1861 in music

Published songs

• "Abide With Me", w. Rev Henry Francis Lyte m. William Henry Monk (Words 1847)
• "Alice, Where Art Thou", w. Wellington Guernsey m. Joseph Ascher
• "Aura Lee", w. W. W. Fosdick m. George R. Poulton
• "The Bonnie Blue Flag", w. Mrs Annie Chamber-Ketchum m. Harry MacCarthy
• "Eternal Father, Strong To Save", w. William Whiting m. Rev. John Bacchus Dykes
• "Go Down, Moses", trad spiritual
• "Holy! Holy! Holy! Lord God Almighty", w. Reginald Heber m. John Bacchus Dykes
• "John Brown's Body", w. anon m. William Steffe
• "Maryland, My Maryland", w. James Ryder Randall m. Walter de Mapers (Music "Mini est Propositum" 12th century)
• "The Vacant Chair", w. Henry S. Washburne m. George Frederick Root

Musical theater

• Orpheus In The Underworld, New York production

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