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EVENTS

February 6 - The Virginia Minstrels perform the first Minstrel Show ( Bowery Amphitheatre , New York City ).

POPULAR MUSIC

" Columbia, Gem Of The Ocean " by Thomas Becket

"I Dreamt I Dwelt In Marble Halls" w. Alfred Bunn m. Michael William Balfe from the light opera '' The Bohemian Girl ''

"Then You'll Remember Me" w. Alfred Bunn m. Michael William Balfe from the light opera '' The Bohemian Girl ''

CLASSICAL MUSIC

Franz Berwald - ''Symphony No. 1 in G minor, "Sérieuse"''

Niels Gade - ''Symphony No. 1''

OPERA AND MUSICAL THEATER

27 November - Michael William Balfe 's '' The Bohemian Girl '' debuts in London at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane

Julius Benedict - ''The Bride of Venice''

Gaetano Donizetti - '' Don Pasquale ''

Giuseppe Verdi ' - ''I Lombardi''

Richard Wagner - ''The Flying Dutchman''

BIRTHS

April 8 - Asger Hamerik , composer

June 15 - Edvard Grieg , composer

June 20 - Fyodor Stravinsky , opera singer

August 5 - James Scott Skinner

August 20 - Christina Nilsson , operatic soprano

DEATHS

January 11 - Francis Scott Key , poet and songwriter

April 14 - Josef Lanner , Viennese composer