1846 in music
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[edit] Events
- Adolphe Sax patened the "saxophone".
- Electric lighting is installed at the Paris Opéra.
[edit] Published popular music
- "When the Swallows Homeward Fly" w.m. Franz Abt
[edit] Oratorio
- Elijah by Felix Mendelssohn
- Ruth by César Auguste Franck
[edit] Classical music
- Symphony in C major (2nd symphony) - Robert Schumann
[edit] Opera
- Julius Benedict - The Crusaders
- Hector Berlioz - La Damnation de Faust
- Albert Lortzing - Der Waffenschmied
- Saverio Mercadante - Orazi e Curiazi
- Karel Miry - Wit en zwart (opera in 1 act, libretto by Hippoliet van Peene, premiered on January 18 in Ghent)
[edit] Births
- January 2 - Sándor Erkel, Hungarian composer, son of Ferenc Erkel
- February 24 - Luigi Denza
- February 26 - George C. Stebbins
- November 2 - Antonio Pena y Goni
[edit] Deaths
- February 3 - Joseph Weigl the younger, composer and conductor
- February 18 - William Hawes, choirmaster
- April 16 - Domenico Dragonetti, double-bass player
- April 24 - Girolamo Crescentini, castrato singer
- August 7 - Johann Heinrich Christian Rinck
