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Overview of the events of 1859 in music
Events
January 14 –
Hans von Bülow interrupts a performance of
Franz Liszt 's
Die Ideale at the
Berlin Singakademie to ask for hostile elements in the audience to be silent.
[1]
January 22 – The
First Piano Concerto of
Johannes Brahms is given its first public performance in
Hanover .
February 8 – Count Michael Wielhorsky invites musical associates to his home in an attempt to revive the Symphonic Society; this indirectly results in the formation of the
Russian Musical Society , under the patronage of
Grand Duchess Elena Pavlovna and her protégé,
Anton Rubinstein .
[1]
March 4 – Charter of the French Opera House,
New Orleans , which opens on
December 1 of the same year with a gala performance of
Rossini 's
William Tell .
March 11 –
Giuseppe Verdi announces his retirement to friends at a dinner party.
[1]
March 12 – The Prelude to Act 1 of
Tristan und Isolde receives its first public performance at the Sophieninselsaal in
Prague , in a charity concert in aid of poor medical students, conducted by
Hans von Bülow , who provided his own concert ending for the occasion.
April 3 –
Richard Wagner takes up residence in
Lucerne , Switzerland.
[1]
April 4 –
Bryant's Minstrels premiere the minstrel song "
Dixie " (probably written by
Dan Emmett ) at
Mechanics' Hall in New York City as part of their
blackface show.
April 4 –
Tannhäuser is performed at the
Stadt Theater in
New York City under the musical direction of
Carl Bergmann . It is the first performance of a
Wagner opera in the
United States .
May 6 – At the first concert of the Victoria Philharmonic Society, its future conductor
John Bayley is a soloist on both clarinet and violin.
[2]
July 1 – A monument to
George Frideric Handel (by Hermann Heidel) is unveiled in his birthplace,
Halle ;
Franz Liszt is among those present.
October 23 –
Richard Wagner and an ailing
Hector Berlioz meet in Paris and make up their differences.
[1]
December 19 –
César Franck inaugurates the new organ at the basilia of
Sainte-Clotilde, Paris , an instrument built by
Aristide Cavaillé-Coll .
[1]
Alexander Borodin begins a period of chemical research at Heidelberg, working on benzene derivatives.
Alberto Mazzucato becomes musical director of
La Scala opera house.
Richard Wagner finishes his opera
Tristan und Isolde . The Prelude to Act 1 receives its first public performance on March 2.
Published popular music
"Darling little blue eyed Nell" w. B. E. Woolf m. Frederick Buckley
"I’m on My Journey Home"
Sarah Lancaster
"Thou Art the Queen of My Song"
Stephen Foster
In 1859,
John Freeman Young published the English translation of
Silent Night that is most frequently sung today.
"Upidee", arranged by H. G. Spaulding
Classical music
Charles-Valentin Alkan –
Concerto for Solo Piano
Mily Balakirev – Overture to King Lear
[3]
Hector Berlioz
arrangement of Plaisir d’amour , H.134
Hymne pour la consécration du nouveau tabernacle, H 135
Johannes Brahms
Max Bruch
Piano Trio, Op.5
String Quartet No. 1 in C minor, Op. 9
Felix Draeseke – Helges Treue
Jules Egghard – Méditation d'une jeune fille, Op.41
Edvard Grieg
23 Little Piano Pieces , EG 104
Siehst du das Meer, for voice and piano
Fromental Halévy – Italie (cantata)
Friedrich Hegar – Violin Sonata in C minor
Stephen Heller – 2 Valses, Op.93
Theodor Kirchner – 16 Preludes, Op.9
Franz Liszt
Totentanz
first version of Psalm 23
Prelude after a theme from Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen for piano
Deux Épisodes d'apres le Faust de Lenau (orchestral arrangement)
Festgesang, S.26
Te Deum II for chorus, organ, brass and percussion, S. 27
Künstlerfestzug zur Schillerfeier 1859, S.114
Giacomo Meyerbeer – Le revenant du vieux château de Bade, ballade
Stanisław Moniuszko – Śpiewnik domowy No.5
Michał Kleofas Ogiński – 6 Polonaises
Joachim Raff – 6 Morceaux, Op.85
Stanislas Verroust
Solo de concert No.4, Op.77
Solo de concert No.5, Op.78
Solo de concert No.6, Op.79
Opera
Musical theater
Births
January 26 –
W. O. Forsyth , pianist and composer (died
1937 )
February 1 –
Victor Herbert , cellist, conductor and composer (died
1924 )
March 8
April 3 –
Reginald de Koven , US composer (died
1920 )
April 5 –
Wilhelm Harteveld , composer (died
1927 )
April 11 –
Basil Harwood , organist and composer (died
1949 )
May 13
June 22 –
Frank Heino Damrosch , founder of Institute of Music (died
1937 )
June 27 –
Mildred J. Hill , composer of "Happy Birthday to You" (died
1916 )
July 11 –
Alfred Maria Willner , composer (died 1929)
July 15 –
Carlo Munier , musician (died 1911)
July 21 –
Charles H. Taylor , lyricist (died
1907 )
September 21 –
Otto Lohse , conductor and composer (died
1925 )
September 24 –
Julius Klengel , cellist, composer (died
1933 )
October 14 –
Camille Chevillard , conductor and composer (died
1923 )
October 20 –
Guglielmo Zuelli , opera composer (died
1941 )
October 26 –
Arthur Friedheim , Russian-born pianist
November 15 –
Joseph Vidal , composer (died
1924 )
November 17 –
Gerhard Rosenkrone Schjelderup , composer (died 1933)
November 19 –
Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov , conductor and composer (died
1935 )
November 22 –
Cecil Sharp , folk music revivalist (died
1924 )
November 30 –
Sergei Lyapunov , pianist and composer (died
1924 )
December 21 –
Max Fiedler , conductor and composer (died
1939 )
December 23 –
Adrian Ross , English lyricist (died
1933 )
December 24 –
Roman Statkowski , composer (died 1925)
December 27 –
William Henry Hadow , musicologist (died
1937 )
December 30 –
Josef Bohuslav Foerster , composer (died
1951 )
Deaths
January 7 –
Peter Ferdinand Funck , violinist and composer (born
1788 )
January 13 –
Francisco José Debali , composer (born
1791 )
January 20 –
Bettina von Arnim , composer (born
1785 )
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February 6 –
Jane Stirling , pianist and friend of Frédéric Chopin (born
1804 ; ovarian cyst)
February 26 –
Ferdinand Lukas Schubert , composer (born 1794)
March 14 –
Nicola Tacchinardi , cellist and operatic tenor (born
1772 )
March 30 –
Philippe Musard , composer (born 1792)
April 14 –
Ignaz Bösendorfer , piano manufacturer (born
1796 )
July 23 –
Marceline Desbordes-Valmore , actress, singer and poet (born
1786 )
July 29
August 18 –
Antonio D'Antoni , opera composer and conductor (born
1801 )
August 28 –
Edward Holmes , musicologist, music critic, pianist and music educator (born
1797 )
October 16 –
John Fane, 11th Earl of Westmorland , soldier, politician, diplomat and musician (born
1784 )
October 22 –
Louis Spohr , violinist, conductor and composer (born 1784)
November 7 –
Carl Gottlieb Reißiger , Kapellmeister and composer (born
1798 )
December 13 – Daniel Liszt, son of
Franz Liszt and Countess
Marie d'Agoult (born
1839 ; tuberculosis)
December 31 –
Luigi Ricci , composer (born
1805 )
Date unknown –
Lewis Henry Lavenu , conductor, composer and impresario (born
1818 )
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