Events in Music
- Dec 5 Hector Berlioz's "Requiem" premiere at Les Invalides, conducted by François Habeneck
Musicians Born in 1837
- Jan 2 Mily Balakirev, Russian pianist and composer (Islamej, Tamara), born in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia (d. 1910)
- Jan 12 Adolf Jensen, German pianist, composer, and teacher, born in Königsberg, Prussian (now Kaliningrad, Russia) (d. 1879)
- Jan 12 Carlos Troyer, American composer, born in Frankfurt, Germany (d. 1920)
- Jan 23 Amanda Smith, American former slave, singer and evangelist, born in Long Green, Maryland (d. 1915)
- Feb 13 Valentin Zubiaurre, Spanish composer (Ferdinand Set), and educator, born in Garay, Biscay, Spain (d. 1914)
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Musicians Married in 1837
- Mar 28 German composer Felix Mendelssohn (27) marries Cécile Jeanrenaud (20)
Musicians Who Died in 1837
- Jan 23 John Field, Irish pianist and composer (Nocturnes), dies at 54
- Mar 26 Joseph Lincke, German cellist and composer, dies at 53
- May 5 Niccolo Antonio Zingarelli, Italian composer (Andromeda), dies at 85
- Jun 16 Valentino Fioravanti, Italian composer, dies at 72
- Jun 20 Giovanni Furno, composer, dies at 89
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