1851 in music: Meaning (information, definition, explanation, facts)

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

Events

• "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

• Sapho by Charles François Gounod
• Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi

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

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