1860 in music
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Events
- January 1 – Julius Friedländer buys the Leipzig music publishing house, CF Peters.[1]
- February 9 – The second "Querelle des Bouffons" is sparked when Hector Berlioz criticizes of Richard Wagner's music in the Journal des débats.[1] Wagner responds on February 15.
- February 10 - The Serenade No. 2 in A, Op. 16 by Johannes Brahms is given its first public performance in Hamburg.
- March 3 - The Serenade No. 1 in D, Op. 11 by Johannes Brahms is given its first public performance in Hanover.
- April 9 – Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville records himself singing "Au Clair de la Lune" – the first known recording of the human voice.
- May 4 – Charles Bacon's bronze statue of the late Felix Mendelssohn is unveiled at Crystal Palace in London.[1]
- September 14 – Franz Liszt makes a will.[1]
- October 22 – The city of Weimar pays tribute to Franz Liszt with a torchlight procession and honorary citizenship.[1]
- The first Viennese operetta, Das Pensionat by Franz von Suppé, is premièred at the Theater an der Wien
- First official National Eisteddfod of Wales is held at Denbigh.
- and to include the famous song Battle Cry of Freedom
Published popular music
- "Down Among the Cane-Brakes" by Stephen Foster
- "Kalinka" by Ivan Larionov
- "Lincoln and Liberty" words by Jesse Hutchinson, Jr.
- "Mary Of Argyle" words by Charles H. Jefferys, music by Sidney Nelson
- "Old Black Joe" by Stephen Foster
- "Virginia Belle" by Stephen Foster
- "When the Corn Is Waving, Annie Dear" by Charles Blamphin
- "I'll Twine 'Mid the Ringlets" words by Maud Irving, music by Joseph Philbrick Webster
Classical music
- Johannes Brahms
- Vier Gesänge, for women's chorus, two horns and harp, Op. 17
- String Sextet No. 1 in B-flat major, Op. 18
- Franz Liszt – First of the Mephisto Waltzes
- Anton Rubinstein – Soirées à Saint-Pétersbourg
Opera
- Flor van Duyse – Teniers te Grimbergen (libretto by Prudens van Duyse, premiered at Ghent)
- Stanislaw Moniuszko – Hrabina
Musical theater
- Orphée Aux Enfers, Vienna production
Births
- March 13 – Hugo Wolf, composer (d. 1903)
- May 5 – Pietro Floridia, composer (d. 1932)
- May 29 – Isaac Albéniz, pianist and composer (d. 1909)
- June 25 – Gustave Charpentier, composer (d. 1956)
- July 7
- Florence Farr, actress and composer (d. 1917)
- Gustav Mahler, conductor and composer (d. 1911)
- September 1 – Cleofonte Campanini, conductor (d. 1919)
- September 18 – Alberto Franchetti, opera composer (d. 1942)
- November 6 – Ignacy Jan Paderewski, pianist (d. 1941)
- November 27 – Victor Ewald, composer (d. 1935)
- December 4 – Lillian Russell, US singer and actress (d. 1922)
- December 18 – Edward MacDowell, pianist and composer (d. 1908)
- December 20 – Dan Leno, English music hall comedian, dancer and singer (d. 1904)
- December 28 – Harry B. Smith, US songwriter (d. 1936)
Deaths
- January 26 – Wilhelmine Schröder-Devrient, opera singer (b. 1804)
- March 6 – Justus Johann Friedrich Dotzauer, French cellist and composer (b. 1783)
- March 14 – Louis Antoine Jullien, conductor and composer (b. 1812)
- May 21 – Johannes Frederik Fröhlich, violinist, conductor and composer (b. 1806)
- June 21 – Mykola Markevych, musician, composer and poet (b. 1804)
- August 26 – Friedrich Silcher, composer (b. 1789)
- September 25 – Carl Friedrich Zöllner, composer and choirmaster (b. 1800)
- November 27 – Ludwig Rellstab, critic (b. 1799)
- date unknown
- James Barr, composer (b. 1779)
- Veena Kuppayyar, composer of Carnatic music (b. 1798)
References
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