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Old Folks at Home, as sung by Christy's Minstrels in 1851.

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February - Operatic tenor Sims Reeves returns to perform in Dublin with his new wife, soprano Charlotte Emma Lucombe.
February 6 - Schumann's Symphony No. 3 premiered in Düsseldorf, the composer conducting. ([1])
July 23 - Richard Wagner writes down the leitmotif for the "Ride of the Valkyries".
Operatic baritone Hans von Milde marries soprano Rosa Agthe.

"Cora, The Indian Maiden's Song" - Shirley Brooks (w.) Alexander Lee (composer) (m.)
"Old Folks at Home'" (Way Down Upon the Suwannee River) By Stephen Foster
"Ring, Ring, de Banjo" By Stephen Foster
"I Would Not Die in Summer Time" By Stephen Foster
"Laura Lee" By Stephen Foster

Woldemar Bargiel - Piano Trio No. 1 in F major, op. 6
Johannes Brahms - Scherzo in E-flat minor, op. 4
Franz Liszt - Transcendental Etudes for Piano, S 139
George Onslow - Wind quintet opus 81
Anton Rubinstein - Symphony No. 2 (Ocean) (first version)
Robert Schumann -Symphony No. 4 from 1841 revised. First violin sonata, second violin sonata, Der Rose Pilgerfahrt, several oratorios, two concert overtures, third piano trio, also written (third violin sonata dates from 1853)

January 25 - Jan Blockx, pianist, composer and music teacher (d. 1912)
January 27 - Gaspar Villate, composer (d. 1891)
February 12 - Anna Yesipova, pianist (d. 1914)
March 27
- Ruperto Chapí, composer (d. 1909)
- Vincent d'Indy, composer (d. 1931)
May 1 - Ludvig Hegner, composer (d. 1923)
May 6 - Jean-Alexandre Talazac, operatic tenor (d. 1896)
May 7 - Julius Buths, pianist, conductor and composer (d. 1920)
May 17 - Victor Bendix, pianist, conductor and composer (d. 1926)
June 11 - Oscar Borg, composer (d. 1930)
June 12 - Pol Plançon, operatic bass (d. 1914)
August 8 - Walborg Lagerwall, Swedish violinist (d. 1940)
October 11 - Josif Marinković, composer (d. 1931)
October 16 - Viggo Bielefeldt, composer (d. 1909)
November 16 - Minnie Hauk, operatic soprano (d. 1929)
probable - Marie Heilbron, operatic soprano (d. 1886)

January 21 - Albert Lortzing, composer (b. 1801)
January 24 - Gaspare Spontini, composer (b. 1774)
March 6
- Alexander Alyabyev, composer (b. 1787)
- Emma Hartmann, composer (b. 1807)
April 8 - John Parry (Bardd Alaw), harpist and composer (b. 1776)
July 4 - Martin-Joseph Mengal, composer (b. 1784)
July 17 - Béni Egressy, composer and librettist (b. 1814)
August 8 - James Shudi Broadwood, piano-maker (b. 1772)
October 8 - George Alexander Lee, singer, songwriter and opera producer (b. 1802)
December 1 - Carl Dahlén, ballet dancer and choreographer (b. 1770)