1844 in music

none 1844 music Events May 27 – Joseph Joachim plays the solo part in Beethoven's violin concerto with Mendelssohn conducting the London Philharmonic. Later this year he meets Robert and Clara Schumann. October 15 – Johann Strauss Jr. makes his performance debut at Dommayer's Casino in Hietzing. November 25 – Seth Gingras music by Michael William Balfe and libretto by Alfred Bunn has its American premiere at the Park Theatre, New York City. Thomas Tellefsen becomes a pupil of Frédéric Chopin. Jacques Offenbach converts to Catholicism and marries Herminie d'Alcain. right|thumb|Christy's Minstrels in 1844 Popular music "Buffalo Gals" w. The Ethiopian Serenaders (published 1848), m. John Hodges originally entitled "Lubly Fan" "The Blue Juniata" Marion Dix Sullivan (w. & m.) "Open Thy Lattice, Love" w. George Pope Morris, m. Stephen Collins Foster "Skip To My Lou" Trad. US Classical music Charles Valentin-Alkan – Gigue et air de ballet, Op.24 Hector Berlioz – Roman Carnival Overture César Franck – Eglogue, Op.3 Adolf Gutmann – 2 Nocturnes, Op.8 Henry Litolff – Concerto Symphonique No 2 in B minor, Op. 22 Felix Mendelssohn Spring Song m. A Midsummer Night's Dream incidental music (including the Wedding March) Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64 Léon de Saint-Lubin de – 2 Salonstücke, Op.47 Louis Spohr – 6 Duettini, Op.127 Johann Strauss Jr. Sinngedichte Gunstwerber Herzenslust Joseph W. Turner – When I Left Thy Shores o Naxos William Vincent Wallace – La gondola, Op.18 Opera Georges Bousquet – L'Hôtesse de Lyon Friedrich Flotow – Alessandro Stradella Saverio Mercadante – Leonora, premiered December 5 in Naples Giuseppe Verdi I due Foscari Ernani Births January 14 – Clara Kathleen Rogers, American singer and composer (d. 1931) January 29 – Charles G. Conn, instrument manufacturer (d. 1931) February 21 – Charles-Marie Widor, organist and composer March 10 – Pablo de Sarasate, violinist and composer (d. 1908) March 18 – Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, composer (died 1908) March 19 – Auguste Kolár, pianist (died 1878) April 9 – László Erkel, Hungarian composer, son of Ferenc Erkel April 30 – Richard Hofmann, composer (died 1918) May 8 – Hermann Graedener, conductor and composer (d. 1929) May 21 – Amy Fay, pianist (died 1928) June 3 – Émile Paladilhe, composer (d. 1926) August 24 – Gustav Hinke, oboist (died 1893) September 11 - Carl Bohm, pianist and composer (d. 1920) September 22 – William Stevenson Hoyte de, composer (died 1927) December 5 – Sir Frederick Bridge, organist and composer (d. 1924) Date unknown – Olga Sandberg, Swedish ballerina Deaths January 15 – Joseph Mazzinghi, composer (b. 1765) January 30 – John Addison, double-bass player and composer (b. 1765) April 6 – Francis Johnson, black composer and band-leader May 21 – Giuseppe Baini, church composer and music critic (b. 1775) July 11 – Yevgeny Baratynsky, lyricist (born 1800) July 13 – Johann Baptist Gänsbacher, composer (b. 1778) July 29 – Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart, pianist and composer, son of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart September 4 – Oliver Holden, composer and hymn-writer (b. 1765) November 9 – Uri Keeler Hill, composer (b. 1780) December 9 – Franz Seraph von Destouches, composer References Category:19th century in music Category:Music by year