1844 in music

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See also: 1843 in music, other events of 1844, 1845 in music and the list of 'years in music'.

Table of contents

1 Events
2 Popular music
3 Classical music
4 Opera
5 Births
6 Deaths

Events

Popular music

"Open Thy Lattice, Love" w. George P. Morris m. Stephen Collins Foster
"Skip To My Lou" Trad. US

Classical music

Spring Song m. Felix Mendelssohn
Wedding March m. Felix Mendelssohn from ''A Midsummer Night's Dream

Opera

The Bohemian Girl music by Michael William Balfe and libretto by Alfred Bunn had its American premier at the Park Theatre, New York on November 25.

Births

February 21 - Charles-Marie Widor, organist and composer
March 18 - Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, composer

Deaths

April 8 - Ignaz Franz von Mosel
- Francis Johnson, black composer and band-leader