Music year 1873

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Music year 1873
The topping-out ceremony for the Richard-Wagner-Festspielhaus is celebrated.

Events

• August 2nd : The topping-out ceremony for the Richard-Wagner-Festspielhaus is celebrated, but the planned first festival has to be postponed.

• The first Latvian song festival takes place

Instrumental music

• Giuseppe Verdi : The String Quartet in E minor , Verdi's only string quartet , will have its private premiere on April 1st in the reception hall of the Albergo della crocelle in Naples. It is the only Italian chamber music work of the 19th century that can survive in the concert repertoire.

• Johann Strauss (son) : Vom Donaustrande , Polka fast, Opus 356; Carnival Pictures , Waltz, Opus 357; Take it , Polka francaise, Opus 358; Greetings from Austria , Polka Mazurka, Opus 359; Rotunda Quadrille , Opus 360; With us z'Haus (waltz) op. 361; Csardas from “Die Fledermaus” without op. Number was written one year before the premiere of the cited operetta.
• Antonín Dvořák : Romance in F minor for violin and orchestra op. 11;
• Camille Saint-Saens : Phaéton op. 39
• Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky : Music for the play Snow Maiden by Ostrowski op. 12; The Storm Fantasy in F minor after Shakespeare op. 18; Six pieces on a theme op. 21 (piano music);
• Charles Gounod : Jeanne d'Arc (incidental music); Missa angeli custodes in C major ; Funeral march for a marionette in D minor ;
• Carl Michael Ziehrer : A Little Flower in Hidden , Mazurka op.202
• Johannes Brahms : String Quartet No. 1 in C minor op. 51/1; String Quartet No. 2 in A minor op. 51/2; Variations on a Theme by Haydn Op. 56a

Musical theater

• March 1 : The operetta Der Carneval in Rom by Johann Strauss is premiered in the Theater an der Wien in Vienna. The text is by Joseph Braun, the lyrics by Richard Genée . Caroline Charles-Hirsch plays the role of Marie.
• April 11th : Premiere of the oratorio Marie-Magdeleine by Jules Massenet at the Odéon - Théâtre de l'Europe in Paris.
• April 15th : Premiere of the operetta Twenty-five Girls and No Man by Franz von Suppè in Vienna.
• May 24th : World premiere of the comic opera Le roi l'a dit by Léo Delibes at the Opéra-Comique (Paris) .

Further stage work premieres

• Arthur Sullivan : The Light of the World (Oratorio)
• Jacques Offenbach : Pomme d'Api (operetta)
• Adolf Müller junior : Waldmeister's bride trip (comic opera)
• Charles Lecocq : La Fille de Madame Angot (Operetta)

Born

January to June

• 0January 4 : Otakar Berger , Czech cellist († 1897 )
• 0January 6 : Walter Guernsey Reynolds , American organist and composer († 1953 )
• 0January 7 : Francis Maclennan , American singer († 1935 )
• January 14 : André Bloch , French composer († 1960 )
• January 20 : Alfred Wiłkomirski , Polish violinist, violist and music teacher († 1950 )
• January 22nd : Frederick William Schlieder , American organist and music teacher († 1953 )
• January 24 : Bartolomé Pérez Casas , Spanish composer, conductor and music teacher († 1956 )
• January 25 : Georg Amft , German composer and music teacher († 1937 )

• 0February 1 : Joseph Allard , Canadian fiddle player and composer († 1947 )
• 0February 2 : Leo Fall , Austrian composer and Kapellmeister († 1925 )
• February 13 : Fyodor Ivanovich Chalyapin , Russian opera singer († 1938 )
• February 15 : Gaspar Agüero y Barreras , Cuban composer and pianist († 1951 )
• February 23 : Édouard Risler , French pianist († 1929 )
• February 25 : Enrico Caruso , Italian opera singer († 1921 )

• 0March 7th : Clarence Dickinson , American organist, composer and music teacher († 1969 )
• March 13 : Amédée Henri Gustave Noël Gastoué , French musicologist and composer († 1943 )
• March 19 : Max Reger , German composer and organist († 1916 )
• March 22nd : Ole Hjellemo , Norwegian composer († 1938 )

• 0April 1 : Sergei Rachmaninow , Russian pianist, composer and conductor († 1943 )
• 0April 5 : Rafael Emilio Arté , Dominican musician and music teacher († 1970 )
• April 17 : Alphonse Lavallée-Smith , Canadian composer, organist and music teacher († 1912 )

• 0May 1 : Konstantin Igumnow , Russian composer and piano virtuoso († 1948 )
• 0May 4 : Omer Letorey , French composer and organist († 1938 )
• May 15 : Nikolai Nikolajewitsch Tscherepnin , Russian composer († 1945 )
• May 19 : Federico Gerdes , Peruvian composer, conductor and pianist († 1953 )
• May 29 : Rudolf Tobias , Estonian composer and organist († 1918 )

• 0June 7 : Landon Ronald , English conductor, music teacher and composer († 1938 )
• June 18 : Erhard Kutschenreuter , German composer († 1946 )

July to December

• 0July 8 : Witold Maliszewski , Polish composer († 1939 )
• July 11th : Louis Pinck , German folk song researcher and collector († 1940 )
• July 21 : Herbert Witherspoon , American singer, vocal teacher and theater manager († 1935 )
• July 28 : Hugo Reichenberger , German conductor and composer († 1938 )

• 0August 1 : Henri Verbrugghen , Belgian conductor, violinist and music teacher († 1934 )
• 0August 6 : Mary Carr Moore , American composer († 1957 )
• August 11 : Rudolf Maria Breithaupt , German composer and music teacher († 1945 )
• August 18 : Leo Slezak , Austrian opera singer and actor († 1946 )
• August 22 : Karl Nef , Swiss musicologist († 1935 )
• August 26 : John Hermann Loud , American organist and composer († 1959 )
• August 27 : Maud Allan , Canadian-American dancer († 1956 )
• August 31 : Allen Sisson , American old-time musician († 1951 )

• 0September 9 : Theodor Kroyer , German musicologist († 1945 )
• 0October 9 : Carl Flesch , Hungarian violinist and music writer († 1944 )
• October 27 : Ella Scoble Opperman , American music teacher, organist and pianist († 1969 )

• November 10 : Henri Rabaud , French composer († 1949 )
• November 16 : WC Handy , American blues composer († 1958 )
• November 20 : Daniel Gregory Mason , American composer († 1953 )

• 0December 8 : Quincas Laranjeiras , Brazilian guitarist and composer († 1935 )
• December 14 : Joseph Jongen , Belgian composer and organist († 1953 )
• December 20 : Frank Welsman , Canadian conductor, music teacher and pianist († 1952 )
• December 21 : Blagoje Bersa , Croatian composer († 1934 )
• December 21 : Josip Ipavec , Slovenian composer († 1921 )

Exact date of birth unknown

• Sarah Fennings , British violinist and music teacher († after 1938)
• Mary Antonine Goodchild , American music teacher († 1945 )
• Auguste Mangeot , French music critic and pianist († 1942 )
• Alice Verlet , Belgian opera singer and music teacher († 1934 )

Died

• April 17 : Semen Hulak-Artemowskyj , Ukrainian opera singer and composer (* 1813 )
• 0May 2 : Ludwig Achleitner , German composer, organist and music teacher (* 1799 )
• May 13 : Gašpar Mašek , Czech composer (* 1794 )

• 0July 4th : Józef Michał Poniatowski , Polish composer, singer and diplomat (* 1816 )
• July 18 : Ferdinand David , German composer (* 1810 )
• August 26th : Carl Wilhelm , German choir director (* 1815 )

• 0October 6 : Friedrich Wieck , German musician and music teacher (* 1785 )
• November 11th : Carl Arnold , Norwegian composer (* 1794 )

See also

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