1866 In Music

Events

• Sir William Sterndale Bennett becomes Principal of the British Royal Academy of Music.
• Bedrich Smetana's opera Prodana Nevesta (The Bartered Bride) debuts in Prague at the Provisional Theater (May 30)
• Jacques Offenbach's operetta La Vie Parisienne debuts in Paris's Palais Royale (October 21)
• Ambroise Thomas's opera Mignon debuts in Paris at the Opra-Comique (November 17)

Published popular music

• "Come Back To Erin" w.m. Claribel
• "When You and I Were Young, Maggie" by James A. Butterfield & George Washington Johnson
• "Write Me A Letter Home"     w.m. Will S. Hays

Classical music

• Georges Bizet - La jolie fille de Perth: suite
• Felix Draeseke - Fantasie on Themes from Boieldieus "Weisse Dame"
• Johann Gottfried Piefke - Kniggrtzer Marsch
• Amilcare Ponchielli - Concerto for Trumpet in F major
• Franz von Supp - Light Cavalry Overture

Opera

Musical theater

• La Belle Hlne (Lyrics: Henri Meilhac & Ludovic Halvy Music: Jacques Offenbach) London production opened at the Adelphi Theatre on June 30

Births

• April 1 - Ferruccio Busoni, pianist, composer
• June 30 - Harry Tally

Deaths

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