1843 in music
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See also: 1842 in music, other events of 1843, 1844 in music and the list of 'years in music'.

Events

• February 6 - The first minstrel show in the United States The Virginia Minstrels opens at the Bowery Amphitheatre in New York City.
• February 11 - Giuseppe Verdi's opera I Lombardi premieres in Milan
• 25 November - Michael William Balfe's The Bohemian Girl debuts in London
• Gaetano Donizetti's Don Pasquale debuts in Paris

Popular music

• "Columbia, Gem of the Ocean" by Thomas Becket

Musical theater

• The Bohemian Girl, London production

Births

• June 15 - Edvard Grieg

Deaths

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