1875 in music

Events

March 3 – Georges Bizet's Carmen debuts in Paris.
May 6 – Richard Wagner conducts portions of Götterdämmerung in concert in Vienna (the complete opera is premiered in 1876).
Robert Volkmann becomes professor of harmony and counterpoint at the National Academy of Music in Budapest, under Franz Liszt.

"Angels, Meet Me At the Cross Road" w.m. Will Hays
"Carve Dat Possum" by Sam Lucas & Herbert Hershy
"Dreaming Forever of Thee" w.m. John Hill Hewitt
"Grandfather's Clock" w.m. Henry C. Work
"I'll Take You Home Again, Kathleen" w.m. Thomas P. Westendorf
"Nancy Lee" w. Frederick Edward Weatherly, m. Stephen Adams (pseudonym of Michael Maybrick)
"The Witches Flight (Galop Caprice)" by Henry A. Russell

Alexander Borodin, String Quartet No. 1
Johannes Brahms, Fifteen Liebeslieder for piano duet; String Quartet No. 3
Gabriel Fauré, Allegro Symphonique (for orchestra); Suite for Orchestra; Les Djinns (for chorus and orchestra)
Édouard Lalo, Allegro Symphonique
Modest Mussorgsky, Pesni i plyaski smerti (Songs and Dances of Death), song cycle for bass voice and piano
Amilcare Ponchielli, cantata A Gaetano Donizetti
Tchaikovsky, Symphony No. 3; ballet Swan Lake; String Quartet
Antonín Dvořák, Symphony No. 5; Serenade for Strings; String Quintet (with double bass) (orig Op. 18); Piano Quartet in D; Piano Trio in Bb; Moravian duets (for voices and piano)
Jules Massenet, oratorio Eve
Edvard Grieg, incidental music to Ibsen's Peer Gynt
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, String Quartet No. 1
Camille Saint-Saëns – Allegro appassionato for Cello and Piano in B minor
Ma Vlast (My Country) – Six symphonic poems by Bedrich Smetana

Carmen first performed in Paris. Music by Georges Bizet and libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy.
The Queen of Sheba, by Karl Goldmark
Angelo, by Cesar Cui

Trial By Jury, Gilbert & Sullivan, London production opened at the Royalty Theatre on March 25
Trial By Jury Philadelphia production opened at the Arch Street Theatre on October 22
Trial By Jury, New York production opened at the Eagle Theatre on November 15
The Zoo, Lyrics and Book: Bolton Rowe Music: Arthur Sullivan, London production opened at St. James Theatre on June 5