1853 in music

Events

*Heinrich Engelhard Steinweg sets up in business as a piano manufacturer in New York City, and the firm of Steinway and Sons is born.
*The piano manufacturer C. Bechstein Pianofortefabrik is founded by Carl Bechstein in Berlin.

Published popular music

* "Farewell My Lilly Dear" by Stephen Foster
* "My Cottage Home" w.m. Alice Hawthorne
* "My Old Kentucky Home" by Stephen Foster
* "P'tit quinquin" (in Picard) by Alexandre Desrousseaux

Classical music

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Opera

*Victor Massé - "Les noces de Jeannette"
*Karel Miry - "Anne Mie" (opera in 1 act, premiered on October 9 in Antwerp)
*Giuseppe Verdi
**"Il Trovatore" (premiered on January 19 in Rome)
**"La Traviata" (premiered on March 6 in Venice)

Births

*July 24 - Alessandro Parisotti, composer and music editor (d. 1913)
*November 23 - Giuseppina Bozzachi, ballerina (d. 1870)
*December 22 - Teresa Carreño, pianist, singer, conductor and composer (d. 1917)
*December 30 - André Messager, composer (d. 1929)
*"date unknown" - Alfonso Rendano, pianist (d. 1931)

Deaths

*January 16 - Matteo Carcassi, guitarist and composer (b. 1792)
*March 15 - Giovanni Ricordi, violinist (b. 1785)
*October 3 - George Onslow, composer (b. 1784)
*October 29 - Pierre-Joseph-Guillaume Zimmermann, pianist, composer and music teacher (b. 1785)
*October 30 - Pietro Raimondi, composer (b. 1786)
*December 5 - Johann Peter Heuschkel, oboist, organist and composer (b. 1773)
*December 5 - Jeanette Wässelius, operatic soprano
*"date unknown" - James Hill, folk musician (b. c. 1811)