1856 in music
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[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
- Stephen Foster - "Gentle Annie"
- 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] Musical theater
- Hiawatha. Broadway production opened at Wallack's Lyceum Theatre on December 25 and ran for 24 performances.
- Novelty (Music: Thomas Baker). Broadway production opened at Laura Keene's Variety House on February 22.
[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 organist
