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Overview of the events of 1874 in music
This article is about music-related events in
1874.
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January 4 –
Josef Suk –
Czech composer and violinist (d. 1935)
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February 6 –
David Evans, composer (d. 1948)
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February 20 –
Mary Garden, operatic soprano d. 1967)
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March 31 –
Henri Marteau,
French composer and violinist (d. 1934)
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July 5 –
Anna Lang, Swedish harpist
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July 26 –
Serge Koussevitzky,
Russian-born conductor and double-bassist (d. 1951)
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August 9
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Reynaldo Hahn,
French composer and conductor (d. 1947)
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Lee Orean Smith, American composer, arranger, music editor, publisher, music teacher, multi-instrumentalist, and conductor (d. 1942)
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September 13 –
Arnold Schoenberg, composer (d. 1951)
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September 21 –
Gustav Holst,
English composer (d. 1934)
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October 20 –
Charles Ives,
American composer (d. 1954)
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November 12 –
Bert Williams, entertainer (d. 1922)
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November 15 –
Alberto Zelman, conductor (d. 1927)
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December 13 –
Josef Lhévinne,
Russian pianist (d. 1944)
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December 21 –
Adele Ritchie,
American singer (d. 1930)
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December 22 –
Franz Schmidt,
Austrian composer (d. 1939)
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December 25 –
Lina Cavalieri, glamorous opera singer (d. 1944)
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December 31 –
Ernest Austin, English composer (d. 1947)
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February 13 –
Johann Friedrich Franz Burgmüller, pianist and composer (b. 1806)
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March 20 –
Hans Christian Lumbye,
Denmark composer and conductor (b. 1810)
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May 1 –
Vilém Blodek, flautist, pianist and composer (b. 1834)
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June 30 –
Blanche d'Antigny, singer and actress (b. 1840) (typhoid)
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July 3 –
Franz Bendel, composer (b. 1832)
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October 6 –
Thomas Tellefsen, pianist and composer (b. 1823)
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October 26 –
Peter Cornelius,
German composer (b. 1824)
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November 24 –
Friedrich Wilhelm Grund, German composer (b. 1791)
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December 19 –
Josef Vorel, composer (b. 1801)
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December 22 –
Johann Peter Pixis, German pianist and composer (b. 1788)
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