Music year 1831
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Overview of the music years
Further events
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Instrumental and vocal music (selection)
- Hector Berlioz : Le roi Lear , op. 4 (great overture after the tragedy by Shakespeare); Lélio ou Le retour à la vie op.14b; Rêverie et caprice , op. 8;
- Frédéric Chopin : Grand Duo concertant pour piano et violoncelle sur des thèmes de "Robert le Diable" [de Meyerbeer] in E major (Concerto for piano and violoncello on themes from the Meyerbeer opera Robert the Devil )
- Clara Schumann : Quatre Polonaises pour le Pianoforte op.1 published 1831 composed 1829-30.
- Richard Wagner : Fantasy for piano in F sharp minor ; Piano sonata in B flat major
- George Onslow : Symphony No. 1 in A major, Op. 41; Symphony No. 2 in D minor, Op. 42;
- Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy : 1st Piano Concerto in G minor op.25
- Friedrich von Flotow : Piano Concerto No. 2 in A minor
- Johann Strauss (father) : Vive la Danse! op. 47; Cheerful even in serious times, Op. 48
Musical theater
- March 6 : At the Teatro Carcano in Milan which takes place premiere of the opera La sonnambula ( The Sleepwalker ) by Vincenzo Bellini . The libretto is by Felice Romani based on a ballet pantomime by Eugène Scribe and Jean-Pierre Aumer . The soprano Giuditta Pasta sings the title role. The opera becomes one of Bellini's greatest successes and is soon performed across Europe.
- March 7th : World premiere of the opera Le Morceau d'ensemble by Adolphe Adam in Paris
- April 20 : The world premiere of the opera Viva la Mamma by Gaetano Donizetti takes place at the Teatro Canobbiana in Milan. This is a reworking of the opera Le convenienze teatrali from 1827.
- 3rd May : World premiere of the opera Zampa by Ferdinand Hérold at the Opéra-Comique (Paris)
- May 30th : World premiere of the opera Francesca di Foix by Gaetano Donizetti at the Teatro San Carlo, Naples
- June 15 : World premiere of the opera Le Philtre (The Love Potion) by Daniel-François-Esprit Auber at the Opéra-Comique in Paris
- June 18th : World premiere of the opera La romanzesca e l'uomo nero by Gaetano Donizetti at the Teatro del Fondo, Naples. The libretto is now lost.
- June 21 : World premiere of the opera La neve by Luigi Ricci in Milan (Teatro Cannobiana)
- July 9 : World premiere of the opera Le Grand Prix ou Le Voyage à frais communs by Adolphe Adam at the Opéra-Comique in Paris
- August 11th : World premiere of the opera La lure de l'hermite by Michele Carafa at the Opéra-Comique, Paris
- September 28 : World premiere of the opera Die Amazone or The women and love victory by Peter Joseph von Lindpaintner in Stuttgart
- October 11 : World premiere of the opera Chiara di Rosemberg by Luigi Ricci in Milan (Teatro alla Scala)
- October 31st : World premiere of the comic opera La Marquise de Brinvilliers by François-Adrien Boieldieu in Paris (Opéra-Comique). The composers Auber, Batton, Berton, Blangini, Carafa, Cherubini, Hérold, Ferdinando Paër were also involved in the work.
- November 9 : World premiere of the opera The Virgin by Conradin Kreutzer in Prague
- November 21 : The opera Robert le diable ( Robert the Devil ) by Giacomo Meyerbeer premieres at the Paris Opéra . The opera with the libretto by Eugène Scribe and Germain Delavigne established the composer's fame in France. In the year of the premiere, the first parodies are performed on the Parisian stages.
- December 1st : World premiere of the opera Casimir ou Le Premier Tête-à-tête by Adolphe Adam at the Théâtre des Nouveautés in Paris
- December 26 : The world premiere of the opera Norma by Vincenzo Bellini at the Teatro alla Scala di Milano in Milan ends with a fiasco , despite the excellent cast with Giuditta Pasta , Giulia Grisi , Domenico Donzelli and Vincenzo Negrini.
Other works
- Ferdinand Ries : Liska, or the witch from Gyllensteen (opera in two acts) op.164
- Giovanni Pacini : Il corsaro (romantic opera)
- Saverio Mercadante : Francesca da Rimini (opera) completed in 1831 but not premiered until 2016; Zaïra (opera) premiered in Naples in 1831 at the Teatro San Carlo
- Heinrich Dorn : Abu Kara (romantic opera in three acts) op.18
Born
- February 1 : Franz Rudolph Wurlitzer , American musical instrument manufacturer († 1914 )
- February 7th : Edmond Cherouvrier , French composer († 1905 )
- February 16 : Benjamin Dwight Allen , American organist and composer († 1914 )
- March 23 : Wilhelm Sauer , German organ builder from the Romantic and Late Romantic periods († 1916 )
- May 9 : Karl Hill , German opera singer († 1893 )
- June 2 : Max Abraham , German music publisher († 1900 )
- June 2 : Gustave Lefèvre , French composer and music teacher († 1910 )
- June 7 : Eugène Lacheurié , French composer († unknown)
- June 28 : Joseph Joachim , Hungarian violinist, conductor and composer († 1907 )
- July 11 : Kamilo Mašek , Czech composer († 1859 )
- July 17 : Therese Tietjens , German opera singer (soprano) and vocal teacher († 1877 )
- August 1 : Antonio Cotogni , Italian opera singer († 1918 )
- August 13 : Salomon Jadassohn , German composer, pianist, music theorist and teacher († 1902 )
- August 15 : Gustav Ipavec , Slovenian composer († 1908 )
- August 22 : Marie Louise Dustmann-Meyer , German opera singer († 1899 )
- August 28 : Ludvig Norman , Swedish conductor and composer († 1885 )
- October 29 : Giulio Cottrau , Italian composer († 1916 )
- December 3 : Léon Prévost , French composer († 1877 )
- December 25 : Johann von Herbeck , Austrian conductor and composer († 1877 )
Exact date of birth unknown
- Louis Lebel , French organist and music teacher († 1889 )
- Amelia Patti , Italian opera singer († 1915 )
Died
- January 6th : Rodolphe Kreutzer , French violinist, teacher, conductor and composer (* 1766 )
- January 8 : Franz Krommer , Czech composer (* 1759 )
- March 4 : Georg Michael Telemann , German church musician and composer (* 1748 )
- March 11 : Józef Kozłowski , Polish composer (* 1757 )
- April 13 : Ferdinand Kauer , Austrian composer and conductor (* 1751 )
- May 24 : Benjamin Carr , English-American composer, organist, singer and music publisher (* 1768 )
- May 30th : Daniel Jelensperger , French musicologist (* 1799 )
- June 16 : Joseph Ignaz Schnabel , German composer and cathedral music director (* 1767 )
- November 14th : Ignaz Josef Pleyel , Austrian composer (* 1757 )
- November 15 : Vincenc Mašek , Bohemian composer (* 1755 )
- December 2 : Traugott Maximilian Eberwein , German composer and conductor (* 1775 )
- December 11 ; George Schetky , American composer, cellist and music publisher (* 1776 )
See also
Web links
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