1848 in music
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- October - 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"....
writes his last will and testament at a friend's house in Edinburgh. - November 16 - 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"....
makes his last public appearance on a concert platform at London's Guildhall. - Richard WagnerRichard WagnerWilhelm Richard Wagner was a German composer, conductor, theatre director, philosopher, music theorist, poet, essayist and writer primarily known for his operas...
begins writing libretto that will become Der Ring des NibelungenDer Ring des NibelungenDer Ring des Nibelungen is a cycle of four epic operas by the German composer Richard Wagner . The works are based loosely on characters from the Norse sagas and the Nibelungenlied...
(The Ring of the Nibelung). - Franz LisztFranz LisztFranz Liszt ; ), was a 19th-century Hungarian composer, pianist, conductor, and teacher.Liszt became renowned in Europe during the nineteenth century for his virtuosic skill as a pianist. He was said by his contemporaries to have been the most technically advanced pianist of his age...
takes up full-time post as conductor to the Weimar court orchestra - Charles HalléCharles HalléSir Charles Hallé was an Anglo-German pianist and conductor, and founder of The Hallé orchestra in 1858.-Life:Hallé was born in Hagen, Westphalia, Germany who after settling in England changed his name from Karl Halle...
settles in ManchesterManchesterManchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 2010 mid-year population estimate for Manchester was 498,800. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas, the metropolitan county of Greater...
. - Returning from exile, Cuban dance band leader Claudio Brindis de SalasClaudio Brindis de SalasClaudio Brindis de Salas Monte was a black violinist and double bass player who directed the most famous Cuban dance orchestra of his day. His band, the Concho de Oro , founded in the early 19th century, was the most popular band of its time...
is imprisoned for two years by the island's authorities. - Giuseppe VerdiGiuseppe VerdiGiuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi was an Italian Romantic composer, mainly of opera. He was one of the most influential composers of the 19th century...
insists on replacing soprano Eugenia TadoliniEugenia TadoliniEugenia Tadolini was an Italian operatic soprano. Admired for the beauty of her voice and stage presence, she was one of Donizetti's favourite singers. During her career she created over 20 leading roles, including the title roles in Donizetti's Linda di Chamounix and Maria di Rohan and Verdi's...
as Lady Macbeth for the first Naples performance of his opera Macbeth on the grounds that her voice and appearance are too beautiful.
Classical music
- George Onslow - Quintet for Piano and Strings no 2 in G major
- Jules PerrotJules PerrotJules-Joseph Perrot was a dancer and choreographer who later became Balletmaster of the Imperial Ballet in St. Petersburg, Russia...
- FaustFaust (ballet)Faust is a ballet in 3 acts / 7 scenes, with choreography and libretto by Jules Perrot, and music by Giacomo Panizza, Sir Michael Andrew Costa, and Niccolò Bajetti. First presented by the Ballet of the Teatro alla Scala on February 12, 1848 in Milan, Italy...
, ballet - Pietro RaimondiPietro RaimondiPietro Raimondi was an Italian composer, transitional between the Classical and Romantic eras...
- Putifar-Giuseppe-Giacobbe (oratorio) - Johann Strauss IJohann Strauss IJohann Strauss I , born in Vienna, was an Austrian Romantic composer famous for his waltzes, and for popularizing them alongside Joseph Lanner, thereby setting the foundations for his sons to carry on his musical dynasty...
- Radetzky March
Popular music
- "Give Me My Arrows And Give Me My BowGive Me My Arrows And Give Me My Bow"Give Me My Arrows And Give Me My Bow" is a ballad written and composed by Samuel Lover in 1848. Lovers, an Irish songwriter and novelist, wrote the ballad during a trip to the United States.-Preface:...
" by Samuel LoverSamuel LoverSamuel Lover was an Anglo-Irish songwriter, novelist, as well as a painter of portraits, chiefly miniatures. He was the grandfather of Victor Herbert.... - "Oh! Susanna!Oh! Susanna"Oh! Susanna" is a minstrel song by Stephen Foster . It was published by W. C. Peters & Co. in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1848. The song was introduced by a local quintette at a concert in Andrews' Eagle Ice Cream Saloon in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on September 11, 1847. Foster was said to have written...
" by Stephen FosterStephen FosterStephen Collins Foster , known as the "father of American music", was the pre-eminent songwriter in the United States of the 19th century...
Musical theater
- MaritanaMaritanaMaritana is a grand opera in three acts composed by William Vincent Wallace, with a libretto by Edward Fitzball . The opera is based on the play Don César de Bazan by Adolphe d'Ennery and Philippe François Pinel Dumanoir , which was also the source material for Jules Massenet's opéra comique Don...
New York production opened at the Bowery TheatreBowery TheatreThe Bowery Theatre was a playhouse in the Bowery neighborhood of New York City. Although it was founded by rich families to compete with the upscale Park Theatre, the Bowery saw its most successful period under the populist, pro-American management of Thomas Hamblin in the 1830s and 1840s...
on May 4 and ran for 3 performances
Births
- February 27 - Hubert ParryHubert ParrySir Charles Hubert Hastings Parry, 1st Baronet was an English composer, teacher and historian of music.Parry's first major works appeared in 1880. As a composer he is best known for the choral song "Jerusalem", the coronation anthem "I was glad" and the hymn tune "Repton", which sets the words...
, composer, teacher and music historian (d. 1918) - March 15 - William J. McCoyWilliam J. McCoyFor the speaker of the Mississippi House of Representatives, see William J. McCoy.William J. McCoy was an American composer. Born in Ohio, he wrote chamber music, some pieces for orchestra , an opera, incidental music for plays, and choral works including a mass in D minor...
, composer (d. 1926) - June 1 - Otto MallingOtto MallingOtto Valdemar Malling was a Danish composer, from 1900 the cathedral organist in Copenhagen and from 1889 professor, then from 1899 Director of the Royal Danish Academy of Music, Copenhagen....
, organist and composer (d. 1915) - July 31 - Robert PlanquetteRobert PlanquetteJean Robert Planquette was a French composer of songs and operettas.Several of Planquette's operettas were extraordinarily successful in Britain, including Les cloches de Corneville , the length of whose initial London run broke all records for any piece of musical theatre up to that time, and Rip...
, composer and songwriter (d. 1903) - August 1 - František KmochFrantišek KmochFrantišek Kmoch was a Czech composer and conductor.- Life and career :František Kmoch was born in Zásmuky, near Kolín, Bohemia. His father was a tailor and a clarinetist who performed folk music...
, conductor and composer (d. 1912) - October 8 - Pierre De Geyter, composer
- November 11 - William SeidelSeidel Band Instrument CompanyThe Seidel Band Instrument Company was a short-lived manufacturer of musical instruments located in Elkhart, Indiana.-History:The company was founded by William F. Seidel . Markneukirchen, lying on the border of the Czech Republic is one of the leading centers of musical instrument manufacturing in...
, Band Instrument Manufacturer (d. 1922) - December 27 - George Ratcliffe WoodwardGeorge Ratcliffe WoodwardGeorge Ratcliffe Woodward was an Anglican priest who wrote mostly religious verse, both original and translated from ancient authors. The best-known of these were written to fit traditional melodies, mainly of the Renaissance...
, composer (d. 1934) - December 30
- Frances AllitsenFrances AllitsenMary Frances Allitsen was an English composer. One of her most popular songs is a setting of Psalm 27, The Lord is My Light.Her real name was Mary Bumpus, according to the .-External links:*...
, composer (d. 1912) - David JenkinsDavid Jenkins (composer)David Jenkins was a Welsh composer, best known for his choral works and hymn tunes.Born at Trecastle near Brecon, Jenkins was at first apprenticed to a tailor, but in 1874 he began studying music at Aberystwyth under Joseph Parry. In 1893 he returned to Aberystwyth as a lecturer, rising to...
, composer (d. 1915)
- Frances Allitsen
- unknown date
- Wilhelm FitzenhagenWilhelm FitzenhagenWilhelm Karl Friedrich Fitzenhagen , was a German cellist, composer and instructor, best known today as the dedicatee of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's Variations on a Rococo Theme.-Life:...
, cellist and composer (d. 1890) - Henri Duparc
- Wilhelm Fitzenhagen
Deaths
- January - Thomas WelshThomas Welsh (composer)Thomas Welsh was an English composer and operatic bass. Welsh spent most of his life in London and is now particularly remembered for his light-hearted stage works.-Life:...
, singer and composer (b. c. 1780) - February 16 - Sophie StebnowskaSophie StebnowskaMariane Theresia Sophie Stebnowska , was a Polish opera singer, actor and harpist. She was among the great talents of the Royal Swedish Opera in Stockholm during the reign of King Gustav III of Sweden...
, singer, actress and harpsichordist (b. 1753) - April 8 - 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...
, composer (b. 1797) (syphilis) - April 24 - François van CampenhoutFrançois Van CampenhoutFrançois van Campenhout was a Belgian opera singer, conductor and composer. He composed the music for the Belgian national anthem, the Brabançonne....
, opera singer, conductor and composer (b. 1779) - August 5 (or 6) - Nicola VaccaiNicola VaccaiNicola Vaccai was an Italian composer, particularly of operas, and a singing teacher.-Life and career as a composer:...
, opera composer (b. 1790) - date unknown
- Timothy OlmsteadTimothy OlmsteadTimothy Olmstead was a Connecticut psalmodist and one of the first American composers He was also a Connecticut fifer during the American Revolutionary war.-Scores:...
, psalmodist (b. 1759) - Márk RózsavölgyiMárk RózsavölgyiMárk Rózsavölgyi Rosenthal, 1789 Balassagyarmat – 23 January 1848, Pest) was a Hungarian composer and violinist. He has been called "the father of csárdás".- Life and music :...
, violinist and composer (b. 1789)
- Timothy Olmstead