1856 in music

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See also: 1855 in music, other 1856 events, 1857 in music and the list of 'years in music'.

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

[edit] Events

• Foundation of the Teatro de la zarzuela by Francisco Asenjo Barbieri.
• In St Petersburg, Russia, Mily Balakirev (the leader) meets César Cui, as the first 2 Russian composers of The Mighty Five.

[edit] Published popular music

• Benjamin Hanby - "Darling Nelly Gray"

[edit] Classical music

• Esther, the Beautiful Queen (oratorio) by William B. Bradbury
• Polka Pomnenka by Antonín Dvořák

[edit] Opera

• Alexander Dargomyzhsky - Rusalka
• Aimé Maillart - Les Dragons de Villars

[edit] Births

• January 6 - Giuseppe Martucci
• January 9 - Stevan Mokranjac, composer
• January 11 - Christian Sinding, composer
• May 3 - Max Alvary, Wagnerian tenor
• May - George Templeton Strong, composer and artist
• October 22 - Eduard Schutt, conductor and composer
• December 2 - Robert Kajanus, composer
• December 20 - Ferdinand Avenarius, poet and lyricist, relative of Richard Wagner
• Helen Hopekirk, pianist and composer

[edit] Deaths

• May 3 - Adolphe Adam, French composer
• July 29 - Robert Schumann, composer
• August 5 - Robert Lucas de Pearsall, composer
• August 8 - Lucia Elizabeth Vestris, actress and singer
• October 14 - Johann Kaspar Mertz, guitarist and composer
• date unknown - Thomas Attwood Walmisley, composer and organise