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Events in Music History in 1865

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  • Apr 20 Crosby Opera House opens in Chicago, Illinois; destroyed in the Great Fire of 1871
  • Apr 28 Giacomo Meyerbeer's opera "L'Africaine" premieres in Paris

Tristan und Isolde

Jun 10 Richard Wagner's opera "Tristan und Isolde" premieres in Munich, Germany

Composer Richard Wagner

Unfinished Symphony

Dec 17 Franz Schubert's Symphony No. 8, "Unfinished Symphony", premieres in Vienna with Johann von Herbeck conducting

Composer Franz Schubert



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