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- Hector BerliozHector BerliozHector Berlioz was a French Romantic composer, best known for his compositions Symphonie fantastique and Grande messe des morts . Berlioz made significant contributions to the modern orchestra with his Treatise on Instrumentation. He specified huge orchestral forces for some of his works; as a...
marries Harriet SmithsonHarriet SmithsonHenrietta Constance Smithson was an Anglo-Irish actress, the first wife of Hector Berlioz, and the inspiration for his Symphonie Fantastique.... - May 13 – Italian SymphonySymphony No. 4 (Mendelssohn)The Symphony No. 4 in A major, Op. 90, commonly known as the Italian, is an orchestral symphony written by German composer Felix Mendelssohn ....
by 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...
is premiered (and taken back for revision). - July 8 – Lyrics by Francisco Acuña de FigueroaFrancisco Acuña de FigueroaFrancisco Esteban Acuña de Figueroa was an Uruguayan poet.-Background:Acuña de Figueroa was born in Montevideo on September 20, 1790. Later, his father sent him to study in Buenos Aires, Argentina, but the city's invasion made him return to Montevideo, where he wrote poems while working for his...
are selected as the National Anthem of UruguayNational Anthem of UruguayThe "National Anthem of Uruguay" is the longest national anthem in terms of duration with 105 bars of music .The anthem's lyrics are by Francisco Acuña de Figueroa, who was also author of the lyrics to Paraguay's national anthem; "Paraguayos, República o Muerte".The lyrics were officially declared...
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Classical music
- Charles Valentin Alkan – Rondo Brilliant for String Quartet
- William Sterndale BennettWilliam Sterndale BennettSir William Sterndale Bennett was an English composer. He ranks as the most distinguished English composer of the Romantic school-Biography:...
– Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor - Frédéric ChopinFrédéric ChopinFrédéric François Chopin was a Polish composer and virtuoso pianist. He is considered one of the great masters of Romantic music and has been called "the poet of the piano"....
– Bolero for piano opus 19 in C/A - Johann Nepomuk HummelJohann Nepomuk HummelJohann Nepomuk Hummel or Jan Nepomuk Hummel was an Austrian composer and virtuoso pianist. His music reflects the transition from the Classical to the Romantic musical era.- Life :...
– Fantasy for piano - 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...
– Die erste Walpurgisnacht
Births
- March 17 – Giuseppe GariboldiGiuseppe GariboldiGiuseppe Gariboldi was an Italian flautist and composer....
, flautist and composer (d. 1905) - April 30 – Hortense SchneiderHortense SchneiderHortense Catherine Schneider, La Snédèr, was a French soprano, one of the greatest operetta stars of the 19th century, particularly associated with the works of composer Jacques Offenbach.-Biography:...
, operatic soprano (d. 1920) - May 5 – Jean BeckerJean Becker (violinist)Jean Becker was a prominent German violinist from Mannheim in the Grand Duchy of Baden.-Biography:He studied with Aloys Kettenus and Vincenz Lachner. After a short period as a conductor at Mannheim, he entered upon a series of concert tours...
, violinist (d. 1884) - May 7 – Johannes BrahmsJohannes BrahmsJohannes Brahms was a German composer and pianist, and one of the leading musicians of the Romantic period. Born in Hamburg, Brahms spent much of his professional life in Vienna, Austria, where he was a leader of the musical scene...
, composer (d. 1897) - May 9
- Beniamino CarelliBeniamino CarelliBeniamino Carelli was a celebrated Italian singing teacher and composer.Carelli was born and died in Naples, where he spent many years teaching at the Conservatory of San Pietro a Majella...
, singing teacher (d. 1921) - Bolesław Dembiński, organist and composer (d. 1914)
- Beniamino Carelli
- June 7 – Alexander RitterAlexander RitterAlexander Sascha Ritter was a German composer and violinist.He was born in Narva, Estonia. He studied in Frankfurt am Main under Joachim Raff. In 1854 he married Wagner's niece Franziska...
, composer and violinist (d. 1896) - July 26 – Otto SingerOtto SingerOtto Singer was a German musician also active in the USA.Singer was born in Sora, Saxony. He was educated in Dresden, and later in Leipzig until 1865, and after a short residence in Weimar with Franz Liszt went to New York in 1867.In 1873 he went to Cincinnati as assistant musical director, under...
, composer (d. 1894) - September 26 – Gustav StolpeGustav StolpeGustav Stolpe was a Swedish-American composer, conductor, and performer.Gustav Stolpe was born in Torsåker Parish, Gästrikland, Sweden in 1833...
, conductor and composer (d. 1902) - October 26 – Adelaide PhillipsAdelaide PhillipsAdelaide Phillips , American contralto singer, was born at Stratford-upon-Avon, England, her family emigrating to America in 1840. Her mother taught dancing, and Adelaide began a career on the Boston stage at ten years old...
, operatic contralto (d. 1882) - November 12 – Alexander BorodinAlexander BorodinAlexander Porfiryevich Borodin was a Russian Romantic composer and chemist of Georgian–Russian parentage. He was a member of the group of composers called The Five , who were dedicated to producing a specifically Russian kind of art music...
, composer (d. 1887) - date unknown
- Luigi BassiLuigi Bassi (clarinetist)Luigi Bassi was an Italian composer and clarinetist.Bassi was born in Cremona and studied at the Milan Conservatory under Benedetto Carulli from 1846 to 1853. He was the principal clarinetist of La Scala in Milan. He composed a total of 27 works for clarinet...
, clarinet player and composer (d. 1871) - Franz Wohlfahrt, violin teacher and composer (d. 1884)
- Mathilda EnequistMathilda EnequistEugenia Mathilda Enequist, was a Swedish opera singer and singing instructor, also known as Signora Biondini....
, opera singer (d. 1898)
- Luigi Bassi
Deaths
- January 19 – Ferdinand Hérold, composer (b. 1791)
- January 20 – Gertrud Elisabeth MaraGertrud Elisabeth MaraGertrud Elisabeth Mara [née Schmeling] was a German operatic soprano.She was born in Kassel, the daughter of a poor musician, Johann Schmeling. From him she learnt to play the violin, and while still a child, her playing at the fair at Frankfurt was so remarkable that money was collected to...
, operatic soprano (b. 1749) - March 3 – Heinrich WernerHeinrich Werner (composer)Heinrich Werner was a German composer.He was born in 1800 into a musical family in Kirchohmfeld in the Eichsfeld district of Thuringia. Initially trained at home, he played the organ for the local church at the age of 11 and became a choral singer at Sankt Andreasberg at 15...
, composer (b. 1800) - April 7 – Antoni Radziwiłł, Polish aristocrat and musician (b. 1775)
- May 25 – Johann Andreas StreicherJohann Andreas StreicherJohann Andreas Streicher was a German pianist, composer and piano maker. In 1793 he married Nannette Streicher , another piano maker and the daughter of Augsburg piano maker Johann Andreas Stein. In 1794 they moved to Vienna...
, pianist, composer and piano maker (b. 1761) - May 28 – Johann Christian Friedrich HæffnerJohann Christian Friedrich HæffnerJohann Christian Friedrich Hæffner was a German-born Swedish composer.Hæffner received his first musical education with the Schmalkalden organist Johann Gottfried Vierling. He studied in Leipzig from 1776, and then worked as a music conductor in theatres in Frankfurt am Main and Hamburg 1778-1780...
, composer (b. 1759) - May 29 – William MarshallWilliam Marshall (Scottish composer)William Marshall is regarded as one of the greatest composers of Scottish fiddle music.Marshall was born in Fochabers, Scotland. He entered the service of the Duke of Gordon, eventually becoming the Factor to the Gordon Estate. James Hunter's The Fiddle Music of Scotland credits Marshall with...
, fiddler and composer (b. 1748) - September 14 – John StevensonJohn Stevenson (composer)Sir John Andrew Stevenson was an Irish composer of classical music. He is best known for his publications of Irish Melodies with poet Thomas Moore...
, composer (b. 1761) - October 1 – Luísa TodiLuísa TodiLuísa Rosa de Aguiar Todi was a popular and successful Portuguese mezzo-soprano opera singer.Luísa Todi was born Luísa Rosa de Aguiar on January 9, 1753 in Setúbal, Portugal. In 1765, her family moved to Lisbon, where her father was a musical writer in the Theatre of Bairro Alto.Luísa began her...
, operatic soprano (b. 1753) - November 8 – Maximilian StadlerMaximilian StadlerMaximilian Johann Karl Dominik Stadler, Abbé Stadler was an Austrian composer, musicologist and pianist....
, pianist and composer (b. 1748)