1892 in music
See also: 1891 in music, other events of 1892, 1893 in music and the list of 'years in music'.
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Events
- "After The Ball" becomes the first sheet music to sell over 1 million copies (for a single publisher in a single year)
Published popular music
- "After The Ball" w.m. Charles K. Harris
- "The Bowery" w. Charles H. Hoyt m. Percy Gaunt
- "Daddy Wouldn't Buy Me A Bow-Wow" w.m. Joseph Tabrar
- "Daisy Bell" (aka "A Bicycle Built For Two") w.m. Harry Dacre
- "Flanagan" w.m. C. W. Murphy & William Letters
- "Future Mrs. 'Awkins" by Albert Chevalier
- "The Holy City" w. Frederick Edward Weatherly m. Stephen Adams
- "La Sultana Turkish March" m. Fred Linden
- "Liebestraum Nocturne" m. Virginia Field
- "Molly And I And The Baby" w.m. Harry Kennedy
- "My Old Dutch" w. Albert Chevalier m. Charles Ingle
- "My Sweetheart's The Man In The Moon" w.m. James Thornton
- "The Sweetest Story Ever Told" w.m. R. M. Stults
- "The Virginia Skedaddle" w.m. Monroe H. Rosenfeld
Classical music
- Miguel Marqués – El Centinelo
- Josef Suk – Serenade for Strings in E flat major
Opera
- Herman Bemberg – Elaine
- Alfredo Catalani – La Wally
- Umberto Giordano – Mala Vita
- Ruggiero Leoncavallo – I Pagliacci
- Jules Massenet – Werther
Musical theater
- "Dorothy" London revival
- "Maid Marian" (retitled version of "Robin Hood") London production
- "Maid Marian" (sequel to "Robin Hood") Broadway production
Births
- January 31 – Eddie Cantor
- March 27 – Ferde Grofe, composer
- April 12 – Johnny Dodds
- May 16 – Richard Tauber, Austrian singer
- May 18 – Ezio Pinza, Italian singer and actor
- May 31 – Jo Trent
- July 2 – Jack Hylton, British bandleader
- July 8 – J. Russell Robinson
- October 25 – Janszieka (Jennie) Deutsch and Roszicka (Rosie) Deutsch, Hungarian-born dancers, actresses and singers, billed as the Dolly Sisters.
Deaths
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