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EVENTS

''Béatrice et Bénédict'', Opera by Hector Berlioz , debuts in Baden-Baden ( August 9 ).

Ludwig Von Köchel publishes ''Chonologisch-thematisches Verzeichnis sämtlicher Tonwerke Wolfgang Amadé Mozarts '' (''Catalogue of Mozart's Works'' or "The Köchel Catalog").

Giuseppe Verdi 's Opera ''La Forza del Destino'' debuts in Saint Petersburg ( November 10 ).

Jules Massenet wins the Grand Prix de Rome.

The St. Petersburg Conservatory is founded by Anton Rubinstein .

PUBLISHED POPULAR MUSIC

Stephen Foster - "The Merry, Merry Month of May"

James R. Randall - "Maryland, My Maryland"

Julia Ward Howe - " The Battle Hymn Of The Republic "

CLASSICAL MUSIC

Felix Draeseke - ''Fantasiestücke in Walzerform, op 3: Nr. 1 in B; Nr. 2 in A-flat''

Asger Hamerik - ''Quintetto''

OPERA

Julius Benedict - ''The Lily of Killarney''

Charles Gounod - ''La Reine de Saba''

Franz Von Suppé - ''Die Kartenschlägerin''

BIRTHS

Marcelle Lender , French singer-dancer and entertainer (d. 1926 )

January 29 - Frederick Delius , Composer

February 17 - Edward German , Composer

March 21 - Albert Chevalier , English actor, singer, songwriter and Music Hall performer

June 5 - Richard Jose

June 27 - May Irwin

August 11 - Carrie Jacobs Bond , US songwriter

August 22 - Claude Debussy , Composer

October 10 - Arthur De Greef , composer

December 18 - Moriz Rosenthal , pianist

DEATHS

February 7 - František Škroup , composer

February 16 - Leopold Schefer , composer and poet

March 17 - Fromental Halévy , composer

May 21 - Edwin Pearce Christy , founder of Christy's Minstrels (suicide)

May 25 - Johann Nestroy , singer and actor