See also: 1867 in music, other events of 1868, 1869 in music and the list of 'years in music'.

Table of contents
1 Events
2 Popular music
3 Classical music
4 Births
5 Deaths

Events

Popular music

  • "Come Back To Erin" by Claribel
  • "I Cannot Sing The Old Songs]]      w.m. Claribel (Charlotte Alington [Mrs. Charles Barnard])
  • "The Man on the Flying Trapeze" by George Leybourne, Gaston Lyle, & Alfred Lee (first published the previous year)
  • "Sweet Bye and Bye" by Joseph P. Webster
  • "The Whispering Hope" by Septimus Winner
  • "The Widow In The Cottage By The Sea"     w.m. Charles A. White

Classical music

Births

Deaths