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1858 in music
See also: 1857 in music, other events of 1858, 1859 in music and the list of 'years in music'.
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Events
- None listed
Popular music
- "Can-Can", music by Jacques Offenbach (from his operetta, Orphée Aux Enfers)
Musical theatre
- Orphée Aux Enfers, Paris production opened at the Bouffes-Parisiens on October 21 and ran for 228 performances
Births
- March 30 - DeWolf Hopper , US actor and singer
- April 22 - Ethel Smyth
- June 9 - Billy Golden
- July 2 - Chauncey Olcott
- December 22 - Giacomo Puccini
- unknown date - Eugène Ysaÿe
- unknown date - Hans Rott
- unknown date - Hilda Sehested
Deaths
- April 8 - Anton Diabelli
- September 11 - Alexander Guriliov
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