The year 1849 in classical music and in lyrical art
1849. With other artists, Frédéric Chopin, Gioachino Rossini and Robert Schumann influenced their time (romantic era). That year would see the birth of future classical or lyrical artists, while others would disappear such as Frédéric Chopin. That year, new works would be composed, published or performed for the first time in public, such as “Luisa Miller” de Giuseppe Verdi, for example.
All these moments, more or less notable, make the year 1849 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 1849.
1849, from day to day
January
11
Birth of Josef LatzelsbergerThat year: 1849, Classical music, composer (dead in 1914)
15
Birth of Luigi CanepaThat year: 1849, Classical music, Italian composer (dead in 1914)
22
Death of Matteo BevilacquaThat year: 1849, Classical music, composer (born in 1772)
25
Death of Elias Parish AlvarsThat year: 1849, Classical music, English harpist and composer (born in 1808)
27
Premiere of The Battle of LegnanoThat year: 1849, Classical music (Opera), Giuseppe Verdi
February
08
Death of France PrešerenThat year: 1849, Classical music, Slovene national poet, a Carniolan Romantic poet of Slovene descent (born in 1800)
Death of François HabeneckThat year: 1849, Classical music, French violinist and conductor (born in 1781)
09
Birth of Adolf RuthardtThat year: 1849, Classical music, German piano teacher, composer and music editor (dead in 1934)
11
Birth of Antony ChoudensThat year: 1849, Classical music, French composer (1849-1902) (dead in 1902)
13
Death of Christian RummelThat year: 1849, Classical music, pianist, composer (born in 1787)
19
Birth of Franz DienerThat year: 1849, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1879)
22
Death of Alexander FescaThat year: 1849, Classical music, German musician (born in 1820)
23
Birth of Rosa SucherThat year: 1849, Classical music, singer (dead in 1927)
26
Birth of Émile TavanThat year: 1849, Classical music, French composer (dead in 1929)
March
02
Birth of Anton KrettnerThat year: 1849, Classical music, German composer, politician and conductor (1849-1899) (dead in 1899)
06
Birth of Ebe TrevesThat year: 1849, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1916)
08
Birth of Hermann WinkelmannThat year: 1849, Classical music, German Heldentenor (dead in 1912)
10
Death of Frances ArkwrightThat year: 1849, Classical music, composer (born in 1786)
11
Birth of Leonhard Emil BachThat year: 1849, Classical music, composer (dead in 1902)
15
Birth of Samuel SanfordThat year: 1849, Classical music, American musician (dead in 1910)
Birth of Theodor ReichmannThat year: 1849, Classical music, opera singer (1849-1903) (dead in 1903)
17
Birth of Pietro CesariThat year: 1849, Classical music, opera singer, bass (dead in 1922)
19
Birth of Charles William BennetThat year: 1849, Classical music, composer (dead in 1926)
20
Birth of Henri DallierThat year: 1849, Classical music, French organist and composer (dead in 1934)
23
Birth of Vojtěch HlaváčThat year: 1849, Classical music, Czech composer, choirmaster, organist and inventor (dead in 1911)
April
05
Death of Johann Christian KrampeThat year: 1849, Classical music, stage actor, opera singer (born in 1774)
13
Birth of Arthur SeidelThat year: 1849, Classical music, composer (dead in 1910)
18
Birth of Marie HauptThat year: 1849, Classical music, singer (dead in 1928)
19
Death of Charles ChaulieuThat year: 1849, Classical music, French composer and music educator (born in 1788)
25
Birth of Stanislav GabelThat year: 1849, Classical music, Soviet singer (dead in 1924)
30
Birth of Ludwig MildeThat year: 1849, Classical music, German musician (dead in 1913)
May
03
Death of Catharine SimonsenThat year: 1849, Classical music, Danish opera singer (born in 1816)
Birth of Manuel VillarThat year: 1849, Classical music, composer (dead in 1902)
09
Birth of James SauvageThat year: 1849, Classical music, Welsh-American opera singer (dead in 1922)
11
Death of Otto NicolaiThat year: 1849, Classical music, German composer and conductor (born in 1810)
Birth of Václav ViktorinThat year: 1849, Classical music, opera singer, teacher (dead in 1924)
13
Birth of Johannes Hendricus Franciskus VinkThat year: 1849, Classical music, composer (dead in 1925)
15
Birth of Laurits Christian TørsleffThat year: 1849, Classical music, singer, opera singer (dead in 1914)
16
Birth of Auguste van BieneThat year: 1849, Classical music, Dutch composer, cellist and actor (dead in 1913)
21
Birth of Bernardino Valle ChinestraThat year: 1849, Classical music, Spanish composer and conductor (dead in 1928)
25
Birth of Blind Tom WigginsThat year: 1849, Classical music, American musical genius: pianist and composer, blind, former slave (dead in 1908)
28
Birth of Adolphe WoutersThat year: 1849, Classical music, Belgian composer (dead in 1924)
Birth of Lucien CollinThat year: 1849, Classical music, composer (dead in 1919)
June
01
Birth of James Henry FillmoreThat year: 1849, Classical music, composer (dead in 1936)
03
Death of François de FossaThat year: 1849, Classical music, composer (born in 1775)
04
Birth of Charles HaringThat year: 1849, Classical music, composer (dead in 1899)
10
Death of Friedrich KalkbrennerThat year: 1849, Classical music, German-born French pianist, composer, piano teacher and piano manufacturer (born in 1784)
11
Birth of Joseph VézinaThat year: 1849, Classical music, Canadian conductor-composer (dead in 1924)
13
Death of Angelica CatalaniThat year: 1849, Classical music, Italian opera singer (born in 1780)
Death of David BanderaliThat year: 1849, Classical music, Italian singer (born in 1789)
14
Birth of Karl HäßlerThat year: 1849, Classical music, German musician (1849-1914) (dead in 1914)
16
Birth of William ShakespeareThat year: 1849, Classical music, British opera singer (dead in 1931)
24
Birth of Sallie HolmanThat year: 1849, Classical music, Canadian opera singer (dead in 1888)
July
04
Birth of Wilhelm HeintzeThat year: 1849, Classical music, Swedish conductor, organist and music educator (dead in 1895)
05
Death of Mathilde WaldhauserThat year: 1849, Classical music, singer, opera singer (born in 1830)
07
Birth of Carl Oscar Boije af GennäsThat year: 1849, Classical music, Swedish mathematician (dead in 1923)
08
Birth of Jindřich Emanuel SieglThat year: 1849, Classical music, music pedagogue, organist, opera singer, composer (dead in 1932)
14
Death of François PrumeThat year: 1849, Classical music, Belgian violinist and composer (born in 1816)
18
Birth of Hugo RiemannThat year: 1849, Classical music, German musicologist (dead in 1919)
Birth of Anna JudicThat year: 1849, Classical music, comic actress (dead in 1911)
22
Birth of Géza ZichyThat year: 1849, Classical music, (1849--1924) classical pianist; composer; poet (dead in 1924)
23
Birth of Mieczysław Apolinary HorbowskiThat year: 1849, Classical music, Polish singer (dead in 1937)
27
Birth of Leopold Julian KronenbergThat year: 1849, Classical music, Polish banker (dead in 1937)
Birth of Leopold RosenfeldThat year: 1849, Classical music, Danish composer (dead in 1909)
August
04
Death of Cornelius Van DeventerThat year: 1849, Classical music, composer (born in 1767)
08
Birth of Max RunzeThat year: 1849, Classical music, composer (dead in 1931)
10
Death of Giuseppe De de BegnisThat year: 1849, Classical music, operatic bass singer (born in 1793)
11
Birth of Marie Madeleine Sophie Lacout-WidmerThat year: 1849, Classical music, composer (dead in 1910)
18
Birth of Benjamin GodardThat year: 1849, Classical music, French violinist and composer (dead in 1895)
26
Death of Jacques Féréol MazasThat year: 1849, Classical music, French musician (born in 1782)
September
08
Birth of Gustav SchreckThat year: 1849, Classical music, German composer, music educator, and choirmaster (dead in 1918)
09
Birth of Karl Fredrik HansonThat year: 1849, Classical music, Swedish composer (dead in 1922)
13
Birth of Georg von PetersennThat year: 1849, Classical music, German university teacher (1849-1930) (dead in 1930)
Birth of Émile BourgeoisThat year: 1849, Classical music, French composer (dead in 1922)
16
Birth of Hermann RitterThat year: 1849, Classical music, German composer (dead in 1926)
17
Birth of Václav Juda NovotnýThat year: 1849, Classical music, Czech composer (dead in 1922)
19
Death of Montague CorriThat year: 1849, Classical music, composer (born in 1784)
21
Birth of Reinhold L. HermanThat year: 1849, Classical music, conductor (dead in 1919)
22
Birth of Olena FalkmanThat year: 1849, Classical music, Swedish singer (dead in 1928)
23
Birth of Mikhail IvanovThat year: 1849, Classical music, Russian composer (dead in 1927)
24
Birth of Willem de HaanThat year: 1849, Classical music, Dutch composer and conductor (dead in 1930)
25
Death of Johann Strauss IThat year: 1849, Classical music, Austrian Romantic composer (born in 1804)
26
Death of Charles BaudiotThat year: 1849, Classical music, French cellist, composer and music educator (born in 1773)
28
Birth of Emma SaxlehnerThat year: 1849, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1938)
October
01
Birth of Henri VillefranckThat year: 1849, Classical music, opera singer, theatre manager, actor (dead in 1928)
03
Death of Johann Philipp NeumannThat year: 1849, Classical music, Austrian physicist, librarian and poet (born in 1774)
16
Birth of Arnold KrugThat year: 1849, Classical music, German composer and music teacher (dead in 1904)
Birth of Charles Harford LloydThat year: 1849, Classical music, English composer and organist (dead in 1919)
Birth of Max PetersThat year: 1849, Classical music, German composer (dead in 1927)
17
Death of Frédéric ChopinThat year: 1849, Classical music, Polish composer and pianist (born in 1810)
21
Death of Charles Edward HornThat year: 1849, Classical music, English composer and singer (born in 1786)
23
Birth of Alban FörsterThat year: 1849, Classical music, German composer (dead in 1916)
28
Birth of Gaston BérardiThat year: 1849, Classical music, media proprietor, composer (dead in 1929)
29
Birth of Émile ArtaudThat year: 1849, Classical music, composer
30
Death of Jan SzczurowskiThat year: 1849, Classical music, opera singer, actor (born in 1771)
November
08
Birth of Edward Julius BiedermannThat year: 1849, Classical music, composer (dead in 1933)
09
Birth of Alfred PaulsenThat year: 1849, Classical music, Norwegian conductor and composer (dead in 1936)
15
Birth of Rodolphe DesdunesThat year: 1849, Classical music, Civil rights activist, poet, historian, journalist (dead in 1928)
20
Birth of Eugen HildachThat year: 1849, Classical music, German composer (dead in 1924)
December
04
Birth of Ernesto KöhlerThat year: 1849, Classical music, Italian musician (dead in 1907)
05
Death of Mathias PodhorskyThat year: 1849, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1800)
07
Birth of Lord Henry SomersetThat year: 1849, Classical music, British politician (1849-1932) (dead in 1932)
08
Premiere of Luisa MillerThat year: 1849, Classical music (Opera), Giuseppe Verdi
14
Death of Conradin KreutzerThat year: 1849, Classical music, German composer and conductor (born in 1780)
Birth of François CellierThat year: 1849, Classical music, British composer and conductor (dead in 1914)
15
Birth of Hermann RosenbergThat year: 1849, Classical music, German opera singer (dead in 1911)
16
Birth of Virginia Ferni GermanoThat year: 1849, Classical music, Italian singer, soprano (dead in 1934)
Birth of William Leonard BlumenscheinThat year: 1849, Classical music, composer (dead in 1916)
20
Death of Dionisio Aguado y GarcíaThat year: 1849, Classical music, Spanish classical guitarist and composer (born in 1784)
23
Birth of Carlotta GrossiThat year: 1849, Classical music, opera singer
26
Birth of Aleksandr VerzhbilovichThat year: 1849, Classical music, Russian cellist (dead in 1911)
27
Birth of Louis Carl Otto WolfThat year: 1849, Classical music, conductor, composer (dead in 1917)
This was also in 1849
Birth of Elisabeth LöfflerThat year: 1849, Classical music, German singer and opera singer (dead in 1921). Birth of Aline HundtThat year: 1849, Classical music, composer (dead in 1872). Birth of Robert MüllerThat year: 1849, Classical music, composer (dead in 1909). Death of Júlia GusztinyiThat year: 1849, Classical music, actor . Death of Austin PhillipsThat year: 1849, Classical music, composer . Death of Henriette EberweinThat year: 1849, Classical music, music pedagogue, opera singer (born in 1790). Birth of Paul d' AcostaThat year: 1849, Classical music, composer (dead in 1896). Birth of Carl Anton HallengrenThat year: 1849, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1877). Birth of Ludmila Jeske-Choińska-MikorskaThat year: 1849, Classical music, composer (dead in 1898). Birth of Émile PîchozThat year: 1849, Classical music, composer (dead in 1886). Birth of Mathilde BauermeisterThat year: 1849, Classical music, singer (dead in 1926). Birth of José AvilésThat year: 1849, Classical music, composer . Birth of Marie Selika WilliamsThat year: 1849, Classical music, American operatic soprano (dead in 1937). Birth of Herman D. CableThat year: 1849, Classical music, composer (dead in 1899). Birth of Marcel DevrièsThat year: 1849, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1923). Death of Luigi Antonio CalegariThat year: 1849, Classical music, Italian composer. Nephew of Luigi Calegari (born in 1780). Birth of Juan Arribas y ArribasThat year: 1849, Classical music, composer (dead in 1885). Birth of Edmond LemaigreThat year: 1849, Classical music, French conductor and organist (dead in 1890). Birth of Walter H. FisherThat year: 1849, Classical music, British opera singer and actor . Death of Amalie HaehnelThat year: 1849, Classical music, Austrian opera singer (born in 1807). Birth of Józef SzczepkowskiThat year: 1849, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1909). Birth of Dionysius RodotheatosThat year: 1849, Classical music, Greek conductor and composer (dead in 1892). Birth of Władysław SeidemanThat year: 1849, Classical music, singer (dead in 1919). Death of Carl EndigThat year: 1849, Classical music, composer (born in 1804). Birth of Franciszek SłomkowskiThat year: 1849, Classical music, composer (dead in 1924). Birth of Otto SchmidtThat year: 1849, Classical music, composer (dead in 1911). Death of Franz HoppéThat year: 1849, Classical music, opera singer, stage actor (born in 1810). Death of Stephen HumbertThat year: 1849, Classical music, Canadian politician (born in 1767). Birth of Charles John GreyThat year: 1849, Classical music, composer (dead in 1923). Death of Ludwig SpamerThat year: 1849, Classical music, composer (born in 1802). Death of Ernst SachseThat year: 1849, Classical music, composer (born in 1810). Death of Louis-Nicolas SéjanThat year: 1849, Classical music, French organist (born in 1786).
Works (composition or publishing)
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Carl Czerny (age 58) - String Quartet No. 20 in C major (Work for chamber orchestra)
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Hector Berlioz (age 46) - Te Deum, Op. 22That year: 1849, Classical music (Work for choir)
- Tristia, Op. 18 (Work for choir), published in 1852
- Méditation religieuse (Work for choir)
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Robert Schumann (age 39) - 3 Romances for oboe and piano, Opp. 94That year: 1849, Classical music (Work for chamber orchestra)
- Forest Scenes, Op. 82 (Work for soloist)
- 3 Fantasy Pieces for clarinet and piano, Opp. 73 (Work for chamber orchestra)
- Manfred, Op. 115 (Theatrical music), published in 1848
- Bunte Blätter, Op. 99 (Work for soloist)
- 4 Songs for double mixed chorus a cappella, Opp. 141 (Work for choir)
- 12 Pieces, Opp. 85 (Work for chamber orchestra)
- Verzweifle nicht im Schmerzenstal, Op. 93 (Work for choir)
- Requiem for Mignon, Op. 98b (Work for choir)
- Minnespiel, Op. 101 (Song, lied)
- Schön Hedwig, Op. 106 (Song, lied)
- 5 Pieces for cello and piano, Opp. 102 (Work for chamber orchestra)
- Adagio and Allegro for horn and piano, Op. 70 (Work for chamber orchestra)
- Introduction and Allegro Appassionato, Op. 92 (Work for orchestra with soloist)
- 4 Duets, Opp. 78 (Song, lied)
- 3 Songs, Opp. 95 (Song, lied)
- Concerto for 4 horns and orchestra, Op. 86 (Work for orchestra with soloist)
- Romances and Ballads, Volume 1, Op. 67 (Work for choir)
- Romances, Volume 2, Op. 91 (Work for choir)
- Jagdlieder, Op. 137 (Work for choir)
- Liederalbum für die Jugend, Op. 79 (Song, lied)
- Spanisches Liederspiel, Op. 74 (Song, lied)
- Spanische Liebeslieder, Op. 138 (Song, lied)
- Nachtlied, Op. 108 (Work for choir)
- 4 Marches, Opp. 76 (Work for soloist)
- Romances and Ballads, Volume 2, Op. 75 (Work for choir)
- Romances and Ballads, Volume 4, Op. 146 (Song, lied)
- Romances, Volume 1, Op. 69 (Work for choir)
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Franz Liszt (age 38) - Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-flat majorThat year: 1849, Classical music (Work for orchestra with soloist)
- Années de Pèlerinage. Deuxième Année; ItalieThat year: 1849, Classical music (Work for soloist)
- Totentanz. Paraphrase on Dies IraeThat year: 1849, Classical music (Work for orchestra with soloist)
- Symphonic Poem No. 1, “Ce qu'on entend sur la montagne”That year: 1849, Classical music (Work for orchestra), published in 1854
- Symphonic Poem No. 2, “Tasso, Lamento e Trionfo”That year: 1849, Classical music (Work for orchestra)
- Piano Concerto No. 2 in A majorThat year: 1849, Classical music (Work for orchestra with soloist)
- Symphonic Poem No. 8, “Héroïde funèbre”That year: 1849, Classical music (Work for orchestra)
- 3 Concert StudiesThat year: 1849, Classical music (Work for soloist)
- Ballad No. 1 in D-flat major, “Le chant du croisé” (Work for soloist), composed in 1848
- Grosses Konzertsolo (Work for soloist), published in 1866
- Chorus of Angels from Goethe's Faust (Work for choir)
- Licht, mehr Licht (Work for choir)
- Album Leaf in A major, “Friska” (Work for soloist)
- Die Macht der Musik (Song, lied)
- Album Leaf, “Serenade” (Work for soloist)
- Anfangs wollt' ich fast verzagen (Song, lied)
- Nimm einen Strahl der Sonne (Song, lied)
- Canzonetta del Salvator Rosa (Work for soloist)
- Goethe Festmarsch (Work for soloist)
- Festmarsch zur Goethejubiläumsfeier (Work for orchestra)
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Giuseppe Verdi (age 36) - L'Abandonnée (Song, lied)
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Anton Bruckner (age 25) - Requiem in D minorThat year: 1849, Classical music (Work for choir)
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Bedřich Smetana (age 25) - Album Leaf in G minor (Work for soloist)
- Wedding Scenes (Work for soloist)
- Allegro capriccioso in B minor (Work for soloist)
- Festive Overture, Op. 4 (Work for orchestra)
- Sonata Movement (Work for chamber orchestra)
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Johann Strauss II (age 24) - Emperor Francis Joseph, Op. 67 (Work for orchestra)
