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1885 in music

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1 Events

2 Top Hits

3 Births

4 Deaths

Events

October 25 - Johannes Brahms' Symphony No. 4 is premiered in Meiningen[?].
Tin Pan Alley group of popular song writers & publishers forms in New York City
Gilbert & Sullivan's "The Mikado" premiers in London

Top Hits

Births

- "King" Joe Oliver
January 27 - Jerome Kern
February 12 - James Scott

Deaths

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