1868, from day to day
1868. With other artists, Gioachino Rossini, Bedřich Smetana and Giuseppe Verdi influenced their time (romantic era). That year would see the birth of future classical or lyrical artists, while others would disappear such as Gioachino Rossini. That year, new works would be composed, published or performed for the first time in public, such as “The Mastersingers of Nuremberg” de Richard Wagner, for example. That year, halls or orchestras would be founded or ceased to operate.
All these moments, more or less notable, make the year 1868 a page in the history of classical and lyrical music to be discovered or rediscovered. soclassiq currently lists more than 280 of these moments for 1868.
The year 1868 in classical music and in lyrical art
January
02
Birth of Waddington Cooke That year: 1868, Classical music, composer (dead in 1940)
03
Death of Moritz Hauptmann That year: 1868, Classical music, German music theorist, teacher and composer (born in 1792)
Birth of Edward Broome That year: 1868, Classical music, composer (dead in 1932)
05
Birth of Sissieretta Jones That year: 1868, Classical music, American soprano singer (dead in 1933)
Birth of Eduard Tregler That year: 1868, Classical music, Czech conductor, music educator, composer, choirmaster and organist (dead in 1932)
06
Birth of Vittorio Monti That year: 1868, Classical music, Italian composer, violinist, and conductor (1868-1922) (dead in 1922)
07
Death of William Batchelder Bradbury That year: 1868, Classical music, American musician (1816-1868) (born in 1816)
Birth of Hermann Bischoff That year: 1868, Classical music, German composer (1868-1936) (dead in 1936)
11
Birth of Charlotte Wyns That year: 1868, Classical music, French opera singer (dead in 1917)
15
Birth of Johanna Müller-Hermann That year: 1868, Classical music, Austrian composer (1868-1941) (dead in 1941)
16
Birth of Cyril Metoděj Hrazdira That year: 1868, Classical music, Czech composer (1868-1926) (dead in 1926)
Death of Mikhail Yakovlev That year: 1868, Classical music, composer (born in 1798)
17
Birth of Joseph Renner That year: 1868, Classical music, German organist and composer (dead in 1934)
18
Birth of Paul Miersch That year: 1868, Classical music, American composer (dead in 1956)
22
Death of Moritz Ganz That year: 1868, Classical music, composer (born in 1806)
24
Birth of Frank P. Atherton That year: 1868, Classical music, composer (dead in 1911)
25
Birth of Juventino Rosas That year: 1868, Classical music, Mexican composer, violinist and band leader (dead in 1894)
26
Birth of Marie Dietrich That year: 1868, Classical music, opera singer (1868-1939) (dead in 1939)
Birth of Ilya Aizberg That year: 1868, Classical music, composer (dead in 1942)
27
Birth of Catharina Dorothea Sewing That year: 1868, Classical music, Dutch opera singer (dead in 1961)
28
Birth of Frederic Lamond That year: 1868, Classical music, Scottish pianist and composer (dead in 1948)
Birth of Julián Aguirre That year: 1868, Classical music, Argentinian composer, pianist, conductor, musicologist and music educator (dead in 1924)
Birth of August Junker That year: 1868, Classical music, German musician (1868-1944) (dead in 1944)
February
01
Birth of Gustav Zeitzschel That year: 1868, Classical music, German singer, opera singer and music educator (dead in 1951)
03
Publishing of Symphony No. 1 in G minor, Op. 13, “Winter Daydreams” That year: 1868, Classical music (Work for orchestra), Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
05
Birth of Lodewijk Mortelmans That year: 1868, Classical music, Belgian composer (1868-1952) (dead in 1952)
Birth of Otto Kotilainen That year: 1868, Classical music, Finnish composer (dead in 1936)
09
Birth of Max Seiffert That year: 1868, Classical music, German musicologist (dead in 1948)
11
Birth of William Dawson Armstrong That year: 1868, Classical music, composer (dead in 1936)
12
Birth of Lev Klementyev That year: 1868, Classical music, Russian opera singer (dead in 1910)
Birth of Herbert A. Fricker That year: 1868, Classical music, composer (dead in 1943)
18
Death of Casimir Gide That year: 1868, Classical music, French choreographer, composer and editor (1804-1868) (born in 1804)
20
Birth of Mira Heller That year: 1868, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1925)
22
Birth of Antonina Adamowska-Szumowska That year: 1868, Classical music, Polish pianist (1868-1938) (dead in 1938)
23
Birth of Edward Cuthbert Nunn That year: 1868, Classical music, composer (dead in 1914)
25
Birth of Clemens Meyer That year: 1868, Classical music, German composer and music historian (dead in 1958)
Birth of Edouard Croze-Magnan That year: 1868, Classical music, composer (dead in 1912)
26
Birth of Leonard Borwick That year: 1868, Classical music, British musician (dead in 1925)
28
Birth of Yelyzaveta Azerska That year: 1868, Classical music, Ukrainian opera singer and music educator (1868-1946) (dead in 1946)
Birth of Haldane Stewart That year: 1868, Classical music, Musician, composer and cricketer (1868-1942) (dead in 1942)
Birth of Yonejirō Suzuki That year: 1868, Classical music, composer (dead in 1940)
March
02
Death of Carl Eberwein That year: 1868, Classical music, German musician (born in 1786)
06
Birth of Robert Leonard That year: 1868, Classical music, composer (dead in 1916)
08
Birth of Georges Guiraud That year: 1868, Classical music, French organist, composer and music educator (1868-1928) (dead in 1928)
18
Birth of Joan Gay i Planella That year: 1868, Classical music, Catalan composer (1867-1926) (dead in 1926)
19
Birth of Luigi Stefano Giarda That year: 1868, Classical music, Italian composer and music educator (1868-1952) (dead in 1952)
20
Birth of Nadezhda Zabela-Vrubel That year: 1868, Classical music, russian opera singer (1868-1913) (dead in 1913)
22
Birth of Hamish MacCunn That year: 1868, Classical music, Scottish romantic composer, conductor and teacher (dead in 1916)
26
Birth of Sven Nyblom That year: 1868, Classical music, Swedish actor (1868-1931) (dead in 1931)
27
Death of Franz Ludwig Schubert That year: 1868, Classical music, musicologist (born in 1804)
28
Birth of Mathilde Auguez That year: 1868, Classical music, French soprano (1868-1955) (dead in 1955)
Birth of Wojciech Gawroński That year: 1868, Classical music, pianist, composer (dead in 1910)
31
Birth of Scott Joplin That year: 1868, Classical music, American composer, musician, and pianist (dead in 1917)
April
03
Death of Franz Berwald That year: 1868, Classical music, Swedish composer (born in 1796)
11
Death of Emma Romer That year: 1868, Classical music, British soprano singer and theatre manager (born in 1814)
13
Birth of John Blackwood McEwen That year: 1868, Classical music, Scottish classical composer and educator (dead in 1948)
14
Birth of Frederik Matthison-Hansen That year: 1868, Classical music, Danish composer (dead in 1933)
15
Birth of Francisco rancisco Braga That year: 1868, Classical music, Brazilian composer (1868-1945) (dead in 1945)
Birth of Signe Lund That year: 1868, Classical music, Norwegian-American composer (dead in 1950)
16
Birth of Joel Engel That year: 1868, Classical music, composer (dead in 1927)
Birth of Charles Silver That year: 1868, Classical music, French composer and music educator (dead in 1949)
18
Birth of Solomon Smulewitz That year: 1868, Classical music, composer (dead in 1943)
19
Birth of Max von Schillings That year: 1868, Classical music, German conductor, composer and theatre director (dead in 1933)
21
Birth of Rosendo Mendizábal That year: 1868, Classical music, Argentine musician (dead in 1913)
22
Birth of José Vianna da Motta That year: 1868, Classical music, Portuguese pianist and composer (dead in 1948)
23
Birth of Auguste Bosc That year: 1868, Classical music, French conductor and composer (dead in 1945)
26
Death of Karel Strakatý That year: 1868, Classical music, Czech opera singer (born in 1804)
27
Birth of Hans Breuer That year: 1868, Classical music, German singer and opera singer (1868-1929) (dead in 1929)
May
01
Death of Florencio Lahoz y Otal That year: 1868, Classical music, Spanish composer (1815-1868) (born in 1815)
04
Birth of Rudolf Fitzner That year: 1868, Classical music, Austrian musician (dead in 1934)
06
Premiere of Le château à Toto That year: 1868, Classical music (Opera), Jacques Offenbach
09
Premiere of Symphony No. 1 in C minor That year: 1868, Classical music (Work for orchestra), Anton Bruckner
12
Birth of Ciro Grassi That year: 1868, Classical music, Italian composer (dead in 1952)
15
Birth of Martin Grabert That year: 1868, Classical music, German composer and organist (dead in 1951)
16
Premiere of Dalibor That year: 1868, Classical music (Opera), Bedřich Smetana
17
Birth of Stanislav Otruba That year: 1868, Classical music, Czech composer and educator (1868-1949) (dead in 1949)
24
Birth of Karl Wendl That year: 1868, Classical music, composer (dead in 1952)
26
Birth of Louise Ranco That year: 1868, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1902)
27
Birth of Marie Wittich That year: 1868, Classical music, German operatic soprano (dead in 1931)
Birth of Géza Horváth That year: 1868, Classical music, Hungarian composer (dead in 1925)
29
Birth of Frédéric Alfred d'Erlanger That year: 1868, Classical music, Anglo-French composer, banker and patron of music (dead in 1943)
Also in May
Birth of William Krell That year: 1868, Classical music, American musician (dead in 1933) .
June
01
Birth of Gisella Delle Grazie That year: 1868, Classical music, Italian opera composer
03
Birth of Georg Jarno That year: 1868, Classical music, Hungarian composer (1868-1920) (dead in 1920)
Birth of Henning Mankell That year: 1868, Classical music, Swedish composer (dead in 1930)
05
Death of Anselm Hüttenbrenner That year: 1868, Classical music, Austrian composer (born in 1794)
08
Birth of Alberto Jonás That year: 1868, Classical music, Spanish musician (dead in 1943)
Birth of Otto Steinwender That year: 1868, Classical music, composer (dead in 1940)
12
Death of Heinrich Wilhelm Stolze That year: 1868, Classical music, composer (born in 1801)
17
Death of Éditions Alphonse Leduc That year: 1868, Classical music, French publisher (born in 1804)
19
Birth of Heinrich Schenker That year: 1868, Classical music, Austrian music theorist (1868-1935) (dead in 1935)
Birth of Ejnar Forchhammer That year: 1868, Classical music, Danish opera singer and musicologist (dead in 1928)
21
Premiere of The Mastersingers of Nuremberg That year: 1868, Classical music (Opera), Richard Wagner
July
01
Birth of Bob Cole That year: 1868, Classical music, composer (dead in 1911)
03
Birth of Octave Lamart That year: 1868, Classical music, composer (dead in 1927)
04
Death of Nanine Paris Chevé That year: 1868, Classical music, composer (born in 1800)
06
Death of Samuel Lover That year: 1868, Classical music, Irish song-writer, novelist, and painter (1797-1868) (born in 1797)
11
Birth of Max von Oberleithner That year: 1868, Classical music, composer, conductor (dead in 1935)
13
Death of Giorgio Stigelli That year: 1868, Classical music, German singer (born in 1819)
16
Death of Louis François Dauprat That year: 1868, Classical music, French composer (born in 1781)
17
Birth of Thorvald Otterström That year: 1868, Classical music, American composer (dead in 1942)
Death of Jules Bovéry That year: 1868, Classical music, composer (born in 1808)
19
Birth of Florence Foster Jenkins That year: 1868, Classical music, American soprano, renowned for her lack of musical skill and singing ability (dead in 1944)
20
Death of Johann Friedrich Kittl That year: 1868, Classical music, Czech composer (born in 1806)
22
Death of Zikmund Kolešovský That year: 1868, Classical music, Czech music reviewer, music educator, composer and organist (born in 1817)
25
Birth of Marcel Journet That year: 1868, Classical music, French opera singer (dead in 1933)
August
02
Birth of Teréz Krammer That year: 1868, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1934)
03
Birth of Ludmila Innemannová That year: 1868, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1956)
05
Birth of Oskar Merikanto That year: 1868, Classical music, Finnish musician and composer (1868–1924) (dead in 1924)
Death of Philip Ernst That year: 1868, Classical music, composer (born in 1792)
07
Birth of Granville Bantock That year: 1868, Classical music, British composer and conductor (1868-1946) (dead in 1946)
11
Death of Halfdan Kjerulf That year: 1868, Classical music, Norwegian composer (born in 1815)
14
Birth of Leone Sinigaglia That year: 1868, Classical music, Italian composer (dead in 1944)
Birth of José Mardones That year: 1868, Classical music, Spanish bass singer (dead in 1932)
16
Birth of Charles Sanford Skilton That year: 1868, Classical music, American composer, teacher and musicologist (1868-1941) (dead in 1941)
18
Birth of Desider Arányi That year: 1868, Classical music, Hungarian singer and opera singer (1868-1923) (dead in 1923)
20
Birth of Luigi Forino That year: 1868, Classical music, Italian cellist, composer and music educator (dead in 1936)
27
Birth of Erik Schmedes That year: 1868, Classical music, Danish opera singer (1868-1931) (dead in 1931)
Death of Franz Xaver Schnyder von Wartensee That year: 1868, Classical music, Swiss composer and author (1786-1868) (born in 1786)
Birth of Caia Aarup Greene That year: 1868, Classical music, pianist, composer (dead in 1928)
29
Birth of Georges Longy That year: 1868, Classical music, French musician (dead in 1930)
30
Birth of Armida Parsi-Pettinella That year: 1868, Classical music, Italian mezzo-soprano died 1949 (dead in 1949)
Birth of Josef Schmid That year: 1868, Classical music, German composer (1868-1945) (dead in 1945)
September
01
Birth of Mary Bowden That year: 1868, Classical music, composer (dead in 1950)
03
Birth of Josef Bastl That year: 1868, Classical music, composer (dead in 1932)
05
Birth of Helen C. Crane That year: 1868, Classical music, composer (dead in 1930)
06
Birth of Domenico Bellando That year: 1868, Classical music, composer (dead in 1922)
12
Birth of Jan Brandts Buys That year: 1868, Classical music, Dutch composer (dead in 1933)
14
Birth of Alice May Bates Rice That year: 1868, Classical music, American soprano singer (dead in 1907)
15
Birth of Théodore Botrel That year: 1868, Classical music, French singer-songwriter (dead in 1925)
22
Birth of Elin Fohström That year: 1868, Classical music, Finnish operatic soprano (1868-1949) (dead in 1949)
24
Birth of Tomás López Torre López That year: 1868, Classical music, Spanish composer (1868-1913) (dead in 1913)
Death of Jan Albert van Eijken That year: 1868, Classical music, composer (born in 1823)
25
Birth of Scott Russell That year: 1868, Classical music, British opera singer and actor (1868–1949) (dead in 1949)
26
Birth of Henry F. Gilbert That year: 1868, Classical music, American composer (1868-1928) (dead in 1928)
28
Birth of Anna Grigoryevna Zherebtseva-Andreeva That year: 1868, Classical music, Latvian opera singer (dead in 1944)
29
Birth of Michalina Frenkiel-Niwińska That year: 1868, Classical music, Polish opera singer (dead in 1927)
30
Premiere of L'île de Tulipatan That year: 1868, Classical music (Opera), Jacques Offenbach
October
01
Birth of Ivane Paliashvili That year: 1868, Classical music, musician (dead in 1934)
06
Premiere of La Périchole That year: 1868, Classical music (Opera), Jacques Offenbach
11
Birth of Paul Ambrose That year: 1868, Classical music, Canadian organist, composer, conductor (dead in 1941)
12
Birth of Aleksandr Petrovič Koptjae͏̈v That year: 1868, Classical music, composer, musicologist, musicographer (dead in 1941)
17
Birth of Emerik Beran That year: 1868, Classical music, Slovenian cellist (dead in 1940)
19
Death of Antoine Bessems That year: 1868, Classical music, b. 1806, Antwerp, d. 1868, Paris; violinist and composer (born in 1809)
22
Birth of Emil Laukien That year: 1868, Classical music, composer (dead in 1934)
25
Birth of Frederick Newell Shackley That year: 1868, Classical music, composer (dead in 1937)
Death of John James Waite That year: 1868, Classical music, composer (born in 1807)
31
Death of Jacques-Jules Bouffil That year: 1868, Classical music, French musician (born in 1783)
November
06
Birth of John Forsell That year: 1868, Classical music, Swedish opera singer and administrator (1868-1941) (dead in 1941)
Birth of Ernst James Bremner That year: 1868, Classical music, composer
07
Birth of Gertrud Sparrman That year: 1868, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1960)
13
Death of Gioachino Rossini That year: 1868, Classical music, Italian opera composer (1792-1868) (born in 1792)
Birth of Erika Wedekind That year: 1868, Classical music, German opera singer (dead in 1944)
14
Birth of Karl Bucha That year: 1868, Classical music, opera singer, music teacher
16
Birth of Alphonse Catherine That year: 1868, Classical music, composer (dead in 1927)
18
Birth of Enrico Polo That year: 1868, Classical music, Italian musician (dead in 1953)
19
Death of Sergey Golitsyn That year: 1868, Classical music, amateur poet, composer, and singer (born in 1803)
28
Birth of František Drdla That year: 1868, Classical music, Czech violinist and composer (1868-1944) (dead in 1944)
Birth of Carl Frühling That year: 1868, Classical music, Austrian composer (dead in 1937)
Birth of Kornélia Gábos That year: 1868, Classical music, Hungarian opera singer (soprano), singing master (dead in 1940)
Death of Jean-Baptiste Schiltz That year: 1868, Classical music, composer (born in 1807)
30
Birth of Ernest Newman That year: 1868, Classical music, British musicologist (dead in 1959)
Death of Rudolf Walin That year: 1868, Classical music, Swedish actor (1820-1868) (born in 1820)
December
01
Birth of Bernard Johnson That year: 1868, Classical music, British composer (1868-1935) (dead in 1935)
02
Birth of Stephan Jaray-Janetschek That year: 1868, Classical music, Hungarian composer (dead in 1945)
04
Birth of Arthur Jan Frans De Hovre That year: 1868, Classical music, composer (dead in 1931)
06
Birth of Julius Bleichmann That year: 1868, Classical music, Russian composer and conductor (dead in 1910)
08
Birth of Giacomo Setaccioli That year: 1868, Classical music, Italian composer (dead in 1925)
Death of Babette Gundy That year: 1868, Classical music, opera singer, singer (born in 1824)
10
Birth of Louis Victor Saar That year: 1868, Classical music, Dutch-born American pianist, teacher, and composer (1868-1937) (dead in 1937)
11
Birth of Ernst Ellberg That year: 1868, Classical music, Swedish composer and music educator (1868-1948) (dead in 1948)
13
Birth of Mario Sammarco That year: 1868, Classical music, Italian operatic baritone (dead in 1930)
14
Death of Mario Aspa That year: 1868, Classical music, Italian composer (1795-1868) (born in 1795)
Birth of Richard Batka That year: 1868, Classical music, Austrian writer, music critic and musicologist (1868-1922) (dead in 1922)
Birth of Robert Whitman Atkinson That year: 1868, Classical music, composer (dead in 1933)
Birth of Willy Herrmann That year: 1868, Classical music, composer (dead in 1945)
18
Birth of Paul Fischer-Weber That year: 1868, Classical music, composer (dead in 1938)
22
Birth of Martin G. Dumler That year: 1868, Classical music, composer (dead in 1958)
23
Death of Karl Ferdinand Adam That year: 1868, Classical music, Composer, cantor, music director (born in 1806)
Birth of Wilhelm Dubravčić That year: 1868, Classical music, Croatian violinist and conductor (dead in 1925)
26
Death of Carl Haslinger That year: 1868, Classical music, Austrian composer and publisher (born in 1816)
This was also in 1868
Birth of Wilhelm Ulrici That year: 1868, Classical music, singer, opera singer, stage actor . Death of Robert Topliff That year: 1868, Classical music, composer (born in 1793) . Birth of Joseph Speaight That year: 1868, Classical music, composer (dead in 1947) . Birth of Joaquina Pino That year: 1868, Classical music, singer, stage actor, opera singer (dead in 1948) . Birth of Henryk Skirmuntt That year: 1868, Classical music, composer (dead in 1939) . Birth of Gertrude Ina Robinson That year: 1868, Classical music, composer . Birth of Juan de Molina That year: 1868, Classical music, Spanish composer (dead in 1926) . Death of Nelson Kneass That year: 1868, Classical music, composer (born in 1823) . Birth of Marie Altona That year: 1868, Classical music, opera singer, music teacher (dead in 1916) . Birth of John Wilheim Ivimey That year: 1868, Classical music, English organist and composer (dead in 1961) . Inception: Tonhalle Orchester Zürich That year: 1868, Classical music (Switzerland). Birth of Antônio Américo da Costa That year: 1868, Classical music, composer (dead in 1945) . Death of Charles Dingley That year: 1868, Classical music, composer (born in 1800) . Birth of Arthur Edmund Grimshaw That year: 1868, Classical music, composer (dead in 1913) . Birth of Eugène Rosi That year: 1868, Classical music, composer (dead in 1928) . Birth of Norbert Salter That year: 1868, Classical music, composer (dead in 1935) . Birth of Adam Józef Karasiński That year: 1868, Classical music, conductor, violinist (dead in 1920) . Birth of Ernest Shand That year: 1868, Classical music, British musician (dead in 1924) . Birth of Effie F. Kamman That year: 1868, Classical music, composer (dead in 1933) . Birth of Frank Lambert That year: 1868, Classical music, composer (dead in 1925) . Birth of Luigi Colazza That year: 1868, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1927) . Inauguration: Teatro Giuseppe Verdi That year: 1868, Classical music (Busseto, Italy). Birth of Caroline Gardner Bartlett That year: 1868, Classical music, American singer, educator (dead in 1938) . Birth of Walter Francis Vreeland That year: 1868, Classical music, composer (dead in 1927) . Birth of Percy Rideout That year: 1868, Classical music, composer (dead in 1956) . Birth of Philipp Brozel That year: 1868, Classical music, opera singer, music teacher (dead in 1927) . Birth of William Rhys-Herbert That year: 1868, Classical music, Welsh American composer (dead in 1921) . Birth of Louis Raffy That year: 1868, Classical music, French organist and composer (dead in 1931) . Birth of Napoleon Rutkowski That year: 1868, Classical music, composer (dead in 1931) . Inception: Cornell University Glee Club That year: 1868, Classical music (United States of America). Birth of Ferruccio Giannini That year: 1868, Classical music, Italian opera singer (1868-1948) (dead in 1948) . Death of Olimpio Mariotti That year: 1868, Classical music, composer (born in 1813) . Birth of Jeanne Leclerc That year: 1868, Classical music, French operatic soprano (dead in 1914) . Death of George Loder That year: 1868, Classical music, Loder, George (1816–1868), conductor and composer (born in 1816) . Birth of John Herbert Major That year: 1868, Classical music, composer (dead in 1916) . Death of Émile Wartel That year: 1868, Classical music, French opera singer (born in 1834) . Birth of Osborne Edmundson That year: 1868, Classical music, composer (dead in 1933) . Birth of José Sevenants That year: 1868, Classical music, composer (dead in 1946) .
Works (composition or publishing)
- Gioachino Rossini (age 76)
- La corona d'Italia (Work for orchestra)
- Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
- Piano Sextet in D major, Op. 110 (Work for chamber orchestra), composed in 1824
- Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849)
- Waltz in E minor That year: 1868, Classical music (Work for soloist), composed in 1830
- Franz Liszt (age 57)
- Requiem (Work for choir)
- Technische Studien (Work for soloist)
- Un portrait en musique de la Marquise de Blocqueville (Work for soloist)
- Mihi autem adhaerere (Work for choir)
- Richard Wagner (age 55)
- Sogenannte Themen (Work for orchestra)
- Anton Bruckner (age 44)
- Mass No. 3 in F minor (Work for choir)
- Pange lingua et Tantum ergo (Work for choir)
- Iam lucis orto sidere (Work for choir)
- Inveni David (Work for choir)
- Im (Work for choir)
- Mein Herz und deine Stimme (Work for choir)
- Herbstkummer (Work for choir)
- Erinnerung (Work for soloist)
- Fantasy in G major (Work for soloist)
- Des Höchsten Preis, des Vaterlandes Ruhm (Motto of the Sierninger Liedertafel) (Work for choir)
- Wahlspruch für die Liedertafel Sierning, “Das Frauenherz, die Mannesbrust” (Work for choir)
- Bedřich Smetana (age 44)
- Solemn Prelude on the Occasion of Laying the Foundation Stone for the National Theatre (Work for orchestra)
- Fantasy on Themes from the Opera Dalibor (Work for soloist)
- Farmer’s Song (The Peasant) (Work for choir)
- Czech Song (Work for choir)
- Johann Strauss II (age 43)
- Tales from the Vienna Woods, Op. 325 That year: 1868, Classical music (Work for orchestra)
- Free-shooter, Op. 326 That year: 1868, Classical music (Work for orchestra)
- The Publicists, Op. 321 That year: 1868, Classical music (Work for orchestra)
- Thunder & Lightning, Op. 324 (Work for orchestra)
- Die lustigen Weiber von Wien (Opera)
- Johannes Brahms (age 35)
- Requiem, Op. 45 That year: 1868, Classical music (Work for choir)
- Alexander Borodin (age 35)
- The Tsar's Bride (Opera)
- False Note (Song, lied)
- The sea-princess (Song, lied)
- Camille Saint-Saëns (age 33)
- Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 22 That year: 1868, Classical music (Work for orchestra with soloist)
- Georges Bizet (age 30)
- La sirène That year: 1868, Classical music (Song, lied)
- Pastorale (Song, lied)
- Rêve de la bien-aimée (Song, lied)
- Ma vie a son secret (Song, lied)
- Berceuse (Song, lied)
- La chanson du fou (Song, lied)
- La coccinelle (Song, lied)
- Le Doute (Song, lied)
- Le Colibri (Song, lied)
- Vœu (Song, lied)
- Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky (age 29)
- Zhenitba That year: 1868, Classical music (Opera)
- The Nursery That year: 1868, Classical music (Song, lied), published in 1872
- A Child's Song (Song, lied)
- The Orphan (Song, lied)
- With Nanny (Song, lied)
- Yeryomushka's Lullaby (Song, lied)
- Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (age 28)
- The Voyevoda, Op. 3 That year: 1868, Classical music (Opera)
- Fatum, symphonic poem in C minor, Op. 77 (Work for orchestra)
- Romance for piano, Op. 5 (Work for soloist)
- Waltz-Capriccio in D major, Op. 4 (Work for soloist)
- Edvard Grieg (age 25)
- Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16 That year: 1868, Classical music (Work for orchestra with soloist)
- Romances and Lieder, Opp. 18 (Song, lied)
- Christie Cantata, WoO 156 (Work for choir)
- Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (age 24)
- Antar, Op. 9 That year: 1868, Classical music (Work for orchestra), composed in 1897