Music year 1866
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Overview of the music years
Further events
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Events
World premieres
Opera
- January 5th : The premiere of the opera Braniboři v Čechách ( The Brandenburgers in Bohemia ) by Bedřich Smetana takes place at the České Prozatímní Divadlo in Prague . The text is by Karel Sabina based on a historical novel by Josef Kajetán Tyl . With this work, the composer wins a competition for the first national opera. After initial great success, however, the work cannot keep on stage in the long term.
- May 27th : The world premiere of the opera Astorga by Johann Joseph Abert takes place in Stuttgart.
- May 30th : The comic opera Prodaná nevěsta ( The Bartered Bride ) by Bedřich Smetana based on a libretto by Karel Sabina premieres at the České Prozatímní Divadlo in Prague.
- November 17th : The opera Mignon by Ambroise Thomas is successfully premiered at the Opéra-Comique in Paris. The libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré is based on a small part from the novel Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe .
operetta
Hortense Schneider as Boulotte in Barbe-Bleue
- February 5 : On the Paris Théâtre des Variétés is Jacques Offenbach's operetta Barbe-Bleue ( Bluebeard premiered). The libretto is by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy .
- March 21 : Franz von Suppé's operetta Leichte Kavallerie with Karl Costa's libretto is premiered at the Carltheater in Vienna . Today she is only known for her world-famous overture .
- October 31 : At the Théâtre du Palais-Royal in Paris, the operetta Parisian life of Jacques Offenbach premiered, which is one of his most successful works. This libretto is also by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy .
Other works
- August 4th : The work Cantique de Jean Racine , for which Gabriel Fauré won first prize in a composition competition last year, is premiered in a version with strings and organ for the inauguration of the organ in the Abbey of Saint-Sauveur in Montivilliers. The composer sits at the organ himself.
Founding of clubs
- The Berlin Dilettanten Orchester Verein is founded.
Others
- May 22 : William Steinway , Managing Director of Steinway & Sons , has the Steinway Hall built on 14th Street in Manhattan, modeled on the Parisian company-owned concert halls . The foundation stone will be laid four days after the New York Academy of Music at the same location burned down to the ground.
- July 3 : After the victory of Prussian troops in the battle of Königgrätz over Austria's army, the military musician Johann Gottfried Piefke supposedly composes the Königgrätzer March on the battlefield .
- Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky is writing his 1st symphony .
- Johann Strauss (son) : The composer brought out the following works in 1866: Wiener Bonbons (Waltz) op 307; Fairy Tales (Waltz) op 312; Ladies donation (Polka) op 305; Par force! (Schnellpolka) op 308; Sylph Polka op 309; Dancing (Polka) op 310 and the wildfire (Polka) op 313.
Born
- January 9 : Robert Leffler , German singer, actor and director († 1940 )
- January 13 : Vasily Sergejewitsch Kalinnikow , Russian composer († 1901 )
- February 5 : Rosetter Gleason Cole , American composer († 1952 )
- February 6 : Henri Letocart , French organist and composer († 1945 )
- February 10 : Bror Beckman , Swedish composer († 1929 )
- February 13 : Hugo Röhr , German composer († 1937 )
- February 16 : Johann Strauss III. , Austrian composer and conductor († 1939 )
- March 28 : Max Bendix , American violinist and conductor († 1945 )
- April 1 : Ferruccio Busoni , Italian pianist, composer, conductor and music teacher († 1924 )
- April 20 : Victor Hollaender , German composer and conductor († 1940 )
- May 13 : Ottokar Nováček , Czech composer († 1900 )
- May 17 : Eric Satie , French composer and pianist († 1925 )
- May 31 : Vladimir Ivanovich Rebikov , Russian composer († 1920 )
- June 15 : Charles Wood , Irish composer († 1926 )
- July 12 : La Goulue , French can-can dancer and tamer († 1929 )
- July 13 : Anacleto de Medeiros , Brazilian composer († 1907 )
- July 23 : Francesco Cilea , Italian composer and music teacher († 1950 )
- September 10 : Tor Aulin , Swedish composer († 1914 )
- September 26 : Aurelio Silva , Chilean violinist and music teacher († 1923 )
- October 2 : Friedrich Grützmacher , German cellist († 1919 )
- October 19 : Clarence Lucas , Canadian composer, conductor and music teacher († 1947 )
- October 25 : Georg Schumann , German composer, conductor, music teacher, professor, director of the Sing-Akademie zu Berlin († 1952 )
- November 7th : Paul Lincke , German composer and Kapellmeister († 1946 )
- November 29 : Waldemar von Baußnern , German composer and music teacher († 1931 )
- Domingo Brescia , Italian composer († 1939 )
Died
- January 6th : Louis Antoine Ponchard , French opera singer (* 1787 )
- March 4th : Félix Danjou , French organist, composer and musicologist (* 1812 )
- March 19 : Louis Clapisson , French composer (* 1808 )
- March 20 : Rikard Nordraak , Norwegian composer (* 1842 )
- April 2 : Simon Leborne , French composer and music teacher (* 1797 )
- May 17 : Adolf Bernhard Marx , German composer and musicologist (* 1795 )
- July 25 : Claude Paris , French composer (* 1808 )
- September 1 : Eugène Walckiers , French flautist and composer (* 1793 )
- September 26 : Carl Jonas Love Almqvist , Swedish writer and composer (* 1793 )
- November 26 : Adrien-François Servais , Belgian cellist and composer (* 1807 )
- December 1st : Jules Auguste Demersseman , French flautist and composer (* 1833 )
- December 3 : Jan Václav Kalivoda , Bohemian composer (* 1801 )
- December 6th : Karl Pfaff , German educator, historian and singer father (* 1795 )
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