1860 in music

Events
January 1 – Julius Friedländer buys the Leipzig music publishing house, CF Peters.[1] February 9 – The second "Querelle des Bouffons" is sparked when Hector Berlioz criticizes of Richard Wagner's music in the Journal des débats.[1] Wagner responds on February 15. February 10 - The Serenade No. 2 in A, Op. 16 by Johannes Brahms is given its first public performance in Hamburg. March 3 - The Serenade No. 1 in D, Op. 11 by Johannes Brahms is given its first public performance in Hanover. April 9 – Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville records himself singing "Au Clair de la Lune" – the first known recording of the human voice. May 4 – Charles Bacon's bronze statue of the late Felix Mendelssohn is unveiled at Crystal Palace in London.[1] September 14 – Franz Liszt makes a will.[1] October 22 – The city of Weimar pays tribute to Franz Liszt with a torchlight procession and honorary citizenship.[1] The first Viennese operetta, Das Pensionat by Franz von Suppé, is premièred at the Theater an der Wien First official National Eisteddfod of Wales is held at Denbigh. and to include the famous song Battle Cry of Freedom

Singles

 * 1) Au clair de la lune Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville

Published popular music
"Down Among the Cane-Brakes" by Stephen Foster "Kalinka" by Ivan Larionov "Lincoln and Liberty" words by Jesse Hutchinson, Jr. "Mary Of Argyle" words by Charles H. Jefferys, music by Sidney Nelson "Old Black Joe" by Stephen Foster "Virginia Belle" by Stephen Foster "When the Corn Is Waving, Annie Dear" by Charles Blamphin "I'll Twine 'Mid the Ringlets" words by Maud Irving, music by Joseph Philbrick Webster

Classical music
Johannes Brahms Vier Gesänge, for women's chorus, two horns and harp, Op. 17 String Sextet No. 1 in B-flat major, Op. 18

Franz Liszt – First of the Mephisto Waltzes Anton Rubinstein – Soirées à Saint-Pétersbourg

Opera
Flor van Duyse – Teniers te Grimbergen (libretto by Prudens van Duyse, premiered at Ghent) Stanislaw Moniuszko – Hrabina

Musical theater
Orphée Aux Enfers, Vienna production