1839, from day to day
1839. With other artists, Gioachino Rossini, France Prešeren and Frédéric Chopin 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.
The year 1839 in classical music and in lyrical art
January
04
Birth of Josep Ribera i Miró That year: 1839, Classical music, Spanish composer (1839-1921) (dead in 1921)
08
Birth of Anna Levinsohn That year: 1839, Classical music, Danish opera singer (1839-1899) (dead in 1899)
Death of August Ciliax That year: 1839, Classical music, opera singer, stage actor (born in 1774)
09
Birth of John Knowles Paine That year: 1839, Classical music, American composer (dead in 1906)
11
Birth of Otto Dienel That year: 1839, Classical music, German composer and organist (1839-1905) (dead in 1905)
17
Death of Federico Moretti That year: 1839, Classical music, Italian composer and musician (born in 1769)
18
Birth of Gilles Raspail That year: 1839, Classical music, composer (dead in 1889)
19
Death of Georg Abraham Schneider That year: 1839, Classical music, German composer, conductor and hornist (born in 1770)
Birth of Jan Peter Gotthard That year: 1839, Classical music, composer, musicologist, publisher, music arranger (dead in 1919)
20
Birth of Samuel Wesley Martin That year: 1839, Classical music, composer (dead in 1902)
21
Birth of Ferdinand Langer That year: 1839, Classical music, German composer (dead in 1905)
27
Birth of John Julian That year: 1839, Classical music, British priest (dead in 1913)
29
Birth of Hippolyte François Rabaud That year: 1839, Classical music, composer (dead in 1900)
31
Birth of Giulio Gadda That year: 1839, Classical music, composer (dead in 1905)
February
03
Birth of Winfield Ripley That year: 1839, Classical music, composer (dead in 1924)
04
Birth of Armand Gouzien That year: 1839, Classical music, musicien et journaliste français (dead in 1892)
08
Birth of Élie-Miriam Delaborde That year: 1839, Classical music, French pianist and composer (dead in 1913)
16
Death of Ludwig Berger That year: 1839, Classical music, German pianist and composer (born in 1777)
17
Birth of Johann Gustav Eduard Stehle That year: 1839, Classical music, Swiss kapellmeister (1839-1915) (dead in 1915)
27
Birth of Victor Capoul That year: 1839, Classical music, French opera singer (1839-1924) (dead in 1924)
March
01
Birth of Laura Netzel That year: 1839, Classical music, Swedish composer, pianist, conductor (dead in 1927)
02
Birth of Francis Planté That year: 1839, Classical music, French pianist (dead in 1934)
Birth of Victoria Bundsen That year: 1839, Classical music, Swedish opera singer (1839-1909) (dead in 1909)
04
Death of Ignaz Ladurner That year: 1839, Classical music, French pianist (born in 1766)
05
Death of Andreas Kretzschmer That year: 1839, Classical music, musicologist, jurist, writer, composer, music theorist (born in 1775)
07
Death of Adolphe Nourrit That year: 1839, Classical music, French opera singer (1802-1839) (born in 1802)
Death of Vicenç Cuyàs That year: 1839, Classical music, Spanish composer (born in 1816)
09
Birth of Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky That year: 1839, Classical music, Russian composer (1839–1881) (dead in 1881)
Birth of Alexandre Lapissida That year: 1839, Classical music, French theatre manager (dead in 1907)
Birth of Phoebe Palmer Knapp That year: 1839, Classical music, composer (dead in 1908)
10
Birth of Dudley Buck That year: 1839, Classical music, American composer and organist (1839–1909) (dead in 1909)
11
Birth of Marie Kreuzer That year: 1839, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1904)
13
Death of Wenzel Robert von Gallenberg That year: 1839, Classical music, Austrian composer and theatre director (1783-1839) (born in 1783)
Birth of Sebastian Bach Mills That year: 1839, Classical music, American musician (1839-1898) (dead in 1898)
17
Birth of Josef von Rheinberger That year: 1839, Classical music, Liechtensteiner organist and composer (1839-1901) (dead in 1901)
Birth of Henri Ghys That year: 1839, Classical music, composer (dead in 1908)
20
Birth of Ida Ahlers That 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 Siboni That year: 1839, Classical music, Italian opera singer (1780-1839) (born in 1780)
30
Birth of Ulysse Alexandre Toussaint That year: 1839, Classical music, French opera singer (dead in 1919)
April
05
Birth of Mikhail Azanchevsky That year: 1839, Classical music, musical artist (dead in 1881)
Birth of Stanisław Piliński That year: 1839, Classical music, composer (dead in 1905)
06
Death of Henri Brod That year: 1839, Classical music, French musician (born in 1799)
07
Birth of Edmond Sténosse That year: 1839, Classical music, composer (dead in 1888)
09
Birth of A. Thorenfeld That year: 1839, Classical music, Danish opera singer and painter (1839-1907) (dead in 1907)
12
Birth of Victorin de Joncières That year: 1839, Classical music, French composer (dead in 1903)
Birth of Johann Heinrich Bonawitz That year: 1839, Classical music, composer (dead in 1917)
13
Death of Domenico Ronconi That year: 1839, Classical music, Italian opera singer (tenore) (born in 1772)
14
Death of Charles Stokes That year: 1839, Classical music, composer (born in 1784)
15
Death of Christoph August Gabler That year: 1839, Classical music, German composer (born in 1765)
18
Birth of Frantz Jehin-Prume That year: 1839, Classical music, Canadian violinist and composer (dead in 1899)
19
Birth of Robert Goldbeck That year: 1839, Classical music, 1839-1908 (dead in 1908)
Birth of Emílio Soares de Gouveia Horta Júnior That year: 1839, Classical music, composer (dead in 1907)
20
Birth of Florian Oborski That year: 1839, Classical music, composer (dead in 1892)
22
Death of Thomas Haynes Bayly That year: 1839, Classical music, English poet, songwriter, dramatist, and writer (born in 1797)
23
Birth of William Kipp Bassford That year: 1839, Classical music, composer (dead in 1902)
24
Birth of Ludwig Grünberger That year: 1839, Classical music, Czech composer and pianist (1839-1896) (dead in 1896)
May
01
Birth of Magdalena Micińska That year: 1839, Classical music, actor, opera singer (dead in 1923)
02
Birth of Quido Havlasa That year: 1839, Classical music, Czech music educator, composer, choirmaster and organist (dead in 1909)
03
Death of Ferdinando Paer That year: 1839, Classical music, Italian composer (born in 1771)
10
Birth of Amalie Joachim That year: 1839, Classical music, German singer (1839-1899) (dead in 1899)
12
Birth of Zsigmond Hajós That year: 1839, Classical music, Hungarian singer (1839-1911) (dead in 1911)
16
Death of Nikolay Osipovich Dur That year: 1839, Classical music, Russian actor, singer and opera singer (1807-1839) (born in 1807)
19
Birth of Alice Mary Smith That year: 1839, Classical music, English composer (1839-1884) (dead in 1884)
23
Death of François-Charlemagne Lefebvre That year: 1839, Classical music, French composer (born in 1775)
24
Death of Boline Margrethe Kragh That year: 1839, Classical music, Danish opera singer (born in 1809)
30
Birth of Ernst Eberhard That year: 1839, Classical music, composer (dead in 1899)
31
Birth of Severine Morgenstierne That year: 1839, Classical music, Norwegian opera singer (dead in 1913)
June
03
Death of Martin Pierre d'Alvimare That year: 1839, Classical music, French composer (born in 1772)
07
Birth of Karl Deigendesch That year: 1839, Classical music, composer (dead in 1911)
08
Death of Aloysia Weber That year: 1839, Classical music, German operatic soprano (born in 1760)
11
Birth of Eugen Drobisch That year: 1839, Classical music, composer (dead in 1905)
12
Birth of Gustaw Roguski That year: 1839, Classical music, composer (dead in 1921)
13
Birth of Ludovico Perullo That year: 1839, Classical music, composer (dead in 1860)
14
Birth of Barnolt That year: 1839, Classical music, French operatic tenor (dead in 1900)
15
Death of Hans Skramstad That year: 1839, Classical music, Norwegian musician (born in 1797)
18
Birth of Louise Haenel de Cronenthall That year: 1839, Classical music, composer (dead in 1896)
24
Birth of Giovanni Battista Lamperti That year: 1839, Classical music, Italian singing teacher (dead in 1910)
29
Death of Hampartsoum Limondjian That 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 Bignio That year: 1839, Classical music, (1839--1907) opera singer (dead in 1907)
July
05
Birth of Eduard Köllner That year: 1839, Classical music, composer (dead in 1891)
09
Birth of Carl Baermann That year: 1839, Classical music, the son, pianist (dead in 1913)
10
Death of Fernando Sor That year: 1839, Classical music, Spanish classical guitarist and composer (1778-1839) (born in 1778)
14
Birth of Sydney Smith That year: 1839, Classical music, English pianist and composer (dead in 1889)
Death of Tebaldo Monzani That year: 1839, Classical music, Italian publisher and composer (born in 1762)
17
Birth of Friedrich Gernsheim That year: 1839, Classical music, German composer, conductor, pianist and teacher (1839-1916) (dead in 1916)
29
Birth of Luigi Bolis That year: 1839, Classical music, Italian opera singer (dead in 1905)
August
05
Birth of Johannès Donjon That year: 1839, Classical music, composer (dead in 1912)
18
Birth of Hugh Archibald Clarke That year: 1839, Classical music, Canadian composer, organist and teacher (dead in 1927)
19
Birth of José Luis de Muguerza That year: 1839, Classical music, composer (dead in 1895)
20
Birth of Carolina Ferni That year: 1839, Classical music, Italian violinist and opera singer (1846–1926) (dead in 1926)
23
Death of Charles Philippe Lafont That year: 1839, Classical music, French violinist and composer (1781-1839) (born in 1781)
Birth of Felipe Gorriti That year: 1839, Classical music, composer (dead in 1896)
24
Birth of Eduard Nápravník That year: 1839, Classical music, Czech conductor and composer (dead in 1916)
Birth of Frederick Henry Pease That year: 1839, Classical music, composer (dead in 1909)
25
Death of Jean-Jacques Grasset That year: 1839, Classical music, French violonist, composer and music director (born in 1769)
September
05
Birth of Franz Krolop That year: 1839, Classical music, German opera singer (1839-1897) (dead in 1897)
Birth of František Krolop That year: 1839, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1887)
12
Birth of Winslow Lewis Hayden That year: 1839, Classical music, composer (dead in 1886)
14
Death of Giuseppe Mosca That year: 1839, Classical music, Opera composer (born in 1772)
Birth of Johann Nepomuk Kral That year: 1839, Classical music, Bohemian composer and conductor (dead in 1896)
17
Birth of Antonio López Almagro That year: 1839, Classical music, Spanish composer (dead in 1904)
Birth of Marie Stanek-Hrimaly That year: 1839, Classical music, opera singer and pianist (1839-1921) (dead in 1921)
21
Death of Gottfried Weber That year: 1839, Classical music, German writer, composer, jurist (born in 1779)
25
Birth of Karl Kunze That year: 1839, Classical music, composer (dead in 1911)
29
Birth of Irvine Dearnaley That year: 1839, Classical music, composer (dead in 1894)
30
Death of Joseph Maria Wolfram That year: 1839, Classical music, German-Czech politician and amateur composer (1789-1839) (born in 1789)
October
15
Birth of Adolf Müller junior That year: 1839, Classical music, Austrian composer (1839-1901) (dead in 1901)
24
Birth of Léon Roques That year: 1839, Classical music, French transcriber (dead in 1923)
25
Birth of Minna Peschka-Leutner That year: 1839, Classical music, German opera singer (dead in 1890)
Birth of Bernard Rie That year: 1839, Classical music, composer (dead in 1910)
29
Birth of Charles James Dorn That year: 1839, Classical music, composer (dead in 1909)
November
07
Birth of Hermann Levi That year: 1839, Classical music, German musician (dead in 1900)
09
Birth of Theodor Mayer That year: 1839, Classical music, singer, opera singer (dead in 1909)
13
Birth of Josep Jordà i Valor That year: 1839, Classical music, Spanish composer (1839-1918) (dead in 1918)
15
Birth of Anna Carina That year: 1839, Classical music, (1839--1885) opera singer (dead in 1885)
17
Premiere of Oberto, Conte di San Bonifacio That year: 1839, Classical music (Opera), Giuseppe Verdi
18
Death of Wilhelmine von Wrochem That year: 1839, Classical music, stage actor, opera singer (born in 1798)
25
Birth of Stanisław Duniecki That year: 1839, Classical music, conductor, composer, opinion journalist (dead in 1870)
December
07
Death of Jan August Vitásek That year: 1839, Classical music, Czech music educator, composer, pianist and organist (born in 1771)
18
Death of Charles-Henri Plantade That year: 1839, Classical music, French composer (born in 1764)
Death of Peter Mikael Sällström That year: 1839, Classical music, Swedish actor (born in 1802)
24
Death of Davies Gilbert That year: 1839, Classical music, scientist and mathematician, President of the Royal Society, M.P. (born in 1767)
Birth of Ilka Markovits That year: 1839, Classical music, Hungarian singer (dead in 1915)
This was also in 1839
Birth of Gurli Lublin That year: 1839, Classical music, Swedish actress (dead in 1887) . Death of Louis François Henri Lefébure That year: 1839, Classical music, botanist (1754-1839/1840) (born in 1754) . Death of Charles Schunke That year: 1839, Classical music, composer (born in 1801) . Birth of Emma Marcy Raymond That year: 1839, Classical music, American musician, composer, author of operetta, songs and piano music (1839-1913) (dead in 1913) . Birth of Leon Firket That year: 1839, Classical music, composer (dead in 1893) . Birth of Giovanni Di Domenico Navone That year: 1839, Classical music, composer (dead in 1907) . Birth of Mikhail Sariotti That year: 1839, Classical music, Russian singer (dead in 1878) . Birth of Alfred Lee That year: 1839, Classical music, composer (dead in 1906) . Birth of John Underner That year: 1839, Classical music, composer (dead in 1904) . Inauguration: Luzerner Theater That year: 1839, Classical music (Lucerne, Switzerland). Birth of Furneaux Cook That year: 1839, Classical music, British opera singer and actor (dead in 1903) . Death of Oleksandr Ivanovych Lyzohub That year: 1839, Classical music, pianist, composer (born in 1790) . Birth of Valentina Bianchi That year: 1839, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1884) . Death of Salvator Callault That year: 1839, Classical music, composer (born in 1791) . Birth of Fyodor Gedike That year: 1839, Classical music, composer (dead in 1916) . Birth of Rudolf Dobritzsch That year: 1839, Classical music, composer (dead in 1896) . Death of Agostino Belloli That year: 1839, Classical music, composer (born in 1778) . Birth of Walter Hewitt That year: 1839, Classical music, composer (dead in 1887) .
Works (composition or publishing)
- Hector Berlioz (age 36)
- Roméo et Juliette, Op. 17 That year: 1839, Classical music (Work for orchestra)
- Aubade, Le lever pour la chasse (Song, lied)
- Johann Strauss I (age 35)
- Freuden-Grüsse, Op. 105 (Work for orchestra)
- Cäcilien-Walzer, Op. 120 (Work for orchestra)
- Apollo-Walzer, Op. 128 (Work for orchestra)
- 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. 49 That 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
- 6 Lieder, Opp. 47 (Song, lied)
- The first day of Spring, Opp. 48 (Work for choir)
- Psalm CXIV (114), Op. 51, “When Israel out of Egypt came” (Work for choir)
- 3 Lieder, Opp. 84 (Song, lied)
- Overture in C minor, Op. 95, “Ruy Blas” (Work for orchestra)
- 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. 38 That year: 1839, Classical music (Work for soloist)
- Impromptu No. 2 in F-sharp major, Op. 36 That year: 1839, Classical music (Work for soloist), published in 1840
- Scherzo No. 3 in C-sharp minor, Op. 39 That year: 1839, Classical music (Work for soloist)
- Studies, “Trois Nouvelles Études” (Work for soloist)
- Preludes, Opp. 28 (Work for soloist)
- Robert Schumann (age 29)
- Fantasy in C major, Op. 17 That year: 1839, Classical music (Work for soloist), composed in 1836
- Carnival Jest from Vienna, Op. 26 That year: 1839, Classical music (Work for soloist), published in 1841
- Arabesque in C major, Op. 18 That year: 1839, Classical music (Work for soloist), composed in 1838
- Humoresque in B-flat major, Op. 20 That year: 1839, Classical music (Work for soloist)
- 9 Pieces, Opp. 23 That year: 1839, Classical music (Work for soloist)
- Flower piece, Op. 19 (Work for soloist)
- 3 Romances, Opp. 28 (Work for soloist)
- 4 Pieces, Opp. 32 (Work for soloist)
- Franz Liszt (age 28)
- Piano Concerto No. 3 in E-flat major That year: 1839, Classical music (Work for orchestra with soloist)
- Sposalizio (Work for soloist)
- Il penseroso (Work for soloist)
- Album Leaf in C minor (Work for soloist)
- Valse mélancolique (Work for soloist)
- Waltz in A major (Work for soloist)
- Angiolin dal biondo crin (Song, lied)
- Das deutsche Vaterland (Work for choir)
- Richard Wagner (age 26)
- Gesang am Grabe Julies von Holtei (Work for choir)
- Dors mon enfant (Song, lied)
- Extase (Song, lied)
- Attente (Song, lied)
- La tombe dit à rose (Song, lied)
- Mignonne (Song, lied)
- Tout n'est qu'images fugitives (Song, lied)
- Giuseppe Verdi (age 26)
- L'esule (Song, lied)
- La seduzione (Song, lied)
- Guarda che bianca luna ! (Song, lied)