1843 in music
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See also: 1842 in music, other events of 1843, 1844 in music and the list of 'years in music'.
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Events
- February 6 - The first minstrel show in the United States The Virginia Minstrels opens at the Bowery Amphitheatre in New York City.
Popular music
- "Columbia, Gem of the Ocean" by Thomas Becket
- "I Dreamt I Dwelt In Marble Halls" w. Alfred Bunn m. Michael William Balfe from the light opera The Bohemian Girl
- "Then You'll Remember Me" w. Alfred Bunn m. Michael William Balfe from the light opera The Bohemian Girl
Classical music
- Franz Berwald - Symphony No. 1 in G minor, "Sérieuse"
- Niels Gade - Symphony No. 1
Opera and Musical theater
- 27 November - Michael William Balfe's The Bohemian Girl debuts in London at the Theatre Royal in Drury Lane
- Gaetano Donizetti - Don Pasquale
- Giuseppe Verdi' - I Lombardi
- Richard Wagner - The Flying Dutchman
Births
- April 8 - Asger Hamerik, composer
- June 15 - Edvard Grieg, composer
- August 5 - James Scott Skinner
Deaths
- January 11 - Francis Scott Key, poet and songwriter
- April 14 - Josef Lanner, Viennese composer
