The year 1851 in classical music and in lyrical art
1851. With other artists, Giacomo Meyerbeer, Adolphe Adam and Hector Berlioz influenced their time (romantic era). That year would see the birth of future classical or lyrical artists, while others would disappear such as Albert Lortzing. That year, new works would be composed, published or performed for the first time in public, such as “Rigoletto” de Giuseppe Verdi, for example.
All these moments, more or less notable, make the year 1851 a page in the history of classical and lyrical music to be discovered or rediscovered. soclassiq currently lists more than 170 of these moments for 1851.
1851, from day to day
January
01
Birth of Emanuel ChválaThat year: 1851, Classical music, Czech composer (dead in 1924)
07
Birth of M. Woolsey StrykerThat year: 1851, Classical music, American University president (dead in 1929)
09
Birth of Giuseppe GallignaniThat year: 1851, Classical music, Italian conductor, composer and music educator (dead in 1923)
12
Birth of Johannes PughThat year: 1851, Classical music, composer (dead in 1939)
17
Birth of Adolf D'HulstThat year: 1851, Classical music, Belgian composer (dead in 1916)
21
Death of Albert LortzingThat year: 1851, Classical music, German opera composer (born in 1801)
24
Death of Gaspare SpontiniThat year: 1851, Classical music, Italian composer and conductor (born in 1774)
25
Birth of Jan BlockxThat year: 1851, Classical music, Belgian composer, pianist and teacher (dead in 1912)
27
Birth of Ödön FarkasThat year: 1851, Classical music, Hungarian composer (dead in 1912)
Birth of Gaspar VillateThat year: 1851, Classical music, Cuban composer (dead in 1891)
29
Birth of Stanislao FalchiThat year: 1851, Classical music, Italian composer (dead in 1922)
February
04
Birth of Olivier LebierreThat year: 1851, Classical music, composer (dead in 1914)
14
Birth of Walenty DecThat year: 1851, Classical music, composer (dead in 1938)
18
Death of George ThomsonThat year: 1851, Classical music, collector of the music of Scotland, music publisher, and friend of Robert Burns (born in 1757)
20
Death of Josef Alois LadurnerThat year: 1851, Classical music, Austrian composer (born in 1769)
22
Death of Alexander AlyabyevThat year: 1851, Classical music, Russian composer (born in 1787)
24
Birth of Čeněk MelichárekThat year: 1851, Classical music, opera singer, singer (dead in 1898)
25
Death of Konrad RotterThat year: 1851, Classical music, composer (born in 1801)
March
04
Death of Michael HenkelThat year: 1851, Classical music, German composer (born in 1780)
Birth of Václav MikolášThat year: 1851, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1902)
05
Birth of Ottilie StrobachThat year: 1851, Classical music, Austrian opera singer (dead in 1931)
06
Death of Emma HartmannThat year: 1851, Classical music, composer (born in 1807)
11
Premiere of RigolettoThat year: 1851, Classical music (Opera), Giuseppe Verdi
14
Birth of Malwine BréeThat year: 1851, Classical music, composer (dead in 1937)
15
Birth of Józef SurzyńskiThat year: 1851, Classical music, Catholic priest, conductor (dead in 1919)
16
Birth of Karl GrenggThat year: 1851, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1914)
17
Birth of ClovisThat year: 1851, Classical music, French musical poet (chansonnier) (dead in 1910)
Birth of Josef GaubyThat year: 1851, Classical music, composer (dead in 1932)
20
Birth of Pietro Abbà CornagliaThat year: 1851, Classical music, Italian musician (dead in 1894)
21
Birth of Adolph BrodskyThat year: 1851, Classical music, Russian musician (dead in 1929)
Death of Louis-François CholletThat year: 1851, Classical music, composer (born in 1815)
22
Birth of William Henry PommerThat year: 1851, Classical music, American composer (dead in 1937)
23
Birth of Wanda von BogdaniThat year: 1851, Classical music, Polish music educator (dead in 1888)
Death of Thomas AnsteyThat year: 1851, Classical music, composer (born in 1777)
27
Birth of Vincent d'IndyThat year: 1851, Classical music, French composer and teacher (dead in 1931)
Birth of Ruperto ChapíThat year: 1851, Classical music, Spanish composer (dead in 1909)
April
07
Birth of Otto KlauwellThat year: 1851, Classical music, German composer, author and musicologist (dead in 1917)
08
Death of John ParryThat year: 1851, Classical music, Welsh harpist and composer (born in 1776)
09
Death of Antoine-Charles GlachantThat year: 1851, Classical music, composer (born in 1770)
12
Birth of Emil LieblingThat year: 1851, Classical music, German-American pianist and composer (dead in 1914)
19
Birth of Charles Frank HornThat year: 1851, Classical music, composer (dead in 1928)
21
Death of Hippolyte-Raymond ColetThat year: 1851, Classical music, French composer and music educator (born in 1808)
29
Death of Harriet WaylettThat year: 1851, Classical music, English actress and theatre manager (born in 1798)
May
01
Birth of Ludvig HegnerThat year: 1851, Classical music, Danish composer (dead in 1923)
04
Birth of Clément BroutinThat year: 1851, Classical music, French composer (dead in 1889)
05
Birth of Marie HeilbronThat year: 1851, Classical music, Belgian operatic soprano (dead in 1886)
07
Birth of Julius ButhsThat year: 1851, Classical music, German musician (dead in 1920)
11
Death of Ludvig ZinckThat year: 1851, Classical music, Danish composer (born in 1776)
15
Publishing of Piano Sonata No. 1 in C minor, Op. 4That year: 1851, Classical music (Work for soloist), Frédéric Chopin
Birth of Marie LehmannThat year: 1851, Classical music, German operatic soprano (dead in 1931)
17
Birth of Victor BendixThat year: 1851, Classical music, Danish musician (dead in 1926)
Birth of Aleksander MichałowskiThat year: 1851, Classical music, Polish musician (dead in 1938)
19
Birth of Oskar KöhlerThat year: 1851, Classical music, composer (dead in 1917)
22
Birth of Laurent GrilletThat year: 1851, Classical music, composer (dead in 1901)
23
Birth of Antoni StolpeThat year: 1851, Classical music, Polish musician (dead in 1872)
Birth of Gustav HechtThat year: 1851, Classical music, composer (dead in 1932)
25
Birth of Albert Augustus StanleyThat year: 1851, Classical music, composer (dead in 1932)
31
Death of Marianne MüllerThat year: 1851, Classical music, German soprano and actress (born in 1772)
June
03
Birth of Theodore BakerThat year: 1851, Classical music, American musicologist (dead in 1934)
11
Birth of Oscar BorgThat year: 1851, Classical music, Norwegian composer (dead in 1930)
12
Birth of Pol PlançonThat year: 1851, Classical music, French opera singer, operatic bass (dead in 1914)
14
Birth of Wayman C. McCreeryThat year: 1851, Classical music, Carom billiards player innovator and inventor (dead in 1901)
23
Birth of Clarence EddyThat year: 1851, Classical music, American organist and composer (dead in 1937)
Birth of Steven van GroningenThat year: 1851, Classical music, Dutch composer (1851-1926) (dead in 1926)
Death of Katherina Anna Kraus-WranitzkyThat year: 1851, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1801)
25
Birth of Ilka MedgyaszayThat year: 1851, Classical music, Hungarian opera singer and actress (dead in 1942)
28
Birth of Pauline ErdmannsdörferThat year: 1851, Classical music, composer (dead in 1916)
29
Birth of Antonio CoronaroThat year: 1851, Classical music, composer (dead in 1933)
30
Death of Johann Theobald HeldThat year: 1851, Classical music, Czech composer and doctor (born in 1770)
July
03
Birth of Isaac de CamondoThat year: 1851, Classical music, French banker (dead in 1911)
04
Death of Martin-Joseph MengalThat year: 1851, Classical music, Belgian composer (born in 1784)
07
Birth of Carl LorensThat year: 1851, Classical music, Austrian composer (dead in 1909)
17
Death of Béni EgressyThat year: 1851, Classical music, Hungarian composer (born in 1814)
20
Birth of Harry DrewThat year: 1851, Classical music, composer (dead in 1895)
23
Death of Ferdinand TroyerThat year: 1851, Classical music, Austrian noble and musician (born in 1780)
Also in July
Birth of Albert RenaudThat year: 1851, Classical music, French organist (dead in 1924) .
August
04
Birth of Albert AmadeiThat year: 1851, Classical music, composer (dead in 1894)
06
Birth of Stanislaw OgurkowskiThat year: 1851, Classical music, composer, pedagogue (dead in 1909)
16
Birth of Valéry HussonmorelThat year: 1851, Classical music, composer (dead in 1937)
19
Death of Gioseffo CatrufoThat year: 1851, Classical music, Italian composer, musicologist, music educator and music theorist (born in 1771)
22
Birth of Richard AnderssonThat year: 1851, Classical music, Swedish composer and music educator (dead in 1918)
September
02
Birth of Clarence S. WallaceThat year: 1851, Classical music, composer (dead in 1903)
07
Death of Neville Butler ChallonerThat year: 1851, Classical music, composer (born in 1784)
08
Birth of Alfred JossetThat year: 1851, Classical music, composer (dead in 1908)
12
Birth of Emil NikelThat year: 1851, Classical music, composer (dead in 1921)
13
Birth of Charles Edouard Gabriel LerouxThat year: 1851, Classical music, French composer, conductor and musicologist (dead in 1926)
14
Birth of Gabrielle FerrariThat year: 1851, Classical music, French pianist and composer (dead in 1921)
15
Death of František LablerThat year: 1851, Classical music, Czech composer and organist (born in 1805)
16
Birth of Eduard ReussThat year: 1851, Classical music, German composer, pianist, music educator and writer on music (dead in 1911)
Birth of Arthur ManciniThat year: 1851, Classical music, composer (dead in 1927)
19
Birth of Paul WachsThat year: 1851, Classical music, French organist (dead in 1915)
20
Birth of Henry HouseleyThat year: 1851, Classical music, British composer (dead in 1925)
26
Birth of Mikhail KalachevskyThat year: 1851, Classical music, composer (dead in 1907)
October
02
Death of Johann Baptist KrebsThat year: 1851, Classical music, German writer and director (born in 1774)
08
Death of George Alexander LeeThat year: 1851, Classical music, British singer (born in 1802)
11
Birth of Adele BenettiThat year: 1851, Classical music, music pedagogue, opera singer, singer, voice teacher (dead in 1926)
20
Birth of Otto LangeyThat year: 1851, Classical music, German-American composer, educator and conductor (dead in 1922)
23
Birth of Guillaume CoutureThat year: 1851, Classical music, Canadian choir conductor, composer, music critic, and music educator (dead in 1915)
24
Birth of Giuseppina PasquaThat year: 1851, Classical music, singer (dead in 1930)
26
Death of Gotthelf Leberecht BertholdThat year: 1851, Classical music, opera singer, singer, stage actor (born in 1796)
November
01
Birth of André WormserThat year: 1851, Classical music, French composer (dead in 1926)
05
Birth of Émile Pierre RatezThat year: 1851, Classical music, French musician (dead in 1934)
10
Death of Joseph MainzerThat year: 1851, Classical music, German priest and composer (born in 1801)
15
Birth of Reinhard Frederik BokelmannThat year: 1851, Classical music, Dutch politician (dead in 1939)
16
Birth of Minnie HaukThat year: 1851, Classical music, singer (dead in 1929)
19
Birth of Jan TalichThat year: 1851, Classical music, musical pedagogue 1851-1915 (dead in 1915)
24
Birth of Katalin VidmárThat year: 1851, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1935)
December
02
Birth of Frank Whitney ShelleyThat year: 1851, Classical music, composer (dead in 1878)
06
Birth of Cornelia Schmitt-CsányiThat year: 1851, Classical music, composer (dead in 1906)
08
Birth of Camille BenoîtThat year: 1851, Classical music, French curator, composer, art historian and musicologist (dead in 1923)
12
Birth of Alfred AhlbornThat year: 1851, Classical music, composer (dead in 1934)
13
Birth of E. O. ExcellThat year: 1851, Classical music, American publisher, composer, song leader and singer (dead in 1921)
17
Birth of Ernest LavigneThat year: 1851, Classical music, Canadian composer (dead in 1909)
21
Death of Carl Friedrich RungenhagenThat year: 1851, Classical music, composer and music teacher (born in 1778)
Also in December
Death of Mathilda EbelingThat year: 1851, Classical music, Swedish opera singer (born in 1826) .
This was also in 1851
Birth of Angelina LugerThat year: 1851, Classical music, opera singer, singer (dead in 1910). Birth of Vladimir PogozhevThat year: 1851, Classical music, composer (dead in 1935). Birth of Martin RöderThat year: 1851, Classical music, German composer (dead in 1895). Birth of Ladislav GabrielliThat year: 1851, Classical music, composer (dead in 1900). Birth of N.H. RiceThat year: 1851, Classical music, composer (dead in 1923). Birth of Heraclio FernándezThat year: 1851, Classical music, Venezuelan musician (dead in 1886). Birth of Władysław CyrbesThat year: 1851, Classical music, composer (dead in 1917). Birth of Charles E. TinneyThat year: 1851, Classical music, composer (dead in 1925). Death of Adam Valentin VolkmarThat year: 1851, Classical music, composer (born in 1770). Birth of Eugen ZabelThat year: 1851, Classical music, German journalist and translator (dead in 1924). Birth of Rafael CebrerosThat year: 1851, Classical music, composer (dead in 1898). Birth of Maud d’OrbyThat year: 1851, Classical music, opera singer, actress and art model (dead in 1929). Birth of Hector Roderick MacLeanThat year: 1851, Classical music, composer (dead in 1935). Birth of Alberto PestalozzaThat year: 1851, Classical music, composer (dead in 1934). Birth of Charles MélantThat year: 1851, Classical music, composer (dead in 1916). Birth of Blanche ColeThat year: 1851, Classical music, British opera singer (dead in 1888). Death of Abel d' AdhémarThat year: 1851, Classical music, composer (born in 1812). Death of Edward Little WhiteThat year: 1851, Classical music, composer (born in 1809). Birth of Aleksandra KrutikovaThat year: 1851, Classical music, Russian opera singer (dead in 1919). Birth of Luis de SoriaThat year: 1851, Classical music, composer (dead in 1935). Inauguration: Tbilisi Opera and Ballet TheatreThat year: 1851, Classical music (Tbilisi, Georgia). Death of Bernhard FliesThat year: 1851, Classical music, German composer (born in 1770). Birth of Paola Marié de l'IsleThat year: 1851, Classical music, French opera singer (dead in 1920).
Works (composition or publishing)
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Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) - Symphony No. 4 in A major, Op. 90, “Italienische”That year: 1851, Classical music (Work for orchestra), composed in 1833
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Robert Schumann (age 41) - Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 97, “Rhenish”That year: 1851, Classical music (Work for orchestra), composed in 1850
- Märchenbilder for piano and viola, Op. 113That year: 1851, Classical music (Work for chamber orchestra), published in 1852
- Der Rose Pilgerfahrt, Op. 112That year: 1851, Classical music (Work for choir)
- Piano Trio in G minor, Op. 110 (Work for chamber orchestra)
- Julius Caesar overture, Op. 128 (Work for orchestra)
- Hermann und Dorothea overture, Op. 136 (Work for orchestra)
- Scenes from a ball, Op. 109 (Work for chamber orchestra)
- Der Königssohn, Op. 116 (Work for choir)
- 3 Fantasy pieces, Opp. 111 (Work for soloist)
- 5 Songs, Opp. 125 (Song, lied)
- 4 Husarenlieder, Opp. 117 (Song, lied)
- Mädchenlieder, Op. 103 (Song, lied)
- 3 Poems, Opp. 119 (Song, lied)
- 5 Lieder and Songs, Opp. 127 (Song, lied)
- 7 Lieder, Opp. 104 (Song, lied)
- Romances and Ballads, Volume 3, Op. 145 (Work for choir)
- Violin Sonata No. 2 in D minor, Op. 121 (Work for chamber orchestra)
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Franz Liszt (age 40) - Études d'exécution transcendante d'après PaganiniThat year: 1851, Classical music (Work for soloist), composed in 1838
- Grandes Études de PaganiniThat year: 1851, Classical music (Work for soloist)
- 3 Concert StudiesThat year: 1851, Classical music (Work for soloist)
- Hungarian Rhapsody No. 1 (Work for soloist)
- Scherzo and March (Work for soloist)
- Elégie sur des motifs du Prince Louis Ferdinand de Prusse (Work for soloist)
- 2 Polonaises (Work for soloist)
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Charles Gounod (age 33) -
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Anton Bruckner (age 27) - Das edle Herz (Work for choir)
- Die Geburt (Work for choir)
- Frühlingslied (Work for choir)
- 2 Sängersprüche (Work for choir)
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Johann Strauss II (age 26) - Cries of Mephistopheles from Hell, Op. 101 (Work for orchestra)
- Idylls, Op. 95 (Work for orchestra)
- Echoes of Rhadamantus, Op. 94 (Work for orchestra)
- Kaiser-Jäger, Op. 93 (Work for orchestra)
- With United Strength, Op. 96 (Work for orchestra)
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Johannes Brahms (age 18) - Scherzo in E-flat minor, Op. 4 (Work for soloist)
