1884: Ballata for tenor and piano, M'ama non m'ama, scherzo for soprano and piano, Messagio d'amore, Alla luna.
1885: Mascagni conducts Il Re a Napoli in Cremona, romance for tenor and orchestra, on a text by Andrea Maffei. Mascagni leaves Milan without completing his studies. He will tour as conductor in the operetta companies of Vittorio Forlì, Alfonso and Ciro Scognamiglio and, in Genova, the company of Luigi Arnaldo Vassallo.