Music year 1894

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Music year 1894

Events

• July 1 : The Norderney Kur-Theater is officially opened.

Instrumental music (selection)

• Johann Strauss (son) : I am good for you! (Waltz) op. 455;
• Antonín Dvořák : Suite in A major op. 98 (The American) (piano music); Two piano pieces (Berceuse, Capriccio); Humoresken op. 101; Biblical songs op. 99 for voice and piano;
• Charles-Marie Widor : Piano Quintet op. 68; 5 Valses op. 71 (piano music); Troisième Symphonie pour Orgue et Orchester , Opus 69;
• Anton Stepanowitsch Arenski : Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 32;
• Claude Debussy : With Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune , the first major work of musical impressionism will be premiered on December 22nd in Paris .

Musical theater

• January 5th : The Viennese operetta Der Obersteiger by Carl Zeller based on the libretto by Moritz West and Ludwig Held is premiered at the Theater an der Wien in Vienna with Alexander Girardi in the leading role.
• March 16 : The world premiere of the opera Thaïs by Jules Massenet with a libretto by Louis Gallet based on the novel of the same name by Anatole France takes place at the Grand Opéra Paris and is critically received.
• March 18th : World premiere of the opera Weltfrühling by Hans Huber in Basel
• May 8 : World premiere of the opera Le portrait de Manon by Jules Massenet at the Opéra-Comique, Paris
• May 10 : Premiere of the opera Guntram by Richard Strauss in Weimar.
• May 18th : World premiere of the opera Raffael (Orig .: Rafael ') by Anton Stepanowitsch Arenski in the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow
• June 20th : World premiere of the opera La Navarraise by Jules Massenet at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden in London
• September 16 : World premiere of the operetta Die Chansonette by Rudolf Dellinger at the Residenztheater in Dresden
• October 12 : premiere of the operetta Jabuka by Johann Strauss (son) in the Theater an der Wien in Vienna. Strauss composed this work for his own 50th anniversary as a musician
• November 13 : World premiere of the opera Ingwelde by Max von Schillings at the Court Theater in Karlsruhe
• December 12 : World premiere of the comic opera The Chieftain by Arthur Sullivan at the Savoy Theater, London.
• December 16 : The opera Donna Diana by Emil Nikolaus von Reznicek is premiered at the Deutsches Theater in Prague . The composer used the Spanish comedy El desdén con el desdén by Agustín Moreto as a template .
• December 22nd : Premiere of the operetta The Trial Kiss by Carl Millöcker at the Theater an der Wien in Vienna.

Further stage work premieres

• Richard Genée : friend Felix (operetta)
• Sidney Jones : An Artist's Model (musical stage work)
• Richard Heuberger : Mirjam or The Manifesto (opera)
• Adolf Müller junior : Lady Charlatan (operetta)

Born

January to June

• 0January 3 : Benito Canónico , Venezuelan composer († 1971 )
• 0January 4th : Cédia Brault , Canadian singer († 1972 )
• 0January 4 : Wesley La Violette , American composer († 1978 )
• 0January 7th : José Rozo Contreras , Colombian composer († 1976 )
• January 17 : Hugo Chaim Adler , Belgian composer, cantor and choir director († 1955 )
• January 18 : Robert Bréard , French composer († 1973 )
• January 20 : Walter Piston , American composer († 1976 )
• January 25 : Sergei Wassiljewitsch Jewsejew , Russian composer († 1956 )
• January 25 : Marguerite Roesgen-Champion , Swiss composer and harpsichordist († 1976 )
• January 27 : Vicente T. Mendoza , Mexican musicologist and folklore researcher († 1964 )
• 0February 1 : James P. Johnson , American pianist and composer († 1955 )
• 0February 5 : William Wernigk , Austrian opera singer († 1973 )
• 0February 8 : Rosita Renard , Chilean pianist († 1949 )
• February 28 : Josef Hutter , Czech musicologist and teacher († 1959 )
• March 22nd : Germaine Lebel , Canadian singer († 1972 )
• March 26 : Mark Wessel , American composer, pianist and music teacher († 1973 )
• 00.March: Vivian Langrish , English pianist and music teacher († 1980 )
• 0April 7th : Miyagi Michio , Japanese composer and koto player († 1956 )
• April 15 : Bessie Smith , American blues singer († 1937 )
• 0May 1 : Sam McGee , American guitarist and banjo player († 1975 )
• 0May 3 : Philipp Wüst , German conductor and composer († 1975 )
• 0May 7 : George Riley Puckett , American country singer († 1946 )
• May 10 : Dimitri Tiomkin , Russian / Ukrainian-American film composer and conductor († 1979 )
• May 11 : Martha Graham , American dancer, choreographer and teacher († 1991 )
• May 15 : José Cubiles , Spanish pianist and music teacher († 1971 )
• May 15 : Marion Sunshine , American actress, songwriter and composer († 1963 )
• May 15 : Feliks Wrobel , Polish composer († 1954 )
• May 20 : Ewa Bandrowska-Turska , Polish singer and music teacher († 1979 )
• May 20 : Robert Katscher , Austrian composer and lyricist († 1942 )
• May 25 : Fritz Gersbach , Swiss choir director and composer († 1973 )
• 0June 4th : Mary Bolduc , Canadian singer-songwriter († 1941 )
• 0June 8 : Domenico De 'Paoli , Italian musicologist, music critic and composer († 1984 )
• 0June 8 : Erwin Schulhoff , Czech composer and pianist († 1942 )
• June 10 : Pavel Bořkovec , Czech composer († 1972 )
• June 14th : Heddle Nash , English singer († 1961 )
• June 15 : Robert Russell Bennett , American composer († 1981 )
• June 24 : Juan Bautista Espínola Reyes , Dominican musician and composer († 1923 )

July to December

• 0July 1 : Bernard Heinze , Australian musician, conductor and music teacher († 1982 )
• July 18 : Bernard Wagenaar , American composer and violinist († 1971 )
• July 22nd : Efim Schachmeister , German violinist and dance band leader († 1944 )
• 0August 2nd : Alfonso Esparza Oteo , Mexican composer, pianist and singer († 1950 )
• August 13 : Leonid Alexejewitsch Polowinkin , Russian composer († 1949 )
• August 17 : August Liessens , Belgian-Canadian organist and composer († 1954 )
• August 17 : Erich Orthmann , German composer († 1945 )
• August 26 : Arthur Loesser , American pianist, music teacher and writer († 1969 )
• August 28 : Karl Böhm , Austrian conductor († 1981 )
• 0September 3 : Antonio Gómezanda , Mexican composer and pianist († 1961 )
• 0September 6 : Herbert J. Sadler , Canadian organist, composer and music teacher († 1955 )
• 0September 8 : Willem Pijper , Dutch composer († 1947 )
• 0September 8 : Andrée Vaurabourg-Honegger , French pianist and music teacher († 1980 )
• 0September 9 : Arthur Freed , American musical producer and songwriter († 1973 )
• September 15 : Herbert Windt , German composer († 1965 )
• September 19 : Gerhart von Westerman , German composer and artistic director († 1963 )
• September 22nd : Elisabeth Rethberg , German singer († 1976 )
• September 29 : Franco Capuana , Italian conductor and composer († 1969 )
• 0October 1 : Ricardo Castillo , Guatemalan composer († 1966 )
• October 16 : Francisco Casabona , Brazilian composer († 1979 )
• October 25 : Wolfgang Jacobi , German composer and music teacher († 1972 )
• October 28 : John Ronan , Canadian composer, choir director and music teacher († 1962 )
• October 30 : Peter Warlock , British composer († 1930 )
• 0November 3 : Newton Pádua , Brazilian composer († 1966 )
• November 25 : Paul Pratt , Canadian composer, clarinetist, conductor and music teacher († 1967 )
• 0December 1 : Frank Fragale , American composer of Italian origin († 1955 )
• 0December 7th : Chris Dafeff , Canadian violinist, choir director and music teacher († 1984 )
• 0December 8 : Charles Amberg , German librettist, songwriter and composer († 1946 )
• December 17 : Arthur Fiedler , American conductor († 1979 )
• December 19 : Paul Dessau , German composer and conductor († 1979 )
• December 31 : Ernest John Moeran , English composer († 1950 )

Exact date of birth unknown

• Phyllida Ashley , American pianist († 1975 )
• Jack Ayre , Canadian pianist and composer († 1977 )
• Greville Cooke , English composer and music teacher († 1992 )
• Pedro Echavarría Lazala , Dominican flautist, music teacher and composer († 1967 )
• Esteban Peña Morell , Dominican composer († 1938 )
• Billy Munro , American-Canadian pianist and composer († 1969 )
• Andy Tipaldi , Canadian banjo player († 1969 )

Died

• 0February 4 : Louis Lewandowski , German composer (* 1821 )
• February 11 : Emilio Arrieta , Spanish composer (* 1823 )
• February 12 : Hans von Bülow , German composer, pianist, conductor and Kapellmeister (* 1830 )
• February 28 : Janet Monach Patey , English singer (* 1842 )
• 0March 1 : John Henry Cornell , American organist, composer and textbook author (* 1828 )
• 0June 5 : Immanuel Faißt , German composer and university professor (* 1823 )
• 0July 8 : Wladimir Nikititsch Kaschperow , Russian composer (* 1827 )
• September 13 : Emmanuel Chabrier , French composer and pianist (* 1841 )
• November 20 : Anton Rubinstein , Russian composer, pianist and conductor (* 1829 )

See also

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