Music year 1876
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Overview of the music years
Further events
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Events
- August 13 : The first Richard Wagner Festival takes place in Bayreuth . Richard Wagner himself is staging the complete Ring des Nibelungen for the first time in a coherent performance. The guests include Franz Liszt , Anton Bruckner , Karl Klindworth , Camille Saint-Saëns , Peter Tschaikowski , Edvard Grieg , Lew Tolstoy , Paul Lindau , Friedrich Nietzsche and Gottfried Semper , as well as Kaiser Wilhelm I , Emperor Pedro II of Brazil and King Charles of Württemberg. King Ludwig II of Bavaria will attend the dress rehearsals from August 6th to 9th and will only return to the third and final cycle of performances, in which case he will avoid all public homage.
Instrumental music (selection)
- Antonín Dvořák : Piano Concerto op. 33, composed in 1876 and premiered in 1878; Piano Trio in G minor, Op. 26; String Quartet in E major, Op. 27; Tema con Variazioni op. 36 (piano music); Sounds from Moravia op. 29, duets for soprano and alto; Evening songs op. 31, after Vítězslav Hálek;
- August Klughardt : Symphony No. 2 in F minor, Op. 34;
- Camille Saint-Saëns : Allegro appassionato op 43rd
- Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky : Slavonic March in B flat minor op. 31; String Quartet No. 3 in E flat minor, Op. 30; The Seasons , twelve character pieces op. 37a (piano music);
- Edmund Kretschmer : Laudate Dominum , Easter motet , two motets for eight-part mixed choir, Opus 17
- Jacques Offenbach : American Eagle Waltz
- Charles-Marie Widor : Concerto [no 1] pour piano et orchester op. 39
- Alfredo Catalani : Ecstasy! E minor (text: Victor Hugo) for choir and orchestra
- Nikolai Andrejewitsch Rimski-Korsakow : String Sextet in A major
- Hugo Wolf : Piano Sonata in G minor op. 14, only first movement preserved; Piano Sonata in G major, Op. 8
- Johannes Brahms : Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68; String Quartet No. 3 in B flat major op.67,
Musical theater
- January 5th : Franz von Suppé's three-act operetta Fatinitza, based on a libretto by Camillo Walzel and Richard Genée, has its world premiere at the Carltheater in Vienna .
- January 16 : The world premiere of the romantic opera Die Hochländer by Franz von Holstein takes place in Mannheim.
- February 13 : The world premiere of César Cui's opera Angelo takes place in Moscow.
- February 24th : Henrik Ibsen's dramatic poem Peer Gynt is premiered with Edvard Grieg's incidental music at the Christiania Theater in Christiania, today's Oslo.
- March 18th World premiere of the comic opera Joconde by Carl Zeller in the Theater an der Wien in Vienna.
- August 16 : The premiere of the opera Siegfried , the second day of the tetralogy Der Ring des Nibelungen by Richard Wagner , takes place in the Bayreuth Festspielhaus under the direction of Hans Richter .
- August 17th : The opera Götterdämmerung has its world premiere as part of the first Bayreuth Festival .
- August 30 : The first Bayreuth Festival comes to an end with the third performance of the Götterdämmerung opera .
- October 24 : The world premiere of the comic opera Der Seekadett by Richard Genée takes place at the Theater an der Wien in Vienna.
- November 4 : The opera Nikola Šubić-Zrinjski by Ivan Zajc (music) with a libretto by Hugo Badalić based on Theodor Körner's tragedy Zriny (1812) is premiered in the Croatian National Theater in Zagreb .
- November 7th : The opera The Kiss by Bedřich Smetana is premiered in Prague.
- December 6th : the world premiere of the opera Wakula the Blacksmith (original version of Slipper or Tscherewitschki ) by Pyotr Tchaikovsky takes place at the Mariinsky Theater in Saint Petersburg .
Further stage work premieres:
- Léo Delibes : Sylvia (ballet)
Born
January to June
- January 1 : Eduardo Dagnino , Italian composer, musicologist and chess player († 1944 )
- January 12 : Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari , German-Italian composer († 1948 )
- January 18 : Rodolphe Plamondon , Canadian singer, cellist and music teacher († 1940 )
- January 20 : Lucien Boyer , French chansonnier and composer († 1942 )
- January 20 : Józef Hofmann , Polish-American pianist († 1957 )
- January 27 : Karl Stiegler , Austrian horn player and professor († 1932 )
- January 29 : Havergal Brian , English composer († 1972 )
- January 29 : Ludolf Nielsen , Danish composer († 1939 )
- January 29 : Pedro Sinzig , Franciscan, Brazilian writer, journalist and composer († 1952 )
- February 23 : Camille Couture , Canadian violinist, music teacher and violin maker († 1961 )
- February 28 : John Alden Carpenter , American composer († 1951 )
- March 11 : Carl Ruggles , American composer († 1971 )
- March 21 : José de Jesús Ravelo , Dominican composer and music teacher († 1951 )
- April 7th : Teresa del Riego , English pianist, violinist and composer († 1963 )
- April 14 : Amédée Tremblay , Canadian organist, composer and music teacher († 1949 )
- May 13 : Raoul Laparra , French composer († 1943 )
- May 17 : Carrie Tubb , English soprano († 1976 )
- May 29 : Marguerite Hasselmans , French pianist († 1947 )
- May 29th : Walther Freiherr von Holzhausen , German chess player († 1935 )
- June 2 : Hakon Børresen , Danish composer († 1954 )
- June 5 : Anton Günther , folk poet and singer of the Ore Mountains († 1937 )
- June 5 : Anthony Jackson , American pianist, singer and composer († 1920 )
- June 22nd : Max P. Pottag , German horn player († 1970 )
- June 22nd : José Rolón , Mexican composer († 1945 )
July to December
- July 23 : Aino Ackté , Finnish soprano († 1944 )
- August 3 : Luis Felipe Arias , Guatemalan pianist and composer († 1908 )
- August 6 : Mortimer Wilson , American composer († 1932 )
- August 7th : Mata Hari , Dutch dancer, courtesan and spy during the First World War († 1917 )
- September 7th : Louis Marie François Andlauer , French organist and composer († 1915 )
- September 11 : Alfonso Broqua , Uruguayan composer († 1946 )
- September 15 : Nikolai Sergejew , Russian dancer († 1951 )
- September 15 : Bruno Walter , American conductor, pianist and composer († 1962 )
- September 23 : Michael Dachs , German composer and music theorist († 1941 )
- October 1 : Willi Ostermann , German 'songwriter' and carnivalist († 1936 )
- October 5 : Lola Artôt de Padilla , French-Spanish soprano († 1933 )
- October 22 : Fiddlin 'Sam Long , American old-time musician († 1931 )
- October 30 : Marie-Louise Müller-Weiss , court opera singer, wife of ERWeiss, chamber singer († 1935 )
- October 31 : Georges Barrère , French flautist († 1944 )
- November 2 : Eugeniusz Morawski-Dąbrowa , Polish composer († 1948 )
- November 14 : Hermann Ludwig Blankenburg , German composer († 1956 )
- November 23 : Manuel de Falla , Spanish composer († 1946 )
- December 11 : Mieczysław Karłowicz , Polish composer († 1909 )
- December 22nd : Janina Korolewicz-Waydowa , Polish opera singer and music teacher († 1955 )
- December 29th : Pablo Casals , Spanish cellist, composer and conductor († 1973 )
- December 29 : Alfred Lamoureux , Canadian composer and music teacher († 1954 )
- Lina Drechsler Adamson , Canadian violinist and music teacher († 1960 ) Exact date unknown
Died
- January 8 : Adolphe Deloffre , French conductor and violinist (* 1817 )
- March 4 : Alfred Holmes , English violinist and composer (* 1837 )
- March 19 : Józef Stefani , Polish composer (* 1800 )
- June 28 : August Wilhelm Ambros , Austrian music critic and composer (* 1816 )
- November 9th : Édouard Baptiste , French composer, organist and music teacher (* 1820 )
- December 3 : Hermann Goetz , German composer (* 1840 )
- Simon Anton Zimmermann , German conductor, choir director and composer (* 1807 ) Exact date unknown
See also
Web links
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