Music year 1825

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Music year 1825

Events

January 18 : The Moscow Petrovsky Theater , which burned down in 1805 , is reopened under the name Bolshoi Theater after its rebuilding by the architect Joseph Bové with the prologue The Triumph of the Muses to the music of Alexei Werstovsky and Alexander Aljabjew and Fernando Sor's ballet Cendrillon .

Instrumental and vocal music (selection)

Ludwig van Beethoven : 13th String Quartet in B flat major op. 130 composed in 1825, performed in 1826

Louis Spohr : Violin Concerto No. 11 in G major , op.70

Franz Schubert sets a selection of seven songs from Walter Scott's narrative poem The Lady of the Lake . The art song Ellen's third song is also known as Schubert's Ave Maria . According to more recent research, the Great Symphony in C major was also written in 1825 , Schubert's last symphony, which was not premiered until 1839 long after the composer's death.

Johann Baptist Cramer : Piano Sonata L'Amicitia op. 64; 8th Piano Concerto in D minor, Op. 70

Friedrich Ernst Fesca : String Quartet in C major op. 36; Flute Quartet in D major op. 37; Flute Quartet in G major op. 38; Aria you exalted heavenly powers for soprano and orchestra , inserted in op.28

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy : Overture in C major (“Trumpet Overture ”) op. 101; Quartet No. 3 in B minor for piano, violin, viola and violoncello

Musical theater

February 11 : The world premiere of the opera Adelson e Salvini by Vincenzo Bellini takes place at the Collegio di San Sebastiano in Naples.

February 21 : World premiere of the opera adig ed Astartea by Nicola Vaccai in Naples

February 22nd : The opera Der Holzdieb by Heinrich Marschner is premiered at the Hofoper in Dresden.

March 2nd : World premiere of the opera La belle au bois dormant by Michele Carafa at the Théâtre de l'Opéra, Paris

May 3 : The opera Le maçon ( bricklayer and locksmith ) by Daniel-François-Esprit Auber has its world premiere at the Opéra-Comique in Paris. The libretto is by Eugène Scribe and Germain Delavigne .

23 May : Premiere of the opera Alcidor by Gaspare Spontini in Berlin.

June 10 : The premiere of the opera Pharamond by François-Adrien Boieldieu takes place at the Opéra-Comique in Paris.

June 19 : World premiere of the opera Il viaggio a Reims by Gioachino Rossini at the Théâtre-Italien in Paris

October 4th : Premiere of the opera Gl'italici e gl'indiani by Michele Carafa at the Teatro San Carlo, Naples

October 17th : Franz Liszt's only opera Don Sanche ou Le château d'amour based on a literary model by Jean-Pierre Claris de Florian has its world premiere under the direction of Rodolphe Kreutzer at the Paris Opera . Although the work of the only 13-year-old was received with enthusiasm, after three more performances it disappears from the program and is forgotten.

October 31 : World premiere of the opera Giulietta e Romeo by Nicola Vaccai in Milan, (Teatro della Canobbiana)

November 19 : The world premiere of the opera L'ultimo giorno di Pompei by Giovanni Pacini takes place at the Teatro San Carlo in Naples.

December 10 : The opera La dame blanche by François-Adrien Boieldieu based on a libretto by Eugène Scribe is premiered at the Opéra-Comique in Paris.

Other works

Louis Spohr : Music to Shakespeare's Macbeth , WoO 55;
Giovanni Pacini : Amazilia (Opera) premiered in Naples
Saverio Mercadante : Ipermestra (opera, first version) The second version of this material, which was set to music several times, was published in 1827.
Ferdinand Hérold : Le Lapin blanc (opera)
Luigi Ricci : L'abbate Taccarella (Opera); Il sogno avverato (opera)

Born

January 10 : Peter Zirbes , German poet and singer († 1901 )
January 15 : Maurice Strakosch , American concert entrepreneur and composer († 1887 )
January 18 : Léon Carvalho , French singer and opera director († 1897 )
January 23 : Louis Ehlert , German composer and music critic († 1884 )
February 26 : Jan Balatka , American composer († 1899 )
February 28 : Jean-Baptiste Arban , French composer and professor († 1889 )
March 19 : Josef Čapek , Czech composer († 1915 )
0May 7 : Henry Squires , American singer († 1907 )
May 26 : Felipe Gutiérrez y Espinosa , Puerto Rican composer († 1899 )
0August 2 : Julius Schulhoff , Austrian pianist and composer († 1899 )
August 12 : Sir Frederick Arthur Gore Ouseley , English music scholar, organist and composer († 1889 )
August 24 : Charles Wels , American composer († 1906 )
0September 1 : August Horn , German composer († 1893 )
0September 9 : Dieudonné Dagnelies , Belgian composer and conductor († 1894 )
September 11th : Eduard Hanslick , Austrian musicologist and critic († 1904 )
September 12 : Karl Doppler , German-Hungarian composer († 1900 )
September 25 : Victor Delannoy , French composer and music teacher († 1887 )
September: Jean-Baptiste Labelle , Canadian organist, pianist, composer and conductor († 1898 )
October 25 : Johann Strauss , Austrian conductor and composer († 1899 )
November 29 : Victor Verrimst , French double bass player, organist and composer († 1893 )
0December 7th : Malvina Schnorr von Carolsfeld , Portuguese opera singer († 1904 )
December 19 : George Frederick Bristow , American composer († 1898 )

Exact date of birth unknown

José Joaquín Guarín , Colombian composer († 1854 )
Zekai Dede , Turkish composer († 1897 )

Died

March 29 : Johannes Amon , German composer and music publisher (* 1763 )
0April 5 : Sergei Nikolajewitsch Titow , Russian composer (* 1770 )
April 13 : Josef Jelínek , Czech composer and pianist (* 1758 )
0May 7th : Antonio Salieri , Italian composer, conductor and music teacher (* 1750 )
May 21 : Stepan Dawydow , Russian composer (* 1777 )
July 10 : Ludwig Fischer , German opera singer (bass) (* 1745 )
August 17th : Raynor Taylor , English composer (* 1747 )
0October 7th : Johann Baptist Moralt , German musician and composer (* 1777 )
October 10 : Dmytro Bortnjanskyj , Ukrainian composer (* 1751 )
October 17th : Peter von Winter , German composer and Kapellmeister
0November 9th : Friedrich Hellwig , German singer, actor and director (* 1782 )
November 19 : Jan Václav Voříšek , Bohemian composer (* 1791 )

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