1856, from day to day
1856. With other artists, Pierre-Jean de Béranger, Jacques Offenbach and Richard Wagner influenced their time (romantic era). That year would see the birth of future classical or lyrical artists, while others would disappear such as Robert Schumann. That year, new works would be composed, published or performed for the first time in public, such as “Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-flat major” de Franz Liszt, for example. That year, halls or orchestras would be founded or ceased to operate.
All these moments, more or less notable, make the year 1856 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 1856.
The year 1856 in classical music and in lyrical art
January
01
Birth of Modest Vitoshynskyi That year: 1856, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1901)
02
Birth of Alma Fohström That year: 1856, Classical music, Finnish operatic soprano (dead in 1936)
04
Birth of Maurice Mac-Nab That year: 1856, Classical music, French chansonnier, poet and writer (dead in 1889)
06
Death of Nicolas-Charles Bochsa That year: 1856, Classical music, French composer and harpist (born in 1789)
Birth of Giuseppe Martucci That year: 1856, Classical music, Italian musician (dead in 1909)
Birth of George Thorne That year: 1856, Classical music, English singer and actor (dead in 1922)
Birth of Hermann Genss That year: 1856, Classical music, German musician (dead in 1940)
09
Birth of Stevan Stojanović Mokranjac That year: 1856, Classical music, Serbian composer (1856-1914) (dead in 1914)
Birth of Eva Hortensia Synnerberg That year: 1856, Classical music, Finnish musician (dead in 1920)
11
Birth of Christian Sinding That year: 1856, Classical music, Norwegian composer (dead in 1941)
15
Birth of Gustave Goublier That year: 1856, Classical music, French conductor and composer (1856-1926) (dead in 1926)
17
Death of Thomas Attwood Walmisley That year: 1856, Classical music, English composer and organist (born in 1814)
18
Birth of John Hyatt Brewer That year: 1856, Classical music, composer (dead in 1931)
20
Birth of Jean de Chantérac That year: 1856, Classical music, composer (dead in 1908)
28
Birth of Eva Dell'Acqua That year: 1856, Classical music, Belgian composer and singer (1856-1930) (dead in 1930)
30
Birth of Felix McGlennon That year: 1856, Classical music, British songwriter and publisher (1856-1943) (dead in 1943)
February
01
Death of Henri-Étienne Dérivis That year: 1856, Classical music, French opera singer (born in 1780)
02
Birth of Makar Ekmalyan That year: 1856, Classical music, Armenian composer (dead in 1905)
04
Death of Anna Gottlieb That year: 1856, Classical music, Austrian singer (born in 1774)
12
Death of Giuseppe Donizetti That year: 1856, Classical music, Italian musician (1788–1856) (born in 1788)
13
Death of Alexandre Montfort That year: 1856, Classical music, French composer (born in 1803)
16
Birth of Willem Kes That year: 1856, Classical music, Dutch conductor and composer (dead in 1934)
Birth of Augusta Öhrström-Renard That year: 1856, Classical music, Swedish opera singer and voice teacher (dead in 1921)
17
Death of John Braham That year: 1856, Classical music, English operatic tenor (born in 1774)
Birth of Jan Evangelista Zelinka starší That year: 1856, Classical music, Czech composer and organist (1856-1935) (dead in 1935)
21
Death of Theodor Döhler That year: 1856, Classical music, German composer and pianist (1814-1856) (born in 1814)
24
Birth of Louis Delaquerrière That year: 1856, Classical music, French opera singer (dead in 1937)
25
Birth of Marianne Scharwenka That year: 1856, Classical music, German musician (1856–1918) (dead in 1918)
26
Birth of Aurélio Magnani That year: 1856, Classical music, Italian composer (dead in 1921)
27
Birth of Mattia Battistini That year: 1856, Classical music, Italian opera singer (dead in 1928)
28
Birth of Richard Mühlfeld That year: 1856, Classical music, German clarinettist (1856-1907) (dead in 1907)
Birth of Marie Brema That year: 1856, Classical music, British opera singer (dead in 1925)
March
04
Death of Friedrich Genée That year: 1856, Classical music, German opera singer (born in 1796)
05
Birth of Zoltán Gáty That year: 1856, Classical music, Hungarian composer (dead in 1928)
Closing: Theatre Royal, Covent Garden That year: 1856, Classical music (City and Liberty of Westminster, United Kingdom)
12
Birth of Jozef Chládek That year: 1856, Classical music, Czech composer, choirmaster and organist (1856-1928) (dead in 1928)
13
Birth of Allan Macbeth That year: 1856, Classical music, composer (dead in 1910)
15
Birth of Mary Elizabeth Turner Salter That year: 1856, Classical music, American soprano and composer (dead in 1938)
18
Birth of Gabriel Sizes That year: 1856, Classical music, composer (dead in 1919)
19
Death of Franz Thaddäus Blatt That year: 1856, Classical music, composer (born in 1793)
20
Birth of Josef Wagner That year: 1856, Classical music, Austrian composer (1856-1908) (dead in 1908)
April
01
Death of Marie Moreau-Sainti That year: 1856, Classical music, French opera singer (born in 1804)
03
Birth of Léo Sachs That year: 1856, Classical music, French composer of German origin (dead in 1930)
07
Birth of John Alexander Fuller Maitland That year: 1856, Classical music, British music critic (1856-1936) (dead in 1936)
12
Birth of Samuel Royle Shore That year: 1856, Classical music, composer (dead in 1946)
14
Birth of Alphonse Maurice That year: 1856, Classical music, composer (dead in 1905)
17
Birth of Edward Jakobowski That year: 1856, Classical music, British composer (dead in 1929)
18
Death of Ermanno Picchi That year: 1856, Classical music, composer (born in 1811)
20
Death of Damião Barbosa de Araújo That year: 1856, Classical music, Brazilian composer (born in 1778)
30
Birth of Jindřich Hartl That year: 1856, Classical music, Czech composer, choirmaster and organist (1856-1900) (dead in 1900)
May
02
Birth of Eduard Rohde Jr. That year: 1856, Classical music, composer (dead in 1931)
03
Death of Adolphe Adam That year: 1856, Classical music, French composer (1803–1856) (born in 1803)
Death of Adolfo Fumagalli That year: 1856, Classical music, Italian pianist and composer (1828-1856) (born in 1828)
Birth of Max Alvary That year: 1856, Classical music, German architect and opera singer (1815-1898) (dead in 1898)
04
Birth of Marie Basta That year: 1856, Classical music, singer and opera singer
10
Birth of Max Stange That year: 1856, Classical music, composer, conductor, pedagogue (dead in 1932)
Birth of Johann Müller That year: 1856, Classical music, composer (dead in 1924)
12
Death of Conrad Lüders That year: 1856, Classical music, composer (born in 1801)
13
Death of Joseph Jowett That year: 1856, Classical music, composer (born in 1784)
15
Death of Rudolph Bay That year: 1856, Classical music, Danish musician (1791-1856) (born in 1791)
Birth of Frederick Augustus Fillmore That year: 1856, Classical music, composer (dead in 1925)
17
Birth of Elisabeth Leisinger That year: 1856, Classical music, German opera singer (dead in 1933)
20
Birth of Helen Hopekirk That year: 1856, Classical music, American pianist and composer of Scottish descent (dead in 1945)
22
Birth of Humphrey John Stewart That year: 1856, Classical music, American composer (1856-1932) (dead in 1932)
26
Birth of George Templeton Strong That year: 1856, Classical music, American composer (1856-1948) (dead in 1948)
31
Birth of F. W. Meacham That year: 1856, Classical music, American composer (1856-1909) (dead in 1909)
June
03
Death of Stephen Jenks That year: 1856, Classical music, American composer (born in 1772)
07
Birth of Heinrich Zeller That year: 1856, Classical music, German singer and opera singer (dead in 1934)
08
Birth of Natalia Janotha That year: 1856, Classical music, Pianist and Composer (dead in 1932)
Birth of Antoine Banès That year: 1856, Classical music, French choreographer and composer (dead in 1924)
10
Death of Giuseppe Rabboni That year: 1856, Classical music, Italian composer (1800-1856) (born in 1800)
11
Birth of Bruno Wandelt That year: 1856, Classical music, composer (dead in 1933)
12
Premiere of La rose de Saint-Flour That year: 1856, Classical music (Opera), Jacques Offenbach
13
Birth of Abbie Carrington That year: 1856, Classical music, American operatic singer (1856-1925) (dead in 1925)
Birth of Harvey Löhr That year: 1856, Classical music, composer (dead in 2019)
14
Birth of Hubert de Blanck That year: 1856, Classical music, Dutch-born professor, pianist, and composer emigrated to Cuba (dead in 1932)
15
Birth of Otto Seele That year: 1856, Classical music, composer, music publisher, percussionist, music teacher, editor (dead in 1935)
17
Birth of George Albert Burdett That year: 1856, Classical music, composer (dead in 1943)
24
Birth of Sumner Salter That year: 1856, Classical music, composer (dead in 1944)
25
Birth of Zenón Rolón That year: 1856, Classical music, Argentine musician (1856-1902) (dead in 1902)
Death of Auguste Bertini That year: 1856, Classical music, composer (born in 1780)
July
01
Birth of Max Burger That year: 1856, Classical music, composer (dead in 1917)
05
Death of Paul Cuzent That year: 1856, Classical music, circus performer, composer, pedagogue, animal trainer (born in 1814)
Birth of Aline Friede That year: 1856, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1946)
06
Birth of Horace Winfred Beek That year: 1856, Classical music, composer (dead in 1936)
11
Birth of Alice Burville That year: 1856, Classical music, British actress and singer (dead in 1944)
Birth of William Ludwig Piutti That year: 1856, Classical music, composer (dead in 1910)
19
Birth of Emil Götze That year: 1856, Classical music, German singer and opera singer (dead in 1901)
20
Death of Anna Nielsen That year: 1856, Classical music, Danish actor and opera singer (1803-1856) (born in 1803)
23
Birth of Arthur Bird That year: 1856, Classical music, American composer (dead in 1923)
29
Death of Robert Schumann That year: 1856, Classical music, German composer, pianist and critic (1810–1856) (born in 1810)
31
Death of Marco Bordogni That year: 1856, Classical music, Italian opera singer (born in 1789)
Premiere of Le 66 That year: 1856, Classical music (Opera), Jacques Offenbach
August
05
Death of Robert Lucas de Pearsall That year: 1856, Classical music, English composer (born in 1795)
08
Death of Lucia Elizabeth Vestris That year: 1856, Classical music, British actress, theatre manager and contralto (1797-1856) (born in 1797)
12
Death of Auguste Otto-Wernthal That year: 1856, Classical music, German singer and opera singer (1833-1856) (born in 1833)
14
Birth of Karl Wolfrum That year: 1856, Classical music, composer (dead in 1937)
18
Birth of Jan Gall That year: 1856, Classical music, Polish composer (dead in 1912)
Birth of Charles H. Gabriel That year: 1856, Classical music, American composer of religious music (dead in 1932)
19
Birth of Wilson Smith That year: 1856, Classical music, composer (dead in 1929)
20
Death of Philipp Jakob Riotte That year: 1856, Classical music, German composer (1776-1856) (born in 1776)
21
Death of Peter Josef von Lindpaintner That year: 1856, Classical music, German composer and conductor (born in 1791)
24
Birth of Felix Mottl That year: 1856, Classical music, Austrian conductor and composer (1856-1911) (dead in 1911)
25
Inauguration: Teatro Solís That year: 1856, Classical music (Montevideo, Uruguay)
26
Birth of Guillaume Rémy That year: 1856, Classical music, Belgian violinist, music pedagogue (dead in 1923)
31
Birth of Nikoghayos Tigranian That year: 1856, Classical music, Armenian musician (dead in 1951)
September
02
Birth of Luigi Chiaffarelli That year: 1856, Classical music, Italian-Brazilian pianist (dead in 1923)
03
Birth of Selma Ek That year: 1856, Classical music, singer (dead in 1941)
09
Death of Joseph Küffner That year: 1856, Classical music, German musician and composer (born in 1777)
12
Birth of Ernest Gillet That year: 1856, Classical music, French musician and composer (1856-1940) (dead in 1940)
Birth of Caleb Simper That year: 1856, Classical music, English organist and composer (dead in 1942)
16
Birth of Abraham Ojanperä That year: 1856, Classical music, Finnish singer and opera singer (dead in 1916)
21
Death of Mikhail Vielgorsky That year: 1856, Classical music, Russian composer (born in 1787)
23
Premiere of Le financier et le savetier That year: 1856, Classical music (Opera), Jacques Offenbach
26
Birth of Anna Paaske That year: 1856, Classical music, Norwegian opera singer (dead in 1935)
October
01
Birth of Wilhelmina Tekla Krogulska That year: 1856, Classical music, Polish singer (1856-1933) (dead in 1933)
08
Birth of Victor von Herzfeld That year: 1856, Classical music, Hungarian musician (1856-1919) (dead in 1919)
09
Birth of Sylvain Dupuis That year: 1856, Classical music, Belgian composer and conductor (dead in 1931)
14
Death of Johann Kaspar Mertz That year: 1856, Classical music, Hungarian guitarist and composer (born in 1806)
Premiere of La bonne d'enfant That year: 1856, Classical music (Opera), Jacques Offenbach
22
Birth of Eduard Schütt That year: 1856, Classical music, composer (dead in 1933)
Birth of Carlo Albanesi That year: 1856, Classical music, Italian pianist and composer (dead in 1926)
24
Birth of Thomas Vowler Short That year: 1856, Classical music, composer (dead in 1931)
25
Birth of Hermine Galfy That year: 1856, Classical music, German soprano (dead in 1933)
28
Birth of Franz Xaver Arens That year: 1856, Classical music, composer (dead in 1932)
29
Birth of Hans Winderstein That year: 1856, Classical music, German conductor and composer (1856-1925) (dead in 1925)
30
Birth of Isabella von Lauppert-Martin That year: 1856, Classical music, opera singer, music teacher
31
Birth of Robert Fischhof That year: 1856, Classical music, Austrian pianist, composer and music teacher (1856-1918) (dead in 1918)
November
02
Death of Heinrich Blume That year: 1856, Classical music, German singer and opera singer (1788-1856) (born in 1788)
06
Birth of Alfred Ferdinand Christensen That year: 1856, Classical music, composer (dead in 1925)
13
Birth of Sergei Ivanovich Taneyev That year: 1856, Classical music, Russian composer, pianist, music theorist and teacher (1856–1915) (dead in 1915)
15
Birth of Henry Alexander John Campbell That year: 1856, Classical music, composer (dead in 1921)
16
Birth of Annie Frances Loud That year: 1856, Classical music, composer (dead in 1934)
23
Death of Giovanni Morandi That year: 1856, Classical music, Italian composer (born in 1777)
26
Birth of Thrine Schenck That year: 1856, Classical music, composer (dead in 1921)
28
Birth of Aleksandr Kastalsky That year: 1856, Classical music, Russian composer and folklorist (1856-1926) (dead in 1926)
Birth of Hjalmar Frey That year: 1856, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1913)
30
Death of Alexandre Fessy That year: 1856, Classical music, French musician (born in 1804)
December
02
Birth of Robert Kajanus That year: 1856, Classical music, Finnish conductor and composer (1856–1933) (dead in 1933)
Birth of Karel Wittoch That year: 1856, Classical music, violinist, organist, choir director, music teacher (dead in 1907)
Birth of Alfonso Garulli That year: 1856, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1915)
03
Birth of Mathilde Heim-Brem That year: 1856, Classical music, composer (dead in 1886)
05
Birth of Charles William Pearce That year: 1856, Classical music, composer (dead in 1928)
Birth of Nahum Stetson Jr. That year: 1856, Classical music, composer (dead in 1933)
06
Death of Johann Edmüller That year: 1856, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1810)
10
Birth of John W. Metcalf That year: 1856, Classical music, composer (dead in 1926)
Birth of Karl Schauss That year: 1856, Classical music, composer (dead in 1929)
11
Birth of Wilhelm Rohde That year: 1856, Classical music, composer (dead in 1928)
22
Birth of Hermann Brune That year: 1856, Classical music, university teacher, singer (dead in 1922)
27
Birth of André Gedalge That year: 1856, Classical music, French composer (1856-1926) (dead in 1926)
This was also in 1856
Birth of Nikolay Unkovsky That year: 1856, Classical music, Russian opera singer (dead in 1904) . Birth of Frederick Bevan That year: 1856, Classical music, British singer and music pedagogue (dead in 1939) . Inauguration: Teatro de la Zarzuela That year: 1856, Classical music (Madrid, Spain). Birth of William Monk Gould That year: 1856, Classical music, British composer (dead in 1923) . Birth of Jules Walter That year: 1856, Classical music, composer (dead in 1924) . Death of Luigi Maria Viviani That year: 1856, Classical music, Italian composer . Death of Abril Tirado That year: 1856, Classical music, Bolivian composer (born in 1780) . Birth of Mabel Batten That year: 1856, Classical music, singer (dead in 1916) . Birth of Celian Kottaun That year: 1856, Classical music, composer (dead in 1938) . Birth of Eufrosinia Cuza That year: 1856, Classical music, Russian opera singer (1856-1910) (dead in 1910) . Birth of Giovanni Paroli That year: 1856, Classical music, Italian singer (dead in 1920) . Birth of Alma Strettell That year: 1856, Classical music, British translator and poet (dead in 1939) . Death of Edward Thorbecke That year: 1856, Classical music, composer (born in 1848) . Birth of Julia Gwynne That year: 1856, Classical music, British opera singer and actress (dead in 1934) . Birth of José Bussac That year: 1856, Classical music, composer (dead in 1912) . Birth of Tobia Bertini That year: 1856, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1936) . Birth of Friedrich Warnecke That year: 1856, Classical music, writer (dead in 1931) . Birth of Emil Steger That year: 1856, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1929) . Death of Friedrich Wilhelm Jubitz That year: 1856, Classical music, composer (born in 1826) . Birth of Regine Klein That year: 1856, Classical music, stage actor, opera singer (dead in 1939) . Death of Samuel Lytler Metcalf That year: 1856, Classical music, composer (born in 1798) . Birth of Thomas Wilkinson Stephenson That year: 1856, Classical music, composer (dead in 1936) . Birth of Edwin Greene That year: 1856, Classical music, composer (dead in 1915) . Death of Domenico Crivelli That year: 1856, Classical music, British opera singer (born in 1793) . Birth of Ottavio Nouvelli That year: 1856, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1901) . Inception: Bremer Domchor That year: 1856, Classical music (Germany). Birth of Ida Baier That year: 1856, Classical music, Austrian opera singer (dead in 1933) . Birth of Samuel T. Strang That year: 1856, Classical music, American composer (dead in 1921) . Inception: Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra That year: 1856, Classical music (Monaco). Birth of Giacomo Giannini That year: 1856, Classical music, composer (dead in 1940) . Birth of Leon Gritzinger That year: 1856, Classical music, German opera singer (tenor) (dead in 1910) . Birth of Charlotte Devéria That year: 1856, Classical music, composer (dead in 1885) . Birth of Giuseppe Auteri That year: 1856, Classical music, composer . Birth of Otto Grosse That year: 1856, Classical music, composer (dead in 1935) . Birth of João Maria dos Anjos That year: 1856, Classical music, composer (dead in 1889) .
Works (composition or publishing)
- Franz Liszt (age 45)
- Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-flat major That year: 1856, Classical music (Work for orchestra with soloist), published in 1857
- Eine Symphonie zu Dante's Divina Commedia That year: 1856, Classical music (Work for orchestra)
- Symphonic Poem No. 5, “Prometheus” That year: 1856, Classical music (Work for orchestra), composed in 1855
- Symphonic Poem No. 9, “Hungaria” That year: 1856, Classical music (Work for orchestra) Premiere, composed in 1854
- Concerto pathétique (Work for chamber orchestra), published in 1866
- Festvorspiel (Work for soloist)
- Vom Fels zum Meer! - Deutscher Siegesmarsch (Work for soloist)
- Wie singt die Lerche schön (Song, lied)
- Jacques Offenbach (age 37)
- Tromb-al-ca-zar, ou Les criminels dramatiques (Opera)
- Un postillon en gage (Opera)
- Les dragées du baptême (Incidental music)
- Anton Bruckner (age 32)
- Ave Maria in F major (Work for choir)
- Piano Pieces for piano in E-flat major (Work for soloist)
- Johann Strauss II (age 31)
- Cries of Farewell, Op. 179 That year: 1856, Classical music (Work for orchestra)
- Grand Duchess Alexandra, Op. 181 (Work for orchestra)
- Coronation, Op. 183 (Work for orchestra)
- Alexander Borodin (age 23)
- String Trio (Work for chamber orchestra)
- Quartet for flute, oboe, viola and cello (Work for chamber orchestra)
- Camille Saint-Saëns (age 21)
- Mass, Opp. 4 (Work for choir)
- Symphony in F major, “Urbs Roma” (Work for orchestra)
- Trois Rhapsodies sur des cantiques Bretons, Opp. 7 (Work for soloist)
- Georges Bizet (age 18)
- Antonín Dvořák (age 15)
- Forget-me-not Polka (Work for soloist)