Overview of the events of 1852 in music
Events
Popular music
Classical music
- Johannes Brahms – Piano Sonata No. 2
- Matteo Carcassi – Etudes, Op.60
- Niels Gade – Symphony No.5, Op.25
- Mikhail Glinka – Mazurka in C major
- Stefano Golinelli – 24 Preludes, Op.69
- Alfred Jaell – Reminiscences sur 'Norma', Op.20
- Theodore Kirchner – 20 Piano Pieces, Op.2
- Franz Liszt
- Valse-Impromptu
- Fantasie und Fuge über den Choral Ad nos, ad salutarem undam, S.259
- Joachim Raff – Zwei Lieder with words by Gotthold Logau
- Luigi Ricci – Tarantella Napoletana from the opera "La Festa di Piedigrotta".
- Robert Schumann - Requiem Op. 148
- Johann Strauss, Jr.
- Orakel-Sprüche Walzer, Op. 90
- Maskenfest-Quadrille, Op. 92
- Kaiser-Jäger-Marsch, Op. 93
- Rhadamantus-Klänge Walzer, Op. 94
- Promenade-Quadrille, Op. 98
- Frauenkäferln Walzer, Op. 99
- Vöslauer Polka, Op. 100
- Mephistos Höllenrufe Walzer, Op. 101
- Albion-Polka, Op. 102
- Vivat! Quadrille, Op. 103
- Windsor-Klänge Walzer, Op. 104
- 5 Paragraphe aus dem Walzer Codex, Op. 105
- Harmonie-Polka, Op. 106
- Großfürsten-Marsch, Op. 107
- Die Unzertrennlichen Walzer, Op. 108
- Tête-à-Tête-Quadrille, Op. 109
- Elektro-magnetische Polka, Op. 110
- Blumenfest-Polka, Op. 111
- Melodien-Quadrille, Op. 112
- Sachsen-Kürassier-Marsch, Op. 113
- Liebes-Lieder Walzer, Op. 114
- Wiener Jubel-Gruss-Marsch, Op. 115
- Hofball-Quadrille, Op. 116
- Annen-Polka, Op. 117
- Lockvögel Walzer, Op. 118
- William Vincent Wallace
- Fantasie elegante sur des themes de 'Don Pasquale'
- Happy Birdling of the Forest, Op. 63
- Henri Wieniawski
Opera
Births
- January 8 – Maurice Kufferath, editor and conductor (died 1919)
- January 26 – Frederick Corder, translator and composer (died 1932)
- January 29 – Sir Frederic Hymen Cowen, pianist, conductor and composer (d. 1935)
- February 17 – Hans Bischoff, pianist and musician (died 1889)
- March 6 – Josef Bayer, composer and music director (d. 1913)
- April 5 – Franz Eckert, bandmaster and composer (d. 1916)
- April 14 – Henrique Oswald, composer (d. 1931)
- May 23 – Mathilda Grabow, opera singer (d. 1940)
- June 23 – Raoul Pugno, organist, pianist and composer (d. 1914)
- June 28 – Hans Huber, composer (d. 1921)
- July 3 – Rafael Joseffy, pianist and composer (d. 1915)
- July 4 – Alfred Grünfeld, arranger and composer (died 1924)
- July 6
- August 13 – Robert Hausmann, cellist (died 1909)
- September 18 – Francis Money-Coutts, 5th Baron Latymer, librettist (died 1923)
- September 30 – Sir Charles Villiers Stanford, composer (d. 1924)
- October 12 – Max Friedlaender, German musicologist (died 1934)
- November 21 – Francisco Tárrega, guitarist and composer (d. 1909)
- November 23 – James Kwast, pianist (died 1927)
- date unknown – George Barnet Gardiner, folk song collector (died 1910)
Deaths
- February 25 – Thomas Moore, poet and songwriter (b. 1779)
- March 5 – Sophie Gay, librettist (b. 1776)
- March 7 – Jacopo Ferretti, librettist (b. 1784)
- March 15
- June 6 – Tommaso Marchesi, composer (b. 1773)
- July 5 – Mikhail Zagoskin, lyricist and librettist (born 1789)
- July 17 – Salvadore Cammarano, librettist (b. 1801)
- August 17 – Sveinbjörn Egilsson, lyricist (born 1791)
- September 20 – Anton Weidinger, trumpet virtuoso (b. 1767)
- October 6 – Stephen Codman, composer (b. 1796)
- November 12 – Georg Hellmesberger, Jr., violinist and composer (b. 1830)
- date unknown – Ulrika Åberg, ballerina (b. 1771)
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