1851 in music
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This article is about music-related events in 1851.
Contents
Events
- February – Operatic tenor Sims Reeves returns to perform in Dublin with his new wife, soprano Charlotte Emma Lucombe.
- February 6 – Schumann's Symphony No. 3 receives its première in Düsseldorf, the composer conducting. ([1])
- April 5 – Jenny Lind visits the Mammoth Cave in Kentucky, USA.
- July 23 – Richard Wagner writes down the leitmotif for the "Ride of the Valkyries".
- Operatic baritone Hans von Milde marries soprano Rosa Agthe.
- Eight-year-old Adelina Patti sings in public for the first time.
Published popular music
- "Cora, The Indian Maiden's Song" – Shirley Brooks (w.) Alexander Lee (m.)
- "Old Folks at Home'" (Way Down Upon the Suwannee River) By Stephen Foster
- "Ring, Ring, de Banjo" By Stephen Foster
- "I Would Not Die in Summer Time" By Stephen Foster
- "Laura Lee" By Stephen Foster
Classical music
- Woldemar Bargiel – Piano Trio No. 1 in F major, op. 6
- Johannes Brahms – Scherzo in E-flat minor, op. 4
- Franz Liszt – Transcendental Études for Piano, S 139
- George Onslow – Wind quintet opus 81
- Anton Rubinstein – Symphony No. 2 (Ocean) (first version)
- Robert Schumann -Symphony No. 4 from 1841 revised. First violin sonata, second violin sonata, Der Rose Pilgerfahrt, several oratorios, two concert overtures, third piano trio, also written (third violin sonata dates from 1853)
- Jacques Offenbach - 'Concerto Rondo' for Cello and Orchestra.
Opera
- Félicien-César David – La Perle du Bresil
- Charles Gounod – Sapho
- Albert Lortzing – Die Oprnprobe
- Joachim Raff – König Alfred
- Giuseppe Verdi – Rigoletto
Births
- January 25 – Jan Blockx, pianist, composer and music teacher (d. 1912)
- January 27 – Gaspar Villate, composer (d. 1891)
- February 12 – Anna Yesipova, pianist (d. 1914)
- March 27
- Ruperto Chapí, composer (d. 1909)
- Vincent d'Indy, composer (d. 1931)
- May 1 – Ludvig Hegner, composer (d. 1923)
- May 6 – Jean-Alexandre Talazac, operatic tenor (d. 1896)
- May 7 – Julius Buths, pianist, conductor and composer (d. 1920)
- May 17 – Victor Bendix, pianist, conductor and composer (d. 1926)
- June 11 – Oscar Borg, composer (d. 1930)
- June 12 – Pol Plançon, operatic bass (d. 1914)
- August 8 – Walborg Lagerwall, Swedish violinist (d. 1940)
- October 11 – Josif Marinković, composer (d. 1931)
- October 16 – Viggo Bielefeldt, composer (d. 1909)
- November 5 - Émile Pierre Ratez, composer (d. 1934)
- November 16 – Minnie Hauk, operatic soprano (d. 1929)
- probable – Marie Heilbron, operatic soprano (d. 1886)
Deaths
- January 21 – Albert Lortzing, composer (b. 1801)
- January 24 – Gaspare Spontini, composer (b. 1774)
- March 6
- Alexander Alyabyev, composer (b. 1787)
- Emma Hartmann, composer (b. 1807)
- April 8 – John Parry (Bardd Alaw), harpist and composer (b. 1776)
- July 4 – Martin-Joseph Mengal, composer (b. 1784)
- July 17 – Béni Egressy, composer and librettist (b. 1814)
- August 8 – James Shudi Broadwood, piano-maker (b. 1772)
- October 8 – George Alexander Lee, singer, songwriter and opera producer (b. 1802)
- December 1 – Carl Dahlén, ballet dancer and choreographer (b. 1770)
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