The year 1838 in classical music and in lyrical art
1838. With other artists, France Prešeren, Gaetano Donizetti and Gioachino Rossini influenced their time (romantic era). That year would see the birth of future classical or lyrical artists, such as Georges Bizet, while others would disappear. That year, new works would be composed, published or performed for the first time in public, such as “Scenes from childhood, Op. 15” de Robert Schumann, for example. That year, halls or orchestras would be founded or ceased to operate.
All these moments, more or less notable, make the year 1838 a page in the history of classical and lyrical music to be discovered or rediscovered. soclassiq currently lists more than 160 of these moments for 1838.
1838, from day to day
January
01
Birth of Alexandre BernnThat year: 1838, Classical music, composer (dead in 1920)
03
Birth of Joseph DupontThat year: 1838, Classical music, Belgian musician (1838-1899) (dead in 1899)
06
Birth of Max BruchThat year: 1838, Classical music, German romantic composer and conductor (1838-1920) (dead in 1920)
08
Birth of Eleonore de AhnaThat year: 1838, Classical music, German singer and opera singer (dead in 1865)
11
Birth of Giovanni CaglieroThat year: 1838, Classical music, Catholic cardinal (dead in 1926)
13
Death of Ferdinand RiesThat year: 1838, Classical music, German composer (born in 1784)
Birth of Moritz ScharfThat year: 1838, Classical music, composer (dead in 1908)
14
Closing: Salle Favart IThat year: 1838, Classical music (Paris, France)
15
Birth of Giovanni CaramielloThat year: 1838, Classical music, composer (dead in 1938)
20
Death of Pierre-Louis Hus-DesforgesThat year: 1838, Classical music, French conductor, composer, cellist and music educator (born in 1773)
22
Birth of Adèle Passy-CornetThat year: 1838, Classical music, German singer and opera singer (dead in 1915)
23
Birth of Joseph Gottlieb DenteThat year: 1838, Classical music, Swedish composer and conductor (dead in 1905)
Birth of James Remington FairlambThat year: 1838, Classical music, composer (dead in 1908)
27
Birth of Heinrich RuppThat year: 1838, Classical music, composer (dead in 1917)
29
Death of Benoît Tranquille BerbiguierThat year: 1838, Classical music, French composer (born in 1782)
February
03
Birth of Amelia LehmannThat year: 1838, Classical music, British composer (dead in 1903)
04
Birth of Tomaso BenvenutiThat year: 1838, Classical music, Italian composer of opera (dead in 1906)
05
Death of Philippe LibonThat year: 1838, Classical music, French composer (born in 1775)
Birth of Irina HonoreThat year: 1838, Classical music, Russian opera singer
10
Birth of Harald TorsslowThat year: 1838, Classical music, Swedish actor and painter (1838-1909) (dead in 1909)
14
Birth of David Wallis ReevesThat year: 1838, Classical music, Bandleader and composer (dead in 1900)
Birth of Louis LübeckThat year: 1838, Classical music, composer (dead in 1904)
22
Death of Eugen PauschThat year: 1838, Classical music, composer (born in 1758)
23
Birth of Louis UckoThat year: 1838, Classical music, opera singer, singer (dead in 1897)
26
Birth of Wendelin WeissheimerThat year: 1838, Classical music, composer (dead in 1910)
27
Birth of William J. KirkpatrickThat year: 1838, Classical music, English composer of hymns and teacher (dead in 1921)
March
02
Death of Ludwig AbeilleThat year: 1838, Classical music, German classical pianist (born in 1761)
03
Birth of Karl DavydovThat year: 1838, Classical music, Russian composer (dead in 1889)
04
Birth of Paul d'LacômeThat year: 1838, Classical music, French composer (dead in 1920)
15
Birth of raimundo sarriegiThat year: 1838, Classical music, Spanish musician (dead in 1913)
24
Death of Thomas AttwoodThat year: 1838, Classical music, English composer and organist (born in 1765)
28
Birth of Wilhelm HillThat year: 1838, Classical music, German musician (dead in 1902)
Also in March
Inception: Akademiska SångföreningenThat year: 1838, Classical music (Finland) .
April
03
Birth of René de BoisdeffreThat year: 1838, Classical music, French composer (1838-1906) (dead in 1906)
06
Death of Jeremiah IngallsThat year: 1838, Classical music, American composer (born in 1764)
07
Birth of Ferdinand ThieriotThat year: 1838, Classical music, German musician (dead in 1919)
08
Birth of Georg Carl BohlmannThat year: 1838, Classical music, Danish musician (dead in 1920)
Birth of Emilie MechelinThat year: 1838, Classical music, Finnish opera singer (dead in 1917)
10
Birth of Eduard KremserThat year: 1838, Classical music, Austrian composer and conductor (dead in 1914)
13
Birth of Joseph FeehrerThat year: 1838, Classical music, composer (dead in 1927)
16
Birth of Karel BendlThat year: 1838, Classical music, Czech conductor, music educator, composer, publicist and choirmaster (dead in 1897)
20
Birth of Fritz Albert Christian RüdingerThat year: 1838, Classical music, Danish painter (1838-1925) (dead in 1925)
21
Birth of Ernest CuryThat year: 1838, Classical music, composer (dead in 1910)
24
Birth of Jules LevyThat year: 1838, Classical music, British musician (dead in 1903)
May
03
Birth of Dalnoki BéniThat year: 1838, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1914)
06
Birth of Alfred PeaseThat year: 1838, Classical music, American composer (dead in 1882)
09
Birth of George Horatio RyderThat year: 1838, Classical music, composer (dead in 1922)
15
Birth of Bruno ZwintscherThat year: 1838, Classical music, music pedagogue (dead in 1905)
28
Death of Thomas BusbyThat year: 1838, Classical music, English composer (born in 1755)
29
Death of Anna Milder-HauptmannThat year: 1838, Classical music, Soprano opera singer in Austria and Germany (born in 1785)
Birth of Hector SalomonThat year: 1838, Classical music, French composer (dead in 1906)
June
06
Birth of Aleksandr BagantzThat year: 1838, Classical music, composer (dead in 1893)
08
Birth of John NaylorThat year: 1838, Classical music, composer and organist of York Minster (dead in 1897)
09
Birth of Bernhardus BoekelmanThat year: 1838, Classical music, composer (dead in 1930)
13
Birth of Emil FischerThat year: 1838, Classical music, German opera singer (dead in 1914)
16
Birth of Frederic ArcherThat year: 1838, Classical music, British musician (dead in 1901)
19
Birth of Heinrich Schulz-BeuthenThat year: 1838, Classical music, German composer (dead in 1915)
24
Birth of Edward SibsonThat year: 1838, Classical music, composer (dead in 1905)
July
08
Birth of Adolf RobinsonThat year: 1838, Classical music, Austrian opera singer (dead in 1920)
09
Birth of Philip BlissThat year: 1838, Classical music, 19th century Christian hymnodist (dead in 1876)
19
Death of Frédéric Nicolas DuvernoyThat year: 1838, Classical music, composer and French horn player (born in 1765)
23
Birth of Édouard ColonneThat year: 1838, Classical music, French conductor and violinist (dead in 1910)
28
Death of Bernhard CrusellThat year: 1838, Classical music, Swedish-Finnish clarinetist, composer and translator (born in 1775)
August
02
Birth of Wilhelm SpeiserThat year: 1838, Classical music, German politician and merchant (dead in 1927)
03
Birth of Frederic ClayThat year: 1838, Classical music, English composer (dead in 1889)
05
Birth of Charles Lewis HutchinsThat year: 1838, Classical music, composer (dead in 1920)
12
Birth of Joseph BarnbyThat year: 1838, Classical music, British musician (dead in 1896)
17
Death of Lorenzo da Da PonteThat year: 1838, Classical music, opera librettist (born in 1749)
Birth of Emile DunklerThat year: 1838, Classical music, cellist, composer (dead in 1871)
18
Birth of Angelo NeumannThat year: 1838, Classical music, German author, opera singer and director (dead in 1910)
23
Birth of Cassius Clement StearnsThat year: 1838, Classical music, American composer (dead in 1910)
29
Birth of Frank D'AlquenThat year: 1838, Classical music, composer (dead in 1910)
September
01
Death of Peter Casper KrossingThat year: 1838, Classical music, Danish composer (born in 1793)
Birth of Henry George AndrèsThat year: 1838, Classical music, composer (dead in 1921)
03
Death of Heinrich Joseph WassermannThat year: 1838, Classical music, Swiss composer (born in 1791)
06
Birth of George Ashdown AudsleyThat year: 1838, Classical music, British-American architect, decorator, organ builder (dead in 1925)
07
Death of Joseph PannyThat year: 1838, Classical music, Austrian composer (born in 1794)
08
Death of Pietro RovelliThat year: 1838, Classical music, Italian composer (born in 1793)
09
Birth of Giuseppe ArrigoThat year: 1838, Classical music, composer (dead in 1913)
10
Premiere of Benvenuto Cellini, Op. 23That year: 1838, Classical music (Opera), Hector Berlioz
12
Death of Ludwig-Wilhelm Tepper de FergusonThat year: 1838, Classical music, Polish-German-Russian musician and composer (born in 1768)
17
Birth of Hilda ThegerströmThat year: 1838, Classical music, Swedish pianist (dead in 1907)
18
Birth of Emil ScariaThat year: 1838, Classical music, Austrian opera singer (dead in 1886)
24
Death of Friedrich BerrThat year: 1838, Classical music, German musician (born in 1794)
30
Birth of Emily SoldeneThat year: 1838, Classical music, British actor-manager, singer and writer (dead in 1912)
October
04
Death of Sophia Maria WestenholzThat year: 1838, Classical music, Composer, musician, singer, music educator (born in 1759)
13
Composition of Cello Sonata No. 1 in B-flat major, Op. 45That year: 1838, Classical music (Work for chamber orchestra), Felix Mendelssohn
20
Birth of Carl Friedrich HartungThat year: 1838, Classical music, composer (dead in 1916)
25
Birth of Georges BizetThat year: 1838, Classical music, French composer (dead in 1875)
November
01
Birth of Karl SpeichlerThat year: 1838, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1889)
04
Birth of Jules ten BrinkThat year: 1838, Classical music, Dutch composer (dead in 1889)
15
Birth of Kaspar BauseweinThat year: 1838, Classical music, German opera singer (dead in 1903)
18
Birth of Julia de Espín y Pérez de CollbrandThat year: 1838, Classical music, Spanish opera singer (dead in 1906)
Birth of Julia de Espín y Pérez de CollbrandThat year: 1838, Classical music, Spanish opera singer (dead in 1906)
21
Birth of Owen FawcettThat year: 1838, Classical music, composer (dead in 1904)
24
Death of Ludwig HellwigThat year: 1838, Classical music, German composer (born in 1773)
25
Birth of Anatole BernardelThat year: 1838, Classical music, composer (dead in 1878)
December
04
Birth of Melesio MoralesThat year: 1838, Classical music, Mexican composer (dead in 1908)
Birth of Leonard LabattThat year: 1838, Classical music, Swedish singer (dead in 1897)
Birth of Rudolf NiemannThat year: 1838, Classical music, composer (dead in 1898)
08
Birth of Marie BertramThat year: 1838, Classical music, opera singer, singer (dead in 1882)
10
Birth of Edmond WeberThat year: 1838, Classical music, composer (dead in 1885)
Birth of Federico CanoThat year: 1838, Classical music, composer (dead in 1904)
11
Birth of Whitney Eugene ThayerThat year: 1838, Classical music, American musician (dead in 1889)
13
Birth of Alexis de CastillonThat year: 1838, Classical music, French composer (dead in 1873)
16
Birth of Bernhard PolliniThat year: 1838, Classical music, German intendant (dead in 1897)
17
Birth of Berthold ToursThat year: 1838, Classical music, Dutch composer (dead in 1897)
26
Death of Franciszek LesselThat year: 1838, Classical music, Polish composer (born in 1780)
This was also in 1838
Birth of Ferdinand JägerThat year: 1838, Classical music, music pedagogue, opera singer, singer (dead in 1902). Birth of Ernst Eduard TaubertThat year: 1838, Classical music, German composer (dead in 1934). Birth of Charles F. BlandnerThat year: 1838, Classical music, composer (dead in 1896). Birth of Sidney LambertThat year: 1838, Classical music, American composer (dead in 1905). Birth of Fülöp LángThat year: 1838, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1900). Birth of Angheluș DinicuThat year: 1838, Classical music, Romanian musician (dead in 1905). Death of Philippe LaroqueThat year: 1838, Classical music, composer (born in 1780). Birth of Henri MessererThat year: 1838, Classical music, French composer and organist (dead in 1923). Birth of Moritz PeuschelThat year: 1838, Classical music, composer (dead in 1892). Birth of Johanna Sofia Emilie MechelinThat year: 1838, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1917). Birth of Frederick William BatchelderThat year: 1838, Classical music, composer (dead in 1911). Birth of Louis DiehlThat year: 1838, Classical music, composer (dead in 1910). Birth of Charles NeustedtThat year: 1838, Classical music, composer (dead in 1908). Birth of Henri DeshayesThat year: 1838, Classical music, composer (dead in 1913). Birth of Antônio Martiniano da Silva BemficaThat year: 1838, Classical music, composer (dead in 1904). Birth of Fyodor Petrovich KomissarzhevskyThat year: 1838, Classical music, Russian singer and music educator (dead in 1905). Inception: Banda Sinfónica da Guarda Nacional RepublicanaThat year: 1838, Classical music (Portugal). Birth of Emile BergerThat year: 1838, Classical music, composer (dead in 1900). Birth of Frederick Ter LindenThat year: 1838, Classical music, composer (dead in 1891). Birth of Rafael Taboada MantillaThat year: 1838, Classical music, Spanish composer (1838-1914) (dead in 1914). Death of Johann Heinrich ToblerThat year: 1838, Classical music, Swiss composer (born in 1777). Death of Bernard FattschekThat year: 1838, Classical music, composer (born in 1801). Birth of Amélie PerronnetThat year: 1838, Classical music, composer (dead in 1903). Death of Auguste FeigeThat year: 1838, Classical music, opera singer, stage actor . Death of Cândido Inácio da SilvaThat year: 1838, Classical music, Brazilian violinist (born in 1800). Birth of Juliette PasqualiniThat year: 1838, Classical music, French opera singer (dead in 1906). Birth of Gerard Francis CobbThat year: 1838, Classical music, English composer and writer (dead in 1904).
Works (composition or publishing)
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Carl Czerny (age 47) - 125 Exercises, Opp. 261, “Passagen-Übungen” (Work for soloist)
- Preludes and Fugues for organ in A minor, Op. 607 (Work for soloist)
- 3 Sonatinas, Opp. 390 (Work for chamber orchestra)
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Johann Strauss I (age 34) - Paris-Walzer, Op. 101 (Work for orchestra)
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Felix Mendelssohn (age 29) - Fantasy in F-sharp minor, Op. 28, “Sonate écossaise”That year: 1838, Classical music (Work for soloist), published in 1839
- Piano Concerto No. 2 in D minor, Op. 40That year: 1838, Classical music (Work for orchestra with soloist), composed in 1837
- 3 Studies, Opp. 104b (Work for soloist)
- 6 Lieder, Opp. 41 (Work for choir)
- Overture in C major, Op. 24 (Work for orchestra)
- Psalm XCV (95), Op. 46, “Come, let us sing” (Work for choir)
- Serenade and Allegro giocoso in B minor, Op. 43 (Work for orchestra with soloist)
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Robert Schumann (age 28) - Scenes from childhood, Op. 15That year: 1838, Classical music (Work for soloist)
- Kreisleriana, Op. 16That year: 1838, Classical music (Work for soloist)
- 8 Novelettes, Opp. 21That year: 1838, Classical music (Work for soloist)
- Arabesque in C major, Op. 18 (Work for soloist), published in 1839
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Frédéric Chopin (age 28) - Polonaise, Opp. 40That year: 1838, Classical music (Work for soloist)
- 4 Mazurkas, Opp. 33That year: 1838, Classical music (Work for soloist)
- 4 Mazurkas, Opp. 41 (Work for soloist)
- Waltzes, Opp. 34 (Work for soloist)
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Franz Liszt (age 27) - Études d'exécution transcendante d'après PaganiniThat year: 1838, Classical music (Work for soloist), published in 1851
- Grand galop chromatiqueThat year: 1838, Classical music (Work for soloist)
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Richard Wagner (age 25) - Der Tannenbaum (Song, lied)
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Giuseppe Verdi (age 25) - Sei romanze (Song, lied)
