Year of music 1844
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Overview of the music years
Further events
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Events
- February 15 : The Kroll Opera in Berlin, built by the architects Carl Ferdinand Langhans and Eduard Knoblauch with the significant participation of the royal master builder Ludwig Persius , opens with a ball.
- The 12-year-old Joseph Joachim brings Ludwig van Beethoven's decades-forgotten Violin Concerto in D major op. 61 in London under the direction of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy for a new performance, whereupon the work has a permanent place in the concert repertoire.
Invitation to the “ Soirée dansante” in the Dommayer with Johann Strauss
- October 15 : Johann Strauss (son) made his first appearance at Casino Dommayer in the Vienna suburb of Hietzing , a well-known entertainment venue throughout the region. At the “ Soirée dansante”, among other things, the waltzes and epic poems are premiered.
Instrumental and vocal music
- Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy completes the Violin Concerto in E minor .
- Louis Spohr : Violin Concerto No. 15 in E minor , op.128.
- Hector Berlioz : The composer completes the following three works for the organ: (1) Hymne pour l'élévation en ré majeur, pour orgue ; (2) Sérénade agreste à la Madone sur le thème des pifferari romains en mi bémol majeur, pour orgue ; (3) Toccata en do majeur, pour orgue . In addition, the orchestral piece Le corsaire , op.21 and the overture Le carnaval romain , op.9 are created.
- Frédéric Chopin : Deux Nocturnes in F minor, E flat major op 55; Trois Mazurkas in B major, C major, C minor op 56; Berceuse op 57 (completed in 1844 and published in 1845); Piano Sonata No. 3 op 58.
- Richard Wagner will perform his work Ein Faust Overture for the first time on July 22nd in the Palais im Großer Garten in Dresden .
- George Onslow : String Quintet op 68.
- Johann Strauss (son) : Besides the already mentioned waltzes epigrams and favor advertisers brings the composer in 1844 following works out: Serail dances (Waltz) op 5; Herzenslust (Polka) op 3; Debut Quadrille op 2 and the Cytheren Quadrille op 6 out.
World premieres
- January 7th : The motet Jauchzet dem Herr, alle Welt , a setting of Psalm 100 by Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy , is premiered in a mass by the Royal Cathedral Choir in Berlin .
- January 12th : The opera Caterina Cornaro by Gaetano Donizetti has its world premiere at the Teatro San Carlo in Naples. It is the last of Donizetti's operas, the world premiere of which takes place during his lifetime. The work is not a success and the revised version, which will be premiered in Parma, does not find any echo with the audience or criticism.
- January 27 : The world premiere of the opera Hunyadi László by Ferenc Erkel takes place in Budapest.
- February 3 : In the Theater am Kärntnertor in Vienna, the opera is The Return of the exiles of Otto Nicolai premiered. The libretto is by Siegfried Kapper and is based on the work Le proscrit by Frédéric Soulié .
- February 10 : Adolphe Adam's opera Cagliostro premieres in Paris (Opéra-Comique).
- March 9 : The opera Ernani by Giuseppe Verdi based on a libretto by Francesco Maria Piave is premiered at the Teatro La Fenice in Venice. The template is based on the drama Hernani of Victor Hugo from the year 1830 . With this, his fifth opera, Verdi finally achieved the breakthrough, becoming one of the most frequently performed operas of the 19th century.
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- April 9th : Johann Nestroy's posse Der Zerrissene with music by Adolf Müller senior celebrates its premiere at the Theater an der Wien . The material comes from the French comédie-vaudeville L'homme blasé (The Bored Man) by Félix-Auguste Duvert and Augustin-Théodore de Lauzanne .
- October 7th : The opera Richard en Palestine by Adolphe Adam based on a libretto by Paul Foucher comes out at the Paris Opera.
- November 3 : Giuseppe Verdi's opera I due Foscari with Achille De Bassini as Francesco Foscari has its world premiere at the Teatro Argentina in Rome . The libretto is by Francesco Maria Piave based on the play The Two Foscari by Lord Byron . The opera was only moderately successful, but was still performed frequently until the 1870s.
- November 27 : The opera The Daughter of St. Mark by Michael William Balfe premieres at the Drury Lane Theater in London.
- December 7th : The Singspiel Ein Feldlager in Schlesien by Giacomo Meyerbeer is premiered at the Royal Court Opera in Berlin .
- December 30th : Friedrich von Flotow's opera Alessandro Stradella about the life of the composer Alessandro Stradella is premiered at the Stadttheater Hamburg . The libretto comes from Friedrich Wilhelm Riese , who wrote it under the name Wilhelm Friedrich.
Further premieres in 1844:
- Louis Spohr : The Crusaders , (Grand Opera in three acts)
- Saverio Mercadante : Leonora (Opera). The world premiere takes place at the Teatro Nuovo, Naples.
- Jacques Fromental Halévy : Le lazzarone, ou Le bien vient en dormant (opera)
- François Benoist : Othello , (Opera)
Born
- January 20 : Johan Peter Selmer , Norwegian composer († 1910 )
- January 30th : Otto Leßmann , German composer († 1918 )
- February 5 : Lothar Kempter , Swiss composer and conductor († 1918 )
- February 21 : Charles-Marie Widor , French organist, composer and teacher († 1937 )
- February 25 : Jindřich Kafka , Czech composer († 1917 )
- March 10 : Pablo de Sarasate , Spanish violinist and composer († 1908 )
- March 18 : Nikolai Rimski-Korsakow , Russian composer, conductor and music teacher († 1908 )
- March 23 : Eugène Gigout , French organist and composer († 1925 )
- April 12 : Franz Kullak , German pianist and composer († 1913 )
- April 13 : Jan Hřímalý , Czech violinist and music teacher († 1915 )
- April 26 : Ada Lewis-Hill , English amateur musician and benefactor († 1906 )
- May 8 : Hermann Graedener , German composer († 1929 )
- May 30 : Louis Varney , French operetta composer († 1908 )
- June 3 : Hermann Erler , German music publisher, composer and writer († 1918 )
- June 3 : Émile Paladilhe , French composer and pianist († 1926 )
- July 10 : Amalie Materna , Austrian opera singer († 1918 )
- August 13 : Otis Bardwell Boise , American composer († 1912 )
- September 16 : Paul Taffanel , French flautist († 1908 )
- September 22nd : William Stevenson Hoyte , English organist, composer and music teacher († 1917 )
- October 1 : Orla Rosenhoff , Danish composer and music teacher († 1905 )
- October 8 : Paul Lhérie , French singer and music teacher († 1937 )
Died
- February 7 : Mathieu-Jean-Baptiste Nioche de Tournay , French lyricist and playwright (* 1767 )
- February 16 : Heinrich Stölzel , German musician (* 1777 )
- April 22nd : Henri Montan Berton , French composer (* 1767 )
- May 8 : Sophia Carolina Benda , German actress and singer (* 1787 )
- May 21 : Giuseppe Baini , Roman music historian and church composer (* 1775 )
- June 6 : Francis Johnson , American composer and musician (* 1792 )
- June 17th : André da Silva Gomes , Brazilian composer (* 1752 )
- July 12th : Georg Christoffer Rackwitz , Swedish instrument maker (* 1760 )
- July 13 : Johann Gänsbacher , Austrian composer and conductor (* 1778 )
- July 29th : Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart , Austrian composer and piano virtuoso (* 1791 )
See also
Web links
Commons : Music 1844 - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files
Commons : Opera Libretti 1844 - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files