1872 in music: Meaning (information, definition, explanation, facts)

See also: 1871 in music, other events of 1872, 1873 in music and the list of 'years in music'.

Events

• "Moonlight on the Potomac" by John Philip Sousa
• "You Never Miss the Water Till the Well Runs Dry" by Harry Linn & Rollin Howard
• "Only a Dream" by George Cooper & William Vincent Wallace

• La Fille De Madame Angot, Brussels production
• La Vie Parisienne, London production

• Ben Harney
• July 8 - Harry Von Tilzer
• August 10 - Bill Johnson
• October 12 - Ralph Vaughan Williams