Year:1891

Quintet for clarinet and strings in b minor (op. 115). In 1891 composed by Johannes Brahms 


 * Sergei Rachmaninoff composes his Piano Concerto No. 1, op. 1


 * In Vienna, at the Theater an der Wien, the premiere of the operetta Der Vogelhändler by Karl Zeller


 * Antonin Dvořák writes the overtures In nature Opus 91 and Karneval op. 92


 * Paul Dukas composes a Polyeucte, Overture for Orchestra

Premieres '


 * 31 January: first performance of Symphony No. 4 by Asger Hamerik


 * 16 February: first performance of Six character pieces for violin and piano by Johan Halvorsen


 * 14 april: first performance of Rabnabryllaup uti Kraakjalund by Halvorsen


 * 20 november: first performance of sangenes bog af Holger Drachmann was not successful af Christian Sinding 's