The year 1815 in classical music and in lyrical art
1815. With other artists, Niccolò Paganini, Carl Maria von Weber and Aleksander Griboyedov influenced their time (classical era / romantic era). That year would see the birth of future classical or lyrical artists, such as Giuseppina Strepponi, while others would disappear. That year, new works would be composed, published or performed for the first time in public, such as “The Barber of Seville” de Gioachino Rossini, for example.
All these moments, more or less notable, make the year 1815 a page in the history of classical and lyrical music to be discovered or rediscovered. soclassiq currently lists more than 180 of these moments for 1815.
1815, from day to day
January
01
Birth of Henry LazarusThat year: 1815, Classical music, British musician (dead in 1895)
02
Birth of Bernhard CourländerThat year: 1815, Classical music, Danish pianist (1815-1898) (dead in 1898)
09
Birth of William Jackson of MashamThat year: 1815, Classical music, English composer (dead in 1866)
13
Birth of Rosine StoltzThat year: 1815, Classical music, French operatic mezzo-soprano (dead in 1903)
14
Birth of Andreas Johann Lorenz OechsnerThat year: 1815, Classical music, composer (dead in 1886)
15
Birth of Johannes Christian BeurleThat year: 1815, Classical music, composer (dead in 1866)
18
Death of Karl SteinackerThat year: 1815, Classical music, composer (born in 1785)
22
Birth of Ferdinand PraegerThat year: 1815, Classical music, biographer, composer, music teacher, pianist, writer (dead in 1891)
Birth of Christian KellermannThat year: 1815, Classical music, cellist (dead in 1866)
23
Birth of Jiří MacourekThat year: 1815, Classical music, Czech conductor, faggotist and composer (dead in 1863)
25
Birth of Alexandre-Joseph ArtotThat year: 1815, Classical music, Belgian composer (dead in 1845)
Birth of Luigi CammaranoThat year: 1815, Classical music, composer (dead in 1854)
29
Death of Johann Christoph KaffkaThat year: 1815, Classical music, German composer (born in 1754)
February
04
Birth of August Julius Ferdinand BöhmeThat year: 1815, Classical music, composer, conductor, kapellmeister (dead in 1884)
Birth of Félix CarnaudThat year: 1815, Classical music, composer (dead in 1890)
06
Birth of Martin HärtingerThat year: 1815, Classical music, German singer, opera singer and music educator (dead in 1896)
07
Birth of Mathilde WildauerThat year: 1815, Classical music, Austrian singer and opera singer (dead in 1878)
11
Birth of Johann Georg BratschThat year: 1815, Classical music, composer (dead in 1888)
19
Death of Leonhard von CallThat year: 1815, Classical music, Austrian Composer and Guitarist (born in 1767)
28
Birth of Vincenzo CapecelatroThat year: 1815, Classical music, Italian musician and composer (dead in 1874)
March
02
Birth of Jakob DontThat year: 1815, Classical music, Austrian violinist, composer, and teacher (dead in 1888)
Birth of Antonio BuzzollaThat year: 1815, Classical music, Italian composer and conductor (1815-1871) (dead in 1871)
Composition of Mass No. 2 in G major, “Die Messe in G”That year: 1815, Classical music (Work for choir), Franz Schubert
04
Birth of Mykhailo VerbytskyThat year: 1815, Classical music, Ukrainian composer (dead in 1870)
05
Birth of Joseph ForestierThat year: 1815, Classical music, French composer (1815-1882) (dead in 1882)
08
Birth of Jean-Delphin AlardThat year: 1815, Classical music, French musician (dead in 1888)
11
Birth of Anna BochkoltzThat year: 1815, Classical music, German opera singer, composer, voice teacher (1815-1879) (dead in 1879)
14
Birth of Josephine Caroline LangThat year: 1815, Classical music, German composer (dead in 1880)
15
Birth of Gustav SchumannThat year: 1815, Classical music, composer (dead in 1889)
24
Birth of Sophie LöweThat year: 1815, Classical music, German opera soprano (dead in 1866)
27
Birth of Mariya StepanovaThat year: 1815, Classical music, Opera singer (dead in 1903)
April
05
Birth of Louis-François CholletThat year: 1815, Classical music, composer (dead in 1851)
06
Birth of Robert VolkmannThat year: 1815, Classical music, German-born Hungarian composer, conductor and teacher (dead in 1883)
08
Death of Jakub Jan RybaThat year: 1815, Classical music, Czech teacher and composer on the break of classicism and romantism (born in 1765)
12
Birth of Henry Hugo PiersonThat year: 1815, Classical music, English composer (dead in 1873)
16
Birth of Heinrich Ernst KayserThat year: 1815, Classical music, German composer (dead in 1888)
19
Death of Georg Heinrich WarneckeThat year: 1815, Classical music, composer (born in 1747)
23
Birth of Friedrich HasselThat year: 1815, Classical music, child actor, actor and stage actor (1815-1884) (dead in 1884)
25
Birth of Florencio Lahoz y OtalThat year: 1815, Classical music, Spanish composer (1815-1868) (dead in 1868)
26
Death of Cajetan WutkyThat year: 1815, Classical music, composer (born in 1735)
29
Birth of Mary Anne à BeckettThat year: 1815, Classical music, composer (dead in 1863)
May
05
Death of Felip RodríguezThat year: 1815, Classical music, Spanish organist and composer (born in 1760)
11
Birth of Antonio Romero y AndíaThat year: 1815, Classical music, clarinetist, composer, merchant (dead in 1886)
20
Birth of Alois DraxlerThat year: 1815, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1865)
21
Birth of Caroline BotgorschekThat year: 1815, Classical music, Austrian opera singer (dead in 1875)
24
Composition of Symphony No. 3 in D majorThat year: 1815, Classical music (Work for orchestra), Franz Schubert
25
Death of Domenico PucciniThat year: 1815, Classical music, Italian composer (born in 1772)
June
09
Death of Agnieszka ZdanowiczThat year: 1815, Classical music, opera singer, stage actor (born in 1790)
19
Birth of John William GloverThat year: 1815, Classical music, composer (dead in 1899)
21
Death of Roman HoffstetterThat year: 1815, Classical music, Classical composer and Benedictine monk (born in 1742)
22
Death of William ReeveThat year: 1815, Classical music, English theatre composer and organist (born in 1757)
28
Birth of Robert FranzThat year: 1815, Classical music, German composer (dead in 1892)
July
02
Death of Gabriel LemoyneThat year: 1815, Classical music, composer (born in 1772)
10
Birth of Wilhelm GarvensThat year: 1815, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1897)
15
Birth of Edward PiqueThat year: 1815, Classical music, composer (dead in 1895)
30
Birth of Herman Severin LøvenskioldThat year: 1815, Classical music, Norwegian composer (dead in 1870)
August
06
Death of Giuseppe GherardeschiThat year: 1815, Classical music, Italian composer (born in 1759)
14
Birth of Stefan ŁodwigowskiThat year: 1815, Classical music, Polish pianist and composer (1815–1895) (dead in 1895)
16
Death of Friederike BethmannThat year: 1815, Classical music, German actor, singer and opera singer (born in 1760)
Birth of Joseph RobinsonThat year: 1815, Classical music, Irish composer and conductor (dead in 1898)
29
Birth of Frederick LablacheThat year: 1815, Classical music, British opera singer (dead in 1887)
September
03
Birth of Raffaele MirateThat year: 1815, Classical music, Italian singer (dead in 1895)
05
Birth of Carl WilhelmThat year: 1815, Classical music, German choral director and composer (dead in 1873)
06
Birth of Karol de KontskiThat year: 1815, Classical music, composer (dead in 1867)
08
Birth of Giuseppina StrepponiThat year: 1815, Classical music, Italian singer (dead in 1897)
09
Birth of Johann Gottfried PiefkeThat year: 1815, Classical music, prussian composer and conductor (dead in 1884)
16
Birth of Ernest BoulangerThat year: 1815, Classical music, French composer (dead in 1900)
17
Birth of Halfdan KjerulfThat year: 1815, Classical music, Norwegian composer (dead in 1868)
20
Birth of Charles VossThat year: 1815, Classical music, German composer, pianist and music educator (1815-1882) (dead in 1882)
25
Birth of Sándor Udvarhelyi von AgyagfalvaThat year: 1815, Classical music, actor, opera singer (dead in 1885)
28
Birth of Sigmund GoldschmidtThat year: 1815, Classical music, composer, pianist (dead in 1877)
29
Death of Frederick Charles ReinholdThat year: 1815, Classical music, British opera singer (born in 1741)
October
03
Death of Daniel BelknapThat year: 1815, Classical music, American composer (born in 1771)
04
Premiere of Elizabeth, Queen of EnglandThat year: 1815, Classical music (Opera), Gioachino Rossini
Birth of Józef Władysław KrogulskiThat year: 1815, Classical music, composer, pianist (dead in 1842)
06
Birth of William Orville HickokThat year: 1815, Classical music, composer (dead in 1891)
11
Birth of Maurice DecourcelleThat year: 1815, Classical music, composer (dead in 1888)
15
Birth of Moritz BrosigThat year: 1815, Classical music, German composer (dead in 1887)
20
Death of Oliver BrownsonThat year: 1815, Classical music, American composer and printer (born in 1746)
25
Birth of Camillo SivoriThat year: 1815, Classical music, Italian violinist and composer (dead in 1894)
Birth of Philipp Fahrbach, Sr.That year: 1815, Classical music, Austrian composer (dead in 1885)
28
Birth of Amédée ArtusThat year: 1815, Classical music, French composer and conductor (dead in 1892)
29
Birth of Dan EmmettThat year: 1815, Classical music, American entertainer (dead in 1904)
November
03
Birth of Adrien Louis Victor BoieldieuThat year: 1815, Classical music, composer (dead in 1883)
23
Birth of Fredrikke EgebergThat year: 1815, Classical music, composer (dead in 1861)
25
Death of Johann Peter SalomonThat year: 1815, Classical music, German musician, composer, conductor (born in 1745)
28
Birth of Edwin Pearce ChristyThat year: 1815, Classical music, American entertainer (1815-1862) (dead in 1862)
December
02
Birth of Auguste MarquerieThat year: 1815, Classical music, composer (dead in 1864)
07
Birth of Alfred QuidantThat year: 1815, Classical music, Pianist and composer (dead in 1893)
10
Birth of John ZundelThat year: 1815, Classical music, American organist and composer (dead in 1882)
15
Birth of Eugène Louis-Marie JancourtThat year: 1815, Classical music, French musician (dead in 1900)
17
Birth of Gustave-Hippolyte RogerThat year: 1815, Classical music, French opera singer (dead in 1879)
18
Birth of Karl Friedrich Theodor BertholdThat year: 1815, Classical music, composer (dead in 1882)
19
Death of Michel WoldemarThat year: 1815, Classical music, French composer (born in 1750)
25
Birth of Temistocle SoleraThat year: 1815, Classical music, Italian opera librettist (dead in 1878)
Death of Louis-Julien ClarchiesThat year: 1815, Classical music, French conductor (born in 1769)
26
Premiere of Torvaldo and DorliskaThat year: 1815, Classical music (Opera), Gioachino Rossini
This was also in 1815
Birth of Fanny Salvini-DonatelliThat year: 1815, Classical music, singer (dead in 1891). Death of Sabine HitzelbergerThat year: 1815, Classical music, German opera singer (soprano) (born in 1755). Death of Franz KeyperThat year: 1815, Classical music, Danish composer (born in 1756). Death of Johann Gottfried Wilhelm PalschauThat year: 1815, Classical music, Danish pianist (born in 1741). Birth of Pierre François ClodomirThat year: 1815, Classical music, composer (dead in 1884). Death of Václav Jiří DusíkThat year: 1815, Classical music, opera singer, organist (born in 1751). Birth of Charlotte DreyfusThat year: 1815, Classical music, composer (dead in 1901). Birth of Luigi PetraliThat year: 1815, Classical music, Italian composer (1815-1855) (dead in 1855). Birth of Clemente SalvianiThat year: 1815, Classical music, composer (dead in 1837). Death of Jean-Baptiste BédardThat year: 1815, Classical music, composer (born in 1765). Birth of Theodosia StirlingThat year: 1815, Classical music, Australian stage actor and opera singer (dead in 1904). Death of Mlle Le Sénéchal de KerkadoThat year: 1815, Classical music, French composer (born in 1785). Inception: Handel and Haydn SocietyThat year: 1815, Classical music (United States of America). Birth of Michael MühlauerThat year: 1815, Classical music, composer (dead in 1858). Birth of Julie CalvéThat year: 1815, Classical music, opera singer . Birth of Louis BordèseThat year: 1815, Classical music, French composer (dead in 1886). Birth of Albert LeutnerThat year: 1815, Classical music, composer, conductor, kapellmeister (dead in 1871). Birth of Marco AratiThat year: 1815, Classical music, Italian opera singer (dead in 1899). Death of Pedro Carrera y LancharesThat year: 1815, Classical music, composer (born in 1786). Birth of Eugène de StadlerThat year: 1815, Classical music, composer (dead in 1875). Birth of Margherita ZenoniThat year: 1815, Classical music, Italian opera singer (dead in 1878). Birth of Jean RémusatThat year: 1815, Classical music, French flautist, composer and conductor (dead in 1880). Inception: Singakademie FrankfurtThat year: 1815, Classical music (Germany). Birth of Giovanni BajettiThat year: 1815, Classical music, Italian violinist, conductor, and composer (dead in 1876). Birth of Stephen St. JohnThat year: 1815, Classical music, composer (dead in 2019). Death of Prosper-Didier DeshayesThat year: 1815, Classical music, French composer (born in 1750). Death of Mathias StabingerThat year: 1815, Classical music, Italian composer (born in 1739). Death of Mathias StabingerThat year: 1815, Classical music, composer (born in 1739). Birth of Mathilde LindnerThat year: 1815, Classical music, singer and opera singer (1815-1885) (dead in 1885). Birth of Uranio FontanaThat year: 1815, Classical music, Italian composer and teacher (dead in 1881). Death of Johanna HitzelbergerThat year: 1815, Classical music, German opera singer (contralto) (born in 1783). Birth of Felix LipińskiThat year: 1815, Classical music, composer (dead in 1865).
Works (composition or publishing)
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Luigi Cherubini (age 55) - Overture (Work for orchestra)
- Hymn to Spring (Work for orchestra)
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Ludwig van Beethoven (age 45) - Piano Sonata No. 27 in E minor, Op. 90That year: 1815, Classical music (Work for soloist), composed in 1814
- Overture, Op. 115, “Namensfeier”That year: 1815, Classical music (Work for orchestra)
- 2 Cello Sonatas, Opp. 102 (Work for chamber orchestra)
- "Es ist vollbracht" for Die Ehrenpforten, WoO 97 (Vocal music)
- Brauchle, Linke, WoO 167 (Vocal music)
- Das Geheimnis, WoO 145 (Vocal music)
- Die laute Klage, WoO 135 (Vocal music)
- Glück zum neuen Jahr, WoO 165 (Vocal music)
- Kurz ist der Schmerz, WoO 166 (Vocal music)
- Adagio for 3 horns (Work for chamber orchestra)
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Niccolò Paganini (age 33) - Violin Concerto No. 6 in E minor (Work for orchestra with soloist)
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Carl Maria von Weber (age 29) - Clarinet Quintet in B-flat major, Op. 34 (Work for chamber orchestra), published in 1816
- Concertino for horn and orchestra in E minor, Op. 45 (Work for orchestra with soloist)
- Air russe (Schöne Minka), Op. 40 (Work for soloist)
- "Ah, se Edmondo" (Héléna - Méhul), Op. 57 (Vocal music)
- 2 Songs (Song, lied)
- 2 Songs (Song, lied)
- Drei Knäbchen lieblich austaffiret (Work for choir)
- Allemande in D major, “Original-Walzer” (Work for orchestra)
- Szene et Arie "Non paventar mia vita", Op. 51 (Song, lied)
- Kampf und Sieg, Op. 44 (Work for choir)
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Gioachino Rossini (age 23) - The Barber of SevilleThat year: 1815, Classical music (Opera), composed in 1954
- L'aurora (Work for choir)
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Franz Schubert (age 18) - Der ErlkönigThat year: 1815, Classical music (Song, lied)
- Schwertlied (Work for choir)
- An Mignon, Op. 19 No. 2 (Song, lied)
- An die Freude (Song, lied)
- Harfenspieler I (Song, lied)
- Heidenröslein, Op. 3 No. 3 (Song, lied)
- Hermann und Thusnelda (Song, lied)
- Kennst du das Land? (Song, lied)
- Klage um Ali Bey (Song, lied)
- Mignon (Song, lied)
- Rastlose Liebe, Op. 5 No. 1 (Song, lied)
- Sehnsucht (Song, lied)
- Vaterlandslied (Song, lied)
- Wandrers Nachtlied, Op. 4 No. 3 (Song, lied)
- Mass No. 3 in B-flat major (Work for choir)
- Claudine von Villa Bella (Opera)
- Der vierjährige Posten, “No. 5 Gott! höre meine Stimme” (Opera)
- Die Freunde von Salamanka (Opera)
- Fernando (Opera)
- Stabat Mater in G minor (Work for choir)
- String Quartet No. 9 in G minor (Work for chamber orchestra)
- Piano Sonata No. 1 in E major (Work for soloist)
- Piano Sonata No. 2 in C major (Work for soloist)
