The year 1856 in classical music and in lyrical art

Birth of Modest VitoshynskyiThat year: 1856, Classical music, opera singer, singer (dead in 1901)

Birth of Alma FohströmThat year: 1856, Classical music, Finnish operatic soprano (dead in 1936)

Birth of Maurice Mac-NabThat year: 1856, Classical music, French chansonnier, poet and writer (dead in 1889)

Birth of George ThorneThat year: 1856, Classical music, English singer and actor (dead in 1922)

Birth of Hermann GenssThat year: 1856, Classical music, German musician (dead in 1940)

Birth of Eva Hortensia SynnerbergThat year: 1856, Classical music, Finnish musician (dead in 1920)

Birth of Gustave GoublierThat year: 1856, Classical music, French conductor and composer (dead in 1926)

Death of Thomas Attwood WalmisleyThat year: 1856, Classical music, English composer and organist (born in 1814)

Birth of John Hyatt BrewerThat year: 1856, Classical music, composer (dead in 1931)

Birth of Jean de ChantéracThat year: 1856, Classical music, composer (dead in 1908)

Birth of Eva Dell'AcquaThat year: 1856, Classical music, Belgian composer and singer (1856-1930) (dead in 1930)

Birth of Felix McGlennonThat year: 1856, Classical music, British songwriter and publisher (dead in 1943)

Death of Henri-Étienne DérivisThat year: 1856, Classical music, French opera singer (born in 1780)

Birth of Makar EkmalyanThat year: 1856, Classical music, Armenian composer (dead in 1905)

Death of Anna GottliebThat year: 1856, Classical music, Austrian singer (born in 1774)

Death of Alexandre MontfortThat year: 1856, Classical music, French composer (born in 1803)

Birth of Augusta Öhrström-RenardThat year: 1856, Classical music, Swedish opera singer and voice teacher (dead in 1921)

Death of John BrahamThat year: 1856, Classical music, English operatic tenor (born in 1774)

Birth of Jan Evangelista Zelinka staršíThat year: 1856, Classical music, Czech composer and organist (dead in 1935)

Death of Theodor DöhlerThat year: 1856, Classical music, German composer and pianist (born in 1814)

Birth of Louis DelaquerrièreThat year: 1856, Classical music, French opera singer (dead in 1937)

Birth of Marianne ScharwenkaThat year: 1856, Classical music, German musician (1856–1918) (dead in 1918)

Birth of Aurélio MagnaniThat year: 1856, Classical music, Italian composer (dead in 1921)

Birth of Richard MühlfeldThat year: 1856, Classical music, German clarinettist (dead in 1907)

Birth of Marie BremaThat year: 1856, Classical music, British opera singer (dead in 1925)

Death of Friedrich GenéeThat year: 1856, Classical music, German opera singer (born in 1796)

Birth of Zoltán GátyThat year: 1856, Classical music, Hungarian composer (dead in 1928)

Closing: Theatre Royal, Covent GardenThat year: 1856, Classical music (City and Liberty of Westminster, United Kingdom)

Birth of Jozef ChládekThat year: 1856, Classical music, Czech composer, choirmaster and organist (dead in 1928)

Birth of Allan MacbethThat year: 1856, Classical music, composer (dead in 1910)

Birth of Mary Elizabeth Turner SalterThat year: 1856, Classical music, American soprano and composer (dead in 1938)

Birth of Gabriel SizesThat year: 1856, Classical music, composer (dead in 1919)

Death of Franz Thaddäus BlattThat year: 1856, Classical music, composer (born in 1793)

Death of Marie Moreau-SaintiThat year: 1856, Classical music, French opera singer (born in 1804)

Birth of Léo SachsThat year: 1856, Classical music, composer (dead in 1930)

Birth of John Alexander Fuller MaitlandThat year: 1856, Classical music, British music critic (dead in 1936)

Birth of Samuel Royle ShoreThat year: 1856, Classical music, composer (dead in 1946)

Birth of Alphonse MauriceThat year: 1856, Classical music, composer (dead in 1905)

Birth of Edward JakobowskiThat year: 1856, Classical music, British composer (dead in 1929)

Death of Ermanno PicchiThat year: 1856, Classical music, composer (born in 1811)

Death of Damião Barbosa de AraújoThat year: 1856, Classical music, Brazilian composer (born in 1778)

Birth of Jindřich HartlThat year: 1856, Classical music, Czech composer, choirmaster and organist (dead in 1900)

Birth of Eduard Rohde Jr.That year: 1856, Classical music, composer (dead in 1931)

Death of Adolfo FumagalliThat year: 1856, Classical music, Italian pianist and composer (1828-1856) (born in 1828)

Birth of Max AlvaryThat year: 1856, Classical music, German operatic tenor (dead in 1898)

Birth of Marie BastaThat year: 1856, Classical music, singer and opera singer

Birth of Johann MüllerThat year: 1856, Classical music, composer (dead in 1924)

Birth of Max StangeThat year: 1856, Classical music, composer (dead in 1932)

Death of Conrad LüdersThat year: 1856, Classical music, composer (born in 1801)

Death of Joseph JowettThat year: 1856, Classical music, composer (born in 1784)

Death of Rudolph BayThat year: 1856, Classical music, Danish musician (born in 1791)

Birth of Frederick Augustus FillmoreThat year: 1856, Classical music, composer (dead in 1925)

Birth of Elisabeth LeisingerThat year: 1856, Classical music, German opera singer (dead in 1933)

Birth of Helen HopekirkThat year: 1856, Classical music, American pianist and composer of Scottish descent (dead in 1945)

Birth of Humphrey John StewartThat year: 1856, Classical music, American composer (dead in 1932)

Birth of George Templeton StrongThat year: 1856, Classical music, American composer (1856-1948) (dead in 1948)

Birth of F. W. MeachamThat year: 1856, Classical music, American composer (dead in 1909)

Death of Stephen JenksThat year: 1856, Classical music, American composer (born in 1772)

Birth of Heinrich ZellerThat year: 1856, Classical music, German singer and opera singer (dead in 1934)

Birth of Antoine BanèsThat year: 1856, Classical music, French choreographer and composer (dead in 1924)

Death of Giuseppe RabboniThat year: 1856, Classical music, Italian composer (1800-1856) (born in 1800)

Birth of Bruno WandeltThat year: 1856, Classical music, composer (dead in 1933)

Birth of Abbie CarringtonThat year: 1856, Classical music, American operatic singer (dead in 1925)

Birth of Harvey LöhrThat year: 1856, Classical music, composer (dead in 2019)

Birth of Hubert de BlanckThat year: 1856, Classical music, Dutch-born professor, pianist, and composer emigrated to Cuba (dead in 1932)

Birth of Otto SeeleThat year: 1856, Classical music, composer, music publisher (dead in 1935)

Birth of George Albert BurdettThat year: 1856, Classical music, composer (dead in 1943)

Birth of Sumner SalterThat year: 1856, Classical music, composer (dead in 1944)

Birth of Zenón RolónThat year: 1856, Classical music, Argentine musician (dead in 1902)

Death of Auguste BertiniThat year: 1856, Classical music, composer (born in 1780)

Birth of Max BurgerThat year: 1856, Classical music, composer (dead in 1917)

Death of Paul CuzentThat year: 1856, Classical music, animal trainer, circus performer, composer, pedagogue (born in 1814)

Birth of Aline FriedeThat year: 1856, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1946)

Birth of Horace Winfred BeekThat year: 1856, Classical music, composer (dead in 1936)

Birth of Alice BurvilleThat year: 1856, Classical music, British actress and singer (dead in 1944)

Birth of William Ludwig PiuttiThat year: 1856, Classical music, composer (dead in 1910)

Birth of Emil GötzeThat year: 1856, Classical music, German singer and opera singer (dead in 1901)

Death of Anna NielsenThat year: 1856, Classical music, Danish actor and opera singer (born in 1803)

Birth of Arthur BirdThat year: 1856, Classical music, American composer (dead in 1923)

Death of Marco BordogniThat year: 1856, Classical music, Italian opera singer (born in 1789)

Premiere of Le 66That year: 1856, Classical music (Opera), Jacques Offenbach

Death of Robert Lucas de PearsallThat year: 1856, Classical music, English composer (born in 1795)

Death of Auguste Otto-WernthalThat year: 1856, Classical music, German singer and opera singer (born in 1833)

Birth of Karl WolfrumThat year: 1856, Classical music, composer (dead in 1937)

Birth of Jan GallThat year: 1856, Classical music, Polish composer (dead in 1912)

Birth of Charles H. GabrielThat year: 1856, Classical music, American composer of religious music (dead in 1932)

Birth of Wilson SmithThat year: 1856, Classical music, composer (dead in 1929)

Death of Philipp Jakob RiotteThat year: 1856, Classical music, German composer (born in 1776)

Birth of Guillaume RémyThat year: 1856, Classical music, Belgian violinist, music pedagogue (dead in 1923)

Birth of Nikoghayos TigranianThat year: 1856, Classical music, Armenian musician (dead in 1951)

Birth of Luigi ChiaffarelliThat year: 1856, Classical music, composer, music pedagogue, pianist (dead in 1923)

Birth of Selma EkThat year: 1856, Classical music, singer (dead in 1941)

Death of Joseph KüffnerThat year: 1856, Classical music, German musician and composer (born in 1777)

Birth of Ernest GilletThat year: 1856, Classical music, French musician and composer (dead in 1940)

Birth of Caleb SimperThat year: 1856, Classical music, English organist and composer (dead in 1942)

Birth of Abraham OjanperäThat year: 1856, Classical music, Finnish singer and opera singer (dead in 1916)

Death of Mikhail VielgorskyThat year: 1856, Classical music, Russian composer (born in 1787)

Premiere of Le financier et le savetierThat year: 1856, Classical music (Opera), Jacques Offenbach

Birth of Anna PaaskeThat year: 1856, Classical music, Norwegian opera singer (dead in 1935)

Birth of Wilhelmina Tekla KrogulskaThat year: 1856, Classical music, Polish singer (dead in 1933)

Birth of Sylvain DupuisThat year: 1856, Classical music, Belgian composer and conductor (dead in 1931)

Premiere of La bonne d'enfantThat year: 1856, Classical music (Opera), Jacques Offenbach

Birth of Eduard SchüttThat year: 1856, Classical music, composer (dead in 1933)

Birth of Carlo AlbanesiThat year: 1856, Classical music, Italian pianist and composer (dead in 1926)

Birth of Thomas Vowler ShortThat year: 1856, Classical music, composer (dead in 1931)

Birth of Hermine GalfyThat year: 1856, Classical music, German soprano (dead in 1933)

Birth of Franz Xaver ArensThat year: 1856, Classical music, composer (dead in 1932)

Birth of Hans WindersteinThat year: 1856, Classical music, German conductor and composer (dead in 1925)

Birth of Isabella von Lauppert-MartinThat year: 1856, Classical music, music pedagogue, opera singer, singer

Birth of Robert FischhofThat year: 1856, Classical music, Austrian pianist, composer and music teacher (dead in 1918)

Death of Heinrich BlumeThat year: 1856, Classical music, German singer and opera singer (born in 1788)

Birth of Alfred Ferdinand ChristensenThat year: 1856, Classical music, composer (dead in 1925)

Birth of Henry Alexander John CampbellThat year: 1856, Classical music, composer (dead in 1921)

Birth of Annie Frances LoudThat year: 1856, Classical music, composer (dead in 1934)

Death of Giovanni MorandiThat year: 1856, Classical music, Italian composer (born in 1777)

Birth of Thrine SchenckThat year: 1856, Classical music, composer (dead in 1921)

Birth of Hjalmar FreyThat year: 1856, Classical music, opera singer, singer (dead in 1913)

Death of Charles-Alexandre FessyThat year: 1856, Classical music, French musician (born in 1804)

Birth of Karel WittochThat year: 1856, Classical music, choir director, music pedagogue, organist, violinist (dead in 1907)

Birth of Alfonso GarulliThat year: 1856, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1915)

Birth of Mathilde Heim-BremThat year: 1856, Classical music, composer (dead in 1886)

Birth of Charles William PearceThat year: 1856, Classical music, composer (dead in 1928)

Birth of Nahum Stetson Jr.That year: 1856, Classical music, composer (dead in 1933)

Death of Johann EdmüllerThat year: 1856, Classical music, opera singer, singer (born in 1810)

Birth of Karl SchaussThat year: 1856, Classical music, composer (dead in 1929)

Birth of John W. MetcalfThat year: 1856, Classical music, composer (dead in 1926)

Birth of Wilhelm RohdeThat year: 1856, Classical music, composer (dead in 1928)

Birth of Hermann BruneThat year: 1856, Classical music, singer, university teacher (dead in 1922)