1826 in music

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Table of contents

1 Events
2 Popular Music
3 Opera
4 Births
5 Deaths

Events

Popular Music

"The Old Oaken Bucket" by Samuel Woodworth
"Shenandoah (Across The Wide Missouri)" trad. US

Opera

Oberon first performed in London. Music by Carl Maria von Weber and libretto by James Robinson PlanchÃÂÃÂ©.
Gabriella di Vergy, Gaetano Donizetti

Births

July 4 - Stephen Foster, songwriter
August 28 - Walter Cecil Macfarren

Deaths

March 11 - Gervais-Francois Couperin
April 13 - Franz Danzi
June 5 - Carl Maria von Weber