1869 in music

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See also: 1868 in music, other events of 1869, 1870 in music and the list of 'years in music'.

Contents 1 Events 2 Published popular music 3 Opera 4 Classical music 5 Births 6 Deaths

Events

• Edvard Grieg's Piano Concerto is premiered at Copenhagen's Casino (April 3)
• Richard Wagner's opera Das Rheingold debuts at the Königlich Hof- und Nationaltheater in Munich (September 22)

Published popular music

• "Little Brown Jug" by J. Eastburn Winner
• "Now the Day is Over" by w. Sabine Baring-Gould m. Joseph Barnby
• "Shew, Fly! Don't Bother Me!" by T. Bringham Bishop (possibly w. Billy Reeves m. Frank Campbell)
• "Sweet Genevieve" w. George Cooper m. Henry Tucker

Opera

• "Das Rheingold" by Richard Wagner

Classical music

• Ein deutsches Requiem - Cantata by Johannes Brahms

Births

• February 1 - Kerry Mills, US violinist and songwriter
• March 3 - Henry Wood, conductor
• May 5 - Hans Pfitzner, composer
• June 6 - Siegfried Wagner, composer
• June 17 - Sidney Jones, composer
• September 6 - Henry Walford Davies, composer and organist, Master of the King's Musick
• November 8 - J. Bodewalt Lampe, Danish-born composer

Deaths

• March 8 - Hector Berlioz, composer
• April 20 - Carl Loewe, composer, baritone, conductor
• November 29 - Giulia Grisi, opera singer
• December 18 - Louis Moreau Gottschalk, composr and pianistfr:1869 en musique

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