1854, from day to day
1854. With other artists, Richard Wagner, Giacomo Meyerbeer and Pierre-Jean de Béranger influenced their time (romantic era). That year would see the birth of future classical or lyrical artists, such as Leoš Janáček, while others would disappear. That year, new works would be composed, published or performed for the first time in public, such as “Aroldo” 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 1854 a page in the history of classical and lyrical music to be discovered or rediscovered. soclassiq currently lists more than 210 of these moments for 1854.
The year 1854 in classical music and in lyrical art
January
04
Birth of Anna de Belocca That year: 1854, Classical music, Russian opera singer
06
Birth of Euclides Fonseca That year: 1854, Classical music, Brazilian pianist (dead in 1929)
08
Birth of Adèle Isaac That year: 1854, Classical music, opera singer (1854-1915) (dead in 1915)
09
Death of Filippo Traetta That year: 1854, Classical music, American composer and music teacher (1777-1854) (born in 1777)
Birth of Yevgeniya Lineva That year: 1854, Classical music, composer (dead in 1919)
10
Birth of Heinrich Köselitz That year: 1854, Classical music, German composer (1854-1918) (dead in 1918)
Birth of Richard von Perger That year: 1854, Classical music, Austrian composer and music educator (dead in 1911)
12
Birth of Henri Logé That year: 1854, Classical music, composer (dead in 1912)
31
Birth of William Hall Sherwood That year: 1854, Classical music, American pianist, educator and composer (dead in 1911)
Birth of Max Grahl That year: 1854, Classical music, stage actor, opera singer (dead in 1944)
February
04
Death of Iwan Müller That year: 1854, Classical music, Russian musician and composer (born in 1786)
12
Death of Teresa Bertinotti That year: 1854, Classical music, Italian soprano (born in 1776)
16
Birth of Oscar Fetrás That year: 1854, Classical music, German composer (dead in 1931)
March
01
Death of William Brady That year: 1854, Classical music, composer
03
Death of Giovanni Battista Rubini That year: 1854, Classical music, Italian opera singer (1794-1854) (born in 1794)
Birth of Juliusz Zarębski That year: 1854, Classical music, Polish composer, pianist (dead in 1885)
Birth of Hugo Reinhold That year: 1854, Classical music, Austrian composer (dead in 1935)
Death of Sofia Samoilova That year: 1854, Classical music, Russian opera singer (born in 1786)
05
Birth of Edmund Rochlich That year: 1854, Classical music, composer (dead in 1932)
10
Birth of Henry Edward Krehbiel That year: 1854, Classical music, American musicologist (dead in 1923)
Birth of Otto Hohlfeld That year: 1854, Classical music, composer (dead in 1895)
12
Birth of Dante Del Papa That year: 1854, Classical music, Italian opera singer (dead in 1924)
20
Birth of Amalia Kasprowicz That year: 1854, Classical music, Polish actress (1854-1938) (dead in 1938)
Birth of Claudius Blanc That year: 1854, Classical music, French composer (dead in 1900)
Birth of August Gülker That year: 1854, Classical music, composer (dead in 1919)
21
Birth of Eugénie Vergin That year: 1854, Classical music, French singer and singing teacher (dead in 1941)
27
Birth of Edgar Tinel That year: 1854, Classical music, Belgian composer and pianist (1854-1912) (dead in 1912)
April
01
Birth of Marion Hood That year: 1854, Classical music, singer and actress (dead in 1912)
06
Birth of Heinrich Bötel That year: 1854, Classical music, German tenor (dead in 1938)
08
Death of Auguste de Sayve That year: 1854, Classical music, composer (born in 1790)
10
Birth of Jozef Marie Theodoor Orelio That year: 1854, Classical music, Dutch singer (1854-1926) (dead in 1926)
11
Death of Antonio Brizzi That year: 1854, Classical music, Italian singer, opera singer and music educator (1770-1854) (born in 1770)
13
Birth of António D'Andrade That year: 1854, Classical music, Portuguese opera singer (dead in 1942)
Birth of Viktor Zack That year: 1854, Classical music, Austrian teacher (dead in 1939)
14
Death of Bartholomew Brown That year: 1854, Classical music, composer (born in 1772)
16
Publishing of Mazeppa That year: 1854, Classical music (Work for soloist), Franz Liszt
18
Death of Józef Elsner That year: 1854, Classical music, Polish composer (born in 1769)
23
Birth of Grigory Lishin That year: 1854, Classical music, Russian poet, theatre critic and composer (dead in 1888)
Birth of Henri Chaussier That year: 1854, Classical music, composer (dead in 1914)
26
Birth of Adolf Wallnöfer That year: 1854, Classical music, Austrian composer and singer (1854-1946) (dead in 1946)
Birth of Georg Sieglitz That year: 1854, Classical music, German operatic bass (1854-1917) (dead in 1917)
30
Birth of Alexandre Rey Colaço That year: 1854, Classical music, Portuguese musician (dead in 1928)
Birth of Miloslav Francisci That year: 1854, Classical music, Slovak composer and doctor (dead in 1926)
May
01
Birth of Percy French That year: 1854, Classical music, Irish composer and artist (1854-1920) (dead in 1920)
03
Death of William Beale That year: 1854, Classical music, English composer and baritone (born in 1784)
Birth of Paul Decourcelle That year: 1854, Classical music, composer (dead in 1940)
Birth of Eugène Gazier That year: 1854, Classical music, composer (dead in 1920)
04
Birth of Władysław Floriański That year: 1854, Classical music, Polish singer and director (dead in 1911)
05
Birth of Antonio Smareglia That year: 1854, Classical music, Austro-Hungarian opera composer (1854-1929) (dead in 1929)
11
Birth of Léon Ehrhart That year: 1854, Classical music, French composer (1854-1875) (dead in 1875)
13
Birth of Paul Klengel That year: 1854, Classical music, German musician (dead in 1935)
14
Death of Louise Methfessel That year: 1854, Classical music, opera singer, singer, musician, composer (born in 1815)
16
Birth of Paul de Wailly That year: 1854, Classical music, French composer (1854–1933) (dead in 1933)
17
Birth of Georges Gillet That year: 1854, Classical music, French oboist and music educator (dead in 1920)
18
Birth of Bernard Zweers That year: 1854, Classical music, Dutch composer (dead in 1924)
Death of Henry Lemoine That year: 1854, Classical music, French piano teacher, music publisher, and composer (1786-1854) (born in 1786)
Birth of Eugène H. de Bricqueville That year: 1854, Classical music, composer (dead in 1933)
Death of Auguste Vern That year: 1854, Classical music, composer (born in 1769)
22
Birth of Angelo Read That year: 1854, Classical music, composer (dead in 1926)
27
Birth of Pavel Pabst That year: 1854, Classical music, Prussian-Russian professor, pianist, composer (dead in 1897)
28
Birth of William Marshall Hutchinson That year: 1854, Classical music, composer (dead in 1933)
Birth of William Marshall Hutchison That year: 1854, Classical music, composer (dead in 1933)
Birth of Hilaire Victor Couwenbergh That year: 1854, Classical music, composer (dead in 1914)
29
Birth of Karl Zuschneid That year: 1854, Classical music, composer (dead in 1926)
31
Death of Vatroslav Lisinski That year: 1854, Classical music, Croatian composer (born in 1819)
June
14
Birth of Frederik Rung That year: 1854, Classical music, Danish composer (1854-1914) (dead in 1914)
17
Death of Henriette Sontag That year: 1854, Classical music, German operatic singer (1806-1854) (born in 1806)
19
Birth of Alfredo Catalani That year: 1854, Classical music, Italian operatic composer (1854-1893) (dead in 1893)
20
Birth of Ramon Aquabella That year: 1854, Classical music, composer (dead in 1930)
21
Birth of Federico Carbonetti That year: 1854, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1916)
Also in June
Publishing of Piano Sonata in B minor That year: 1854, Classical music (Work for soloist), Franz Liszt .
July
01
Birth of Fred Billington That year: 1854, Classical music, British opera singer and actor (dead in 1917)
03
Birth of Leoš Janáček That year: 1854, Classical music, Czech composer (1854–1928) (dead in 1928)
04
Birth of Heinrich Zöllner That year: 1854, Classical music, German composer and conductor (dead in 1941)
05
Birth of Léon Karren That year: 1854, Classical music, composer (dead in 1920)
10
Birth of J. Lloyd Williams That year: 1854, Classical music, Welsh botanist and music writer (1854-1945) (dead in 1945)
14
Birth of Alexander Kopylov That year: 1854, Classical music, Russian composer and musician (1854-1911) (dead in 1911)
21
Birth of Pavel Khokhlov That year: 1854, Classical music, opera singer, politician (dead in 1919)
22
Birth of Franz Josef Brakl That year: 1854, Classical music, German singer (1854-1935) (dead in 1935)
August
02
Birth of John Twiname Gardner That year: 1854, Classical music, British composer (1854-1914) (dead in 1914)
Birth of Alfredo Barili That year: 1854, Classical music, composer (dead in 1935)
03
Birth of Fernand de La Tombelle That year: 1854, Classical music, French organist and composer (1854-1928) (dead in 1928)
07
Death of Heinrich Praeger That year: 1854, Classical music, composer, chapelmaster, violinist (born in 1783)
14
Birth of Alfred Michaelis That year: 1854, Classical music, composer (dead in 1914)
20
Death of Karl Ludwig Drobisch That year: 1854, Classical music, German composer (born in 1803)
Birth of Eugène von Volborth That year: 1854, Classical music, composer (dead in 1928)
21
Death of August Ferdinand Anacker That year: 1854, Classical music, German Music cantor/conductor (born in 1790)
23
Birth of Moritz Moszkowski That year: 1854, Classical music, German composer, pianist and teacher (dead in 1925)
Birth of Richard Shuebruk That year: 1854, Classical music, composer (dead in 1930)
Death of Gabriel Fernandes da Trindade That year: 1854, Classical music, composer (born in 1799)
24
Birth of Alfred Dudley Turner That year: 1854, Classical music, American composer (dead in 1888)
27
Birth of Jakob Quadflieg That year: 1854, Classical music, composer (dead in 1915)
September
01
Birth of Engelbert Humperdinck That year: 1854, Classical music, German composer (dead in 1921)
06
Birth of Hans Schmidt That year: 1854, Classical music, German musician and poet (1854-1923) (dead in 1923)
09
Birth of Jean Eugène Gaston Lemaire That year: 1854, Classical music, composer (dead in 1928)
Birth of Charles de Balorre That year: 1854, Classical music, composer (dead in 1927)
14
Death of Henriette Rettich That year: 1854, Classical music, Bohemian singer (born in 1813)
22
Birth of Ovide Musin That year: 1854, Classical music, Belgian violinist, professor, and composer (1854-1929) (dead in 1929)
24
Birth of Henry Tolhurst That year: 1854, Classical music, composer (dead in 1939)
29
Birth of Martin Plüddemann That year: 1854, Classical music, German ballad and song composer and music teacher (1854-1897) (dead in 1897)
Death of Rozália Schodelné Klein That year: 1854, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1811)
October
02
Birth of Émile Cossira That year: 1854, Classical music, tenor from France (dead in 1923)
04
Death of Endre Bartay That year: 1854, Classical music, Hungarian theatre director, composer, educator (born in 1799)
Birth of Per Maximilian Strandberg That year: 1854, Classical music, Swedish opera singer (dead in 1939)
10
Birth of Gerónimo Giménez That year: 1854, Classical music, Spanish musician (dead in 1923)
12
Birth of François-Alexis Cavaillé That year: 1854, Classical music, composer (dead in 1935)
18
Premiere of La nonne sanglante That year: 1854, Classical music (Opera), Charles Gounod
Birth of Antonius Johannes Bouman That year: 1854, Classical music, composer (dead in 1906)
Birth of Theodor Salzmann That year: 1854, Classical music, composer (dead in 1928)
22
Birth of James A. Bland That year: 1854, Classical music, American musician (dead in 1911)
28
Death of Julian Klemczyński That year: 1854, Classical music, Polish composer and pianist (born in 1807)
Death of James P. Carrell That year: 1854, Classical music, American composer (born in 1787)
29
Birth of Apel·les Mestres i Oñós That year: 1854, Classical music, Spanish writer, poet and illustrator (1854-1936) (dead in 1936)
30
Death of Adolphe Miné That year: 1854, Classical music, musician, composer (born in 1796)
Birth of Eugene Gruenberg That year: 1854, Classical music, composer (dead in 1928)
November
06
Birth of John Philip Sousa That year: 1854, Classical music, Luso-American conductor and composer (1854–1932) (dead in 1932)
09
Birth of Joseph Miroslav Weber That year: 1854, Classical music, Czech conductor, violinist and composer (dead in 1906)
10
Birth of Raimund von zur Mühlen That year: 1854, Classical music, German operatic tenor (dead in 1931)
13
Birth of George Whitefield Chadwick That year: 1854, Classical music, American composer (dead in 1931)
14
Birth of Dina Edling That year: 1854, Classical music, Swedish opera singer (dead in 1935)
Death of Betty Boije That year: 1854, Classical music, Swedish singer (born in 1822)
16
Birth of Franz Curti That year: 1854, Classical music, Swiss dentist and composer (1854-1898) (dead in 1898)
18
Death of Alberich Zwyssig That year: 1854, Classical music, Cistercian monk, composer of the Swiss national anthem (1808-1854) (born in 1808)
25
Birth of Jean Delvoye That year: 1854, Classical music, Belgian singer and opera singer (dead in 1938)
26
Birth of Émile Wambach That year: 1854, Classical music, Belgian conductor, composer, musicologist and music educator (1854-1924) (dead in 1924)
December
02
Birth of Hippolyte Belhomme That year: 1854, Classical music, French opera singer (dead in 1923)
Birth of Adolf Kitschman That year: 1854, Classical music, actor (1854-1917) (dead in 1917)
09
Birth of Pekka Juhani Hannikainen That year: 1854, Classical music, Finnish composer (dead in 1924)
14
Birth of Bond Andrews That year: 1854, Classical music, British musician and composer (1854-1899) (dead in 1899)
17
Birth of Philipp Wolfrum That year: 1854, Classical music, German conductor, composer and musicologist (1854-1919) (dead in 1919)
19
Birth of Francesc Pérez-Cabrero i Ferrater That year: 1854, Classical music, Spanish businessperson, conductor and composer (1854-1914) (dead in 1914)
Birth of Robert Vollstedt That year: 1854, Classical music, German composer (dead in 1919)
20
Birth of Walter F. Craig That year: 1854, Classical music, American violinist (1854-1933) (dead in 1933)
23
Death of Carlo Yvon That year: 1854, Classical music, Italian oboist/composer (1798-1854) (born in 1798)
This was also in 1854
Birth of Emilie Tagliana That year: 1854, Classical music, Italian opera singer . Birth of William Francis Lancelott That year: 1854, Classical music, composer (dead in 1884) . Birth of Emma Steinbach That year: 1854, Classical music, (1854-1937) (dead in 1937) . Inception: Philharmonie Baden-Baden That year: 1854, Classical music. Death of Joseph Gravrand That year: 1854, Classical music, composer (born in 1770) . Birth of Bertha Paulina Catharina Wichmann That year: 1854, Classical music, opera singer . Birth of Cornélius Coster That year: 1854, Classical music, composer (dead in 1902) . Birth of Max Bürger That year: 1854, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1902) . Birth of Francesco Contursi That year: 1854, Classical music, composer (dead in 1912) . Birth of Amanci Amorós Sirvent That year: 1854, Classical music, Spanish composer and pianist (1854-1925) (dead in 1925) . Birth of Louise Théo That year: 1854, Classical music, singer (dead in 1922) . Death of Luigi Cammarano That year: 1854, Classical music, composer (born in 1815) . Birth of Philippe Flon That year: 1854, Classical music, composer (dead in 1923) . Birth of Henry Wolfgang Amadeus Beale That year: 1854, Classical music, composer (dead in 1878) . Birth of Wiktor Zientarski That year: 1854, Classical music, composer . Birth of Presciliano Silva That year: 1854, Classical music, composer (dead in 1910) . Birth of Julie Rivé-King That year: 1854, Classical music, Pianist and composer (1854-1937) (dead in 1937) . Birth of Alma Lund That year: 1854, Classical music, Finnish opera singer (dead in 1932) . Birth of Max Bouvet That year: 1854, Classical music, French opera singer (dead in 1943) . Birth of Francesco Veccia That year: 1854, Classical music, composer (dead in 1926) . Birth of Bruno Holm That year: 1854, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1881) . Birth of Christian Spintler That year: 1854, Classical music, composer (dead in 1870) . Birth of J. O. von Prochaźka That year: 1854, Classical music, composer (dead in 1910) . Death of Matthias Holst That year: 1854, Classical music, composer (born in 1767) . Birth of Lucien Dziarski That year: 1854, Classical music, composer (dead in 1909) . Birth of Hubbard T. Smith That year: 1854, Classical music, composer (dead in 1903) . Inauguration: St George's Hall That year: 1854, Classical music (Liverpool, United Kingdom). Dissolution: Germania Musical Society That year: 1854, Classical music (United States of America). Death of Joaquina Sitchez That year: 1854, Classical music, Spanish soprano and actress (1780-1864) (born in 1780) .
Works (composition or publishing)
- Hector Berlioz (age 51)
- The Childhood of Christ, Op. 25 That year: 1854, Classical music (Work for choir), composed in 1850
- L'Impériale (Work for choir)
- Robert Schumann (age 44)
- Märchenerzählungen, Op. 132 That year: 1854, Classical music (Work for chamber orchestra), composed in 1853
- Variations, WoO 24 That year: 1854, Classical music (Work for soloist)
- Franz Liszt (age 43)
- A Faust Symphony That year: 1854, Classical music (Work for orchestra), published in 1857
- Symphonic Poem No. 1, “Ce qu'on entend sur la montagne” That year: 1854, Classical music (Work for orchestra), composed in 1849
- Symphonic Poem No. 2, “Tasso, Lamento e Trionfo” That year: 1854, Classical music (Work for orchestra), published in 1849
- Symphonic Poem No. 4, “Orpheus” That year: 1854, Classical music (Work for orchestra)
- Symphonic Poem No. 9, “Hungaria” That year: 1854, Classical music (Work for orchestra)
- Symphonic Poem No. 6, “Mazeppa” (Work for orchestra)
- Am Rhein im schönen Strome (Song, lied)
- Blume und Duft (Song, lied)
- Giuseppe Verdi (age 41)
- Richard Wagner (age 41)
- Züricher Vielliebchen-Walzer (Work for soloist)
- Charles Gounod (age 36)
- Tobie (Work for choir)
- Jacques Offenbach (age 35)
- Luc et Lucette (Opera)
- Anton Bruckner (age 30)
- Missa Solemnis in B-flat minor (Work for choir)
- Von Arneths Grab (Work for choir)
- Tantum ergo in B-flat major (Work for choir)
- Libera me (Work for choir)
- Lasst Jubelklänge laut erklingen (Work for choir)
- Quadrille (Work for soloist)
- Bedřich Smetana (age 30)
- Festive Symphony (Work for orchestra)
- 3 Ballroom Polkas, Opp. 7 (Work for soloist)
- 4 Polkas from the 1850s (Work for soloist)
- 3 Poetic Polkas, Opp. 8 (Work for soloist)
- Johann Strauss II (age 29)
- Legal Amendments, Op. 146 (Work for orchestra)
- Snowdrops, Op. 143 (Work for orchestra)
- Erzherzog Wilhelm Genesungs, Op. 149 (Work for orchestra)
- Napoleon, Op. 156 (Work for orchestra)
- Alliance (Work for orchestra)
- Johannes Brahms (age 21)
- Piano Trio No. 1 in B major, Op. 8 That year: 1854, Classical music (Work for chamber orchestra)
- 4 Ballads, Opp. 10 That year: 1854, Classical music (Work for soloist)
- Variations, Opp. 21 (Work for soloist)
- Variations in F-sharp minor, Op. 9 (Work for soloist)
- Alexander Borodin (age 21)
- String Quintet in F minor (Work for chamber orchestra)
- You beautiful fisher maiden (Song, lied)
- A beautiful maiden fell out of love (Song, lied)
- Slushaite, podruzhen'ki, pesenku moyu (Song, lied)
- Camille Saint-Saëns (age 19)
- Ouverture d'un opéra comique inachevé, Op. 140 (Work for orchestra)
- Georges Bizet (age 16)
- Petite Marguerite (Song, lied)
- La Rose et l’abeille (Song, lied)
- La Foi, l’Esperance et la Charité (Song, lied)
- Grand Concert Waltz in E-flat major (Work for soloist)
- Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (age 14)
- Anastasie-valse (Work for soloist)