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Old Folks at Home, as sung by Christy's Minstrels in 1851.

This article is about music-related events in 1851.

Events

• February – Operatic tenor Sims Reeves returns to perform in Dublin with his new wife, soprano Charlotte Emma Lucombe.
• February 6 – Schumann's Symphony No. 3 receives its première in Düsseldorf, the composer conducting. ()
• March 11 – Giuseppe Verdi's opera Rigoletto is first performed at La Fenice in Venice.
• April 5 – Jenny Lind visits the Mammoth Cave in Kentucky, USA.
• July 23 – Richard Wagner writes down the leitmotif for the "Ride of the Valkyries".
• Operatic baritone Hans von Milde marries soprano Rosa Agthe.
• Eight-year-old Adelina Patti sings in public for the first time.

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 Études for Piano, S 139
• Franz Liszt - Grandes études de Paganini
• 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, oratorio
  • Third piano trio
  • Mädchenlieder , Op. 103
  • 7 Lieder, Op. 104
  • 3 Fantasiestücke, for piano
  • Märchenbilder, for piano and viola
• Jacques Offenbach - 'Concerto Rondo' for Cello and Orchestra.

Opera

• Félicien-César David – La Perle du Bresil
• Charles Gounod – Sapho
• Albert Lortzing – Die Oprnprobe
• Joachim Raff – König Alfred
• Giuseppe Verdi – Rigoletto

Births

• January 25 – Jan Blockx, pianist, composer and music teacher (d. 1912)
• January 27 – Gaspar Villate, composer (d. 1891)
• February 12 – Anna Yesipova, pianist (d. 1914)
• March 27
  • Ruperto Chapí, composer (d. 1909)
  • Vincent d'Indy, composer (d. 1931)
• May 1 – Ludvig Hegner, composer (d. 1923)
• May 6
  • Aristide Bruant, French singer (d. 1925)
  • Jean-Alexandre Talazac, operatic tenor (d. 1896)
• May 7 – Julius Buths, pianist, conductor and composer (d. 1920)
• May 17 – Victor Bendix, pianist, conductor and composer (d. 1926)
• June 11 – Oscar Borg, composer (d. 1930)
• June 12 – Pol Plançon, operatic bass (d. 1914)
• August 8 – Walborg Lagerwall, Swedish violinist (d. 1940)
• October 11 – Josif Marinković, composer (d. 1931)
• October 16 – Viggo Bielefeldt, composer (d. 1909)
• November 5 - Émile Pierre Ratez, composer (d. 1934)
• November 16 – Minnie Hauk, operatic soprano (d. 1929)
• 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)
  • Emma Hartmann, composer (b. 1807)
• April 8 – John Parry (Bardd Alaw), harpist and composer (b. 1776)
• July 4 – Martin-Joseph Mengal, composer (b. 1784)
• July 17 – Béni Egressy, composer and librettist (b. 1814)
• August 8 – James Shudi Broadwood, piano-maker (b. 1772)
• October 8 – George Alexander Lee, singer, songwriter and opera producer (b. 1802)
• December 1 – Carl Dahlén, ballet dancer and choreographer (b. 1770)

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