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EVENTS

The Accordion is patented by Anthony Foss .

Robert Schumann unsuccessfully attempts suicide.

PUBLISHED POPULAR MUSIC

"Hard Times Come Again No More" Stephen Foster

"(I Dream of) Jeanie With the Light Brown Hair" Stephen Foster

"Maggie by My Side" Stephen Foster

"Old Dog Tray" Stephen Foster

"What Is Home Without A Mother", w.m. Septimus Winner

CLASSICAL MUSIC

Hector Berlioz - ''The Infant Christ'' (oratorio)

Charles Gounod - ''Chant de paix''

Franz Liszt - ''Les Préludes''

Henri Wieniawski - ''Le carnaval russe for Violin and Piano''

OPERA

BIRTHS

''unknown date'' - John Philip Sousa

July 3 - Leos Janacek

September 1 - Engelbert Humperdinck

November 9 - Joseph Miroslav Weber

December 13 - G. H. Chirgwin , English Music Hall comedian and singer

DEATHS

April 18 - Józef Elsner , composer and teacher

July 15 - Wincenty Studzinski