1844, from day to day
1844. With other artists, Gioachino Rossini, Gaetano Donizetti and France Prešeren influenced their time (romantic era). That year would see the birth of future classical or lyrical artists, such as Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, while others would disappear. That year, new works would be composed, published or performed for the first time in public, such as “Ernani” de Giuseppe Verdi, for example.
All these moments, more or less notable, make the year 1844 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 1844.
The year 1844 in classical music and in lyrical art
January
01
Death of Joseph Muntz-Berger That year: 1844, Classical music, composer (born in 1769)
04
Birth of Thomas H. Rollinson That year: 1844, Classical music, American composer, conductor, bandleader, cornetist, film score composer (1844-1928) (dead in 1928)
09
Birth of Julián Gayarre That year: 1844, Classical music, Spanish opera singer (dead in 1890)
14
Birth of Clara Kathleen Rogers That year: 1844, Classical music, American composer (dead in 1931)
15
Death of Joseph Mazzinghi That year: 1844, Classical music, British composer (born in 1765)
19
Death of Carl August Friedrich Liberati That year: 1844, Classical music, opera singer, stage actor (born in 1784)
20
Birth of Johan Selmer That year: 1844, Classical music, Norwegian composer (1844-1910) (dead in 1910)
26
Birth of Albert Lister Peace That year: 1844, Classical music, British composer (dead in 1912)
28
Birth of Charles Léon Hess That year: 1844, Classical music, composer (dead in 1926)
30
Death of John Addison That year: 1844, Classical music, composer (born in 1766)
February
01
Birth of Elis Duncker That year: 1844, Classical music, Finnish opera singer (dead in 1876)
02
Birth of Leander Schlegel That year: 1844, Classical music, Dutch composer and pianist (dead in 1913)
03
Premiere of Roman Carnival Overture, Op. 9 That year: 1844, Classical music (Work for orchestra), Hector Berlioz
04
Birth of Cándido Candi That year: 1844, Classical music, composer (dead in 1911)
05
Birth of Lothar Kempter That year: 1844, Classical music, composer and conductor (1844-1918) (dead in 1918)
07
Birth of Josef Řebíček That year: 1844, Classical music, Czech concertmaster and conductor (1844-1904) (dead in 1904)
08
Birth of Alfred Heitsch That year: 1844, Classical music, composer (dead in 1885)
13
Birth of Franz Nekes That year: 1844, Classical music, German priest and choir director (1844-1914) (dead in 1914)
15
Inauguration: Kroll Opera House That year: 1844, Classical music (Berlin-Mitte, Germany)
19
Birth of Marc Joly That year: 1844, Classical music, composer (dead in 1880)
21
Birth of Charles-Marie Widor That year: 1844, Classical music, French organist and composer (1844–1937) (dead in 1937)
22
Birth of Kazimierz Julian Kratzer That year: 1844, Classical music, Polish composer (dead in 1890)
25
Birth of Heinrich Kafka That year: 1844, Classical music, Czech music educator and composer (dead in 1917)
March
03
Birth of William Henry Pontius That year: 1844, Classical music, composer (dead in 1908)
06
Birth of Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov That year: 1844, Classical music, Russian composer (dead in 1908)
07
Birth of Edmond Patzké That year: 1844, Classical music, composer, conductor (dead in 1903)
08
Birth of Georg Wilhelm Rauchenecker That year: 1844, Classical music, German composer, conductor, and violinist (dead in 1906)
09
Premiere of Ernani That year: 1844, Classical music (Opera), Giuseppe Verdi
10
Birth of Pablo de Sarasate That year: 1844, Classical music, Spanish violinist and composer (1844–1908) (dead in 1908)
12
Birth of Mořic Stanislav Anger That year: 1844, Classical music, Czech conductor and composer (1844-1905) (dead in 1905)
16
Birth of Jakob Blied That year: 1844, Classical music, composer (dead in 1884)
17
Death of William Maurice Cahusac That year: 1844, Classical music, composer (born in 1770)
22
Birth of Franz Pfyffer That year: 1844, Classical music, composer (dead in 1899)
23
Birth of Eugène Gigout That year: 1844, Classical music, French organist and composer (1844-1925) (dead in 1925)
28
Birth of Emma Howson That year: 1844, Classical music, singer and actress (dead in 1928)
31
Birth of Jarosław Zieliński That year: 1844, Classical music, Polish-American pianist, teacher, and composer (dead in 1922)
April
03
Birth of George Laurie Osgood That year: 1844, Classical music, composer (dead in 1922)
06
Death of Francis Johnson That year: 1844, Classical music, African American musician and composer (born in 1792)
08
Death of Ignaz von Mosel That year: 1844, Classical music, Austrian conductor and composer (born in 1772)
09
Birth of Anna Dartaux That year: 1844, Classical music, French operetta singer (dead in 1887)
Birth of Roman Nejedlý That year: 1844, Classical music, composer (dead in 1920)
10
Birth of Otto Schelper That year: 1844, Classical music, German singer and opera singer (dead in 1906)
13
Birth of Jan Hřímalý That year: 1844, Classical music, Czech musician (dead in 1915)
15
Birth of Nicolò Celega That year: 1844, Classical music, composer (dead in 1906)
22
Death of Henri Montan Berton That year: 1844, Classical music, French composer, teacher, and writer (born in 1767)
25
Birth of Albert Wolfermann That year: 1844, Classical music, composer (dead in 1908)
26
Birth of Enrique Barrera That year: 1844, Classical music, composer (dead in 1921)
29
Birth of Ernst Rentsch That year: 1844, Classical music, composer (dead in 1886)
Death of Euphemia Murray That year: 1844, Classical music, composer (born in 1769)
30
Birth of Richard Hofmann That year: 1844, Classical music, German composer and music teacher (1844–1918) (dead in 1918)
May
08
Birth of Hermann Grädener That year: 1844, Classical music, German composer, conductor and teacher (dead in 1929)
15
Birth of Isaac Van Vleck Flagler That year: 1844, Classical music, composer (dead in 1909)
21
Death of Giuseppe Baini That year: 1844, Classical music, Italian priest, music critic and composer (born in 1775)
Birth of Amy Fay That year: 1844, Classical music, Pianist and memoirist/chronicler (dead in 1928)
27
Birth of Carl Warmuth That year: 1844, Classical music, Norwegian publisher (dead in 1895)
Birth of Ludwig Albrecht That year: 1844, Classical music, composer (dead in 1899)
28
Birth of Léon Vasseur That year: 1844, Classical music, French composer, organist and conductor (dead in 1917)
30
Birth of Louis Varney That year: 1844, Classical music, French composer (dead in 1908)
June
03
Birth of Émile Paladilhe That year: 1844, Classical music, French composer (dead in 1926)
Birth of Hermann Erler That year: 1844, Classical music, German composer and publisher (dead in 1918)
07
Birth of Philipp Bartholomé Rüfer That year: 1844, Classical music, composer, pianist (dead in 1919)
16
Birth of Arthur Meyer That year: 1844, Classical music, French journalist (1844–1924) (dead in 1924)
Birth of Edmond Duvernoy That year: 1844, Classical music, French opera singer (dead in 1927)
17
Death of André da Silva Gomes That year: 1844, Classical music, Brazilian composer (born in 1752)
18
Birth of Lillie de Hegermann-Lindencrone That year: 1844, Classical music, US singer and member of the diplomatic community (1844-1928) (dead in 1928)
19
Death of Heinrich Domnich That year: 1844, Classical music, horn player, university teacher, composer (born in 1767)
28
Birth of Richard Metzdorff That year: 1844, Classical music, conductor (dead in 1919)
July
02
Death of Carl Blum That year: 1844, Classical music, German musician (born in 1786)
10
Birth of Amalie Materna That year: 1844, Classical music, Austrian operatic soprano (1844-1918) (dead in 1918)
12
Birth of Thomas Frederick Crane That year: 1844, Classical music, American folklorist, academic and lawyer (1844–1927) (dead in 1927)
13
Death of Johann Baptist Gänsbacher That year: 1844, Classical music, Austrian composer (1778-1844) (born in 1778)
16
Birth of Eugen Maria Albrecht That year: 1844, Classical music, Russian violinist (dead in 1894)
21
Birth of Gustave Wettge That year: 1844, Classical music, French conductor and composer (dead in 1909)
29
Death of Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart That year: 1844, Classical music, Austrian composer, teacher and performer; youngest son of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1791-1844) (born in 1791)
August
04
Birth of Henri Berger That year: 1844, Classical music, Composer and royal bandmaster of the Kingdom of Hawaii (dead in 1929)
06
Birth of Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha That year: 1844, Classical music, British prince and Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha from 1893 to 1900 (dead in 1900)
07
Birth of Jacqueline Seveste That year: 1844, Classical music, French opera singer (1844-1927) (dead in 1927)
13
Birth of Otis Bardwell Boise That year: 1844, Classical music, American composer and music educator (dead in 1912)
27
Birth of Rosina Palmer That year: 1844, Classical music, Australian operatic singer (1844-1932) (dead in 1932)
31
Birth of Ernst Flügel That year: 1844, Classical music, German composer (1844-1912) (dead in 1912)
September
04
Death of Oliver Holden That year: 1844, Classical music, American composer and compiler of hymns (1765-1844) (born in 1765)
05
Birth of Franz Greve That year: 1844, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1892)
10
Birth of Wilbur Theodore Norton That year: 1844, Classical music, composer (dead in 1925)
11
Birth of Carl Bohm That year: 1844, Classical music, German composer (dead in 1920)
Birth of George Clement Martin That year: 1844, Classical music, British organist and composer (dead in 1916)
13
Birth of Odoardo Barri That year: 1844, Classical music, Irish composer (dead in 1920)
16
Composition of Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64 That year: 1844, Classical music (Work for orchestra with soloist), Felix Mendelssohn
Birth of Paul Taffanel That year: 1844, Classical music, French musician (dead in 1908)
22
Birth of William Stevenson Hoyte That year: 1844, Classical music, organist, music teacher (dead in 1917)
23
Birth of Jozua Schravesande That year: 1844, Classical music, composer (dead in 1911)
30
Birth of Hjalmar Håkansson That year: 1844, Classical music, Swedish actor (dead in 1901)
October
01
Birth of Orla Rosenhoff That year: 1844, Classical music, Danish composer (1844-1905) (dead in 1905)
04
Birth of Sara Oppenheimer That year: 1844, Classical music, German opera singer (dead in 1906)
05
Birth of Eugénie Sorandi That year: 1844, Classical music, opera singer, teacher (dead in 1914)
08
Birth of Paul Lhérie That year: 1844, Classical music, French opera singer (dead in 1937)
15
Premiere of Favour Solicitor, Op. 4 That year: 1844, Classical music (Work for orchestra), Johann Strauss II
17
Birth of Manuel Nieto That year: 1844, Classical music, Spanish composer (1844-1915) (dead in 1915)
23
Death of Matthew Camidge That year: 1844, Classical music, English organist (1764-1844) (born in 1764)
November
01
Birth of François Brémond That year: 1844, Classical music, composer (dead in 1925)
03
Premiere of I due Foscari That year: 1844, Classical music (Opera), Giuseppe Verdi
04
Birth of Edward Dannreuther That year: 1844, Classical music, German musician (dead in 1905)
Birth of Per Janzon That year: 1844, Classical music, Swedish actor (1844-1889) (dead in 1889)
09
Death of Uri Keeler Hill That year: 1844, Classical music, American composer (1780-1844) (born in 1780)
12
Birth of Octave Fouque That year: 1844, Classical music, composer (dead in 1883)
14
Birth of Louis-Gustave Richelot That year: 1844, Classical music, French gynaecologist (1844-1924) (dead in 1924)
17
Birth of Hettie M. Shiveley Austin That year: 1844, Classical music, composer (dead in 1881)
18
Death of August Ferdinand Häser That year: 1844, Classical music, German conductor and composer (born in 1779)
19
Birth of Maria Waldmann That year: 1844, Classical music, singer (dead in 1920)
24
Birth of Jules Delsart That year: 1844, Classical music, French cellist and teacher (1844-1900) (dead in 1900)
Birth of Ludwig Baer That year: 1844, Classical music, opera singer, concertmaster, music teacher (dead in 1900)
Birth of Viktor Christian Schmitt That year: 1844, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1900)
28
Birth of Angelo Masini That year: 1844, Classical music, Italian opera singer (1844-1926) (dead in 1926)
December
01
Birth of Alfred Cellier That year: 1844, Classical music, British composer and conductor (dead in 1891)
04
Death of Aleksandr Golitsyn That year: 1844, Classical music, statesman of the Russian Empire (born in 1773)
Birth of Julien Koszul That year: 1844, Classical music, French organist (1844-1927) (dead in 1927)
05
Birth of Frederick Bridge That year: 1844, Classical music, English organist, composer, teacher and writer (dead in 1924)
06
Birth of Elena Sanz That year: 1844, Classical music, Spanish opera singer (dead in 1898)
07
Birth of Juan Alais That year: 1844, Classical music, Argentinian guitarist (dead in 1914)
14
Birth of Albert Augustinus Vennekens That year: 1844, Classical music, composer (dead in 1915)
18
Birth of Ernest Grosjean That year: 1844, Classical music, French organist and composer (dead in 1936)
21
Birth of Alma Hütter-Krause That year: 1844, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1885)
22
Birth of Gustavo Tofano That year: 1844, Classical music, Italian composer and pianist (dead in 1899)
23
Birth of Alexis Rostand That year: 1844, Classical music, French private banker, composer and music critic (1844-1919) (dead in 1919)
24
Death of Richard Mills That year: 1844, Classical music, composer (born in 1809)
27
Death of Sophie Belmont That year: 1844, Classical music, actor, opera singer (born in 1781)
This was also in 1844
Birth of Marguerite Olagnier That year: 1844, Classical music, French singer and composer (dead in 1906) . Birth of Frederic Nicholls Löhr That year: 1844, Classical music, composer (dead in 1888) . Birth of Alfred William Phillips That year: 1844, Classical music, composer (dead in 1936) . Death of Manuel Ducassi That year: 1844, Classical music, Spanish composer (born in 1819) . Inauguration: Gran Teatro Nacional That year: 1844, Classical music (Mexico City, Mexico). Birth of Michał Hertz That year: 1844, Classical music, composer (dead in 1918) . Death of Jan Chrzciciel Kiszwalter That year: 1844, Classical music, composer (born in 1787) . Birth of Giorgio Cavaliere Valensin That year: 1844, Classical music, composer (dead in 1890) . Birth of Napoleone Verger That year: 1844, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1907) . Birth of Émile Morhange That year: 1844, Classical music, composer (dead in 1880) . Birth of George Newell Lovejoy That year: 1844, Classical music, composer (dead in 1898) . Death of Lev Gurilyov That year: 1844, Classical music, Pianist and composer (born in 1770) . Birth of Hermine von Siegstädt That year: 1844, Classical music, singer . Birth of Alessandro Mentasti That year: 1844, Classical music, organ builder (dead in 1910) . Birth of Tac-Coen That year: 1844, Classical music, composer (dead in 1892) . Birth of Ferdinand Manns That year: 1844, Classical music, concertmaster (dead in 1922) . Birth of Gustave Poncelet That year: 1844, Classical music, Belgian musician (dead in 1903) . Birth of Alessandro Polonini That year: 1844, Classical music, Italian basso-baritono (1844-1920) (dead in 1920) . Birth of Étienne Troy That year: 1844, Classical music, French opera singer (dead in 1909) . Birth of Terezie Ledererová-Seifertová That year: 1844, Classical music, singer, actress (1844 - 1914) (dead in 1914) . Birth of Andreu Vidal Llimona That year: 1844, Classical music, Spanish businessperson, editor and composer (1844-1912) (dead in 1912) . Birth of Caroline Creyke That year: 1844, Classical music, composer (dead in 1946) . Death of Joseph Deszczyński That year: 1844, Classical music, composer (born in 1781) . Death of Edward Hartwell That year: 1844, Classical music, composer (born in 1747) . Birth of Constanz Berneker That year: 1844, Classical music, composer (dead in 1906) . Birth of Sebastián Díaz Peña That year: 1844, Classical music, Venezuelan pianist (1844-1926) (dead in 1926) . Birth of Émile Mathieu That year: 1844, Classical music, Belgian composer (dead in 1932) .
Works (composition or publishing)
- Gioachino Rossini (age 52)
- Trois choeurs religieux (Work for choir)
- L'âme délaissée (Work for choir)
- Hector Berlioz (age 41)
- The Corsair, Op. 21 (Work for orchestra)
- Hymn, “à la France” (Work for choir)
- Sérénade agreste à la madone sur le thème des pifferari romains (Work for soloist)
- Toccata (Work for soloist)
- Hymn, “pour l’élévation” (Work for soloist)
- Le chasseur danois (Song, lied)
- Felix Mendelssohn (age 35)
- Songs without words, Book 5, Opp. 62 That year: 1844, Classical music (Work for soloist)
- 6 Organ Sonatas, Opp. 65 (Work for soloist)
- Wandersmann, Opp. 75 (Work for choir)
- 3 Psalms, Opp. 78 (Work for choir)
- 6 Lieder, Opp. 88 (Work for choir)
- 4 Lieder, Opp. 100 (Work for choir)
- Frédéric Chopin (age 34)
- Piano Sonata No. 3 in B minor, Op. 58 That year: 1844, Classical music (Work for soloist)
- Berceuse in D-flat major, Op. 57 That year: 1844, Classical music (Work for soloist), composed in 1843
- Nocturne, Opp. 55 That year: 1844, Classical music (Work for soloist)
- 3 Mazurkas, Opp. 56 That year: 1844, Classical music (Work for soloist)
- Franz Liszt (age 33)
- Madrigal "Consolations" That year: 1844, Classical music (Work for soloist), published in 1850
- Album Leaf in A-flat major (Work for soloist)
- Album Leaf (Work for soloist)
- Album Leaf, “Lyon Prélude” (Work for soloist)
- Album Leaf, “Prélude omnitonique” (Work for soloist)
- Album Leaf, “Braunschweig Preludio” (Work for soloist)
- Miniatur Lieder (Work for soloist)
- Hungarian March in E-flat minor (Work for soloist)
- Faribolo Pasteur et Chanson du Béarn (Work for soloist)
- 3 Petrarch Sonnets (Song, lied)
- Freudvoll und leidvoll (Song, lied)
- Die Vätergruft (Song, lied)
- Enfant, si j'etais roi (Song, lied)
- S'il est un charmant gazon (Song, lied)
- La tombe et la Rose (Song, lied)
- Gastibelza, Bolero (Song, lied)
- Wo weilt er? (Song, lied)
- En ces lieux. Élégie (Song, lied)
- Giuseppe Verdi (age 31)
- Giovanna d'Arco That year: 1844, Classical music (Opera)
- Era bella, ancor più bella (Song, lied)
- Richard Wagner (age 31)
- Gruß seiner Treuen an Friedrich August (II. von Sachsen) (Work for choir)
- An Webers Grabe (Work for choir)
- Bedřich Smetana (age 20)
- Quadrille in F major (Work for soloist)
- Untitled Piece (Work for soloist)
- Souvenir of Pilsen (Work for soloist)
- Bagatelles and Impromptus, Opp. 6 (Work for soloist)
- 5 Waltzes (Work for soloist)
- Johann Strauss II (age 19)
- Epigrams, Op. 1 That year: 1844, Classical music (Work for orchestra)
- Debut-Quadrille, Op. 2 (Work for orchestra)
- Heart's Content (Work for orchestra), composed in