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Overview of the events of 1872 in music
This article is about music-related events in
1872.
Events
Published popular music
Classical music
Opera
Musical theater
Publications
Births
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January 1 –
Hermine Finck, opera singer (d. 1932)
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January 6 –
Alexander Scriabin, Russian composer (d. 1915)
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January 11 –
Paul Graener, conductor and composer (d. 1944)
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January 16 –
Henri Büsser, conductor and composer (d. 1973)
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January 23 –
Adelina de Lara, pianist and composer (d. 1961)
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March 6 –
Ben Harney, ragtime pianist and songwriter (d. 1938)
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March 7 –
Vasily Andreyevich Zolotaryov, Russian composer
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March 8 –
Paul Juon, Russian-Swiss violinist and composer (d. 1940)
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March 10 –
Felix Borowski, composer and music teacher (d. 1956)
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March 19 –
Sergei Diaghilev, choreographer (d. 1929)
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March 20 –
Bernhard Sekles, composer and music teacher (d. 1934)
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March 30 –
Sergey Nikiforovich Vasilenko, composer (d. 1956)
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April 1 – Tadeusz Joteyko, composer
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April 29 –
Eyvind Alnæs, composer (d. 1932)
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May 1 –
Hugo Alfvén, composer (d. 1960)
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June 22 –
Clara Mathilda Faisst, pianist (died 1948)
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July 7 – Juan Lamonte de Grignon, pianist, conductor and composer (d. 1949)
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July 8 –
Harry Von Tilzer, songwriter (d. 1946)
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July 18 –
Julius Fučík, composer (d. 1916)
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July 20 –
Déodat de Séverac, composer (d. 1921)
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August 10 –
Bill Johnson, dixieland jazz double-bassist (d. 1972)
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August 15
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September 9 –
Josef Stránský, conductor (died 1936)
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October 12 –
Ralph Vaughan Williams, composer (d. 1958)
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November 29 –
Anna von Mildenburg, Austrian soprano (d. 1947)
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December 17 –
Walter Loving, military bandleader (k. 1945)
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December 20 –
Lorenzo Perosi, Italian composer (d. 1956)
Deaths
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January 20 –
Raffaele Sacco, lyricist (b. 1787)
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February 16 –
Henry Fothergill Chorley, music critic (b. 1808)
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March 22 –
Karolina Bock, singer, dancer and actress (b. 1792)
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March 23? -
Hugo Ulrich, composer, teacher and arranger (b. 1827) (poss. born May 23)
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April 3 –
Henriette Widerberg, operatic soprano (b. 1796)
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April 12 –
Nikolaos Mantzaros, composer (b. 1795)
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May 5 –
Johann Kulik, luthier (b. 1800)
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May 9 –
Viktorin Hallmayer, conductor and composer (b. 1831)
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May 15 –
Thomas Hastings, composer of hymns (b. 1784)
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July 26 –
Michele Carafa, opera composer (b. 1787)
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August 4 –
Wilhelm Friedrich Wieprecht, conductor and composer (b. 1802)
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August 11 –
Lowell Mason, organist and composer (b. 1792)
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September 16 –
Gall Morel, choirmaster (b. 1803)
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November 21
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November 29 –
Giovanni Tadolini, composer
References