Music year 1839
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Overview of the music years
Further events
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Events
- Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy will conduct the posthumous world premiere of Franz Schubert's Great Symphony in C major at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig on March 21 at the suggestion of Robert Schumann . However, the symphony was slow to gain acceptance.
Instrumental and vocal music (selection)
- Louis Spohr : Symphony No. 6 in G major “Historical symphony in the style and taste of four different periods” , op. 116; Violin Concertino No. 3 (also Concerto No. 14) in A minor , op.110
- Hector Berlioz : Roméo et Juliette , op.17 (dramatic symphony with solos and choirs)
- Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy : 1st Piano Trio op.49
- Robert Schumann : Arabesque op. 18; Humoresque op. 20; Flower Piece, Op. 19; Three romances op. 28; Faschingsschwank from Vienna op. 26; Nachstücke op. 23
- Clara Schumann : Trois Romances for piano , dedicated to Robert Schumann op. 11; Andante and Allegro for piano
- Giuseppe Verdi : L'esule (“The Banished”) for voice and piano ; Notturno , vocal trio
- Michail Iwanowitsch Glinka : Gallopade (piano work)
- Johann Strauss (father) : Greetings for joy op. 105; Cecilia Waltz op. 120; Apollo Waltz op.128
- Franz Lachner : Symphony No. 7 in D minor, Op. 58;
- Niels Wilhelm Gade : Alladin (incidental music)
Musical theater
- January 8 : The world premiere of the opera Romilda of Ferdinand Hiller takes place at the Teatro alla Scala di Milano in Milan.
- January 17th : Premiere of the opera Régine ou Les deux nuits by Adolphe Adam in Opéra-Comique.
- February 8th : The romantic opera Die Genueserin by Peter Joseph von Lindpaintner is premiered at the Theater am Kärntnertor in Vienna .
- March 2nd : World premiere of the opera La sposa di Messina by Nicola Vaccai in Venice, Teatro (La Fenice)
- March 9 : The world premiere of the opera Il bravo by Saverio Mercadante takes place at the Teatro alla Scala di Milano in Milan.
- April 15 : The comic opera Les treize by Jacques Fromental Halévy is premiered at the Opéra-Comique in Paris.
- May 20th : The opera Die Regenbrüder by Ignaz Lachner is premiered in Stuttgart.
- September 19 : World premiere of the opera La rein d'un jour by Adolphe Adam in Opéra-Comique.
- September 20 : The world premiere of the Komische Oper Caramo or Das Fischerstechen by Albert Lortzing takes place at the Stadttheater in Leipzig .
- November 17th : Oberto conte di San Bonifacio , Giuseppe Verdi's first opera , is premiered at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan. Although the opera, based on a libretto by Antonio Piazza and Temistocle Solera, was a success at the world premiere , it failed to establish itself in the operatic repertoire in the following years .
- November 26th : World premiere of the opera Enrico secondo (Heinrich II) by Otto Nicolai in Trieste, (Teatro Grande)
Other works
- Daniel-François-Esprit Auber : Le lac des fées (opera)
- Saverio Mercadante : Elena da Feltre (Opera, UA Teatro San Carlo, Naples)
- Jacques Fromental Halévy : Le shérif (opera); Le drapier (opera)
- Friedrich von Flotow : Le Naufrage de la Méduse (Opera)
- François Benoist : La Gipsy , (ballet)
- Albert Grisar : L'Eau merveilleuse ; Les Travestissements (two stage works)
- Gaetano Donizetti : Le duc d'Albe (opera, unfinished); L'ange de Nisida (Opera)
- Giuseppe Lillo : Il conte di Chalais (Opera)
- Franz Lachner : Alidia (Opera)
Born
- January 9 : John Knowles Paine , American composer († 1906 )
- February 27 : Victor Capoul , French opera singer († 1924 )
- March 2 : Françis Planté , French pianist († 1934 )
- March 17 : Josef Gabriel Rheinberger , Liechtenstein composer († 1901 )
- March 21 : Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky , Russian composer († 1881 )
- July 15 : Eduard Köllner , German composer († 1891 )
- July 17 : Friedrich Gernsheim , German pianist, conductor and composer († 1916 )
- August 18 : Hugh Archibald Clarke , Canadian composer († 1927 )
- August 24 : Eduard Nápravník , Czech conductor and composer († 1916 )
- September 5 : Franz Krolop , German singer († 1897 )
- November 7th : Henry Holmes , English composer, violinist and music teacher († 1905 )
- November 7th : Hermann Levi , German orchestra conductor († 1900 )
Exact date of birth unknown
- Max Amberger , German instrument maker († 1889 )
- Frederick Augustus Packer , Australian organist, composer and music teacher († 1902 )
Died
- February 16 : Ludwig Berger , German composer, pianist and piano teacher (* 1777 )
- March 8th : Aloisia Lange , singer (soprano), one of the most important interpreters of Mozart's works of her time
- July 10 : Fernando Sor , Spanish guitarist and composer (* 1778 )
- September 1 : Vicenç Cuyàs , Catalan composer (* 1816 )
- December 7th : Jan August Vitásek , Bohemian composer (* 1770 )
See also
Web links
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