1864 in music
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See also: 1863 in music, other events of 1864, 1865 in music and the list of 'years in music'.
Events
- Anton Bruckner composes his Symphony No. 0 ("Die Nullte").
- Jacques Offenbach's operetta La Belle Hélène debuts at the Paris Variétés (December 17).
- Hans von Bülow takes over from Franz Lachner at the Munich opera.
Published popular music
- "Beautiful Dreamer" by Stephen Foster
- "The Picture on the Wall" by Henry Clay Work
- "Somebody's Darling" w.m. John Hill Hewitt
- "Tramp! Tramp! Tramp! (The Boys Are Marching)" by George F. Root
Classical music
- Louis Gottschalk - The Dying Poet
- Friedrich Kiel - Piano Concerto
- Franz Strauss - Nocturno for Horn and Piano
- Thomas Tellefsen - Trio for piano, violin and cello (opus 31)
- Robert Volkmann - Symphony no. 2
Opera
- Jacques Offenbach - Die Rhinenixen (The Rhine Fairies)
Births
- January 15 - S. H. Dudley
- February 7 - Arthur Collins
- April 10 - Eugen d'Albert, composer, pianist
- June 11 - Richard Strauss, composer, conductor
- November 17 - Rosalia Chalia
Deaths
- January 13 - Stephen Foster, songwriter
- January 26 - Otto Lindblad, composer
- May 2 - Giacomo Meyerbeer, composer
- December 11 - Aloys Ander, tenor with the Royal Italian Opera
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