1879 in music

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This article is about music-related events in 1879.

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  • 1879 in Norwegian music

Events

  • January 1 – The Violin Concerto of Johannes Brahms is premiered in Leipzig. Joseph Joachim was the soloist with Brahms conducting.
  • December 31 – Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera The Pirates of Penzance opens at the Fifth Avenue Theatre in New York City (following a token performance the day before for U.K. copyright reasons in Paignton, Devon).[1]
  • Engelbert Humperdinck becomes the first winner of the Mendelssohn Award awarded by the Mendelssohn Stiftung (foundation) of Berlin.
  • The Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra gains a permanent home at the Garnier Palace.
  • "Oh, Dem Golden Slippers" by James A. Bland
  • "In the Morning By the Bright Light" by James A. Bland
  • "My Visit to the Opera" by Joseph P. Skelly
  • "Some Day I'll Wander Back Again", words by Arthur W. French, music by William A. Huntley[2][3]

Classical music

  • Henri Duparc – Le Manoir de Rosemonde
  • Gabriel Fauré – Berceuse, for violin and piano
  • César Franck – Piano Quintet
  • Carl Goldmark
    • Penthesilea, Op.31
    • Piano Trio No.2, Op.33
  • Asger Hamerik – Concert Romance for Cello and Piano
  • Stephen Heller
    • 4 Mazurkas, Op.148
    • 20 Preludes, Op.150
  • Hans Huber
    • 10 Ländler vom Luzerner See, Op.47
    • Eine Lustspiel-Ouverture, Op.50
  • Franz Lachner – Elegie for Flute and Organ
  • Max Meyer-Olbersleben – Ballade, Op.9
  • Pablo de Sarasate – Spanish Dances for violin and piano, Book II
  • Bedřich Smetana – Ten Czech Dances, for piano
  • Charles-Marie Widor – Symphony for Organ No. 5

Opera

  • Giovanni Bottesini – Ero e Leandro
  • Emmanuel Chabrier – Une éducation manquée, premiered May 1 in Paris
  • Miguel Marqués – Camoens
  • Viktor Nessler – Der Rattenfänger von Hameln
  • Camille Saint-Saëns – Étienne Marcel
  • Peter Tchaikovsky – Eugene Onegin

Musical theater

  • The Mulligan Guards' Ball Broadway production opens at the Comique Theatre on January 13 and runs for 153 performances
  • The Mulligan Guards' Chowder Broadway production opens at the Comique Theatre on August 11 and runs for 112 performances
  • The Mulligan Guards' Christmas Broadway production opens at the Comique Theatre on November 17 and runs for 104 performances

Births

  • January 3 – Lina Abarbanell, German-American soprano (d. 1963)
  • January 10 – Armanda Degli Abbati, Italian opera singer (d. 1946)
  • January 26 – Hugo Riesenfeld, film music composer (died 1939)
  • February 9 – Natanael Berg, Swedish composer (d. 1957)[4]
  • February 26 – Frank Bridge, composer (d. 1941)
  • April 1 – Louise Gunning, Broadway and vaudeville singer (d. 1960)
  • May 22
    • Jean Cras, French composer (d. 1932)
    • Eastwood Lane, composer (d. 1951)
  • June 13 – Maria Gay, opera singer (d. 1943)
  • June 21 – Henry Creamer, US songwriter (d. 1930)
  • July 5
    • Philippe Gaubert, composer (d. 1941)
    • Wanda Landowska, harpsichordist (d. 1959)
  • July 9 – Ottorino Respighi, composer (d. 1936)
  • August 1 – Eva Tanguay, singer, vaudeville star (d. 1947)
  • August 18 – Gus Edwards, Prussian-born US songwriter and entertainer (d. 1945)
  • August 31 – Alma Mahler, born Alma Schindler, Viennese-born composer and wife of Gustav Mahler (d. 1964)
  • September 29 – Willem Willeke, Dutch cellist and music editor (died 1950)
  • September 30 – Henri Casadesus, violist and music publisher (d. 1947)
  • October 12 – Chris Smith, composer (d. 1949)
  • October 13 – Leopold Weninger, composer (died 1940)
  • October 18 – Grzegorz Fitelberg, Polish conductor, violinist and composer (d. 1953)
  • October 21 – Joseph Canteloube, composer (d. 1957)
  • November 2 – Ramón Montoya, Spanish flamenco guitarist (d. 1949)
  • December 1 – Beth Slater Whitson, US lyric writer (d. 1930)
  • December 4 – Hamilton Harty, composer (d. 1941)
  • December 7 – Rudolf Friml, pianist and composer of operettas and musicals (d. 1972)
  • December 19 – Otto Olsson, Swedish composer (d. 1964)[5]
  • December 26 – Julius Weismann, German conductor and composer (d. 1950)

Deaths

  • January 8 – Ferdo Livadić, composer (born 1799)
  • February 20 – John Orlando Parry, pianist, singer and comedian (born 1810)
  • April 9 – Ernst Friedrich Eduard Richter, music theorist
  • May 27 – E. S. Engelsberg, composer
  • June 3 – Frances Ridley Havergal, hymn-writer
  • July 6 – Henry Smart, organist and composer (born 1813)
  • August 4 – Adelaide Kemble, opera singer
  • September 12 – Peter Arnold Heise, composer
  • October 14 – Karl Anton Eckert, conductor and composer (born 1820)
  • November 30 – August Bournonville, Danish ballet-master and choreographer (born 1805)
  • December 24 – Anna Bochkoltz, German operatic soprano, voice teacher and composer (born 1815)

References

  1. ↑ Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. 2006. ISBN 0-14-102715-0.
  2. ↑ Huntley, William A. (1879). "I'll Wander Back Again". imslp.org. F. A. North & Co.
  3. ↑ Huntley, William A. (1879). Some Day I'll Wander Back Again. F. A. North & Co. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
  4. ↑ Frederic Barclay Emery (1928). The Violin Concerto Through a Period of Nearly 300 Years. Violin Literature Publishing Company. p. 298.
  5. ↑ Astrand, Hans (2001). "Olsson, Otto (Emanuel)". In Sadie, Stanley; Tyrrell, John (eds.). The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (2nd ed.). London: Macmillan Publishers. ISBN 978-1-56159-239-5. ‎
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