1840 in music

See also: 1839 in music, other events of 1840, 1841 in music and the list of 'years in music'.

Events

• February 11 – Gaetano Donizetti's opera La Fille du Regiment premieres in Paris
• Robert Schumann's "year of song", in which he writes the two Liederkreis, Frauenliebe und -leben and Dichterliebe. He also marries Clara Wieck.

Popular music

• "The Old Arm Chair"     w. Eliza Cook m. Henry Russell

Classical music

• Louis Spohr – Symphony no 6 in G major, Op. 116 "Historical"

Opera

• "La Favourite" by Gaetano Donizetti
• "La Fille du Régiment (The Daughter of the Regiment)" by Gaetano Donizetti

Births

• May 7 – Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Deaths

• May 27 – Niccolo Paganini, violinist and composer