1868 in music
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See also: 1867 in music, other events of 1868, 1869 in music and the list of 'years in music'.
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Events
- Modest Mussorgsky begins work on Boris Godunov, which is completed six years later
- Johannes Brahms completes his orchestral and choral work, Ein deutsches Requiem (Opus 25)
- Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 1 ("Winter Dreams") is first performed in Moscow (February 3)
- Richard Wagner's opera Die Meistersinger debuts in Munich's Hoftheater (June 21)
Published popular music
- "Come Back To Erin" by Claribel
- "Her Bright Smile Haunts Me Still" w. J.E. Carpenter m. W.T. Wrighton
- "I Cannot Sing The Old Songs" w.m. Claribel (Charlotte Alington [Mrs. Charles Barnard])
- "Little Footsteps" w. Michael Bennett Leavitt m. James A. Barney
- "The Man on the Flying Trapeze" by George Leybourne, Gaston Lyle, & Alfred Lee (first published the previous year)
- "Sweet Bye and Bye" w. S. Fillmore m. Joseph P. Webster
- "Walking In The Zoo" w. Hugh Willoughby Sweny m. Alfred Lee
- "The Whispering Hope" by Septimus Winner
- "The Widow In The Cottage By The Sea" w.m. Charles A. White
- "Yield Not To Temptation" w.m. Horatio R. Palmer
Classical music
- Concerto for Violin no 1 in A minor by Jean-Baptiste Accolay
- Variations chromatiques de concert for piano - Georges Bizet
- Song Without Words - Peter Tchaikovsky
Opera
- Arrigo Boito - Mefistofele
Births
- January 26 - Juventino Rosas, composer, band leader
- April 19 - Max von Schillings, composer, conductor
- August 7 - Granville Bantock, composer
- August 21 - Vess Ossman, ragtime banjo artist
- November 24 - Scott Joplin, US composer and pianist