The year 1840 in classical music and in lyrical art
1840. With other artists, Robert Schumann, Frédéric Chopin and Mikhail Glinka influenced their time (romantic era). That year would see the birth of future classical or lyrical artists, such as Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, while others would disappear. That year, new works would be composed, published or performed for the first time in public, such as “Un giorno di regno, o Il finto Stanislao” de Giuseppe Verdi, for example. That year, halls or orchestras would be founded or ceased to operate.
All these moments, more or less notable, make the year 1840 a page in the history of classical and lyrical music to be discovered or rediscovered. soclassiq currently lists more than 200 of these moments for 1840.
1840, from day to day
January
01
Birth of Giovanni RinaldiThat year: 1840, Classical music, composer (dead in 1895)
07
Death of Blas PareraThat year: 1840, Classical music, Spanish musician (born in 1776)
Birth of Georges DouayThat year: 1840, Classical music, French composer (1840-1919) (dead in 1919)
08
Birth of Antonietta FricciThat year: 1840, Classical music, Austrian singer and opera singer (dead in 1912)
13
Birth of Michael HallerThat year: 1840, Classical music, German composer (dead in 1915)
Birth of Louis van WaefelghemThat year: 1840, Classical music, Belgian musician (dead in 1908)
14
Birth of Emilio BozzanoThat year: 1840, Classical music, Italian composer and organist (dead in 1918)
15
Birth of Alois Francis LejealThat year: 1840, Classical music, composer (dead in 1920)
18
Birth of Ernst RudorffThat year: 1840, Classical music, German composer (dead in 1916)
22
Birth of Adolphe DeslandresThat year: 1840, Classical music, French composer and organist (dead in 1911)
25
Birth of Hamilton ClarkeThat year: 1840, Classical music, British musician (dead in 1912)
February
02
Birth of Louis-Albert Bourgault-DucoudrayThat year: 1840, Classical music, French Breton composer (dead in 1910)
09
Birth of Bronisława DowiakowskaThat year: 1840, Classical music, Polish opera singer (dead in 1910)
Birth of Adolph KöllingThat year: 1840, Classical music, composer (dead in 1913)
10
Death of Joseph SchützThat year: 1840, Classical music, German actor, singer, librettist and theater director (born in 1790)
11
Birth of Léon ReuchselThat year: 1840, Classical music, French organist (dead in 1915)
22
Birth of Samuel de LangeThat year: 1840, Classical music, Dutch musician (1840-1911) (dead in 1911)
25
Birth of Alexis HollaenderThat year: 1840, Classical music, German pianist and music teacher (dead in 1924)
27
Birth of Josef Navrátil – RatiliThat year: 1840, Classical music, opera singer, choir director (dead in 1912)
March
07
Death of Carl OestreichThat year: 1840, Classical music, German composer and hornist (born in 1800)
08
Birth of Franco FaccioThat year: 1840, Classical music, Italian composer and conductor (dead in 1891)
Death of Maximilian Friedrich von Droste-HülshoffThat year: 1840, Classical music, composer (born in 1764)
10
Birth of Guido TacchinardiThat year: 1840, Classical music, Italian composer and music educator (dead in 1917)
18
Birth of Paul EhrkeThat year: 1840, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1893)
21
Birth of Wilma NerudaThat year: 1840, Classical music, Moravian violinist (dead in 1911)
24
Birth of Wilhelm EyleThat year: 1840, Classical music, composer (dead in 1904)
26
Birth of Carli ZoellerThat year: 1840, Classical music, composer (dead in 1889)
27
Birth of Otto DornewaßThat year: 1840, Classical music, stage actor, opera singer (dead in 1905)
April
05
Birth of Théodore RitterThat year: 1840, Classical music, French composer (dead in 1886)
10
Death of Gottlob BachmannThat year: 1840, Classical music, German composer (born in 1763)
12
Birth of Edmond AudranThat year: 1840, Classical music, French composer (dead in 1901)
Birth of Franz Xaver HaberlThat year: 1840, Classical music, German priest and musicologist (dead in 1910)
18
Birth of Theodor TomášekThat year: 1840, Classical music, Czech conductor, violinist, composer and choirmaster (dead in 1922)
25
Birth of Pyotr Ilyich TchaikovskyThat year: 1840, Classical music, Russian composer (dead in 1893)
29
Birth of John Henry DohrmannThat year: 1840, Classical music, composer (dead in 1921)
30
Birth of Friedrich Oskar WermannThat year: 1840, Classical music, German musician, organist and choir director (dead in 1906)
May
01
Death of Giuditta GrisiThat year: 1840, Classical music, singer (born in 1805)
Death of Victor LefebvreThat year: 1840, Classical music, composer (born in 1811)
05
Death of Gottlob Benedict BiereyThat year: 1840, Classical music, German composer and music director (born in 1772)
06
Birth of Charles Austin PalmerThat year: 1840, Classical music, composer (dead in 1880)
10
Death of Catterino CavosThat year: 1840, Classical music, Russian composer (born in 1775)
Death of Jean-Baptiste-Sauveur GavaudanThat year: 1840, Classical music, French singer (born in 1772)
11
Birth of Filippo CapocciThat year: 1840, Classical music, Italian composer (dead in 1911)
16
Inauguration: Salle Favart IIThat year: 1840, Classical music (Paris, France)
21
Death of Jean-Baptiste CartierThat year: 1840, Classical music, French composer (born in 1765)
22
Birth of Friedebald GräfeThat year: 1840, Classical music, composer (dead in 1880)
23
Birth of George MarstonThat year: 1840, Classical music, composer (dead in 1901)
25
Death of Nikolai LavrovThat year: 1840, Classical music, Russian singer (born in 1802)
27
Death of Niccolò PaganiniThat year: 1840, Classical music, Italian violinist and composer (1782–1840) (born in 1782)
June
05
Death of William DanceThat year: 1840, Classical music, composer (born in 1775)
06
Birth of John StainerThat year: 1840, Classical music, British composer (dead in 1901)
14
Birth of Frédéric BentayouxThat year: 1840, Classical music, French composer (dead in 1918)
16
Death of Joseph KreutzerThat year: 1840, Classical music, German musician (born in 1790)
19
Death of Margherita BarezziThat year: 1840, Classical music, Giuseppe Verdi's first wife (born in 1814)
24
Birth of Walfrid BäckströmThat year: 1840, Classical music, Swedish opera singer (dead in 1901)
25
Premiere of Symphony No. 2 in B-flat major, Op. 52, “Lobgesang”That year: 1840, Classical music (Work for orchestra), Felix Mendelssohn
July
04
Birth of James McGranahanThat year: 1840, Classical music, American hymnwriter (dead in 1907)
22
Death of Józef JavurekThat year: 1840, Classical music, Czech pianist and educator (born in 1756)
23
Birth of William CandidusThat year: 1840, Classical music, American opera singer (1840-1910) (dead in 1910)
Death of František Max KnížeThat year: 1840, Classical music, Czech composer and musician (born in 1784)
28
Composition of Grande symphonie funèbre et triomphale, Op. 15That year: 1840, Classical music (Work for orchestra), Hector Berlioz
Birth of Carl J. LatannThat year: 1840, Classical music, composer (dead in 1888)
30
Birth of Emil KrauseThat year: 1840, Classical music, German pianist, organist and composer (dead in 1916)
31
Birth of Michael WatsonThat year: 1840, Classical music, composer (dead in 1889)
August
01
Birth of Franz SimandlThat year: 1840, Classical music, Classical double-bassist (dead in 1912)
Birth of Aldine Silliman KiefferThat year: 1840, Classical music, American music publisher (dead in 1904)
07
Birth of Bernhard HopfferThat year: 1840, Classical music, composer (dead in 1877)
Birth of Samuel LucasThat year: 1840, Classical music, composer (dead in 1916)
16
Death of Vincenzo NegriniThat year: 1840, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1804)
24
Birth of Ingeborg Bronsart von SchellendorfThat year: 1840, Classical music, Swedish musician (dead in 1913)
27
Death of Johann Friedrich Samuel DöringThat year: 1840, Classical music, composer (born in 1776)
September
04
Birth of Arno KleffelThat year: 1840, Classical music, German composer (dead in 1913)
05
Premiere of Un giorno di regno, o Il finto StanislaoThat year: 1840, Classical music (Opera), Giuseppe Verdi
08
Birth of Napoleone CarozziThat year: 1840, Classical music, composer (dead in 1913)
13
Death of Vincent HouškaThat year: 1840, Classical music, Czech composer, violist and violoncellist (born in 1766)
14
Birth of George WhitingThat year: 1840, Classical music, American composer of classical music (dead in 1923)
15
Death of Franz PecháčekThat year: 1840, Classical music, Violinist and Composer (born in 1793)
17
Birth of Auguste LarriuThat year: 1840, Classical music, French organist and composer (dead in 1925)
27
Death of Maximilian Josef LeidesdorfThat year: 1840, Classical music, Austrian publisher (born in 1787)
30
Birth of Johan SvendsenThat year: 1840, Classical music, Norwegian composer and conductor (dead in 1911)
October
01
Death of Friedrich GlückThat year: 1840, Classical music, German priest (born in 1792)
04
Birth of Charles LenepveuThat year: 1840, Classical music, French composer (dead in 1910)
07
Birth of Albrecht HänleinThat year: 1840, Classical music, composer (dead in 1909)
18
Birth of Roberto StagnoThat year: 1840, Classical music, Italian opera singer (dead in 1897)
25
Birth of Minna WagnerThat year: 1840, Classical music, singer, opera singer, stage actor (dead in 1910)
26
Birth of Auguste PéronThat year: 1840, Classical music, composer (dead in 1897)
November
01
Death of Louis JansenThat year: 1840, Classical music, composer (born in 1774)
03
Birth of Fritz KirchnerThat year: 1840, Classical music, German composer (dead in 1907)
16
Birth of Jules DanbéThat year: 1840, Classical music, French conductor (dead in 1905)
Birth of Frederick Scotson ClarkThat year: 1840, Classical music, English organist (dead in 1883)
19
Death of Johann Michael VoglThat year: 1840, Classical music, Austrian singer (born in 1768)
22
Birth of Karel VranýThat year: 1840, Classical music, Czech composer and choirmaster (dead in 1874)
Birth of John Harrison TenneyThat year: 1840, Classical music, composer (dead in 1918)
24
Death of Thomas Lindsay WillmanThat year: 1840, Classical music, composer (born in 1784)
Also in November
Birth of Célestine Galli-MariéThat year: 1840, Classical music, French mezzo-soprano most famous for creating the title role in the opera Carmen (dead in 1905) .
December
07
Birth of Hermann GoetzThat year: 1840, Classical music, German classical music composer (dead in 1876)
11
Birth of Isaac Barrett PoznanskiThat year: 1840, Classical music, composer (dead in 1896)
12
Death of Friedrich WestenholzThat year: 1840, Classical music, composer (born in 1778)
15
Birth of Louis-César DesormesThat year: 1840, Classical music, French composer and conductor (dead in 1898)
17
Birth of Christian Frederik Emil HornemanThat year: 1840, Classical music, Danish composer (dead in 1906)
18
Birth of Josep Coll i BritapajaThat year: 1840, Classical music, Spanish composer (1840-1904) (dead in 1904)
19
Birth of Giulio RicordiThat year: 1840, Classical music, Italian musician (dead in 1912)
Birth of Ernest de DemunckThat year: 1840, Classical music, Belgian composer (dead in 1915)
Birth of Marie MarimonThat year: 1840, Classical music, French opera singer (dead in 1923)
Birth of Stephen Samuel StrattonThat year: 1840, Classical music, British composer (dead in 1906)
22
Birth of Izydor LottoThat year: 1840, Classical music, Polish violinist and composer (dead in 1927)
23
Birth of Isidor SeissThat year: 1840, Classical music, German musician (dead in 1905)
Also in December
Birth of Eugène DamaréThat year: 1840, Classical music, French composer (dead in 1919) .
This was also in 1840
Inauguration: Royal OperaThat year: 1840, Classical music (Ghent, Belgium). Birth of Giselle GalosThat year: 1840, Classical music, mysterious 19th-century salon composer, probably French or Italian (dead in 1900). Birth of Robert JacksonThat year: 1840, Classical music, composer (dead in 1914). Birth of Samuel AshmeadThat year: 1840, Classical music, composer (dead in 2019). Death of Virtue MillardThat year: 1840, Classical music, composer . Death of Archibald DuffThat year: 1840, Classical music, composer (born in 1769). Birth of Wincenty KruzińskiThat year: 1840, Classical music, pianist, composer (dead in 1928). Birth of Giovacchino MussattiThat year: 1840, Classical music, composer (dead in 1850). Birth of Jacob Christian FabriciusThat year: 1840, Classical music, Danish councilor, musician, composer and music organizer (dead in 1919). Inception: Royal Liverpool PhilharmonicThat year: 1840, Classical music (United Kingdom). Birth of Julius CyriaxThat year: 1840, Classical music, composer (dead in 1892). Death of François-Joseph DiziThat year: 1840, Classical music, Belgian composer (born in 1780). Death of Elizabeth Pym CumberlandThat year: 1840, Classical music, composer (born in 1779). Birth of John M. LoretzThat year: 1840, Classical music, composer (dead in 1912). Birth of Jean Baptiste MaillochaudThat year: 1840, Classical music, French composer and organist (dead in 1928). Birth of Otto Johann FührerThat year: 1840, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1906). Birth of Leoncio ZaragozanoThat year: 1840, Classical music, composer (dead in 1887). Inauguration: Landestheater CoburgThat year: 1840, Classical music (Coburg, Germany). Birth of F. L. da SilveiraThat year: 1840, Classical music, composer (dead in 1890). Birth of Janina JełowickaThat year: 1840, Classical music, Polish singer and composer (1840–1865) (dead in 1865). Birth of Gustave LouchetThat year: 1840, Classical music, composer . Birth of Oscar WeilThat year: 1840, Classical music, composer (dead in 1921). Death of Camillo BarniThat year: 1840, Classical music, composer (born in 1762). Birth of François BorneThat year: 1840, Classical music, French musician (dead in 1920). Birth of August ReiserThat year: 1840, Classical music, journalist, composer, music teacher (dead in 1904). Birth of Ricardo Ferreira de CarvalhoThat year: 1840, Classical music, composer (dead in 1892). Birth of Oskar RiedingThat year: 1840, Classical music, German composer, اهنگساز المانی (dead in 1918). Death of Richard GarbettThat year: 1840, Classical music, composer (born in 1789). Death of W. J. WhiteThat year: 1840, Classical music, composer (born in 1810). Death of Cecilia Maria BarthélemonThat year: 1840, Classical music, English singer, composer, pianist and organist (born in 1769). Birth of Klara UngarThat year: 1840, Classical music, singer, opera singer, stage actor (dead in 1916). Birth of Richard GutzschbachThat year: 1840, Classical music, German operatic baritone (dead in 1921). Birth of Marcus HastThat year: 1840, Classical music, composer (dead in 1911). Death of Ferdinand GasseThat year: 1840, Classical music, French composer (born in 1780). Birth of Maximillian WolffThat year: 1840, Classical music, Austrian composer (dead in 1886). Birth of Sourindro Mohun TagoreThat year: 1840, Classical music, composer (dead in 1914). Death of Johanna Constanzia GoßmannThat year: 1840, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1807). Birth of Joseph GlückThat year: 1840, Classical music, composer (dead in 1901). Birth of Henri CholletThat year: 1840, Classical music, composer (dead in 1914). Birth of Julie Dumont-SuvannyThat year: 1840, Classical music, opera singer, singer (dead in 1872). Birth of Heinrich JägerThat year: 1840, Classical music, composer (dead in 1882).
Works (composition or publishing)
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Carl Czerny (age 49) - Douze rondeaux amusants et instructifs sur des thèmes les plus favoris des opéras français et italiens, Opp. 583 (Work for chamber orchestra)
- Sonata No. 6 in D minor, Op. 124 (Work for soloist)
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Hector Berlioz (age 37) - Les Nuits d'été, Opp. 7That year: 1840, Classical music (Song, lied), published in 1841
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Johann Strauss I (age 36) - Wiener Gemüths-Walzer, Op. 116 (Work for orchestra)
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Felix Mendelssohn (age 31) - 6 Lieder, Opp. 50 (Work for choir)
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Robert Schumann (age 30) - 12 Poems, Opp. 35That year: 1840, Classical music (Song, lied)
- Dichterliebe, sixteen songs from 's Buch der Lieder, Op. 48That year: 1840, Classical music (Song, lied)
- A Woman's Love and Life, Op. 42That year: 1840, Classical music (Song, lied)
- Liederkreis, Op. 39That year: 1840, Classical music (Song, lied), published in 1842
- Liederkreis, Op. 24 (Song, lied)
- 3 Duets for voice and piano, Opp. 43 (Song, lied)
- 2 Duets, Opp. 34 (Song, lied)
- 3 Songs, Opp. 31 (Song, lied)
- 4 Lieder for 4 male voices, Opp. 33 (Song, lied)
- 3 Poems, Opp. 29 (Song, lied)
- 3 Poems, Opp. 30 (Song, lied)
- 5 Lieder, Opp. 40 (Song, lied)
- 6 Poems, Opp. 36 (Song, lied)
- Belsatzar, Op. 57 (Song, lied)
- Gedichte aus "Liebesfrühling", Op. 37 (Song, lied)
- Lieder and Songs, Volume 1, Op. 27 (Song, lied)
- Myrthen, Op. 25 (Song, lied)
- Romances and Ballads, Volume 1, Op. 45 (Song, lied)
- Romances and Ballads, Volume 2, Op. 49 (Song, lied)
- Romances and Ballads, Volume 3, Op. 53 (Song, lied)
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Frédéric Chopin (age 30) - Nocturne, Opp. 37That year: 1840, Classical music (Work for soloist)
- Impromptu No. 2 in F-sharp major, Op. 36That year: 1840, Classical music (Work for soloist), composed in 1839
- 2 Mazurkas (Work for soloist)
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Franz Liszt (age 29) - Venezia e NapoliThat year: 1840, Classical music (Work for soloist)
- MazeppaThat year: 1840, Classical music (Work for soloist), published in 1854
- Morceau de Salon, Étude de perfectionnement (Work for soloist)
- 5 Choruses, “sur des textes français” (Work for choir)
- Il m'aimait tant (Song, lied)
- Album Leaf No. 1 (Work for soloist)
- Album Leaf in E major (Work for soloist)
- Album Leaf in E major (Work for soloist)
- Album Leaf in E major (Work for soloist)
- Album Leaf in E-flat major (Work for soloist)
- Hussitenlied (Work for soloist)
- Magyar tempo (Work for soloist)
- Prière de l'enfant à son reveil (Work for soloist)
- Galop de Bal (Work for soloist)
- Heroischer Marsch in ungarischem Stil (Work for soloist)
- Rákóczi-Marsch (Work for soloist)
- Mariotte. Valse pour Marie (Work for soloist)
- Valse mélancolique (Work for soloist)
- Waltz in E-flat major (Work for soloist)
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Richard Wagner (age 27) - Faustsymphonie, first movement (1)That year: 1840, Classical music (Work for orchestra)
- Albumblatt für Ernst Benedikt Kietz: Lied ohne Worte (Work for soloist)
- Adieux de Marie Stuart (Song, lied)
- Les deux grenadiers (Song, lied)
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Bedřich Smetana (age 16) - Galopp di bravoura (Work for soloist)
- Louisina Polka (Work for soloist)
- Georgina Polka (Work for soloist)
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Edward Elgar (age -17) - A Child Asleep (Song, lied), composed in 1910
