See also: 1849 in music, other events of 1850, 1851 in music and the list of 'years in music'.

Contents

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

Events

• None listed

Published popular music

• Camptown Races by Stephen Foster
• Nelly Bly by Stephen Foster

Opera

• Lohengrin by Richard Wagner
• Genoveva by Robert Schumann

Births

• March 9 - Alexandre Luigini, composer
• December 29 - Tomás Bretón , composer
• unknown date - Franz Xaver Scharwenka, composer

Deaths

• January 27 - Philipp Roth, composer