1843 in music
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See also: 1842 in music, other events of 1843, 1844 in music and the list of 'years in music'.
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[edit] Events
- February 6 - The Virginia Minstrels perform the first minstrel show (Bowery Amphitheatre, New York City).
[edit] Popular music
- "Columbia, Gem of the Ocean" by Thomas Becket
- "I Dreamt I Dwelt In Marble Halls" w. Alfred Bunn m. Michael William Balfe from the light opera The Bohemian Girl
- "Old Dan Tucker", usually attributed to Dan Emmett
- "Then You'll Remember Me" w. Alfred Bunn m. Michael William Balfe from the light opera The Bohemian Girl
[edit] Classical music
- Franz Berwald - Symphony No. 1 in G minor, "Sérieuse"
- Niels Gade - Symphony No. 1
[edit] Opera and Musical theater
- 27 November - Michael William Balfe's The Bohemian Girl debuts in London at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane
- Julius Benedict - The Bride of Venice
- Gaetano Donizetti - Don Pasquale
- Giuseppe Verdi' - I Lombardi
- Richard Wagner - The Flying Dutchman
[edit] Births
- March 6 - Arthur Napoleão dos Santos, Brazilian composer
- March 16 - Louis Gregh, composer and publisher
- April 8 - Asger Hamerik, composer
- May 20 - Miguel Marqués, Spanish composer
- May 29 - Emile Pessard, French composer
- June 13 - Adolf Neuendorff, German-American composer, conductor, pianist and violonist
- June 15 - Edvard Grieg, composer
- June 19 - Charles Edouard Lefebvre, French composer
- June 20 - Fyodor Stravinsky, opera singer
- August 4 - Flor van Duyse, Belgian composer and musicologist
- August 5 - James Scott Skinner
- August 19 - Sándor Bertha, Hungarian composer
- August 20 - Christina Nilsson, operatic soprano
- August 26 - Georg August Lumbye, Danish composer, son of Hans Christian Lumbye
- September 4 - Ján Levoslav Bella, Slovak composer
- November 2 - Elek Erkel, Hungarian composer, son of Ferenc Erkel
- November 10 - Gialdino Gialdini, Italian composer
- December 13 - George Stephanescu, Romanian composer
- December 22 - Julius Bechgaard, Danish composer
date unknown - Eduard Holst, Danish composer
[edit] Deaths
- January 11 - Francis Scott Key, poet and songwriter
- April 14 - Josef Lanner, Viennese composer
