January 1864 in Music

Birthdays in Music

  • Jan 29 Adolf Philipp, composer

Deaths in Music

  • Jan 4 Mateo Ferrer, composer, dies at 75
  • Jan 8 Victor-Charles-Paul Dourlen, composer, dies at 83

Person of interestStephen Foster

Jan 13 Stephen Foster, American composer (My Old Kentucky Home), dies at 37 in New York

Father of American Music Stephen Foster
Father of American Music
Stephen Foster
  • Jan 15 Isaac Nathan, UK-Australian composer (b. 1792)
  • Jan 16 Anton Schindler, German violinist and biographer (Beethoven), dies at 68
  • Jan 23 Michele Puccini, Italian organist and composer (father of Giacomo), dies at 50
  • Jan 24 Otto Jonas Lindblad, composer, dies at 54