The year 1842 in classical music and in lyrical art
1842. With other artists, Felix Mendelssohn, Frédéric Chopin and Hector Berlioz influenced their time (romantic era). That year would see the birth of future classical or lyrical artists, such as Karl May, while others would disappear. That year, new works would be composed, published or performed for the first time in public, such as “Nabucco” 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 1842 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 1842.
1842, from day to day
January
06
Death of Henri-Joseph de CroesThat year: 1842, Classical music, composer (born in 1758)
07
Birth of Johan LindegrenThat year: 1842, Classical music, Swedish composer and musicologist (dead in 1908)
09
Death of Józef Władysław KrogulskiThat year: 1842, Classical music, composer, pianist (born in 1815)
10
Death of Henri KarrThat year: 1842, Classical music, French composer (born in 1784)
13
Birth of Heinrich HofmannThat year: 1842, Classical music, German musician (dead in 1902)
Birth of Firmin BernicatThat year: 1842, Classical music, French composer (dead in 1883)
19
Death of Heinrich Anton HoffmannThat year: 1842, Classical music, German violinist (1770-1842) (born in 1770)
Birth of Gustav ErlangerThat year: 1842, Classical music, composer (dead in 1908)
22
Birth of Henri MaréchalThat year: 1842, Classical music, French composer (dead in 1924)
23
Birth of Fabian RehfeldThat year: 1842, Classical music, composer (dead in 1920)
24
Birth of Aleksandra Santagano-GorchakovaThat year: 1842, Classical music, Russian opera singer and translator (dead in 1913)
31
Birth of Henri-Jean GuarigueThat year: 1842, Classical music, composer (dead in 1906)
February
01
Death of Johann BliesenerThat year: 1842, Classical music, composer (born in 1765)
07
Birth of James Monroe TrotterThat year: 1842, Classical music, American black pioneer (dead in 1892)
08
Birth of Josef SchantlThat year: 1842, Classical music, Austrian composer, hornist and music educator (dead in 1902)
14
Birth of Henri KlingThat year: 1842, Classical music, composer (dead in 1918)
16
Birth of Ambroise BagarreThat year: 1842, Classical music, composer (dead in 1902)
21
Death of Wojciech ŻywnyThat year: 1842, Classical music, Polish pianist, composer of Czech origin; Frédéric Chopin's piano teacher (born in 1757)
Birth of José ComellasThat year: 1842, Classical music, composer, pianist, piano teacher (dead in 1888)
22
Birth of Léon-Hermann-René MoonenThat year: 1842, Classical music, composer (dead in 1880)
24
Birth of Arrigo BoitoThat year: 1842, Classical music, Italian poet and opera composer and librettist of Verdi's opera ''Otello'' (1842-1918) (dead in 1918)
25
Birth of Karl MayThat year: 1842, Classical music, German author (1842-1912) (dead in 1912)
26
Birth of Hugo BußmeyerThat year: 1842, Classical music, German composer and pianist (dead in 1912)
Birth of Johann DieboldThat year: 1842, Classical music, composer (dead in 1929)
March
03
Premiere of Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Op. 56, “Scottish”That year: 1842, Classical music (Work for orchestra), Felix Mendelssohn
06
Death of Constanze MozartThat year: 1842, Classical music, German singer (born in 1762)
Birth of Pierre BertonThat year: 1842, Classical music, French composer (dead in 1912)
08
Birth of Carl von RadeckiThat year: 1842, Classical music, composer (dead in 1885)
09
Premiere of NabuccoThat year: 1842, Classical music (Opera), Giuseppe Verdi
11
Birth of Sarah Edith WynneThat year: 1842, Classical music, Welsh operatic soprano (dead in 1897)
13
Birth of Karl Edmund Otto von BoothThat year: 1842, Classical music, composer (dead in 1923)
15
Death of Luigi CherubiniThat year: 1842, Classical music, Italian composer (1760-1842) (born in 1760)
17
Birth of George LeybourneThat year: 1842, Classical music, British singer and comedian (dead in 1884)
18
Birth of José MesejoThat year: 1842, Classical music, Spanish actor (dead in 1911)
Birth of Josef VocknerThat year: 1842, Classical music, Austrian composer and music educator (dead in 1906)
22
Birth of Mykola LysenkoThat year: 1842, Classical music, Ukrainian composer, pianist, conductor and ethnomusicologist (dead in 1912)
24
Birth of Gabriele KraußThat year: 1842, Classical music, operatic soprano (1842-1906) (dead in 1906)
26
Birth of Luise JaideThat year: 1842, Classical music, singer (dead in 1914)
Birth of Josef VenzlThat year: 1842, Classical music, composer (dead in 1916)
30
Birth of Heinrich GudehusThat year: 1842, Classical music, German singer (dead in 1909)
April
01
Birth of Edmund NeupertThat year: 1842, Classical music, Norwegian musician (dead in 1888)
05
Death of Johann Anton AndréThat year: 1842, Classical music, German composer (born in 1775)
14
Birth of August ugust KörlingThat year: 1842, Classical music, Swedish composer (dead in 1919)
21
Death of Symphorien-Joseph ErmelThat year: 1842, Classical music, composer (born in 1761)
26
Death of Guillaume Louis Bocquillon WilhemThat year: 1842, Classical music, French composer (born in 1781)
Birth of William ChaumetThat year: 1842, Classical music, composer (dead in 1903)
29
Birth of Carl MillöckerThat year: 1842, Classical music, Austrian composer (dead in 1899)
May
05
Birth of Johann Nepomuk FuchsThat year: 1842, Classical music, Austrian composer and conductor (dead in 1899)
Death of Jean ElleviouThat year: 1842, Classical music, French opera singer (born in 1769)
12
Birth of Jules MassenetThat year: 1842, Classical music, French composer (1842-1912) (dead in 1912)
13
Birth of Arthur SullivanThat year: 1842, Classical music, English composer of the Gilbert & Sullivan duo (dead in 1900)
Birth of Giuseppe TerrabugioThat year: 1842, Classical music, Italian composer (dead in 1933)
14
Birth of Alphons CzibulkaThat year: 1842, Classical music, Hungarian musician (dead in 1894)
15
Birth of Sophie StehleThat year: 1842, Classical music, singer (dead in 1921)
23
Birth of Louis KronThat year: 1842, Classical music, composer (dead in 1907)
June
02
Birth of Bernhard Eduard MüllerThat year: 1842, Classical music, composer (dead in 1920)
03
Birth of Karl GrammannThat year: 1842, Classical music, German composer (1842-1897) (dead in 1897)
Birth of Natalie HaenischThat year: 1842, Classical music, opera singer (1842-1919) (dead in 1919)
04
Birth of Samuel Brenton WhitneyThat year: 1842, Classical music, American composer (dead in 1914)
07
Death of Karl Magnus CraeliusThat year: 1842, Classical music, Swedish actor (born in 1773)
12
Birth of Rikard NordraakThat year: 1842, Classical music, Norwegian composer (dead in 1866)
15
Birth of Wilhelmine Holmboe-SchenströmThat year: 1842, Classical music, Wilhelmine Holmboe-Schenström (dead in 1938)
18
Death of Tobias HaslingerThat year: 1842, Classical music, Austrian music publisher and composer (born in 1787)
19
Birth of Carl ZellerThat year: 1842, Classical music, Austrian composer (dead in 1898)
Birth of Walter BacheThat year: 1842, Classical music, British pianist and composer (dead in 1888)
20
Death of Michael UmlaufThat year: 1842, Classical music, Austrian composer (born in 1781)
28
Birth of Karl August WeberThat year: 1842, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1908)
29
Birth of Josef LaborThat year: 1842, Classical music, Austrian composer, pianist and organist (dead in 1924)
July
03
Death of Mathilde PalazzesiThat year: 1842, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1802)
09
Birth of Clara Louise KelloggThat year: 1842, Classical music, American opera singer (1842-1916) (dead in 1916)
10
Death of José Avelino CanongiaThat year: 1842, Classical music, clarinetist, composer (born in 1784)
12
Birth of Antonina AbarinovaThat year: 1842, Classical music, Russian opera singer (dead in 1901)
23
Death of Timothy SwanThat year: 1842, Classical music, American composer (born in 1758)
30
Birth of Adalbert HřimalýThat year: 1842, Classical music, Czech conductor, violinist and composer (dead in 1908)
August
04
Birth of Henry ParkerThat year: 1842, Classical music, composer (dead in 1917)
11
Birth of Reinhold BeckerThat year: 1842, Classical music, German composer (1842-1924) (dead in 1924)
15
Death of Edmond LarivièreThat year: 1842, Classical music, composer (born in 1811)
18
Death of João Domingos BomtempoThat year: 1842, Classical music, Portuguese musician (born in 1775)
25
Death of Jérôme-Joseph de MomignyThat year: 1842, Classical music, Belgian composer (born in 1762)
30
Birth of Alphonse DuvernoyThat year: 1842, Classical music, French musician (dead in 1907)
September
04
Birth of Angelo BottagisioThat year: 1842, Classical music, composer (dead in 1925)
08
Birth of José LedêrerThat year: 1842, Classical music, Hungarian opera singer (dead in 1895)
09
Birth of Heinrich WiegandThat year: 1842, Classical music, German singer and opera singer (dead in 1899)
12
Birth of Marianne BrandtThat year: 1842, Classical music, Austrian contralto (dead in 1921)
13
Birth of Ödön MihalovichThat year: 1842, Classical music, Hungarian composer and educator (dead in 1929)
15
Death of Pierre BaillotThat year: 1842, Classical music, French musician (born in 1771)
18
Birth of Josef PalečekThat year: 1842, Classical music, opera singer, singer (dead in 1915)
20
Death of Maria FlécheuxThat year: 1842, Classical music, French singer (born in 1813)
29
Birth of Michael Angelo GilsinnThat year: 1842, Classical music, composer (dead in 1907)
October
08
Death of Christoph Ernst Friedrich WeyseThat year: 1842, Classical music, Danish composer (born in 1774)
Birth of Minna NanitzThat year: 1842, Classical music, German singer and opera singer (dead in 1903)
09
Birth of Georg WeberThat year: 1842, Classical music, German actor and opera singer (dead in 1899)
13
Birth of Antonio PasculliThat year: 1842, Classical music, Italian oboist and composer (dead in 1924)
17
Birth of Cosme Ribera i MiróThat year: 1842, Classical music, Spanish composer and conductor (dead in 1928)
Birth of Adolphe DavidThat year: 1842, Classical music, French composer (dead in 1897)
20
Premiere of RienziThat year: 1842, Classical music (Opera), Richard Wagner
Death of Friedrich Wilhelm PixisThat year: 1842, Classical music, German violinist (born in 1785)
21
Death of Anton Július HirayThat year: 1842, Classical music, composer, organist, trumpeter (born in 1770)
22
Birth of Annie Louise CaryThat year: 1842, Classical music, American singer (dead in 1921)
24
Birth of Josef NešveraThat year: 1842, Classical music, Czech composer (dead in 1914)
26
Birth of Hugo AlpenThat year: 1842, Classical music, composer (dead in 1917)
29
Birth of Georg NolletThat year: 1842, Classical music, German opera singer (dead in 1915)
November
03
Death of Franz ClementThat year: 1842, Classical music, Austrian musician (born in 1780)
06
Birth of Gustave GagnonThat year: 1842, Classical music, Canadian musician (dead in 1930)
08
Birth of Eugen GuraThat year: 1842, Classical music, German opera singer (dead in 1906)
Birth of Étienne HémeryThat year: 1842, Classical music, composer (dead in 1897)
09
Death of Georg Joseph von RieffThat year: 1842, Classical music, composer (born in 1771)
12
Birth of Rodolphe LavelloThat year: 1842, Classical music, composer (dead in 1914)
24
Birth of Peter JerndorffThat year: 1842, Classical music, Danish actor and autobiographer (dead in 1926)
Death of Pehr FrigelThat year: 1842, Classical music, Swedish composer and librarian (born in 1750)
26
Birth of Alfred James CaldicottThat year: 1842, Classical music, composer (dead in 1897)
December
02
Death of Giacomo Gotifredo FerrariThat year: 1842, Classical music, Italian composer (born in 1763)
06
Birth of Louis KéferThat year: 1842, Classical music, Belgian violinist and composer (dead in 1926)
07
Birth of Jules GrisonThat year: 1842, Classical music, French composer and organist (dead in 1896)
12
Birth of Charles DomergueThat year: 1842, Classical music, composer (dead in 1912)
14
Birth of Julia MatthewsThat year: 1842, Classical music, Australian actor (1842-1876) (dead in 1876)
16
Death of Johann Friedrich RochlitzThat year: 1842, Classical music, German writer and historian (born in 1769)
18
Death of Giuseppe NicoliniThat year: 1842, Classical music, Italian composer (born in 1762)
24
Birth of Nicola D'ArienzoThat year: 1842, Classical music, composer (dead in 1915)
25
Death of Bedřich Diviš WeberThat year: 1842, Classical music, Czech music educator and composer (born in 1766)
Birth of Charles GalloisThat year: 1842, Classical music, composer (dead in 1902)
26
Birth of Jean Baptiste van den EedenThat year: 1842, Classical music, composer (dead in 1917)
28
Birth of Calixa LavalléeThat year: 1842, Classical music, Canadian composer (dead in 1891)
This was also in 1842
Birth of Constance LosebyThat year: 1842, Classical music, British opera singer (dead in 1906). Inauguration: Victoria Rooms, BristolThat year: 1842, Classical music (City of Bristol, United Kingdom). Birth of Vedasto VecchiettiThat year: 1842, Classical music, composer (dead in 1922). Birth of Th. WindingstadThat year: 1842, Classical music, composer (dead in 1923). Birth of Albert de RunsThat year: 1842, Classical music, composer (dead in 1875). Birth of Oliver Ditson Co.That year: 1842, Classical music, composer (dead in 1937). Birth of Hubert SchonakerThat year: 1842, Classical music, composer (dead in 1912). Death of Curzio MarcucciThat year: 1842, Classical music, composer (born in 1775). Inception: Vienna Philharmonic OrchestraThat year: 1842, Classical music (Austria). Birth of Enric CamóThat year: 1842, Classical music, Spanish composer (1842-1903) (dead in 1903). Birth of Augusta Emma StetsonThat year: 1842, Classical music, American theologian (dead in 1928). Birth of Daniel NunanThat year: 1842, Classical music, composer (dead in 1917). Birth of Kazimierz HofmanThat year: 1842, Classical music, Polish composer (dead in 1911). Birth of Leonid MalashkinThat year: 1842, Classical music, Russian composer (dead in 1902). Birth of Henry Edward HodsonThat year: 1842, Classical music, composer (dead in 1917). Birth of Mária von RabatinszkyThat year: 1842, Classical music, Hungarian opera singer (dead in 1873). Inauguration: Gran Teatro NacionalThat year: 1842, Classical music (Mexico City, Mexico). Birth of Emma BascansThat year: 1842, Classical music, composer (dead in 1899). Birth of William Henry HopkinsonThat year: 1842, Classical music, composer . Birth of Dalnokiné Konti FániThat year: 1842, Classical music, Hungarian opera singer (dead in 1908). Birth of Climent Cuspinera i OllerThat year: 1842, Classical music, Spanish composer (dead in 1899). Birth of Julián AndinoThat year: 1842, Classical music, composer (dead in 1926). Inception: Brandenburgisches Staatsorchester FrankfurtThat year: 1842, Classical music. Death of Carolina CrespiThat year: 1842, Classical music, Italian operatic soprano (born in 1790). Birth of Hermann HirschfeldThat year: 1842, Classical music, composer (dead in 1921). Death of Andonios LiveralisThat year: 1842, Classical music, Greek composer (born in 1814). Birth of Gustav FriemanThat year: 1842, Classical music, composer (dead in 1902). Birth of Abram KimmellThat year: 1842, Classical music, composer (dead in 1885). Birth of Eugenie PappenheimThat year: 1842, Classical music, Austrian-American opera singer (dead in 1924). Birth of Hans KöhlerThat year: 1842, Classical music, Austrian opera singer (dead in 1880). Birth of Edward Morris BowmanThat year: 1842, Classical music, composer (dead in 1913). Birth of Theodore HochThat year: 1842, Classical music, composer (dead in 1906). Birth of Mária RabatinszkyThat year: 1842, Classical music, Hungarian opera singer (dead in 1873). Birth of Darázs MiskaThat year: 1842, Classical music, composer (dead in 1892). Inception: New York Philharmonic OrchestraThat year: 1842, Classical music (United States of America).
Works (composition or publishing)
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Carl Czerny (age 51) - Grand Sonata for piano and violin, Op. 686 (Work for chamber orchestra)
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Hector Berlioz (age 39) - La mort d'Ophélie (Song, lied)
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Johann Strauss I (age 38) - Egerien-Walzer, Op. 134 (Work for orchestra)
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Felix Mendelssohn (age 33) - Incidental Music to Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, Opp. 61That year: 1842, Classical music (Theatrical music), composed in 1826
- A Midsummer Night's Dream, in E major, Op. 21That year: 1842, Classical music (Work for orchestra), composed in 1826
- Variations sérieuses, Op. 54That year: 1842, Classical music (Work for soloist), composed in 1841
- Children's Pieces, Opp. 72 (Work for soloist)
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Frédéric Chopin (age 32) - Polonaise in A-flat major, Op. 53, “Heroic”That year: 1842, Classical music (Work for soloist)
- Nocturne, Opp. 55That year: 1842, Classical music (Work for soloist)
- Impromptu No. 3 in G-flat major, Op. 51That year: 1842, Classical music (Work for soloist), published in 1843
- Scherzo No. 4 in E major, Op. 54That year: 1842, Classical music (Work for soloist)
- 3 Mazurkas, Opp. 50 (Work for soloist)
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Robert Schumann (age 32) - Piano Quintet in E-flat major, Op. 44That year: 1842, Classical music (Work for chamber orchestra), published in 1843
- Liederkreis, Op. 39That year: 1842, Classical music (Song, lied), composed in 1840
- 3 String Quartets, Opp. 41 (Work for chamber orchestra)
- Piano Quartet in E-flat major, Op. 47 (Work for chamber orchestra), published in 1845
- Lieder and Songs, Volume 2, Op. 51 (Song, lied)
- Fantasiestücke, Op. 88 (Work for chamber orchestra)
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Franz Liszt (age 31) - Das düstre Meer umrauscht mich (Work for choir)
- Für Männergesang (Work for choir)
- Titan (Work for choir)
- Über allen Gipfeln ist Ruh (Work for choir)
- Album Leaf, “Berlin Preludio” (Work for soloist)
- Canzone Napolitana (Work for soloist)
- Le rossignol (Work for soloist)
- Comment, disaient-ils (Song, lied)
- Der du von dem Himmel bist (Song, lied)
- Es war ein König in Thule (Song, lied)
- O quand je dors (Song, lied)
- Vergiftet sind meine Lieder (Song, lied)
- Deux Mélodies russes. Arabesques (Work for soloist)
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Giuseppe Verdi (age 29) - Chi i bei dì m'adduce ancora (Song, lied)
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Charles Gounod (age 24) - Christus factus est (Work for choir)
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Anton Bruckner (age 18) - Mass in C major (Work for choir)
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Bedřich Smetana (age 18) - Duo without Words (Work for soloist)
- Galop in D major, “Bayadere” (Work for soloist)
- Bayadere Galop (Work for orchestra)
- Impromptu in A-flat major (Work for soloist)
- Minuet (Work for orchestra)
- Overture in A major (Work for chamber orchestra)
- Overture in C minor (Work for chamber orchestra)
- From a Student’s Life (Work for soloist)
