1861 in music
See also:\n
1860 in music,\n
other events of 1861, \n
1862 in music and the \n
list of 'years in music'.
Events
\n* Tannhäuser scandal in Paris
Published popular music
- "Abide With Me", w. Rev Henry Francis Lyte m. William Henry Monk (Words 1847)\n* "Alice, Where Art Thou", w. Wellington Guernsey m. Joseph Ascher \n* "Aura Lee", w. W. W. Fosdick m. George R. Poulton \n* "The Bonnie Blue Flag", w. Mrs Annie Chamber-Ketchum m. Harry MacCarthy \n* "Eternal Father, Strong To Save", w. William Whiting m. Rev. John Bacchus Dykes \n* "Go Down, Moses", trad spiritual \n* "Holy! Holy! Holy! Lord God Almighty", w. Reginald Heber m. John Bacchus Dykes \n* "John Brown's Body", w. anon m. William Steffe \n* "Maryland, My Maryland", w. James Ryder Randall m. Walter de Mapers (Music "Mini est Propositum" 12th century)\n* "The Vacant Chair", w. Henry S. Washburne m. George Frederick Root
Musical theater
Births
\n* April 16 - William F. Hooley\n* May 19 - Nellie Melba, soprano\n* June 15 - Ernestine Schumann-Heink, contralto\n* August 11 - Anton Arensky, composer\n*December 4 - Lillian Russell, US singer and actress\n*December 4 - James Thornton, English-born US songwriter and vaudeville comedian\n* December 18 - Lionel Monckton, English composer
Deaths
\n*June 5 - Tomas Genoves y Lapetra, composer\n*December 14 - Heinrich Marschner, composer\n*December 16 - Karol Joseph Lipinski, composer
