1840 in music
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See also: 1839 in music, other events of 1840, 1841 in music and the list of 'years in music'.
Events
- February 11 - Gaetano Donizetti's opera La Fille du Regiment premieres in Paris
- Robert Schumann's "year of song", in which he writes the two Liederkreis, Frauenliebe und -leben and Dichterliebe. He also marries Clara Wieck.
- The first harmonium is built.
Popular music
- "The Old Arm Chair" w. Eliza Cook m. Henry Russell
Classical music
- Felix Mendelssohn - Symphony No. 2 in B Flat Major, "Lobgesang"
- Louis Spohr - Symphony no 6 in G major, Op. 116 "Historical"
- Gaetano Donizetti - "La Favourite" and La Fille du Régiment (The Daughter of the Regiment)
- Albert Lortzing - Hans Sachs
- Temistocle Solera - Ildegonda
- Giuseppe Verdi - Un giorno di regno
Births
- April 12 - Franz Xaver Haberl, musicologist
- May 7 - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, composer
- August 28 - Ira D. Sankey
Deaths
- May 27 - Niccolo Paganini, violinist and composer
- November 19 - Johann Michael Vogl, singer and composer
- date unknown - Wojciech Adalbert Żywny, pianist and violinist, teacher of Chopin
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