The year 1857 in classical music and in lyrical art
1857. With other artists, Franz Liszt, Jacques Offenbach and Pierre-Jean de Béranger influenced their time (romantic era). That year would see the birth of future classical or lyrical artists, such as Edward Elgar, while others would disappear. That year, new works would be composed, published or performed for the first time in public, such as “Tristan and Isolde” de Richard Wagner, for example. That year, halls or orchestras would be founded or ceased to operate.
All these moments, more or less notable, make the year 1857 a page in the history of classical and lyrical music to be discovered or rediscovered. soclassiq currently lists more than 190 of these moments for 1857.
1857, from day to day
January
03
Birth of Gaston ChoisnelThat year: 1857, Classical music, composer (dead in 1921)
05
Birth of David BisphamThat year: 1857, Classical music, American operatic baritone (dead in 1921)
07
Birth of Felice LebanoThat year: 1857, Classical music, composer (dead in 1919)
16
Birth of Maria MuromcevaThat year: 1857, Classical music, opera singer, music pedagogue (dead in 1946)
17
Birth of Wilhelm KienzlThat year: 1857, Classical music, Austrian composer (dead in 1941)
19
Death of Franz LimmerThat year: 1857, Classical music, Austrian conductor and composer (born in 1808)
20
Birth of Erazm DłuskiThat year: 1857, Classical music, Polish pianist and composer (dead in 1923)
21
Death of Carlo Michele Alessio SolaThat year: 1857, Classical music, composer (born in 1786)
22
Premiere of Piano Sonata in B minorThat year: 1857, Classical music (Work for soloist), Franz Liszt
Birth of Marie KrysinskaThat year: 1857, Classical music, French poet (dead in 1908)
25
Birth of William Arthur AikinThat year: 1857, Classical music, composer (dead in 1939)
27
Death of Dorothea von LievenThat year: 1857, Classical music, influential figure in 19th-century European diplomatic, political and social circles (1785-1857) (born in 1785)
28
Birth of Rose DelaunayThat year: 1857, Classical music, French soprano
30
Birth of Gustav HelstedThat year: 1857, Classical music, Danish composer (dead in 1924)
31
Birth of James HunekerThat year: 1857, Classical music, composer (dead in 1921)
February
03
Death of Mikhail GlinkaThat year: 1857, Classical music, Russian composer (born in 1804)
07
Birth of James Hotchkiss RogersThat year: 1857, Classical music, American organist and composer (dead in 1940)
09
Birth of Nikolaj Nikolaevič FignerThat year: 1857, Classical music, Russian singer and opera singer (dead in 1918)
12
Premiere of Croquefer, ou Le dernier des paladinsThat year: 1857, Classical music (Opera), Jacques Offenbach
13
Birth of Gustáv StaníkThat year: 1857, Classical music, composer, organist, conductor, choir director (dead in 1941)
14
Death of Johannes Bernardus van BreeThat year: 1857, Classical music, Dutch composer, violinist and conductor (born in 1801)
24
Death of Klara HeinefetterThat year: 1857, Classical music, German singer and opera singer (born in 1816)
25
Birth of René VermandereThat year: 1857, Classical music, Belgian poet (1857-1944) (dead in 1944)
Birth of Hermine SpiesThat year: 1857, Classical music, German opera singer (dead in 1893)
28
Birth of Gustave KerkerThat year: 1857, Classical music, German composer and conductor (dead in 1923)
Birth of Edouard KannThat year: 1857, Classical music, composer (dead in 1927)
March
03
Birth of Alfred BruneauThat year: 1857, Classical music, French composer (dead in 1934)
04
Birth of Henry W. PetrieThat year: 1857, Classical music, American composer (dead in 1925)
12
Premiere of Simon BoccanegraThat year: 1857, Classical music (Opera), Giuseppe Verdi
14
Birth of Eduard AschenbrennerThat year: 1857, Classical music, opera singer, opera director (dead in 1921)
18
Birth of César ThomsonThat year: 1857, Classical music, Belgian musician (dead in 1931)
24
Birth of Timothee AdamowskiThat year: 1857, Classical music, Polish violinist and conductor (dead in 1943)
Birth of Joseph SchalkThat year: 1857, Classical music, Austrian pianist (dead in 1900)
25
Birth of Elena TeodoriniThat year: 1857, Classical music, Romanian singer (dead in 1926)
April
02
Birth of Zulamith Maria Wellander-SvaneskogThat year: 1857, Classical music, Swedish opera singer (dead in 1919)
05
Birth of Herbert Walter WareingThat year: 1857, Classical music, British composer (dead in 1918)
07
Birth of Mary Knight WoodThat year: 1857, Classical music, composer (dead in 1944)
09
Premiere of Doctor MiracleThat year: 1857, Classical music (Opera), Georges Bizet
12
Birth of Dominik ErtlThat year: 1857, Classical music, Austrian composer (dead in 1911)
14
Birth of Edgar Stillman KelleyThat year: 1857, Classical music, American composer, conductor, teacher, and writer on music (dead in 1944)
15
Birth of Albert EibenschützThat year: 1857, Classical music, composer (dead in 1930)
20
Death of Wilhelm Friedrich RiemThat year: 1857, Classical music, German organist (born in 1779)
21
Inauguration: Teatro MunicipaleThat year: 1857, Classical music (Reggio nell'Emilia, Italy)
23
Birth of Ruggero LeoncavalloThat year: 1857, Classical music, Italian composer (dead in 1919)
27
Inauguration: Teatro ColónThat year: 1857, Classical music (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
29
Birth of František OndříčekThat year: 1857, Classical music, Czech violinist and composer (dead in 1922)
Also in April
Death of Alessandro CurmiThat year: 1857, Classical music, Maltese composer (born in 1801) .
May
02
Birth of Frederic CliffeThat year: 1857, Classical music, British composer (dead in 1931)
06
Death of Jean Antoine MeissonnierThat year: 1857, Classical music, French composer (born in 1783)
08
Birth of Heinrich BertéThat year: 1857, Classical music, Austrian composer (dead in 1924)
10
Birth of George Blackburn HolsingerThat year: 1857, Classical music, composer (dead in 1908)
14
Death of Jacob Niclas AhlströmThat year: 1857, Classical music, Kapellmeister, composer, organist (born in 1805)
16
Birth of Juan Morel CamposThat year: 1857, Classical music, Puerto Rican composer (dead in 1896)
Premiere of Vent du soir, ou L’horrible festinThat year: 1857, Classical music (Opera), Jacques Offenbach
17
Birth of Rudolf GmürThat year: 1857, Classical music, (1857-1921) (dead in 1921)
23
Birth of Adalgisa GabbiThat year: 1857, Classical music, Italian singer (dead in 1933)
Birth of Joaquín María VehilsThat year: 1857, Classical music, composer (dead in 1934)
26
Birth of Camillo De NardisThat year: 1857, Classical music, composer (dead in 1951)
29
Birth of Edwin Eugene BagleyThat year: 1857, Classical music, American composer (dead in 1922)
June
02
Birth of Edward ElgarThat year: 1857, Classical music, English composer (dead in 1934)
05
Birth of Árpád DopplerThat year: 1857, Classical music, hungarian-German composer (dead in 1927)
09
Death of Eleonora SäfströmThat year: 1857, Classical music, Swedish opera singer and actor (born in 1770)
12
Birth of Achille SimonettiThat year: 1857, Classical music, Italian composer and violinist (1857-1928) (dead in 1928)
18
Birth of Carlile VernonThat year: 1857, Classical music, musician
27
Birth of Henry Bickford PasmoreThat year: 1857, Classical music, composer (dead in 1944)
28
Death of Joseph FischhofThat year: 1857, Classical music, Pianist, composer, professor (born in 1804)
July
01
Birth of Frank LaubachThat year: 1857, Classical music, composer (dead in 1923)
04
Birth of Hermine Braga-JaffThat year: 1857, Classical music, Hungarian opera singer (dead in 1940)
05
Birth of Julien TiersotThat year: 1857, Classical music, French musicologist, composer and pioneer in ethnomusicology (dead in 1936)
Birth of Jean Jules Auguste WiernsbergerThat year: 1857, Classical music, composer (dead in 1925)
08
Birth of Rudolf DellingerThat year: 1857, Classical music, German composer (dead in 1910)
13
Death of Carl WauerThat year: 1857, Classical music, German singer and opera singer (born in 1783)
15
Death of Carl CzernyThat year: 1857, Classical music, Austrian composer and pianist (born in 1791)
16
Death of Pierre-Jean de BérangerThat year: 1857, Classical music, French poet and chansonnier (1780-1857) (born in 1780)
17
Birth of Arnold KroegelThat year: 1857, Classical music, composer (dead in 1923)
20
Birth of Paul ViardotThat year: 1857, Classical music, French violinist and musicologist (dead in 1941)
26
Death of Napoléon Joseph NeyThat year: 1857, Classical music, French politician (born in 1803)
27
Premiere of Une demoiselle en loterieThat year: 1857, Classical music (Opera), Jacques Offenbach
Also in July
Birth of Marcel RouherThat year: 1857, Classical music, classical composer, organist (dead in 1940) .
August
01
Death of Emilie ZumsteegThat year: 1857, Classical music, German composer, music teacher, choir conductor, singer and pianist (born in 1796)
08
Birth of Cécile ChaminadeThat year: 1857, Classical music, French composer and pianist (dead in 1944)
14
Birth of Max WagenknechtThat year: 1857, Classical music, German musician (dead in 1922)
15
Premiere of AroldoThat year: 1857, Classical music (Opera), Giuseppe Verdi
18
Birth of Eusebius MandyczewskiThat year: 1857, Classical music, Austrian musician (dead in 1929)
29
Death of Emilia GoggiThat year: 1857, Classical music, Italian singer and opera singer (born in 1817)
September
01
Birth of Frank AdlamThat year: 1857, Classical music, composer (dead in 1929)
04
Death of Duke Eugen of WürttembergThat year: 1857, Classical music, Prussian general (1787-1857) (born in 1787)
05
Premiere of A Faust SymphonyThat year: 1857, Classical music (Work for orchestra), Franz Liszt
08
Birth of Olga BjörkegrenThat year: 1857, Classical music, Swedish opera singer (dead in 1950)
10
Birth of Jaromír HavlíkThat year: 1857, Classical music, Czech composer and contrabassist (dead in 1910)
17
Inauguration: Municipal Theatre of SantiagoThat year: 1857, Classical music (Santiago, Chile)
18
Death of Karol KurpińskiThat year: 1857, Classical music, Polish composer and conductor (born in 1785)
Birth of Blanche Deschamps-JéhinThat year: 1857, Classical music, singer (dead in 1923)
Birth of Joseph GiehrlThat year: 1857, Classical music, German pianist, composer and teacher (dead in 1893)
23
Death of John SinclairThat year: 1857, Classical music, composer (born in 1791)
October
01
Birth of Remigio RenziThat year: 1857, Classical music, Italian composer and music educator (dead in 1938)
Birth of Marjory Kennedy-FraserThat year: 1857, Classical music, British singer (dead in 1930)
04
Birth of Henry SchoenfeldThat year: 1857, Classical music, American conductor (dead in 1936)
10
Premiere of Le mariage aux lanternesThat year: 1857, Classical music (Opera), Jacques Offenbach
14
Death of Ignacy KomorowskiThat year: 1857, Classical music, Polish composer (born in 1824)
24
Birth of Emanuel Christian HedmondtThat year: 1857, Classical music, Canadian singer and singing teacher (dead in 1940)
Birth of Emanuel Christian HedmondtThat year: 1857, Classical music, Canadian singer and singing teacher (dead in 1940)
29
Birth of Jan KersbergenThat year: 1857, Classical music, composer (dead in 1937)
30
Birth of A. D. GorodtsovThat year: 1857, Classical music, opera singer, lawyer (dead in 1918)
November
07
Death of Charles ZeunerThat year: 1857, Classical music, German-born United States musician and composer (born in 1795)
10
Death of Christof FriesThat year: 1857, Classical music, German costume designer, stage actor and opera singer (born in 1787)
Birth of Waldo Selden PrattThat year: 1857, Classical music, composer (dead in 1939)
17
Birth of Rose CaronThat year: 1857, Classical music, French opera singer (dead in 1930)
18
Birth of Marie JansenThat year: 1857, Classical music, American musical theatre actress (1857-1914) (dead in 1914)
19
Birth of Gustave LyonThat year: 1857, Classical music, French acoustics and engineer (dead in 1936)
Birth of Anna SmithThat year: 1857, Classical music, Norwegian opera singer (dead in 1906)
Death of James DavieThat year: 1857, Classical music, composer (born in 1783)
22
Birth of Marian MacDowellThat year: 1857, Classical music, American musician (dead in 1956)
28
Birth of Daniel Webster CristThat year: 1857, Classical music, composer (dead in 1929)
30
Birth of Hans PatekThat year: 1857, Classical music, Austrian opera singer (dead in 1937)
Also in November
Premiere of Eine Symphonie zu Dante's Divina CommediaThat year: 1857, Classical music (Work for orchestra), Franz Liszt .
December
01
Birth of Emanuel VeselíkThat year: 1857, Classical music, composer (dead in 1931)
03
Birth of Mathilde KralikThat year: 1857, Classical music, Austrian pianist and composer (dead in 1944)
05
Birth of Varvara Mikhailovna ZarudnayaThat year: 1857, Classical music, opera singer, music pedagogue (dead in 1939)
09
Birth of Johannes PacheThat year: 1857, Classical music, German composer and organist (dead in 1897)
11
Death of Castil-BlazeThat year: 1857, Classical music, French composer (born in 1784)
12
Birth of Lillian NordicaThat year: 1857, Classical music, American opera singer (dead in 1914)
14
Birth of Frederic LillebridgeThat year: 1857, Classical music, pianist, music director, composer, musicologist (dead in 1934)
15
Birth of Eugeniusz PankiewiczThat year: 1857, Classical music, pianist, composer (dead in 1898)
17
Birth of Nicola van WesterhoutThat year: 1857, Classical music, Italian composer (dead in 1898)
Birth of Vincenz SchindlerThat year: 1857, Classical music, composer
24
Birth of Emanuel KroupaThat year: 1857, Classical music, opera singer, singer (dead in 1924)
25
Birth of Dominique Charles PlanchetThat year: 1857, Classical music, composer (dead in 1946)
27
Birth of Charles MannersThat year: 1857, Classical music, British opera singer and theatrical manager (dead in 1935)
Death of Heinrich StümerThat year: 1857, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1789)
Birth of Mikhail KurbanovThat year: 1857, Classical music, composer (dead in 1941)
30
Birth of Sylvio LazzariThat year: 1857, Classical music, French composer (dead in 1944)
Death of Nicolas LouisThat year: 1857, Classical music, composer (born in 1807)
This was also in 1857
Birth of Edward WittichThat year: 1857, Classical music, composer (dead in 1940). Birth of Anna Maria JavetteThat year: 1857, Classical music, Swedish opera singer (dead in 1888). Birth of Giulia WarwickThat year: 1857, Classical music, singer and actress (dead in 1904). Birth of Ethel R. HarradenThat year: 1857, Classical music, Pianist and composer (dead in 1917). Birth of Ralph DunstanThat year: 1857, Classical music, British song collector (dead in 1933). Death of Seth ElyThat year: 1857, Classical music, composer (born in 1790). Birth of Pietro LancianiThat year: 1857, Classical music, Belgian conductor and composer (dead in 1912). Birth of Llewellyn CadwaladrThat year: 1857, Classical music, Welsh opera singer (dead in 1909). Death of Levi LoveringThat year: 1857, Classical music, composer (born in 1776). Birth of Guglielmo Enrico LardelliThat year: 1857, Classical music, composer, songwriter (dead in 1910). Birth of Charles MarshallThat year: 1857, Classical music, composer (dead in 1927). Birth of John More SmietonThat year: 1857, Classical music, composer (dead in 1904). Birth of Avon SaxonThat year: 1857, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1909). Birth of Michael OgarewThat year: 1857, Classical music, composer (dead in 1898). Birth of Benjamin CutterThat year: 1857, Classical music, American composer (dead in 1910). Inauguration: Academy of MusicThat year: 1857, Classical music (Philadelphia, United States of America). Birth of Thomas AdamsThat year: 1857, Classical music, English composer and organist, born 1857 (dead in 1918). Birth of Volodymyr YizhakThat year: 1857, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1920). Birth of José TragóThat year: 1857, Classical music, Spanish pianist and composer (dead in 1934). Birth of Georgina SommeliusThat year: 1857, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1892). Death of Donatien UrbinThat year: 1857, Classical music, composer (born in 1809). Birth of Georgina BotteroThat year: 1857, Classical music, Swedish singer (dead in 1892). Birth of Firmino SilvaThat year: 1857, Classical music, composer (dead in 1932). Birth of Nikolai KlenovskiThat year: 1857, Classical music, conductor, composer (dead in 1915). Birth of Laurenzi Dmitriewitsch DonskojThat year: 1857, Classical music, Russian singer and opera singer (1857-1917) (dead in 1917). Birth of Félix Ortiz de San PelayoThat year: 1857, Classical music, Spanish composer (dead in 1941).
Works (composition or publishing)
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Gioachino Rossini (age 65) - O Salutaris HostiaThat year: 1857, Classical music (Work for choir)
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Franz Liszt (age 46) - Symphonic Poem No. 11, “Hunnenschlacht”That year: 1857, Classical music (Work for orchestra)
- Symphonic Poem No. 12, “Die Ideale”That year: 1857, Classical music (Work for orchestra)
- Weimars Volkslied (Work for choir)
- Künstlerfestzug zur Schillerfeier (Work for orchestra)
- Ich liebe dich (Song, lied)
- Muttergottes - Sträusslein zum Mai-Monate (Song, lied)
- Weimars Volkslied (Song, lied)
- Festmarsch nach Motiven von E.H.z.S.-C.-G. (Work for orchestra)
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Richard Wagner (age 44) - Tristan and IsoldeThat year: 1857, Classical music (Opera)
- Wesendonck LiederThat year: 1857, Classical music (Song, lied)
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Giuseppe Verdi (age 44) -
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Jacques Offenbach (age 38) - Les deux pêcheurs, ou Le lever du soleil (Opera)
- Les trois baisers du diable (Opera)
- Dragonette (Opera)
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Bedřich Smetana (age 33) - Sketches I, Opp. 4 (Work for soloist)
- Sketches II, Opp. 5 (Work for soloist)
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Johann Strauss II (age 32) - Fashionable Society (Work for orchestra)
- Phenomena, Op. 193 (Work for orchestra)
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Johannes Brahms (age 24) - Serenade No. 1 in D major, Op. 11That year: 1857, Classical music (Work for orchestra)
- Variations, Opp. 21 (Work for soloist)
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Camille Saint-Saëns (age 22) - Fantasy (Work for soloist)
- Tarantella in A minor, Op. 6 (Work for orchestra with soloist)
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Georges Bizet (age 19) - La Chanson du Rouet (Work for choir)
- Clovis et Clotilde (Work for choir)
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Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky (age 18) - Souvenir of Childhood (Work for soloist)
- Where Art Thou, Little Star? (Song, lied)
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Emmanuel Chabrier (age 16) - Julia (Work for soloist)
