1841 in music

Events

• April 13 – The first Dresden opera house in Germany opens with the performance of a work by Carl Maria von Weber.
• Robert Schumann writes two symphonies: Symphony No. 1 in B-flat major, opus 38, and Symphony No. 4 in D minor, opus 120.
• Tenor Domenico Donzelli retires from the stage.
• Nikolay Afanas'yev resigns as concertmaster of the Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra in order to conduct the serf orchestra of a wealthy landowner at Vïksa, near St Petersburg.

  Popular music

• August Heinrich Hoffmann – "Deutschlandlied"

  Classical music

• Adolphe Adam – Giselle
• Hector Berlioz
• *Rêverie et Caprice, H 88
• *Les nuits d'été
• Frederic Chopin
• *Ballade No.3, Op. 47
• *Fantaisie, Op. 49
• Theodor Kullak – Cavatine de Robert le Diable
• Friedrich August Kummer – 2 Concert Duos for Violin and Cello, Op. 67
• Joseph Lanner – Abend-Sterne Walzer, Op.180
• Henry Lemoine – Études enfantines, Op. 37
• Jans Christian Lumbye – Döbler's Zauber Galop
• Felix Mendelssohn
• *Variations sérieuses
• *Antigone, Op. 55
• Clara Schumann
• *Die gute Nacht, die ich dir sage
• *Lieder, Op. 12
• Robert Schumann
• *Symphony No.1, Op. 38
• *Overture, Scherzo and Finale, Op. 52
• *Symphony No.4, Op. 120
• Fernando Sor
• *Le calme, Op. 50
• *Divertissement for 2 Guitars, Op. 62
• Johann Strauss Sr
• *Amors-Pfeile, Op. 123
• *Elektrische Funken, Op. 125
• Johannes Verhulst – Symphony in E minor

  Opera

• Daniel Auber – Les diamants de la couronne
• Michael William Balfe – Keolanthe
• Gaetano Donizetti – Adelia
• Fromental Halévy
• *Charles VI
• *La reine de Chypre
• Franz Lachner – Caterina Cornaro
• Giovanni Pacini – L'uomo del mistero

  Births

• January 15 – Thorvald Lammers, singer, conductor and composer
• January 18 – Emmanuel Chabrier, composer
• January 23 – Sigismund Bachrich, violinist and composer
• January 28 – Viktor Nessler, composer
• January 31 – Michael Maybrick, composer and singer, better known as "Stephen Adams"
• February 10 – Sir Walter Parratt, organist and composer
• February 19
• *Elfrida Andrée, organist, conductor and composer
• *Felipe Pedrell, composer
• March 1 – Romualdo Marenco, composer for ballet
• May 15 – Giovanni Bolzoni, violinist and composer
• May 21 – Joseph Parry, composer
• May 28 – Giovanni Sgambati, Italian composer, pianist, and conductor
• July 9 – Carl Christian Lumbye, Danish composer, son of Hans Christian Lumbye
• July 18 – Hedvig Willman, Swedish opera singer
• September 8 – Antonín Dvořák, composer
• September 26 – Signor Brocolini, opera singer
• October 11 – Friedrich Hegar, violinist, conductor and composer
• November 4 – Karl Tausig, pianist and composer
• November 29 – Joe Wilson, singer and songwriter

  Deaths

• January 25 – Maria Anna Thekla Mozart, "Marianne", cousin and correspondent of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
• February 14 – Antun Sorkočević, diplomat, writer and composer
• February 17 – Ferdinando Carulli, composer for guitar
• May 18 – John Thomson, composer
• June 12 – Konstantinos Nikolopoulos, archaeologist and composer
• July 3 – Rosemond Mountain, actress and singer
• August 13 – Bernhard Romberg, cellist and composer
• August 24
• *Friedrich Curschmann, songwriter and singer
• *Theodore Hook, writer and composer
• August 27 – Ignaz von Seyfried, conductor and composer
• September 15 – Alessandro Rolla, violinist, composer and music teacher
• September 16 – Thomas John Dibdin, songwriter
• October 16 – Domenico Barbaia, impresario
• October 28 – Francesco Morlacchi, composer
• December 22 – Daniil Kashin, pianist, conductor and composer
• date unknown – Justina Casagli, opera singer