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
• November 8 - J. Bodewalt Lampe, Danish-born composer

Deaths

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