Music year 1838
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Overview of the music years
Further events
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Events
March 7th : Jenny Lind makes her debut in the role of Agathe in Weber's opera Der Freischütz at the Stockholm Opera. This marked the beginning of her remarkable career as an opera singer.
Instrumental and vocal music (selection)
- Frédéric Chopin : Quatre Mazurkas in G sharp minor, C major, D major, B minor op.33; Trois Valses A flat major, A minor, F major op. 34;
- Robert Schumann : Scenes for Children, Op. 15; Kreisleriana (piano cycle) op. 16; Fantasy in C major op. 17 (finished in 1838 and premiered in 1839); Novelettes op.21 (collection of character pieces)
- Clara Schumann : Souvenir de Vienne. Impromptu pour le Pianoforte op. 9; Scherzo in D minor for piano op.10
- George Onslow : Ave Maria for 4 voices
- William Sterndale Bennett : Piano Concerto No. 4, F minor, Op. 19; The Wood Nymph (Overture), Op. 20th
- Johann Strauss (father) : Paris-Walzer op.101 (it contains a three-four time version of the Marseillaise in the coda)
Musical theater
- January 6th : World premiere of the opera Le fidèle berger by Adolphe Adam in Paris, (Opéra-Comique)
- January 27 : World premiere of the opera Marco Visconti by Nicola Vaccai in Turin, (Teatro Regio)
- January 30th : The world premiere of the opera Maria de Rudenz by Gaetano Donizetti takes place at the Teatro La Fenice in Venice. The libretto is by Salvatore Cammarano . The literary basis is the works La nonne sanglante by Anicet-Bourgeois , Jean-Guillaume-Antoine Cuvelier and Jean Maillan as well as The Monk by Matthew Gregory Lewis . The work will be removed from the program again after the second performance.
- February 13 : World premiere of the opera Le nozze di Figaro by Luigi Ricci in Milan, (Teatro alla Scala)
- February 19 : premiere of the opera Der Bäbu by Heinrich Marschner in Hanover
- March 5 : World premiere of the opera Guido et Ginèvra ou La Peste de Florence by Jacques Fromental Halévy in Paris
- June 10 : World premiere of the opera Le Comte de Saint-Mégrin (La Duchesse de Guise) by Friedrich von Flotow in Royaumont
- July 19 : World premiere of the opera Falstaff by Michael William Balfe in London
- September 10 : Premiere of the opera Benvenuto Cellini Benvenuto Cellini by Hector Berlioz in Paris
- September 24th : World premiere of the comic operetta Die Rejüngerungs-Essenz by Conradin Kreutzer at the Theater am Kärntnertor in Vienna
- October 31 : World premiere of the opera Le brasseur de Preston by Adolphe Adam in Paris, Opéra-Comique. The fool's hall march comes from this opera .
- November 1st : World premiere of the comic opera Der Schöffe von Paris by Heinrich Dorn in Riga
- November 15th : World premiere of the comic opera Lady Melvil by Friedrich von Flotow at the Théâtre de la Renaissance in Paris
Other works
- Saverio Mercadante : Le due illustri rivali (Opera)
- Jacques Fromental Halévy : Guido et Ginevra (Opera)
- Michael William Balfe : The Prayer of the Nation (Opera)
- Albert Grisar : Lady Melvil / Le Joallier de Saint-James (opera); La Suisse à Trianon (Opera)
- Giuseppe Lillo : Alisa di Rieux (opera)
Born
- January 6 : Max Bruch , German composer and conductor († 1920 )
- January 8 : Eleonore de Ahna , German opera singer († 1865 )
- February 4 : Tomaso Benvenuti , Italian composer († 1906 )
- February 19 : Lydia Thompson , British dancer († 1908 )
- February 26 : Wendelin Weißheimer , German composer, conductor and music writer († 1910 )
- March 15 : Karl Juljewitsch Dawidow , Russian composer and conductor († 1889 )
- April 7 : Ferdinand Thieriot , German composer († 1919 )
- April 10 : Eduard Kremser , Austrian composer, arranger and conductor († 1914 )
- April 24 : Jules Levy , American composer and cornetist († 1903 )
- June 8 : John Naylor , English organist and composer († 1897 )
- July 9 : Philip Paul Bliss , American composer and lyricist of revival songs († 1876 )
- July 23 : Édouard Colonne , French conductor († 1910 )
- October 19 : Philippine von Edelsberg , Austrian opera singer († 1917 )
- October 25 : Georges Bizet , French composer († 1875 )
- December 4 : Melisio Morales , Mexican composer († 1908 )
- December 11 : Whitney Eugene Thayer , American organist and composer († 1889 )
- December 22 : Florian Kindle , Liechtenstein composer and priest († 1909 )
Exact date of birth unknown
- Henry Heyman , American violinist and music teacher († 1924 )
Died
- January 13 : Ferdinand Ries , German piano player and composer (* 1784 )
- February 18 : Andreas Oberleitner , Austrian musician, composer and civil servant (* 1786 )
- March 2 : Ludwig Abeille , German pianist and composer (* 1761 )
- March 28 : Thomas Attwood , English composer and organist (* 1765 )
- July 19 : Frédéric Duvernoy , French horn player, composer and music teacher (* 1765 )
- December 26 : Franciszek Lessel , Polish composer (* around 1780)
See also
Web links
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