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'.

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

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