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Premieres
- January 5th: On České Divadlo in Prague Prozatímní the premiere of the opera The Brandenburger in Bohemia by Bedřich Smetana takes place. However, after initial great success, the factory can not keep long term on the stage.
- February 5: At the Théâtre des Variétés Jacques Offenbach's operetta Barbe- Bleue ( Bluebeard ) will be premiered. The libretto is by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy.
- March 21: On Carl theater in Vienna will be premiered Franz von Suppé operetta Light Cavalry with Charles Costas libretto. Today, it is known only by its world-famous overture.
- May 27: The premiere of the opera by Johann Joseph Abert Astorga takes place in Stuttgart.
- May 30: The comic opera The Bartered Bride by Bedřich Smetana, to a libretto by Karel Sabina has its world premiere in Prague.
- July 3: After defeating Prussian forces at the Battle of Hradec Králové on the Austrian army military musician Johann Gottfried Piefke composes allegedly still on the battlefield the Königgrätzer march.
- October 31: At the Théâtre du Palais -Royal in Paris, the Parisian life operetta by Jacques Offenbach premiered, which is one of his most successful works. Also this libretto is by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy.
- November 17: The opera Mignon by Ambroise Thomas will be premiered with success at the Opéra -Comique in Paris. The libretto was by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré as a template a small part from the novel Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.
Club -ups
- The Berlin amateur orchestra club is founded.
Others
- July 3: On the occasion of the victory of the Prussians over the Austrians at the Battle of Hradec Kralove composed of Prussian military musician Johann Gottfried Piefke the Königgrätzer march.
- Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky wrote his first symphony.
Born
- JANUARY 9: Robert Leffler, German singer, actor and director († 1940)
- JANUARY 13: Vasily Sergeyevich Kalinnikow, Russian composer († 1901)
- February 5: Rosetter Gleason Cole, American composer († 1952)
- February 6: Henri Letocart, French organist and composer († 1945)
- FEBRUARY 10: Bror Beckman, Swedish composer († 1929)
- February 13: Hugo Roehr, German composer († 1937)
- FEBRUARY 16:. Johann Strauss III, Austrian composer and conductor († 1939)
- March 28: Max Bendix, American violinist and conductor († 1945)
- April 1: Ferruccio Busoni, an Italian pianist, composer, conductor and music teacher († 1924)
- October 2: Friedrich Griitzmacher, German cellist († 1919)
- October 19: Clarence Lucas, Canadian composer, conductor and music educator († 1947)
- October 25: Georg Schumann, German composer, conductor, music educator, professor, director of the Sing- Akademie zu Berlin († 1952)
- NOV 7: Paul Lincke, German composer and conductor († 1946)
- November 29: Waldemar von Baußnern, German composer and music educator († 1931)
- Domingo Brescia, Italian composer († 1939)
Died
- January 6: Louis Antoine Ponchard, French opera singer (* 1787)
- March 4: Félix Danjou, French organist, composer and musicologist (* 1812)
- MARCH 19: Louis Clapisson, French composer (* 1808)
- 20 March: Rikard Nordraak, Norwegian composer (* 1842)
- April 2: Simon Leborne, French composer and music teacher (* 1797)
- May 17: Adolf Bernhard Marx, German composer and musicologist (* 1795)
- July 25: Claude Paris, French composer (* 1808)
- September 1: Eugène Walckiers, French flutist and composer (* 1793)
- September 26: Carl Jonas Love Almqvist, Swedish writer and composer (* 1793)
- November 3: Adrien- François Servais, Belgian cellist and composer (* 1807)
- December 1: Jules Auguste Demersseman, French flutist and composer (* 1833)
- December 3: Jan Václav Kalivoda, Bohemian composer (* 1801)
- December 6: Karl Pfaff, German educator, historian and singer father (* 1795)