1837 in music

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This article is about music-related events in 1837.

Events

  • March 31 – Franz Liszt and Sigismond Thalberg play a musical 'duel' at a charity event for refugees of the Italian war of independence at the home of Countess Belgiojoso.
  • June 11 – Prussian Copyright Act protecting for the first time performances of concert music
  • Pauline Viardot (as Pauline García) makes her concert debut at the age of sixteen.
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Publications

  • François-Joseph Fétis – Traité du chant en choeur (Paris)
  • "Hark, Brothers, Hark", words and music by John Hill Hewitt
  • "Woodman, Spare That Tree!", words by George Pope Morris, music by Henry Russell

Classical music

  • Charles-Valentin Alkan – 3 Morceaux dans le genre pathétique, Op. 15
  • Ludwig Berger – 15 Etudes, Op.33
  • Charles-Auguste de Bériot – Violin Concerto No. 1, Op.16
  • Hector Berlioz – Grande Messe des Morts
  • Frédéric Chopin
    • Hexaméron: Variation No. 6
    • Nocturne in C minor, B. 108
    • Largo in E-flat major, B. 109
    • Impromptu No. 1, Op. 29
    • Scherzo No. 2, Op. 31
    • Piano Sonata No. 2, Op. 35, III
  • Fanny Ellsler – 3 Airs de Ballet
  • Adolf von Henselt
    • Romance, Op. 10
    • Variations de concert sur le motif de l'opéra 'L'elisir d'amore', Op. 1
  • Franz Liszt
    • Grandes études, S. 137
    • Album d'un voyageur, S. 156
    • Hexaméron, S. 392
    • Soirées musicales de Rossini, S. 424
    • 12 Lieder von Franz Schubert, S. 558
  • Felix Mendelssohn
    • 6 Gesänge, Op.34
    • Piano Concerto No. 2 in D minor, Op. 40
    • Psalm 42 for choir and orchestra, Op. 42
    • 6 Lieder, Op. 50
    • String Quartet No. 4 in E minor
  • Carl Gottlieb Reissiger
    • 3 String Quartets, Op.111
    • 4 Gesänge, Op.117
  • Robert Schumann
    • Davidsbündlertänze, Op. 6
    • Études symphoniques, Op. 13
  • Johann Strauss Sr. – Cachucha-Galopp, Op.97
  • Sigismond Thalberg
    • 12 Etudes, Op.26
    • Grand Fantasia on 'God save the Queen' and 'Rule Britannia', Op.27

Opera

  • Daniel Auber – The Black Domino (with libretto by Eugène Scribe)
  • Gaetano Donizetti – Roberto Devereux[1]
  • Mikhail Glinka – Ruslan and Lyudmila (composition began, premiered in 1842)
  • Albert Lortzing – Zar und Zimmermann[2]
  • Gaspare Spontini – Agnes von Hohenstaufen[3]

Births

  • January 2 – Mily Balakirev, Russian pianist, conductor and composer (d. 1910)
  • January 12 – Adolf Jensen, German pianist, composer and music teacher (d. 1879)
  • January 27 – Carlotta Ferrari, composer (died 1907)[4]
  • February 23 – Rosalía de Castro, lyricist (died 1885)
  • March 12 – Alexandre Guilmant, organist (died 1911)
  • March 15 – Célestine Galli-Marié, operatic mezzo-soprano, the original Carmen (d. 1905)
  • April 13 – Julius Weissenborn, German bassoonist, music teacher and composer (d. 1888)
  • April 18 – Armand Silvestre, librettist (died 1901)
  • May 23 – Józef Wieniawski, pianist (died 1912)
  • June 1 – Ferdinand Quentin Dulcken, English (later American) pianist and composer (d. 1901)
  • June 25 – Josef Werner, composer (died 1922)
  • July 6 – Władysław Żeleński, composer (died 1921)[5]
  • July 30 – Signe Hebbe, operatic soprano (d. 1925)
  • August 24
    • Théodore Dubois, organist and composer (d. 1924)
    • Adolf Wilbrandt, writer and lyricist (died 1911)
  • September 19 – Adolf Gustaw Sonnenfeld, composer (died 1914)
  • December 7 – Édouard Mangin, musician (died 1907)
  • December 9 – Emile Waldteufel, pianist and composer (d. 1915)[6]
  • December 24 – Cosima Wagner, daughter of Franz Liszt and wife of Richard Wagner (d. 1930)
  • December 30 – Ida Marie Lipsius, music writer (d. 1927)
  • date unknown
    • Fred Godfrey, English bandmaster and music arranger (d. 1882)[7]
    • Kate Santley, actress and singer (d. 1923)
    • La Serneta, flamenco singer (d. 1910)

Deaths

  • January 23 – John Field, pianist and composer (b. 1782)[8]
  • February 10 – Aleksandr Pushkin, Russian poet and librettist (born 1799)
  • April 9 – Polly Cuninghame, ballet dancer (b. c. 1785)
  • May 5
    • Niccolò Antonio Zingarelli, composer (b. 1752)
    • Salvatore Fighera, composer (b. 1771)
  • June 16 – Valentino Fioravanti, opera buffa composer (b. 1764)
  • July 28 – Joseph Schubert, violinist and composer (b. 1754)
  • August 6 – Johann Nepomuk Schelble, composer (b. 1789)
  • October 6 – Jean François Lesueur, composer (b. 1760/1763)
  • October 11 – Samuel Wesley, organist and composer, son of hymn-writer Charles Wesley
  • October 17 – Johann Nepomuk Hummel, composer (b. 1778)
  • October 28 – Jean-Blaise Martin, opera singer (b. 1768)
  • date unknown
    • Franz Joseph Antony, organist and choral composer (b. 1790)
    • Jean Théodore Latour, composer for piano (b. 1766)
    • Christina Rahm, opera singer (b. c. 1760)

References

  1. ↑ Casaglia, Gherardo (2005)."Roberto Devereux, 29 October 1837". L'Almanacco di Gherardo Casaglia (in Italian).
  2. ↑ Casaglia, Gherardo (2005)."Zar und Zimmermann, 22 December 1837". L'Almanacco di Gherardo Casaglia (in Italian).
  3. ↑ Casaglia, Gherardo (2005)."Agnes von Hohenstaufen, 6 December 1837". L'Almanacco di Gherardo Casaglia (in Italian).
  4. ↑ Sadie, Julie Anne; Samuel, Rhian (1994). The Norton/Grove dictionary of women composers. W. W. Norton & Company. p. 167. ISBN 9780393034875.
  5. ↑ "Żeleński Władysław" (in Polish). Internetowa encyklopedia PWN. Archived from the original on 7 June 2011. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
  6. ↑ "Emil Waldteufel". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
  7. ↑ E. D. Mackerness (2001). "Godfrey, (Adolphus) Fred(erick)". Grove Music Online. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/omo/9781561592630.013.90000380883.
  8. ↑ "John Field". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
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