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See also: 1842 in music, other events of 1843, 1844 in music and the list of 'years in music'.

Table of contents 1 Events 2 Popular Music 3 Births 4 Deaths

Events

• February 11 - Giuseppe Verdi's opera I Lombardi premieres in Milan
• Gaetano Donizetti's Don Pasquale debuts in Paris

Popular Music

• February 6 - The first minstrel show in the United States The Virginia Minstrels[?] opens at the Bowery Amphitheatre in New York City.

Births

• June 15 - Edvard Grieg

Deaths