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February 1851 in Music History

Events in Music

Music Premiere

Feb 6 Robert Schumann's 3rd Symphony "Rhenisch" premieres in Dusseldorf

Robert Schumann
Composer Robert Schumann

Deaths in Music

  • Feb 20 Josef Alois Ladurner, Austrian keyboardist, choral director, composer, and priest dies at 81
  • Feb 25 Ferdinand Simon Gassner, Austrian composer, dies at 53

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