The year 1855 in classical music and in lyrical art
1855. With other artists, Jacques Offenbach, Gioachino Rossini and Richard Wagner influenced their time (romantic era). That year would see the birth of future classical or lyrical artists, such as Anatoly Lyadov, while others would disappear. That year, new works would be composed, published or performed for the first time in public, such as “The Sicilian Vespers” 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 1855 a page in the history of classical and lyrical music to be discovered or rediscovered. soclassiq currently lists more than 230 of these moments for 1855.
1855, from day to day
January
02
Birth of Jacob Henry HallThat year: 1855, Classical music, composer (dead in 1941)
04
Birth of Arthur CobaletThat year: 1855, Classical music, French singer (dead in 1901)
06
Birth of Sebastian HofmüllerThat year: 1855, Classical music, German singer and opera singer (dead in 1923)
08
Birth of Samuel Swain StewartThat year: 1855, Classical music, composer (dead in 1898)
09
Death of Louis PapeThat year: 1855, Classical music, composer (born in 1799)
20
Birth of Ernest ChaussonThat year: 1855, Classical music, French composer (dead in 1899)
22
Birth of Ernst KullakThat year: 1855, Classical music, German composer and pianist (dead in 1914)
26
Birth of Hilmar MückenbergerThat year: 1855, Classical music, German composer (dead in 1937)
28
Birth of Bertha SchwarzThat year: 1855, Classical music, German/Austrian operatic soprano (dead in 1947)
February
12
Birth of José Mauri EsteveThat year: 1855, Classical music, violinist (dead in 1939)
15
Birth of Gustav HollaenderThat year: 1855, Classical music, German violinist, conductor and composer (dead in 1915)
17
Birth of Antonio Magini-ColettiThat year: 1855, Classical music, Italian opera singer (dead in 1912)
20
Birth of Nicolaj HansenThat year: 1855, Classical music, Danish musician (dead in 1932)
21
Birth of Vincenzo ValenteThat year: 1855, Classical music, Italian composer and writer (dead in 1921)
22
Death of François-Louis HenryThat year: 1855, Classical music, French opera singer (born in 1786)
25
Death of Daniel Hale MansfieldThat year: 1855, Classical music, composer (born in 1810)
27
Death of Louis LambillotteThat year: 1855, Classical music, Belgian composer, Jesuit and palaeographer (born in 1797)
March
02
Birth of Andrei ArendsThat year: 1855, Classical music, Russian composer (dead in 1924)
04
Birth of Franz von MildeThat year: 1855, Classical music, German tenor (dead in 1929)
08
Birth of Florence St. JohnThat year: 1855, Classical music, British singer and actress (dead in 1912)
10
Death of Gerardus CraeyvangerThat year: 1855, Classical music, singer, violinist (born in 1775)
11
Birth of Georges FragerolleThat year: 1855, Classical music, French musician and composer (dead in 1920)
Birth of Josef PřibíkThat year: 1855, Classical music, Czech conductor and composer (dead in 1937)
12
Birth of Eduard BirnbaumThat year: 1855, Classical music, musicologist (dead in 1920)
13
Birth of Anton RückaufThat year: 1855, Classical music, Austrian composer, pianist and music educator (dead in 1903)
15
Death of Johann Jakob WehrliThat year: 1855, Classical music, Swiss educationist (1790-1855) (born in 1790)
Birth of Fritz SchrödterThat year: 1855, Classical music, German opera singer (dead in 1924)
17
Death of Ramón CarnicerThat year: 1855, Classical music, Spanish musician (1789-1855) (born in 1789)
18
Birth of Elena VerniThat year: 1855, Classical music, opera singer
23
Birth of Amy SherwinThat year: 1855, Classical music, singer (dead in 1935)
24
Birth of Josef JiránekThat year: 1855, Classical music, Czech music educator, composer and pianist (dead in 1940)
28
Birth of Rocco PagliaraThat year: 1855, Classical music, composer (dead in 1914)
30
Death of José GuelbenzuThat year: 1855, Classical music, composer (born in 1785)
April
04
Birth of Božena Petzoldová-RubešováThat year: 1855, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1910)
06
Death of Lorenz SchneiderThat year: 1855, Classical music, composer (born in 1766)
07
Birth of Jørgen Ditleff BondesenThat year: 1855, Classical music, composer, music theorist (dead in 1939)
Birth of Emma BaumannThat year: 1855, Classical music, music pedagogue, opera singer, singer (dead in 1925)
09
Birth of Joseph HellmesbergerThat year: 1855, Classical music, Austrian musician (dead in 1907)
12
Death of Pedro AlbénizThat year: 1855, Classical music, Spanish musician (born in 1795)
16
Death of Cécile CamoinThat year: 1855, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1812)
17
Birth of Maria Sadovska-BarilottiThat year: 1855, Classical music, opera singer, stage actor (dead in 1891)
Birth of Gertrude Holman AndrewsThat year: 1855, Classical music, composer
18
Birth of Josef GruberThat year: 1855, Classical music, Austrian organist and composer (1855-1933) (dead in 1933)
24
Death of Walenty KratzerThat year: 1855, Classical music, composer, opera singer, singer (born in 1780)
26
Birth of Alexandra Vladimirovna SvyatlovskayaThat year: 1855, Classical music, Russian singer, opera singer and music educator (dead in 1923)
29
Birth of Edmund S J van der StraetenThat year: 1855, Classical music, composer (dead in 1934)
30
Death of Henry BishopThat year: 1855, Classical music, British composer (born in 1787)
May
02
Birth of Theodore Moses TobaniThat year: 1855, Classical music, composer (dead in 1933)
04
Death of Camille PleyelThat year: 1855, Classical music, French musician (born in 1788)
09
Birth of Julius RöntgenThat year: 1855, Classical music, German-Dutch composer (dead in 1932)
Birth of Max BrauerThat year: 1855, Classical music, composer (dead in 1918)
11
Birth of Anatoly LyadovThat year: 1855, Classical music, Russian composer, teacher and conductor (dead in 1914)
12
Birth of Marguerite Vaillant-CouturierThat year: 1855, Classical music, French soprano (dead in 1930)
Birth of Jan Nepomuk WünschThat year: 1855, Classical music, Czech composer, choirmaster and organist (dead in 1950)
13
Death of Teresa Belloc-GiorgiThat year: 1855, Classical music, composer (born in 1784)
14
Death of Thomas KellyThat year: 1855, Classical music, composer (born in 1769)
June
02
Birth of Karel FörsterThat year: 1855, Classical music, Czech violinist, organist and composer (dead in 1921)
03
Birth of Pavel Švanda ze SemčicThat year: 1855, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1923)
04
Birth of Josephine de ReszkeThat year: 1855, Classical music, Polish opera singer (dead in 1891)
05
Death of Rosine LebrunThat year: 1855, Classical music, opera singer and actress (born in 1783)
06
Death of Giovanni Agostino PerottiThat year: 1855, Classical music, Italian composer (born in 1769)
09
Birth of Felicjan FelińskiThat year: 1855, Classical music, actor (dead in 1914)
13
Premiere of The Sicilian VespersThat year: 1855, Classical music (Opera), Giuseppe Verdi
15
Birth of Alwin SchroederThat year: 1855, Classical music, German and American cellist (dead in 1928)
17
Birth of Fritz SteinbachThat year: 1855, Classical music, German conductor (dead in 1916)
Birth of Fritz KauffmannThat year: 1855, Classical music, conductor (dead in 1934)
Birth of Hermann BlattmacherThat year: 1855, Classical music, composer (dead in 1913)
21
Birth of Therese MaltenThat year: 1855, Classical music, singer (dead in 1930)
23
Birth of Maude Valerie WhiteThat year: 1855, Classical music, French-born English composer (dead in 1937)
27
Birth of Etelka GersterThat year: 1855, Classical music, Hungarian soprano and voice teacher (dead in 1920)
Birth of Urbà Fando i RaisThat year: 1855, Classical music, Spanish businessperson and composer (1855-1911) (dead in 1911)
July
02
Birth of Robert SettekornThat year: 1855, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1924)
04
Birth of Naëmi Ingman-StarckThat year: 1855, Classical music, Finnish musician (dead in 1932)
05
Premiere of Les deux aveuglesThat year: 1855, Classical music (Opera), Jacques Offenbach
09
Birth of Paul ZilcherThat year: 1855, Classical music, composer (dead in 1943)
19
Birth of Emil PaurThat year: 1855, Classical music, Austrian conductor (dead in 1932)
Death of Karl KellerThat year: 1855, Classical music, composer (born in 1784)
22
Death of Johann David BaldeneckerThat year: 1855, Classical music, composer (born in 1810)
25
Birth of Edward SolomonThat year: 1855, Classical music, English composer, conductor, orchestrator and pianist (dead in 1895)
26
Birth of Wilhelm KloedThat year: 1855, Classical music, Norwegian opera singer, voice teacher and singer (dead in 1929)
31
Birth of Piotr MaszyńskiThat year: 1855, Classical music, Polish composer, conductor and educator (dead in 1934)
August
02
Birth of Cornélie van ZantenThat year: 1855, Classical music, Dutch opera singer (dead in 1946)
04
Birth of Edward Smith HallThat year: 1855, Classical music, composer (dead in 2019)
Birth of William Rogers ChapmanThat year: 1855, Classical music, composer (dead in 1935)
05
Birth of Max JentschThat year: 1855, Classical music, composer (dead in 1918)
13
Birth of Eugen Miroslav RutteThat year: 1855, Classical music, Czech composer and singer (dead in 1903)
17
Death of John ColeThat year: 1855, Classical music, American music publisher, born 1774 (born in 1774)
23
Birth of Marie-Louise CaussinusThat year: 1855, Classical music, composer (dead in 1904)
24
Birth of Constant PierreThat year: 1855, Classical music, French musicologist (dead in 1918)
25
Birth of Georg ThouretThat year: 1855, Classical music, composer (dead in 1924)
27
Birth of Domenico SalvatoriThat year: 1855, Classical music, Italian actor (dead in 1909)
31
Premiere of Le violoneuxThat year: 1855, Classical music (Incidental music), Jacques Offenbach
Birth of Stefan SurzyńskiThat year: 1855, Classical music, conductor (dead in 1919)
September
03
Death of Max Johann SeidelThat year: 1855, Classical music, (1790-1855) (born in 1790)
06
Birth of Ferdinand HummelThat year: 1855, Classical music, German harpist, pianist, conductor and composer (dead in 1928)
Birth of Rudolf WinklerThat year: 1855, Classical music, composer (dead in 1920)
07
Birth of Anton HekkingThat year: 1855, Classical music, Dutch musician (dead in 1935)
09
Birth of Edmund ParlowThat year: 1855, Classical music, composer (dead in 1944)
15
Birth of Adam GeibelThat year: 1855, Classical music, composer (dead in 1933)
17
Birth of Richard SahlaThat year: 1855, Classical music, German concert violinist (dead in 1931)
19
Birth of Katharina KlafskyThat year: 1855, Classical music, singer (dead in 1896)
Birth of Gaston LemaireThat year: 1855, Classical music, composer (dead in 1928)
26
Birth of Juliette Maria Angélique Bilbaut-VaucheletThat year: 1855, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1925)
28
Birth of Fanny MoranThat year: 1855, Classical music, German singer and opera singer (dead in 1905)
29
Birth of Michele EspositoThat year: 1855, Classical music, Italian-born musical composer and pianist; active in Ireland (dead in 1929)
Birth of Théophile HirlemannThat year: 1855, Classical music, composer (dead in 1927)
October
02
Death of Johann Heinrich WalchThat year: 1855, Classical music, German conductor and composer (born in 1775)
05
Birth of Max FilkeThat year: 1855, Classical music, German composer (dead in 1911)
Birth of Augusta LütkenThat year: 1855, Classical music, Danish operatic soprano (dead in 1910)
10
Birth of Luigi MapelliThat year: 1855, Classical music, Italian composer and conductor (dead in 1913)
12
Birth of Arthur NikischThat year: 1855, Classical music, Hungarian conductor (dead in 1922)
13
Death of Gottfried RiegerThat year: 1855, Classical music, Czech composer (born in 1764)
15
Death of Désiré-Alexandre BattonThat year: 1855, Classical music, French composer (born in 1798)
16
Birth of William Barclay SquireThat year: 1855, Classical music, British musicologist, librarian and librettist (dead in 1927)
Birth of Joseph Henry DeanThat year: 1855, Classical music, composer (dead in 1947)
25
Birth of Iosif KotekThat year: 1855, Classical music, Russian composer and musician (dead in 1885)
30
Birth of Károly AggházyThat year: 1855, Classical music, Pianist, composer (dead in 1918)
Birth of Felix EhrlThat year: 1855, Classical music, director, opera singer, singer, stage actor (dead in 1929)
November
01
Birth of Guido AdlerThat year: 1855, Classical music, Austrian musicologist, writer (dead in 1941)
Birth of Ludwig StrakoschThat year: 1855, Classical music, Austrian baritone (dead in 1919)
Death of Louis-Alexis RaouxThat year: 1855, Classical music, composer (born in 1811)
02
Birth of Julius PolzerThat year: 1855, Classical music, composer (dead in 1930)
06
Birth of Paul KalischThat year: 1855, Classical music, German singer (dead in 1946)
07
Death of Henri Louis Martin De VillersThat year: 1855, Classical music, French politician (1780-1855) (born in 1780)
09
Death of Domenico CosselliThat year: 1855, Classical music, Italian opera singer (born in 1801)
12
Birth of Anna SlachThat year: 1855, Classical music, German singer and opera singer (1900-1903) (dead in 1903)
15
Birth of Frank KidsonThat year: 1855, Classical music, British folksong collector and musicologist (dead in 1926)
17
Birth of Giuseppe CampanariThat year: 1855, Classical music, Italian musician (dead in 1927)
19
Death of Ambros RiederThat year: 1855, Classical music, (1771-1855) (born in 1771)
Birth of Frédéric DeslandesThat year: 1855, Classical music, composer (dead in 1880)
21
Birth of John Franklin BotumeThat year: 1855, Classical music, American writer (dead in 1917)
23
Birth of Mariska KordinThat year: 1855, Classical music, Hungarian opera singer (dead in 1915)
25
Death of Thomas CommuckThat year: 1855, Classical music, composer (born in 1804)
29
Birth of Moritz KöhlerThat year: 1855, Classical music, composer (dead in 1901)
December
02
Death of Frédéric BératThat year: 1855, Classical music, French composer and songwriter (born in 1801)
05
Birth of Joseph Anton MayerThat year: 1855, Classical music, composer (dead in 1936)
07
Birth of José Manuel Jiménez BerroaThat year: 1855, Classical music, composer (dead in 1917)
08
Birth of Prince Heinrich XXIV Reuss of KöstritzThat year: 1855, Classical music, German composer (1855-1910) (dead in 1910)
11
Birth of Julian EdwardsThat year: 1855, Classical music, American composer (dead in 1910)
Birth of David Ffrangcon-DaviesThat year: 1855, Classical music, Welsh operatic baritone (dead in 1918)
Birth of Ernesto ElorduyThat year: 1855, Classical music, Mexican composer and pianist (dead in 1913)
13
Birth of Henning von KossThat year: 1855, Classical music, composer (dead in 1913)
15
Birth of Josef KličkaThat year: 1855, Classical music, Czech conductor, violinist, music educator, composer and organist (1855-1937) (dead in 1937)
17
Death of Josef August HellerThat year: 1855, Classical music, Czech composer (born in 1800)
23
Birth of Alan GrayThat year: 1855, Classical music, British musician (dead in 1935)
24
Birth of Henry TrotereThat year: 1855, Classical music, composer (dead in 1912)
25
Death of Gatien MarcailhouThat year: 1855, Classical music, French pianist (born in 1807)
26
Birth of Arnold MendelssohnThat year: 1855, Classical music, German composer and music teacher (dead in 1933)
Death of Marietta MarcoliniThat year: 1855, Classical music, Italian opera singer (born in 1780)
Birth of Francesco NavarriniThat year: 1855, Classical music, Italian singer and opera singer (dead in 1923)
29
Premiere of Ba-ta-clanThat year: 1855, Classical music (Incidental music), Jacques Offenbach
This was also in 1855
Death of Robert LindleyThat year: 1855, Classical music, English cellist (born in 1776). Birth of Josep Maria Benaiges PujolThat year: 1855, Classical music, Spanish composer (1855-1938) (dead in 1938). Birth of Gertrude GriswoldThat year: 1855, Classical music, composer (dead in 1912). Death of Adolfo BassiThat year: 1855, Classical music, Italian opera singer (born in 1775). Birth of Paul de CernayThat year: 1855, Classical music, composer (dead in 1928). Birth of Oscar Ferdinand TelgmannThat year: 1855, Classical music, Canadian composer (dead in 1946). Birth of Alfred RedheadThat year: 1855, Classical music, composer (dead in 1937). Inauguration: Cork Opera HouseThat year: 1855, Classical music (Cork, Ireland). Inception: Auckland Choral SocietyThat year: 1855, Classical music. Death of João Bartolomeu KlierThat year: 1855, Classical music, composer . Death of Antonio SapienzaThat year: 1855, Classical music, Italian conductor and composer (born in 1794). Birth of Vittorio BaravalleThat year: 1855, Classical music, Italian composer (1855-1942) (dead in 1942). Birth of Rudolf Johann PichlerThat year: 1855, Classical music, composer (dead in 1925). Inception: Orchestre philharmonique de StrasbourgThat year: 1855, Classical music. Birth of Kemani Tatyos EkserciyanThat year: 1855, Classical music, Turkish composer (dead in 1913). Birth of A. AimèsThat year: 1855, Classical music, composer (dead in 1870). Death of Luis Baca ElorreagaThat year: 1855, Classical music, Mexican composer (born in 1826). Birth of Kate VannahThat year: 1855, Classical music, American organist, pianist, composer, and writer (dead in 1933). Death of J. J. FastThat year: 1855, Classical music, composer (born in 1850). Death of Ivan LaskovskyThat year: 1855, Classical music, composer, pianist (born in 1799). Birth of Henry Marcellus HiggsThat year: 1855, Classical music, composer (dead in 1929). Birth of Jean PietrapertosaThat year: 1855, Classical music, musician and composer (dead in 1940). Birth of Enrico ImperialiThat year: 1855, Classical music, composer . Birth of Antônio Carlos dos Reis RayolThat year: 1855, Classical music, Brazilian opera singer (dead in 1905). Birth of Johanna AblerThat year: 1855, Classical music, German opera singer . Death of Antonio TosoroniThat year: 1855, Classical music, composer (born in 1787). Birth of Arthur HerveyThat year: 1855, Classical music, Irish composer, music critic (dead in 1922). Birth of Carl KiefertThat year: 1855, Classical music, composer and conductor (dead in 1937). Birth of Robert BibertiThat year: 1855, Classical music, German opera singer (1855-1925) (dead in 1925). Birth of Charles Arthur RawlingsThat year: 1855, Classical music, British composer (dead in 1919). Birth of William H. GerrishThat year: 1855, Classical music, composer (dead in 1924). Birth of August William JunckerThat year: 1855, Classical music, composer (dead in 1942). Birth of George BroderickThat year: 1855, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1905). Death of Joseph BarbiereThat year: 1855, Classical music, composer (born in 1810). Birth of Edward Baxter PerryThat year: 1855, Classical music, composer (dead in 1924). Birth of Helena HermanównaThat year: 1855, Classical music, dancer, opera singer (dead in 1916). Death of James SanfordThat year: 1855, Classical music, composer (born in 1814). Death of Louis ChancourtoisThat year: 1855, Classical music, French composer (born in 1785). Birth of Ada AdiniThat year: 1855, Classical music, Operatic soprano (dead in 1924). Birth of Angelo MascheroniThat year: 1855, Classical music, Italian musician (dead in 1905). Birth of Georges Debat-PonsanThat year: 1855, Classical music, composer (dead in 1933). Death of Agustín AzconaThat year: 1855, Classical music, Spanish playwright, writer and composer . Death of Luigi PetraliThat year: 1855, Classical music, Italian composer (1815-1855) (born in 1815). Birth of Władysław PachulskiThat year: 1855, Classical music, Violinist and pianist (dead in 1919).
Works (composition or publishing)
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Robert Schumann (age 45) - Songs of Youth, Op. 133 (Work for soloist), composed in 1853
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Franz Liszt (age 44) - Années de Pèlerinage. Première Année; SuisseThat year: 1855, Classical music (Work for soloist)
- Symphonic Poem No. 5, “Prometheus”That year: 1855, Classical music (Work for orchestra)
- Missa solennis zur Einweihung der Basilika in Gran, Gran Mass (Work for choir)
- Psalm XIII (13), “Herr, wie lange” (Work for choir)
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Charles Gounod (age 37) - Symphony No. 2 in E-flat major (Work for orchestra)
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Jacques Offenbach (age 36) - Entrez, messieurs, mesdames (Incidental music)
- Le décaméron, ou La grotte d'azur (Incidental music)
- Le rêve d'une nuit d'été (Incidental music)
- Oyayaye, ou La reine des îles (Incidental music)
- Paimpol et Périnette (Incidental music)
- Madame Papillon (Opera)
- Trafalgar – Sur un volcan (Opera)
- Une nuit blanche (Opera)
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Anton Bruckner (age 31) - Des Dankes Wort sie mir gegönnt (Work for choir)
- Cantata, “Auf Brüder, auf, and die Saiten zur Hand” (Work for choir)
- St. Jodok, Spross aus edlem Stamm (Work for choir)
- 3 Short Children's Pieces (Work for soloist)
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Bedřich Smetana (age 31) - Forest Impressions and Emotions: Nocturne (Work for soloist)
- Andante in E-flat major (Work for soloist)
- Piano Trio for piano, violin and cello, Op. 15 (Work for chamber orchestra)
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Johann Strauss II (age 30) - You Only Live Once!, Op. 167That year: 1855, Classical music (Work for orchestra)
- Moths, Op. 157 (Work for orchestra)
- Marginal Notes, Op. 163 (Work for orchestra)
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Alexander Borodin (age 22) - String Trio (Work for chamber orchestra)
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Camille Saint-Saëns (age 20) - 6 Bagatelles, Opp. 3 (Work for soloist)
- Piano Quintet in A minor, Op. 14 (Work for chamber orchestra)
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Georges Bizet (age 17) - Symphony in C majorThat year: 1855, Classical music (Work for orchestra)
- La maison du docteurThat year: 1855, Classical music (Opera) Premiere
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (age 15) - Mon génie, mon ange, mon ami (Song, lied)
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Emmanuel Chabrier (age 14) - Rêverie (Work for soloist)
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Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (age 11) - Butterfly (Song, lied)
