1849 in music

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See also: 1848 in music, other events of 1849, 1850 in music and the list of 'years in music'.

Contents 1 Events 2 Opera 3 Classical music 4 Popular music 5 Births 6 Deaths

Events

• Pianist and composer Stephen Heller visits London on a concert tour.

Opera

• Il Profeta - Giacomo Meyerbeer
• The Merry Wives of Windsor - Otto Nicolai

Classical music

• Tasso, symphonic poem by Franz Liszt

Popular music

• "Nelly Was a Lady" by Stephen Foster

Births

• Emma Abbott
• July 15 - Moritz Heuzenroeder
• date unknown - Antonina Milyukova, wife of Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Deaths

• February 13 - Christian Rummel
• May 11 - Otto Nicolai
• June 10 - Friedrich Kalkbrenner, pianist and composer
• September 25 - Johann Strauss I
• October 17 - Frédéric Chopin
• December 14 - Conradin Kreutzer, conductor and composer
• December 29 - Dionisio Aguado, guitarist and composer