1848 in music

1848 in music

Events

* Richard Wagner begins writing libretto that will become Der 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 in Manchester.

Classical music

*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

* "Give Me My Arrows And Give Me My Bow" by Samuel Lover
* "Oh! Susanna!" by Stephen Foster

Musical theater

* "Maritana" New York production opened at the Bowery Theatre on May 4 and ran for 3 performances

Births

*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 Duparc

Deaths

*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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