1838 in music
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See also: 1837 in music, other events of 1838, 1839 in music and the list of 'years in music'.
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[edit] Events
- March 7 – Jenny Lind, the "Swedish Nightingale" debuts at the Stockholm Opera
- Giovanni Ricordi buys Giuseppe Verdi's copyrights.
- Frédéric Chopin begins his affair with George Sand.
[edit] Popular music
- "Annie Laurie", words (1688) William Douglas, music Lady John Scott (Alicia Ann Spottiswoode)
- "'Tis Home Where'er the Heart Is" - words by Robert Dale Owen, music by John Hill Hewitt ([1])
[edit] Classical music
- Franz Lachner - Frauenliebe und -leben
- Robert Schumann - Kinderszenen, Op. 15
- William Sterndale Bennett - Piano Concerto No. 4 op. 19 [1]
[edit] Opera
- Hector Berlioz - Benvenuto Cellini
- Albert Grisar - Lady Melvil
[edit] Births
- January 6 - Max Bruch, composer
- July 9 - Philip Bliss
- October 25 - Georges Bizet, French composer
[edit] Deaths
- January 13 - Ferdinand Ries, composer and pianist (born 1784)
- March 2 - Johann Christian Ludwig Abeille, (born 1761)
- March 24 - Thomas Attwood
- July 28 - Bernhard Henrik Crusell
- August 17 - Lorenzo Da Ponte
- September 7 - Joseph Panny
- September 8 - Pietro Rovelli
- December 26 - Franciszek Lessel (born 1780)
[edit] references
- ^ Cope, Andrew (Jun. 1981). "Sterndale Bennett's G Minor Adagio". The Musical Times 122 (1660): 373, 374. DOI:10.2307/960949. Retrieved on 2007-03-18.
