 1885, Classical music, singer (dead in 1967)
21
Birth of Leo Funtek That year: 1885, Classical music, Slovenian-born violinist, conductor, arranger and professor (1885-1965) (dead in 1965)
23
Birth of Regina Vicarino That year: 1885, Classical music, American soprano opera singer (dead in 1957)
25
Birth of Denise Orme That year: 1885, Classical music, singer and actress (dead in 1960)
26
Death of August Gottfried Ritter That year: 1885, Classical music, German composer (1811–1885) (born in 1811)
Premiere of Mors et Vita That year: 1885, Classical music (Work for choir), Charles Gounod
28
Birth of Alice Zeppilli That year: 1885, Classical music, French opera singer (1885-1969) (dead in 1969)
Birth of Armas Maasalo That year: 1885, Classical music, Finnish composer and organist (dead in 1960)
29
Birth of Jan Křtitel Voves That year: 1885, Classical music, Czech composer and organist (1885-1945) (dead in 1945)
September
01
Birth of Leopold Josef Beer That year: 1885, Classical music, composer (dead in 1956)
04
Birth of Alice Eversman That year: 1885, Classical music, American opera singer (dead in 1974)
05
Birth of Désiré Defauw That year: 1885, Classical music, conductor, violinist (dead in 1960)
06
Birth of Uzeyir Hajibeyov That year: 1885, Classical music, Azerbaijani composer (1885–1948) (dead in 1948)
Birth of Muslim Magomayev That year: 1885, Classical music, Azerbaijani composer and conductor (dead in 1937)
09
Birth of Miriam Licette That year: 1885, Classical music, singer (1885-1969) (dead in 1969)
10
Birth of Dora Pejačević That year: 1885, Classical music, Croatian composer (dead in 1923)
Death of Adolf Prigozhy That year: 1885, Classical music, composer
12
Death of Carl von Radecki That year: 1885, Classical music, composer (born in 1842)
13
Death of Friedrich Kiel That year: 1885, Classical music, German composer and music teacher (born in 1821)
Birth of Jacques Charlot That year: 1885, Classical music, French military personnel (dead in 1915)
14
Birth of Vittorio Gui That year: 1885, Classical music, Italian conductor, and composer (1885-1975) (dead in 1975)
15
Death of Juliusz Zarębski That year: 1885, Classical music, Polish composer, pianist (born in 1854)
19
Birth of Hans Lissmann That year: 1885, Classical music, German singer and opera singer (dead in 1964)
20
Birth of Éva Gauthier That year: 1885, Classical music, Canadian-American mezzo-soprano and voice teacher (dead in 1958)
24
Birth of Artur Lemba That year: 1885, Classical music, Estonian composer (1885-1963) (dead in 1963)
30
Birth of Michail Bagrinovskiy That year: 1885, Classical music, Soviet conductor and composer (1885-1966) (dead in 1966)
October
01
Birth of Anna Medek That year: 1885, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1960)
02
Birth of Juan A. Rodríguez Cabrera That year: 1885, Classical music, composer, lyricist (dead in 1944)
05
Birth of Duška Vronská That year: 1885, Classical music, Czech vocalist (1885-1939) (dead in 1939)
06
Birth of Odette Le Fontenay That year: 1885, Classical music, French opera singer - soprano (dead in 1965)
08
Birth of Will Vodery That year: 1885, Classical music, American composer and conductor (dead in 1951)
12
Birth of Raymonde Delaunois That year: 1885, Classical music, singer (dead in 1984)
Birth of Ester Ferrabini That year: 1885, Classical music, Italian opera singer (dead in 1984)
14
Birth of Reginald Lindsay Sweet That year: 1885, Classical music, composer (dead in 1950)
15
Birth of Fridtjof Backer-Grøndahl That year: 1885, Classical music, Norwegian musician (dead in 1959)
16
Birth of Umberto Urbano That year: 1885, Classical music, Italian singer and opera singer (1885-1969) (dead in 1969)
20
Death of Adolf Průcha That year: 1885, Classical music, Czech composer, choirmaster and organist (1837-1885) (born in 1837)
21
Birth of Egon Wellesz That year: 1885, Classical music, Austrian, later British composer, teacher and musicologist (1885-1974) (dead in 1974)
Death of Michele Novaro That year: 1885, Classical music, Italian composer; composer of the Italian anthem (1818/1822–1885) (born in 1818)
22
Birth of Giovanni Martinelli That year: 1885, Classical music, Italian operatic tenor (dead in 1969)
Birth of Lothar Windsperger That year: 1885, Classical music, German composer and music educator (dead in 1935)
24
Premiere of The Gypsy Baron That year: 1885, Classical music (Opera), Johann Strauss II
25
Premiere of Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98 That year: 1885, Classical music (Work for orchestra), Johannes Brahms
29
Birth of Juan Bautista Massa That year: 1885, Classical music, Argentinian composer (dead in 1938)
30
Death of Gustav Merkel That year: 1885, Classical music, German musician (1827-1885) (born in 1827)
November
03
Death of Adele Muzzarelli That year: 1885, Classical music, Italian singer (born in 1816)
05
Birth of Henri Collet That year: 1885, Classical music, French composer (1885-1951) (dead in 1951)
06
Death of Caroline Hahn That year: 1885, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1814)
09
Birth of Aureliano Pertile That year: 1885, Classical music, Italian opera singer (1885-1952) (dead in 1952)
Birth of Battle of the Trouée de Charmes That year: 1885, Classical music, 1914 battle (dead in 1914)
14
Death of Sándor Udvarhelyi von Agyagfalva That year: 1885, Classical music, Hungarian opera singer (bass) and actor (born in 1815)
Birth of Trygve Torjussen That year: 1885, Classical music, composer (dead in 1977)
22
Death of Heinrich Frankenberger That year: 1885, Classical music, German organist (1824-1885) (born in 1824)
Birth of Carl Günther That year: 1885, Classical music, German singer and opera singer (dead in 1958)
23
Birth of Kipras Petrauskas That year: 1885, Classical music, Lithuanian singer and opera singer (dead in 1968)
25
Death of Abramo Basevi That year: 1885, Classical music, Italian composer (born in 1818)
26
Death of Elizabeth Philp That year: 1885, Classical music, British singer, music educator and composer (born in 1827)
27
Birth of Rudolph Reti That year: 1885, Classical music, musical analyst, composer and pianist (1885-1957) (dead in 1957)
December
01
Birth of Guy de Lioncourt That year: 1885, Classical music, French composer (1885-1961) (dead in 1961)
08
Premiere of Virga Jesse floruit That year: 1885, Classical music (Work for choir), Anton Bruckner
09
Birth of Kornél Ocskay That year: 1885, Classical music, Hungarian opera singer (dead in 1963)
Death of Alma Hütter-Krause That year: 1885, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1844)
11
Death of Célestin Lavigueur That year: 1885, Classical music, Canadian composer (born in 1831)
12
Birth of Melchiorre Mauro-Cottone That year: 1885, Classical music, composer (dead in 1938)
19
Death of Károly von Huber That year: 1885, Classical music, (1828–1885) (born in 1828)
21
Birth of Karel Konvalinka That year: 1885, Classical music, Czech music educator, composer and choirmaster (dead in 1970)
22
Birth of Deems Taylor That year: 1885, Classical music, American composer, music critic, and promoter of classical music (dead in 1966)
25
Birth of Mana-Zucca That year: 1885, Classical music, composer (1885-1981) (dead in 1981)
27
Birth of Meta Weber That year: 1885, Classical music, German opera singer and movie actress (dead in 1953)
29
Birth of Walter Rieß That year: 1885, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1943)
31
Birth of Franz von Hoesslin That year: 1885, Classical music, German conductor (1885-1946) (dead in 1946)
This was also in 1885
Birth of Alexandre Barjansky That year: 1885, Classical music, Russian musician (dead in 1946) . Birth of Luigi Marini That year: 1885, Classical music, Italian opera singer (dead in 1942) . Birth of Mario Gubiani That year: 1885, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1955) . Birth of Oswald Anderson That year: 1885, Classical music, composer (dead in 1944) . Birth of Olga Grozovska That year: 1885, Classical music, ukrainian opera singer (soprano) . Birth of Albert Combaud That year: 1885, Classical music, composer (dead in 1895) . Death of Joseph De Pinna That year: 1885, Classical music, composer (born in 1798) . Death of Fidèle Kœnig That year: 1885, Classical music, composer (born in 1848) . Birth of Ivan Efremovych Grytsenko That year: 1885, Classical music, ukrainian singer (tenor) (dead in 1936) . Inception: Kneisel Quartet That year: 1885, Classical music (United States of America). Death of Mathilde Lindner That year: 1885, Classical music, singer and opera singer (1815-1885) (born in 1815) . Inauguration: Helikon Opera That year: 1885, Classical music (Moscow, Russia). Inauguration: Opéra de Nice That year: 1885, Classical music (Nice, France). Death of Carolina Uccelli That year: 1885, Classical music, composer (born in 1810) . Inauguration: Chicago Opera House That year: 1885, Classical music (Chicago, United States of America). Death of Henry Beumer That year: 1885, Classical music, composer (born in 1828) . Birth of Marguerite Brián-Schwarck That year: 1885, Classical music, singer, opera singer (dead in 1971) . Death of Charlotte Devéria That year: 1885, Classical music, composer (born in 1856) . Death of Leopold Langer That year: 1885, Classical music, composer (born in 1802) . Birth of Francesco Dominici That year: 1885, Classical music, Cuban-Italian opera singer (dead in 1968) . Death of Juan Arribas y Arribas That year: 1885, Classical music, composer (born in 1849) . Birth of Godfrey Nutting That year: 1885, Classical music, composer (dead in 1925) . Death of José Zapiola Cortes That year: 1885, Classical music, Chilean composer (born in 1802) . Death of Alfred E. Warren That year: 1885, Classical music, composer (born in 1834) . Inception: Boston Pops Orchestra That year: 1885, Classical music (United States of America). Birth of Kemani Serkis Efendi That year: 1885, Classical music, Ottoman Armenian musician (dead in 1944) . Death of Auguste Mercadier That year: 1885, Classical music, composer (born in 1835) . Birth of Carsten Woll That year: 1885, Classical music, American singer (dead in 1962) . Birth of Henri Maurice Jacquet That year: 1885, Classical music, composer (dead in 1954) . Inauguration: Private Opera That year: 1885, Classical music (Moscow, Russia). Death of Karoline Stern That year: 1885, Classical music, German operatic soprano (born in 1800) . Death of Abram Kimmell That year: 1885, Classical music, composer (born in 1842) . Inception: Helikon Opera That year: 1885, Classical music (Russia). Birth of Edith Swepstone That year: 1885, Classical music, British composer (dead in 1930) . Birth of Svetozar Pisarević That year: 1885, Classical music, opera singer . Birth of Gregory Manchenko That year: 1885, Classical music, opera singer, actor (dead in 1974) . Birth of James Alexander Steele That year: 1885, Classical music, composer . Birth of Loraine Wyman That year: 1885, Classical music, American folksinger (dead in 1937) . Birth of Cyril Jenkins That year: 1885, Classical music, composer (dead in 1978) . Death of Emmons Hamlin That year: 1885, Classical music, composer (born in 1821) . Death of Raniero Cacciamani That year: 1885, Classical music, composer (born in 1818) . Birth of C. Morton Horne That year: 1885, Classical music, Irish writer and actor (dead in 1916) . Inauguration: Saint Petersburg Chamber Opera That year: 1885, Classical music (Saint Petersburg, Russia). Inauguration: Konzerthaus Zoo That year: 1885, Classical music (Dresden, Germany). Birth of Paul Didier That year: 1885, Classical music, composer (dead in 1925) . Birth of Achille Dupont That year: 1885, Classical music, composer (dead in 1901) .
Works (composition or publishing)
- Franz Liszt (age 74)
- Deux Épisodes d'apres le Faust de Lenau That year: 1885, Classical music (Work for orchestra)
- Mephisto Waltz No. 2 That year: 1885, Classical music (Work for orchestra)
- Mephisto Waltz No. 3 That year: 1885, Classical music (Work for soloist)
- Mephisto Waltz No. 4 That year: 1885, Classical music (Work for soloist)
- Bagatelle sans tonalité That year: 1885, Classical music (Work for soloist), published in 1956
- Salve Regina (Work for choir)
- Piano Concerto, “In the Hungarian Style” (Work for orchestra with soloist)
- La lugubre gondola (Work for soloist)
- Historische ungarische Bildnisse - Magyar arcképe (Work for soloist)
- Historische ungarische Bildnisse (Work for soloist)
- Trauervorspiel und Trauermarsch (Work for soloist)
- En Rêve. Nocturne (Work for soloist)
- Abschied. Russisches Volkslied (Work for soloist)
- Pax vobiscum! (Work for choir)
- Qui Mariam absolvisti (Work for choir)
- Gruss (Work for choir)
- Anton Bruckner (age 61)
- Symphony No. 7 in E major That year: 1885, Classical music (Work for orchestra), composed in 1881
- Ave Regina caelorum (Work for choir)
- Johann Strauss II (age 60)
- Treasure Waltz, Op. 418 That year: 1885, Classical music (Work for orchestra)
- Alexander Borodin (age 52)
- Petite Suite That year: 1885, Classical music (Work for soloist)
- Scherzo in A-flat (Work for soloist)
- Spes' (Song, lied)
- Camille Saint-Saëns (age 50)
- Romance, Op. 67 (Work for chamber orchestra)
- Violin Sonata No. 1 in D minor, Op. 75 (Work for chamber orchestra)
- Wedding Cake, Op. 76 (Work for orchestra with soloist)
- Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (age 45)
- Manfred Symphony, Op. 58 That year: 1885, Classical music (Work for orchestra)
- Vakula the Smith, Op. 14 That year: 1885, Classical music (Opera)
- Chœur de l'Êcole de Droit (Work for choir)
- Marche de l'École de Droit (Work for orchestra)
- Hymne aux saints Cyrille et Méthode (Work for choir)
- Emmanuel Chabrier (age 44)
- Gwendoline That year: 1885, Classical music (Opera)
- Prélude pastorale and Joyeuse marche (Work for orchestra), published in 1888
- Antonín Dvořák (age 44)
- Hymn of the Czech Peasants (Work for choir)
- 2 Czech Folk Poems (Song, lied)
- Edvard Grieg (age 42)
- Bergliot, Op. 42 (Song, lied)
- Under Juletreet, WoO 144 (Song, lied)
- Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (age 41)
- Four Variations on a Chorale in G minor (Work for chamber orchestra)
- Leoš Janáček (age 31)
- Dymák (Work for soloist)
- The Wild Duck (Work for choir)
- At the Ferry (Work for choir)
- Čtveřice mužských sborů (Work for choir)
- Edward Elgar (age 28)
- 3 Songs, Opp. 16 (Song, lied)
- Gavotte (Work for chamber orchestra)
- Giacomo Puccini (age 27)
- Gustav Mahler (age 25)
- Songs of a Wayfarer That year: 1885, Classical music (Song, lied)
- Claude Debussy (age 23)
- Romance (Song, lied)
- Les Cloches (Song, lied)
- Barcarolle (Song, lied)
- Richard Strauss (age 21)
- Don Juan, Op. 20 That year: 1885, Classical music (Work for orchestra), published in 1889
- Piano Quartet in C minor, Op. 13 (Work for chamber orchestra)
- Cadenzas in C minor from “Piano Concerto No. 24, K. 491” (Mozart) (Work for soloist)
- 8 Poems, Opp. 10 (Song, lied)
- Alexander Glazunov (age 20)
- Stenka Razin, Op. 13 That year: 1885, Classical music (Work for orchestra)
- 5 Romances, Opp. 4 (Song, lied)
- Characteristic Suite in D major, Op. 9 (Work for orchestra)
- To the Memory of a Hero, Op. 8 (Work for orchestra with soloist)
- Erik Satie (age 19)
- Valse-ballet (Work for soloist)
- Fantaisie-valse (Work for soloist)