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Overview of the events of 1839 in music
Overview of the events of 1839 in music
This article is about music-related events in
1839.
Events
Classical music
Opera
Published popular music
Births
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January 1 –
James Ryder Randall, popular songwriter
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January 9 –
John Knowles Paine, composer and musicologist
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February 7 –
Elie Miriam Delaborde, editor and pianist (died 1913)
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April 18 –
Lotten Edholm, composer
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March 2 –
Victoria Bundsen, alto
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March 10 –
Dudley Buck, American composer and organist
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March 17 –
Josef Rheinberger, composer (d. 1901)
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March 19 – Gustav Roguski, composer and teacher of
Mieczysław Karłowicz
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March 21 –
Modest Mussorgsky, composer (d. 1881)
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April 12 –
Victorin de Joncières, composer and music critic (d. 1903)
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May 19 –
Alice Mary Smith, composer (d. 1884)
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July 14 –
Sydney Smith, English composer and pianist
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August 24 –
Eduard Nápravník, composer (d. 1916)
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November 24 –
James Warren York, businessman, musical instrument maker
Deaths
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February 16 –
Ludwig Berger, pianist, composer and music teacher (b. 1777)
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March 8 –
Adolphe Nourrit, operatic tenor (b. 1802) (suicide)
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April 20 – Giuseppe Rossini, father of the composer
Gioacchino Rossini
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May 3 –
Ferdinando Paer, composer (b. 1771)
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June 8 –
Aloysia Weber, operatic soprano (b. c. 1760)
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June 11 –
Regina Strinasacchi, violinist (b. c. 1761)
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June 14 –
Nicolas Mori, violinist, conductor and music publisher (b. 1796)
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June 15 –
Hans Skramstad, pianist and composer (b. 1797)
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July 10 –
Fernando Sor, guitarist and composer (b. 1778)
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September 21 –
Gottfried Weber, music theorist (b. 1779)
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December 7 –
Jan August Vitásek, composer (b. 1770)
Awards