Events in Music
- Jan 19 Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Il Trovatore" premieres in Rome
- Mar 5 Piano company Steinway & Sons founded by Heinrich Steinweg (later Henry Steinway) in New York City
- Mar 6 Giuseppe Verdi's opera "La Traviata" premieres at Teatro La Fenice in Venice, Italy
Musicians Born in 1853
- Jan 1 Hans Koessler, German composer, conductor and music teacher, born in Waldeck, Kingdom of Bavaria (d. 1926)
- Jan 3 Iwan Knorr, German composer, born in Mewe (d. 1916)
- Jan 7 Nikolai Arkas, Ukrainian composer (Katerina), and musicologist, born in Nikolayev (d. 1909)
- Feb 12 Bertram Luard-Selby, British organist and composer, born in Ightham, Kent, England (d. 1918)
- Mar 5 Arthur Foote, American classical composer, and a member of the "Boston Six" (Suite for Strings in E), born in Salem, Massachusetts (d. 1937)
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Musicians Married in 1853
- Oct 20 23rd US President Benjamin Harrison (20) weds music teacher Caroline Scott (21)
Musicians Who Died in 1853
- Jan 3 Theodor Uhlig, composer, dies at 30
- Apr 11 Louis-Emmanuel Jadin, French pianist, music director, and composer, dies at 84
- Apr 15 Johann Leopold Fuchs, German composer, dies at 67
- May 9 Johann Philipp Samuel Schmidt, German composer, dies at 73
- Aug 6 Josif Josifovich Genishta, Russian composer, dies at 57
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