1862 in music

Events

*February 1 - "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" by Julia Ward Howe is published in "Atlantic Monthly".
*August 9 - "Béatrice et Bénédict", opera by Hector Berlioz, debuts in Baden-Baden.
*November 10 - Giuseppe Verdi's opera "La Forza del Destino" debuts in Saint Petersburg.
*Ludwig von Köchel publishes "Chonologisch-thematisches Verzeichnis sämtlicher Tonwerke Wolfgang Amadé Mozarts" ("Catalogue of Mozart's Works" or "The Köchel Catalog").
*Jules Massenet wins the Grand Prix de Rome.
*The Saint Petersburg Conservatory is founded by Anton Rubinstein.
*Edvard Grieg gives his first concert in his home town of Bergen, Norway.
*Stephen Heller and Charles Hallé performMozart's E-flat concerto for two pianos at The Crystal Palace.

Published popular music

*"Here's Your Mule - C. D. Benson
*"The Merry, Merry Month of May" - Stephen Foster
*"Maryland, My Maryland" - James R. Randall

Classical music

*Felix Draeseke - "Fantasiestücke in Walzerform, opus 3: Nr. 1 in B; Nr. 2 in A-flat"
*Asger Hamerik - "Quintetto"
*Joachim Raff - Piano quintet opus 107 in A minor

Opera

*Julius Benedict - "The Lily of Killarney"
*Frederic Clay - "Court and Cottage" (libretto by Tom Taylor)
*Charles Gounod - "La Reine de Saba"
*Franz von Suppé - "Die Kartenschlägerin"

Births

*January 29 - Frederick Delius, composer (d. 1934)
*January 30 - Walter Damrosch, conductor (d. 1950)
*February 13 - Karel Weis, composer (d. 1944)
*February 17 - Edward German, composer
*May 2 - Maurice Emmanuel, composer (died 1938)
* June 27 - May Irwin, actress and singer (d. 1938)
*August 11 - Carrie Jacobs-Bond, US songwriter (d. 1946)
*August 22 - Claude Debussy, composer (d. 1918)
*September 9 - Léon Boëllmann, composer and organist (died 1897)
*October 10 - Arthur De Greef, composer and pianist (d. 1940)
*November 1 - Johan Wagenaar, organist and composer (died 1941)
*December 18 - Moriz Rosenthal, pianist (d. 1946)
*"date unknown" - Marcelle Lender, French singer-dancer and entertainer (d. 1926)

Deaths

*February 5 - Ignaz Franz Castelli, dramatist and songwriter (b. 1780)
*February 7 - František Škroup, composer (b. 1801)
*February 16 - Leopold Schefer, composer and poet (b. 1784)
*March 17 - Fromental Halévy, composer (b. 1799)
*May 21 - Edwin Pearce Christy, founder of Christy's Minstrels (b. 1815) (suicide)
*May 25 - Johann Nestroy, singer and actor (b. 1801)
*August 31 - Ignaz Assmayer, composer (b. 1790)
*December 24 - Joseph Funk, composer and music teacher (b. 1778)
*"date unknown"
**Joseph Fonclause, bow-maker (b. 1799)
**Jon Eriksson Helland, Hardanger fiddle maker (b. 1790)
**Luigi Piccioli, singer and music teacher (b. 1812)
**Geltrude Righetti, operatic contralto (b. 1793)
**Friedrich Ruthardt, oboist and composer (b. 1800)