Music Events:

• 04-21 - Albert Lortzing's opera Undine debuts in Magdeburg.


• 06-04 - William Fry's opera Leonora debuts in Philadelphia.


• 07-31 - Adolph Sax inventor of the saxophone sells his instrument to French Army Bands.


• 08-12 - Premiere of Verdi's opera "Alzira," in Naples at the Teatro San Carlo.


• 10-19 - Richard Wagner's opera Tannhäuser debuts at the Dresden Hoftheater.

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Musician Birthdays:

• 05-12 - Gabriel Faure - Composer


• 06-07 - Leopold Auer - Composer

Musician Deaths:

• 12-25 - Wilhelm Friedrich Ernst Bach
- Composer