1869 in music

1869 in music

See also: 1868 in music, other events of 1869, 1870 in music and the list of 'years in music'.

Table of contents

1 Events
2 Published popular music
3 Opera
4 Classical music
5 Births
6 Deaths

Events

Edvard Grieg's Piano Concerto is premiered at Copenhagen's Casino (April 3)
Richard Wagner's opera Das Rheingold debuts at the K�niglich Hof- und Nationaltheater in Munich (September 22)

Published popular music

"Little Brown Jug" by R.E. Eastburn
"Now the Day is Over" by Joseph Barnby
"Shew, Fly! Don't Bother Me!" by T. Bringham Bishop
"Sweet Genevieve" w.m. Henry Tucker

Opera

"Das Rheingold" by Richard Wagner

Classical music

Ein Deutsches Requiem - Cantata by Johannes Brahms

Births

March 3 - Henry Wood, conductor
May 5 - Hans Pfitzner, composer
June 6 - Siegfried Wagner, composer
June 17 - Sidney Jones, composer
November 8 - J. Bodewalt Lampe, Danish-born composer

Deaths

March 8 - Hector Berlioz, composer
April 20 - Carl Loewe, composer, baritone, conductor

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