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Overview of the events of 1871 in music
This article is about music-related events in
1871.
Aida première set design
Events
Published popular music
Classical music
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Georges Bizet –
Jeux d'enfants
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Dudley Buck – Variations on a Scotch Air, Op.51
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Hans von Bülow – Il Carnevale di Milano, Op.21
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Peter Cornelius – Chorgesänge
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Charles Gounod – Boléro, CG 354
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Stephen Heller – Freischütz Studien, Op.127
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Adolf Jensen – 12 Lieder aus Joseph Victor Scheffels Gaudeamus, Op.40
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Jules Massenet
- Dialogue nocturne
- Le roman d'Arlequin
- Rêvons, c'est l'heure
- Scènes hongroises, premiered November 26 in Paris
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Karl Matys – 4 Solostücke, Op.15
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Olivier Metra
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Johann Rufinatscha
- 6 Charakterstücke, Op.14
- Fantasie in B major for piano, Op.15
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Camille Saint-Saëns –
Romance, Op. 37
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Eduard Strauss – Fesche Geister, Op.75
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Johann Strauss, Jr.
- Indigo-Quadrille, Op.344
- Tausend und eine Nacht, Op.346
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Arthur Sullivan – The Merchant of Venice, premiered November 19 in Manchester
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky –
String Quartet No. 1 (Tchaikovsky)
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Robert Volkmann – Overture to Shakespeare's Richard III, Op.68
Opera
Musical theatre
Births
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March 1 –
Ben Harney, American composer and ragtime pianist (d. 1938)
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March 4 –
Henri Delépine, composer (died 1956)
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March 8 –
Gaston Borch, composer (died 1926)
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March 12 –
Helene Wiet, Austrian opera singer (d. 1939)
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April 21 –
Leo Blech, German conductor and composer (d. 1958)
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May 7 –
Paolo Litta, Italian composer (d. 1931)
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May 30 –
Harry Macdonough, Canadian-American singer and music executive (d. 1931)
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June 17 –
James Weldon Johnson, African American songwriter, author, diplomat and educator (d. 1938)
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June 29 –
Luisa Tetrazzini, Italian soprano (d. 1940)
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July 10 –
Franz Evers, lyricist and music publisher (died 1947)
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August 1 –
Oskar Fried, composer (died 1941)
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August 16 –
Zacharia Paliashvili, Georgian composer (d. 1933)
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December 20 –
Henry Kimball Hadley, American composer (d. 1937)
Deaths
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January 4 –
Vincent Adler, pianist and composer (b. 1826)
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February 1 –
Alexander Serov, composer and music critic (b. 1820)
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February 7 –
Henry E. Steinway, German-American piano manufacturer (b. 1797)
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February 11 –
Filippo Taglioni, dancer and choreographer (b. 1777)
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March 26 –
François-Joseph Fétis, composer and musicologist (b. 1784)
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April 27 –
Sigismond Thalberg, pianist and composer (b. 1812)
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May 12 –
Daniel Auber, composer (born 1782)
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May 26 –
Aimé Maillart, composer (b. 1817)
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July 17 –
Karl Tausig, pianist and composer (b. 1841) (typhoid)
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July 20 –
François Delsarte, singer and music teacher (b. 1811)
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August 12 –
Tiyo Soga, composer of hymns (b. 1829)
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September 3 –
Václav Emanuel Horák, church musician and composer (b. 1800)
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September 26 –
Cipriani Potter, pianist and composer (b. 1792)
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December 12 –
Henrik Rung, composer (b. 1807)
- date unknown
References