- 1846 in music
Events
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Adolphe Sax patened the "saxophone ".
*Electric lighting is installed at the Paris Opéra.Published popular music
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The Indian's Prayer " w. Anonymous, m. I.B. Woodbury
* "When the Swallows Homeward Fly " w.m.Franz Abt Oratorio * "Elijah" by
Felix Mendelssohn
* "Ruth" by César Auguste FranckClassical music
* "Symphony in C major" ("2nd symphony") -
Robert Schumann Opera
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Julius Benedict - "The Crusaders"
*Hector Berlioz - "La Damnation de Faust"
*Albert Lortzing - "Der Waffenschmied"
*Saverio Mercadante - "Orazi e Curiazi"
*Karel Miry - "Wit en zwart" (opera in 1 act, libretto byHippoliet van Peene , premiered on January 18 inGhent )Births
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January 2 -Sándor Erkel , Hungarian composer, son ofFerenc Erkel
*February 24 -Luigi Denza
*February 26 -George C. Stebbins
*November 2 -Antonio Pena y Goni Deaths
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February 3 -Joseph Weigl the younger, composer and conductor
*February 18 -William Hawes , choirmaster
*April 16 -Domenico Dragonetti , double-bass player
*April 24 -Girolamo Crescentini , "castrato" singer
*August 7 -Johann Heinrich Christian Rinck
*"date unknown" -Mykola Ovsianiko-Kulikovsky , subject of a famous musical hoax
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