1858 in music
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See also: 1857 in music, other events of 1858, 1859 in music and the list of 'years in music'.
Events
- January 25 - The Wedding March by Felix Mendelssohn is played at the marriage of Queen Victoria's daughter "Vicky," the Princess Royal, to Prince Friedrich of Prussia, leading to its becoming popular wedding music.
- Edvard Grieg meets Ole Bull, who recognises his musical talent.
- Richard Wagner's affair with Mathilde Wesendonck is discovered by his wife, and he leaves Zurich.
- Arthur Sullivan goes to Leipzig to study music.
Popular music
- "Can-Can", music by Jacques Offenbach (from his operetta, Orphée Aux Enfers)
Classical music
- Johann Strauss II - Tritsch-Tratsch Polka
Opera
- Peter Cornelius - Der Barbier von Bagdad
- Giovanni Pacini - Il saltimbanco
- Orphée Aux Enfers, Paris production opened at the Bouffes-Parisiens on October 21 and ran for 228 performances
Births
- January 6 - Ben Davies, operatic tenor
- February 24 - Arnold Dolmetsch, musical instrument maker
- March 30 - DeWolf Hopper, US actor and singer
- April 22 - Ethel Smyth, composer
- June 9 - Billy Golden
- July 21 - Chauncey Olcott
- July 16 - Eugène Ysaÿe, composer
- August 9 - Isidore de Lara, composer
- December 22 - Giacomo Puccini, composer
- unknown date - Guy d'Hardelot, pianist and composer
- unknown date - Hans Rott
- unknown date - Hilda Sehested
Deaths
- January 23 - Luigi Lablache, operatic bass
- April 8 - Anton Diabelli, composer
- April 16 - Johann Baptist Cramer, pianist and composer
- June 3 - Julius Reubke, pianist and composer
- August 24 - Francis Edward Bache, composer
- September 11 - Alexander Guriliov
- November 15 - Johanna Kinkel, composer
- December 27 - Alexandre Pierre François Boëly, pianist, organist and composer
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