1842 in music - Definition and Overview

See also: 1841 in music, other events of 1842, 1843 in music and the list of 'years in music'.

Events

• May 31 - Frederick William IV of Prussia creates a new order of merit for the arts and sciences. Those honoured include: Felix Mendelssohn, Franz Liszt and Gioacchino Rossini

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Opera

• Linda Di Chamounix by Gaetano Donizetti
• Nabucco by Giuseppe Verdi
• Rienzi by Richard Wagner
• Russlan And Ludmilla by Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka
• Der Wildschütz by Albert Lortzing

Births

• January 7 - Johan Lindegren
• May 12 - Jules Massenet
• May 13 - Arthur Sullivan, composer
• July 19 - Karl Zeller, Austrian composer

Deaths