Events in Music
- Jan 2 Richard Wagner's opera "The Flying Dutchman" premieres in Dresden
- Jan 3 Gaetano Donizetti's opera "Don Pasquale" premieres in Paris
- Feb 11 Opera "I Lombardi" premieres in Milan
- Nov 27 Opera "Bohemian Girl" by Michael William Balfe with a libretto by Alfred Bunn first produced in London
- Dec 4 Robert Schumann's "Das Paradies und die Peri" premieres in Leipzig
Musicians Born in 1843
- Jan 1 Nikolay Nikolayevich Lodizhensky, composer
- Jan 9 Christiaan A Ulder, Curacao, composer of waltzes and tumbas
- Jan 23 Bolko von Hochberg, German diplomat & composer, born in Castle Fürstenstein, Silesia (d. 1926)
- Feb 19 Adelina Patti, Italian opera soprano (Lucio), born in Madrid, Spain (d. 1919)
- Mar 5 William F. Sudds, American composer, music publisher, and teacher, born in London, England (d. 1920) [1]
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Musicians Who Died in 1843
- Jan 7 Franz Schoberlechner, Austrian composer, dies at 45
- Jan 11 Francis Scott Key, American lawyer, poet and composer of the lyrics to "Star Spangled Banner" dies at 63
- Apr 14 Joseph Franz Karl Lanner, Austrian composer and violist, dies at 42
- May 12 Johann Georg Lickl, Austrian organist, kapellmeister, and composer, dies at 74
- Jun 22 Gabriele Prota, Italian composer, dies at 88
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