1849 in music
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[edit] Events
- Pianist and composer Stephen Heller visits London on a concert tour.
- Richard Wagner leaves Dresden after taking part in the May Uprising.
[edit] Classical music
- Franz Liszt - Tasso (symphonic poem)
- Robert Schumann - Manfred
[edit] Opera
- Giacomo Meyerbeer - Il Profeta
- Otto Nicolai - The Merry Wives of Windsor
- Giuseppe Verdi - La battaglia di Legna
[edit] Popular music
- "Nelly Was a Lady" by Stephen Foster
- "Santa Lucia" (first published version)
[edit] Births
- May 26 - Hubert von Herkomer, artist and composer (d. 1914)
- July 18 - Anna Judic, entertainer (d. 1911)
- July 22 - Géza Zichy, disabled pianist (d. 1924)
- August 20 - Selina Dolaro, actress and singer (d. 1889)
- December 4 - Ernesto Köhler, flautist and composer (d. 1907)
- December 14 - François Cellier, conductor and composer (d. 1914)
- date unknown - Antonina Milyukova, wife of Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (d. 1917)
[edit] Deaths
- February 8 - François Antoine Habeneck, violinist and conductor (b. 1781)
- May 11 - Otto Nicolai, composer (b. 1810)
- June 10 - Friedrich Kalkbrenner, pianist and composer (b. 1785)
- September 25 - Johann Strauss I, composer (b. 1804)
- October 17 - Frédéric Chopin, pianist and composer (b. 1810)
- December 14 - Conradin Kreutzer, conductor and composer (b. 1780)
- December 29 - Dionisio Aguado, guitarist and composer (b. 1784)
- date unknown - François de Fossa, guitarist and composer (b. 1775)
