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.

Popular music

• "Columbia, Gem of the Ocean" by Thomas Becket
• "I Dreamt I Dwelt In Marble Halls" w. Alfred Bunn m. Michael William Balfe from the light opera The Bohemian Girl
• "Then You'll Remember Me" w. Alfred Bunn m. Michael William Balfe from the light opera The Bohemian Girl

Classical music

• Franz Berwald - Symphony No. 1 in G minor, "Sérieuse"
• Niels Gade - Symphony No. 1

Opera and Musical theater

• 27 November - Michael William Balfe's The Bohemian Girl debuts in London at the Theatre Royal in Drury Lane
• Gaetano Donizetti - Don Pasquale
• Giuseppe Verdi' - I Lombardi
• Richard Wagner - The Flying Dutchman

Births

• April 8 - Asger Hamerik
• June 15 - Edvard Grieg
• August 5 - James Scott Skinner

Deaths

• None listed