Music year 1826
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Overview of the music years
Further events
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Events
- March 19 : In Genoa is foundation for the Teatro Carlo Felice placed.
Instrumental and vocal music (selection)
- Ludwig van Beethoven : 13th String Quartet in B flat major op. 130; 14th String Quartet in C sharp minor op. 131; 16. String Quartet in F major op. 135; The Great Fugue op.133
- Ferdinand Ries : Sonata for piano for two hands in A flat major op. 141; Greetings to the Rhine, Concerto No. 8 for Pianoforte and Orchestra in A flat major, Op. 151
- Friedrich Ernst Fesca : Andante and Rondo for horn and orchestra in F major op. 39; Overture in D major op. 41; Overture in C major op. 43; Flute Quartet in F major op. 40; Italian scene for soprano and orchestra op.33
- Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy : Overture to the later stage play A Midsummer Night's Dream
- Franz Liszt : Études d'exécution transcendante First version.
- Johann Strauss (father) : Täuberln-Waltz op. 1; Döblinger Reunion-Waltz op.2 (the composer's first two waltzes)
Musical theater
- January 7th : World premiere of the opera Alahor in Granata by Gaetano Donizetti at the Teatro Carolino, Palermo
- 4th February : World premiere of the opera Il paria by Michele Carafa in Venice
- January 20th : World premiere of the opera Bianca di Messina by Nicola Vaccai in Turin
- February 21 : The world premiere of the opera Caritea, Regina di Spagna by Saverio Mercadante takes place at the Teatro La Fenice in Venice.
- April 12 : In London's Royal Opera House is Carl Maria von Weber's opera Oberon premiered. The libretto is by James Planché after Christoph Martin Wieland .
- May 30th : The world premiere of the opera Bianca e Fernando by Vincenzo Bellini takes place at the Teatro San Carlo in Naples. The libretto is by Domenico Gilardoni . Gaetano Donizetti, who was present at the world premiere, was very positive about the work.
- June 11 : World premiere of the opera Don Gregorio by Gaetano Donizetti at the Teatro Nuovo, Naples. This is a revised version of the opera L'ajo nell'imbarazzo from 1824.
- June 27th : premiere of the Singspiel The funny advertisement by Conradin Kreutzer in the Theater in der Josefstadt in Vienna
- July 6 : World premiere of the opera Elvida by Gaetano Donizetti at the Teatro San Carlo, Naples
- July 25 : The heroic-comic opera Roland's Knappen by Heinrich Dorn is premiered in Berlin.
- August 16 : Premiere of the opera Il precipizio, o Le fucine di Norvegia by Nicola Vaccai in Milan (Scala)
- September 15th : World premiere of the opera Ivanhoé by Gioachino Rossini at the Théâtre de l'Europe in Paris.
- October 9 : At the de Académie Royale Musique in Paris, the opera Le siège de Corinthe by Gioachino Rossini premiered. The libretto is by Luigi Balocchi and Alexandre Soumet . The literary model is Maometto II , an earlier unsuccessful opera by the composer. The piece, which hits the zeitgeist of the Greek independence movement, becomes a great success that lasts for years.
Other works
- Louis Spohr : The Last Things (Oratorio)
- Saverio Mercadante : Caritea, regina di Spagna (Donna Caritea), ossia La morte di Don Alfonso re di Portogallo (Opera)
- Gaetano Donizetti : Gabriella di Vergy (opera) composed in 1826 but the world premiere only took place on November 29, 1869 in a heavily modified version in Naples.
- Ferdinand Hérold : Almédon ou le monde renversé later renamed Marie (opera)
- Heinrich Dorn : The Rolands Knappen , heroic-comic opera in two acts, op.1
Born
- January 12 : Alfred Deléhelle , French composer († 1893 )
- January 18 : Joseph-Henri Altès , French flautist and composer († 1895 )
- February 2 : Napoléon Alkan , French composer and music teacher († 1906 )
- February 14 : Charles-Gustave Smith , Canadian organist, composer, painter and music teacher († 1896 )
- February 16 : Franz von Holstein , German composer († 1878 )
- March 6 : Marietta Alboni , opera singer († 1894 )
- March 23 : Léon Minkus , Austrian ballet composer († 1917 )
- April 3 : Vincent Adler , Hungarian composer and pianist († 1871 )
- April 7 : Hermann Berens , German pianist and composer († 1880 )
- May 23 : Kaspar Eisenkolb , Romanian-German composer († 1913 )
- June 1 : Carl Bechstein , German piano maker († 1900 )
- June 15 : Josef Pischna , Bohemian pianist and composer († 1896 )
- June 29 : Theodor Formes , German opera singer (tenor) († 1874 )
- July 8 : Friedrich Chrysander , German musicologist († 1901 )
- July 22nd : Julius Stockhausen , German singer, singing teacher and conductor († 1906 )
- August 8 : Charles Galibert , French composer († 1858 )
- August 13 : William Thomas Best , English organist († 1897 )
- September 3 : Wilhelm Speidel , German composer, pianist and university professor († 1899 )
- September 8 : Disma Fumagalli , Italian composer and music teacher († 1893 )
- September 12 : Richard Pohl , composer and music writer († 1896 )
- December 21 : Tomás León , Mexican composer and pianist († 1893 )
- December 31 : Henry Hiles , English composer, organist and music teacher († 1904 )
Died
- January 17th : Juan Crisóstomo de Arriaga , Spanish violinist and composer (* 1806 )
- April 13 : Franz Danzi , German composer (* 1763 )
- May 24th : Friedrich Ernst Fesca , German composer (* 1789 )
- June 5 : Carl Maria von Weber , German composer (* 1786 )
- July 17 : Joseph Graetz , German organist, composer and music teacher (* 1760 )
- November 22nd : Pavel Mašek , Czech composer (* 1761 )
- December 10 : Benedikt Schak , Austrian tenor and composer (* 1758 )
See also
Web links
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