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Overview of the events of 1837 in music
This article is about music-related events in
1837.
Events
Captain E. G. Austin's Quick Step
Publications
Published popular music
Classical music
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Charles-Valentin Alkan – 3 Morceaux dans le genre pathétique, Op. 15
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Ludwig Berger – 15 Etudes, Op.33
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Charles-Auguste de Bériot – Violin Concerto No. 1, Op.16
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Hector Berlioz –
Grande Messe des Morts
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Frédéric Chopin
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Fanny Ellsler – 3 Airs de Ballet
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Adolf von Henselt
- Romance, Op. 10
- Variations de concert sur le motif de l'opéra '
L'elisir d'amore', Op. 1
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Franz Liszt
- Grandes études, S. 137
- Album d'un voyageur, S. 156
- Hexaméron, S. 392
- Soirées musicales de Rossini, S. 424
- 12 Lieder von Franz Schubert, S. 558
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Felix Mendelssohn
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Carl Gottlieb Reissiger
- 3 String Quartets, Op.111
- 4 Gesänge, Op.117
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Robert Schumann
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Johann Strauss Sr. – Cachucha-Galopp, Op.97
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Sigismond Thalberg
- 12 Etudes, Op.26
- Grand Fantasia on 'God save the Queen' and 'Rule Britannia', Op.27
Opera
Births
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January 2 –
Mily Balakirev, Russian pianist, conductor and composer (d. 1910)
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January 12 –
Adolf Jensen, German pianist, composer and music teacher (d. 1879)
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January 27 –
Carlotta Ferrari, composer (died 1907)
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February 23 –
Rosalía de Castro, lyricist (died 1885)
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March 12 –
Alexandre Guilmant, organist (died 1911)
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March 15 –
Célestine Galli-Marié, operatic mezzo-soprano, the original Carmen (d. 1905)
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April 13 –
Julius Weissenborn, German bassoonist, music teacher and composer (d. 1888)
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April 18 –
Armand Silvestre, librettist (died 1901)
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May 23 –
Józef Wieniawski, pianist (died 1912)
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June 1 –
Ferdinand Quentin Dulcken, English (later American) pianist and composer (d. 1901)
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June 25 –
Josef Werner, composer (died 1922)
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July 6 –
Władysław Żeleński, composer (died 1921)
[5]
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July 30 –
Signe Hebbe, operatic soprano (d. 1925)
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August 24
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September 19 –
Adolf Gustaw Sonnenfeld, composer (died 1914)
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December 7 –
Édouard Mangin, musician (died 1907)
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December 9 –
Emile Waldteufel, pianist and composer (d. 1915)
[6]
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December 24 –
Cosima Wagner, daughter of
Franz Liszt and wife of
Richard Wagner (d. 1930)
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December 30 –
Ida Marie Lipsius, music writer (d. 1927)
- date unknown
Deaths
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January 23 –
John Field, pianist and composer (b. 1782)
[7]
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February 10 –
Aleksandr Pushkin, Russian poet and librettist (born 1799)
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April 9 –
Polly Cuninghame, ballet dancer (b. c. 1785)
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May 5
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June 16 –
Valentino Fioravanti, opera buffa composer (b. 1764)
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July 28 –
Joseph Schubert, violinist and composer (b. 1754)
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August 6 –
Johann Nepomuk Schelble, composer (b. 1789)
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October 6 –
Jean François Lesueur, composer (b. 1760/1763)
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October 11 –
Samuel Wesley, organist and composer, son of hymn-writer
Charles Wesley
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October 17 –
Johann Nepomuk Hummel, composer (b. 1778)
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October 28 –
Jean-Blaise Martin, opera singer (b. 1768)
- date unknown
References