Editing Timeline of musical events (section)

== 1860s ==
* '''[[1869 in music]]''' – Death of [[Hector Berlioz]], French composer, ''[[Das Rheingold]]'' by [[Richard Wagner]] premieres in [[Munich]]
* '''[[1868 in music]]''' – Death of [[Gioachino Rossini]], Italian composer, ''[[Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg]]'' by [[Richard Wagner]] premières in [[Munich]]; ''[[Ein deutsches Requiem]]'' by [[Johannes Brahms]] premières in Bremen; ''[[Brahms's Lullaby|Wiegenlied]]'' by Brahms (''Brahms' Lullaby''); ''[[Tales from the Vienna Woods]]'' by [[Johann Strauss II]]; the [[Piano Concerto No. 2 (Saint-Saëns)]] by [[Camille Saint-Saëns]]
* '''[[1867 in music]]''' Birth of [[Scott Joplin]], famous ragtime composer; ''[[The Blue Danube]]'' by [[Johann Strauss II]]; ''[[Roméo et Juliette]]'' (opera) by [[Charles Gounod]]; ''[[Peer Gynt (Grieg)|Peer Gynt]]'' by [[Edvard Grieg]]
* '''[[1866 in music]]''' – [[Franz Liszt]] completes his oratorio [[Christus (Liszt)|Christus]]; Birth of French composer [[Erik Satie]].
* '''[[1865 in music]]''' – Birth of Finnish composer [[Jean Sibelius]]; ''[[Tristan und Isolde]]'' by [[Richard Wagner]] premieres in [[Munich]], marking the beginning of the end for traditional [[tonality]]; The ''[[Symphony No. 1 (Dvořák)|Symphony No. 1]]'' by [[Antonín Dvorak]]; [[Franz Liszt]] publishes his solo piano transcriptions of the full [[Beethoven Symphonies (Liszt)|Beethoven Symphonies]] 1 – 9. 
* '''[[1864 in music]]''' Birth of [[Richard Strauss]], German composer, [[Alberto Nepomuceno]], Brazilian composer, pianist, organist and conductor
* '''[[1863 in music]]'''– The ''[[Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso]]'' by [[Camille Saint-Saëns]]; Birth of [[Ernesto Nazareth]]
* '''[[1862 in music]]''' – Birth of French composer [[Claude Debussy]]
* '''[[1861 in music]]''' – Birth of [[Anton Arensky]]; [[Franz Liszt]] completes his first [[Mephisto Waltzes|Mephisto Waltz]] ''The Dance in the Village Inn''.
* '''[[1860 in music]]''' – Birth of [[Gustav Mahler]], Austrian composer and conductor