1846 in music

See also: 1845 in music, other events of 1846, 1847 in music and the list of 'years in music'.

Events

• Adolphe Sax invents the "saxophone"

Published popular music

• "When The Swallows Homeward Fly"     w.m. Franz Abt

Oratorio

• Elijah by Felix Mendelssohn
• Ruth by César Auguste Franck

Classical music

• Symphony in C major (2nd symphony) – Robert Schumann

Opera

• La Damnation de Faust – Hector Berlioz
• Der Waffenschmied – Albert Lortzing
• Orazi e Curiazi – Saverio Mercadante

Births

• January 2 – Sandor Erkel
• February 24 – Luigi Denza
• February 26 – George C. Stebbins
• November 2 – Antonio Pena y Goni

Deaths

• August 7 – Johann Heinrich Christian Rinck