1860 in music

Events January 1 – Julius Friedländer buys the Leipzig music publishing house, CF Peters. February 9 – The second "Querelle des Bouffons" is sparked when Hector Berlioz criticizes Richard Wagner's music in the Journal des débats. 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 earliest known intelligible recording of the human voice. May 4 – Charles Bacon's bronze statue of the late Felix Mendelssohn is unveiled at Crystal Palace in London. September 14 – Franz Liszt makes a will. October 22 – The city of Weimar pays tribute to Franz Liszt with a torchlight procession and honorary citizenship. The first Viennese operetta, Das Pensionat by Franz von Suppé, is premièred at the Theater an der Wien. Richard Wagner essay on "Music of the Future" is first published, in French translation. First official National Eisteddfod of Wales is held at Denbigh. Published popular music "Dixie" by Dan Emmett "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 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.