1846 in music
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See also: 1845 in music, other events of 1846, 1847 in music and the list of 'years in music'.
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Events
- Adolphe Sax invents the "saxophone"
Published popular music
- "When The Swallows Homeward Fly" w.m. Franz Abt
Oratorio
- Elijah by Felix Mendelssohn
- Ruth by César Auguste Franck
Classical music
- Symphony in C major (2nd symphony) - Robert Schumann
Opera
- La Damnation de Faust - Hector Berlioz
- Der Waffenschmied - Albert Lortzing
- Orazi e Curiazi - Saverio Mercadante
Births
- January 2 - Sandor Erkel
- February 24 - Luigi Denza
- February 26 - George C. Stebbins
- November 2 - Antonio Pena y Goni
Deaths
- February 18 - William Hawes, choirmaster
- April 16 - Domenico Dragonetti, double-bass player
- April 24 - Girolamo Crescentini, castrato singer
- August 7 - Johann Heinrich Christian Rinck
