Music year 1849

Music year 1849

Instrumental and vocal music (selection)

Franz Berwald : Piano Trio No. 1 in E flat major ; String Quartet No. 2 in A minor; String Quartet No. 3 in E flat major ; Gustaf Wasas färd till Dalarna (vocal work)
Robert Schumann : Forest scenes op. 82; Four marches op. 76; Twelve Piano Pieces for Four Hands for Small and Large Children, Op. 85; Requiem for Mignon from Goethe's Wilhelm Meister op. 98b; Adagio and Allegro ; Three romances for oboe and piano
Otto Nicolai : The 31st Psalm for eight-part choir a cappella
George Onslow : Fantasy for piano on l'Ange Gardien ; Septet for piano, wind instruments and double bass op.79
Franz Lachner : String Quartet No. 4 in D minor, Op. 120; String Quartet No. 5 in G major op.169
Niels Wilhelm Gade : Octet for 4 violins, 2 violas and 2 violoncellos op. 17; Sonata for violin and piano op.21
Johann Strauss (son) : Einheits-Klänge op. 62; Fantasy pictures op 64; D'Woaldbuama op. 66; Aeols-Töne op. 68; Joke Polka op. 72; Kaiser-Franz-Joseph-March op. 67; Artist Quadrille op.71

January 27 : World premiere of the opera La battaglia di Legnano by Giuseppe Verdi Rome, (Teatro Argentina)
March 9th : World premiere of the comic opera Die Lustigen Weiber von Windsor by Otto Nicolai at the Royal Opera House in Berlin
April 16 : World premiere of the opera Le Prophète ( The Prophet ) by Giacomo Meyerbeer at the Grand Opéra Paris
May 18th : World premiere of the opera Le toréador ou L'accord parfait by Adolphe Adam in Paris
19 or 22 May : World premiere of the opera Cristina, regina di Svezia by Jacopo Foroni based on a libretto by Giovanni Carlo Casanova at the Royal Theater in Stockholm
October 1st : World premiere of the comic opera La Fée aux roses by Jacques Fromental Halévy at the Opéra-Comique in Paris
October 8 : World premiere of the ballet Le filleule des fées by Adolphe Adam in Paris.

December 8 : Premiere of the opera Luisa Miller by Giuseppe Verdi in Naples, Teatro San Carlo

December 24th : World premiere of the opera Le fanal by Adolphe Adam in Paris

January 21 : Józef Szczepkowski , Polish opera singer († 1909 )
0March 2 : Anton Krettner , German composer and mayor of Bad Tölz († 1899 )
March 20 : Henri Dallier , French composer and organist († 1934 )
May 25 : Tom Wiggins , American musician and composer († 1908 )
July 18 : Hugo Riemann , German music theorist, music historian and music teacher († 1919 )
July 23 : Géza Zichy , Hungarian pianist and composer († 1924 )
July 29 : Franz Fischer , German conductor and cellist († 1918 )
August 15 : Charles Labelle , Canadian composer, choir director, conductor and music teacher († 1903 )
August 18 : Benjamin Godard , French composer († 1895 )
0September 8 : Gustav Schreck , German music teacher, composer and choir director († 1918 )
September: Cesare Dall'Olio , Italian composer and music teacher († 1906 )
October 16 : Arnold Krug , German composer († 1904 )
0December 4 : Ernesto Köhler , Italian flautist and composer († 1907 )

Aurel Eisenkolb , Romanian-German composer († 1918 )
Wenzel Josef Heller , Bohemian composer, church musician, military bandmaster and choir director († 1914 )
Franciszek Słomkowski , Polish violinist, conductor, music teacher and composer († 1924 )

January 25 : Elias Parish Alvars , English harpist and composer (* 1808 )
April 15 : Thomas Carr , American music publisher, composer and organist (* 1780 )
May 11 : Otto Nicolai , German composer (* 1810 )
May 20 : Michael Traugott Pfeiffer , German-Swiss music teacher (* 1771 )
June 12 : Angelica Catalani , Italian opera singer (* 1780 )
July 17th : Alojz Ipavec , Slovenian composer (* 1815 )
August 26th : Marianna Clara Auernhammer , Austrian singer, pianist and composer (* 1786 )
August 26 : Jacques Féréol Mazas , French violinist and violin teacher (* 1782 )
September 25 : Johann Strauss (father) , Austrian composer (* 1804 )
October 17th : Frédéric Chopin , Polish composer (* 1810 )
December 14 : Conradin Kreutzer , German composer (* 1780 )
December 29th : Dionisio Aguado , Spanish guitarist and composer (* 1784 )

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