See also: 1872 in music, other events of 1873, 1874 in music and the list of 'years in music'.
Events
Published popular music
- "Silver Threads Among the Gold" by Hart Pease Danks & Eben Eugene Rexford
- "The German Polka" by Gus Williams
- "Home on the Range" by Daniel Kelly & Brewster M. Higley
- "I'se Gwine Back to Dixie" by Charles A. White
- "Good Sweet Ham" by Henry Hart
Classical music
Opera
Musical theater
Births
Deaths