1851 in music
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See also: 1850 in music, other events of 1851, 1852 in music and the list of 'years in music'.
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Events
- February 6 - Schumann's Symphony No. 3 premiered in Düsseldorf, the composer conducting. ([1])
Published popular music
- "Old Folks At Home'" (Way Down Upon the Swanee River) By Stephen Foster
- "Ring, Ring, de Banjo" By Stephen Foster
- "I Would Not Die in Summer Time" By Stephen Foster
- "Laura Lee" By Stephen Foster
Classical music
- Woldemar Bargiel - Piano Trio No. 1 in F major, op. 6
- Johannes Brahms - Scherzo in E-flat minor, op. 4
- Franz Liszt - Transcendental Etudes for Piano, S 139
- Georges Onslow - Wind quintet opus 81
- Anton Rubinstein - Symphony No. 2 (Ocean) (first version)
- Robert Schumann -Symphony No. 4 from 1841 revised. First violin sonata, second violin sonata, Der Rose Pilgerfahrt, several oratorios, two concert overtures, third piano trio, also written (third violin sonata dates from 1853)
Opera
- La Perle du Bresil by Felicien Cesar David
- Die Oprnprobe by Albert Lortzing
- Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi
Births
- March 27 - Vincent d'Indy, composer
- April 7 - Otto Adolf Klauwell
- May 17 - Victor Bendix
Deaths
- January 21 - Albert Lortzing, composer
- January 24 - Gaspare Spontini, composer
- February 22 (old style?) - Alexander Aliabiev, composer (b. 1787)
- April 8 - John Parry



