Year of music 1892

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Year of music 1892

Events

May 7th : The Vienna music and theater exhibition opens. Until October 9th, around 1.25 million people will visit the themed “small world exhibition ” taking place in Vienna's Prater around the rotunda on the site of the 1873 world exhibition .

August 27 : The Metropolitan Opera on New York's Broadway is badly damaged in a fire.

November 19 : The Theater am Schiffbauerdamm opens as a private stage in Berlin .

Instrumental music (selection)

Johann Strauss (son) : Pásmán waltz ; Eva Waltz ; Pásmán polka ; Fairy tales from the Orient (waltz) op. 444; Impartial Reviews (Polka-Mazurka) op. 442;
Arthur Sullivan : The Foresters (incidental music)
Antonín Dvořák : Te Deum op.103
August Klughardt : 4th symphony published (completed 1890); String sextet in C sharp minor (originally Op. 58, 1892, lost)
Anton Bruckner : Vexilla regis prodeunt (WAB 51)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky : Suite from the ballet The Nutcracker op. 71a; String Sextet in D minor, Op. 70 completed; Eighteen pieces op. 72 (piano music);
Claude Debussy : Fêtes galantes I
Carl Michael Ziehrer : love recipes , (waltz) op. 434; Cat polka , op. 441; This kiss of the whole world , (waltz) op. 442; Gebirgskinder , (Waltz) op. 444;
Johannes Brahms : Seven Fantasies op. 116; Three Intermezzi op.117

Musical theater

January 1st : Premiere of the opera Ritter Pásmán by Johann Strauss (son) at the Vienna Court Opera . It is the composer's only opera

January 16 : Premiere of the operetta Das Sonntagskind by Carl Millöcker at the Theater an der Wien in Vienna.

January 20 : The world premiere of the lyrical drama La Wally by Alfredo Catalani based on a libretto by Luigi Illica based on the novel Die Geierwally by Wilhelmine von Hillern takes place at the Teatro alla Scala di Milano in Milan.

February 16 : The opera Werther by Jules Massenet has its world premiere at the Vienna Court Opera . The libretto is by Édouard Blau , Paul Milliet and Georges Hartmann based on the epistolary novel The Sorrows of Young Werther by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe .

February 17th : The world premiere of the opera Winkelried by Louis Lacombe takes place at the Grand Théâtre de Genève .

March 8th : The opera Heilmar der Narr by Wilhelm Kienzl is premiered in Munich.

May 21 : The veristic opera Pagliacci ( The Bajazzo ) by Ruggero Leoncavallo is premiered at the Teatro Dal Verme in Milan under the direction of Arturo Toscanini .

June 14 : The world premiere of the operetta Signora Vedetta by Richard Genée takes place in Wiesbaden.

September 24 : World premiere of Arthur Sullivan's opera Haddon Hall at the Savoy Theater, London.

November 10 : premiere of the opera I Rantzau , by Pietro Mascagni in Florence

December 18 : The world premiere of the opera Jolanthe by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky takes place at the Court Opera in Saint Petersburg.

December 18 : The world premiere of the ballet The Nutcracker by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky based on the libretto by Marius Petipa with the choreography by Lev Ivanov and set by the opera director Ivan Vsewoloschski takes place in the Mariinsky Theater in Saint Petersburg . The first sugar fairy is Antonietta Dell'Era .

Further stage works

Nikolai Andrejewitsch Rimski-Korsakow : Mlada (Ballet Opera) premiered in St. Petersburg in 1892
Sidney Jones : Our Family Legend (musical stage work)
Adolf Müller junior : The millionaire uncle (operetta)

Born

January to June

0January 1 : Miklós Radnai , Hungarian composer († 1935 )
January 11 : Valeska Gert , German dancer and cabaret artist († 1978 )
January 15 : Frank Hutchens , New Zealand composer († 1965 )
January 28 : Luke Jordan , American blues guitarist and singer († 1952 )
0February 9 : Joseph Braunstein , Austrian musician, writer, mountaineer († 1996 )
February 12 : Aniela Szlemińska , Polish singer and singing teacher († 1964 )
February 25 : Nikolai Andrejewitsch Orlow , Russian-British pianist and music teacher († 1964 )
0March 3 : Imre Waldbauer , Hungarian violinist and music teacher († 1952 )
0March 8 : Mississippi John Hurt , American blues singer and guitarist († 1966 )
March 10 : Arthur Honegger , French-Swiss composer († 1955 )
March 16 : Lucien Daveluy , Canadian organist, composer and music teacher († 1975 )
March 16 : Gerda Weneskoski , Finnish pianist and music teacher († 1984 )
March 20 : Mort Dixon , American musician, songwriter and lyricist († 1956 )
March 24 : Roy Harvey , American country musician († 1958 )
March 25 : Ferdinand Andergassen , Austrian composer and church musician († 1964 )
March 27 : Ferde Grofé , American composer, arranger and conductor († 1972 )
0April 4 : Wilhelm Altmann , German music historian and librarian († 1951 )
April 10 : Edmond Trudel , Canadian conductor, pianist and music teacher († 1977 )
April 12 : Johnny Dodds , American jazz clarinetist († 1940 )
April 21 : Jaroslav Kvapil , Czech composer († 1958 )
April 26 : Harold Gleason , American organist, music teacher and musicologist († 1980 )
April 27 : Howard Fogg , Canadian conductor and composer († 1953 )
0May 2 : Ernst Sigg , Swiss church musician and high school teacher († 1966 )

May 22 : Ralph Peer , American country musician († 1960 )
May 30 : René Gagnier , Canadian violinist, conductor, composer and euphonium player († 1951 )
May 31 : Louis Fourestier , French composer and conductor († 1976 )
May 31 : Josef Ivar Müller , Swiss composer († 1969 )
0June 1 : Samuel Barlow , American composer († 1982 )
0June 5 : Carsten M. Carlsen , Norwegian organist, composer and conductor († 1961 )
June 16 : Juan Francisco García , Dominican composer († 1974 )
June 17th : Georges Jouatte , French tenor and music teacher († 1969 )
June 18 : Eduard Steuermann , Austrian-American composer and pianist († 1964 )
June 21 : Hilding Rosenberg , Swedish composer and conductor († 1985 )
June 22nd : Emil Telmányi , Hungarian violinist and conductor († 1988 )
June 23 : Mieczysław Horszowski , Polish pianist († 1993 )
June 25 : Jan Cherniavsky , Canadian pianist of Ukrainian origin († 1989 )
June 30 : László Lajtha , Hungarian composer († 1963 )

July to December

July 13 : Léo-Pol Morin , Canadian pianist, music critic and composer († 1941 )
July 26 : Philipp Jarnach , German composer and music teacher († 1982 )
July 29 : Maurits Frank , Dutch cellist and music teacher († 1959 )
0August 8 : Hans Heusser , Swiss composer and conductor († 1942 )
August 14 : María Luisa Sepúlveda , Chilean composer and music teacher († 1958 )
August 27 : Alexander Chuhaldin , Canadian violinist, conductor, composer and music teacher († 1951 )
0September 4 : Darius Milhaud , French composer († 1974 )
0September 5 : Joseph Szigeti , American violinist of Hungarian origin († 1973 )
0September 7 : Oscar O'Brien , Canadian composer, arranger, organist, pianist and music teacher († 1958 )
September 17th : Hendrik Andriessen , Dutch composer and professor († 1981 )
September 28 : Benvenuto Terzi , Italian composer and concert guitarist († 1980 )
October 17th : Herbert Howells , English composer († 1983 )
October 17 : Otakar Jeremiáš , Czech composer and conductor († 1962 )
October 19 : Ilmari Hannikainen , Finnish composer († 1955 )
October 21 : Lydia Lopokova , Russian ballet dancer († 1981 )
October 23 : Seymour Felix , American show dancer and choreographer († 1961 )
October 29 : Carlos Bonnet , Venezuelan composer and conductor († 1983 )
0November 2 : Paul Abraham , Hungarian composer († 1960 )
November 17 : Max Deutsch , French composer, conductor and music teacher († 1982 )
November 20 : Wendell Engstrom Hoss , American horn player († 1980 )
November 24th : Aimé Steck , French composer († 1966 )
November 25 : Honoré Vaillancourt , Canadian singer (baritone) († 1933 )
0December 9 : Beatrice Harrison , English cellist († 1965 )
December 11 : Leo Ornstein , Russian pianist and composer († 2002 )
December 12 : Joseph Suder , German composer and conductor († 1980 )
December 15 : José María Castro , Argentine composer († 1964 )
December 27 : Feliks Łabuński , Polish-American composer, pianist and music teacher († 1979 )

Exact date of birth unknown

Eduardo Andreozzi , Brazilian jazz musician († 1979 )
Joseph Fournier de Belleval , Canadian singer and singing teacher († 1945 )
Gregori Garbovitsky , Canadian violinist, conductor and music teacher († 1954 )
Ernest Thompson , American old-time musician († 1961 )

Died

January 10 : Heinrich Dorn , German Romantic composer (* 1804 )
February 13 : Lambert Joseph Massart , Belgian violinist (* 1811 )
February 25 : Brond de Grave Winter , East Frisian organ builder (* 1824 )
March 11 : Caroline Reinagle , English composer, pianist and music teacher (* 1818 )
March 20 : Arthur Goring Thomas , English composer (* 1850 )
April 22nd : Édouard Lalo , French composer (* 1823 )
0May 2 : Wilhelm Rust , German composer and musicologist (* 1822 )
0May 5 : Jan Nepomuk Škroup , Czech composer (* 1811 )
0May 6 : Ernest Guiraud , French composer (* 1837 )
May 13 : Ferdinand Poise , French composer (* 1828 )
000July: George Washborne Morgan , American organist and composer (* 1822 )
August 19 : František Zdeněk Skuherský , Czech composer and music teacher (* 1830 )
September 24 : Patrick Gilmore , American composer and military bandmaster (* 1829 )
October 24 : Robert Franz , German composer (* 1815 )
0November 1st : Heinrich de Ahna , Austrian violinist (* 1832 )
December 11 : Paul Otto Apian-Bennewitz , German organist and teacher (* 1847 )

Exact date of death unknown

Claus Jensen , Norwegian organ builder (* around 1817 )
Max Strakosch , American opera impresario (* 1835 )
Joseph Wielhorski , Russian composer (* 1817 )

Web links

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