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Overview of the events of 1862 in music
March 17 – Anton Rubinstein is named first director of the Saint Petersburg Conservatory in Russia, which opens in September. Tchaikovsky is in the first incoming class.March 24 – Fromental Halévy 's funeral, in Paris, is attended by an estimated 15,000 people.[ 1] April 24 – A letter from Giuseppe Verdi is published in The Times Great Exhibition .[ 1] May 17 – Teatro Comunale Florence inaugurated as an open-air amphitheatre, the Politeama Fiorentino Vittorio Emanuele , with a production of Donizetti 's Lucia di Lammermoor May 21 – Edvard Grieg gives his first concert in his home town of Bergen, Norway .[ 1] August 4 – Louis-Albert Bourgault-Ducoudray wins the Prix de Rome in the Musical Composition category. Jules Massenet is one of the runners-up.[ 1] August 9 – The première of Hector Berlioz 's opera Béatrice et Bénédict Theater Baden-Baden .November 2 – The Ride of the Valkyries and the overture to Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg Richard Wagner are publicly performed in Leipzig , conducted by the composer.November 10 (November 22 N.S.) – Giuseppe Verdi 's opera La forza del destino Bolshoi Kamenny Theatre of Saint Petersburg , Russia.November 18 – Antonín Dvořák is a member of the orchestra at the opening of the Provisional Theater in Prague.[ 1] date unknown
Published popular music [ edit ] Sheet music cover Alexander Borodin – Piano Quintet in C minorJohannes Brahms - First two movements of the Cello Sonata No. 1 Emanuel Chabrier – Souvenirs de BrunehautFelix Draeseke – Fantasiestücke in Walzerform, opus 3: Nr. 1 in B; Nr. 2 in A-flat Louis Moreau Gottschalk
Union, Op. 48
Home Sweet Home, Op.51
Le Papillon Asger Hamerik – QuintetFerdinand Laub – Concert-Polonaise, Op. 8Karol Józef Lipiński – 2 Impromptus, Op.34 (published posthumously )Franz Liszt – Phantasiestück über Motive aus 'Rienzi', S. 439Henry Charles Litolff – Scherzo, Op. 115Giacomo Meyerbeer – Fest-Ouvertüre im MarschstylCesare Pugni – The Pharaoh's Daughter Joachim Raff – Piano Quintet, Op. 107 in A minorNapoleon Henri Reber – Piano Trio No. 4 'Sérénade', Op. 25Camille Saint-Saëns – Mazurka No. 1 for piano in G minor, Op. 21Henri Vieuxtemps – Violin Concerto No. 5, Op. 37Giuseppe Verdi - Hymn of the Nations Henri Wieniawski
Etudes-Caprices, Op. 18
Fantaisie orientale, Op. 24 January 29 – Frederick Delius , composer (d. 1934)January 30 – Walter Damrosch , conductor (d. 1950)February 13 – Karel Weis , composer (d. 1944)February 17 – Edward German , composer (d. 1936)March 19 – Jef Denyn , carillon player (d. 1941)March 21 – Elmer Samuel Hosmer , composer (d. 1945)April 5 – Louis Ganne , conductor (died 1923)May 2 – Maurice Emmanuel , composer (d. 1938)June 3 – Joseph Humfrey Anger , composer (died 1913)June 27 – May Irwin , actress and singer (d. 1938)August 10 – Ernest Richard Kroeger , composer (died 1934)August 11 – Carrie Jacobs-Bond , US songwriter (d. 1946)August 22 – Claude Debussy , composer (d. 1918)August 29 – Maurice Maeterlinck , lyricist (died 1949)September 25 – Léon Boëllmann , composer and organist (d. 1897)October 10 – Arthur De Greef , composer and pianist (d. 1940)October 15 – Conrad Ansorge , composer (died 1930)November 1 – Johan Wagenaar , organist and composer (d. 1941)December 9 – Karel Kovařovic , composer (died 1920)December 18 – Moriz Rosenthal , pianist (d. 1946)December 23 – Hans Wessely , composer (died 1926)date unknown – Marcelle Lender , French singer-dancer and entertainer (d. 1926)February 5 – Ignaz Franz Castelli , dramatist and songwriter (b. 1780)February 7 – František Škroup , composer (b. 1801)February 16 – Leopold Schefer , composer and poet (b. 1784)March 17 – Fromental Halévy , composer (b. 1799)April 7 – Sydney Nelson , composer and arranger (born 1800)May 21 – Edwin Pearce Christy , founder of Christy's Minstrels (b. 1815) (suicide)May 23 – Friedrich Ruthardt , oboist and composer (b. 1800)May 25 – Johann Nestroy , singer and actor (b. 1801)July 2 – Charles Mayer , pianist and composer (b. 1799)August 31 – Ignaz Assmayer , composer (b. 1790)November 1 – Eleonora Zrza , Danish opera soprano (b. 1797)December 2 – Marius Gueit , French organist, cellist and composer (b. 1808)December 24 – Joseph Funk , composer and music teacher (b. 1778)date unknown
