1882 in music

See also: 1881 in music, other events of 1882, 1883 in music and the list of 'years in music'.

Events

• January – Richard Wagner completes Parsifal
• Helsinki University Chorus (Ylioppilaskunnan Laulajat) is founded
• Gustav Mahler is employed at Olomouc
• Richard Strauss enters Munich University

Published popular music

• "Baa! Baa! Baa!"     w. Walter Greenaway m. Vincent Davies
• "The Band Quartette" by Charles A. White
• "Bow, Bow, Ye Lower Middle Classes"     w. William S. Gilbert m. Arthur Sullivan
• "Goodbye, My Lover, Goodbye"     trad Eng
• "I'm Very Much Pained"     w. W. S. Gilbert m. Arthur Sullivan
• "In My Fust 'Usband's Time"     w.m. Harry Nicholls
• "Loudly Let The Trumpets Bray"     w. W. S. Gilbert m. Arthur Sullivan
• "The Nightmare Song"     w. W. S. Gilbert m. Arthur Sullivan
• "None Shall Part Us"     w. W. S. Gilbert m. Arthur Sullivan
• "Oh, Foolish Fay"     w. W. S. Gilbert m. Arthur Sullivan
• "The Old Miser" by Charles A. White
• "The Skaters' Waltz"     m. Emile Waldteufel
• "Sweet Violets" by Joseph Emmet
• "Tho' P'raps I May Incur Your Blame"     w. W. S. Gilbert m. Arthur Sullivan
• "Though The Views Of The House Have Diverged"     w. W. S. Gilbert m. Arthur Sullivan
• "Tripping Hither, Tripping Thither"     w. W. S. Gilbert m. Arthur Sullivan
• "Up Went The Price"     w.m. George Ware
• "Welcome To Our Hearts Again"     w. W. S. Gilbert m. Arthur Sullivan
• "When All Night Long A Chap Remains"     w. W. S. Gilbert m. Arthur Sullivan
• "When Britain Really Ruled The Waves"     w. W. S. Gilbert m. Arthur Sullivan
• "When I Went To The Bar"     w. W. S. Gilbert m. Arthur Sullivan

Classical music

• The Redemption (oratorio) by Charles Gounod
• Symphony no 1 "Wilhelm Tell" by Hans Huber
• Yar-khmel (Spring Overture) by Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov
• 1812 Overture m. Peter Tchaikovsky
• Symphony No. 1 Alexander Glazunov

Opera

• Parsifal by Richard Wagner
• The Snow Maiden by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

Musical theater

• Der Bettelstudent (The Beggar Student)     Vienna production
• The Grand Mogul     Broadway production
• Gilbert & Sullivan – Iolanthe     London production
• Iolanthe     Broadway production
• The Smugglers     Broadway production

Births

• January 15 – Henry Burr, popular tenor, prolific early recording artist
• February 11 – Gheorghe Cucu composer
• February 28 – Geraldine Farrar, soprano
• April 17 – Artur Schnabel, pianist
• April 18 – Leopold Stokowski, conductor
• June 17 – Igor Stravinsky, composer
• August 21 – Helen Trix
• December 16 – Zoltán Kodály, composer

Deaths

• February 11 – Gustav Schmidt, composer