Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index See also: 1842 in music, other events of 1843, 1844 in music and the list of 'years in music'. Table of contents 1 Events 2 Popular music 3 Musical theater 4 Births 5 Deaths Events February 6 - The first minstrel show in the United States The Virginia Minstrels opens at the Bowery Amphitheatre in New York City. February 11 - Giuseppe Verdi's opera I Lombardi premieres in Milan 25 November - Michael William Balfe's The Bohemian Girl debuts in London Gaetano Donizetti's Don Pasquale debuts in Paris Popular music "Columbia, Gem of the Ocean" by Thomas Becket Musical theater The Bohemian Girl, London production Births June 15 - Edvard Grieg Deaths This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.