Music year 1896

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Music year 1896

Events

December 31 : The Teatro Amazonas opera house in Manaus , Brazil, financed with funds from the rubber boom, is inaugurated. The first opera is performed on January 7, 1897.

Instrumental music (selection)

Johann Strauss (Son) : Love and Marriage (Polka-Mazurka) op. 465; Klipp-Klapp-Galopp op. 466; It was so beautiful (March) op. 467; Deutschmeister Jubilee March op. 470; Wedding prelude op.469
Antonín Dvořák : Four symphonic poems: The Aquarius op. 107; The Midday Witch op. 108; The golden spinning wheel op.109 and The forest pigeon op.110 .
John Philip Sousa : Stars and Stripes Forever For many Americans, the march is still the secret national anthem of the USA.
Richard Strauss : The symphonic poem Also sprach Zarathustra, based on the work of the same name by Friedrich Nietzsche , will be premiered by the Frankfurt Municipal Orchestra under the direction of the composer as part of the museum concerts at the Frankfurt Opera .

Musical theater

January 29th : World premiere of the opera Kudrun by Hans Huber in Basel
February 1 : The opera La Bohème by Giacomo Puccini with the libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa based on the novel Les scènes de la vie de bohème by Henri Murger has its world premiere at the Teatro Regio in Turin under the direction of Arturo Toscanini . Cesira Ferrani sings the part of Mimì . Despite bad reviews after the premiere, the verismo- related opera becomes a global success.
March 2nd : USA of the opera Zanetto by Pietro Mascagni in Pesaro.
March 7 : World premiere of the comic opera The Grand Duke by Arthur Sullivan at the Savoy Theater, London.
March 21 : World premiere of the opera Das Heimchen am Herd by Karl Goldmark at the Court Opera in Vienna
April 20 : World premiere of the operetta El Capitan by John Philip Sousa at the Tremont Theater in Boston
April 25 : The operetta The Geisha by Sidney Jones has its world premiere at Daly's Theater in London.
June 7th : The opera Der Corregidor by Hugo Wolf based on a libretto by Rosa Mayreder is premiered in Mannheim with great success.
September 23 : The premiere of the opera The four-year post of Franz Schubert takes place nearly 68 years after the composer's death at the Court Opera in Dresden.
October 21 : World premiere of the Opéra-comique La poupée by Edmond Audran at the Théâtre de la Gaîté in Paris
November 7th : World premiere of the opera Jungfruburen (Girls' Chamber) by Jean Sibelius in Helsinki
November 9 : World premiere of the opera Jungfru i Tornet (The Virgin in the Tower) by Jean Sibelius in Helsinki
November 27 : World premiere of the lyrical drama Kukuška by Franz Lehár in Leipzig
December 2nd : premiere of the operetta Das Nordlicht by Carl Millöcker in the Theater an der Wien in Vienna.

Further stage work premieres

Adolf Müller junior : Renata (opera); General Gogo (operetta); Der Pfiffikus (Singspiel)

Born

January to June

January 9 : Warwick Braithwaite , New Zealand conductor († 1971 )

January 15 : Jacobo Ficher , Argentine composer († 1978 )

February 14 : Werner Richard Heymann , German-Jewish composer and conductor († 1961 )

February 21 : Nicolai Dirdal , Norwegian pianist and music teacher († 1991 )

February 23 : Sarah Fischer , Canadian singer and music teacher († 1975 )

February 25 : Ida Cox , American blues and jazz singer († 1967 )

February 29 : Vladimir Vogel , Russian composer († 1984)

0March 1 : Dimitri Mitropoulos , Greek-American conductor († 1960 )

0March 5 : Kazys Viktoras Banaitis , Lithuanian composer († 1963 )

March 11th : Anton Anderluh , Austrian folk music collector († 1975 )

March 17 : Eduard Erdmann , Latvian composer and pianist († 1958 )

March 26th : Anton Profes , Austrian hit and film composer († 1976 )

March 27 : Arthur Piechler , German composer and organist († 1974 )

March 28 : Max Gebhard , German church musician, composer and music teacher († 1978 )

0April 1 : Serge Jaroff , American choir director of Russian origin († 1985 )

0April 8 : Karl Hermann Pillney , Austrian concert pianist († 1980 )

April 19 : Hugo Herrmann , German composer, organist and choir director († 1967 )

April 30 : Gary Davis , American blues guitarist († 1972 )

0May 8 : Paweł Lewiecki , Polish pianist and music teacher († 1974 )

0May 7 : Vic Berton , American jazz drummer († 1951 )

May 11 : Josip Štolcer-Slavenski , Croatian composer († 1955 )

May 14 : Quentin Maclean , English-Canadian organist, composer and music teacher († 1962 )

May 17 : Brasílio Itiberê da Cunha Luz , Brazilian composer († 1967 )

May 29 : Walter Abendroth , German composer, editor, music writer († 1973 )

May 31 : Ines Alfani-Tellini , Italian opera singer (soprano) and music teacher († 1985 )

0June 9 : Rafael Martínez Alba , Dominican conductor and music teacher († 1989 )

June 20 : Wilfrid Pelletier , Canadian conductor and pianist († 1982 )

June 29 : Mathieu Ahlersmeyer , German opera singer and actor († 1979 )

July to December

0July 7th : Kathleen Long , English pianist and music teacher († 1968 )
July 10th : Stefan Askenase , Belgian-Polish pianist († 1985 )
July 21 : Jean Rivier , French composer († 1987 )
July 27 : Ivar Frithiof Andresen , Norwegian opera singer († 1940 )
August 16 : Kraudn Sepp , German (Bavarian) zither player and folk music singer († 1977 )
August 19 : Walter Lang , Swiss composer, pianist and music teacher († 1966 )
August 27 : Leon Theremin , Soviet physicist and musician († 1993 )
0September 1 : Simon Barere , Russian-born pianist († 1951 )
0September 8 : Elmer Schoebel , American jazz musician († 1970 )
0September 8 : Frank Silver , American songwriter, band leader and vaudeville actor († 1960 )
0September 9 : Fritz Reuter , German musicologist, music educator, composer and conductor († 1963 )
September 10th Adele Astaire , American dancer and entertainer († 1981 )
September 13 : Tadeusz Szeligowski , Polish composer and music teacher († 1963 )
September 14 : José Mojica , Mexican singer and actor († 1970 )
September 15 : Bert Ambrose , English violinist and band leader († 1971 )
September 19 : Robert Dussaut , French composer and music theorist († 1969 )
September 25 : Robert Gerhard , Spanish (Catalan) composer († 1970 )
0October 8 : Dorothee Günther , German dancer († 1975 )
0October 9 : John Robert Armbruster , American composer, conductor and arranger († 1994 )
October 18 : Friedrich Hollaender , German-British composer († 1976 )
October 28 : Howard Hanson , American pianist and composer († 1981 )
October 31 : Ethel Waters , American actress and singer († 1977 )
0November 6th : Marcelle de Lacour , French harpsichordist († 1997 )
0November 9th : Michailo Werikiwski , Ukrainian composer († 1962 )
November 10 : Hans Fleischer , German composer († 1981 )
November 18 : César Pérez Sentenat , Cuban pianist and composer († 1973 )
November 25 : Virgil Thomson , American composer († 1989 )
0December 1 : Petko Stajnow , Bulgarian composer († 1977 )
0December 3 : Bolesław Szabelski , Polish composer († 1979 )
0December 6 : Ira Gershwin , American composer and songwriter († 1983 )
December 21 : Leroy Robertson , American composer († 1971 )
December 28 : Roger Sessions , American composer († 1985 )
December 29 : Oswald Kabasta , Austrian conductor († 1946 )
December 31 : Gladys Egbert , Canadian pianist and music teacher († 1968 )

Exact date of birth unknown

John Dilleshaw , American old-time musician († 1941 )
Blind Willie Walker , American blues guitarist and singer († 1933 )

Died

January 13th : Friedrich Ludwig Theodor Friese , German organ builder (* 1827 )
January: Luigia Abbadia , Italian opera singer (* 1821 )
0February 6th : Wilhelm Remler , German organ builder (* 1824 )
0February 6 : Charles-Gustave Smith , Canadian organist, composer, painter and music teacher (* 1826 )
February 12 : Ambroise Thomas , French composer (* 1811 )
0April 5 : John Rogers Thomas , American composer (* 1830 )
May 12 : Juan Morel Campos , Puerto Rican composer (* 1857 )
May 20 : Clara Schumann , German pianist and composer (* 1819 )
0June 9 : Adolphe Danhauser , French composer and music teacher (* 1835 )
June 20 : Alcibiade Béique , Canadian organist and music teacher (* 1856 )
June 23 : Hubert Ferdinand Kufferath , German composer (* 1818 )
July 14 : Luther Whiting Mason , American music teacher (* 1818 )
July 16 : Selmar Bagge , German composer (* 1823 )
July 26th : Théodore Salomé , French organist and composer (* 1834 )
September 16 : Antônio Carlos Gomes , Brazilian composer (* 1836 )
September 19 : Fanny Simonsen , Australian singer and music teacher (* 1835 )
September 20 : Johan Gottfried Conradi , Norwegian composer (* 1820 )
September 23 : Gilbert Duprez , French opera tenor and composer (* 1806 )
October 11 : Anton Bruckner , Austrian composer (* 1824 )
October 14 : Italo Campanini , Italian opera tenor (* 1845 )
October 19 : Josef Pischna , Bohemian pianist and composer (* 1826 )
December 26 : Anton Leopold Herrmann , Romanian-German composer and church musician (* 1819 )

Exact date of death unknown

Charles Lucièn Lambert , American composer (* 1828 or 1829)

Web links

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