1859 in music - Definition and Overview

See also: 1858 in music, other events of 1859, 1860 in music and the list of 'years in music'.

Events

• None listed

Popular music

• None listed

Classical Music

• Serenade no.2, A by Johannes Brahms

Opera

• Faust first performed in Paris. Music by Charles Gounod with libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré, based on a work by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.

Births

• February 1 - Victor Herbert
• March 8 - Otto Taubmann
• April 3 - Reginald De Koven, US composer
• August 20 - Silas Leachman
• November 4 - Stanislaw Niewiadomski
• November 30 - Sergei Mikhailovich Liapunov
• December 23 - Adrian Ross, English lyricist
• December 30 - Josef Bohuslav Foerster
• unknown date - August Enna

Deaths

• November 22 - Louis Spohr