Music year 1878
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Overview of the music years
Further events
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The comic opera HMS Pinafore by Gilbert and Sullivan has its world premiere at the Opera Comique in London. |
Events
- In a volume of poetry, Karl Ströse published the spring song Now, Lenz wants to greet us .
Instrumental music (selection)
- Karl Goldmark : Piano Quintet in B flat major op.30
- Antonín Dvořák : Slavic Rhapsody in D major op. 45; Slavonic Dances op. 46; Bagatelles for 2 violins, violoncello and harmonium (piano) op. 47; Sextet in A major op. 48 op. 48; Serenade for wind instruments op. 44; Capriccio for violin and piano
- Anton Bruckner : final version of the 5th symphony completed
- Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky : Valse-Scherzo in C major for violin and orchestra op. 34; Violin concerto op. 35; Three pieces for violin and piano op. 42; Great Sonata in G major op. 37; Children's album op. 39; Twelve pieces op. 40; Six Romances op. 38; Hymn of the Cherubim for mixed choir
- Charles-Marie Widor : Concerto pour violoncelle et orchester op. 41;
- Alfredo Catalani : Chanson groënlandaise (Text: Jules Verne); L'Odalisque (text: T. Moore); Scherzo in A major ; Three piano waltzes : Aspirazione , Le Rouet , Se tu sapessi
- Johannes Brahms : Two Motets op.74
Musical theater
- January 5th : Der Teufel auf Erden , an operetta in four acts by Franz von Suppè based on the libretto by Karl Juin and Julius Hopp is premiered at the Carltheater in Vienna.
- March 23rd : Karl Millöcker's operetta The Enchanted Palace is premiered at the Theater an der Wien in Vienna . Alois Berla wrote the libretto . Alexander Girardi , to whom the composer dedicated his operetta, embodies the figure of Andredl .
- March 28 : premiere of the opera Iwein by August Klughardt in Neustrelitz
- May 25 : The comic opera HMS Pinafore ; or, The Lass that Loved a Sailor by the composer Arthur Sullivan and the librettist William Schwenck Gilbert , known as Gilbert and Sullivan , has its world premiere at the Opera Comique in London . The work reached 571 performances in series.
- September 18 : The opera Tajemství ( The Secret ) by Bedřich Smetana based on the libretto by Eliška Krásnohorská is premiered at Nové České Divadlo in Prague.
- December 18th : World premiere of the operetta Blinde Kuh by Johann Strauss (son) in the Theater an der Wien in Vienna.
- December 28 : Jacques Offenbach's Opéra-comique Madame Favart is premiered at the Théâtre des Folies Dramatiques in Paris .
Further world premieres:
- Richard Genée : The Last of the Mohicans (Operetta)
- Charles Gounod : Polyeucte (opera)
- Carl Michael Ziehrer : King Jerôme or Always Funny (work partly lost)
Born
First half of the year
- January 1 : Edwin Franko Goldman , American composer and conductor († 1956 )
- January 6th : Adeline Genée , Danish ballet dancer († 1970 )
- January 23 : Harry Steier , German opera singer (tenor) († 1936 )
- January 23 : Rutland Boughton , English composer († 1960 )
- January 28 : Walter Kollo , German composer († 1940 )
- February 10 : Albin Frehse , German horn player and professor († 1973 )
- February 28 : Artur Kapp , Estonian composer († 1952 )
- March 1 : Gabriel Dupont , French composer († 1914 )
- March 1 : Max Hess , German horn player († 1975 )
- March 11 : René Vierne , French organist and composer († 1918 )
- March 12 : Sepp Amschl , Austrian teacher and composer († 1943 )
- March 21 : Pasquale Amato , Italian singer († 1942 )
- March 22nd : Jean Strauwen , Belgian composer and conductor († 1947 )
- March 23 : Franz Schreker , Austrian composer († 1934 )
- April 2 : Antun Dobronić , Croatian composer († 1955 )
- April 6 : Carl Ehrenberg , German composer († 1962 )
- April 8 : Rudolf Nelson , German musician, pianist, composer and theater director († 1960 )
- April 12 : Robert Pracht , German school musician and composer († 1961 )
- April 12 : Emma Trentini , American singer of Italian origin († 1959 )
- April 25 : Theodore Holland , English composer and music teacher († 1947 )
- May 6 : Harry Farjeon , British composer († 1948 )
- June 25 : Jean Gallon , French composer and composition teacher († 1959 )
- June 26 : Albert Siklós , Hungarian composer († 1942 )
Second half of the year
- July 27 : Béatrice La Palme , Canadian singer, violinist and music teacher († 1921 )
- August 2nd : August Högn , German composer and historian († 1961 )
- August 3 : Constantino Gaito , Argentine composer, conductor and pianist († 1945 )
- August 18 : Fritz Brun , Swiss composer († 1959 )
- August 22 : Edward Johnson , Canadian singer and opera director († 1959 )
- September 1 : Tullio Serafin , Italian conductor († 1968 )
- September 17 : Vincenzo Tommasini , Italian composer († 1950 )
- September 18 : Józef Jarzębski , Polish violinist and music teacher († 1955 )
- October 2 : George Dorrington Cunningham , English organist and music teacher († 1948 )
- October 12 : Achille Philip , French organist and composer († 1959 )
- October 17 : Henri Mulet , French organist and composer († 1967 )
- October 18 : Miguel Llobet , Spanish guitarist and composer († 1938 )
- October 28 : Conrado del Campo , Spanish composer, violinist and music teacher († 1953 )
- November 17 : George MacFarlane , American singer and actor († 1932 )
- December 6 : Andō Kō , Japanese violinist († 1963 )
Exact date of birth unknown
- Cora Tracey , Canadian singer († after 1960)
Died
- January 8 : Henry Wilson , American composer (* 1828 )
- April 12th : François Schubert , German concertmaster and composer (* 1808 )
- April 24 : Albín Mašek , Czech composer (* 1804 )
- May 6 : François Benoist , French composer (* 1794 )
- May 8 : Théophile Tilmant , French violinist and conductor (* 1799 )
- July 2 : François Bazin , French composer (* 1816 )
- July 8 : Juan Pedro Esnaola , Argentine composer (* 1808 )
- August 23 : Adolf Fredrik Lindblad , Swedish composer (* 1801 )
- November 17 : Adolph Methfessel , German composer (* 1807 )
- December 18 : Heinrich Proch , Austrian composer (* 1809 )
- December 24th : Lucy Anderson , English pianist (* 1797 )
- December 26th : Auguste Auspitz-Kolár , Austrian-Bohemian pianist and composer (* 1844 )
- December 26th : Georgine Schubert , German actress and singer (* 1840 )
- December 28 : José Bernardo Alcedo , Peruvian composer (* 1788 )
See also
Web links
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