1832 in music
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Events
- Spring – Elias Parish AlvarsElias Parish AlvarsEli Parish was an English harpist and composer. He changed his name to Elias Parish Alvars, and sometimes used the pseudonym Albert Alvars in his publications....
gives concerts in Constantinople before Sultan Mahmud IIMahmud IIMahmud II was the 30th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1808 until his death in 1839. He was born in the Topkapi Palace, Istanbul, the son of Sultan Abdulhamid I...
. - August 14 – Première of Mendelssohn's Hebrides Overture is held in London.
- September – Paris's Opéra-ComiqueOpéra-ComiqueThe Opéra-Comique is a Parisian opera company, which was founded around 1714 by some of the popular theatres of the Parisian fairs. In 1762 the company was merged with, and for a time took the name of its chief rival the Comédie-Italienne at the Hôtel de Bourgogne, and was also called the...
moves from Salle VentadourSalle VentadourThe Salle Ventadour, a former Parisian theatre in the rue Neuve-Ventadour, now the rue Méhul , was built between 1826 and 1829 for the Opéra-Comique, to designs by Jacques-Marie Huvé, a prominent architect...
to Salle de la Bourse. - Changes to American Army regulations make bandsmen regular soldiers, required to serve in battle if needed, establishes a position for bandmasters, and limits the size of regimental bands.
Classical Music
- Charles-Valentin AlkanCharles-Valentin AlkanCharles-Valentin Alkan was a French composer and one of the greatest virtuoso pianists of his day. His attachment to his Jewish origins is displayed both in his life and his work. He entered the Paris Conservatoire at the age of six, earning many awards, and as an adult became a famous virtuoso...
– Concerti da Camera nos. 1 and 2, Op. 10 - Albert LortzingAlbert LortzingGustav Albert Lortzing was a German composer, actor and singer. He is considered to be the main representative of the German Spieloper, a form similar to the French opéra comique, which grew out of the Singspiel.-Biography:Lortzing was born in Berlin to Johann Gottlieb Lortzing and Charlotte Sophie...
– Singspiel Szenen aus Mozarts Leben - Felix MendelssohnFelix MendelssohnJakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Barthóldy , use the form 'Mendelssohn' and not 'Mendelssohn Bartholdy'. The Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians gives ' Felix Mendelssohn' as the entry, with 'Mendelssohn' used in the body text...
– Hebrides OvertureHebrides OvertureThe Hebrides Overture , Op. 26, also known as Fingal's Cave , is a concert overture composed by Felix Mendelssohn. Written in 1830, the piece was inspired by a cavern known as Fingal's Cave on Staffa, an island in the Hebrides archipelago located off the west coast of Scotland... - Richard WagnerRichard WagnerWilhelm Richard Wagner was a German composer, conductor, theatre director, philosopher, music theorist, poet, essayist and writer primarily known for his operas...
– Symphony in CSymphony in C major (Wagner)Symphony in C major, WWV29, is one of two symphonies Richard Wagner wrote. The other being the incomplete, two movement Symphony in E major WWV35.- Form :The Symphony in C major is in four movements:* I. Sostenuto e maestoso - Allegro con brio...
Opera
- Gaetano DonizettiGaetano DonizettiDomenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti was an Italian composer from Bergamo, Lombardy. His best-known works are the operas L'elisir d'amore , Lucia di Lammermoor , and Don Pasquale , all in Italian, and the French operas La favorite and La fille du régiment...
– Sancia di CastigliaSancia di CastigliaSancia di Castiglia is an Italian opera seria in two acts by Gaetano Donizetti to a libretto by Pietro Salatino. It was first performed at the Teatro San Carlo in Naples, on 4 November 1832 conducted by Nicola Festa.-Roles:...
(opera seriaOpera seriaOpera seria is an Italian musical term which refers to the noble and "serious" style of Italian opera that predominated in Europe from the 1710s to c. 1770...
, first performed at the Teatro San Carlo in NaplesNaplesNaples is a city in Southern Italy, situated on the country's west coast by the Gulf of Naples. Lying between two notable volcanic regions, Mount Vesuvius and the Phlegraean Fields, it is the capital of the region of Campania and of the province of Naples...
, on November 4, 1832) - Fromental HalévyFromental HalévyJacques-François-Fromental-Élie Halévy, usually known as Fromental Halévy , was a French composer. He is known today largely for his opera La Juive.-Early career:...
– La tentation
Popular music
- "Rock of Ages" (hymnHymnA hymn is a type of song, usually religious, specifically written for the purpose of praise, adoration or prayer, and typically addressed to a deity or deities, or to a prominent figure or personification...
) by Augustus Montague TopladyAugustus Montague TopladyAugustus Montague Toplady was an Anglican cleric and hymn writer. He was a major Calvinist opponent of John Wesley. He is best remembered as the author of the hymn "Rock of Ages"...
& Thomas HastingsThomas Hastings (composer)Thomas Hastings was an American composer, primarily an author of hymn tunes of which the best known is Toplady for the hymn Rock of Ages. He was born to Dr. Seth and Eunice Hastings in Washington, Connecticut... - "The Bloom is on the Rye (My Pretty Jane)" by Edward FitzballEdward FitzballEdward Fitzball was a popular English playwright, who specialised in melodrama. His real surname was Ball, and he was born at Burwell, Cambridgeshire.Fitzball was educated in Newmarket, was apprenticed to a Norwich printer in 1809...
& Henry Rowley Bishop
Births
- January 28 – Franz WüllnerFranz WüllnerFranz Wüllner was a German composer and conductor. He led the premieres of Richard Wagner's operas Das Rheingold and Die Walküre, but was much criticized by Wagner himself, who greatly preferred the more celebrated conductors Hans von Bülow and Hermann Levi.Wüllner was born in Münster and studied...
, conductor and composer (d. 1902) - February 12 – Gustave SatterGustave SatterGustave Satter was an Austrian-Slovenian composer and pianist.- Biography :Gustave Satter was born on February 12, 1832 at Rann in Slovenia, then part of the Austrian Empire. Rejecting the desire of his father that he take up medicine, he turned to music, and was largely self-taught...
, pianist and composer (d. 1879) - June 3 – Charles Lecocq, composer (d. 1918)
- July 17 – August SödermanAugust SödermanAugust Söderman has traditionally been seen as the pre-eminent Swedish composer of the Romantic generation, known especially for his lieder and choral works, based on folk material, and for his theatre music, such as the incidental music to Ludvig Josephson's Marsk Stigs döttrar , 1866, or...
, composer (d. 1876) - August 3 – Ivan ZajcIvan ZajcIvan Dragutin Stjepan Zajc or Ivan pl. Zajc , was a Croatian composer, conductor, director and teacher who for over forty years dominated Croatia's musical culture...
, composer, conductor, director and teacher (d. 1914) - September 9 – Petro NishchynskyPetro NishchynskyPetro Ivanovych Nishchynsky was a Ukrainian linguist and amateur composer. He was born in the village of Nemenka, currently in the Vinnytsia Oblast of Ukraine.-External links:* *...
, composer (d. 1896) - September 20 – Johann Joseph AbertJohann Joseph AbertJohann Joseph Abert was a German composer...
, composer (d. 1915) - October 1 – Henry Clay WorkHenry Clay WorkHenry Clay Work was an American composer and songwriter.-Biography:He was born in Middletown, Connecticut, to Alanson and Amelia Work. His father opposed slavery, and Work was himself an active abolitionist and Union supporter...
, US composer (d. 1884) - October 22
- Leopold DamroschLeopold DamroschLeopold Damrosch was a German American orchestral conductor.- Biography :Damrosch was born in Posen , Kingdom of Prussia, and began his musical education at the age of nine, learning the violin against the wishes of his parents, who wanted him to become a doctor...
, conductor (d. 1885) - August LabitzkyAugust LabitzkyAugust Labitzky was a Czech composer and kapellmeister, and the son of Joseph Labitzky. Although Labitzky was not as prolific a composer as his father, his Ouverture Characteristique has been occasionally recorded. Written in 1858, it depicts Emperor Charles IV while out hunting...
, composer and kappelmeister (d. 1903)
- Leopold Damrosch
- October 29 – Anders HeyerdahlAnders HeyerdahlAnders Heyerdahl was a Norwegian violinist, composer and folk music collector.He was born in what is today Aurskog-Høland, and was the younger brother of engineer Halvor Emil Heyerdahl. He studied music mainly under Carl Arnold. In addition to his own compositions, he spent the years 1856 to 1861...
, violinist and composer (d. 1918) - date unknown – Julián ArcasJulián ArcasJulián Arcas was a Spanish classical guitarist and composer. He was born in Almería and died in Malaga Spain.During the decade 1860–70 he performed all over Europe. He even performed for the Duke of Wellington and the Duke of Cambridge in 1862...
, composer for guitar (d. 1882)
Deaths
- March 10 – Muzio ClementiMuzio ClementiMuzio Clementi was a celebrated composer, pianist, pedagogue, conductor, music publisher, editor, and piano manufacturer. Born in Italy, he spent most of his life in England. He is best known for his piano sonatas, and his collection of piano studies, Gradus ad Parnassum...
, composer and pianist (b. 1752) - March 12 – Friedrich KuhlauFriedrich KuhlauFriedrich Daniel Rudolf Kuhlau was a German-Danish composer during the Classical and Romantic periods. He was a central figure of the Danish Golden Age....
, composer (b. 1786) - May 15 – Carl Friedrich ZelterCarl Friedrich ZelterCarl Friedrich Zelter was a German composer, conductor and teacher of music.Zelter became friendly with Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, and his works include settings of Goethe's poems...
, conductor, composer and music teacher (b. 1758) - May 26 – François-Louis PerneFrançois-Louis PerneFrançois-Louis Perne , was a French composer and musicographer.He is known both for his writings on the history of music, and also for being a director of the Paris Conservatoire....
, composer and musicologist (b. 1772) - June 10 – Manuel del Pópulo Vicente García, opera singer
- September 9 – Bernhard KleinBernhard KleinBernhard Klein was a German composer.Klein was born in Cologne. He married Lilly Parthey , who was the sister of Gustav Parthey and the granddaughter of Friedrich Nicolai...
, composer (b. 1793) - October 18 – Othon Joseph Vandenbroek
- December 12 – Andrea NozzariAndrea NozzariAndrea Nozzari was an Italian tenor.Nozzari was born in Vertova and studied in Bergamo and Rome. He is notable for the principal roles written for him by Gioachino Rossini and mostly premiered in Domenico Barbaia's theatres in Naples...
, operatic tenor (b. 1775) - December 22 – Ishmail SpicerIshmail SpicerIshmael Spicer was a publisher in Baltimore, a teacher, and one of the first American composers....
, composer (b. 1760) - December 31 – Adelaide MalanotteAdelaide MalanotteAdelaide Malanotte was an Italian operatic contralto who performed in major opera houses in Italy from 1806–1821. She is best known for creating the title role in the world premiere of Gioachino Rossini's Tancredi in 1813. After her marriage, she performed under the name Adelaide Montresor...
, operatic contralto (b. 1785) - date unknown – Philip Antony CorriPhilip Antony CorriPhilip Antony Corri was a composer, born in Edinburgh and later working in London and Baltimore, Maryland. He began composing in 1802...
, composer (b. 1784)