Music year 1891

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Music year 1891

Events

• May 5th : The Music Hall of New York, financed by Andrew Carnegie , is officially opened with a concert conducted by Walter Damrosch and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky , although construction is not yet finished.

Instrumental and choral music (selection)

• Johann Strauss (son) : Greater Vienna (waltz) op. 440;
• Antonín Dvořák : In nature op. 91, concert overture ; Carnival op. 92, concert overture; Waldesruhe B. 173 [4] for violoncello and piano ; Rondo for violoncello op. 94; Piano Trio No. 4 op. 90;
• Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky : Music for the play Hamlet for small orchestra op. 67a; The Voivode, Symphonic Ballad in A minor, op. Posth. 78; Why withhold the voices of joy? for male choir in B flat major; Without time for four-part female choir in E minor
• Charles-Marie Widor : Piano Quartet in A minor , op.66
• Charles Gounod : Mass dite de Clovis, d'après de chant grégorien in C major; Requiem in C major
• Claude Debussy : Marche écossaise sur un thème popular ; Mazurka (piano music); Deux Arabesques (piano music) completed in 1891
• Johannes Brahms : Clarinet Trio in A minor, Op. 114; Clarinet Quintet op.115

Musical theater

• January 2nd : World premiere of the opera Traum auf der Wolga (Orig .: Son na Volge ) by Anton Stepanowitsch Arenski in the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow
• January 10th : First performance of the operetta Saint Cyr by Rudolf Dellinger at the Carl-Schultze-Theater in Hamburg.
• January 10th : World premier of the operetta The Bird Dealer by Carl Zeller in the Theater an der Wien in Vienna.
• March 16 : World premiere of the opera Le Mage by Jules Massenet at the Grand Opéra Paris
• October 21 : World premiere of the tragic opera Vendetta by Alexander von Fielitz in Lübeck
• October 31 : World premiere of the opera L'amico Fritz by Pietro Mascagni in Rome

Further world premieres:

• Adolf Müller junior : The Chamber Maiden (Singspiel)

Born

January to June

• 0January 6 : Fritz Imhoff , Austrian actor and singer († 1961 )
• January 20 : Mischa Elman , American violin virtuoso († 1967 )
• January 21 : Ivar Hellman , Swedish composer and conductor († 1994 )
• January 21 : Timothy Mather Spelman , American composer († 1970 )
• January 26 : Salvador Sturla , Dominican composer and musician († 1975 )
• January 28 : Karel Boleslav Jirák , Czech composer († 1972 )
• January 31 : Max Drischner , German composer, organist and harpsichordist († 1971 )
• February 11 : Paul Ash , American violinist, pianist, composer and big band leader († 1958 )
• February 21 : Karl L. King , American composer and conductor († 1971 )
• February 25 : Alfredo Marceneiro , Portuguese Fado singer († 1982 )
• February 27 : Issai Alexandrovich Dobroven , Russian-Norwegian composer, conductor and pianist († 1953 )
• February 27 : Flérida de Nolasco , Dominican literary and musicologist († 1976 )
• 0March 5 : Gitz Rice , Canadian singer, pianist, composer and entertainer († 1947 )
• 0March 7 : Janko Ravnik , Slovenian composer, music teacher and director († 1981 )
• March 13 : Omer Létourneau , Canadian organist and pianist, composer, music publisher and educator († 1983 )
• March 16 : Dezyderiusz Danczowski , Polish cellist and music teacher († 1950 )
• March 16 : Juozas Žilevičius , Lithuanian composer, organist, music pedagogue and scholar († 1985 )
• March 19 : Josef Blatný , Czech composer and organist († 1980 )
• March 22nd : Alexis Roland-Manuel , French composer and music critic († 1966 )
• 0April 1 : Hans Kayser , German composer and music theorist († 1964 )
• 0April 9 : Eugen Szenkar , Hungarian conductor († 1977 )
• April 15 : Karl Alwin , German conductor († 1945 )
• April 15 : Väinö Raitio , Finnish composer († 1945 )
• April 19 : Henrik Adam Due , Norwegian violinist and music teacher († 1966 )
• April 21 : Jean Dansereau , Canadian pianist and music teacher († 1974 )
• April 22 : George Enacovici , Romanian composer († 1965 )
• April 23 : Sergei Sergejewitsch Prokofjew , Russian composer († 1953 )
• 00April : Charley Patton , American blues musician († 1934 )
• 0May 4 : Frederick Jacobi , American composer († 1952 )
• 0May 9 : Fritz Heitmann , German organist († 1953 )
• May 13 : Arthur Lourié , Russian composer († 1966 )
• May 16 : Richard Tauber , Austro-British opera singer († 1948 )
• May 22 : Lucien Cailliet , American composer and clarinetist († 1985 )
• May 26 : Mamie Smith , American singer, dancer and actress († 1946 )
• May 27 : Claude Champagne , Canadian composer († 1965 )
• May 31 : Erich Walter Sternberg , Israeli composer († 1974 )
• 0June 4 : Ernö Rapée , Hungarian-American pianist, composer and conductor († 1945 )
• 0June 7th : Athos Palma , Argentine composer and music teacher († 1951 )
• 0June 9 : Cole Porter , American composer and songwriter († 1964 )
• June 17th : Georges Beauchemin , Canadian singer († 1957 )
• June 17 : Pierre Luboshutz , Russian pianist and music teacher († 1971 )
• June 19 : Mishel Piastro , American violinist and conductor († 1970 )
• June 19 : Juan Pulido , Spanish singer and actor († 1972 )
• June 21 : Hermann Scherchen , German conductor († 1966 )

July to December

• July 13 : Marguerite Boulc'h , French chanson singer, also known as Fréhel († 1951 )
• 0August 1 : Enrique Mario Casella , Argentine composer († 1948 )
• 0August 2 : Arthur Bliss , English composer († 1975 )
• 0August 6 : Hans Mersmann , German music researcher († 1971 )
• 0August 8 : Adolf Busch , German violinist and composer († 1952 )
• August 12 : Antonio Cortis , Spanish opera singer († 1952 )
• August 14 : Mihail Jora , Romanian composer († 1971 )
• August 20 : Otto Uhlmann , Swiss composer and conductor († 1980 )
• August 22nd : Walter Lutze , German conductor († 1980 )
• August 25 : Samuel Gardner , American composer and violinist († 1984 )
• 0September 3 : Marcel Georges Lucien Grandjany , French harpist, teacher, composer and poet († 1975 )
• September 4 : Seweryn Barbag , Polish-Jewish composer, musicologist and music teacher († 1944 )
• 0September 4 : Sam Lanin , American jazz musician († 1977 )
• September 11th : Noël Gallon , French composer and composition teacher († 1966 )
• September 16 : Czesław Marek , Polish composer († 1985 )
• September 22nd : Hans Albers , German actor and singer († 1960 )
• September 26 : Charles Münch , French conductor († 1968 )
• September 30 : Ernest Dainty , Canadian pianist, organist, composer and conductor († 1947 )
• 0October 2 : Wanda Chmielowska , Polish pianist and music teacher († 1980 )
• 11 October : Armando Augusto Salgado Freire , Portuguese guitarist and composer († 1946 )
• October 24 : Rafael Hernández Marín , Puerto Rican composer († 1965 )
• October 26 : Roy Knapp , American percussionist and music teacher († 1979 )
• November 19 : Margerita Trombini-Kazuro , Polish pianist, harpsichordist and music teacher († 1979 )
• November 27 : Arsène Becuwe , Belgian composer and conductor († 1992 )
• November 29 : Richard Donovan , American composer, organist, conductor and music teacher († 1970 )
• 0December 3 : Mieczysław Szaleski , Polish violist and music teacher († 1958 )
• 0December 4th : Licco Amar , Hungarian violinist († 1959 )
• December 15 : AP Carter , American country singer († 1960 )

Died

January February

• 0January 5 : Emma Abbott , American opera singer (* 1850 )
• 0January 7th : Wilhelm Taubert , German composer (* 1811 )
• January 16 : Léo Delibes , French composer (* 1836 )
• April 15 : Stephen Albert Emery , American composer and music teacher (* 1841 )
• April 18 : Auguste Bazille , French organist and composer (* 1828 )
• May 11 : Eugène Ortolan , French lawyer, diplomat and composer (* 1824 )
• May 23 : Ignace Xavier Joseph Leybach , French composer and organist (* 1817 )
• 0July 2nd : Hugo Türpe , German cornet virtuoso and composer (* 1859 )
• 0July 4th : Carl August Haupt , German composer (* 1810 )
• 0August 6 : Henry Litolff , British composer (* 1818 )
• August 30th : Pierre-Julien Nargeot , French composer (* 1799 )
• 0October 1 : Giulio Cesare Ferrarini , Italian conductor, violinist and music teacher (* 1807 )
• October 17 : Heinrich Sattler , German organist and publicist (* 1811 )
• October 27 : Charles Constantin , French conductor and composer (* 1835 )
• 0November 8th : Eduard Köllner , German composer (* 1839 )
• 0December 6th : Joseph Crèvecoeur , French composer (* 1819 )
• December 23 : Holger Simon Paulli , Danish conductor and composer (* 1810 )

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