Music year 1863

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Music year 1863
The opera Les Troyens by Hector Berlioz will premiere in Paris.

Events

Performance venues

The fire of the theater

On the night of June 8th to 9th, the theater on Franz-Josefs-Kai in Vienna , which had been in existence since 1860 , fell victim to a fire. Director Karl Treumann then gave up the plan to build his own theater and took over the management of the Carltheater again on August 19th .

Emperor Franz Joseph I. gives the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Vienna in the area of the Vienna Ringstrasse free of charge an area for the construction of a concert building . The architect Theophil Hansen is commissioned with the design .

World premieres

February 12 : The world premiere of the opera The Armourers of Nantes by Michael William Balfe takes place at the Theater Royal in Covent Garden in London.

April 18 : At the Quai Theater in Vienna, the operetta in one act fleet fellow of St. Francis of Suppè premiered. The libretto is by Josef Braun.

May 1st : The opera Le Jardinier et son seigneur by Léo Delibes has its world premiere at the Théâtre-Lyrique in Paris.

June 14th : The world premiere of the opera Die Loreley by Max Bruch takes place at the Hoftheater Mannheim .

July 12 : The conversation alsacienne Lieschen and Fritzchen by Jacques Offenbach based on a libretto by Paul Boisselot has its world premiere in Bad Ems.

September 30 : The world premiere of the opera Les pêcheurs de perles ( Die Perlenfischer ) by Georges Bizet based on the libretto by Michel Carré and Eugène Cormon takes place after a two-week delay with little success at the Théâtre-Lyrique in Paris. The work is soon forgotten. The original score is now considered lost, only a version based on a piano reduction is sometimes performed.

November 4 : The opera Les Troyens by Hector Berlioz based on the Aeneid by Virgil has its world premiere at the Théâtre-Lyrique in Paris after several other opera houses have rejected the work. The small theater only performs the second half of the work under the title Les Troyens à Carthage, and Berlioz is bitterly disappointed with the inadequacy of the performance. But even in the abridged form, the opera is a great success. The entire work is only performed in full for the first time 21 years after the composer's death .

Compositions

Johannes Brahms begins work on the cantata Rinaldo for a composition competition . However, since he will not finish the final chorus by the deadline for submission on October 1st, he has put the composition aside for several years.

The Bohemian composer Bedřich Smetana completes the opera Die Brandenburger in Böhmen , which began last year . However, it was not premiered until 1866 .

Anton Bruckner composes the study symphony . In the next few years he tried in vain to get a performance.

Gioacchino Rossini composes the Petite Messe solennelle .

Light music

Johann Strauss (son) : The composer published the following works in 1863: Leading article (waltz) op 273; Patriot Polka op 274; Peasant Polka op 276; Invitation a la Polka-Mazur op 277; New Life (Polka) op 278; and the Lieder-Quadrille op 275.

Awards ceremonies

Jules Massenet receives the 1st main prize of the Prix de Rome in the field of music.

Others

October 28 : The Dutch pianist Suzanne Leenhoff marries the French painter Édouard Manet , who is two years her junior and with whom she has lived for years. Suzanne's son, Léon , is introduced to Manet's family and Parisian society as her younger brother.

November 1st : The re-established Cologne Cathedral Choir has its first public appearance.

November 21 : The 20-year-old Carl Michael Ziehrer makes his debut as a composer and conductor with his band in the Dianabadsaal in Vienna's Leopoldstadt .

The "Court Ball Music Director" with his band, picture by Theo Zasche

Until then because of his sympathy for the Revolution of 1848/1849 disgraced Johann Strauss (son) is of Emperor Franz Joseph I to the kk Court Ball Music Director appointed.
Summer: Franz Liszt retires from Rome to the Madonna del Rosario monastery on Monte Mario , where, among others, Pope Pius IX. visited.

Cover 1863

When Johnny Comes Marching Home song is released. It is based on the Irish anti-war ballad Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye .

Franz Mair , former choir director of the Vienna Men's Choir Association , founds the Schubertbund teachers' choir after a falling out with the club in the “Zur neue Welt” inn in Vienna .

The Cologne Cathedral Choir is re-established.

Born

First half of the year

January 5 : Meliton Balantschiwadze , Georgian composer and folk song collector († 1937 )
January 12 : Wilibald Nagel , German musicologist and music critic († 1929 )

February 7 : Mieczysław Sołtys , Polish composer († 1929 )
February 13 : Hugo Becker , German cellist, cello teacher and composer († 1941 )
February 19 : Emánuel Moór , Hungarian composer, pianist and inventor († 1931 )

March 18 : Josef Modl , Austrian folk singer († 1915 )
March 21 : Hugo Kaun , German composer, conductor and music teacher († 1932 )
March 25 : Marie Soldat-Röger , Austrian violin virtuoso († 1955 )

April 3 : Wilhelm Middelschulte , German organist and composer († 1943 )
April 4 : Blanche Marchesi , French opera singer and vocal teacher († 1940 )
April 18 : Irene von Chavanne , Austrian alto singer († 1938 )
April 19 : Felix Michailowitsch Blumenfeld , Russian composer († 1931 )

May 8 : Cesira Ferrani , Italian opera singer (soprano) († 1943 )
May 10 : Charles-René , French composer and music teacher († around 1940)
May 10 : Kaarle Krohn , Finnish folklorist († 1933 )
May 12 : Charles Bordes , French composer and music teacher († 1909 )
May 25 : Camille Erlanger , French composer († 1919 )

June 2 : Felix Weingartner , Austrian conductor, composer and pianist († 1942 )
June 8 : Ernst Kraus , German hero tenor († 1941 )
June 13 : Josef Venantius von Wöss , Austrian church musician and publisher († 1943 )
June 16 : Paul Vidal , French composer († 1931 )
June 26 : Eugen Robert Weiss , German chamber singer & academy professor († 1933 )

Second half of the year

July 26 : Jāzeps Vītols , Latvian composer († 1948 )
August 11 : Árpád Szendy , Hungarian composer († 1922 )
August 16 : Gabriel Pierné , French composer and conductor († 1937 )

September 2 : Isidore Philipp , Hungarian-French pianist and music teacher († 1958 )
September 8 : Gustavo E. Campa , Mexican composer († 1934 )
September 15 : Horatio Parker , American composer († 1919 )
September 29 : Lennart Arvid Lundberg , Swedish pianist, composer and music teacher († 1931 )
September 30th : Pierina Legnani , Italian ballet dancer, first Prima Ballerina Assoluta in ballet history († 1923 )

October 9 : Alexander Siloti , Russian pianist, composer and conductor († 1945 )
October 9 : Adam Müller , German folk poet, singer and humorist in Hessian dialect († 1932 )
October 11 : Xavier Leroux , French composer († 1919 )
October 19 : Milka Trnina , Croatian opera singer (soprano) († 1941 )

December 7th : Pietro Mascagni , Italian composer († 1945 )
December 16 : Hermann Wenzel , German composer († 1944 )

Died

January 31 : Friedrich Matthias Theodor Friese , German organist and organ builder (* 1792 )
February 24 : Karl Franzewitsch Albrecht , Russian composer (* 1807 )
April 6th : Anton Dominikus Biber , German piano maker (* 1797 )
May 10 : Jean-Bernard Kaupert , Swiss music teacher and composer (* 1786 )

Gruber's grave in Hallein in front of his house

June 7th : Franz Xaver Gruber , Austrian teacher and composer (* 1787 )
July 26 : Emma Livry , French ballet dancer (* 1842 )

August 5 : Adolf Friedrich Hesse , German organist and composer (* 1809 )
September 24th : Gregor Rihar , Slovenian composer (* 1796 )

November 21 : Joseph Mayseder , Austrian violin virtuoso and composer (* 1789 )
December 21 : Désiré Beaulieu , French composer (* 1791 )

Émile Prudent , French pianist, composer and music teacher (* 1817 )

Web links

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