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June 1870 in Music

Events in Music

  • Jun 25 Opera "Die Walküre (The Valkyrie)" is produced (Munich)

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Jun 26 Richard Wagner's opera "Valkyrie", second in his Ring Cycle premieres in Munich, featuring "Ride of the Valkyries"

Composer Richard Wagner
Composer
Richard Wagner

Birthdays in Music

  • Jun 29 Joseph Carl Breil, American composer (Les amours de la reine Élisabeth), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 1926)

Deaths in Music

  • Jun 8 Johann Gottlob Topfer, German composer, dies at 78
  • Jun 9 Erik Drake, Swedish composer (Swedish Academy of Music), dies at 82

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