1852 in music

Events

*Michael William Balfe sets off for Danzig to visit his daughter.

Popular hits

* "Massa's in de Cold Cold Ground" by Stephen Foster

Classical music

*Joachim Raff - "Two Lieder" with words by Gotthold Logau

Opera

*Fredrik Pacius - "Kung Karls jakt"

Births

*March 6 - Josef Bayer, composer and music director (d. 1913)
*April 5 - Franz Eckert, bandmaster and composer (d. 1916)
*June 28 - Hans Huber, composer (d. 1921)
*July 3 - Rafael Joseffy, pianist and composer (d. 1915)
*September 30 - Sir Charles Villiers Stanford, composer (d. 1924)
*November 21 - Francisco Tárrega, guitarist and composer (d. 1909)
*"unknown date" - Henrique Oswald, composer (d. 1931)

Deaths

*February 25 - Thomas Moore, poet and songwriter (b. 1779)
*March 5 - Marie Françoise Sophie Gay, librettist (b. 1776)
*March 7 - Jacopo Ferretti, librettist (b. 1784)
*June 6 - Tommaso Marchesi, composer (b. 1773)
*July 17 - Salvatore Cammarano, librettist (b. 1801)
*September 20 - Anton Weidinger, trumpet virtuoso (b. 1767)
*"date unknown" - Ulrika Åberg, ballerina (b. 1771)