1844 in music - Definition

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

Events

• None listed

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
• unknown date - Francis Johnson, black composer and band-leader