Birthdays in Music
- Jan 29 Adolf Philipp, composer
Deaths in Music
Stephen Foster
Jan 13 Stephen Foster, American composer (My Old Kentucky Home), dies at 37 in New York
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, Swedish composer (Kungssången - Royal Anthem), dies at 54