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See also: 1864 in music, other events of 1865, 1866 in music and the list of 'years in music'.

Table of contents 1 Events 2 Top Hits 3 Births 4 Deaths

Events

• Giacomo Meyerbeer's opera L'Africaine[?] is posthumously debuted in Paris at the Grand Opéra (April 28)
• Richard Wagner's opera Tristan und Isolde debuts in Munich at the Court Opera (June 10)
• Franz von Suppé[?]'s operetta Die schöne Galathee debuts in Vienna's Carl-Theater (September 9)
• Franz Schubert's "Unfinished Symphony" debuts posthumously in Vienna (December 17)

Top Hits

• "Marching Through Georgia" by Henry Clay Work

Births

• August 10 - Alexander Glazunov, composer
• October 1 - Paul Dukas, composer
• December 8 - Jean Sibelius, composer