Events in Music
- Jan 25 Felix Mendelssohn's "Wedding March" first played, at wedding of Queen Victoria's daughter Princess Victoria, to crown prince of Prussia
- Jan 30 Charles Hallé founds Halle Orchestra in Manchester, England
Giacomo PucciniMusicians Who Died in 1858
- Jan 3 Rachel Félix [Elisabeth "Eliza/Élisa"], French singer and actress (Muse), dies at 36
- Jan 8 Friedrich Karl Kuhmstedt, composer, dies at 48
- Feb 19 Alois Basil Nikolaus Tomasini, Italian violinist and composer, dies at 78
- Apr 3 Sigismund Ritter von Neukomm, Austrian composer and royal chaplain master, dies at 79
- Apr 7 Anton Diabelli, Austria publisher and composer, dies at 76
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