Music year 1890
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Overview of the music years
Further events
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Instrumental music (selection)
- Johann Strauss (son) : Rathausball dances (waltzes) op. 438; By telephone (Polka) op. 439;
- Antonín Dvořák . 8th Symphony op. 88 (premiered February 2, 1890); Gavotte for three violins ; Requiem completed in 1890, UA 1891
- August Klughardt : String Quartet No. 2 in D major, Op. 61 (composed around 1890)
- César Cui : Orchestral Suite No. 3 in G minor, Op. 43; String Quartet No. 1 in C minor op.45
- Charles Gounod : String Quartet No. 3 in A minor
- John Philip Sousa : The High School Cadets (March)
- Ethel Smyth : Serenade in D
- Claude Debussy : Suite bergamasque completed in 1890, published in 1905; Ballad (piano music) ; Fantasy for piano and orchestra
- Carl Michael Ziehrer : Nature Singer Waltz , op. 415; Laugh, kiss, dance! Mazurka op. 416; Wiener Bürger , Waltz op. 419; The dream of an Austrian reservist , (large military clay painting); Freiherr von Schönfeld-Marsch , op. 422; Phonograph , waltz op. 423; Litter Bouquet , Mazurka op.426
Musical theater
- 4th January : The world premiere of the operetta The poor Jonathan by Karl Millöcker takes place at the Theater an der Wien in Vienna. The libretto is by Hugo Wittmann and Julius Bauer .
- January 15 : The ballet Sleeping Beauty choreographed by Marius Petipa with music by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky premiered at the Mariinsky Theater in Saint Petersburg.
- May 13 : The lyrical drama Dante by Benjamin Godard is at the Opéra-Comique premiered in Paris.
- May 17th : The opera Cavalleria rusticana ( Sicilian Peasant Honor ) by Pietro Mascagni with the libretto by Giovanni Verga has its world premiere at the Teatro Costanzi in Rome. The opera becomes the composer's greatest success.
- November 4 : The opera Fürst Igor by Alexander Porfirjewitsch Borodin is premiered three years after the composer's death at the Court Opera in Saint Petersburg.
- December 19 : The opera Queen of Spades by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, based on a libretto by his younger brother Modest Tchaikovsky , based on the story of the same name by the Russian poet Alexander Pushkin , is premiered at the Mariinsky Theater in Saint Petersburg.
Further world premieres:
- Carl Michael Ziehrer : The Pale Magician (Operetta)
- Adolf Müller junior : The Devil's Wife (Singspiel)
- César Franck : Ghiselle (Opera)
Born
January to June
- January 1 : Charley Jordan , American blues singer, guitarist and songwriter († 1954 )
- January 7th : Antal Molnár , Hungarian composer and musicologist († 1983 )
- January 11 : Bud Scott , American jazz musician († 1949 )
- January 14 : Maria Kurenko , Russian singer († 1980 )
- January 25 : Karl Adler , German musicologist († 1973 )
- January 28 : José Martínez , Argentine musician and band leader († 1939 )
- January 29 : Marguerite Canal , French composer († 1978 )
- February 5 : Stanisława Zawadzka , Polish opera singer and vocal teacher († 1988 )
- February 12 : Ernst Arnold , Austrian composer and Wienerlied writer and singer († 1962 )
- February 25 : Myra Hess , British pianist († 1965 )
- February 27 : Freddie Keppard , American cornet player († 1933 )
- March 6th : Adolfo Salazar , Spanish composer, music critic and musicologist († 1958 )
- March 13 : Fritz Busch , German conductor († 1951 )
- March 15 : Joseph Neuhäuser , German composer († 1949 )
- March 15 : Wilhelm Petersen , German composer († 1957 )
- March 20 : Lauritz Melchior , Danish hero tenor († 1973 )
- March 20 : Beniamino Gigli , Italian opera singer and film actor († 1957 )
- March 20 : Elna Jørgen-Jensen , Danish ballet dancer and choreographer († 1969 )
- March 23 : Andrei Stojanow , Bulgarian composer, pianist and music teacher († 1969 )
- March 26 : Joseph De Luca , Italian-American musician († 1935 )
- March 28 : Paul Whiteman , American orchestra leader and band leader († 1967 )
- April 5 : Jean Bobescu , Romanian violinist, conductor and music teacher († 1981 )
- April 8 : Zbigniew Drzewiecki , Polish pianist and music teacher († 1971 )
- April 17 : Johnny Alexander St. Cyr , American banjo player and guitarist († 1966 )
- May 20 : Giuseppe Agostini , Canadian conductor and composer († 1971 )
- June 10 : Charles Marchand , Canadian folk singer († 1930 )
July to December
- July 4th : Adam Sołtys , Polish composer, conductor and music teacher († 1968 )
- July 12 : René Barbier , Belgian composer and professor († 1981 )
- July 20 : Gonzalo Roig , Cuban composer († 1970 )
- August 5 : Erich Kleiber , Austrian conductor († 1956 )
- August 5 : Hans Gál , Austrian composer († 1987 )
- August 15 : Jacques Ibert , French composer († 1962 )
- August 23 : May Harrison , British violinist († 1959 )
- August 24 : Franz Joseph Philipp , German church musician and composer († 1972 )
- August 28 : Ivor Gurney , English composer († 1937 )
- August 30 : Leo Cherniavsky , Canadian violinist of Ukrainian origin († 1974 )
- September 6 : Manfred Gurlitt , German author and composer († 1972 )
- September 9 : Francis Bousquet , French composer († 1942 )
- September 11th : Marius Ulfrstad , Norwegian composer († 1968 )
- September 15 : Thomas C. Chattoe , Canadian organist, choir director and music teacher († 1982 )
- September 15 : Frank Martin , Swiss composer († 1974 )
- September 18 : Vladimír Ambros , Czech composer († 1956 )
- September 20 : Kathleen Parlow , Canadian violinist and music teacher († 1963 )
- October 9 : Jānis Mediņš , Latvian composer († 1966 )
- October 24 : Kathleen Lockhart Manning , American composer († 1951 )
- October 29 : Abram Ilyich Jampolski , Russian violinist and music teacher († 1956 )
- October 30 : Jakow Eschpai , Russian composer and teacher († 1963 )
- November 6 : Bentley Collingwood Hilliam , English singer, songwriter, composer and actor († 1968 )
- November 13 : Stanislav Novák , Czech violinist († 1945 )
- November 22nd : Kosta Manojlović . Serbian composer and ethnomusicologist († 1949 )
- November 26 : Aleksander Wielhorski , Polish pianist and composer († 1952 )
- December 7th : Rudolf Bella , Hungarian composer († 1973 )
- December 8 : Bohuslav Martinů , Czech modern composer († 1959 )
- December 9 : Guillaume Gagnier , Canadian horn player and double bass player († 1962 )
- December 11th : Carlos Gardel , Argentine tango singer († 1935 )
- December 13 : Stanley Gardner , Canadian pianist and music teacher († 1945 )
- December 21 : Mikalaj Aladau , Belarusian composer († 1972 )
- December 24 : Rosebery d'Arguto , Polish music teacher, composer and conductor († 1943 )
- December 29 : Yves Nat , French pianist and composer († 1956 )
Exact date of birth unknown
- Broadus Farmer , Canadian violinist and music teacher († 1959 )
- Papa Charlie Jackson , American blues musician († 1938 )
- Paquita Escribano , Spanish singer († around 1970 ) (born around 1890)
Died
- January 3 : Charles-Marie Panneton , Canadian pianist, music teacher and composer (* 1845 )
- January 6 : Józef Nikorowicz , Polish composer (* 1827 )
- January 7th : Hans Matthison-Hansen , Danish composer and organist (* 1807 )
- January 17 : Salomon Sulzer , Austrian cantor and church musician (* 1804 )
- January 20 : Franz Lachner , German composer (* 1803 )
- January 30th : Karl Merz , American composer (* 1836 )
- April 4 : Giovanni Corsi , Italian opera singer (* 1822 )
- May 28 : Victor Ernst Nessler , German composer (* 1841 )
- June 30th : Samuel Parkman Tuckerman , American composer (* 1819 )
- August 30 : Nicolás Ruiz Espadero , Cuban pianist and composer (* 1832 )
- October 7th : John Hill Hewitt , American composer, poet and newspaper publisher (* 1801 )
- November 8 : César Franck , French composer (* 1822 )
- November 9 : Johann Theodor Friedrich Avé-Lallemant , German music teacher, music critic and music writer (* 1806 )
- December 21 : Niels Wilhelm Gade , Danish composer and conductor (* 1817 )
See also
Web links
Commons : Music 1890 - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files
Commons : Opera Libretti 1890 - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files