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Heinrich Engelhard Steinweg sets up in business as a piano manufacturer in New York City , and the firm of Steinway and Sons is born.

The piano manufacturer C. Bechstein Pianofortefabrik is founded by Carl Bechstein in Berlin.

PUBLISHED POPULAR MUSIC

"Farewell My Lilly Dear" by Stephen Foster

"My Cottage Home" w.m. Alice Hawthorne

" My Old Kentucky Home " by Stephen Foster

"'' P'tit Quinquin ''" (in Picard ) by Alexandre Desrousseaux

CLASSICAL MUSIC

OPERA

January 19 - Giuseppe Verdi 's Opera '' Il Trovatore '' premieres in Rome

March 6 - Giuseppe Verdi 's Opera '' La Traviata '' premieres in Venice

BIRTHS

April 21 - Charles-Theodore Malherbe

December 22 - Maria Teresa Carreno

December 30 - André Messager

DEATHS

January 16 - Matteo Carcassi , guitarist and composer

October 3 - Georges Onslow

October 30 - Pietro Raimondi , composer

December 5 - Johann Peter Heuschkel , composer