Music year 1871
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Overview of the music years
Further events
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 will be premiered at the Khedivial Opera House in Cairo. |
Events
Venues
- February: The newly built Springer Opera House in Columbus , Georgia opens with an amateur concert by members of the Trinity Episcopal Church .
Stereoscopic photo of the interior of the Royal Albert Hall in the 19th century
- March 29 : The Royal Albert Hall in London opens.
- In Vienna , the construction of begins Vienna's Theater .
World premieres
Musical theater
- February 10 : The world premiere of the operetta Indigo and the 40 Robbers by Johann Strauss (son) takes place at the Theater an der Wien in Vienna.
- April 11th : The world premiere of the opera Mirjam by August Klughardt takes place in Weimar.
- December 24th : The opera Aida by Giuseppe Verdi with the libretto by Antonio Ghislanzoni , based on a scenario by Auguste Mariette , is premiered at the Khedivial Opera House in Cairo more than a year late . The reason for the delay is that the costumes and props were included in the Prussian siege of Paris in the Franco-Prussian War .
Further world premieres in 1871:
- Arthur Sullivan : Thespis (comic opera); The Merchant of Venice (incidental music)
- Antonín Dvořák : The King and the Koehler (comic opera) in 3 acts, first version
- Giovanni Bottesini : Alì Babà . (Comic opera in 4 acts, premier in London)
Instrumental music
- April 14 : The premiere of the patriotic march Kaisermarsch by Richard Wagner takes place in the Berlin Concerthaus on Leipziger Strasse under the direction of Benjamin Bilse . On May 5, Wagner himself conducts the piece at the Royal Court Opera in the presence of Kaiser Wilhelm I.
- Johann Strauss (son) : Shawl-Polka , Polka francaise, Opus 343; Indigo Quadrille , Opus 344; At Large , Polka Francaise, Opus 345; A Thousand and One Nights , Waltz, Opus 346; From the Heimath , Polka Mazurka, Opus 347; In the storm step , Schnell Polka, Opus 348; Indigo March , Opus 349; Lust'ger Rath , Polka francaise, Opus 350; The Bajadere , Polka Fast, Opus 351
- August Klughardt : The watch on the Rhine. Victory Overture op.26
- Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky : String Quartet No. 1 in D major, Op. 11
Other events
- June 17th : The song Die Wacht am Rhein by Carl Wilhelm and Max Schneckenburger is of central importance at the musical victory celebration in the Berlin Court Opera . It will be performed at the end of the celebration after the Kaiser Wilhelm March by the composer Ingeborg Bronsart von Schellendorf and in the German Empire, in addition to Heil dir in the wreath, has the function of an unofficial national anthem .
Born
First half of the year
- January 3 : Max Kaempfert , Swiss composer and conductor († 1941 )
- January 5 : Frederick Shepherd Converse , American composer († 1940 )
- January 5 : Frank Patterson , American composer († 1966 )
- January 23 : Salvator Issaurel , French singer and music teacher († 1944 )
- February 2 : Olga Iossifovna Preobrazhenskaya , Russian dancer and dance teacher († 1962 )
- February 7 : Wilhelm Stenhammar , Swedish composer, pianist and conductor († 1927 )
- February 18 : Bernard Crocé-Spinelli , French composer († 1932 )
- March 3 : Ada Crossley , Australian singer († 1929 )
- March 9 : Arthur Fickenscher , American composer († 1954 )
- March 22nd : Paul Gläser , German church musician, composer and church music director († 1937 )
- March 25 : Hermann Abert , German music scholar († 1927 )
- March 28 : Willem Mengelberg , Dutch conductor († 1951 )
- April 6 : Alfred Montmarquette , Canadian folk composer and accordionist († 1944 )
- April 14 : Antonio Paoli , Puerto Rican opera singer († 1946 )
- April 21 : Leo Blech , German composer and conductor († 1958 )
- April 27 : Arthur Nevin , American composer, conductor and music teacher († 1943 )
- May 17th : Celine Marier , Canadian singer and vocal teacher († 1940 )
- May 30 : Harry Macdonough , Canadian singer († 1931 )
Second half of the year
- July 20 : Ernest Hutcheson , Australian pianist, music teacher and composer († 1951 )
- July 27 : Ákos Buttykay , Hungarian composer († 1935 )
- August 16 : Sachari Paliaschwili , Georgian composer († 1933 )
- September 30 : Ruben Liljefors , Swedish composer († 1936 )
- October 4 : Arnaldo Galliera , Italian composer and music teacher († 1934 )
- October 7th : Viola Gillette , American singer († 1956 )
- October 14 : Alexander Zemlinsky , Austrian composer and conductor († 1942 )
- October 23 : João Gomez de Araújo , Brazilian composer († 1963 )
- November 1 : Aleksandr Spendiarjan , Armenian composer († 1928 )
- November 21 : Panayot Pipkow , Bulgarian composer († 1942 )
- December 20 : Henry Kimball Hadley , American composer and conductor († 1937 )
- December 21 : Charles Galloway , American composer († 1931 )
- December 21 or 31: Charles Dalmorès , French singer (tenor) († 1939 )
Exact date of birth unknown
- Ronald M. Grant , American organist and church musician († 1910 )
Died
- January 4th : Vincent Adler , Hungarian composer (* 1826 )
- February 7th : Heinrich Steinweg , American piano maker of German descent (* 1797 )
- February 8 : Ignác Ondříček , Bohemian violinist and conductor (* 1807 )
- May 12 : Daniel-François-Esprit Auber , French composer (* 1782 )
- May 26 : Aimé Maillart , French composer (* 1817 )
- August 6 : Miroslav Vilhar , Slovenian author, composer and politician (* 1818 )
- August 11 : Jean-Chrysostome Brauneis , Canadian composer and organist (* 1814 )
- August: Joseph Charlot , French composer (* 1827 )
- September 3 : Václav Emanuel Horák , Bohemian composer (* 1800 )
- October 6 : Johann Leopold Abel , German-British composer, pianist, cellist, violinist and music teacher (* 1795 )
See also
Web links
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