1893 in music
See also: 1892 in music, Other events of 1893, 1894 in music and the list of 'years in music'.
Events
- February 9 - Premier of Giuseppe Verdi's final opera Falstaff in La Scala in Milan
- December 29 - Claude Debussy's String Quartet is premirered in Paris
- Song "Happy Birthday To You" by Mildred J. Hill and Patty Smith Hill first published in the book "Song Stories for the Kindergarten"
Published popular music
- "Can't Lose Me Charlie" w.m. Harry S. Miller
- "The Cat Came Back" w.m. Henry S. Miller
- "December And May" w. Edward Marks m. William Lorraine
- "Do Do My Huckleberry Do" w. Harry Dillon m. John Dillon
- "The Fatal Wedding" w. W. H. Windom m. Gussie L. Davis
- "Good Morning To All" w. Patty Smith Hill m. Mildred J. Hill
- "I Long To See The Girl I Left Behind" w.m. John T. Kelly
- "Liberty Bell March" by John Philip Sousa
- "Mamie, Come Kiss Your Honey" w.m. May Irwin
- "Marguerite" by Charles A. White
- "Oh! Mr Porter" w. Thomas Le Brunn m. George Le Brunn
- "Private Tommy Atkins" w. Henry Hamilton m. S. Potter
- "Say 'Au Revoir', But Not 'Good-Bye'" by Harry Kennedy
- "Sweet Marie" w. Cy Warman m. Raymond Moore
- "Two Little Girls In Blue" w.m. Charles Graham
- "The Volunteer Organist" w. William G. Gray m. Henry Lamb
- "When The Roll Is Called Up Yonder" w.m. James M. Black
- "Zacatecas" by Genaro Codina
Classical music
- Amy Beach - Gaelic Symphony
Opera
- Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi
- Hansel and Gretel by Engelbert Humperdinck
- Manon Lescaut by Giacomo Puccini
Musical theater
- A Gaiety Girl London production
- Little Christopher Columbus London production
- A Trip To Chinatown Broadway production
- Utopia Limited London production
Births
- February 10 - Jimmie Durante
- February 15 - Walter Donaldson
- June 26 - Big Bill Broonzy
- July 3 - Mississippi John Hurt
- August 22 - Dorothy Parker, US writer, poet and lyricist
- September 13 - Larry Shields
- October 1 - Cliff Friend US composer
- November 8 - Clarence Williams
Deaths