Music year 1857

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Music year 1857
The first Teatro Colón opens in Buenos Aires with Verdi's La traviata .

Events

April 27 : The first Teatro Colón , built by Charles Pellegrini with Verdi's La traviata, opens in Buenos Aires .

May 5 : On the occasion of the opening of the Art Treasures of Great Britain art exhibition in Manchester, Charles Hallé founded an orchestra, later the Hallé Orchestra , which held daily concerts there.

August 18 : Cosima Liszt marries Hans von Bülow in the Hedwig Church in Berlin. On their honeymoon, the two visit Richard Wagner in Zurich, who at the time lives in the garden house of the Villa Wesendonck .

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Left: Play melody ( audio file info ).

August: James Lord Pierpont releases the winter song One Horse Open Sleigh in Boston .

Instrumental and vocal music (selection)

January 7 : The . Piano Concerto No. 2 in A major by Franz Liszt has its premiere in Weimar.

February 15 : The symphony in F major with the nickname Urbs Roma by Camille Saint-Saëns , composed the previous year, is premiered by the Société des jeunes artistes du Conservatoire under Jules Pasdeloup .

September 5 : On the occasion of the inauguration of Goethe and Schiller monument is in Weimar , the Faust Symphony by Franz Liszt first performed. It is inspired by Goethe's drama Faust I and represents a symphonic poem that is close to the symphony form .

The Battle of the Huns , fresco by Wilhelm von Kaulbach , template for Liszt's Battle of the Huns

December 29th : The symphonic poem No. 11 Hunenschlacht by Franz Liszt is premiered in Weimar.
Franz Liszt's Dante Symphony , inspired by Dante Alighieri's verse epic Divina Commedia , has its world premiere.
Louis Spohr completes his Symphony No. 10 in E flat major . It is the composer's last symphony. It initially appears as Opus 156 but is later withdrawn by the composer.
Franz Berwald completes his piano quintet No. 2 in A major , which he has been working on since 1850.
Niels Wilhelm Gade presents his Symphony No. 6 in G minor , Op. 32 to the public.
Anton Grigorjewitsch Rubinstein composes his Piano Trio No. 3 in B flat major, Op. 52, the Cello Sonata No. 2 in G major, Op. 39 and the Violin Concerto in G major, Op. 46.
Joachim Raff publishes the work Ode au printemps, concert piece for piano and orchestra , op.76.
Giacomo Meyerbeer writes the piece Pater noster for mixed choir .

Music theater (selection)

January 15 : The operetta Les trois baisers du diable by Jacques Offenbach is premiered in Paris (Bouffes-Parisiens, Salle Choiseul).
February 12 : The operetta Croquefer, ou Le dernier des paladins by Jacques Offenbach is premiered in Paris (Bouffes-Parisiens, Salle Choiseul).
March 12th : The opera Simon Boccanegra by Giuseppe Verdi based on a libretto by Francesco Maria Piave has its world premiere at the Teatro La Fenice in Venice. The play Simón Bocanegra by Antonio García Gutiérrez serves as a template . The performance is a failure and soon disappears from the repertoire, which prompts Verdi to revise the material.
April 9th : The world premiere of the operetta Le Docteur Miracle ( The Wonder Doctor ) by Georges Bizet takes place at Jacques Offenbach's Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens in Paris.
April 30 : The world premiere of the operetta Dragonette by Jacques Offenbach takes place at the Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens in Paris.
May 6th : World premiere of the opera Erzsébet by Ferenc Erkel in Budapest .
May 16 : The operetta Vent du soir, ou L'horrible festin by Jacques Offenbach is premiered in Paris (Bouffes-Parisiens, Salle Choiseul). The work serves as a template for the operetta Chief Evening Wind or The Greyish Feast , which appeared in Vienna in 1862 .
July 27th : The operetta Une demoiselle en loterie by Jacques Offenbach is premiered in Paris (Bouffes-Parisiens, Salle Choiseul).
August 16 : Giuseppe Verdi's opera Aroldo with the libretto by Francesco Maria Piave is successfully premiered at the Teatro Nuovo in Rimini. It is the reworked and completely redesigned opera Stiffelio , which, under pressure from the censors, may only be performed in a distorted form in Italy.
October 3 : World premiere of the opera Maître Griffard by Léo Delibes at the Théâtre-Lyrique in Paris
October 10 : The world premiere of the one-act operetta Le Mariage aux Lanternes ( The Engagement at the Lantern ) by Jacques Offenbach based on the libretto by Michel Carré takes place at the Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens in Paris.
October 31 : At the Carltheater in Leopoldstadt near Vienna, the posse with singing Tannhäuser by Johann Nestroy (text) and Carl Binder (music) is premiered and receives mostly positive reviews. The play is based on the travesty Tannhäuser and the brawl on the Wartburg by Hermann Wollheim and parodies the opera Tannhäuser and the Singers' War on Wartburg by Richard Wagner , which had its Vienna premiere on August 28 at the Thalia Theater .
November 13 : The operetta Les deux pêcheurs, ou Le lever du soleil by Jacques Offenbach is premiered in Paris (Bouffes-Parisiens, Salle Choiseul).
December 27 : World premiere of the opera Pianella by Friedrich von Flotow in Schwerin.

Further stage work premieres

Saverio Mercadante brings out his opera Pelagio at the Teatro San Carlo in Naples .
Friedrich von Flotow's opera Johann Albrecht, Duke of Mecklenburg premieres in Schwerin.
The opera Le Carnaval de Venise by Ambroise Thomas also came out in 1857.

Light music

Johann Strauss (son) : In 1857 the composer published the following works: Paroxysmen (Waltz) op 189; Controverses (Waltz) op 191; Vienna, my sense! (Waltz) op 192; Phenomena (Waltz) op 193; Telegraphic Despatches (Waltz) op 195; Souvenir de Nizza (Waltz) op 200; Demi-Fortune-Polka op 186; Une Bagatelle-Polka op 187; Herzel-Polka op 188; Something Small Polka op 190; Olga-Polka op 196; Whimsy polka op 197; Alexandrine Polka op 198; La Berceuse (Quadrille) op 194 and the Le beau monde (Quadrille) op 199

Born

January 17 : Wilhelm Kienzl , Austrian composer († 1941 )
January 19 : Karl Wüstefeld , German organist and local history researcher († 1937 )

February 2 : Jan Drozdowski , Polish pianist and music teacher († 1918 )
February 7 : James Hotchkiss Rogers , American organist and composer († 1940 )

March 3 : Alfred Bruneau , French composer and music critic († 1934 )
March 21 : Albert Rossow , German composer and conductor († 1943 )

April 14 : Edgar Stillman Kelley , American composer, conductor, organist, pianist, music critic and music teacher († 1944 )
April 23 : Ruggero Leoncavallo , Italian composer († 1919 )
April 29 : František Ondříček , Czech violinist and composer († 1922 )

May 2 : Frederic Cliffe , English composer († 1931 )
May 8 : Heinrich Berté , Austro-Hungarian composer († 1924 )
May 16 : Juan Morel Campos , Puerto Rican composer († 1896 )

June 2 : Edward Elgar , English composer († 1934 )
June 5 : Árpád Doppler , Hungarian-German composer († 1927 )
July 8 : Rudolf Dellinger , Bohemian composer and Kapellmeister († 1910 )

August 8 : Cécile Chaminade , French pianist and composer († 1944 )
August 18 : Eusebius Mandyczewski , Romanian-Austrian musicologist and composer († 1929 )

October 1 : Remigio Renzi , Italian organist, composer and music teacher († 1938 )
October 4 : Henry Schoenfeld , American composer († 1936 )
October 11 : Henri Cain , French librettist and painter († 1937 )

November 22nd : Giuseppe Magrini , Italian cellist, music teacher and composer († 1926 )
December 17 : Niccolò van Westerhout , Italian composer († 1898 )

Died

January 8 : Johann Gottfried Rode , German musician and composer (* 1798 )
January 10 : Bernhard Dreymann , German organ builder (* 1788 )
19 January : Franz Limmer , Austrian composer (* 1808 )

February 14 : Johannes Bernardus van Bree , Dutch Romantic composer (* 1800 )
February 15 : Michail Glinka , Russian composer (* 1804 )
February 26 : Ole Andreas Lindeman , Norwegian composer (* 1768 )

April 20 : Wilhelm Friedrich Riem , German composer and conductor (* 1779 )
May 14 : Jacob Niclas Ahlström , Swedish conductor and composer (* 1805 )
May 21 : Moritz Heinrich Hauser , German song composer and conductor (* 1826 )

June 28 : Joseph Fischhof , Austrian composer, music teacher and author (* 1803 )
July 1 : Josef Wasserburger , butcher and folk musician (* 1788 )
July 13 : Karl Wauer , German singer (bass) and actor (* 1782 )
July 15 : Carl Czerny , Austrian pianist and piano teacher (* 1791 )
August 1st : Emilie Zumsteeg , German composer, music teacher, choir director, pianist and music writer (* 1796 )

September 14th : Franz Joseph Merklin , German organ builder (* 1788 )
September 18 : Karol Kurpiński , Polish composer (* 1784 )
November 22nd : Léon Battu , French playwright and librettist (* unknown)
December 19 : Johann Daniel Elster , German music professor and choir director (* 1796 )
December 24th : Félix Cazot , French music teacher and composer (* 1790 )

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