Music year 1837
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Overview of the music years
Further events
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Instrumental and vocal music (selection)
- Gaspare Spontini : Torch Dance (For concert band)
- Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy : 2nd piano concerto op. 40; The 42nd Psalm was written in 1837 and premiered on January 1, 1838; String Quartet No. 4 in E minor ; op.44
- Frédéric Chopin : 12 Etudes Op. 25; Impromptu No. 1 in A flat major, Op. 29; Quatre Mazurkas in C minor, B minor, D flat major, C sharp minor op. 30; Scherzo No. 2 in B flat minor, Op. 31; Deux Nocturnes in B major, A flat major op. 32; Variation No. 6 in E major from Hexameron on a marching theme from the opera "I Puritani" by V. Bellini WoO
- Robert Schumann : Davidsbündlertänze op. 6 (completed); Symphonic Studies op. 13
- Clara Schumann : Variations de Concert pour le Piano-forte sur la Cavatine du Pirate de Bellini , dedicated to Adolf Henselt, Op. 8; Concerto for piano and orchestra in A minor , dedicated to Louis Spohr op. 7;
- George Onslow : Three String Quartets Op. 59–61
- Joseph Lanner : Aeskulap Waltz , for the piano forte for four hands, op.113
- Johann Strauss (father) : Brüssler Spitzen op. 95; Ball rockets op. 96
- Franz Lachner : Symphony No. 6 in D major: op. 56;
- Niels Wilhelm Gade : Quintet for 2 violins, 2 violas and violoncello
Musical theater
- January 17th : The Posse An apartment is for rent in the city of Johann Nestroy with music by Adolf Müller senior is premiered at the Theater an der Wien near Vienna and mercilessly fails the audience and criticism.
- February 18th : World premiere of the opera Pia de 'Tolomei by Gaetano Donizetti at the Teatro Apollo, Venice. Revised versions of the work were issued on July 31 and September 29 of the same year.
- February 20 : The premiere of the comic opera Die Zwei Schützen by Albert Lortzing takes place at the Stadttheater in Leipzig . Based on the literary model Les Méprises par ressemblance by André-Ernest-Modeste Grétry, the play is a great success and encourages Lortzing to compose further works for music theater.
- March 9 : The second version of Conradin Kreutzer's romantic opera Das Nachtlager in Granada based on the play of the same name by Johann Friedrich Kind is premiered at the Kärntnertortheater in Vienna . Compared to the first version from 1834, the spoken dialogues have been replaced by recitatives .
- March 11th : The opera Il giuramento by Saverio Mercadante is premiered at the Teatro alla Scala di Milano in Milan. The libretto is by Gaetano Rossi based on the tragedy Angelo, tyran de Padoue by Victor Hugo .
- April 6th : The first performance of the romantic opera Die Höhle bei Waverley by Conradin Kreutzer takes place at the Josephstädter Theater in Vienna.
- May 27 : The opera Lady Catherine Gray by Michael William Balfe is at Theater Royal Drury Lane premiered in London.
- July 5th : World premiere of the ballet Les Mohicans by Adolphe Adam in Paris
- October 29th : World premiere of the opera Roberto Devereux by Gaetano Donizetti at the Teatro San Carlo, Naples
- November 6th : The opera Caractacus by Michael William Balfe is premiered at the Theater Royal Drury Lane in London.
- November 30th : World premiere of the opera Joan of Arc by Michael William Balfe in London
- December 2 : The opera Le domino noir ( The black domino ) by Daniel-François-Esprit Auber is premiered at the Opéra-Comique in Paris.
- December 16 : The world premiere of the romantic opera Der Gang zum Eisenhammer by Conradin Kreutzer takes place at the Theater am Kärntnertor in Vienna.
- December 22nd : The comic opera Zar und Zimmermann by Albert Lortzing is premiered at the City Theater in Leipzig . Lortzing wrote the bass buffo part of Van Bett especially for Gotthelf Leberecht Berthold , whom he particularly admired .
Other works
- Hector Berlioz : Requiem
- Richard Wagner : Man's cunning greater than women's cunning or The happy bear family (opera, unfinished)
- Otto Nicolai : La figlia abbandonata (The Forsaken Daughter) (opera fragment)
- Michail Iwanowitsch Glinka : Scene at the monastery gate (opera)
- Giuseppe Lillo : Odda di Bernaver ('Agnes Bernauer') (opera); Rosmunda in Ravenna (Opera)
Born
Date of birth saved
- January 2 : Mili Alexejewitsch Balakirew , Russian composer, pianist and conductor († 1910 )
- January 12 : Adolf Jensen , German composer († 1879 )
- February 1 : Gustave García , Italian opera singer (baritone) and singing teacher († 1925 )
- February 2 : Max Zenger , German composer († 1911 )
- February 7 : Emilio Wilhelm Ramsøe , Danish composer and conductor († 1895 )
- March 12 : Alexandre Guilmant , French organist and composer († 1911 )
- April 4 : Smith Newell Penfield , American composer († 1920 )
- April 24 : Louis Canivez , Belgian composer and conductor († 1911 )
- May 5 : Carl Attenhofer , Swiss composer, conductor, singer, organist and university music director († 1914 )
- May 23 : Józef Wieniawski , Polish pianist and composer († 1912 )
- May 29 : Luca Fumagalli , Italian pianist, composer and music teacher († 1908 )
- June 23 : Ernest Guiraud , French composer († 1892 )
- July 6 : Władysław Żeleński , Polish composer († 1921 )
- August 8 : Victor Sieg , French organist and composer († 1899 )
- August 24th : Théodore Dubois , French composer († 1924 )
- August 27 : Heinrich Urban , German composer, violinist and music teacher († 1901 )
- October 8 : Otto Winter-Hjelm , Norwegian composer, conductor, organist, music critic and teacher († 1931 )
- October 20 : Frederick Herbert Torrington , Canadian organist, conductor, composer and music teacher († 1917 )
- November 9th : Alfred Holmes , English violinist and composer († 1876 )
- December 9 : Émile Waldteufel , Alsatian musician and composer († 1915 )
- December 20 : Anton Foerster , Slovenian composer († 1926 )
- December 28 : Benjamin Johnson Lang , American organist, pianist, conductor and composer († 1909 )
- December 30th : Marie Lipsius , German music writer († 1927 )
Exact date of birth unknown
- Josef Weikert , Bohemian church musician and composer († 1907 )
Died
Date of death secured
- January 23 : John Field , Irish composer and pianist (* 1782 )
- February 5 : James Cervetto , British cellist and composer (* 1747 )
- February 20 : Ernst Häußler , German singer, composer and music teacher (* 1761 )
- May 5th : Niccolò Antonio Zingarelli , Italian composer (* 1752 )
- May 19 : Antonio Rolla , Italian violin virtuoso (* 1798 )
- June 20 : Giovanni Furno , Italian composer and music teacher (* 1748 )
- July 28 : Joseph Schubert , German violinist, violist and composer (* 1757 )
- August 6th : Johann Nepomuk Schelble , German conductor, singer and teacher (* 1789 )
- October 6 : Jean-François Lesueur , French church musician and composer (* 1760 )
- October 17th : Johann Nepomuk Hummel , Austrian composer and pianist (* 1778 )
- December 22nd : Lino Gallardo , Venezuelan composer (* 1773 )
See also
Web links
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