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25 May - A fire during the 745th performance there of MignonMignon
Mignon is an opéra comique in three acts by Ambroise Thomas. The original French libretto was by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré, based on Goethe's novel Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre. The Italian version was translated by Giuseppe Zaffira. The opera is mentioned in James Joyce's The Dead,...
largely destroys the second Salle Favart, home of the Opéra-Comique
Opéra-Comique
The 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...
in Paris; 84 people are recorded dead.
Published popular music
- "Angels Without Wings" w.m. George Dance
- "Away In The Manger" w. anon m. James Ramsey Murray
- "Calvary" w. Henry Vaughn m. Paul Rodney
- "Comrades" Felix McGlennon & George Horncastle
- "The Song That Reached My Heart" w.m. Julian Jordan (1850 - 1929, West Chester, NY).
- "Ti! Hi! Tiddelly Hi!", w.m. Joseph Tabrar
- From the score of RuddigoreRuddigoreRuddigore; or, The Witch's Curse, originally called Ruddygore, is a comic opera in two acts, with music by Arthur Sullivan and libretto by W. S. Gilbert. It is one of the Savoy Operas and the tenth of fourteen comic operas written together by Gilbert and Sullivan...
(Music: Arthur SullivanArthur SullivanSir Arthur Seymour Sullivan MVO was an English composer of Irish and Italian ancestry. He is best known for his series of 14 operatic collaborations with the dramatist W. S. Gilbert, including such enduring works as H.M.S. Pinafore, The Pirates of Penzance and The Mikado...
Lyrics: W. S. GilbertW. S. GilbertSir William Schwenck Gilbert was an English dramatist, librettist, poet and illustrator best known for his fourteen comic operas produced in collaboration with the composer Sir Arthur Sullivan, of which the most famous include H.M.S...
):- "I Know A Youth Who Loves A Maid"
- "I Shipped, D'Ye See, In A Revenue Sloop"
- "My Boy, You May Take It From Me"
- "There Grew A Little Flower"
- "When The Night Wind Howls"
Classical musicClassical musicClassical music is the art music produced in, or rooted in, the traditions of Western liturgical and secular music, encompassing a broad period from roughly the 11th century to present times...
- Isaac AlbénizIsaac AlbénizIsaac Manuel Francisco Albéniz y Pascual was a Spanish Catalan pianist and composer best known for his piano works based on folk music idioms .-Life:Born in Camprodon, province of Girona, to Ángel Albéniz and his wife Dolors Pascual, Albéniz...
- Sonata for piano Nos. 3, 4 and 5; Concierto fantástico in A minor - 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...
- Concerto for Violin, Cello and OrchestraDouble Concerto (Brahms)The Double Concerto in A minor, Op. 102, by Johannes Brahms is a concerto for violin, cello and orchestra.- Origin of the work :The Double Concerto was Brahms' final work for orchestra. It was composed in the summer of 1887, and first performed on 18 October of that year in the Gürzenich in Köln,...
(Double Concerto in A minor, Op. 102) - Ruperto ChapiRuperto 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...
- La Bruja (zarzuela) - Gustave CharpentierGustave CharpentierGustave Charpentier, , born in Dieuze, Moselle on 25 June 1860, died Paris, 18 February 1956) was a French composer, best known for his opera Louise.-Life and career:...
- Didon (cantata) - Felix DraesekeFelix DraesekeFelix August Bernhard Draeseke was a composer of the "New German School" admiring Liszt and Richard Wagner. He wrote compositions in most forms including eight operas and stage works, four symphonies, and much vocal and chamber music.-Life:Felix Draeseke was born in the Franconian ducal town of...
- Sonata for Clarinet (or Violin) and Piano in B♭, Op. 38 - Antonín DvořákAntonín DvorákAntonín Leopold Dvořák was a Czech composer of late Romantic music, who employed the idioms of the folk music of Moravia and his native Bohemia. Dvořák’s own style is sometimes called "romantic-classicist synthesis". His works include symphonic, choral and chamber music, concerti, operas and many...
- Piano Quintet No. 2 in APiano Quintet No. 2 (Dvorák)Antonín Dvořák's Piano Quintet No. 2 in A major, Op. 81, B. 155, is a quintet for piano, 2 violins, viola, and cello. It was composed between August 18 and October 8 of 1887, and was premiered in Prague on January 6, 1888...
, Op. 81 - Robert FuchsRobert FuchsRobert Fuchs was an Austrian composer and music teacher.As Professor of music theory at the Vienna Conservatory, Fuchs taught many notable composers, while he was himself a highly regarded composer in his lifetime....
- Symphony No. 2 in E♭, Op. 45 - Edvard GriegEdvard GriegEdvard Hagerup Grieg was a Norwegian composer and pianist. He is best known for his Piano Concerto in A minor, for his incidental music to Henrik Ibsen's play Peer Gynt , and for his collection of piano miniatures Lyric Pieces.-Biography:Edvard Hagerup Grieg was born in...
- Third Sonata for Violin and PianoSonatas for Violin and Piano (Grieg)Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg wrote three violin sonatas. They are all fine examples of his musical nationalism, since they all contain references or similarities to Norwegian folk song....
in C minor, opus 45 - Asger HamerikAsger HamerikAsger Hamerik , was a Danish composer of classical music.Born in Frederiksberg , he studied music with J.P.E. Hartmann and Niels Gade. He wrote his first pieces in his teens, including an unperformed symphony...
- Requiem - Sergei LyapunovSergei LyapunovSergei Mikhailovich Lyapunov was a Russian composer and pianist.-Life:Lyapunov was born in Yaroslavl in 1859. After the death of his father, Mikhail Lyapunov, when he was about eight, Sergei, his mother, and his two brothers went to live in the larger town of Nizhny Novgorod...
- Symphony No. 1 in B minor, Op. 12 - José Vianna da MottaJosé Vianna da MottaJosé Vianna da Motta was a distinguished Portuguese pianist, teacher, and composer. He was one of the last pupils of Franz Liszt...
- Piano ConcertoPiano concertoA piano concerto is a concerto written for piano and orchestra.See also harpsichord concerto; some of these works are occasionally played on piano...
in A major - Hans PfitznerHans PfitznerHans Erich Pfitzner was a German composer and self-described anti-modernist. His best known work is the post-Romantic opera Palestrina, loosely based on the life of the great sixteenth-century composer Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina.-Biography:Pfitzner was born in Moscow, Russia, where his...
- Scherzo in C minor - Josef RheinbergerJosef RheinbergerJosef Gabriel Rheinberger was a German organist and composer, born in Liechtenstein.-Short biography:...
- Organ Sonata No. 11 in D minor, op. 148; Suite for organ, violin and cello, op. 149 - Charles Villiers StanfordCharles Villiers StanfordSir Charles Villiers Stanford was an Irish composer who was particularly notable for his choral music. He was professor at the Royal College of Music and University of Cambridge.- Life :...
- An Irish Symphony (Symphony No. 3 in F minor), Op. 28 - Richard StraussRichard StraussRichard Georg Strauss was a leading German composer of the late Romantic and early modern eras. He is known for his operas, which include Der Rosenkavalier and Salome; his Lieder, especially his Four Last Songs; and his tone poems and orchestral works, such as Death and Transfiguration, Till...
- Violin Sonata in E♭, Op. 18 - Hugo WolfHugo WolfHugo Wolf was an Austrian composer of Slovene origin, particularly noted for his art songs, or lieder. He brought to this form a concentrated expressive intensity which was unique in late Romantic music, somewhat related to that of the Second Viennese School in concision but utterly unrelated in...
- Italian SerenadeItalian SerenadeThe Italian Serenade is a piece of music written by Hugo Wolf in 1887. It was written originally for string quartet and named simply Serenade in G major. By April 1890, he was referring to it in his letters as "Italian Serenade". In 1892, he arranged it for string orchestra. It is one of his...
for string quartet
OperaOperaOpera is an art form in which singers and musicians perform a dramatic work combining text and musical score, usually in a theatrical setting. Opera incorporates many of the elements of spoken theatre, such as acting, scenery, and costumes and sometimes includes dance...
- Charles Edouard Lefebvre - Zaïre premiered in LilleLilleLille is a city in northern France . It is the principal city of the Lille Métropole, the fourth-largest metropolitan area in the country behind those of Paris, Lyon and Marseille. Lille is situated on the Deûle River, near France's border with Belgium...
- Adolf NeuendorffAdolf NeuendorffAdolf Heinrich Anton Magnus Neuendorff, also known as Adolph Neuendorff was a German-American composer, violinist, pianist and conductor, stage director and theater manager.-Early years:...
- Prince Waldmeister - Johann Strauss IIJohann Strauss IIJohann Strauss II , also known as Johann Baptist Strauss or Johann Strauss, Jr., the Younger, or the Son , was an Austrian composer of light music, particularly dance music and operettas. He composed over 500 waltzes, polkas, quadrilles, and other types of dance music, as well as several operettas...
- Simplicius - 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...
- OtelloOtelloOtello is an opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Arrigo Boito, based on Shakespeare's play Othello. It was Verdi's penultimate opera, and was first performed at the Teatro alla Scala, Milan, on February 5, 1887.... - Emmanuel ChabrierEmmanuel ChabrierEmmanuel Chabrier was a French Romantic composer and pianist. Although known primarily for two of his orchestral works, España and Joyeuse marche, he left an important corpus of operas , songs, and piano music as well...
- Le roi malgré luiLe roi malgré luiLe roi malgré lui is an opéra-comique in three acts by Emmanuel Chabrier with an original libretto by Emile de Najac and Paul Burani. The opera is revived occasionally, but has not found a place in the repertory, mainly because of the poor libretto...
Musical theater
- DorothyDorothy (opera)Dorothy is a comic opera in three acts with music by Alfred Cellier and a libretto by B. C. Stephenson. The story involves a rake who falls in love with his disguised fiancée.It was first produced at the Gaiety Theatre in London on in 1886...
BroadwayBroadway theatreBroadway theatre, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 40 professional theatres with 500 or more seats located in the Theatre District centered along Broadway, and in Lincoln Center, in Manhattan in New York City...
production opened at the Standard TheatreManhattan TheatreThe Manhattan Theatre, directly across from Greeley Square at Sixth Avenue and 33rd Street, was located at 102 West 33rd Street, in New York, NY. It was a 1100-seat theatre which opened in 1875 as the Eagle Variety Theatre, and later re-named the Standard Theatre in 1878...
on November 5 and transferred to the Grand Opera HouseGrand Opera HouseGrand Opera House may refer to:in Canada*Grand Opera House in England*Grand Opera House in France*Palais Garnier in Paris, often called the "Grand Opera House"in Northern Ireland*Grand Opera House in the United States...
on April 16, 1888 for a total run of 51 performances - RuddigoreRuddigoreRuddigore; or, The Witch's Curse, originally called Ruddygore, is a comic opera in two acts, with music by Arthur Sullivan and libretto by W. S. Gilbert. It is one of the Savoy Operas and the tenth of fourteen comic operas written together by Gilbert and Sullivan...
LondonWest End theatreWest End theatre is a popular term for mainstream professional theatre staged in the large theatres of London's 'Theatreland', the West End. Along with New York's Broadway theatre, West End theatre is usually considered to represent the highest level of commercial theatre in the English speaking...
and Broadway productions
Births
- January 28 - Arthur RubinsteinArthur RubinsteinArthur Rubinstein KBE was a Polish-American pianist. He received international acclaim for his performances of the music of a variety of composers...
, pianist - February 7 - Eubie BlakeEubie BlakeJames Hubert Blake was an American composer, lyricist, and pianist of ragtime, jazz, and popular music. In 1921, Blake and long-time collaborator Noble Sissle wrote the Broadway musical Shuffle Along, one of the first Broadway musicals to be written and directed by African Americans...
, jazz pianist and composer - February 23 - Oskar LindbergOskar Lindberg (composer)Oskar Lindberg was a nationalist/romantic composer who in 1939 edited the Church of Sweden's hymnbook. His 1912 Requiem was of particular importance to the history of Swedish liturgical works....
, composer (d. 1955) - March 3 - Hart Wand, composer, fiddler, bandleader
- March 4 - Violet MacMillanViolet MacMillanViolet MacMillan , was an American actress in Broadway theatre productions, vaudeville, and silent motion pictures. She was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan.-Tiny feet:...
, Broadway star - March 5 - Heitor Villa-LobosHeitor Villa-LobosHeitor Villa-Lobos was a Brazilian composer, described as "the single most significant creative figure in 20th-century Brazilian art music". Villa-Lobos has become the best-known and most significant Latin American composer to date. He wrote numerous orchestral, chamber, instrumental and vocal works...
, Brazilian composer (d. 1959) - March 7 - Heino EllerHeino EllerHeino Eller was an Estonian composer and composition teacher.Eller was born in Tartu, where he took private lessons in violin and music theory, played in several ensembles and orchestras, and performed as violin soloist. In 1907 he entered the Saint Petersburg Conservatory to study violin. From...
, composer (d. 1970) - March 22 - Chico MarxChico MarxLeonard "Chico" Marx was an American comedian and film star as part of the Marx Brothers. His persona in the act was that of a dim-witted albeit crafty con artist, seemingly of rural Italian origin, who wore shabby clothes, and sported a curly-haired wig and Tyrolean hat.As the first-born of the...
, piano-playing comedian - March 23 - Anthony van HobokenAnthony van HobokenAnthony van Hoboken was a collector and musicologist. He was born in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, and died in Zürich, Switzerland.Hoboken trained as an engineer in Delft, before studying music in Frankfurt and Vienna...
, musicologist - March 25 - Nicolae BretanNicolae BretanNicolae Bretan was a Romanian opera composer, baritone, conductor and music critic.He studied in Cluj, Vienna and Budapest before becoming one of the pioneers of Romanian opera - his opera Luceafarul is cited as the first opera in Romanian...
, opera composer - April 10 - Heinz TiessenHeinz TiessenRichard Gustav Heinz Tiessen was a German composer.-Biography:Tiessen was born at Königsberg, where he studied with composer Erwin Kroll before moving to Berlin. There, he enrolled at Humboldt University and at the Stern'sches Konservatorium, where he studied composition and music theory...
, composer (died 1971) - May 12 - Bertha LewisBertha LewisBertha Lewis was an English opera singer and actress primarily known for her work as principal contralto in the Gilbert & Sullivan comic operas with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company.-Early life and career:...
, operatic contralto - June 25 - George AbbottGeorge AbbottGeorge Francis Abbott was an American theater producer and director, playwright, screenwriter, and film director and producer whose career spanned more than nine decades.-Early years:...
, US librettist and director - July 2 - Marcel TabuteauMarcel TabuteauMarcel Tabuteau was a French oboist who is generally considered the founder of the American school of oboe playing.-Life:...
, oboist - July 29 - Sigmund RombergSigmund RombergSigmund Romberg was a Hungarian-born American composer, best known for his operettas.-Biography:Romberg was born as Siegmund Rosenberg to a Jewish family in Gross-Kanizsa during the Austro-Hungarian kaiserlich und königlich monarchy period...
, composer (d. 1951) - August 25 - Fartein ValenFartein ValenOlav Fartein Valen was a Norwegian composer and musical theorist, notable for his work within atonal polyphonic music.-Background:...
, composer - September 14 - Paul KochanskiPaul KochanskiPaul Kochanski was a Polish violinist, composer and arranger.- Training and early career :...
, violinist - September 16 - Nadia BoulangerNadia BoulangerNadia Boulanger was a French composer, conductor and teacher who taught many composers and performers of the 20th century.From a musical family, she achieved early honours as a student at the Paris Conservatoire, but believing that her talent as a composer was inferior to that of her younger...
, composer, conductor and music teacher (d. 1979) - September 19 - Rosita MarstiniRosita MarstiniRosita Marstini was a dancer, stage personality, silent and sound film actress from Nancy, France.-Theatrical work in California:...
, dancer - October 6 - Maria JeritzaMaria JeritzaMaria Jeritza , born Marie Jedličková, was a celebrated Moravian soprano singer, long associated with the Vienna State Opera and the Metropolitan Opera...
, operatic soprano - October 11 - Oscar ShawOscar ShawOscar Shaw , was a stage and screen actor and singer...
, actor and singer - November 1 - Max TrappMax TrappHermann Emil Alfred Max Trapp was a German composer and teacher. A prestigious figure in the Berlin cultural scene during the 1930s, Trapp, amongst others in the Nazi influenced scene, was regularly invited to contribute to concert programs and competitions.Trapp was born in Berlin and attended...
, composer (died 1971) - December 6 - Joseph LambJoseph LambJoseph Francis Lamb was a noted American composer of ragtime music. Lamb, of Irish descent, was the only non-African American of the "Big Three" composers of classical ragtime, the other two being Scott Joplin and James Scott.-Life and Career:Lamb was born in Montclair, New Jersey...
- December 7 - Ernst TochErnst TochErnst Toch was a composer of classical music and film scores.- Biography :Toch, born in Leopoldstadt, Vienna, into the family of a humble Jewish leather dealer when the city was at its 19th-century cultural zenith, sought throughout his life to introduce new approaches to music...
, composer - December 8 - Vicente Emilio SojoVicente Emilio SojoVicente Emilio Sojo was a Venezuelan musicologist, educator and composer, born in Guatire, Miranda.- Biography :...
, musicologist and composer - December 12 - Kurt AtterbergKurt AtterbergKurt Magnus Atterberg was a Swedish composer. He is best known for his symphonies, operas and ballets. Atterberg once said that: "The Russians, Brahms, Reger were my ideals." His music combines their influences with Swedish folk tunes.-Biography:Atterberg was born in Gothenburg as the son of the...
, composer (d. 1974) - December 24 - Lucrezia BoriLucrezia BoriLucrezia Bori was a Spanish operatic singer, a lyric soprano.-Biography:Lucrezia Bori was born in Valencia, Spain. Her real name was Lucrecia Borja y González de Riancho and her family were reputed to be descended from the Borgias.Her voice had a unique timbre and transparent quality unlike any...
, operatic soprano - December 27
- Gertie GitanaGertie GitanaGertie Gitana , was a British music hall entertainer.She was born Gertrude Mary Astbury in Shirley Street, Longport, Stoke-on-Trent. Her father was a pottery works foreman and her mother Lavinia taught at St Peter's RC school in Cobridge...
, music hall singer - Bernard van DierenBernard van DierenBernard Hélène Joseph van Dieren was a Dutch composer, critic, author, and writer on music.Van Dieren was the last of five children of a Rotterdam wine merchant, Bernard Joseph van Dieren, and his second wife, Julie Françoise Adelle Labbé...
, composer (died 1936)
- Gertie Gitana
- date unknown
- Carlo JachinoCarlo JachinoCarlo Jachino was a prominent Italian composer of the 20th century. Born in Sanremo,on February 3, 1887 he studied in Leipzieg under Hugo Riemann. Jachino's 3-act opera, Giocondo and his King won a national competition in and was premiered in 1922 at the Dal Verme theater in Milan in 1924...
, composer - Jose Maria UsandizagaJose Maria UsandizagaJosé María Usandizaga was a Spanish Basque composer.A native of San Sebastián, Usandizaga began his musical studies in his hometown before moving to the Schola Cantorum in Paris. There, he was a composition pupil of Vincent d'Indy, and he took piano lessons from Gabriel Grovlez...
, composer
- Carlo Jachino
Deaths
- February 21 - James Lorraine GeddesJames Lorraine GeddesJames Lorraine Geddes was a soldier in India, a brigade commander in the Western Theater of the American Civil War, college administrator and professor, and military songwriter.-Biography:...
, songwriter - February 27 - 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 (born 18331833 in music-Events:*Hector Berlioz marries Harriet Smithson*May 13 – Italian Symphony by Felix Mendelssohn is premiered .*July 8 – Lyrics by Francisco Acuña de Figueroa are selected as the National Anthem of Uruguay.- Classical music :...
) - March 2 - Wilhelm TroszelWilhelm TroszelWilhelm Troszel was a Polish composer and operatic bass. Born in Varsavia, he was the son of composer and piano maker Wilhelm Troschel. He made his stage debut at the Teatr Wielki, Warsaw on 17 April 1843...
, operatic bass and composer (born 18231823 in music- Events :*Franz Liszt leaves Vienna for Paris.*Gioachino Rossini arrives in London and is presented to King George IV.*Hector Berlioz writes to the journal Le Corsaire defending Gaspare Spontini's opera La Vestale...
) - March 11 - Ludvig Mathias LindemanLudvig Mathias LindemanLudvig Mathias Lindeman was a Norwegian composer and organist. He is most noted for compiling Norwegian folk music in his work Ældre og nyere norske Fjeldmelodier. -Background:...
, composer (born 18121812 in music-Classical music:*Ludwig van Beethoven**Symphony no. 7 **Symphony no. 8 **Violin Sonata No. 10-Opera:*Gioachino Rossini**Ciro in Babilonia**Demetrio e Polibio**L'inganno felice**La scala di seta- Births :...
) - April 23 - John Ceiriog HughesJohn Ceiriog HughesJohn Ceiriog Hughes , was a Welsh poet and well-known collector of Welsh folk tunes. Sometimes referred to as the "Robert Burns of Wales"...
, lyricist and collector of folk tunes (born 18321832 in music-Events:*Spring – Elias Parish Alvars gives concerts in Constantinople before Sultan Mahmud II.*August 14 – Première of Mendelssohn's Hebrides Overture is held in London.*September – Paris's Opéra-Comique moves from Salle Ventadour to Salle de la Bourse....
) - May 12 - Francesco MalipieroFrancesco MalipieroFrancesco Malipiero was an Italian composer. He was the father of conductor and pianist Luigi Malipiero and the grandfather of composer and musicologist Gian Francesco Malipiero. Trained in Venice, he composed a large number of operas; many of which premiered at La Fenice...
, composer (born 18241824 in music- Events :*May 7 – First performance of Beethoven 9th Symphony.*June 21 – Franz Liszt makes his London debut. Muzio Clementi is among the audience.-Classical music:*Ludwig van Beethoven – Missa Solemnis*Hector Berlioz – Messe solennelle...
) - June 24 - Filippo FilippiFilippo FilippiFilippo Filippi was an Italian music critic. He wrote for the Milanese music magazine La perseveranza, and was an admirer of and frequent correspondent with Giuseppe Verdi....
, music critic (born 18301830 in music-Events:*October – Maria Malibran, Margarethe Stockhausen and Charles de Bériot tour the British Midlands.*November 2 – Frédéric Chopin, aged twenty, leaves Warsaw for Austria.*Felix Mendelssohn arrives in Italy.*In Britain:...
) - July 17 - Louis MéranteLouis MéranteLouis Alexandre Mérante was a dancer and choreographer, the Maître de Ballet of the Paris Opera Ballet at the Salle Le Peletier until its destruction by fire in 1873, and subsequently the first Ballet Master at the company's new Palais Garnier, which opened in 1875...
, dancer and choreographer (born 18281828 in music-Events:*March 9 – The Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire gives its first concert, including music by Beethoven, Rossini, Meifreid, Rode and Cherubini.*November 3 – Composer Ferdinand Hérold is awarded the Légion d'honneur.-Popular music:...
) - October 1 - Robert StoepelRobert StoepelRobert Auguste Stoepel was a German-born American composer and conductor.- Biography :He was born Auguste Stoepel in Berlin, 1821. Because his father had a reputation as a court musician, he adopted his forename...
, conductor and composer (born 18211821 in music- Events :*Construction work begins on the Teatro Regio at Parma.*José Bernardo Alcedo wins a contest, sponsored by General José de San Martín, to choose a national anthem for Peru. The anthem is "Somos libres, seámoslo siempre," with lyrics by José de la Torre Ugarte.-Classical music:*Ludwig van...
) - October 18 - Matteo SalviMatteo SalviMatteo Salvi was a composer of opera and classical music and a theatre director.Salvi was born in Botta di Sedrina , Italy...
, opera composer (born 18161816 in music-Events:*Louise Reichardt becomes the first woman conductor when she takes charge of a performance of work by Handel in Lübeck.*Carl Maria von Weber is appointed Kappellmeister at Dresden.-Classical music:*Piano Sonata No...
) - October 31 - George MacfarrenGeorge MacfarrenGeorge Macfarren was a playwright and the father of composer George Alexander Macfarren. Macfarren's first play, Ah! What a Pity, or, The Dark Knight and the Fair Lady, was produced on 28 September 1818 at the English Opera House; for the next several decades, a Macfarren play was produced...
, composer (born 1813) - November 2 - Jenny LindJenny LindJohanna Maria Lind , better known as Jenny Lind, was a Swedish opera singer, often known as the "Swedish Nightingale". One of the most highly regarded singers of the 19th century, she is known for her performances in soprano roles in opera in Sweden and across Europe, and for an extraordinarily...
, singer, "the Swedish Nightingale" (born 18201820 in music-Published popular music:*"Hail to the Chief" – words, Sir Walter Scott; music James Sanderson*"D'ye Ken John Peel" – words, John Woodcock Graves. music traditional.-Births:*January 9 – Pavel Křížkovský, conductor and composer...
) - November 18 - Eduard MarxsenEduard MarxsenEduard Marxsen was a German pianist, composer and teacher. He was a pupil of Ignaz von Seyfried, Simon Sechter, Johann Heinrich Clasing, and Karl Maria von Bocklet....
, pianist and composer (born 18061806 in music-Events:*Carl Czerny publishes his first composition at the age of 15.*The marimba is described for the first time by Juan Domingo Juarros, a Spanish historian, in his Compendium of the History of Guatemala....
) - December 2 - Thomas Philander RyderThomas Philander RyderThomas Philander Ryder was an American composer, organist, teacher, conductor, and organ builder.Ryder was born in Cohasset, Massachusetts. He studied with Gustav Satter before taking a post as a church organist in Hyannis. From 1879 he served at the Tremont Temple in Boston...
, composer, organist, teacher, conductor, and organ builder (born 18361836 in music- Events :*July – Soprano Maria Malibran is seriously injured in a riding accident, but refuses to see a doctor; she dies later in the year at the age of 28.*November 24 – Richard Wagner marries Christine Wilhelmine "Minna" Planer....
) - December 5 - Eliza R. Snow, lyricist (born 18041804 in music-Events:*Beethoven angrily renames his Third Symphony from the Napoleon to the Eroica after Napoleon crowns himself emperor.*Nicolas Dalayrac is awarded the Légion d'honneur.-Classical music:*Ludwig van Beethoven** Piano Sonata No. 22 in F major written...
) - date unknown - Georg UngerGeorg UngerGeorg Unger was a German tenor most famous for playing Siegfried in Der Ring des Nibelungen written by Richard Wagner.Unger was born in Leipzig in Germany, and as a student studied Theology and music...
, operatic tenor (born 18371837 in music- Events :*June 11 – Prussian Copyright Act protecting for the first time performances of concert music*Pauline Viardot makes her concert debut at the age of sixteen.- Published popular music :...
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