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EVENTS

Jenny Lind tours America, with Julius Benedict as her accompanist.

PUBLISHED POPULAR MUSIC

" Camptown Races " by Stephen Foster

"Home Again" w.m. M. S. Pike

"Molly Do You Love Me?" w.m. Stephen Collins Foster

" Nelly Bly " by Stephen Foster

" Under The Double Eagle " by J. F. Wagner

CLASSICAL MUSIC

Hector Berlioz - ''La Fuite en Égypte'' (from L'Enfance Du Christ )

Edouard Lalo - ''Piano Trio no. 1 in C minor''

Robert Schumann - '' Symphony No. 3 Op. 97 In E-flat '', '' Cello Concerto Op. 129 In A Minor ''

Louis Spohr - ''String Quintet No. 7 in G minor'' (of 7)

Robert Volkmann - ''Piano Trio No. 2 op. 5 in B-flat minor''

OPERA

Jacques Fromental Halévy - ''La Tempesta''

Robert Schumann - ''Genoveva''

Richard Wagner - '' Lohengrin ''

BIRTHS

February 18 - Sir George Henschel , Prussia -born singer, conductor, composer, founder of London Symphony Orchestra (d. 1934)

March 9 - Alexandre Luigini , composer

July 4 - Ole Olsen , Norwegian composer

December 1 - Peter Erasmus Lange-Müller , Danish composer (d. 1926)

December 21 - Zdeněk Fibich , Czech composer (d. 1900)

December 29 - Tomás Bretón , composer

''unknown date'' - Franz Xaver Scharwenka , composer

DEATHS

January 27 - Philipp Roth , composer

March 19 - Adalbert Gyrowetz , composer (b. 1763)