1837 in music

See also: 1836 in music, other events of 1837, 1838 in music and the list of 'years in music'.

Events

• June 11 – Prussian Copyright Act protecting for the first time performances of concert music

Published popular music

• "Hark, Brothers, Hark", words and music by John Hill Hewitt
• "Woodman, Spare That Tree!", words by George Pope Morris, music by Henry Russell

Classical music

• Grande Messe des Morts by Hector Berlioz
• String Quartet #4 in E minor by Felix Mendelssohn

Opera

• The Black Domino by Daniel Auber, with libretto by Eugène Scribe
• Roberto Devereux by Gaetano Donizetti
• Agnes von Hohenstaufen by Gaspare Spontini

Births

• January 12 – Adolf Jensen
• January 2 – Mily Balakirev
• April 1 – Albert Rudolph Faesy
• August 24 – Theodore Dubois

Deaths

• January 23 – John Field
• October 17 – Johann Nepomuk Hummel
• October – Samuel Wesley, organist and composer, son of hymn-writer Charles Wesley