Music year 1834
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Overview of the music years
Further events
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Events
- June 24th to July 1st : The Royal Musical Festival is taking place in Westminster Abbey in London on the occasion of the supposed 100th birthday of GF Handel .
- 29 October to 5 November : In London, in protest against the exclusion of many amateur musicians from the Royal Musical Festival, the Amateur Musical Festival takes place in Exeter Hall and thus initiates the great amateur movement among musicians.
- November 10 : In the former church of Barfüsserklosters is with the 800 seats overall share Theater , the first theater of Zurich opened.
Instrumental and vocal music (selection)
- Hector Berlioz : Harold en Italie (symphony);
- Frédéric Chopin : Cantabile B flat major WoO; Mazurka in A flat major WoP; Fantaisie-Impromptu (completed in 1834 but only published posthumously in 1855)
- Otto Nicolai : Graduale de Beata Vergine “Benedicta et venerabilis” for solo voices and choir with orchestra ; Psalmus 54 for ten-part double choir a cappella and organ
- George Onslow : Symphony No. 3 ; Six string quartets op.51 to 56
- Ignaz Moscheles : Piano Concerto No. 6, B flat major , op.90
- Heinrich Dorn : The Swan Girl , (Quartet)
- Franz Lachner : Symphony No. 3 in D minor ; Symphony No. 4 in E major ; String Quintet in C minor
Musical theater
- January 6th : Richard Wagner completes his first opera entitled Die Feen . The work was not premiered in Munich until June 29, 1888, five years after the composer's death.
- January 13 : The first version of the opera Das Nachtlager in Granada by Conradin Kreutzer with spoken dialogues is premiered at the Theater in der Josefstadt in Vienna. The libretto is by Karl Johann Braun von Braunthal based on the play by Johann Friedrich Kind .
- February 20th : World premiere of the magic fairy tale Der Verschwender by Ferdinand Raimund with music by Conradin Kreutzer in the Theater in der Josefstadt, Vienna.
- February 27 : World premiere of the opera Rosmonda d'Inghilterra by Gaetano Donizetti at the Teatro della Pergola, Florence.
- March 8 : World premiere of the opera Un'avventura di Scaramuccia by Luigi Ricci in Milan (Teatro alla Scala)
- 3rd June : World premiere of the opera Eran due, or son tre ovvero Gli esposti by Luigi Ricci in Turin (Teatro Angennes)
- July 1st : World premiere of the comic Singspiel Tom Rick or Der Pavian by Conradin Kreutzer in the Theater in der Josefstadt, Vienna (the work is lost)
- September 25 : World premiere of the opera Le Chalet by Adolphe Adam in the Opéra-Comique, Paris
- September 28 : World premiere of the opera Die surety by Peter Joseph von Lindpaintner in Stuttgart
- October 18th : Premiere of the opera Buondelmonte by Gaetano Donizetti at the Teatro San Carlo, Naples. The second version under the new name Maria Stuarda comes out on December 30, 1835 at Scala in Milan.
- December 26th : World premiere of the opera Gemma di Vergy by Gaetano Donizetti at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan.
- December 26th : World premiere of the opera Chi dura vince ovvero La luna di miel by Luigi Ricci in Rome (Teatro Valle)
Other works
- Daniel-François-Esprit Auber : Lestocq, ou L'intrigue et l'amour , (opera)
- Saverio Mercadante : Emma d'Antiochia (opera); Uggero il danese (opera); La gioventù di Enrico V (Opera)
- Giuseppe Lillo : La moglie per 24 ore ossia L'ammalato di buona salute (opera)
Born
Date of birth saved
- January 20 : Théodore Salomé , French organist and composer († 1896 )
- February 6 : Ilma de Murska , Croatian opera singer (soprano) († 1889 )
- February 28 : Charles Santley , English opera and oratorio singer († 1922 )
- March 16 : Otto Kitzler , German conductor and cellist († 1915 )
- March 23 : Julius Reubke , German composer († 1858 )
- April 1 : Isidore Legouix , French composer († 1916 )
- April 19 : Edmond de Polignac , French composer († 1901 )
- June 13 : Albert Becker , German composer († 1899 )
- August 4 : Ottilie Genée , German actress and singer († 1911 )
- August 9 : Elias Álvares Lôbo , Brazilian composer († 1901 )
- August 17 : Peter Benoit , Belgian composer and professor († 1901 )
- August 31 : Amilcare Ponchielli , Italian composer and conductor († 1886 )
- September 28 : Charles Lamoureux , French conductor († 1899 )
- October 3 : Vilém Blodek , Czech composer († 1874 )
- November 10 : Martin Nováček , Bohemian composer, conductor, music teacher and musician († 1906 )
- November 23 : Adolfo Baci , Italian composer († 1918 )
- December 11 : Eduarda Damasia Mansilla Ortíz de Rozas de García , Argentine writer, journalist and composer († 1892 )
Exact date of birth unknown
- Leopold Magenbauer , Romanian-German composer, choir director and teacher († 1901 )
Died
- May 23 : Charles Wesley junior , English organist and composer (* 1757 )
- June 29 : Alexandre-Étienne Choron , French musicologist and teacher (* 1771 )
- August 3 : August Christian Andreas Abel , German violinist and court musician (* 1751 )
- October 8 : François-Adrien Boieldieu , French opera composer (* 1775 )
See also
Web links
Commons : Music 1834 - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files
Commons : Opera Libretti 1834 - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files