Year of music 1881

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Year of music 1881

Events

August 9th : In Paris, the theater for the stereophonic transmission of opera and theater performances is presented for the first time over a telephone .

Instrumental music (selection)

Johann Strauss (son) : Die Spitzentuch-Quadrille op. 392; Stormy in Love and Dance Schnell-Polka op. 393; Liebchen Schwing Dich (Polka-Mazurka) op. 394; Myrthenblüthen (Waltz) op. 395; Jubilee March op.396
Antonín Dvořák : Symphony No. 6, premiered on March 25, 1881; Legends op. 59; String Quartet in C major op. 61;

Anton Bruckner : 6th Symphony (Bruckner) completed on September 3, 1881, the full performance did not take place until October 9, 1935.

Charles-Marie Widor : Sonata No. 1 for violin and piano, C minor , op. 50; Suite polonaise op. 51;

John Philip Sousa : President Garfield's Inauguration March

Johannes Brahms : 2nd piano concerto

Musical theater

January 31st : Premiere of the opera Gudrun by August Klughardt in Neustrelitz.

February 10 : Four months after the death of the composer Jacques Offenbach's opera Les contes d'Hoffmann (Hoffmann's Tales) is premiered at the Paris Opéra-Comique , in which he has incorporated some melodies from his earlier opera Die Rheinnixen . The Opéra-comique becomes Offenbach's only successful opera.

February 25 : The world premiere of the opera The Maid of Orléans by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky takes place at the Court Opera in Saint Petersburg.

March 2nd : premiere of the operetta Der Gascogner by Franz von Suppè in the Theater an der Wien in Vienna.

March 24th : The opera Simon Boccanegra by Giuseppe Verdi is premiered at La Scala in Milan in a comprehensively revised version after it failed the audience in 1857. The second version met with great acclaim.

April 23rd World premiere of the comic opera Patience or Bunthornes Bride by Arthur Sullivan in London.

June 11 : The world premiere of Bedrich Smetana's opera Libuše , the Prague National Theater opened. The libretto comes from Josef Wenzig in the Czech translation by Ervín Špindler and is based on the Königinhofer manuscript, which was probably forged by Václav Hanka .

October 29th : Premiere of the operetta Die Jungfrau von Belleville by Carl Millöcker at the Theater an der Wien in Vienna.

November 25th : The operetta The Merry War by Johann Strauss (son) is premiered at the Theater an der Wien in Vienna. The libretto comes from the tried and tested team of F. Zell and Richard Genée .

December 7th : The world premiere of the opera Das Käthchen von Heilbronn by Karl Reinthaler based on a libretto by Heinrich Bulthaupt , based on the play of the same name by Heinrich von Kleist , takes place in Frankfurt am Main.

December 19 : The opera Hérodiade of Jules Massenet is the Théâtre de la Monnaie premiered in Brussels.

Further world premieres:

Richard Genée : Rosina (operetta)
Charles Gounod : Le tribut de Zamora ( The Tribute of Zamora ) (Opera)
Carl Michael Ziehrer : Viennese Children (Operetta)
Johannes Brahms : Nänie op. 82 funeral song based on a text by Friedrich Schiller

Born

January to June

0January 4th : Nikolai Andrejewitsch Roslawez , Ukrainian composer († 1944 )
January 10 : Auguste Le Guennant , French organist, composer and music teacher († 1972 )
January 17 : José André , Argentine composer and music critic († 1944 )
January 26 : Forrest Lamont , Canadian singer and music teacher († 1937 )
0February 1 : José Ignacio Quintón , Puerto Rican composer and pianist († 1925 )
February 12 : Anna Pawlowa , Russian master dancer of classical ballet († 1931 )
February 19 : Armin Knab , German composer († 1951 )
February 21 : Kenneth J. Alford , British composer († 1945 )
February 21 : Walter Scharwenka , German composer and organist († 1960 )
March 11 : Ladislav Zelenka , Czech cellist († 1957 )
March 18 : Paul Le Flem , French composer († 1984 )
March 18 : Josef Suttner , Czech horn player and professor († 1974 )
March 23 : Egon Petri , Dutch pianist († 1962 )
March 25 : Béla Bartók , Hungarian composer († 1945 )
0April 2 : Diran Alexanian , Armenian cellist, composer and music teacher († 1954 )
0April 8 : Fernand Lamy , French conductor, composer and music teacher († 1966 )
0April 8 : Peter Rohr , Romanian-German composer and conductor († 1956 )
April 11 : Harvey Bartlett Gaul , American composer and organist († 1945 )
April 20 : Nikolai Myaskovsky , Russian composer († 1950 )
April 20 : Marc de Ranse , French composer, organist, conductor and music teacher († 1951 )
0May 3 : Wilhelm Ferch , Romanian-German composer and choir director († 1922 )
0May 7 : Jonathan Petersen , Greenlandic composer, songwriter, poet, writer, linguist, organist and university professor († 1961 )
May 26 : Adolfo de la Huerta , singer, politician and President of Mexico († 1955 )
0June 3 : Marcel Chailley , French violinist and music teacher († 1936 )
0June 8 : Próspero Bisquertt , Chilean composer († 1959 )
June 27 : Paul Fauchet , French organist and composer († 1937 )
June 29 : Curt Sachs , German music theorist and teacher († 1959 )

July to December

0July 3 : Simeon Dooley , American blues singer and guitarist († 1961 )
0July 6 : Nancy Dalberg , Danish composer († 1949 )
July 23 : Georg Freundorfer , German zither player and composer († 1940 )
July 29 : Ignacy Dygas , Polish singer (tenor) († 1947 )
0August 1 : Stanisław Kazuro , Polish composer († 1961 )
August 18 : Hermann Zilcher , German composer, music teacher and pianist († 1948 )
August 19 : George Enescu , Romanian composer, violinist and conductor († 1955 )
August 19 : Eva von der Osten , German singer (soprano) († 1936 )
August 29 : Edvin Kallstenius , Swedish composer († 1967 )
0September 4 : Gaby Deslys , French revue dancer, actress, singer († 1920 )
0October 1 : Theodor Albin Findeisen , German double bass player and teacher († 1936 )
October 12 : Carlos López Buchardo , Argentine composer, pianist and music teacher († 1948 )
November 17 : Nazzareno De Angelis , Italian opera singer († 1962 )
November 19 : Dmitri Alexejewitsch Smirnow , Russian singer (tenor) († 1944 )
November 22nd : Wilhelm Gustav Damm , Swiss composer and professor († 1949 )
November 25 : Peder Gram , Danish composer († 1956 )
November 26 : Leo Smith , Canadian composer, cellist and music teacher († 1952 )
0December 2 : Pierre-Aurèle Asselin , Canadian singer († 1964 )
0December 3 : Henry Fillmore , American composer, trombonist and conductor († 1956 )
0December 6th : Carl Adolf Martienssen , German pianist and music teacher († 1955 )
0December 7th : Josef Flegl , Czech composer, cellist and music teacher († 1962 )
December 22nd : Franz Springer , German composer and conductor († 1950 )
December 24 : Charles Wakefield Cadman , American composer († 1946 )

Exact date of birth unknown

César Stiattesi , Argentine composer, conductor and music teacher († 1934 )

Died

January 30th : Jacques-Nicolas Lemmens , Belgian organist and composer (* 1823 )
March 23 : Nikolai Rubinstein , Russian composer, pianist and conductor (* 1835 )
March 28 : Modest Mussorgsky , Russian composer (* 1839 )
May 15 : Franz von Dingelstedt , first Vienna State Opera director (* 1814 )
0June 6 : Henri Vieuxtemps , Belgian violinist, composer (* 1820 )
July 26 : Charles Colin , French oboist, organist, music teacher and composer (* 1832 )
July 27 : Johann Christian Lobe , German composer and music theorist (* 1797 )
August 10 : Theodor Bradsky , Czech composer (* 1833 )
August 18 : Joseph Labitzky , Bohemian dance composer (* 1802 )
September 24th : Camille Durutte , French music theorist and composer (* 1803 )
October 19 : Josef Krejčí , Czech composer (* 1821 )
November 17th : Joseph Eschborn , German composer and Kapellmeister (* 1800 )
November 25th : Theobald Böhm , German composer, flautist and master flute maker (* 1794 )

Web links

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