Music year 1864

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Music year 1864
The German composer and conductor Giacomo Meyerbeer dies in Paris.	George Frederick Root composed in the American Civil War song Tramp! Tramp! Tramp! .

Events

World premieres

February 4th : The world premiere of the romantic opera Die Rheinnixen by Jacques Offenbach takes place at the Kärntnertortheater in Vienna. The libretto is by Charles Nuitter and was translated into German by Alfred von Wolhaben for the premiere . The illness of one of the main actors, the tenor Alois Ander , led Offenbach to make severe cuts, so that the work is only performed as a torso. The work is not a failure, but the Wagnerian press, which would have preferred to see Tristan on stage, is against it.

Gioacchino Rossini

March 14 : The Petite Messe solennelle by Gioacchino Rossini is premiered in Paris for the inauguration of the private chapel of a nobleman who was friends with the composer. Albert Lavignac leads the performance from the harmonium . The first public performance of the mass setting with an unusual line-up for voice, two pianos and harmonium followed the next day in the Paris Théâtre-Italy and was a great success.
June 22nd : The operetta Pique Dame by Franz von Suppè has its world premiere at the Thalia Theater in Graz . It is based on Suppé's one-act operetta Die Kartenschlägerin , which was premiered only two years earlier, on April 26, 1862 , in the Theater am Franz-Josefs-Kai . Neither version is a success.
September 10 : The operetta Franz Schubert by Franz von Suppè with the libretto by Hans Max has its world premiere at the Carltheater in Vienna.
December 16 : The world premiere of the operetta Le Serpent à plumes by Léo Delibes takes place at the Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens in Paris.
December 17 : The operetta La belle Hélène ( The beautiful Helena ) by Jacques Offenbach based on a libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy with Hortense Schneider in the title role is premiered at the Théâtre des Variétés in Paris. Offenbach can thus build on his success Orpheus in the underworld .

Popular music

After April 18th : The Prussian military musician Johann Gottfried Piefke composes the Düppeler Schanzen-March on the occasion of the storm on the Düppeler Schanzen . At the end of the war, he also composed the King William I dedicated victory march .

George Frederick Root composed in the American Civil War song Tramp! Tramp! Tramp! to give courage to the captured soldiers of the northern states.

Johann Strauss (son) : The composer brought out the following works in 1864: Morgenblätter (Waltz) op 279; Student Pleasure (Waltz) op 285; From the mountains (waltz) op 292; Persian March op 289; Faust Quadrille WoO; Season Quadrille op 283; Quadrille sur des airs français op 290; Amusement train (Schnellpolka) op 281; Good middle class (Polka) op 282; Patronessen Polka op 286; Neva Polka op 288; There is only one imperial city, there is only one Vienna (Schnellpolka) op 291 and the Juristenball-Polka op 280

Others

May 4th : The composer Richard Wagner , who was in financial difficulties , settled in Munich at the invitation of King Ludwig II .

after August 20 : In the wake of a performance of the opera Tannhauser by Richard Wagner in Linz composed Anton Bruckner the Mass No. 1 in d. -Moll .

Born

First half of the year

January 6 : Joseph-Daniel Dussault , Canadian organist and music teacher († 1921 )
January 26 : Karl Schell , Swiss composer and conductor († 1936 )

February 5 : Carl Teike , German military musician and composer († 1922 )
February 7th : Ricardo Castro Herrera , Mexican pianist and composer († 1907 )
February 26 : Alfred Bachelet , French composer, conductor and music teacher († 1944 )

March 15 : Johan Halvorsen , Norwegian composer and conductor († 1935 )
March 23 : Hjalmar Borgstrøm , Norwegian music journalist and composer († 1925 )
March 23 : Louis Glass , Danish composer († 1936 )
March 26 : Franz Liftl , Austrian musician and composer († 1932 )
March 29 : Henri Lutz , French composer († 1928 )

April 10 : Eugen d'Albert , German composer and pianist († 1932 )
May 9 : Emmett Lundy , American old-time musician († 1953 )

June 11 : Richard Strauss , German composer and conductor († 1949 )
June 15 : Joseph Guy Ropartz , French composer and conductor († 1955 )
June 29 : Anton Beer-Walbrunn , German composer († 1929 )

Second half of the year

July 3 : Anton Schmutzer , Austrian musician and composer († 1936 )
July 6 : Alberto Nepomuceno , Brazilian composer († 1920 )
July 8 : Nikolai Rasumnikowitsch Kotschetow , Russian composer († 1925 )
July 11 : Petar Danow , Bulgarian clairvoyant, alchemist, mystic, astrologer and musician († 1944 )
July 12th : Hans Chemin-Petit d. Ä. , German composer († 1917 )
July 16 : Joseph O'Mara , Irish opera tenor († 1927 )
July 20 : Gaston Carraud , French composer and music critic († 1920 )

August 18 : Gemma Bellincioni , Italian opera soprano († 1950 )
September 7th : Giovanni Tebaldini , Italian composer, musicologist and organist († 1952 )
September 21 : Frederick Field Bullard , American composer († 1904 )

October 11 : Alix Fournier , French composer († 1897 )
October 25 : Alexander Tichonowitsch Gretschaninow , Russian composer († 1956 )
October 30 : Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge , American pianist and patron († 1953 )

December 19 : Adolf Sandberger , German composer and musicologist († 1943 )
December 24th : Stéphan Elmas , Turkish-Armenian composer and pianist († 1937 )
December 31 : Alessandro Longo , Italian composer and musicologist († 1945 )

Exact date of birth unknown

Victor Piaggio , Argentine conductor and music teacher († 1922 )

Died

January 4th : Mateu Ferrer i Oller , Catalan composer, organist, orchestra leader and conductor (* 1788 )
January 8 : Victor Dourlen , French composer (* 1780 )

Stephen Foster about 1860

January 13 : Stephen Foster , American songwriter (* 1826 )
January 26 : Otto Lindblad , Swedish composer (* 1809 )

February 16 : Wenzel Heinrich Veit , Czech composer (* 1806 )
March 25 : Ivar Fredrik Bredal , Danish composer (* 1800 )

April 13 : Johann Gottlob Schneider , German composer and organist (* 1789 )
May 2 : Giacomo Meyerbeer , German composer and conductor (* 1791 )
July 28 : Johann Hermann Kufferath , German composer (* 1797 )

August 21 : Émile Chevé , French music theorist and music teacher (* 1804 )
August 23 : Johann Georg Frech , German music director, composer and organist (* 1790 )
August 24 : Jakob Lorber , Austrian writer and musician (* 1800 )

October 18 : Jacques François Gallay , French horn player (* 1795 )
December 20 : Josef Proksch , Czech-German composer (* 1794 )
December 21 : William Henry Fry , American composer and music critic (* 1813 )

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