1881 in music

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This article is about music-related events in 1881 .

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Ilya Repin's celebrated portrait of Mussorgsky, painted 2-5 March 1881, only a few days before the composer's death. Modest Musorgski, por Ilia Repin.jpg
Ilya Repin's celebrated portrait of Mussorgsky, painted 2–5 March 1881, only a few days before the composer's death.

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References

  1. Magill, Frank N. (1990). Great Lives from History: Mas-Ror. Pasadena: Salem Press. p. 1814. ISBN   978-0-89356-569-5.
  2. Sadie, Julie Anne; Samuel, Rhian (1996). The New Grove Dictionary of Women Composers. London: Macmillan. p. 143. ISBN   978-0-33351-598-3.