1889 in music

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Francesco Cilea - Gina
Robert Fuchs - Die Königsbraut
Miguel Marqués - El plato del día (libretto by Andrés Ruesga, Manuel Lastra and Enrique Prieto, premiered in Madrid)

The Gondoliers (Music: Sir Arthur Sullivan Book & Lyrics: W. S. Gilbert) London production opened at the Savoy Theatre on December 7 and ran for 554 performances
Love's Trickery London production

February 7 - Claudia Muzio, operatic soprano (d. 1936)
March 15 - Billy Jones, US singer (d. 1940)
March 16 - Elsie Janis, musical comedy star and songwriter (d. 1956)
April 8 - Sir Adrian Boult, conductor (d. 1983)
April 11 - Nick LaRocca - jazz bandleader (d. 1961)
May 15 - Graziella Pareto, operatic soprano (d. 1973)
May 20 - Felix Arndt, US pianist & composer (d. 1918)
May 25 - Gilardo Gilardi, pianist, conductor and composer (d. 1962)
July 4 - Joe Young, US lyricist and singer (d. 1939)
July 10 - Noble Sissle, US bandleader and singer (d. 1975)
August 10 - Cecil Armstrong Gibbs, composer (d. 1960)
September 10 - Vilém Petrželka, conductor and composer (d. 1967)
September 26 - Frank Crumit, US singer (d. 1943)
October 3 - Manuel Manetta - jazz musician & teacher (d. 1969)
October 28 - Juliette Béliveau, actress and singer (d. 1975)
December 11 - Ben Black, composer and impresario (d. 1950)
date unknown
- Nellie Briercliffe, singer and actress (d. 1966)
- Michael Coleman, fiddler (d. 1945)