1856 in music

See also: 1855 in music, other events of 1856, 1857 in music and the list of 'years in music'.

Table of contents

1 Events 2 Popular hits 3 Classical music 4 Births 5 Deaths

Events

Popular hits

Classical music

• Polka Pomnenka by Antonin Dvorak

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