Music year 1875
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Overview of the music years
Further events
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 by Georges Bizet is received coolly at its premiere . |
 , opens after 15 years of construction. |
Events
Performance venues
- January 5th : The Opéra Garnier , built by Charles Garnier , opens with a gala performance .
World premieres
Instrumental music
- Johann Strauss (son) : Cagliostro Quadrille op. 369; Cagliostro Waltz op. 370; High Austria! (March) op. 371; Here you go (Polka) op. 372; On the Hunt (Schnell-Polka) op. 373; Light and Shadow (Polka) op.374
Opera
Célestine Galli-Marié as Carmen, 1875
- March 3 : The premiere of the Opéra-comique Carmen by Georges Bizet with the libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy based on the novel of the same name by Prosper Mérimée at the Opéra-Comique in Paris is greeted coolly by the audience. The work's global success only began months later. Bizet no longer lives to see the success of his work: he dies of a heart attack near Paris on June 3, his sixth wedding anniversary, at the age of 36.
- March 10 : The opera Die Königin von Saba by Karl Goldmark based on the libretto by Salomon Hermann Mosenthal celebrates a great success at its world premiere at the Hofoper in Vienna and becomes one of the most successful operas of the late 19th century.
- July 19 : The world premiere of the opera La falce (The Sickle) by Alfredo Catalani takes place in Milan.
operetta
- February 27th : The operetta Cagliostro by Johann Strauss (son) is premiered at the Theater an der Wien in Vienna . The libretto is by Camillo Walzel and Richard Genée . The piece from the time of the golden operetta era is initially a huge success, but gradually loses the audience's favor.
- March 25 : Trial by Jury , an operetta with music in one act by Arthur Sullivan based on a libretto by WS Gilbert , has its world premiere at the Royalty Theater in London. The piece is after Thespis Gilbert and Sullivan's second joint opera production. The work, which is very popular with critics and the public, will be performed 131 times during the first season.
- November 3rd : The world premiere of the operetta Die Kreolin by Jacques Offenbach takes place at the Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens in Paris.
Further world premieres
- March 14th : Vyšehrad , the first part of Bedřich Smetana's symphonic poem Mein Vaterland (Má vlast) , premieres in Prague. The second part Die Moldau (Vltava) has its world premiere on April 4th . Smetana completed the third part of Šárka on February 20 , but it will be two years before the first performance.
- The 4th piano concerto by Camille Saint-Saëns has its successful premiere.
Others
- April to December: Antonín Dvořák composes the opera Wanda .
Born
First half of the year
- January 11 : Reinhold Glière , Russian composer († 1956 )
- January 18 : Julián Carrillo , Mexican composer († 1965 )
- February 2 : Fritz Kreisler , Austrian violinist and composer († 1962 )
- February 7 : Walter Courvoisier , Swiss composer († 1931 )
- February 15 : Vilma von Webenau , Austrian-German composer († 1953 )
- February 26 : Richard Wetz , German composer and music teacher († 1935 )
- February 28 : Viliam Figuš-Bystrý , Slovak composer († 1937 )
- March 7th : Maurice Ravel , French composer († 1937 )
- March 8 : Franco Alfano , Italian composer († 1954 )
- March 10 : Alexander Borissowitsch Goldenweiser , Russian composer and pianist († 1961 )
- April 4 : Pierre Monteux , French-American conductor († 1964 )
- April 19 : Gaston Dethier , American organist and composer († 1958 )
- April 20 : Joseph Pembaur , Austrian pianist and composer († 1950 )
- June 13 : Max d'Ollone , French composer († 1959 )
- June 26 : Camille Zeckwer , American composer († 1924 )
Second half of the year
- July 17th : Donald Francis Tovey , English composer, pianist and musicologist († 1940 )
- July 31 : Alexandre Denéréaz , Swiss composer († 1947 )
- August 8 : Vladimir Senilov , Russian composer († 1918 )
- August 9 : Albert Ketèlbey , English composer and conductor († 1959 )
- August 22 : Romain Pelletier , Canadian organist, composer and music teacher († 1953 )
- August 30 : Hermann Ludwig Kutzschbach , German conductor and music teacher († 1938 )
- September 10 : Paul Scheinpflug , German composer and conductor († 1937 )
- September 18 : Henriette Renié , French harpist, pianist and composer († 1956 )
- September 22 : Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis , Lithuanian composer and painter († 1911 )
- September 27 : Cléo de Mérode , French ballet dancer († 1966 )
- September 30th : Fred Fisher , American composer of German descent († 1942 )
- October 5 : Cyril Rootham , English composer († 1938 )
- December 1 : Alphonse Schmitt , Alsatian organist and composer († 1912 )
- December 15 : Friedrich Niggli , Swiss composer and music teacher († 1959 )
- December 15 : Luigi Pigarelli , Italian lawyer and composer († 1964 )
Exact date of birth unknown
- Victor Nováček , Czech violinist and music teacher († 1914 )
Died
- February 1 : William Sterndale Bennett , British composer and pianist (* 1816 )
- March 10 : Louis-Joseph Daussoigne-Mehul , French composer (* 1790 )
- March 17th : Therese Grob , Austrian singer (* 1798 )
Tomb of Ferdinand Laub in the Vyšehrad cemetery in Prague
- March 17th : Ferdinand Laub , Czech violinist (* 1832 )
- March 19 : Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume , French violin maker (* 1798 )
- March 20 : Carl August Abmeyer , German cantor and composer (* 1797 )
- April 24 : Juana Paula Manso de Noronha , Argentinian writer, feminist, composer, educator and journalist (* 1819 )
Gravestone of Georges Bizet in the Pere Lachaise cemetery in Paris
- June 3 : Georges Bizet , French composer (* 1838 )
- September 25th : Tony Franck , German pianist (* 1827 )
- October 4th : Léon Ehrhart , French composer (* 1854 )
- December 22nd : Nikolai Alexejewitsch Titow , Russian composer (* 1800 )
See also
Web links
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