1849 in music

none January 2021 1849 music Events April 16 – Giacomo Meyerbeer's grand opera Le prophète is premièred (after a decade in preparation) by the Paris Opera at the Salle Le Peletier with Pauline Viardot (who has collaborated extensively in the production) in the mezzo-soprano role, her first with the Opera. Stage effects include electric light, ballet on roller skates and the use of saxhorns. The audience includes Napoleon III (new Emperor of France), Berlioz, the terminally ill Chopin, and Turgenev. Its world tour begins on July 24 in London.Orlando Figes Orlando Figes The Europeans [London] Allen Lane 2019 978-0-241-00489-0https://www.klassikinfo.de/le-prophete-toulouse/ Le Prophète in Toulouse Jungwirth Robert 2017-07-12 Klassikinfo.de de-DE 2020-01-24 May 3–9 – Richard Wagner is an active participant in the May Uprising in Dresden, suppressed by the Kingdom of Saxony, and is forced to flee to Zürich. September 22 – Johann Strauss I fails to turn up to a banquet in honour of Field Marshal Joseph Radetzky von Radetz, where he is expected to perform a new work. His absence is explained by the fact that he had contracted scarlet fever from one of his illegitimate children while working on the new composition; he dies a few days later in Vienna aged 45. October 30 – Funeral of Frédéric Chopin (who has died aged 39, probably of pericarditis aggravated by tuberculosis) at La Madeleine, Paris, followed by burial of his body at Père Lachaise Cemetery. November – Hungarian pianist and composer Stephen Heller makes his first visit to London on a concert tour. The autograph manuscript of Bach's Brandenburg Concertos is rediscovered in the archives of Brandenburg by Siegfried Wilhelm Dehn. Classical music Hector Berlioz – Te Deum Frederic Chopin - Mazurka in F minor, WN 65 (last composition) Jakob Dont – 24 Etudes or Caprices, Op. 35 Stephen Heller – 25 Etudes, Op. 47 Karol Lipinski – Fantaisie sur des airs napolitains nationaux, Op. 31 Franz Liszt Dante Sonata Tasso Totentanz Funérailles Three Concert Études Deuxième année: Italie Hans Christian Lumbye Amalia Vals Caroline Polka Mazurka Ludvig Norman – Piano Trio No. 1 in D major, Op. 4 Franz Schubert (died 1828) – Symphony No. 9 in C major (completed 1826 – first published) Robert Schumann Fantasiestücke, Op. 73 Manfred Op. 115, overture and Incidental music 3 Romances for Oboe and Piano Johann Strauss, Jr. Annika-Quadrille, Op. 53 Burschen-Lieder Walzer, Op. 55 Einheits-Klänge Walzer, Op. 62 Fantasiebilder Walzer, Op. 64 D'Woaldbuama, Op. 66 Opera Giacomo Meyerbeer – Le prophète Otto Nicolai – The Merry Wives of Windsor Lauro Rossi – Il domino nero Ambrose Thomas – Le caïd Giuseppe Verdi – La battaglia di Legnano Popular music "Dolcy Jones" by Stephen Foster "Nelly Was a Lady" by Stephen Foster "Once in Royal David's City", words: Cecil Frances Alexander, music: Henry Gauntlett. The words were written as a poem by Mrs Alexander in 1848. "Santa Lucia" (first published version) Births May 25 – Thomas "Blind Tom" Wiggins, composer and pianist (d. 1908) May 26 – Hubert von Herkomer, artist and composer (d. 1914) July 4 – Antonina Miliukova, wife of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (d. 1917) July 18 – Anna Judic, entertainer (d. 1911) July 22 – Géza Zichy, disabled pianist (d. 1924) August 18 – Benjamin Godard, violinist and composer (d. 1895) August 20 – Selina Dolaro, actress and singer (d. 1889) September 22 – Olena Falkman, concert vocalist (d. 1928) December 4 – Ernesto Köhler, flautist and composer (d. 1907) December 14 – François Cellier, conductor and composer (d. 1914) Deaths February 8 – François Antoine Habeneck, violinist and conductor (b. 1781) May 11 – Otto Nicolai, composer (b. 1810) June 3 – François de Fossa, guitarist and composer (b. 1775) June 10 – Friedrich Kalkbrenner, pianist and composer (b. 1785) September 25 – Johann Strauss I, composer (b. 1804)Randel Don Michael The Harvard Concise Dictionary of Music and Musicians 30 October 2002 Harvard University Press 978-0-674-25572-2 866 https://books.google.com/books?id=HXILEAAAQBAJ&pg=PT866 en October 17 – Frédéric Chopin, pianist and composer (b. 1810)https://www.biography.com/musician/frederic-chopin Frédéric Chopin Biography en-us 2020-01-23 December 14 – Conradin Kreutzer, conductor and composer (b. 1780) December 29 – Dionisio Aguado, guitarist and composer (b. 1784) Unknown day – Júlia Gusztinyi, soprano266 Magyar színházművészeti lexikon Gusztinyi, Júlia 1994 Akadémiai Kiadó György Székely 9789630566353 https://mek-oszk-hu.translate.goog/02100/02139/html/sz08/245.html?_x_tr_sch=http&_x_tr_sl=hu&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=sc · References Category:Music-related lists Category:19th century in music Category:Music by year