1845 in music

Events

• Robert Schumann's Piano Concerto in A minor[?] is completed
• The company that would become Brunswick Records (Brunswick-Balke-Collender) begins manufacturing pianos and other equipment in Dubuque, Iowa
• Ludwig II of Bavaria, the great patron of Richard Wagner, becomes king of Bavaria

• Albert Lortzing[?]'s opera Undine debuts in Magdeburg (April 21)
• William Fry[?]'s opera Leonora debuts in Philadelphia (June 4)
• Gioacchino Rossini's first wife, soprano Isabella Colbran, dies (October 7)
• Richard Wagner's opera Tannhäuser debuts at the Dresden Hoftheater (October 19)

Births

• May 12 - Gabriel Fauré, composer