1886 in music

Events

Published popular songs

• "The Gladiators" m. John Philip Sousa
• "Johnny Get Your Gun" w.m. Monroe H. Rosenfeld
• "Semper Fidelis" m. John Philip Sousa
• "Two Lovely Black Eyes, Oh, What a Surprise" w. Charles Coburn m. Edmund Forman
• "Somebody's Mother (The Song of All Mothers)" by James W. Wheeler

Musical theater

• Dorothy, London production
• Erminie, Broadway production
• The Queen Of Hearts, Broadway production

Births

• April 26 - Ma Rainey

Deaths

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