1862 in music

See also:\n1861 in music,\nother events of 1862, \n1863 in music and the \nlist of 'years in music'.

Table of contents

1 Events 2 Popular music hits 3 Births 4 Deaths

Events

\n*Béatrice et Bénédict, opera by Hector Berlioz, debuts in Baden-Baden (August 9)\n*Ludwig von Köchel publishes Chonologisch-thematisches Verzeichnis sämtlicher Tonwerke Wolfgang Amadé Mozarts (Catalogue of Mozart's Works or "The Köchel Catalog")\n* Giuseppe Verdi's opera La Forza del Destino debuts in Saint Petersburg (November 10)

Popular music hits

\n*"Maryland, My Maryland" by James R. Randall\n*"The Merry, Merry Month of May" by Stephen Foster

Births

\n*Marcelle Lender, French singer-dancer and entertainer (d. 1926) \n*January 29 - Frederick Delius, composer\n*February 17 - Edward German, composer\n* June 5 - Richard Jose\n* June 27 - May Irwin\n*August 22 - Claude Debussy, composer

Deaths