1851 in music

See also: 1850 in music, other events of 1851, 1852 in music and the list of 'years in music'.

Events

Published popular music

• "Old Folks At Home'" (Way Down Upon the Swanee River) By Stephen Foster
• "Ring, Ring, de Banjo" By Stephen Foster
• "I Would Not Die in Summer Time" By Stephen Foster
• "Laura Lee" By Stephen Foster

Classical music

• Franz Liszt – Transcendental Etudes for Piano, S 139
• Robert Schumann – Symphony No. 3 ("Rhenisch")

Opera

• La Perle du Bresil by Felicien Cesar David
• Die Oprnprobe by Albert Lortzing
• Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi

Births

• March 27 – Vincent d'Indy
• April 7 – Otto Adolf Klauwell
• May 17 – Victor Bendix

Deaths

• January 24 – Gasparo Spontini
• April 8 – John Parry