March 1851

March 1851 in Music History

Events in Music

Music Premiere

Mar 11 Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Rigoletto" premieres in Venice

Composer Giuseppe Verdi — Composer
Giuseppe Verdi

Birthdays in Music

Mar 15 Jozef Surzynski, composer
Mar 27 Ruperto Chapi, Spanish composer, born in Villena, Spain (d. 1909)

Vincent d'Indy

Mar 27 Vincent d'Indy, French composer and teacher, born in Paris (d. 1931)

Composer Vincent d'Indy — Composer
Vincent d'Indy

Deaths in Music

Mar 4 Michael Henkel, German composer and organist, dies at 70
Mar 6 Alexander Aliabiev, Russian composer remembered as one of the fathers of Russian art song, dies at 63