1851 in music

Events

*February 6 - Schumann's "Symphony No. 3" premiered in Düsseldorf, the composer conducting. ( [http://www.lasr.cs.ucla.edu/geoff/prognotes/schumann/symphony3.html] )

Published popular music

* "Cora, The Indian Maiden's Song" - Shirley Brooks (w.) Alexander Lee (m.)
* "Old Folks at Home'" ("Way Down Upon the Suwannee 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"
*George 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

*Félicien-César David - "La Perle du Bresil"
*Charles Gounod - "Sappho"
*Albert Lortzing - "Die Oprnprobe"
*Joachim Raff - "König Alfred"
*Giuseppe Verdi - "Rigoletto"

Births

*February 12 - Anna Yesipova, pianist (d. 1914)
*March 27 - Vincent d'Indy, composer (d. 1931)
*June 11 - Oscar Borg, composer (d. 1930)
*October 11 - Josif Marinković, composer (d. 1931)
*"probable" - Marie Heilbron, operatic soprano (d. 1886)

Deaths

*January 21 - Albert Lortzing, composer (b. 1801)
*January 24 - Gaspare Spontini, composer (b. 1774)
*March 6 - Alexander Alyabyev, composer (b. 1787)
*April 8 - John Parry (Bardd Alaw), harpist and composer (b. 1776)
*July 17 - Béni Egressy, composer and librettist (b. 1814)