Music year 1898

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Music year 1898

Events

April: The Neapolitan musician and composer Eduardo Di Capua writes the song 'O sole mio .
September 19 : In Stockholm , after a construction period of around six years , the Royal Opera House , newly built in neoclassical style by Axel Anderberg , opens in the presence of King Oskar II . Is played Adolf Fredrik Lindblad Opera Frondörerna (The rebels) .

December 14 : The Vienna Volksoper opens under the name Kaiser-Jubiläums-Stadttheater on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the throne of Franz Joseph I. The emperor stayed away from the opening because of the murder of his wife.

Instrumental music (selection)

Johann Strauss (son) : Auf's Korn (March) op. 478; Kaiser-Franz-Joseph-Jubilee-March composed for the 50th jubilee of the emperor;
August Klughardt : Overture for the centenary of the court theater jubilee in Dessau in E flat major, Op. 78
Charles-Marie Widor : Introduction et rondo in B flat major op. 72 for clarinet and piano
Giuseppe Verdi : Quattro pezzi sacri first performed in 1898. This is Verdi's last major composition.
Jean Sibelius : King Kristian (King Christian) , Suite from the incidental music for orchestra op.27
Richard Strauss : Ein Heldenleben symphonic poem completed in 1898, premiered in 1899

Musical theater

January 5th : The world premiere of the Viennese operetta Der Opernball by Richard Heuberger with the libretto by Victor Léon takes place at the Theater an der Wien in Vienna .

March 8th : The world premiere of the tone poem Don Quixote by Richard Strauss takes place in Cologne's Gürzenich with the conductor Franz Wüllner . It is based on the novel Don Quixote de la Mancha by the Spanish author Miguel de Cervantes and is composed in the form of a Sinfonia concertante , with a solo cello representing the figure of Don Quixote , as well as viola, tenor tube and bass clarinet soloists, the Sancho Pansa represent.

May 24th : Premiere of the opera Fantasio by Ethel Smyth in Weimar.

May 28 : World premiere of Arthur Sullivan's romantic musical drama The Beauty Stone at the Savoy Theater, London

October 20 : The musical comedy The Departure of Eugen d'Albert based on the literary model of the same name by August Ernst von Steigentesch is premiered in Frankfurt am Main .

November 18 : The world premiere of the musical tragedy Don Quixote by Wilhelm Kienzl takes place in Berlin.

November 22nd : Premiere of the opera Iris by Pietro Mascagni in Rome.

December 7th : World premiere of the opera Mozart and Salieri by Nikolai Andrejewitsch Rimsky-Korsakow in Moscow.

Further stage work premieres

Sidney Jones : A Greek Slave (musical stage work)
Adolf Müller junior : The blond from Namur (operetta)

Born

January to June

0January 1 : Marta Fuchs , German concert and opera singer († 1974 )
0January 1 : Viktor Ullmann , Austrian-Czech composer, conductor and pianist († 1944 )
0January 7th : Gerónimo Baqueiro Foster , Mexican musicologist and composer († 1967 )
0January 7th : Al Bowlly , South African pop and jazz singer († 1941 )
January 17th : Jerzy Lefeld , Polish composer, pianist and music teacher († 1980 )
January 26 : Walter Frey , Swiss pianist and music teacher († 1985 )
0February 3 : Lil Hardin Armstrong , American jazz pianist, singer and composer († 1971 )
0February 5 : Will Shade , American blues musician († 1966 )
0February 6 : Erna Sack , German singer (soprano) († 1972 )
February 12 : Roy Harris , American composer († 1979 )
February 21 : Irving Cohn , American songwriter († 1961 )
February 25 : Camille Bernard , Canadian singer, teacher and actress († 1984 )
February 27 : Bronisław Rutkowski , Polish organist, musicologist and music teacher († 1964 )
0March 3 : Humberto Viscarra Monje , Bolivian composer († 1971 )
0March 4th : René Leroy , French flautist and music teacher († 1985 )
March 11 : Amédé Ardoin , American musician († 1941 )
March 16 : Alina de Silva , Peruvian singer and actress († 1972 )
March 18 : Ofelia Nieto , Spanish singer († 1931 )
0April 9 : Julius Patzak , Austrian opera and lied singer († 1974 )
0April 9 : Paul Robeson , American actor, singer, athlete, author and civil rights activist († 1976 )
April 10 : Fred Hall , American musician and conductor († 1954 )
April 11 : Robert d'Escourt Atkinson , British astronomer, physicist and inventor († 1982 )
April 11 : Conny Méndez , Venezuelan actress, painter and caricaturist, writer and composer and founder of the Movimiento de Metafísica Cristiana († 1979 )
April 15 : Ria Ginster , German singer and vocal teacher († 1985 )
April 15 : Flemming Weis , Danish composer († 1981 )
April 17 : Armand Hiebner , Swiss music critic and choir director († 1990 )
May 10 : Herbert Elwell , American composer and music teacher († 1974 )
May 21 : Karel Hába , Czech composer († 1972 )
May 25 : Mischa Levitzki , American pianist († 1941 )
0June 6th : Ninette de Valois , Irish classical ballet dancer († 2001 )
June 19 : Paul Müller-Zurich , Swiss composer († 1993 )
June 29th : Yvonne Lefébure , French pianist († 1986 )

July to December

0July 6 : Hanns Eisler , German composer († 1962 )
0July 7th : Germaine Malépart , Canadian pianist and music teacher († 1963 )
July 19 : Juan Bautista Plaza , Venezuelan composer († 1965 )
July 21 : Sara Carter , American country singer († 1979 )
July 27 : Lena Amsel , German dancer and actress († 1929 )
August 18 : Gaston Crunelle , French flautist and music teacher († 1990 )
August 24 : Fred Rose , American country musician, composer and publicist († 1954 )
0September 6 : Boris Blinder , American cellist († 1987 )
September 12 : Alma Moodie , Australian violinist († 1943 )
September 13 : Bernard Etté , German conductor, violin instrument († 1973 )
September 13 : Roger Désormière , French conductor († 1963 )
September 22 : Karl Pistorius , Austrian opera singer († 1966 )
September 26 : George Gershwin , American composer († 1937 )
September 27 : Vincent Youmans , American composer († 1946 )
0October 1 : Karl Franz Rankl , Austrian conductor and composer († 1968 )
0October 7th : Alfred Wallenstein , American conductor and cellist († 1983 )
October 15 : Günther Ramin , German organist, choir director and composer († 1956 )
October 17th : Shinichi Suzuki , Japanese violinist († 1998 )
0November 1 : Sippie Wallace , American blues musician († 1986 )
0December 3 : Lew Konstantinowitsch Knipper , Russian composer († 1974 )
December 28 : Mischa Spoliansky , Russian-British composer († 1985 )
December 29th : Jeanne Leleu , French composer († 1979 )

Died

January 11th : Gaetano Capocci , Italian church musician, organist and composer (* 1811 )
January 15 : Antoine François Marmontel , French composer (* 1816 )
March 20 : Aristide Hignard , French composer (* 1822 )
April 21 : Louis Théodore Gouvy , German-French composer (* 1819 )
July 13 : Paul de Schlözer , Russian pianist and music teacher of German origin (* 1841 or 1842)
July 18 : Emil Hartmann , Danish composer (* 1836 )
July 20 : Juri Arnold , Russian composer (* 1811 )
July 21 : Franz Arnfelser , Austrian composer (* 1846 )
0August 6 : Rudolf Löw , Swiss composer and organist (* 1832 )
August 13 : Adrien Barthe , French composer (* 1828 )
August 17th : Carl Zeller , Austrian lawyer and composer (* 1842 )
August 21 : Niccolò van Westerhout , Italian composer (* 1857 )
0September 9 : Jean-Baptiste Labelle , Canadian organist, pianist, composer and conductor (* 1825 )
September 14th : Adolphe Samuel , Belgian composer, conductor and music teacher (* 1824 )
October 18 : Franz Magnus Böhme , German music teacher, folk song researcher and collector (* 1827 )
0November 4 : Charles Jerome Hopkins , American composer (* 1836 )
November 17th : Philipp M. Schmutzer , Austrian musician and composer (* 1821 )
December 15 : Wilhelm Franz Speer , German composer, organist and choir conductor (* 1823 )
December 24th : Eugeniusz Pankiewicz , Polish composer and pianist (* 1857 )
December 29th : Georg Goltermann , German cellist (* 1824 )

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