1881 in music

none May 2021 1881 1881 music This article is about music-related events in 1881. Specific locations 1881 in Icelandic music 1881 in Norwegian music Events thumb|Ilya Repin's celebrated portrait of Mussorgsky, painted 2–5 March 1881, only a few days before the composer's death March 23 – A fire caused by a gas explosion destroys the Opéra de Nice in the south of France with fatalities February 10 – Offenbach's Tales of Hoffmann debuts in Paris February 20 – Anton Bruckner's Symphony No. 4 is given its public premiere in Vienna under the baton of Hans Richter June 11 – The National Theatre (Prague) receives a royal opening with the premiere of Smetana's opera Libuše (written 1871–72); however, a subsequent fire delays public opening for a further 2 years, when the same work reinaugurates the theatre September 3 – Anton Bruckner completes his Symphony No. 6; it will not be performed complete during the composer's lifetime November 9 – Johannes Brahms' Piano Concerto No. 2 is given its public premiere in Budapest with the composer as soloist December 4 – Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto is premiered in Vienna with Adolph Brodsky as soloist Bands formed Brighouse and Rastrick Brass Band Published popular music "Good Bye!" by Francesco Paolo Tosti "My Bonnie Lies over the Ocean" "Slowly and Sadly" (President Garfield Memorial Tribute)" by Arabella M. Root Classical music Victor Bendix – Symphony No. 1 in C op. 16 Mountain Climbing Alexander Borodin – String Quartet No. 2 in D Johannes Brahms Tragic Overture op. 81 revised; Nänie op. 82 Piano Concerto No. 2 Op. 83 Max Bruch – Kol Nidre for cello and orchestra finished Anton Bruckner – Symphony No. 6 (Bruckner) Emmanuel Chabrier – Pièces pittoresques for piano Ernest Chausson – Piano Trio in G minor, op. 3 Gabriel Fauré & André Messager – Messe des pêcheurs de Villerville César Franck – Rébecca (oratorio) Robert Fuchs – Cello Sonata No.1, Op.29 Franz Liszt – Nuages Gris Giuseppe Martucci – Fantasia for piano op. 51 Camille Saint-Saëns – Hymne à Victor Hugo Eduard Strauss Glockensignale, Op.198 Schleier und Krone, Op.200 Richard Strauss String Quartet in A major, Op.2 5 Klavierstücke, Op.3 Cello Sonata, Op.6 Charles-Marie Widor – First Sonata for Piano and Violin op. 50 () Bernard Zweers – Symphony No. 1 in D major Władysław Żeleński – 2 Mazurkas, Op.31 Opera The Tales of Hoffmann (Les contes d'Hoffmann; Jacques Offenbach) – Paris production opened at the Opéra-Comique on February 10 Johann Strauss Jr. – Der lustige Krieg, premiered November 24 in Vienna Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – The Maid of Orleans Giuseppe Verdi – Simon Boccanegra, revised version of the 21st Verdi opera premieres at La Scala in Milan Musical theater The Mascot (translation of Edmond Audran's La Mascotte) – Broadway production opened at the Bijou Theatre (Manhattan) on May 5 Patience (Gilbert and Sullivan) – London production opened at the Opera Comique on April 23 and transferred to the new Savoy Theatre on October 10 for a total run of 578 performances Births January 4 – Nikolai Roslavets, Ukrainian composer (d. 1944) February 6 – Karl Weigl, Austrian composer (d. 1949) February 12 – Anna Pavlova, Russian ballerina and actress (d. 1931)Frank N. Magill Great Lives from History: Mas-Ror Pasadena Salem Press 1990 1814 978-0-89356-569-5 February 21 – Kenneth J. Alford, English band composer (d. 1945) March 10 – Frank Mullings, English tenor (d. 1953) March 16 – Fannie Charles Dillon, American composer (d. 1947)Julie Anne Sadie Rhian Samuel The New Grove Dictionary of Women Composers London Macmillan 1996 143 978-0-33351-598-3 March 18 – Paul Le Flem, French composer (d. 1984) March 23 – Egon Petri, Dutch-born pianist (d. 1962) March 25 – Béla Bartók, Hungarian composer (d. 1945) April 15 – David Thomas, Welsh composer (d. 1928) April 17 – Anton Wildgans, lyricist and playwright (died 1942) April 20 – Nikolai Myaskovsky, Polish-born Russian composer and teacher (d. 1950) May 11 – Jan van Gilse, Dutch composer (d. 1944) May 29 – Frederick Septimus Kelly, Australian-born musician (k. 1916) July 6 – Nancy Dalberg, Danish composer (d. 1949) August 15 – Ted Snyder, American composer and music publisher (d. 1965) August 18 – Hermann Zilcher, German composer (died 1948) August 19 – George Enescu, Romanian composer (d. 1955) August 29 – Edvin Kallstenius, Swedish composer (d. 1967) November 22 – Ethel Levey, American singer, dancer and actress (d. 1955) November 28 – Stefan Zweig, Austrian librettist of Richard Strauss's Die schweigsame Frau (suicide 1942) December 3 – Henry Fillmore, American band composer (d. 1956) December 24 – Charles Wakefield Cadman, American composer and songwriter (d. 1946) Deaths January 30 – Jacques-Nicolas Lemmens, Belgian, organist and composer, 58 March 13 – Sophie Daguin, ballerina and choreographer, 79 March 23 – Nikolai Rubinstein, pianist and composer, 45 March 28 – Modest Mussorgsky, composer, 42 (alcohol-related) June 5 – Franjo Krežma, violinist and composer, 18 (tuberculosis) June 6 – Henri Vieuxtemps, composer, 61 June 7 – Marie Gabriel Augustin Savard, music teacher and composer, 66 July 3 – Achille De Bassini, operatic baritone, 62 September 7 – Sidney Lanier, poet and flautist, 39 (tuberculosis) October 9 – Richard Wüerst, composer and music teacher, 57 November 25 – Theobald Boehm, inventor of the modern flute, 87 December 17 – Giulio Briccialdi, composer, 63 December 30 – Corrado Miraglia, opera singer, 60 date unknown – Francisco de Sá Noronha, violinist and composer (b. 1820) References Category:19th century in music Category:Music by year