May 6–October 31 – Exposition Universelle in Paris includes several large theatres for concerts, including the music and dance of French Indochina. Operas and concerts are also given in the grand hall of the Trocadéro Palace.[1] Other musical events of the Exposition include:
At the exposition, French composer Claude Debussy first hears gamelan music, performed by an ensemble from Java, which influences some of his later compositions.[3]
May 28 – The first ever pre-recorded wax cylinders of songs, instrumental music and humorous monologues are introduced by Edison Records. Among them are Johannes Brahms speaking and playing his Hungarian Dance No. 1 and an extract from Josef Strauss's Polka-Mazurka 'Die Libelle' ('The Dragonfly') Op. 204 on the piano.
↑ Musée d'Orsay (1989). 1889: la Tour Eiffel et l'Exposition universelle. Paris: Editions de la Réunion des Musées nationaux. p.105. ISBN2-7118-2244-3.
↑ Revol, Patrick (2000). Influences de la musique indonésienne sure la musique française du XXème siècle. Paris: L'Harmattan. p.537. ISBN2-7384-9582-6.
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