1861 in music
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See also: 1860 in music, other events of 1861, 1862 in music and the list of 'years in music'.
Events
- Tannhäuser scandal in Paris.
- Giuseppe Verdi is elected a deputy in the first parliament of the new Italian nation.
Published popular music
- "Abide With Me", w. Rev Henry Francis Lyte m. William Henry Monk (Words 1847)
- "Alice, Where Art Thou", w. Wellington Guernsey m. Joseph Ascher
- "Aura Lee", w. W. W. Fosdick m. George R. Poulton
- "The Bonnie Blue Flag", w. Mrs Annie Chamber-Ketchum m. Harry MacCarthy
- "Eternal Father, Strong To Save", w. William Whiting m. Rev. John Bacchus Dykes
- "Go Down, Moses", trad spiritual
- "Holy! Holy! Holy! Lord God Almighty", w. Reginald Heber m. John Bacchus Dykes
- "I'm Going Home to Dixie", w. Dan Emmett a. C. S. Grafully
- "John Brown's Body", w. anon m. William Steffe
- "Maryland, My Maryland", w. James Ryder Randall m. Walter de Mapers (Music "Mini est Propositum" 12th century)
- "The Vacant Chair", w. Henry S. Washburne m. George Frederick Root
Classical music
- Hermann Goetz - Piano Concerto in E-flat
Opera
- Ferenc Erkel - Bank Ban
- Amilcare Ponchielli - La Savoiarda
- Orpheus In The Underworld by Offenbach, New York production
Births
- April 16 - William F. Hooley
- May 19 - Nellie Melba, soprano
- June 15 - Ernestine Schumann-Heink, contralto
- June 17 - Sidney Jones, composer of musical comedies
- August 11 - Anton Arensky, composer
- December 4 - Lillian Russell, US singer and actress
- December 4 - James Thornton, English-born US songwriter and vaudeville comedian
- December 18 - Lionel Monckton, English composer
Deaths
- January 17 - Lola Montez, dancer
- June 5 - Tomas Genoves y Lapetra, composer
- December 14 - Heinrich Marschner, composer
- December 16 - Karol Joseph Lipinski, composer
- Hippolyte André Jean Baptiste Chélard, composer
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