Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index See also: 1876 in music, other events of 1877, 1878 in music and the list of 'years in music'. Table of contents 1 Events 2 Published popular music 3 Musical theater 4 Opera 5 Births 6 Deaths Events Thomas Edison invents the phonograph Published popular music "Abdulla Bulbul Ameer"     w.m. Percy French "Captain Cuff"     w.m. G. W. Hunt "Chopsticks"     m. Arthur de Lulli "Dear Old Pals"     w.m. G. W. Hunt "Early In De Mornin'"     w.m. Will Hays "In The Gloaming"     w. Meta Orred m. Annie Fortescue Harrison (Words 1874) "Little Daisy's Request" by Arabella M. Root "The Lost Chord"     w. Adelaide A. Proctor m. Sir Arthur Sullivan (Words 1858) "My Name Is John Wellington Wells"     w. W. S. Gilbert m. Arthur Sullivan "Phelim O'Toole" by Harry Banks "Time Was When Love And I Were Well Acquainted"     w. W. S. Gilbert m. Arthur Sullivan Musical theater La Belle Hélène, New York production Les Cloches De Corneville, Paris production Le Grand Mogol, Marseilles production Orpheus in the Underworld, London production The Sorcerer, London production Opera Samson et Dalila was first produced in Weimar. Music by Camille Saint-Saëns and libretto by Ferdinand Lemaire. Births May 25 - Billy Murray, singer September 6 - Buddy Bolden Deaths This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.