1851 in music
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- February - Operatic tenor Sims ReevesSims ReevesJohn Sims Reeves , usually called simply Sims Reeves, was the foremost English operatic, oratorio and ballad tenor vocalist of the mid-Victorian era....
returns to perform in Dublin with his new wife, soprano Charlotte Emma Lucombe. - February 6 - Schumann'sRobert SchumannRobert Schumann, sometimes known as Robert Alexander Schumann, was a German composer, aesthete and influential music critic. He is regarded as one of the greatest and most representative composers of the Romantic era....
Symphony No. 3 premiered in DüsseldorfDüsseldorfDüsseldorf is the capital city of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and centre of the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region.Düsseldorf is an important international business and financial centre and renowned for its fashion and trade fairs. Located centrally within the European Megalopolis, the...
, the composer conducting. (http://www.lasr.cs.ucla.edu/geoff/prognotes/schumann/symphony3.html) - July 23 - Richard WagnerRichard WagnerWilhelm Richard Wagner was a German composer, conductor, theatre director, philosopher, music theorist, poet, essayist and writer primarily known for his operas...
writes down the leitmotif for the "Ride of the ValkyriesRide of the ValkyriesThe Ride of the Valkyries is the popular term for the beginning of Act III of Die Walküre, the second of the four operas by Richard Wagner that comprise Der Ring des Nibelungen. The main theme of the Ride, the leitmotif labelled Walkürenritt, was first written down by the composer on 23 July 1851...
". - Operatic baritone Hans von MildeHans von MildeHans Feodor von Milde was an Austrian operatic baritone and the husband of soprano Rosa von Milde-Agthe. He sang for almost four decades at the opera house in Weimar where he particularly excelled in the works of Richard Wagner...
marries soprano Rosa Agthe.
Published popular music
- "Cora, The Indian Maiden's SongCora, The Indian Maiden's Song"Cora, The Indian Maiden's Song" is a song written by Shirley Brooks for his burletta, The Wigwam, sometime before 1847. Alexander Lee composed the music. In the song, Cora, the Indian maiden, is praising the wind: "Oh! the wild free wind is a Spirit Kind, And it loves the Indian well." The song's...
" - Shirley BrooksShirley BrooksCharles William Shirley Brooks , journalist and novelist, born in London, began life in a solicitor's office. He early, however, took to literature, and contributed to various periodicals. In 1851 he joined the staff of Punch, to which he contributed "Essence of Parliament," and on the death of...
(w.) Alexander Lee (m.) - "Old Folks at HomeOld Folks at Home"Old Folks at Home" is a minstrel song written by Stephen Foster in 1851. It was intended to be performed by the New York blackface troupe Christy's Minstrels. E. P. Christy, the troupe's leader, appears on early printings of the sheet music as the song's creator...
'" (Way Down Upon the Suwannee River) 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... - "Ring, Ring, de Banjo" 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...
- "I Would Not Die in Summer Time" 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...
- "Laura Lee" 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...
Classical music
- Woldemar BargielWoldemar BargielWoldemar Bargiel was a German composer of classical music.-Life:Bargiel was born in Berlin, and was the half brother of Clara Schumann. Bargiel’s father Adolph was a well-known piano and voice teacher while his mother Mariane had been unhappily married to Clara’s father, Friedrich Wieck. Clara was...
- Piano Trio No. 1 in F major, op. 6 - 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...
- Scherzo in E-flat minor, op. 4 - 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...
- Transcendental Etudes for Piano, S 139 - George Onslow - Wind quintet opus 81
- Anton RubinsteinAnton RubinsteinAnton Grigorevich Rubinstein was a Russian-Jewish pianist, composer and conductor. As a pianist he was regarded as a rival of Franz Liszt, and he ranks amongst the great keyboard virtuosos...
- Symphony No. 2 (Ocean) (first version) - Robert SchumannRobert SchumannRobert Schumann, sometimes known as Robert Alexander Schumann, was a German composer, aesthete and influential music critic. He is regarded as one of the greatest and most representative composers of the Romantic era....
-Symphony No. 4 from 1841 revised. First violin sonataViolin Sonata No. 1 (Schumann)The violin sonata no. 1 in A minor, opus 105 of Robert Schumann was written the week of September 12– 16 September 1851. Schumann was reported to have expressed displeasure with the work...
, second violin sonata, Der Rose Pilgerfahrt, several oratorios, two concert overtures, third piano trio, also written (third violin sonata dates from 1853)
Opera
- Félicien-César DavidFélicien-César DavidFélicien-César David was a French composer.-Biography:Félicien David was born in Cadenet , France, and began to study music at five under his father, whose early death however left him an impoverished orphan...
- La Perle du Bresil - Charles GounodCharles GounodCharles-François Gounod was a French composer, known for his Ave Maria as well as his operas Faust and Roméo et Juliette.-Biography:...
- SaphoSapho (Gounod)Sapho is a 3-act opera by Charles Gounod to a libretto by Émile Augier which was premiered by the Paris Opéra at the Salle Le Peletier on 16 April 1851. It was presented only 9 times in its initial production, but was a succès d'estime for the young composer, with the critics praising Act 3 in... - 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...
- Die Oprnprobe - Joachim RaffJoachim RaffJoseph Joachim Raff was a German-Swiss composer, teacher and pianist.-Biography:Raff was born in Lachen in Switzerland. His father, a teacher, had fled there from Württemberg in 1810 to escape forced recruitment into the military of that southwestern German state that had to fight for Napoleon in...
- König Alfred - 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...
- Rigoletto
Births
- January 25 - Jan BlockxJan BlockxJan Blockx was a Belgian composer, pianist and teacher. He was a leader of the Flemish nationalist school in music.-Biography:...
, pianist, composer and music teacher (d. 1912) - January 27 - Gaspar VillateGaspar VillateGaspar Villate was a Cuban composer who produced abundant and wide-ranging work, mostly centered on opera....
, composer (d. 1891) - February 12 - Anna YesipovaAnna YesipovaAnna Yesipova was a prominent Russian pianist. Her name is cited variously as Anna Esipova; Anna or Annette Essipova; Anna, Annette or Annetta Essipoff; Annette von Essipow; Anna Jessipowa.Yesipova was one of Teodor Leszetycki's most brilliant pupils...
, pianist (d. 1914) - March 27
- Ruperto ChapíRuperto ChapíRuperto Chapí y Lorente was a Spanish composer, and co-founder of the Sociedad General de Autores y Editores.Chapí was born at Villena, the son of a Valencian barber. He trained in his home town and Madrid...
, composer (d. 1909) - Vincent d'IndyVincent d'IndyVincent d'Indy was a French composer and teacher.-Life:Paul Marie Théodore Vincent d'Indy was born in Paris into an aristocratic family of royalist and Catholic persuasion. He had piano lessons from an early age from his paternal grandmother, who passed him on to Antoine François Marmontel and...
, composer (d. 1931)
- Ruperto Chapí
- May 1 - Ludvig HegnerLudvig HegnerLudvig Albert Hegner was a Danish composer.-References:*This article was initially translated from the Danish Wikipedia....
, composer (d. 1923) - May 6 - Jean-Alexandre TalazacJean-Alexandre TalazacJean-Alexandre Talazac , was a French operatic tenor, particularly associated with the French repertory.Talazac was born in Bordeaux. He studied at the National Conservatory of Music in Paris, and made his debut in 1877 at the Théâtre Lyrique...
, operatic tenor (d. 1896) - May 7 - Julius ButhsJulius ButhsJulius Buths was a German pianist, conductor and minor composer. He was particularly notable in his early championing of the works of Edward Elgar in Germany. He conducted the continental European premieres of both the Enigma Variations and The Dream of Gerontius...
, pianist, conductor and composer (d. 1920) - May 17 - Victor BendixVictor BendixVictor Emanuel Bendix was a Jewish Danish composer, conductor and pianist. His teachers included Niels Gade....
, pianist, conductor and composer (d. 1926) - June 11 - Oscar BorgOscar BorgOscar Borg was a Norwegian composer and conductor. He is best known for his compositions of marches for wind bands....
, composer (d. 1930) - June 12 - Pol PlançonPol PlançonPol-Henri Plançon was a distinguished French operatic bass . He was one of the most acclaimed singers active during the 1880s, 1890s and early 20th century—a period often referred to as the "Golden Age of Opera".In addition to being among the earliest international opera stars to have made...
, operatic bass (d. 1914) - August 8 - Walborg LagerwallWalborg LagerwallWalborg Concordia Maria Lagerwall was a Swedish cellist.She was a student of the Royal College of Music, Stockholm 1872-1874, and toured Scandinavia in 1879—83. She played the violoncello in the troupe »Damtrion» 1881-1883 together with Hilma Åberg and Hilma Lindberg, and at the Royal Swedish...
, Swedish violinist (d. 1940) - October 11 - Josif MarinkovićJosif MarinkovicJosif Marinkovic was one of the most important Serbian composers of the nineteenth century.-External links:* *...
, composer (d. 1931) - October 16 - Viggo BielefeldtViggo BielefeldtViggo Bielefeldt was a Danish composer.-References:*This article was initially translated from the Danish Wikipedia.daughter: Johanne Margrethe...
, composer (d. 1909) - November 16 - Minnie HaukMinnie Haukthumb|Minnie Hauk in a [[cabinet card]] photograph, ca. 1880Amalia Mignon Hauck , was an American operatic soprano....
, operatic soprano (d. 1929) - probable - Marie HeilbronMarie HeilbronMarie Heilbron was a Belgian operatic soprano, particularly associated with the French repertory, creator of Jules Massenet's quintessential French heroine Manon....
, operatic soprano (d. 1886)
Deaths
- January 21 - 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...
, composer (b. 1801) - January 24 - Gaspare SpontiniGaspare SpontiniGaspare Luigi Pacifico Spontini was an Italian opera composer and conductor, extremely celebrated in his time, though largely forgotten after his death.-Biography:...
, composer (b. 1774) - March 6
- Alexander AlyabyevAlexander AlyabyevAlexander Aleksandrovich Alyabyev, also rendered as Alabiev or Alabieff was a Russian composer. He wrote seven operas, twenty musical comedies, more than 200 songs, and many other pieces. His most famous work is The Nightingale, a song based on a poem by Anton Delvig. It was composed while...
, composer (b. 1787) - Emma HartmannEmma HartmannEmma Hartmann née Zinn was a Danish composer who used the pseudonym Frederick H. Palmer to publish music. She was born in Copenhagen, the daughter of J.Fr. Zinn, and studied singing and piano with composer Andreas Peter Berggreen. She married composer J.P.E. Hartmann in 1829 and became the mother...
, composer (b. 1807)
- Alexander Alyabyev
- April 8 - John Parry (Bardd Alaw)John Parry (Bardd Alaw)John Parry , commonly known by his bardic name "Bardd Alaw", was a Welsh harpist and composer.-Biography:Parry was born in Denbigh, in northern Wales, the son of a stonemason...
, harpist and composer (b. 1776) - July 4 - Martin-Joseph MengalMartin-Joseph MengalMartin-Joseph Mengal , was a Belgian composer and instructor.Mengal came from a musical family and received horn and violin lessons as a child, and by the age of 13 played first horn at the Ghent opera...
, composer (b. 1784) - July 17 - Béni EgressyBeni Egressy----Béni Egressy was a Hungarian composer, librettist, translator and actor.- Biography :...
, composer and librettist (b. 1814) - August 8 - James Shudi BroadwoodJames Shudi BroadwoodJames Shudi Broadwood was a piano maker in Middlesex and a magistrate in Surrey.-Piano making:He was born in London and died in Lyne Drive, Surrey. He was the second child and eldest son of John Broadwood and his first wife Barbara Shudi. James originally worked as a clerk for his father from 1785...
, piano-maker (b. 1772) - October 8 - George Alexander LeeGeorge Alexander LeeGeorge Alexander Lee was an English musician.He was the son of Henry Lee, a pugilist and innkeeper. He became "tiger" to Lord Barrymore, and his singing led to his being educated for the musical profession...
, singer, songwriter and opera producer (b. 1802) - December 1 - Carl DahlénCarl DahlénCarl Dahlén was a Swedish ballet dancer and choreographer, active first at the Royal Swedish Ballet at the Royal Swedish Opera in Stockholm, and second at the Royal Danish Ballet in Copenhagen at the Royal Danish Theatre in Denmark. He belonged to the first male Swedish stars at the Royal Swedish...
, ballet dancer and choreographer (b. 1770)