1866 in music

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See also: 1865 in music, other events of 1866, 1867 in music and the list of 'years in music'.

Contents 1 Events 2 Published popular music 3 Classical music 4 Opera 5 Musical theater 6 Births 7 Deaths

[edit] Events

• Sir William Sterndale Bennett becomes Principal of the British Royal Academy of Music.
• Bedřich Smetana's opera Prodana Nevesta (The Bartered Bride) debuts in Prague at the Provisional Theater (May 30)
• Jacques Offenbach's operetta La Vie Parisienne debuts in Paris's Palais Royale (October 21)
• Ambroise Thomas's opera Mignon debuts in Paris at the Opéra-Comique (November 17)

[edit] Published popular music

• "Come Back To Erin" w.m. Claribel
• "When You and I Were Young, Maggie" by James A. Butterfield & George Washington Johnson
• "Write Me A Letter Home"     w.m. Will S. Hays

[edit] Classical music

• Georges Bizet - La jolie fille de Perth: suite
• Felix Draeseke - Fantasie on Themes from Boieldieus "Weisse Dame"
• Johann Gottfried Piefke - Königgrätzer Marsch
• Amilcare Ponchielli - Concerto for Trumpet in F major
• Franz von Suppé - Light Cavalry Overture

[edit] Opera

[edit] Musical theater

• La Belle Hélène (Lyrics: Henri Meilhac & Ludovic Halévy Music: Jacques Offenbach) London production opened at the Adelphi Theatre on June 30
• The Black Crook

[edit] Births

• January 13 - Vasily Kalinnikov, composer (d. 1901)
• April 1 - Ferruccio Busoni, pianist, composer
• May 17 - Erik Satie, composer
• June 15 - Charles Wood, composer
• June 30 - Harry Tally, tenor
• July 26 - Francesco Cilea, composer
• date unknown - La Goulue, can-can dancer

[edit] Deaths

• January 25 - Minna Wagner, estranged wife of Richard Wagner
• February 6 - Anna Liszt, pianist and mother of Franz Liszt
• March 4 - Alexander Campbell, hymn-book compiler
• November 26 - Adrien-Francois Servais, cellist