1857 in music

See also: 1856 in music, other events of 1857, 1858 in music and the list of 'years in music'.

Events

• None listed

Published popular songs

• "Lorena", w. Reverend H. D. L. Webster m. Joseph Philbrick Webster

Classical music

• Dante symphony by Franz Liszt
• Piano Concerto in E Flat by Franz Liszt
• Herminie (cantata) by Georges Bizet

Opera

• Simon Boccanegra by Giuseppe Verdi

Births

• February 28 - Gustav Kerker, German-born composer
• March 4 - Henry W. Petrie, US songwriter
• March 8 - Ruggiero Leoncavallo
• April 21 - Paul Dresser, US composer
• June 2 - Edward Elgar, composer
• December 7 - Nicola van Westerhout
• unknown date - Rosalind Ellicott

Deaths

• February 15 - Mikhail Glinka
• July 15 - Carl Czerny