December 1837 in Music History

Events in Music

Dec 5 Hector Berlioz's "Requiem" premiere at Les Invalides, conducted by François Habeneck

Dec 9 Émile Waldteufel, French pianist and composer (Estudiantina), born in Strasbourg (d. 1915)
Dec 25 Cosima Liszt, wife of Austrian composer Richard Wagner
Dec 28 Benjamin Johnson Lang, American conductor and composer, born in Salem, Massachusetts (d. 1909)