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Old Folks at Home, as sung by Christy's Minstrels in 1851.

Events

• February 6 - Schumann's Symphony No. 3 premiered in Düsseldorf, the composer conducting. ([1])

Published popular music

• "Old Folks at Home'" (Way Down Upon the Suwannee River) By Stephen Foster
• "Ring, Ring, de Banjo" By Stephen Foster
• "I Would Not Die in Summer Time" By Stephen Foster
• "Laura Lee" By Stephen Foster

Classical music

• Woldemar Bargiel - Piano Trio No. 1 in F major, op. 6
• Johannes Brahms - Scherzo in E-flat minor, op. 4
• Franz Liszt - Transcendental Etudes for Piano, S 139
• George Onslow - Wind quintet opus 81
• Anton Rubinstein - Symphony No. 2 (Ocean) (first version)
• Robert Schumann -Symphony No. 4 from 1841 revised. First violin sonata, second violin sonata, Der Rose Pilgerfahrt, several oratorios, two concert overtures, third piano trio, also written (third violin sonata dates from 1853)

Opera

• Félicien-César David - La Perle du Bresil
• Charles Gounod - Sappho
• Albert Lortzing - Die Oprnprobe
• Joachim Raff - König Alfred
• Giuseppe Verdi - Rigoletto

Births

• February 12 - Anna Yesipova, pianist (d. 1914)
• March 27 - Vincent d'Indy, composer (d. 1931)
• June 11 - Oscar Borg, composer (d. 1930)
• October 11 - Josif Marinković, composer (d. 1931)
• probable - Marie Heilbron, operatic soprano (d. 1886)

Deaths

• January 21 - Albert Lortzing, composer (b. 1801)
• January 24 - Gaspare Spontini, composer (b. 1774)
• March 6 - Alexander Alyabyev, composer (b. 1787)
• April 8 - John Parry (Bardd Alaw), harpist and composer (b. 1776)
• July 17 - Béni Egressy, composer and librettist (b. 1814)