1857 in music

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See also: 1856 in music, other events of 1857, 1858 in music and the list of 'years in music'.

Contents

1 Events 2 Published popular songs 3 Classical music 4 Opera 5 Births 6 Deaths

Events

• Georges Bizet wins the Prix de Rome.

Published popular songs

• "Does He Love Me?" w. Annie Chambers Bradford m. F. W. Smith
• "Lorena" w. Reverend H. D. L. Webster m. Joseph Philbrick Webster

Classical music

• Dante symphony by Franz Liszt
• Piano Concerto in E Flat by Franz Liszt
• Herminie (cantata) by Georges Bizet
• Souvenir d'Enfance by Modest Mussorgsky

Opera

• Simon Boccanegra by Giuseppe Verdi

Births

• February 28 - Gustav Kerker, German-born composer
• March 4 - Henry W. Petrie, US songwriter
• March 8 - Ruggiero Leoncavallo
• April 21 - Paul Dresser, US composer
• June 2 - Edward Elgar, composer
• December 7 - Nicola van Westerhout
• unknown date - Rosalind Ellicott

Deaths

• February 15 - Mikhail Glinka
• July 15 - Carl Czerny

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