Music year 1845

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Music year 1845

Instrumental and vocal music (selection)

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy's Violin Concerto in E minor will be successfully premiered on March 13th in Leipzig. The soloist is Ferdinand David , for whom Bartholdy composed the piece.
Louis Spohr : Quintet in D major for piano, two violins, viola and violoncello , op. 130; Quartet Concerto for two violins, viola and violoncello with accompaniment of the orchestra in A minor , op.131
Franz Berwald : Symphony No. 3 in C major Symphony singulière ; Symphony No. 4 in E flat major Symphony naïve ; Gustaf Adolph den stores seger och död vid Lützen (vocal works)
Frédéric Chopin : Trois Mazurkas A minor, A flat major, F sharp minor op.59
Robert Schumann : Studies for pedal pianos. Six pieces in canonical form (piano) op. 56; Six fugues on BACH for organ or pedal piano op. 60; Four fugues (piano) op. 72; Piano concerto op.54
Clara Schumann : Three Preludes and Fugues for Piano Op. 16; Prelude in F minor ; Prelude and Fugue a 4 Voci in F sharp minor
Giuseppe Verdi : Album with six romances for voice and piano
Michail Iwanowitsch Glinka : Spanish Overture No. 1 ( Caprice brilliant on the theme of the Jota aragonesa )
Niels Wilhelm Gade : Quintet for 2 violins, 2 violas and violoncello op.8
Johann Strauss (father) : Secret from the Viennese dance world op.176 (waltz)
Johann Strauss (son) : The young Viennese op 7; Carnival songs op. 11; Youth Dreams Op. 12; Bouquet Op. 15; Berglieder op. 18; Amazon Polka op. 9; Czechen-Polka, Op. 13; Patriot March op 8; Elven Quadrille op 16; Demons Quadrille Op. 19

Musical theater

January 5th : The world premiere of the opera Kaiser Adolph von Nassau by Heinrich Marschner takes place in Dresden .
January 14th : Premiere of the opera Virginia by Nicola Vaccai in Rome, (Teatro Apollo).
February 15th : The opera Giovanna d'Arco by Giuseppe Verdi is premiered at the Teatro alla Scala di Milano in Milan . The libretto by Temistocle Solera is based on the tragedy Die Jungfrau von Orléans by Friedrich Schiller . The audience's reaction is divided.

February 20th : World premiere of the opera La solitaria delle Asturie by Luigi Ricci in Odessa, (Teatro Italiano)

April 20 : World premiere of the opera Fridolin or Der Gang zum Eisenhammer by Conradin Kreutzer in Darmstadt.

April 21 : Albert Lortzing's romantic magic opera Undine, based on the story of the same name by Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué , is premiered at the City Theater in Magdeburg.

August 11th : Premiere of the ballet Le diable à quatre by Adolphe Adam in Paris

August 12 or February: premiere of the opera Alzira by Giuseppe Verdi in Naples, (Teatro San Carlo)

October 19 : The world premiere of the opera Tannhäuser by Richard Wagner takes place at the Royal Saxon Court Theater (Semperoper) in Dresden. Joseph Tichatschek sings the title role, Wilhelmine Schröder-Devrient the role of Venus.

December 17th : World premiere of the opera L'Etoile de Séville by Michael William Balfe in Paris.

Other works

Giovanni Pacini : Lorenzino de 'Medici (Opera); Bondelmonte, tragedia lirica (opera); Stella di Napoli (Opera)
Saverio Mercadante : Il Vascello de Gama (Opera)
Franz Berwald : Modehandlerskan (operetta)
Adolphe Adam : La dille de marbre (ballet)
Temistocle Solera : La hermana de palayo (Opera UA in Madrid)
William Henry Fry : Leonora (opera based on a play by Edward Bulwer-Lytton)

Born

January 20 : Bernhard Ziehn , German-American music theorist († 1912 )
March 14 : August Bungert , German composer († 1915 )
March 25 : Adolf von Groß , German financial administrator of the Bayreuth Festival († 1931 )
May 12 : Gabriel Fauré , French composer († 1924 )
May 15 : Julio Ituarte , Mexican composer († 1905 )
June 15 : Charles-Marie Panneton , Canadian pianist, music teacher and composer († 1890 )
June 30 : Italo Campanini , Italian opera tenor († 1896 )
0August 8 : Thomas Koschat , Austrian composer and choir director († 1914 )
September 21 : August Wilhelmj , German violinist († 1908 )
October 10 : Anton Jörgen Andersen , Norwegian composer († 1926 )
November 14 : Ernst Perabo , American pianist and composer († 1920 )

Exact date of birth unknown

Angelo Ferni , Italian violinist († 1916 )

Died

February 28 : Charles Duvernoy , French clarinetist, music teacher and composer (* 1766 )
March 13 : Charles-Guillaume Étienne , French writer, politician, librettist and member of the Académie française (* 1777 )
July 28 : François René Gebauer , French composer, professor and bassoonist (* 1773 )
September 10 : Karl August von Lichtenstein , German opera singer, composer, librettist, translator and artistic director (* 1767 )
September 24th : Johann Aloys Miksch , Bohemian singer and singing teacher (* 1765 )
0October 7th : Isabella Colbran , Spanish opera singer and composer (* 1785 )
0December 2 : Johann Simon Mayr , German composer of the Italian opera (* 1763 )
December 25 : Wilhelm Friedrich Ernst Bach , German composer (* 1759 )

Exact date of death unknown

Alexander Juhan , American composer, pianist and conductor (* 1765 )

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