- 1838 in music
Events
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March 7 –Jenny Lind , the "Swedish Nightingale" debuts at theStockholm Opera
*Giovanni Ricordi buysGiuseppe Verdi 's copyrights.
*Frédéric Chopin begins his affair withGeorge Sand .Popular music
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Annie Laurie ", words (1688)William Douglas , music Lady John Scott (Alicia Ann Spottiswoode )
* "'Tis Home Where'er the Heart Is" - words byRobert Dale Owen , music byJohn Hill Hewitt ( [http://pdmusic.org/hewitt.html] )Classical music
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Franz Lachner - "Frauenliebe und -leben"
*Robert Schumann - "Kinderszenen ", Op. 15
*William Sterndale Bennett - "Piano Concerto No. 4" op. 19 [cite journal
last = Cope
first = Andrew
authorlink =
coauthors =
title = Sterndale Bennett's G Minor Adagio
journal =The Musical Times
volume = 122
issue = 1660
pages = 373, 374
publisher = Musical Times Publications Ltd.
date = Jun. 1981
url = http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0027-4666%28198106%29122%3A1660%3C373%3ASBGMA%3E2.0.CO%3B2-4
doi =10.2307/960949
id =
accessdate =2007-03-18 ]Opera *
Hector Berlioz - "Benvenuto Cellini"
*Albert Grisar - "Lady Melvil"Births
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January 6 -Max Bruch , composer
*July 9 -Philip Bliss
*October 25 -Georges Bizet , French composerDeaths
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January 13 -Ferdinand Ries , composer and pianist (born 1784)
*March 2 -Johann Christian Ludwig Abeille , composer (born 1761)
*March 24 - Thomas Attwood, organist and composer (b. 1765)
*April 29 -Joseph von Henikstein , patron of the arts and friend of Mozart (b. 1768)
*July 28 -Bernhard Henrik Crusell , clarinet player and composer (b. 1775)
*August 17 -Lorenzo Da Ponte , librettist
*December 26 -Franciszek Lessel , composer (born 1780)References
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