Romantic Period

  • Hector Berlioz

    was born
  • Fryderyck Chopin

    was born
  • The harmonica was invented by Friedrich Buschmann.

  • The harmonica was invented by Friedrich Buschmann.

  • berlioz premiers symphonie fanastique

  • Vincenzo Bellini's opera, Norma, was first performed at La Scala in MIlan

  • Frédéric Chopin performed his "Piano Concerto in F Minor" and the "Variations, opus 2" in Paris.

  • Johannes Brahms was born

  • Blumenstück by Robert Schumann

  • Felix Mendelssohn became the director of the Leipzig Conservatory

  • The New York Philharmonic Orchestra was founded.

  • Adolphe Sax patented his first saxophone.

  • Felix Mendelssohn died.

  • Giuseppe Verdi wrote his "La traviata."

  • Henry Engelhard Steinway created his first grand piano.

  • Henry Engelhard Steinway created his first grand piano.

  • "Requiem" by Gabriel Fauré was first performed in Paris

    "Requiem" by Gabriel Fauré was first performed in Paris. That same year, Thomas Edison patented the phonograph which will change the way people listened to music. Also, "Swan Lake" by Tchaikovsky, was first performed in Moscow.