1864 in music

See also: 1863 in music, other events of 1864, 1865 in music and the list of 'years in music'.

Events

• Anton Bruckner composes his Symphony No. 0 ("Die Nullte").
• Jacques Offenbach's operetta La belle Hélène debuts at the Paris Variétés (December 17).
• Hans von Bülow takes over from Franz Lachner at the Munich opera.

Published popular music

• "Beautiful Dreamer" by Stephen Foster
• "The Picture on the Wall" by Henry Clay Work
• "Somebody's Darling" w.m. John Hill Hewitt
• "Tramp! Tramp! Tramp! (The Boys Are Marching)" by George F. Root

Classical music

• Louis Gottschalk – The Dying Poet
• Friedrich Kiel – Piano Concerto
• Franz Strauss – Nocturno for Horn and Piano
• Thomas Tellefsen – Trio for piano, violin and cello (opus 31)
• Robert Volkmann – Symphony no. 2

Opera

• Jacques Offenbach – Die Rhinenixen (The Rhine Fairies)

Births

• January 15 – S. H. Dudley
• February 7 – Arthur Collins
• April 10 – Eugen d'Albert, composer, pianist
• June 11 – Richard Strauss, composer, conductor
• November 17 – Rosalia Chalia

Deaths

• January 13 – Stephen Foster, songwriter
• May 2 – Giacomo Meyerbeer, composer
• December 11 – Aloys Ander, tenor with the Royal Italian Opera