1869 in music

See also: 1868 in music, other events of 1869, 1870 in music and the list of 'years in music'.

Events

• Edvard Grieg's Piano Concerto is premiered at Copenhagen's Casino (April 3)
• Richard Wagner's opera Das Rheingold debuts at the Königlich Hof- und Nationaltheater in Munich (September 22)

Published popular music

• "Little Brown Jug" by R.E. Eastburn
• "Now the Day is Over" by Joseph Barnby
• "Shew, Fly! Don't Bother Me!" by T. Bringham Bishop
• "Sweet Genevieve"      w.m. Henry Tucker

Opera

• "Das Rheingold" by Richard Wagner

Classical music

Ein Deutsches Requiem – Cantata by Johannes Brahms

Births

• February 1 – Kerry Mills, US violinist and songwriter
• March 3 – Henry Wood, conductor
• May 5 – Hans Pfitzner, composer
• June 6 – Siegfried Wagner, composer
• June 17 – Sidney Jones, composer
• September 6 – Walford Davies, composer and organist, Master of the King's Musick
• November 8 – J. Bodewalt Lampe, Danish-born composer

Deaths

• March 8 – Hector Berlioz, composer
• April 20 – Carl Loewe, composer, baritone, conductor