1856 in music
See also: 1855 in music, other events of 1856, 1857 in music and the list of 'years in music'.
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Events
- Foundation of the Teatro de la zarzuela by Francisco Asenjo Barbieri.
Popular hits
Classical music
- Polka Pomnenka by Antonín Dvořák
Births
- January 6 – Giuseppe Martucci
- January 9 – Stevan Mokranjac
- May – George Templeton Strong, composer and artist
- Helen Hopekirk, pianist and composer
Deaths
- May 3 – Adolphe Adam, French composer
- July 29 – Robert Schumann
- Stephen Jenks
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