1865 in music
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Events
Premieres
Others
- October 7: The Viennese folk singer Johann Prince opened the Prince Theatre in Vienna's Prater.
- On the occasion of a competition in Leipzig written by the Bohemian composer Antonín Dvořák his First and his Second Symphony.
- Heinrich Kreissle of Hellborn published his basic biography of Franz Schubert.
- The Industrial Nikolaus Dumba becomes head of the Vienna Men's Choral Association.
Born
- January 8 Winnaretta Singer, American patroness of music († 1943)
- JANUARY 22: Jean Paul Ertel, German composer († 1933)
- February 5: Harvey Worthington Loomis, American composer († 1930)
- MAY 5: Ede Donáth, Hungarian-Jewish conductor and composer († 1945)
- MAY 25: Mathilde Verne, English pianist and music teacher († 1936)
- June 5: Felicjan Szopski, Polish composer, music educator and critic († 1939)
- 9 June: Alberic Magnard, French composer († 1914)
- 9 June: Carl Nielsen, Danish composer and conductor († 1931)
- June 15: Paul Gilson, Belgian composer and professor († 1942)
- July 6th: Emil Jaques- Dalcroze, Swiss composer and music teacher († 1950)
- JULY 21: Robert Kahn, German composer and music educator († 1951)
- August 10: Alexander Konstantinovich Glazunov, Russian composer († 1936)
- August 13: Emma Eames, American opera singer (soprano) and voice teacher († 1952)
- September 22: Jules Caffot, French organist and composer († 1942)
- OCTOBER 1: Paul Dukas, French composer († 1935)
- OCTOBER 28: Pierre Kunc, French composer and organist († 1941)
- December 3: Gustav Jenner, German composer († 1920)
- December 8: Jean Sibelius, Finnish composer († 1957)
- William C. Carl, American organist and music teacher († 1936)
- Percival J. Illsley, Canadian composer, organist, choir director and music teacher († 1924)
Died
- JANUARY 23: Josef Leopold Zvonař, Czech composer (* 1824)
- JANUARY 28: Felice Romani, Italian opera librettist (* 1788)
- April 5: Johann Nepomuk Kanka, Bohemian lawyer and composer (* 1772)
- July 21: Ludwig Schnorr von Carol Field, German opera singer ( heroic tenor ) (* 1836)
- October 14: Cyprian Marianne Frederick Romberg, German cellist (* 1807)
- DECEMBER 18: Francisco Manuel da Silva, Brazilian composer (* 1795)