See also: 1854 in music, other events of 1855, 1856 in music and the list of 'years in music'.

Contents

1 Events 2 Popular music 3 Opera 4 Births 5 Deaths

Events

• Jacques Offenbach becomes director of his own opera house, Les Bouffes-Parisiennes

Popular music

• "Come Where My Love Lies Dreaming" by Stephen Foster

Opera

• L'inconsolable - Jacques-François-Fromental-Elie Halévy

Births

• 20 January - Ernest Chausson
• 9 May - Julius Röntgen
• 11 May - Anatol Liadov

Deaths

• 12 April - Pedro Albéniz