The year 1839 in classical music and in lyrical art
1839. With other artists, Frédéric Chopin, Gaetano Donizetti and Mikhail Glinka influenced their time (romantic era). That year would see the birth of future classical or lyrical artists, such as Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky, while others would disappear. That year, new works would be composed, published or performed for the first time in public, such as “Oberto, Conte di San Bonifacio” de Giuseppe Verdi, for example.
All these moments, more or less notable, make the year 1839 a page in the history of classical and lyrical music to be discovered or rediscovered. soclassiq currently lists more than 190 of these moments for 1839.
1839, from day to day
January
04
Birth of Josep Ribera i MiróThat year: 1839, Classical music, Spanish composer (1839-1921) (dead in 1921)
08
Birth of Anna LevinsohnThat year: 1839, Classical music, Danish opera singer (dead in 1899)
Death of August CiliaxThat year: 1839, Classical music, opera singer, stage actor (born in 1774)
09
Birth of John Knowles PaineThat year: 1839, Classical music, American composer (dead in 1906)
11
Birth of Otto DienelThat year: 1839, Classical music, German composer and organist (dead in 1905)
17
Death of Federico MorettiThat year: 1839, Classical music, Italian composer and musician (born in 1769)
18
Birth of Gilles RaspailThat year: 1839, Classical music, composer (dead in 1889)
19
Death of Georg Abraham SchneiderThat year: 1839, Classical music, German composer, conductor and hornist (born in 1770)
Birth of Jan Peter GotthardThat year: 1839, Classical music, composer, music arranger, musicologist, publisher (dead in 1919)
20
Birth of Samuel Wesley MartinThat year: 1839, Classical music, composer (dead in 1902)
21
Birth of Ferdinand LangerThat year: 1839, Classical music, composer (dead in 1905)
27
Birth of John JulianThat year: 1839, Classical music, British priest (dead in 1913)
29
Birth of Hippolyte François RabaudThat year: 1839, Classical music, composer (dead in 1900)
31
Birth of Giulio GaddaThat year: 1839, Classical music, composer (dead in 1905)
February
03
Birth of Winfield RipleyThat year: 1839, Classical music, composer (dead in 1924)
04
Birth of Armand GouzienThat year: 1839, Classical music, musicien et journaliste français (dead in 1892)
08
Birth of Élie-Miriam DelabordeThat year: 1839, Classical music, French pianist and composer (dead in 1913)
16
Death of Ludwig BergerThat year: 1839, Classical music, German pianist and composer (born in 1777)
17
Birth of Johann Gustav Eduard StehleThat year: 1839, Classical music, Swiss kapellmeister (1839-1915) (dead in 1915)
27
Birth of Victor CapoulThat year: 1839, Classical music, French opera singer (dead in 1924)
March
01
Birth of Laura NetzelThat year: 1839, Classical music, Swedish composer, pianist, conductor (dead in 1927)
02
Birth of Francis PlantéThat year: 1839, Classical music, French pianist (dead in 1934)
Birth of Victoria BundsenThat year: 1839, Classical music, Swedish opera singer (dead in 1909)
04
Death of Ignaz LadurnerThat year: 1839, Classical music, French pianist (born in 1766)
05
Death of Andreas KretzschmerThat year: 1839, Classical music, composer, jurist, music theorist, musicologist, writer (born in 1775)
07
Death of Adolphe NourritThat year: 1839, Classical music, French opera singer (born in 1802)
Death of Vicenç CuyàsThat year: 1839, Classical music, Spanish composer (born in 1816)
09
Birth of Modest Petrovich MussorgskyThat year: 1839, Classical music, Russian composer (1839-1881) (dead in 1881)
Birth of Alexandre LapissidaThat year: 1839, Classical music, French theatre manager (dead in 1907)
Birth of Phoebe Palmer KnappThat year: 1839, Classical music, composer (dead in 1908)
10
Birth of Dudley BuckThat year: 1839, Classical music, American composer and organist (dead in 1909)
11
Birth of Marie KreuzerThat year: 1839, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1904)
13
Death of Wenzel Robert von GallenbergThat year: 1839, Classical music, Austrian composer and theatre director (born in 1783)
Birth of Sebastian Bach MillsThat year: 1839, Classical music, American musician (dead in 1898)
17
Birth of Josef von RheinbergerThat year: 1839, Classical music, German organist and composer (dead in 1901)
Birth of Henri GhysThat year: 1839, Classical music, composer (dead in 1908)
20
Birth of Ida AhlersThat year: 1839, Classical music, opera singer, stage actor (dead in 1901)
21
Premiere of Symphony No. 9 in C major, “Große C-Dur”That year: 1839, Classical music (Work for orchestra), Franz Schubert
28
Death of Giuseppe SiboniThat year: 1839, Classical music, Italian opera singer (born in 1780)
30
Birth of Ulysse Alexandre ToussaintThat year: 1839, Classical music, French opera singer (dead in 1919)
April
05
Birth of Mikhail AzanchevskyThat year: 1839, Classical music, musical artist (dead in 1881)
Birth of Stanisław PilińskiThat year: 1839, Classical music, composer (dead in 1905)
06
Death of Henri BrodThat year: 1839, Classical music, French musician (born in 1799)
07
Birth of Edmond SténosseThat year: 1839, Classical music, composer (dead in 1888)
09
Birth of A. ThorenfeldThat year: 1839, Classical music, Danish opera singer and painter (1839-1907) (dead in 1907)
12
Birth of Victorin de JoncièresThat year: 1839, Classical music, French composer (dead in 1903)
Birth of Johann Heinrich BonawitzThat year: 1839, Classical music, composer (dead in 1917)
13
Death of Domenico RonconiThat year: 1839, Classical music, Italian opera singer (tenore) (born in 1772)
14
Death of Charles StokesThat year: 1839, Classical music, composer (born in 1784)
15
Death of Christoph August GablerThat year: 1839, Classical music, German composer (born in 1765)
18
Birth of Frantz Jehin-PrumeThat year: 1839, Classical music, Canadian violinist and composer (dead in 1899)
19
Birth of Robert GoldbeckThat year: 1839, Classical music, composer, opera composer, pianist (dead in 1908)
Birth of Emílio Soares de Gouveia Horta JúniorThat year: 1839, Classical music, composer (dead in 1907)
20
Birth of Florian OborskiThat year: 1839, Classical music, composer (dead in 1892)
22
Death of Thomas Haynes BaylyThat year: 1839, Classical music, English poet, songwriter, dramatist, and writer (born in 1797)
23
Birth of William Kipp BassfordThat year: 1839, Classical music, composer (dead in 1902)
24
Birth of Ludwig GrünbergerThat year: 1839, Classical music, Czech composer and pianist (dead in 1896)
May
01
Birth of Magdalena MicińskaThat year: 1839, Classical music, actor, opera singer (dead in 1923)
02
Birth of Quido HavlasaThat year: 1839, Classical music, Czech music educator, composer, choirmaster and organist (dead in 1909)
03
Death of Ferdinando PaerThat year: 1839, Classical music, Italian composer (born in 1771)
10
Birth of Amalie JoachimThat year: 1839, Classical music, German singer (dead in 1899)
12
Birth of Zsigmond HajósThat year: 1839, Classical music, Hungarian singer (dead in 1911)
16
Death of Nikolay Osipovich DurThat year: 1839, Classical music, Russian actor, singer and opera singer (1807-1839) (born in 1807)
19
Birth of Alice Mary SmithThat year: 1839, Classical music, English composer (dead in 1884)
23
Death of François-Charlemagne LefebvreThat year: 1839, Classical music, French composer (born in 1775)
24
Death of Boline Margrethe KraghThat year: 1839, Classical music, Danish opera singer (born in 1809)
30
Birth of Ernst EberhardThat year: 1839, Classical music, composer (dead in 1899)
31
Birth of Severine MorgenstierneThat year: 1839, Classical music, Norwegian opera singer (dead in 1913)
June
07
Birth of Karl DeigendeschThat year: 1839, Classical music, composer (dead in 1911)
08
Death of Aloysia WeberThat year: 1839, Classical music, German operatic soprano (born in 1760)
11
Birth of Eugen DrobischThat year: 1839, Classical music, composer (dead in 1905)
12
Birth of Gustaw RoguskiThat year: 1839, Classical music, composer (dead in 1921)
13
Death of Martin Pierre d'AlvimareThat year: 1839, Classical music, French composer (born in 1772)
Birth of Ludovico PerulloThat year: 1839, Classical music, composer (dead in 1860)
14
Birth of BarnoltThat year: 1839, Classical music, French operatic tenor (dead in 1900)
15
Death of Hans SkramstadThat year: 1839, Classical music, Norwegian musician (born in 1797)
24
Birth of Giovanni Battista LampertiThat year: 1839, Classical music, Italian singing teacher (dead in 1910)
29
Death of Hampartsoum LimondjianThat year: 1839, Classical music, Composer of Turkish Classical and Armenian Church music. Inventor of the Hamparsum musical notation system. (born in 1768)
Birth of Louis von BignioThat year: 1839, Classical music, (1839--1907) opera singer (dead in 1907)
July
05
Birth of Eduard KöllnerThat year: 1839, Classical music, composer (dead in 1891)
09
Birth of Carl BaermannThat year: 1839, Classical music, the son, pianist (dead in 1913)
10
Death of Fernando SorThat year: 1839, Classical music, Spanish classical guitarist and composer (born in 1778)
14
Birth of Sydney SmithThat year: 1839, Classical music, English pianist and composer (dead in 1889)
Death of Tebaldo MonzaniThat year: 1839, Classical music, Italian publisher and composer (born in 1762)
17
Birth of Friedrich GernsheimThat year: 1839, Classical music, German composer, conductor, pianist and teacher (dead in 1916)
29
Birth of Luigi BolisThat year: 1839, Classical music, Italian opera singer (dead in 1905)
August
05
Birth of Johannès DonjonThat year: 1839, Classical music, composer (dead in 1912)
18
Birth of Hugh Archibald ClarkeThat year: 1839, Classical music, Canadian composer, organist and teacher (dead in 1927)
19
Birth of José Luis de MuguerzaThat year: 1839, Classical music, composer (dead in 1895)
20
Birth of Carolina FerniThat year: 1839, Classical music, Italian violinist and opera singer (1846–1926) (dead in 1926)
23
Death of Charles Philippe LafontThat year: 1839, Classical music, French violinist and composer (born in 1781)
Birth of Felipe GorritiThat year: 1839, Classical music, composer (dead in 1896)
24
Birth of Eduard NápravníkThat year: 1839, Classical music, Czech conductor and composer (dead in 1916)
Birth of Frederick Henry PeaseThat year: 1839, Classical music, composer (dead in 1909)
25
Death of Jean-Jacques GrassetThat year: 1839, Classical music, French violonist, composer and music director (born in 1769)
September
05
Birth of Franz KrolopThat year: 1839, Classical music, opera singer, singer (dead in 1897)
Birth of František KrolopThat year: 1839, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1887)
12
Birth of Winslow Lewis HaydenThat year: 1839, Classical music, composer (dead in 1886)
14
Death of Giuseppe MoscaThat year: 1839, Classical music, Opera composer (born in 1772)
Birth of Johann Nepomuk KralThat year: 1839, Classical music, Bohemian composer and conductor (dead in 1896)
17
Birth of Antonio López AlmagroThat year: 1839, Classical music, Spanish composer (dead in 1904)
Birth of Marie Stanek-HrimalyThat year: 1839, Classical music, opera singer and pianist (1839-1921) (dead in 1921)
Birth of Marie Stanek-HrimalyThat year: 1839, Classical music, opera singer and pianist (1839-1921) (dead in 1921)
21
Death of Gottfried WeberThat year: 1839, Classical music, German writer, composer, jurist (born in 1779)
25
Birth of Karl KunzeThat year: 1839, Classical music, composer (dead in 1911)
29
Birth of Irvine DearnaleyThat year: 1839, Classical music, composer (dead in 1894)
30
Death of Joseph Maria WolframThat year: 1839, Classical music, German-Czech politician and amateur composer (1789-1839) (born in 1789)
October
15
Birth of Adolf Müller juniorThat year: 1839, Classical music, Austrian composer (dead in 1901)
24
Birth of Léon RoquesThat year: 1839, Classical music, French transcriber (dead in 1923)
25
Birth of Minna Peschka-LeutnerThat year: 1839, Classical music, German opera singer (dead in 1890)
Birth of Bernard RieThat year: 1839, Classical music, composer (dead in 1910)
29
Birth of Pietro MonginiThat year: 1839, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1874)
Birth of Charles James DornThat year: 1839, Classical music, composer (dead in 1909)
November
07
Birth of Hermann LeviThat year: 1839, Classical music, German musician (dead in 1900)
09
Birth of Theodor MayerThat year: 1839, Classical music, opera singer, singer (dead in 1909)
13
Birth of Josep Jordà i ValorThat year: 1839, Classical music, Spanish composer (1839-1918) (dead in 1918)
15
Birth of Anna CarinaThat year: 1839, Classical music, (1839--1885) opera singer (dead in 1885)
17
Premiere of Oberto, Conte di San BonifacioThat year: 1839, Classical music (Opera), Giuseppe Verdi
18
Death of Wilhelmine von WrochemThat year: 1839, Classical music, opera singer, stage actor (born in 1798)
25
Birth of Stanisław DunieckiThat year: 1839, Classical music, composer, conductor (dead in 1870)
December
07
Death of Jan August VitásekThat year: 1839, Classical music, Czech music educator, composer, pianist and organist (born in 1771)
18
Death of Charles-Henri PlantadeThat year: 1839, Classical music, French composer (born in 1764)
Death of Peter Mikael SällströmThat year: 1839, Classical music, Swedish actor (born in 1802)
24
Death of Davies GilbertThat year: 1839, Classical music, scientist and mathematician, President of the Royal Society, M.P. (born in 1767)
Birth of Ilka MarkovitsThat year: 1839, Classical music, Hungarian singer (dead in 1915)
This was also in 1839
Birth of Giovanni Di Domenico NavoneThat year: 1839, Classical music, composer (dead in 1907). Birth of Fyodor GedikeThat year: 1839, Classical music, composer (dead in 1916). Birth of Mikhail SariottiThat year: 1839, Classical music, Russian singer (dead in 1878). Birth of Gurli LublinThat year: 1839, Classical music, Swedish actress (dead in 1887). Death of Charles SchunkeThat year: 1839, Classical music, composer (born in 1801). Death of Agostino BelloliThat year: 1839, Classical music, composer (born in 1778). Birth of Valentina BianchiThat year: 1839, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1884). Birth of Emma Marcy RaymondThat year: 1839, Classical music, American musician, composer, author of operetta, songs and piano music (1839-1913) (dead in 1913). Death of Salvator CallaultThat year: 1839, Classical music, composer (born in 1791). Birth of Walter HewittThat year: 1839, Classical music, composer (dead in 1887). Death of Oleksandr Ivanovych LyzohubThat year: 1839, Classical music, composer, pianist (born in 1790). Birth of Furneaux CookThat year: 1839, Classical music, British opera singer and actor (dead in 1903). Birth of Alfred LeeThat year: 1839, Classical music, composer (dead in 1906). Birth of Leon FirketThat year: 1839, Classical music, composer (dead in 1893). Birth of John UndernerThat year: 1839, Classical music, composer (dead in 1904). Birth of Rudolf DobritzschThat year: 1839, Classical music, composer (dead in 1896). Inauguration: Luzerner TheaterThat year: 1839, Classical music (Lucerne, Switzerland). Death of Louis François Henri LefébureThat year: 1839, Classical music, botanist (1754-1839) (born in 1754).
Works (composition or publishing)
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Hector Berlioz (age 36) - Roméo et Juliette, Op. 17That year: 1839, Classical music (Work for orchestra)
- Aubade, Le lever pour la chasse (Song, lied)
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Johann Strauss I (age 35) - Apollo-Walzer, Op. 128 (Work for orchestra)
- Cäcilien-Walzer, Op. 120 (Work for orchestra)
- Freuden-Grüsse, Op. 105 (Work for orchestra)
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Felix Mendelssohn (age 30) - Fantasy in F-sharp minor, Op. 28, “Sonate écossaise”That year: 1839, Classical music (Work for soloist), composed in 1838
- Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 49That year: 1839, Classical music (Work for chamber orchestra)
- Cello Sonata No. 1 in B-flat major, Op. 45 (Work for chamber orchestra), composed in 1838
- The first day of Spring, Opp. 48 (Work for choir)
- 3 Lieder, Opp. 84 (Song, lied)
- 6 Lieder, Opp. 47 (Song, lied)
- Overture in C minor, Op. 95, “Ruy Blas” (Work for orchestra)
- Psalm CXIV (114), Op. 51, “When Israel out of Egypt came” (Work for choir)
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Frédéric Chopin (age 29) - Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 35, “Marche funèbre”That year: 1839, Classical music (Work for soloist)
- Ballad No. 2 in F major, Op. 38That year: 1839, Classical music (Work for soloist)
- Impromptu No. 2 in F-sharp major, Op. 36That year: 1839, Classical music (Work for soloist), published in 1840
- Scherzo No. 3 in C-sharp minor, Op. 39That year: 1839, Classical music (Work for soloist)
- Studies, “Trois Nouvelles Études” (Work for soloist)
- Preludes, Opp. 28 (Work for soloist)
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Robert Schumann (age 29) - Fantasy in C major, Op. 17That year: 1839, Classical music (Work for soloist), composed in 1836
- Carnival Jest from Vienna, Op. 26That year: 1839, Classical music (Work for soloist), published in 1841
- Arabesque in C major, Op. 18 (Work for soloist), composed in 1838
- Humoresque in B-flat major, Op. 20 (Work for soloist)
- 9 Pieces, Opp. 23 (Work for soloist)
- Flower piece, Op. 19 (Work for soloist)
- 4 Pieces, Opp. 32 (Work for soloist)
- 3 Romances, Opp. 28 (Work for soloist)
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Franz Liszt (age 28) - Piano Concerto No. 3 in E-flat major (Work for orchestra with soloist)
- Sposalizio (Work for soloist)
- Das deutsche Vaterland (Work for choir)
- Angiolin dal biondo crin (Song, lied)
- Album Leaf in C minor (Work for soloist)
- Il penseroso (Work for soloist)
- Valse mélancolique (Work for soloist)
- Waltz in A major (Work for soloist)
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Richard Wagner (age 26) - Gesang am Grabe Julies von Holtei (Work for choir)
- Attente (Song, lied)
- Dors mon enfant (Song, lied)
- Extase (Song, lied)
- La tombe dit à rose (Song, lied)
- Mignonne (Song, lied)
- Tout n'est qu'images fugitives (Song, lied)
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Giuseppe Verdi (age 26) - L'esule (Song, lied)
- La seduzione (Song, lied)
- Guarda che bianca luna ! (Song, lied)
