The year 1837 in classical music and in lyrical art
1837. With other artists, France Prešeren, Gaetano Donizetti and Felix Mendelssohn influenced their time (romantic era). That year would see the birth of future classical or lyrical artists, such as Mily Balakirev, while others would disappear. That year, new works would be composed, published or performed for the first time in public, such as “Rienzi” de Richard Wagner, for example.
All these moments, more or less notable, make the year 1837 a page in the history of classical and lyrical music to be discovered or rediscovered. soclassiq currently lists more than 170 of these moments for 1837.
1837, from day to day
January
02
Birth of Mily BalakirevThat year: 1837, Classical music, Russian composer, pianist, and conductor (dead in 1910)
03
Death of Christina RahmThat year: 1837, Classical music, singer (born in 1763)
12
Birth of Adolf JensenThat year: 1837, Classical music, German pianist, composer and music teacher (dead in 1879)
Birth of Carlos TroyerThat year: 1837, Classical music, American composer (dead in 1920)
13
Birth of Edmund AbesserThat year: 1837, Classical music, composer (dead in 1889)
16
Death of Ernest KrähmerThat year: 1837, Classical music, composer (born in 1795)
19
Death of Jean JousseThat year: 1837, Classical music, composer (born in 1760)
23
Death of John FieldThat year: 1837, Classical music, Irish pianist, composer, and teacher (born in 1782)
27
Death of Joel ReadThat year: 1837, Classical music, composer (born in 1753)
February
01
Birth of Gustave GarciaThat year: 1837, Classical music, Italian baritone opera singer (dead in 1925)
02
Birth of Max ZengerThat year: 1837, Classical music, German composer (dead in 1911)
04
Birth of Amélie FaivreThat year: 1837, Classical music, opera singer, singer (dead in 1897)
05
Death of James CervettoThat year: 1837, Classical music, composer (born in 1747)
07
Birth of Emilio Wilhelm RamsøeThat year: 1837, Classical music, Danish composer, musician and conductor (dead in 1895)
10
Death of Christian Gottlob August BergtThat year: 1837, Classical music, German composer (born in 1771)
12
Birth of Alexander DodonovThat year: 1837, Classical music, Russian singer (dead in 1914)
13
Birth of Valentin de ZubiaurreThat year: 1837, Classical music, Spanish composer (dead in 1914)
27
Birth of Eugène DiazThat year: 1837, Classical music, composer (dead in 1901)
28
Death of Luigi ZamboniThat year: 1837, Classical music, Italian opera singer (born in 1767)
March
01
Birth of Edward de JongThat year: 1837, Classical music, composer (dead in 1920)
06
Birth of Georg UngerThat year: 1837, Classical music, German opera singer (dead in 1887)
Birth of George ShinnThat year: 1837, Classical music, composer (dead in 1925)
12
Birth of Alexandre GuilmantThat year: 1837, Classical music, French composer (dead in 1911)
15
Birth of Célestine Galli-MariéThat year: 1837, Classical music, French mezzo-soprano most famous for creating the title role in the opera Carmen (dead in 1905)
20
Birth of Rafael Aceves y LozanoThat year: 1837, Classical music, Spanish composer (dead in 1876)
24
Birth of Louis Adolphe MayeurThat year: 1837, Classical music, composer (dead in 1894)
26
Death of Joseph LinkeThat year: 1837, Classical music, Viennese cellist, friend of Beethoven (born in 1783)
Death of Charles NicholsonThat year: 1837, Classical music, British musician (born in 1795)
27
Birth of Geneviève WardThat year: 1837, Classical music, American-born British actress and opera singer (dead in 1922)
April
04
Birth of Smith Newell PenfieldThat year: 1837, Classical music, American composer (dead in 1920)
13
Birth of Julius WeissenbornThat year: 1837, Classical music, German bassoonist and composer (dead in 1888)
17
Birth of Joseph HuberThat year: 1837, Classical music, German composer (dead in 1886)
23
Birth of Heinrich Fidelis MüllerThat year: 1837, Classical music, composer (dead in 1905)
30
Birth of Alfred GaulThat year: 1837, Classical music, British composer and conductor (dead in 1913)
May
05
Death of Niccolò Antonio ZingarelliThat year: 1837, Classical music, Italian composer (born in 1752)
Birth of Charles AlardThat year: 1837, Classical music, cellist (dead in 1878)
07
Birth of DaubrayThat year: 1837, Classical music, French opera singer (dead in 1892)
11
Birth of Lorentz Skougaard-SeveriniThat year: 1837, Classical music, musician, opera singer (dead in 1885)
18
Birth of James A. ButterfieldThat year: 1837, Classical music, composer (dead in 1891)
19
Death of Antonio RollaThat year: 1837, Classical music, Italian musician (born in 1798)
23
Birth of Józef WieniawskiThat year: 1837, Classical music, Polish musician (dead in 1912)
25
Death of Johann Evangelist BrandlThat year: 1837, Classical music, German composer (born in 1760)
29
Birth of Luca FumagalliThat year: 1837, Classical music, Italian pianist, composer and music educator (dead in 1908)
30
Birth of Marie BattuThat year: 1837, Classical music, French soprano (dead in 1919)
31
Birth of František Josef MachThat year: 1837, Classical music, Czech conductor and composer (dead in 1914)
June
01
Birth of Ferdinand Quentin DulckenThat year: 1837, Classical music, composer, pianist (dead in 1901)
03
Birth of Marie-Clotilde-Elisabeth Louise de Riquet, comtesse de Mercy-ArgenteauThat year: 1837, Classical music, Belgian noble (dead in 1890)
07
Birth of Charles-Alexis ChauvetThat year: 1837, Classical music, French organist and composer (dead in 1871)
08
Birth of Jan KleczyńskiThat year: 1837, Classical music, Polish musician and chess player (dead in 1895)
11
Birth of Edward Vine HallThat year: 1837, Classical music, composer (dead in 1909)
13
Birth of Wilhelm ZizoldThat year: 1837, Classical music, composer (dead in 1908)
16
Death of Valentino FioravantiThat year: 1837, Classical music, Italian composer (born in 1764)
Birth of Adolf PrůchaThat year: 1837, Classical music, Czech composer, choirmaster and organist (dead in 1885)
17
Birth of Frank B. ConverseThat year: 1837, Classical music, composer (dead in 1903)
20
Death of Giovanni FurnoThat year: 1837, Classical music, Italian composer (born in 1748)
23
Birth of Ernest GuiraudThat year: 1837, Classical music, French composer and music teacher (dead in 1892)
27
Birth of Adalbert ÜberléeThat year: 1837, Classical music, composer (dead in 1897)
July
06
Birth of Władysław ŻeleńskiThat year: 1837, Classical music, Polish neoromantic composer, pianist and organist (dead in 1921)
11
Birth of Paul LacombeThat year: 1837, Classical music, French musician (dead in 1927)
19
Birth of William Shakespeare HaysThat year: 1837, Classical music, American writer (dead in 1907)
20
Birth of Hans SommerThat year: 1837, Classical music, German composer (dead in 1922)
21
Birth of Bernhard RollfussThat year: 1837, Classical music, composer (dead in 1904)
22
Birth of Franz BehrThat year: 1837, Classical music, German composer (dead in 1898)
28
Death of Joseph SchubertThat year: 1837, Classical music, German composer (born in 1754)
Birth of Christian BarnekowThat year: 1837, Classical music, Danish composer (dead in 1913)
30
Birth of Signe HebbeThat year: 1837, Classical music, singer (dead in 1925)
August
01
Birth of Alice NevinThat year: 1837, Classical music, composer (dead in 1925)
Death of Stephen Francis RimbaultThat year: 1837, Classical music, composer (born in 1773)
02
Birth of José PinillaThat year: 1837, Classical music, composer (dead in 1902)
07
Birth of Allan James FoleyThat year: 1837, Classical music, Irish opera singer (dead in 1899)
13
Birth of Karl Adolf LorenzThat year: 1837, Classical music, composer (dead in 1923)
24
Birth of Théodore DuboisThat year: 1837, Classical music, French composer (dead in 1924)
Birth of Agnes JacobssonThat year: 1837, Classical music, Swedish actress (dead in 1913)
27
Birth of Heinrich UrbanThat year: 1837, Classical music, German composer (dead in 1901)
Death of Manuel Robles GutiérrezThat year: 1837, Classical music, Chilean composer (born in 1780)
Also in August
Birth of James Lynam MolloyThat year: 1837, Classical music, Irish composer, poet, and author (dead in 1909) . Birth of Gustave TritantThat year: 1837, Classical music, organist (dead in 1907) .
September
07
Birth of Wenzel LudwigThat year: 1837, Classical music, composer (dead in 1915)
08
Death of Therese RosenbaumThat year: 1837, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1774)
10
Birth of Louis-Édouard DesjardinsThat year: 1837, Classical music, composer (dead in 1919)
17
Birth of Gustav SiehrThat year: 1837, Classical music, opera singer, singer (dead in 1896)
19
Birth of Adolf SonnenfeldThat year: 1837, Classical music, composer, conductor, fiddler, musician, opera composer, violinist (dead in 1914)
20
Birth of Louis BaronThat year: 1837, Classical music, French opera singer (dead in 1920)
21
Premiere of Piano Concerto No. 2 in D minor, Op. 40That year: 1837, Classical music (Work for orchestra with soloist), Felix Mendelssohn
23
Death of Richard John Samuel StevensThat year: 1837, Classical music, English composer and organist (born in 1757)
24
Birth of Sebastian Bensen SchlesingerThat year: 1837, Classical music, composer (dead in 1917)
25
Birth of famille de PourtalèsThat year: 1837, Classical music, family (dead in 1906)
29
Birth of Charles GrisartThat year: 1837, Classical music, French operatic composer (dead in 1904)
October
05
Death of Hortense de BeauharnaisThat year: 1837, Classical music, Queen Consort of Holland, mother of Bonaparte III (born in 1783)
06
Death of Jean-François Le SueurThat year: 1837, Classical music, French composer (born in 1760)
07
Birth of Adriano PantaleoniThat year: 1837, Classical music, opera singer, teacher (dead in 1908)
08
Birth of Otto Winter HjelmThat year: 1837, Classical music, Norwegian composer (dead in 1931)
09
Birth of John Piersol McCaskeyThat year: 1837, Classical music, American politician (dead in 1937)
11
Death of Samuel WesleyThat year: 1837, Classical music, English organist and composer (born in 1766)
13
Birth of Boyton SmithThat year: 1837, Classical music, composer (dead in 1911)
16
Birth of John Francis BarnettThat year: 1837, Classical music, English music composer and teacher (dead in 1916)
17
Death of Johann Nepomuk HummelThat year: 1837, Classical music, Austrian composer and pianist (born in 1778)
28
Death of Jean-Blaise MartinThat year: 1837, Classical music, French opera singer (born in 1768)
November
08
Birth of Ernst Herman GörnerThat year: 1837, Classical music, composer
09
Birth of Alfred HolmesThat year: 1837, Classical music, British musician (dead in 1876)
11
Birth of Jules PillevestreThat year: 1837, Classical music, French composer and conductor (dead in 1903)
December
05
Birth of Casimir Théodore LallietThat year: 1837, Classical music, French composer (dead in 1892)
09
Birth of Émile WaldteufelThat year: 1837, Classical music, French composer (dead in 1915)
12
Birth of Hynek PallaThat year: 1837, Classical music, Czech conductor, composer and choirmaster (dead in 1896)
20
Birth of Anton FoersterThat year: 1837, Classical music, Czech composer, choirmaster and organist (dead in 1926)
24
Birth of Cosima WagnerThat year: 1837, Classical music, daughter of the Hungarian pianist and composer Franz Liszt (dead in 1930)
Birth of Émile GirardThat year: 1837, Classical music, composer (dead in 1899)
28
Death of Mikhail VysotskyThat year: 1837, Classical music, composer (born in 1791)
29
Publishing of Sonata for piano 4 hands in C major, Op. 140, “Grand Duo”That year: 1837, Classical music (Work for chamber orchestra), Sungbong Choi
30
Birth of Ida Marie LipsiusThat year: 1837, Classical music, German writer and music historian (dead in 1927)
This was also in 1837
Birth of Karl AttenhoferThat year: 1837, Classical music, composer (dead in 1914). Birth of Fabius Nunn SheathThat year: 1837, Classical music, composer (dead in 1916). Birth of Wilhelmina Charlotta GelhaarThat year: 1837, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1923). Birth of Charles N. AllenThat year: 1837, Classical music, composer (dead in 1903). Birth of E. Clarke IlsleyThat year: 1837, Classical music, composer (dead in 1866). Birth of Louis Fischer-AchtenThat year: 1837, Classical music, opera singer, singer (dead in 1891). Inauguration: Théâtre et Salle de Musique de La Chaux-de-FondsThat year: 1837, Classical music (La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland). Death of Clemente SalvianiThat year: 1837, Classical music, composer (born in 1815). Death of Luigi PaciniThat year: 1837, Classical music, composer, opera singer (born in 1767). Birth of Melchiorre VidalThat year: 1837, Classical music, Spanish opera singer (dead in 1911). Birth of Nikolay DervizThat year: 1837, Classical music, composer, opera singer (dead in 1880). Birth of Tigran ChukhajianThat year: 1837, Classical music, Ottoman Armenian composer, conductor, and writer (dead in 1898). Birth of Jules LegendreThat year: 1837, Classical music, composer (dead in 1890). Death of Jean Théodore LatourThat year: 1837, Classical music, French composer (born in 1766). Birth of Marceli JasińskiThat year: 1837, Classical music, Polish composer (d. 1867) (dead in 1867). Death of Marie-Thérèse LaruetteThat year: 1837, Classical music, French opera singer (1744-1837) (born in 1744). Death of Inga ÅbergThat year: 1837, Classical music, Actress, opera singer (born in 1773). Death of Giuseppe GiorgisThat year: 1837, Classical music, composer (born in 1777). Death of Karl Wilhelm GreulichThat year: 1837, Classical music, composer (born in 1796). Birth of Joseph WinnerThat year: 1837, Classical music, American composer, music publisher (dead in 1918). Birth of Adolphus Frederick GodfreyThat year: 1837, Classical music, composer (dead in 1882). Birth of Charles LoretThat year: 1837, Classical music, composer (dead in 1870). Birth of Jules BerleurThat year: 1837, Classical music, composer (dead in 1883). Birth of Melchor Vidal y PratsThat year: 1837, Classical music, Spanish author (dead in 1911). Death of Adela CresciniThat year: 1837, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1799). Death of Karol SchollThat year: 1837, Classical music, composer (born in 1778). Birth of Isolina Porcell i MasThat year: 1837, Classical music, Spanish opera singer (dead in 1865).
Works (composition or publishing)
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Luigi Cherubini (age 77) - String Quartet No. 6 in A minor (Work for chamber orchestra)
- String Quintet in E minor (Work for chamber orchestra)
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Gioachino Rossini (age 45) - Trois marches militaires pour le mariage du duc d'Orléans (Work for orchestra)
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Hector Berlioz (age 34) -
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Johann Strauss I (age 33) - Ball-Racketen. Walzer, Op. 96 (Work for orchestra)
- Brüssler Spitzen, Op. 95 (Work for orchestra)
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Felix Mendelssohn (age 28) - Songs without words, Book 3, Opp. 38That year: 1837, Classical music (Work for soloist)
- Perpetuum mobile in C major, Op. 119That year: 1837, Classical music (Work for soloist)
- Psalm XLII (42), Op. 42, “Wie der Hirsch schreit” (Work for choir)
- Album Leaf in E minor, Op. 117 (Work for soloist)
- Capriccio in E major, Op. 118 (Work for soloist)
- 4 Lieder, Opp. 120 (Work for choir)
- 6 Preludes and Fugues, Opp. 35 (Work for soloist)
- 3 Preludes and Fugues, Opp. 37 (Work for soloist)
- String Quartet, Opp. 44 (Work for chamber orchestra)
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Robert Schumann (age 27) - Carnaval, Op. 9That year: 1837, Classical music (Work for soloist), composed in 1834
- Fantasy pieces, Op. 12That year: 1837, Classical music (Work for soloist)
- Davidsbündlertänze, Op. 6That year: 1837, Classical music (Work for soloist)
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Frédéric Chopin (age 27) - Nocturne, Opp. 32That year: 1837, Classical music (Work for soloist)
- Impromptu No. 1 in A-flat major, Op. 29That year: 1837, Classical music (Work for soloist)
- Nocturne in C minorThat year: 1837, Classical music (Work for soloist)
- Scherzo No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 31That year: 1837, Classical music (Work for soloist)
- 4 Mazurkas, Opp. 30That year: 1837, Classical music (Work for soloist)
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Franz Liszt (age 26) - Douze Grandes ÉtudesThat year: 1837, Classical music (Work for soloist), published in 1852
- Grand duo concertant sur la Romance de M.Lafont Le Marin (Work for chamber orchestra)
- Fantasy from “Ruinen von Athen” (Beethoven) (Work for orchestra with soloist)
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Richard Wagner (age 24) - RienziThat year: 1837, Classical music (Opera)
- Folk hymn Nicolay (Work for choir)
- Overture (Work for orchestra)
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Anton Bruckner (age 13) - Prelude in E-flat major (Work for soloist)
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Giuseppe Verdi (age 7) - Messa di Gloria (Work for choir)
