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Events
- Tannhäuser scandal in Paris.
- Giuseppe Verdi is elected a deputy in the first parliament of the new Italian nation.
Published popular music
- "Abide With Me", w. Rev Henry Francis Lyte m. William Henry Monk (Words 1847)
- "Alice, Where Art Thou", w. Wellington Guernsey m. Joseph Ascher
- "Aura Lea", w. W. W. Fosdick m. George R. Poulton
- "The Bonnie Blue Flag", w. Mrs Annie Chamber-Ketchum m. Harry MacCarthy
- "Eternal Father, Strong To Save", w. William Whiting m. Rev. John Bacchus Dykes
- "Go Down, Moses", trad spiritual
- "Holy! Holy! Holy! Lord God Almighty", w. Reginald Heber m. John Bacchus Dykes
- "I'm Going Home to Dixie", w. Dan Emmett a. C. S. Grafully
- "John Brown's Body", w. anon m. William Steffe
- "Maryland, My Maryland", w. James Ryder Randall m. Walter de Mapers (Music "Mini est Propositum" 12th century)
- "The Vacant Chair", w. Henry S. Washburne m. George Frederick Root
Classical music
- Hermann Goetz - Piano Concerto in E-flat
Opera
- Ferenc Erkel - Bank Ban
- Amilcare Ponchielli - La Savoiarda
Musical theater
- Orpheus In The Underworld by Offenbach, New York production
Births
- February 21 - Pierre de Bréville, composer (d. 1949)
- April 7 - Clara Novello Davies, singer, conductor and music teacher (d. 1943)
- May 19 - Nellie Melba, operatic soprano (d. 1931)
- June 15 - Ernestine Schumann-Heink, operatic contralto (d. 1936)
- June 17 - Sidney Jones, composer of musical comedies (d. 1946)
- June 27 - Fanny Davies, pianist (d. 1934)
- August 11 - Anton Arensky, pianist and composer (d. 1906)
- December 5 - James Thornton, English-born US songwriter and vaudeville comedian (d. 1938)
- December 18 - Lionel Monckton, English composer 9d. 1924)
- date unknown
- Camille D'elmar, opera singer (d. 1902)
- Giuseppe Fiorini, musical instrument maker (d. 1934)
- Sigismund Zaremba, composer (d. 1915)
Deaths
- January 17 - Lola Montez, dancer (b. 1821)
- January 22 - Giovanni Velluti, castrato singer (b. 1780)
- February 12 - Hippolyte André Jean Baptiste Chélard, conductor and composer (b. 1789)
- February 20 - Eugène Scribe, librettist (b. 1791)
- March 14 - Louis Niedermeyer, composer (b. 1802)
- August 9 - Vincent Novello, composer and music publisher (b. 1781)
- October 24 - Elisabeth Frösslind, opera singer (b. 1793)
- December 14 - Heinrich Marschner, composer (b. 1795)
- December 16 - Karol Lipiński, violinist and composer (b. 1790)
- December 18 - Ernst Anschütz, organist, composer and poet (b. 1780)
- December 25 - Natale Abbadia, composer (b. 1792)
- date unknown - Anthony Philip Heinrich, composer (b. 1781)
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