1853 in music

See also: 1852 in music, other events of 1853, 1854 in music and the list of 'years in music'.

Contents

1 Events 2 Published popular music 3 Births 4 Deaths

Events

• January 19 - Giuseppe Verdi's opera Il Trovatore premieres in Rome
• March 6 - Giuseppe Verdi's opera La Traviata premieres in Venice

Published popular music

• "Farewell My Lilly Dear" by Stephen Foster
• "My Cottage Home" w.m. Alice Hawthorne
• "My Old Kentucky Home" by Stephen Foster
• "P'tit quinquin" (in Picard) by Alexandre Desrousseaux

Births

• April 21 - Charles-Theodore Malherbe
• December 22 - Maria Teresa Carreno
• December 30 - André Messager

Deaths

• October 3 - Georges Onslow
• December 5 - Johann Peter Heuschkel

See also: 1853 in music, 1852 in music, 1853, 1854 in music, André Messager, April 21, December 22, December 30, December 5, Georges Onslow