Music year 1897

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Music year 1897

Instrumental music (selection)

Johann Strauss (son) : Today 'is today' (waltz) op. 471; An der Elbe (Waltz) op. 477. It is the composer's last waltz piece to be given an opus number.
Antonín Dvořák : Heldenlied op.111 (symphonic poem)
Claude Debussy : Chansons de Bilitis
Carl Michael Ziehrer : Ziehrereien , Waltz op. 478;
Richard Strauss : Zwei Gesänge op. 34 for 16-part mixed choir; Four chants for one voice with accompaniment of the orchestra op.33

Musical theater

January 23rd : The first performance of the melodramatic opera Königskinder by Engelbert Humperdinck with the libretto by Elsa Bernstein , who wrote it under the pseudonym Ernst Rosmer, takes place with success at the Hoftheater in Munich.
March 7th : The world premiere of the comic opera Le Tonnelier de Nuremberg by Louis Lacombe takes place in Koblenz.
March 13 : premiere of the operetta Die Göttin der Vernunft by Johann Strauss (son) in the Theater an der Wien . It is the last operetta by the composer that came out during his lifetime.
April 11 : premiere of the opera Gernot by Eugen d'Albert in Mannheim.
May 6th : The opera La Bohème by Ruggero Leoncavallo , who also wrote the libretto, is premiered at the Teatro La Fenice in Venice. Like Giacomo Puccini 's opera of the same name from the previous year, the plot is based on the novel Les scènes de la vie de bohème by Henri Murger , but is more closely based on the original. Competing work on the same subject ended the original friendship between Puccini and Leoncavallo. With his work, Leoncavallo never comes close to Puccini's success. Mimi's first female singer is the native Venetian Rosina Storchio .

May 25 : World premiere of the Ballet Victoria and Merrie England by Arthur Sullivan at the Alhambra Theater, Leicester Square London.

October 2nd : The opera Porin (Demeter) by Vatroslav Lisinski is premiered in Zagreb.

November 27th : The opera L'Arlesiana by Francesco Cilea is premiered at the Teatro Lirico in Milan .

November 27 : Premiere of the opera Sapho by Jules Massenet at the Opéra-Comique (Paris) .

Further premiere:

Paul Lincke : Venus on Earth (operetta)

Born

January to June

0January 5 : Theo Mackeben , German pianist, conductor and composer († 1953 )
0January 8 : Bernard U. Taylor , American music teacher († 1987 )
0January 9 : Luis Gianneo , Argentine composer († 1968 )
January 10 : Sam Chatmon , American blues musician († 1983 )
January 22nd : Efraín Orozco , Colombian composer, conductor and instrumentalist († 1975 )
January 23 : Welby Toomey , American old-time musician († 1989 )
January 30th : Georg Hann , Austrian chamber singer († 1950 )
0February 2 : Willy Schootemeijer , Dutch composer and pianist († 1953 )
February 11 : Yves de la Casinière , French composer and music teacher († 1971 )
February 12 : Břetislav Bakala , Czech conductor, choir director and composer († 1958 )
February 14 : Jørgen Bentzon , Danish composer († 1951 )
February 27 : Marian Anderson , American opera singer († 1993 )
0March 6 : Knudåge Riisager , Danish composer († 1974 )
March 11 : Henry Cowell , American composer († 1965 )
March 20 : Frank Hutchison , American old-time musician († 1945 )
April 12 : Julio Cueva , Cuban trumpeter and composer († 1975 )
April 14 : Edgardo Donato , Argentine tango musician († 1963 )
April 17 : Harald Sæverud , Norwegian composer († 1992 )
April 23 : Pixinguinha , Brazilian musician († 1973 )
April 24 : György Kósa , Hungarian composer († 1984 )
April 25 : Haro Stepanjan , Armenian composer († 1966 )
April 26 : Fiddlin 'Doc Roberts , American old-time musician († 1978 )
0May 5 : Osvaldo Nicolás Fresedo , Argentine musician, arranger, band leader, composer and lyricist († 1984 )
May 14 : Sidney Bechet , American (Creole) soprano saxophonist and clarinetist († 1959 )
May 15 : George Perlman , American violinist, composer and music teacher († 2000 )
May 16 : Walther Geiser , Swiss composer and music teacher († 1993 )
May 18 : Hans Felix Husadel , German composer and professor († 1964 )
May 19 : Enrico Mainardi , Italian cellist, composer and conductor († 1976 )
May 29 : Erich Wolfgang Korngold , Austrian-American composer, conductor and pianist († 1957 )
0June 3 : Memphis Minnie , American blues musician († 1973 )
0June 5 : Jara Beneš , Czech composer († 1949 )
0June 7 : George Szell , Hungarian-American conductor († 1970 )
June 11 : Alexandre Tansman , Polish-French composer († 1986 )
June 15 : Rafael Ignacio , Dominican composer († 1984 )
June 17 : Friedrich Herzfeld , German bandmaster, music writer and music critic († 1967 )
June 23 : Terig Tucci , Argentine composer, violinist, pianist and mandolinist († 1973 )
June 24th : Hermann Busch , German cellist († 1975 )
June 29 : José Dolores Cerón , Dominican composer († 1969 )
June 29 : Ottmar Gerster , German composer († 1969 )

July to December

0July 5 : Paul Ben-Haim , Israeli composer († 1984 )
July 17th : Hermann Neuling , German horn player and composer († 1967 )
July 25 : Hermann Ambrosius , German composer and music teacher († 1983 )
0August 5th : Juan Carlos Paz , Argentine composer († 1972 )
0August 8 : Wilhelm Gabriel , German composer and music publisher († 1964 )
August 14 : Simone Plé-Caussade , French composer, pianist and music teacher († 1986 )
August 25 : Jaroslav Řídký , Czech composer, conductor, musician and music teacher († 1956 )
August 29 : Helge Rosvaenge , Danish tenor († 1972 )
0September 1 : Geza Slovig , Romanian-German church musician, music teacher and composer († 1944 )
0September 3 : Francisco Mignone , Brazilian composer († 1986 )
0September 4 : Gus Arnheim , American pianist, composer, arranger and band leader († 1955 )
0September 8 : Hugo de Groot , Dutch composer and conductor († 1986 )
0September 8 : Jimmie Rodgers , American country musician († 1933 )
September 10 : Hilde Hildebrand , German actress and singer († 1976 )
September 13 : Honorio Siccardi , Argentine composer († 1963 )
September 17 : Will Meisel , German dancer, composer and publisher's founder († 1967 )
0October 5 : Gaspar Cassadó , Spanish cellist († 1966 )
0October 8 : Joseph Calvet , French violinist († 1984 )
October 24th : Lazar Weiner , American composer and choir director († 1982 )
October 30 : Agustín Lara , Mexican composer and singer († 1970 )
0November 4 : Oscar Lorenzo Fernández , Brazilian composer († 1948 )
November 12 : Karl Marx , German composer and educator († 1985 )
November 30th : Lilli Bohnke , German violinist († 1928 )
November 30th : Quinto Maganini , American composer and conductor († 1974 )
0December 5 : Sonny Boy Williamson , American blues musician († 1965 )
December 10 : Ernesto Cortázar , Mexican composer, actor, director and screenwriter († 1953 )
December 14 : Georges Thill , French opera tenor († 1984 )
December 18 : Fletcher Henderson , American jazz pianist, band leader and composer († 1952 )
December 19 : Dajos Béla , Russian violinist and dance band leader († 1978 )
December 22nd : Max Hansen , Danish cabaret artist, film actor and singer († 1961 )
December 29th : Hermann Heiss , German composer for twelve-tone music and electronic music († 1966 )

Exact date of birth unknown

Rildia Bee Cliburn , American music teacher († 1994 )
Maurice Franck , French composer and music teacher († 1983 )

Died

February 23 : Woldemar Bargiel , German composer (* 1828 )
0April 3 : Johannes Brahms , German pianist and composer of the Romantic period (* 1833 )
April 26 : Roberto Stagno , Italian opera tenor (* 1840 )
May 10 : William Thomas Best , English organist (* 1826 )
May 14 : Max Maretzek , American opera director, conductor and composer (* 1821 )
May 15 : John Naylor , English organist and composer (* 1838 )
June 18 : Franz Krenn , Austrian composer (* 1816 )
June 29th : Otakar Berger , Czech cellist (* 1873 )
July 27 : Bernhard Kothe , German composer, church musician, music historian and teacher (* 1821 )
September 12 : Alix Fournier , French composer (* 1864 )
October 11 : Léon Boëllmann , French organist and composer (* 1862 )
October 17th : Isidor Dannström , Swedish composer (* 1812 )
October 19 : Friedrich Hermann Lütkemüller , German organ builder (* 1815 )
0November 6th : Edouard Deldevez , French composer, violinist and conductor (* 1817 )
0December 4 : Adolf Neuendorff , German-American composer, pianist, director and theater manager (* 1843 )
December 29th : Léon Carvalho , French singer and opera director (* 1825 )

Exact date of death unknown

Zekai Dede , Turkish composer (* 1825 )

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