1847 in music

See also: 1846 in music, other events of 1847, 1848 in music and the list of 'years in music'.

Events

Popular music

Opera

• Il Buontemponi by Francisco Asenjo Barbieri
• "The Damnation Of Faust" by Hector Berlioz
• Cristoforo Colombo by Giovanni Bottesini
• Hvita frun på Drottningholm by Ivar Hallstrom (libretto by Frans Hedberg)
• "Macbeth" by Giuseppe Verdi
• "Martha" by Friedrich Flotow

Births

• February 15 – Robert Fuchs
• September 13 – Charles Dupee Blake

Deaths

• May 14 – Fanny Mendelssohn
• November 4 – Felix Mendelssohn