1839 in music
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Events
- Felix Mendelssohn gives the first performance of Franz Schubert's Great C Major Symphony
Classical Music
- Robert Schumann:
- Arabesque in C, Op. 18 1839
- Blumenstück (Flower Piece) in Db, Op. 19 1839
- Humoreske in Bb, Op. 20 1839
- 4 Nachtstücke (Night Pieces), Op. 23 1839
- Faschingsschwank aus Wien, Op. 26 1839
- 3 Romances, Op. 28 (bb, F#, B)
Published popular music
- "Kathleen Mavourneen" w. Annie Barry Crawford m. Frederick William Nicholls Crouch
Births
- January 19 - Bohumil Pazdirek
- March 21 - Modest Mussorgsky
Deaths
- April 20 - Giuseppe Rossini, father of the composer Gioacchino Rossini
- July 8 - Fernando Sor
- unknown date - Ferdinand Paer
- unknown date - Charles Stokes