1874, from day to day
1874. With other artists, Johannes Brahms, Bedřich Smetana and Richard Wagner influenced their time (romantic era). That year would see the birth of future classical or lyrical artists, such as Arnold Schoenberg, while others would disappear. That year, new works would be composed, published or performed for the first time in public, such as “The Valkyrie” de Richard Wagner, for example. That year, halls or orchestras would be founded or ceased to operate.
All these moments, more or less notable, make the year 1874 a page in the history of classical and lyrical music to be discovered or rediscovered. soclassiq currently lists more than 310 of these moments for 1874.
The year 1874 in classical music and in lyrical art
January
01
Birth of Hugo Leichtentritt That year: 1874, Classical music, German-Jewish musicologist and composer (dead in 1951)
03
Birth of Thomas W. Thurban That year: 1874, Classical music, British composer (dead in 1967)
04
Birth of Josef Suk That year: 1874, Classical music, Czech composer and violinist (1874-1935) (dead in 1935)
Birth of Léon Delafosse That year: 1874, Classical music, French composer and pianist (1874-1951) (dead in 1951)
Birth of London String de Quartet That year: 1874, Classical music, English string quartet (dead in 1945)
06
Birth of Charles Gilbert Spross That year: 1874, Classical music, composer (dead in 1961)
07
Death of Ernesto Cavallini That year: 1874, Classical music, Italian musician (born in 1807)
Birth of Vasili Vinogradov That year: 1874, Classical music, Soviet composer (dead in 1948)
08
Birth of Max Raebel That year: 1874, Classical music, German composer and painter (1874-1946) (dead in 1946)
10
Birth of Enrico Cannio That year: 1874, Classical music, Italian composer (dead in 1949)
11
Birth of Otto Zweig That year: 1874, Classical music, composer (dead in 1942)
21
Death of Euphrosyne Parepa-Rosa That year: 1874, Classical music, British operatic soprano (born in 1836)
Birth of Édouard Trémisot That year: 1874, Classical music, composer (dead in 1952)
22
Death of Karl Eisner That year: 1874, Classical music, composer (born in 1802)
26
Birth of Edmond-Nathan Yafil That year: 1874, Classical music, composer (dead in 1928)
27
Premiere of Boris Godunov That year: 1874, Classical music (Opera), Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky
30
Birth of Harriet Behnee That year: 1874, Classical music, American opera singer (1874-1963) (dead in 1963)
31
Birth of Adolf Jellouschegg That year: 1874, Classical music, Austrian opera singer (dead in 1939)
February
06
Birth of Magna Lykseth-Skogman That year: 1874, Classical music, Swedish opera singer (dead in 1949)
Birth of David Evans That year: 1874, Classical music, composer (dead in 1948)
12
Birth of George Siemonn That year: 1874, Classical music, composer (dead in 1952)
13
Death of Friedrich Burgmüller That year: 1874, Classical music, German composer (born in 1806)
16
Birth of Marie Gutheil-Schoder That year: 1874, Classical music, German opera soprano (1874-1935) (dead in 1935)
18
Birth of Louis Laloy That year: 1874, Classical music, French writer, musicologist and sinologist (1874-1944) (dead in 1944)
Death of William Sandys That year: 1874, Classical music, British folk-song collector (born in 1792)
20
Birth of Mary Garden That year: 1874, Classical music, Scottish opera singer (1874-1967) (dead in 1967)
Birth of Salvatore Cardillo That year: 1874, Classical music, Italian composer (dead in 1947)
21
Birth of Vincenzo Reschiglian That year: 1874, Classical music, Italian opera singer (dead in 1955)
Birth of Kōji Nagai That year: 1874, Classical music, Japanese composer (dead in 1965)
23
Birth of Hugh S. Roberton That year: 1874, Classical music, Scottish composer and choirmaster (1874-1952) (dead in 1952)
24
Birth of George Botsford That year: 1874, Classical music, American composer (dead in 1949)
25
Death of Josep Anselm Clavé That year: 1874, Classical music, Catalan businessperson, composer and writer (1824-1874) (born in 1824)
Birth of Pavel Andreyev That year: 1874, Classical music, Soviet singer and opera singer (1874-1950) (dead in 1950)
28
Birth of Giovanni Ocio That year: 1874, Classical music, composer (dead in 1942)
Also in February
Birth of Max Lewandowsky That year: 1874, Classical music, composer, conductor (dead in 1906) .
March
03
Death of Louis Plaidy That year: 1874, Classical music, German piano teacher and compiler of books of technical music studies (1810-1874) (born in 1810)
Birth of Ada Crossley That year: 1874, Classical music, Australian singer (1874–1929) (dead in 1929)
Birth of Ossip Schnirlin That year: 1874, Classical music, violinist (dead in 1939)
Death of Jacob Knapp That year: 1874, Classical music, composer (born in 1799)
07
Birth of Ivan Rubchak That year: 1874, Classical music, Ukrainian theatre actor and singer (dead in 1952)
12
Birth of Edmund Eysler That year: 1874, Classical music, Austrian composer (1874-1949) (dead in 1949)
13
Birth of Amadeo von der Hoya That year: 1874, Classical music, composer (dead in 1922)
17
Birth of Paula Doenges That year: 1874, Classical music, German opera singer (1874-1931) (dead in 1931)
19
Birth of Johannes Bischoff That year: 1874, Classical music, German opera singer and stage actor (1874-1936) (dead in 1936)
20
Death of Hans Christian Lumbye That year: 1874, Classical music, Danish composer (born in 1810)
22
Birth of Peter Lordmann That year: 1874, Classical music, German singer (1874-1955) (dead in 1955)
26
Birth of Oskar Nedbal That year: 1874, Classical music, Czech conductor, composer, and violist (1874–1940) (dead in 1930)
Birth of John Ansell That year: 1874, Classical music, English composer and conductor (dead in 1948)
Birth of Marguerite Achard That year: 1874, Classical music, composer (dead in 1963)
27
Birth of Andrés de Segurola That year: 1874, Classical music, Spanish opera singer (dead in 1953)
31
Birth of Henri Marteau That year: 1874, Classical music, French violinist and composer (1874-1934) (dead in 1934)
Birth of Andrés Gaos Berea That year: 1874, Classical music, Spanish music educator, violinist and composer (dead in 1959)
Birth of Ferdinand Scherber That year: 1874, Classical music, composer, librarian, musicologist, musician, music critic (dead in 1944)
April
03
Birth of Eduardo Sánchez de Fuentes That year: 1874, Classical music, Cuban composer (1874-1944) (dead in 1944)
05
Premiere of The Bat That year: 1874, Classical music (Opera), Johann Strauss II
Birth of Antonín Hradil That year: 1874, Classical music, Czech conductor, music educator, composer and organist (1874-1937) (dead in 1937)
08
Death of Alois Grois That year: 1874, Classical music, (1809-1874) (born in 1809)
09
Birth of Julius Bittner That year: 1874, Classical music, Austrian composer (dead in 1939)
10
Birth of Arthur Bruhns That year: 1874, Classical music, German composer (dead in 1928)
21
Birth of Giulio Bas That year: 1874, Classical music, Italian musician (dead in 1929)
22
Birth of Agostino Donini That year: 1874, Classical music, composer (dead in 1937)
25
Death of Amédée Méreaux That year: 1874, Classical music, French musicologist, pianist, and composer (born in 1802)
Birth of Emil Karl Janser That year: 1874, Classical music, composer (dead in 1938)
26
Birth of Louis Bleuzet That year: 1874, Classical music, French oboist and music educator (dead in 1941)
27
Death of Pietro Mongini That year: 1874, Classical music, Italian opera singer (born in 1828)
Birth of H. G. Pelissier That year: 1874, Classical music, English theatrical producer, composer and satirist (dead in 1913)
May
01
Death of Vilém Blodek That year: 1874, Classical music, Czech composer, flautist, and pianist (1834-1874) (born in 1834)
02
Birth of Jeanne Darlays That year: 1874, Classical music, French opera singer (1874-1958) (dead in 1958)
06
Death of Karel Vraný That year: 1874, Classical music, Czech composer and choirmaster (born in 1840)
10
Birth of Gustave Huberdeau That year: 1874, Classical music, French opera singer (1874-1945) (dead in 1945)
Birth of Anna Erichsen That year: 1874, Classical music, singer, opera singer (dead in 1937)
12
Birth of Lisa Burgmeier That year: 1874, Classical music, (1874-1951) (dead in 1951)
13
Birth of Robert Radford That year: 1874, Classical music, British opera singer (dead in 1933)
Birth of H. Clough-Leighter That year: 1874, Classical music, American composer and editor (1874-1956) (dead in 1956)
14
Birth of Giuseppe Armanini That year: 1874, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1917)
17
Birth of Mally Burjam-Borga That year: 1874, Classical music, Finnish singer (1874-1919) (dead in 1919)
18
Birth of Elena Gnesina That year: 1874, Classical music, Russian composer and music educator (1874-1967) (dead in 1967)
20
Birth of Auguste Pierret That year: 1874, Classical music, composer (dead in 1916)
21
Premiere of Bagatelle That year: 1874, Classical music (Opera), Jacques Offenbach
22
Premiere of Messa da requiem That year: 1874, Classical music (Work for choir), Giuseppe Verdi
Birth of Francesco Paolo Neglia That year: 1874, Classical music, Italian pianist, composer, conductor and musicologist (dead in 1932)
24
Birth of Josef Procházka That year: 1874, Classical music, Czech composer, pianist and choirmaster (dead in 1956)
31
Birth of Franz Egenieff That year: 1874, Classical music, German opera singer and actor (dead in 1949)
Birth of Attilio Parelli That year: 1874, Classical music, Italian composer and conductor (dead in 1944)
Also in May
Death of Lise Tautin That year: 1874, Classical music, French singer (born in 1834) .
June
03
Birth of Clotilde Bressler-Gianoli That year: 1874, Classical music, Italian opera singer born in Switzerland (1874-1912) (dead in 1912)
04
Birth of Karl Wilhelm Kern That year: 1874, Classical music, composer (dead in 1945)
07
Birth of Theodor Streicher That year: 1874, Classical music, Austrian composer (dead in 1940)
Death of Fedor Bagretsov That year: 1874, Classical music, Russian composer (born in 1812)
08
Birth of Clara Clemens That year: 1874, Classical music, American opera singer; daughter of Mark Twain (dead in 1962)
11
Birth of Richard Stöhr That year: 1874, Classical music, Austrian-American composer and educator (dead in 1967)
Birth of Bruno Minkwitz That year: 1874, Classical music, composer
12
Birth of Willem Landré That year: 1874, Classical music, Dutch composer (dead in 1948)
13
Death of Vincenz Vecko That year: 1874, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1830)
15
Birth of Ingeborg Nørregaard Hansen That year: 1874, Classical music, Danish opera singer (1874-1941) (dead in 1941)
16
Birth of František Neumann That year: 1874, Classical music, Czech conductor, music educator and composer (1874-1929) (dead in 1929)
Birth of Mikhail Ivanov-Boretsky That year: 1874, Classical music, Soviet composer and musicologist (1874-1936) (dead in 1936)
18
Birth of Vladimir Lossky That year: 1874, Classical music, opera singer and director (1874-1946) (dead in 1946)
27
Birth of John Lionel Golden That year: 1874, Classical music, American playwright (1874-1955) (dead in 1955)
28
Birth of Oley Speaks That year: 1874, Classical music, American composer and songwriter (dead in 1948)
Birth of Edward Falck That year: 1874, Classical music, composer (dead in 1922)
30
Birth of Paul Pierné That year: 1874, Classical music, French composer (1874-1952) (dead in 1952)
Birth of Sandro Blumenthal That year: 1874, Classical music, composer (dead in 1919)
July
01
Birth of Zsigmond Vincze That year: 1874, Classical music, Hungarian composer (dead in 1935)
Birth of Francis Popy That year: 1874, Classical music, French conductor and composer (dead in 1928)
03
Death of Franz Bendel That year: 1874, Classical music, German musician (born in 1833)
04
Death of Eduard Mantius That year: 1874, Classical music, German singer and opera singer (1806-1874) (born in 1806)
Birth of Aleksandr Nikolsky That year: 1874, Classical music, Soviet composer (1874-1943) (dead in 1943)
06
Birth of Johan Backer Lunde That year: 1874, Classical music, Norwegian composer, pianist and musicologist (dead in 1958)
11
Birth of Pyotr Renchitsky That year: 1874, Classical music, pianist (dead in 1941)
12
Birth of Arne Oldberg That year: 1874, Classical music, American pianist and composer (dead in 1962)
18
Birth of Oscar Bergström That year: 1874, Classical music, Swedish actor (dead in 1931)
21
Birth of Giuseppe Agostini That year: 1874, Classical music, Italian tenor (1874-1951) (dead in 1951)
26
Birth of Serge Koussevitzky That year: 1874, Classical music, Russian-born American conductor, composer and musician (1874–1951) (dead in 1951)
Birth of Julius Rünger That year: 1874, Classical music, composer (dead in 1932)
August
04
Death of Sandford C. Faulkner That year: 1874, Classical music, American planter, raconteur and fiddler (1803–1874) (born in 1803)
07
Birth of William G. Hammond That year: 1874, Classical music, composer (dead in 1945)
08
Birth of Franja Verhunc That year: 1874, Classical music, sloven operatic soprano and voice teacher (1874-1944) (dead in 1944)
09
Birth of Reynaldo Hahn That year: 1874, Classical music, Venezuelan-French composer (1874-1947) (dead in 1947)
11
Birth of Emil Borgmann That year: 1874, Classical music, German stage actor and opera singer (dead in 1920)
15
Birth of Jacobus Hendrik Oushoorn That year: 1874, Classical music, composer (dead in 1941)
16
Birth of Charles Albert Stebbins That year: 1874, Classical music, composer (dead in 1958)
17
Birth of Marie Rappold That year: 1874, Classical music, American operatic soprano (dead in 1957)
19
Birth of Abe Holzmann That year: 1874, Classical music, American composer (dead in 1939)
22
Birth of Edward Bairstow That year: 1874, Classical music, English composer and organist (dead in 1946)
Birth of Antonio Savasta That year: 1874, Classical music, Italian composer (dead in 1959)
Birth of Theo Wendt That year: 1874, Classical music (dead in 1951)
23
Birth of Johanne Brun That year: 1874, Classical music, Danish opera singer (dead in 1954)
Birth of Robert Gorham Morse That year: 1874, Classical music, composer, technician (dead in 1965)
26
Birth of Andrew B. Sterling That year: 1874, Classical music, American lyricist (dead in 1955)
Birth of Willem Feltzer That year: 1874, Classical music, conductor, composer, violinist, music teacher (dead in 1931)
28
Birth of George Drumm That year: 1874, Classical music, composer (dead in 1959)
29
Birth of Gustav Kron That year: 1874, Classical music, German violinist and conductor
31
Birth of Karl Kämpf That year: 1874, Classical music, German composer (dead in 1950)
Death of Achille Gouffé That year: 1874, Classical music, composer (born in 1804)
September
02
Birth of Jones Hewson That year: 1874, Classical music, Welsh singer and actor (1874–1902) (dead in 1902)
04
Death of Manuel Antonio Carreño That year: 1874, Classical music, Venezuelan musician and diplomat (born in 1812)
08
Birth of Franjo Dugan That year: 1874, Classical music, Croatian composer, organist and academic (dead in 1948)
Birth of Isidoro Capitanio That year: 1874, Classical music, composer (dead in 1944)
11
Birth of Heinrich Kaspar Schmid That year: 1874, Classical music, German composer (dead in 1953)
12
Birth of Paul Kuhn That year: 1874, Classical music, German opera singer (dead in 1966)
13
Birth of Arnold Schoenberg That year: 1874, Classical music, Austrian-Jewish American composer (1874-1951) (dead in 1951)
Birth of Nicholas Gatty That year: 1874, Classical music, English 20th-century composer and music critic (dead in 1946)
20
Birth of Noble Wickham Kreider That year: 1874, Classical music, composer (dead in 1959)
21
Birth of Gustav Holst That year: 1874, Classical music, British composer (dead in 1934)
October
01
Death of Carolina Sessi That year: 1874, Classical music, Italian soprano (born in 1796)
Birth of Christopher Wilson That year: 1874, Classical music, composer (dead in 1919)
06
Death of Thomas Tellefsen That year: 1874, Classical music, Norwegian pianist and composer (born in 1823)
10
Birth of Minnie Nast That year: 1874, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1956)
Birth of Konstantin Minyar-Beloruchev That year: 1874, Classical music, Russian composer (1874-1944) (dead in 1944)
11
Birth of Amálie Bobková That year: 1874, Classical music, Czech opera singer (1874-1956) (dead in 1956)
14
Death of Andreas Frederik Lincke That year: 1874, Classical music, Danish composer (born in 1819)
15
Birth of Selma Kurz That year: 1874, Classical music, singer (dead in 1933)
Death of Theodor Formes That year: 1874, Classical music, German singer and opera singer (1826-1874) (born in 1826)
16
Birth of Robert Evett That year: 1874, Classical music, British opera singer, actor and theatre manager (1874–1949) (dead in 1949)
20
Birth of Charles Ives That year: 1874, Classical music, American composer (1874-1954) (dead in 1954)
21
Death of Albert Junkelmann That year: 1874, Classical music, university teacher
23
Birth of Carl Hahn That year: 1874, Classical music, composer (dead in 1929)
Death of Berthold Gantzert That year: 1874, Classical music, composer (born in 1801)
26
Death of Peter Cornelius That year: 1874, Classical music, German composer (born in 1824)
27
Birth of Mikhail Adamov That year: 1874, Classical music, trumpeter, music teacher (dead in 1946)
29
Birth of Heinrich Hensel That year: 1874, Classical music, German opera singer (1874-1935) (dead in 1935)
30
Birth of Alfred Margis That year: 1874, Classical music, composer, pianist (dead in 1913)
31
Premiere of Madame l'archiduc That year: 1874, Classical music (Opera), Jacques Offenbach
Also in October
Birth of Louise Le Baron That year: 1874, Classical music, American opera singer (1874-1918) (dead in 1918) . Death of Vincenzo Capecelatro That year: 1874, Classical music, Italian musician and composer (born in 1815) .
November
01
Birth of Paul Jeanjean That year: 1874, Classical music, French composer (dead in 1928)
04
Death of François Dauverné That year: 1874, Classical music, French musician (1799-1874) (born in 1799)
07
Birth of Mimi Hviid That year: 1874, Classical music, opera singer, music teacher (dead in 1962)
08
Birth of Archy Rosenthal That year: 1874, Classical music, composer (dead in 1947)
10
Birth of Otakar Bradáč That year: 1874, Classical music, Czech composer and choirmaster (dead in 1924)
12
Birth of Bert Williams That year: 1874, Classical music, composer (dead in 1922)
13
Birth of Marguerite Long That year: 1874, Classical music, French musician (dead in 1966)
Birth of Charles Herbert Kitson That year: 1874, Classical music, composer (dead in 1944)
15
Birth of Alberto Zelman That year: 1874, Classical music, Australian musician (dead in 1907)
18
Birth of Riccardo Martin That year: 1874, Classical music, American opera singer (dead in 1952)
Birth of Josef Egem That year: 1874, Classical music, Czech music educator, composer and singer (dead in 1939)
19
Birth of Karl Wohlfart That year: 1874, Classical music, Swedish composer (dead in 1943)
24
Death of Friedrich Wilhelm Grund That year: 1874, Classical music, German composer, conductor and teacher (born in 1791)
Premiere of King and Charcoal Burner, Op. 12 That year: 1874, Classical music (Opera), Antonín Dvořák
Premiere of King and Charcoal Burner, Op. 14 That year: 1874, Classical music (Opera), Antonín Dvořák
Premiere of King and Charcoal Burner, Op. 14 That year: 1874, Classical music (Opera), Antonín Dvořák
Also in November
Composition of Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23 That year: 1874, Classical music (Work for orchestra with soloist), Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky .
December
02
Inauguration: Building for Arts and Sciences (The Hague) That year: 1874, Classical music (The Hague, Netherlands)
03
Birth of Erich Jacques Wolff That year: 1874, Classical music, Austrian pianist and composer (dead in 1913)
09
Birth of Mariette Sully That year: 1874, Classical music, Belgian opera singer (1874-1950) (dead in 1950)
10
Death of Friedrich August Belcke That year: 1874, Classical music, German musician (born in 1795)
13
Birth of Josef Lhévinne That year: 1874, Classical music, pianist (dead in 1944)
14
Death of F. H. Andrews That year: 1874, Classical music, composer (born in 1800)
15
Death of Nina Gned That year: 1874, Classical music, child actor, actor and stage actor (1811-1874) (born in 1811)
18
Death of Franz Wilhelm Ferling That year: 1874, Classical music, German oboist, composer, and clarinetist (born in 1796)
Death of Arnošt Förchtgott Tovačovský That year: 1874, Classical music, Czech violinist and composer (1825-1874) (born in 1825)
19
Death of Josef Vorel That year: 1874, Classical music, Czech composer (1801-1874) (born in 1801)
21
Birth of Edmond Chabot That year: 1874, Classical music, French organist and composer (1874-1962) (dead in 1962)
Death of Richard Mulder That year: 1874, Classical music, composer (born in 1822)
22
Birth of Franz Schmidt That year: 1874, Classical music, Austrian composer, cellist and pianist (1874-1939) (dead in 1939)
Death of Johann Peter Pixis That year: 1874, Classical music, German pianist and composer (born in 1788)
24
Birth of Adamo Didur That year: 1874, Classical music, Polish singer (dead in 1946)
Composition of The Stubborn Lovers, Op. 17 That year: 1874, Classical music (Opera), Antonín Dvořák
Birth of Margarit Babayan That year: 1874, Classical music, pianist, singer, musicologist, music teacher (dead in 1968)
Birth of Josephine Trott That year: 1874, Classical music, composer (dead in 1950)
25
Birth of Lina Cavalieri That year: 1874, Classical music, Italian operatic soprano (1874-1944) (dead in 1944)
Death of Raffaele Billema That year: 1874, Classical music, composer (born in 1820)
26
Birth of Léon Rothier That year: 1874, Classical music, French opera singer (dead in 1951)
Premiere of Whittington ou Le chat du diable That year: 1874, Classical music (Opera), Jacques Offenbach
29
Birth of José Berr That year: 1874, Classical music, Swiss composer, conducter and pianist (1874-1947) (dead in 1947)
30
Birth of Reinhold Glière That year: 1874, Classical music, Soviet Ukrainian composer (1875–1956) (dead in 1956)
31
Birth of Ernest Austin That year: 1874, Classical music, British composer (dead in 1947)
Birth of Frederick W. Hager That year: 1874, Classical music, composer (dead in 1958)
This was also in 1874
Birth of Alfredo Costa That year: 1874, Classical music, Italian opera singer (dead in 1913) . Birth of Lee Orean Smith That year: 1874, Classical music, composer (dead in 1942) . Birth of G. Wolseley Cox That year: 1874, Classical music, composer (dead in 1904) . Death of Alexis Dupont That year: 1874, Classical music, French opera singer (1796-1874) (born in 1796) . Birth of Adolph Mann That year: 1874, Classical music, composer (dead in 1941) . Inauguration: Teatro Politeama That year: 1874, Classical music (Palermo, Italy). Birth of Rodolfo Falvo That year: 1874, Classical music, Italian musician (dead in 1937) . Birth of William Henley That year: 1874, Classical music, English violinist and composer (dead in 1957) . Inauguration: Perm Opera and Ballet Theatre That year: 1874, Classical music (Leninsky City District, Soviet Union). Birth of Carlo Böhm That year: 1874, Classical music, singer from Austria (dead in 1940) . Birth of Kathleen Heron-Maxwell That year: 1874, Classical music, composer (dead in 1950) . Inception: University of Wisconsin–River Falls That year: 1874, Classical music (United States of America). Death of Henry Craven Griffiths That year: 1874, Classical music, composer (born in 1819) . Birth of William Heller Nicholls That year: 1874, Classical music, composer (dead in 1939) . Birth of Paul Bahr That year: 1874, Classical music, composer (dead in 1898) . Birth of Mariette Mazarin That year: 1874, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1953) . Birth of Cécile Eyreams That year: 1874, Classical music, French lyric artist . Death of Romuald Zientarski That year: 1874, Classical music, composer (born in 1829) . Death of Lucille Tostée That year: 1874, Classical music, singer . Birth of Isaia Billé That year: 1874, Classical music, Italian composer and journalist (dead in 1961) . Birth of Jean-Baptiste Lafrenière That year: 1874, Classical music, Canadian pianist (dead in 1912) . Birth of Charles Mawson-Marks That year: 1874, Classical music, composer (dead in 1933) . Birth of Harvey Grace That year: 1874, Classical music, British musician (dead in 1944) . Birth of Gushchina Mariya My Gushchina That year: 1874, Classical music, singer (soprano) . Birth of Isabel Bru That year: 1874, Classical music, Spanish actor and singer (1874-1931) (dead in 1931) . Inauguration: Beethoven Hall That year: 1874, Classical music (Boston, United States of America). Birth of Betty Kofler That year: 1874, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1933) . Birth of Manuel Sancho That year: 1874, Classical music, composer (dead in 1936) . Death of Carl Burow That year: 1874, Classical music, composer (born in 1809) . Birth of Maud Cuney Hare That year: 1874, Classical music, American musician, author (dead in 1936) . Birth of Percy Algernon Whitehead That year: 1874, Classical music, composer (dead in 2019) . Inauguration: Royal Danish Theatre That year: 1874, Classical music (Copenhagen Municipality, Denmark). Birth of Clifford Demarest That year: 1874, Classical music, American composer (dead in 1946) . Birth of Ethel Barns That year: 1874, Classical music, British composer and violinist (1873–1948) (dead in 1948) . Birth of Lorenzo Camilieri That year: 1874, Classical music, American composer and music educator (dead in 1956) . Birth of Alma Webster Powell That year: 1874, Classical music, American soprano (dead in 1930) . Birth of Christian Hansen That year: 1874, Classical music, German singer and opera singer . Death of Vincenzo-Maria Graziani That year: 1874, Classical music, composer . Birth of Lalla Miranda That year: 1874, Classical music, Australian opera singer (1874-1944) (dead in 1944) . Death of Gustav Krug That year: 1874, Classical music, composer (born in 1805) .
Works (composition or publishing)
- Franz Liszt (age 63)
- Elegy No. 1 (Work for chamber orchestra)
- Schlummerlied im Grabe (Work for soloist)
- Elegy No. 1 (Work for soloist)
- Ihr Glocken von Marling (Song, lied)
- Und sprich (Song, lied)
- Anima Christi sanctifica me (Work for choir)
- Die heilige Cäcilia (Work for choir)
- Die Glocken des Strassburger Münsters "Longfellow" (Work for choir)
- Richard Wagner (age 61)
- The Valkyrie That year: 1874, Classical music (Opera)
- Twilight of the Gods That year: 1874, Classical music (Opera)
- Siegfried That year: 1874, Classical music (Opera)
- Anton Bruckner (age 50)
- Symphony No. 4 in E-flat major That year: 1874, Classical music (Work for orchestra), published in 1889
- Bedřich Smetana (age 50)
- The Two Widows That year: 1874, Classical music (Opera)
- Viola That year: 1874, Classical music (Opera)
- The Moldau (Work for orchestra)
- Polka from The Two Widows (Work for soloist)
- Vyšehrad (Work for orchestra)
- Johann Strauss II (age 49)
- Where the Lemons Blossom, Op. 364 That year: 1874, Classical music (Work for orchestra)
- You and you, Op. 367 That year: 1874, Classical music (Work for orchestra)
- Johannes Brahms (age 41)
- Variations on a theme by Haydn, Op. 56 That year: 1874, Classical music (Work for orchestra), composed in 1873
- 7 Lieder, Opp. 62 (Work for choir)
- 3 Quartets, Opp. 64 (Work for choir)
- Camille Saint-Saëns (age 39)
- Danse macabre, Op. 40 That year: 1874, Classical music (Work for orchestra)
- Variation, Op. 35 (Work for chamber orchestra)
- Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky (age 35)
- Pictures from an Exhibition That year: 1874, Classical music (Work for soloist)
- The Fair at Sorochyntsi That year: 1874, Classical music (Opera)
- Without Sun (or Sunless) That year: 1874, Classical music (Song, lied)
- Between Four Walls (Song, lied)
- Boredom (or Ennui) (Song, lied)
- Elegy (Song, lied)
- Forgotten (Song, lied)
- Nettle Mountain (Song, lied)
- Over the River (Song, lied)
- The Idle Noisy is Ended (Song, lied)
- Thou Didst Not Know Me in the Crowd (Song, lied)
- Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (age 34)
- String Quartet No. 2 in F major, Op. 22 That year: 1874, Classical music (Work for chamber orchestra)
- 6 Melodies, Opp. 25 (Song, lied)
- Les yeux bleus du printemps (Song, lied)
- Antonín Dvořák (age 33)
- Symphony No. 4 in D minor, Op. 13 That year: 1874, Classical music (Work for orchestra)
- Symphonic Poem in A minor, Op. 14, “Rhapsody” (Work for orchestra)
- String Quartet No. 7 in A minor, Op. 16 (Work for chamber orchestra)
- Edvard Grieg (age 31)
- Norges melodier, WoO 108 (Work for soloist)
- Den blonde Pige (II), WoO 138 (Song, lied)
- Cantata to Karl Hals, WoO 164 (Work for choir)
- Oppsang for frihetsfolket i Norden, WoO 166 (Work for choir)
- At the Halfdan Kjerulf statue, WoO 167 (Work for choir)
- Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (age 30)
- 2 Choruses, Opp. 13 (Work for choir)
- 4 Variations and a Fughetta on the Russian Folksong, Opp. 14 (Work for choir)
- Leoš Janáček (age 20)
- Graduale “Speciosus forma” (Work for choir)
- Forsaken (1) (Work for choir)
- Richard Strauss (age 10)
- Piano Sonata No. 1 in C major (Work for soloist)
- Piano Sonata No. 2 in F major (Work for soloist)
- Piano Sonata No. 3 in B-flat major (Work for soloist)
- Piano Sonata No. 4 in E major (Work for soloist)
- Piano Sonata No. 5 in E-flat major (Work for soloist)
- Sonata in D major (Work for soloist)
- 6 fragments to sonatas (AV 197–202) (Work for soloist)
- Fantasy in C major (Work for soloist)