Events in Music
- Sep 10 Hector Berlioz's opera "Benvenuto Cellini" premieres in Paris
Musicians Who Died in 1838
- Jan 13 Ferdinand Ries, German composer dies at 53
- Jan 20 Pierre-Louis Hus-Desforges, French cellist and composer, dies at 64
- Feb 5 Philippe Libon, composer, dies at 62
- Feb 22 Friedrich Johann Eck, German violinist and composer (Concertos pour violon), dies at 70
- Mar 24 Thomas Attwood, English organist and composer, dies at 72
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