1880 in music

See also: 1879 in music, other events of 1880, 1881 in music and the list of 'years in music'.

Events

Published popular music

• "Away, Away! My Heart's On Fire"     w. W. S. Gilbert m. Arthur Sullivan
• "Blow The Man Down"     trad
• "Funiculi-Funicula"     w. G. Turco m. Luigi Denza
• "Now for The Pirates' Lair"      w. W. S. Gilbert m. Arthur Sullivan
• "Oh, Better Far To Live And Die"      w. W. S. Gilbert m. Arthur Sullivan
• "A Rollicking Band Of Pirates, We"      w. W. S. Gilbert m. Arthur Sullivan
• "Roses From The South Waltz"     m. Johann Strauss II
• "Sailing, Sailing"     w.m. Godfrey Marks
• "To Gain A Brief Advantage"      w. W. S. Gilbert m. Arthur Sullivan
• "When A Felon's Not Engaged"      w. W. S. Gilbert m. Arthur Sullivan
• "When The Foeman Bares His Steel"      w. W. S. Gilbert m. Arthur Sullivan
• "When You Had Left Our Pirate Fold"      w. W. S. Gilbert m. Arthur Sullivan
• "Yes! I Am Brave! Oh, Family Descent"      w. W. S. Gilbert m. Arthur Sullivan

Classical music

• Johannes Brahms – Tragic Overture
• Antonin Dvořák – Songs My Mother Taught Me
• Felix Draeseke – Weihestunden. Six songs for baritone (or mezzo-soprano) and piano
• Niels Gade – Concerto for violin and orchestra in D minor
• Iosef Ivanovici – The Danube Waves
• Pablo Sarasate – Spanish Dances for Violin and Piano

Opera

• Léo Delibes – Jean de Nivelle

Musical theater

• La Mascotte     Paris production
• The Pirates Of Penzance     London production

Births

• February 3 – Lina Abarbanell, German singer and actress
• June 13 – Vincent Rose – Italian-born US bandleader and composer

Deaths

• October 4 – Jacques Offenbach