- 1848 in music
Events
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Richard Wagner begins writing libretto that will becomeDer Ring des Nibelungen ("The Ring of the Nibelung").
*Franz Liszt takes up full-time post as conductor to the Weimar court orchestra
*Charles Hallé settles inManchester .Classical music
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George Onslow - "Quintet for Piano and Strings no 2 in G major"
*Pietro Raimondi - "Putifar-Giuseppe-Giacobbe" (oratorio)
*Johann Strauss I - "Radetzky March"Opera *
Giuseppe Verdi - "Il corsaro"Popular music
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Give Me My Arrows And Give Me My Bow " bySamuel Lover
* "Oh! Susanna!" byStephen Foster Musical theater
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Maritana " New York production opened at theBowery Theatre onMay 4 and ran for 3 performancesBirths
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February 23 -Thomas Paine Westendorf , composer
*27 February -Hubert Parry , composer
*March 31 -John Henry Roberts , composer
*September 5 -Manuel Giro , composer
*October 8 -Pierre De Geyter , composer
*"unknown date" -Otto Malling
*"unknown date" - Henri DuparcDeaths
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February 16 -Sophie Stebnowska , singer, actress and harpsichordist (b. 1753)
*April 8 -Gaetano Donizetti , composer (b. 1797) (syphilis)
*August 5 (or 6) -Nicola Vaccai , opera composer (b. 1790)
*"date unknown" -Márk Rózsavölgyi , violinist and composer (b. 1789)
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