1866 in music
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[edit] Events
- Sir William Sterndale Bennett becomes Principal of the British Royal Academy of Music.
- May 30 - Bedřich Smetana's opera Prodana Nevesta (The Bartered Bride) debuts in Prague at the Provisional Theater
- August 4 - First performance of Gabriel Fauré's Cantique de Jean Racine
- October 21 - Jacques Offenbach's operetta La Vie Parisienne debuts in Paris's Palais Royale
- November 17 - Ambroise Thomas's opera Mignon debuts in Paris at the Opéra-Comique
[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
- Karel Miry
- Maria van Boergondië (opera in 4 acts, libretto by N. Destanberg, premiered on August 28 in Ghent)
- De Keizer bij de Boeren (opera in 1 act, libretto by N. Destanberg, premiered on October 29 in Ghent)
- De occasie maakt den dief (opera in 1 act, libretto by N. Destanberg, premiered on December 24 in Ghent)
[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 - the first "book musical". Broadway production opened at Niblo's Garden on September 12 and ran for 474 performances
[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
