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January 23 –
Louis Ehlert, composer and music critic (d. 1884) •
February 28 –
Jean-Baptiste Arban, cornet virtuoso and conductor (d. 1889) •
March 12 –
August Manns, conductor (d. 1907) •
June 24 –
Jovan Sundečić, poet and lyricist (d. 1900) •
June 30 –
Hervé, singer, conductor and composer of operettas (d. 1892) •
August 9 –
Gaetano Antoniazzi, violin-maker (d. 1897) •
August 21 –
Kate Loder, pianist and composer (d. 1904) •
August 22 –
Julius Schulhoff, pianist and composer (d. 1898) •
August 24 –
Charles Wels, pianist, organist, composer and music teacher (d. 1906) •
September 25 –
Johann Strauss II, conductor and composer (d. 1899) •
December 19 –
George Frederick Bristow, composer (d. 1898) •
date unknown –
Balbina Steffenone, operatic soprano (d. 1896) == Deaths ==