1870 in music

Events

• Musikverein opens in Vienna (January 6)
• Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's fantasy-overture Romeo and Juliet debuts in Moscow, conducted by Nikolai Rubenstein (March 16)
• Leo Delibes' ballet Coppélia debuts at the Paris Opéra (May 25)
• Richard Wagner's Die Walküre premieres at the Munich Court Theatre (June 26)

Published popular music

• Come In Old Adam, Come In! by Alice Cary & C. F. Shattuck
• Just Touch the Harp Gently, My Pretty Louise by Sam Mitchell & Charles Blamphin

Musical theater

• Chilpéric     London production
• La Mascotte     Paris production
• La Périchole     London production

Opera

• Prodana Nevesta (The Bartered Bride) by Bedřich Smetana
• Die Walküre by Richard Wagner

Births

• August 12 - Arthur J. Lamb, lyricist and actor

Deaths

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