Music year 1842

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Music year 1842

Events

February 27th : The violinist Ferdinand Laub gives his first concert at the age of 10.
April 2 : The Philharmonic Symphony Society of New York is founded in New York at a meeting initiated by Ureli Corelli Hill . The New York Philharmonic is the oldest symphony orchestra in the USA and is now one of the “Big Five” orchestras .

Instrumental and vocal music (selection)

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy : The premiere of the 3rd symphony ( "Scottish Symphony" ) will take place in the Leipzig Gewandhaus on March 3rd under the direction of the composer.

Franz Berwald : Symphony No. 1 in G minor, Symphony sérieuse ; Symphony No. 2 in D major Symphony capricieuse ; further orchestral works: serious and cheerful crickets ; Memory of the Norwegian Alps ; Bayaderen Festival ; race

Frédéric Chopin : Trois Mazurkas in G major, A flat major, C sharp minor op. 50; Impromptu No. 3 in G flat major, Op. 51; Ballade No. 4 op. 52 (completed in 1842, published in 1843); Polonaise in A flat major, Op. 53 (completed 1842, published in 1843)

Robert Schumann : Quintet in E flat major op. 44 ; Piano quartet in E flat major op.47

Clara Schumann : Sonata for piano in G minor ; 1st Symphony in B flat major op.38 for piano four hands (with Robert Schuhmann)

George Onslow : String Quartet op.65

Niels Wilhelm Gade : Symphony No. 1 in C minor , op. 5; Sonata for violin and piano op.6

Johann Strauss (father) : Egerien Waltz op 134th

Musical theater

March 9 : Giuseppe Verdi's opera Nabucco with the libretto by Temistocle Solera is premiered at the Teatro alla Scala di Milano in Milan. Verdi's third opera was a sensational success, and he himself became a hero of Italian opera life. The prisoner's choir Va, pensiero based on Psalm 137 becomes Verdi's most famous choir.
March 10 : Premiere of the Posse a joke he wants to make of Johann Nestroy with the music of Adolf Müller senior .
May 19 : The opera Linda di Chamounix by Gaetano Donizetti is premiered with great success with Eugenia Tadolini in the leading role at the Theater am Kärntnertor in Vienna.
June 21 : Premiere of the romantic opera Der Edelknecht by Conradin Kreutzer in Wiesbaden.
June 22nd : World premiere of the ballet La jolie fille de Gand by Adolphe Adam in Paris
October 13, world premiere of the opera Le roi d'Yvetôt by Adolphe Adam in Paris, Opéra-Comique
October 20 : Richard Wagner's tragic opera Rienzi, the last of the tribunes , is premiered at the Royal Court Theater in Dresden . The composer's breakthrough came with his third completed opera.
December 9 : Ruslan and Lyudmila , an opera in five acts by Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka based on a libretto by Nestor Kukolnik and others based on the epic poem of the same name by Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin is premiered in Saint Petersburg.
December 31 : The world premiere of the comic opera Der Wildschütz by Albert Lortzing takes place at the Leipzig City Theater . The libretto written by the composer himself after the comedy The buck or the innocent guilty conscious of August von Kotzebue .

Other works

Giovanni Pacini : La fidanzata corsa (opera)

Saverio Mercadante : Il proscritto (Opera)

Heinrich Dorn : The Banner of England (romantic opera in four acts)

François Benoist : Messe de Requiem pour trois voix d'homme et une d'enfant, avec accompagnement d'orgue ad libitum

Giuseppe Lillo : Lara (lyrical musical tragedy)

Niels Wilhelm Gade : Agnete og havmanden (Agnethe and the Aquarius) , ( incidental music)

Born

January 13 : Heinrich Hofmann , German composer († 1902 )
January 22nd : Henri Maréchal , French composer († 1924 )
0February 8 : Josef Schantl , Austrian musician († 1902 )
February 24 : Arrigo Boito , Italian writer and composer († 1918 )
February 26 : Hugo Bußmeyer , German composer († 1912 )
March 24th : Gabrielle Krauss , Austrian opera singer († 1906 )
0April 1 : Edmund Neupert , Norwegian pianist, composer and music teacher († 1888 )
April 29 : Karl Millöcker , Austrian operetta composer († 1899 )
0May 1 : Janet Monach Patey , English singer († 1894 )
May 12 : Jules Massenet , French composer († 1912 )
May 13 : Arthur Sullivan , English organist, conductor and composer († 1900 )
May 13 : Giuseppe Terrabugio , Italian organist, composer and church musician († 1933 )
June 12 : Rikard Nordraak , Norwegian composer († 1866 )
June 19 : Carl Zeller , Austrian lawyer and composer († 1898 )
June 29 : Josef Labor , Austrian composer and pianist († 1924 )
July 18 : Louis Debierre , French organ builder († 1920 )
July 30 : Vojtěch Hřímalý , Czech composer, conductor and violinist († 1908 )
September 13 : Ödön Mihalovich , Hungarian composer († 1929 )
October 13 : Antonio Pasculli , Italian oboist († 1924 )
October 24 : Josef Nešvera , Czech composer († 1914 )
0November 5 : Amelia Bailey , Australian singer († 1932 )
0November 8 : Eugen Gura , Austrian opera singer († 1906 )
0December 6th : Wilhelm Rühlmann , German organ builder († 1922 )
December 14 : Victor Langer , Hungarian composer († 1902 )
December 15 : Armes Beaumont , Australian singer († 1913 )
December 16 : Melitta Otto-Alvsleben , German singer († 1893 )

Exact date of birth unknown

Gabriel Desmoulins , French composer, organist and music teacher († 1902 )
Alberto Giovannini , Italian composer and music teacher († 1903 )
Cesare Rossi , Italian composer († 1909 )

Died

January 19 : Heinrich Anton Hoffmann , German violinist and composer (* 1770 )
February 21 : Vojtěch Živný , Bohemian pianist, violinist, teacher and composer (* 1756 )
0March 6th : Constanze Mozart , wife of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (* 1762 )
0March 7th : Christian Theodor Weinlig , composer and choir conductor in Dresden and Leipzig (* 1780 )
March 15 : Luigi Cherubini , Italian composer (* 1760 )
March 20 : Jacob Auch , German watchmaker, instrument maker and constructor of calculating machines (* 1765 )
0April 6 : Johann Anton André , German composer and music publisher (* 1775 )
0May 6 : André Stein , German piano maker (* 1776 )
June 20 : Michael Umlauf , Austrian composer and Kapellmeister (* 1781 )
August 18 : João Domingos Bomtempo , Portuguese composer (* 1775 )
September 15 : Pierre Baillot , French violin player and composer (* 1771 )
0October 2 : José Mariono Elízaga , Mexican composer (* 1786 )
0October 8 : Christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse , Danish composer (* 1774 )
0November 3 : Franz Clement , Austrian violinist, pianist, conductor and composer (* 1780 )
November 15 : Joseph Rastrelli , Saxon composer and conductor (* 1799 )
November 24th : Pehr Frigel , Swedish composer (* 1750 )
December 12th : Lea Mendelssohn Bartholdy , Prussian pianist, music and culture promoter, mother of four musically gifted children (* 1777 )
December 16 : Friedrich Rochlitz , Saxon narrator, playwright, composer and music writer (* 1769 )
December 18 : Giuseppe Nicolini , Italian opera composer (* 1762 )
December 25th : Friedrich Dionys Weber , Bohemian composer (* 1766 )

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