1859, from day to day
1859. With other artists, Gioachino Rossini, Jacques Offenbach and Stanisław Moniuszko influenced their time (romantic era). That year would see the birth of future classical or lyrical artists, while others would disappear such as Marceline Desbordes-Valmore. That year, new works would be composed, published or performed for the first time in public, such as “Un ballo in maschera” de Giuseppe Verdi, for example.
All these moments, more or less notable, make the year 1859 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 1859.
The year 1859 in classical music and in lyrical art
January
05
Death of Luciano Fornasari That year: 1859, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1800)
06
Birth of Anatoliy Brandukov That year: 1859, Classical music, cellist (1859-1930) (dead in 1930)
Death of Luís Abadie That year: 1859, Classical music, French composer (born in 1814)
08
Birth of Max Puchat That year: 1859, Classical music, German composer and conductor (dead in 1919)
10
Birth of Léon Du Bois That year: 1859, Classical music, Belgian composer and organist (1859-1935) (dead in 1935)
11
Birth of Francisco d'd’Andrade That year: 1859, Classical music, Portuguese opera singer (dead in 1921)
13
Death of Francisco José Debali That year: 1859, Classical music, Hungarian musician (born in 1791)
15
Birth of Andrew Black That year: 1859, Classical music, Scottish baritone (dead in 1920)
18
Birth of Konstantin Antipov That year: 1859, Classical music, composer (dead in 1927)
21
Birth of Antoni Rutkowski That year: 1859, Classical music, composer, pianist, pedagogue (dead in 1886)
22
Premiere of Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 15 That year: 1859, Classical music (Work for orchestra with soloist), Johannes Brahms
23
Birth of Adolph Julius Eggers That year: 1859, Classical music, Danish composer (dead in 1919)
Birth of Ottokar Wöber That year: 1859, Classical music, composer (dead in 1907)
24
Birth of Alexander Ilyinsky That year: 1859, Classical music, Russian composer and music teacher (dead in 1920)
25
Birth of Olaf Paulus That year: 1859, Classical music, composer (dead in 1912)
26
Birth of W. O. Forsyth That year: 1859, Classical music, Canadian pianist and composer (dead in 1937)
29
Birth of Karl Scheidemantel That year: 1859, Classical music, German baritone (dead in 1923)
31
Death of Michał Krogulski That year: 1859, Classical music, pianist (born in 1789)
February
01
Birth of Victor Herbert That year: 1859, Classical music, American composer (dead in 1924)
Birth of Karel Halíř That year: 1859, Classical music, Czech violinist (1859-1909) (dead in 1909)
Birth of Tatjana Spiridonovna Ljubatovitsj That year: 1859, Classical music, opera singer, music teacher (dead in 1932)
04
Birth of Jules Combarieu That year: 1859, Classical music, French musicologist (1859-1916) (dead in 1916)
07
Birth of Emma Nevada That year: 1859, Classical music, American singer (dead in 1940)
10
Death of Peter McLeod That year: 1859, Classical music, composer (born in 1797)
13
Birth of Abraham Lilienthal That year: 1859, Classical music, American composer (dead in 1928)
Death of Karl von Schlözer That year: 1859, Classical music, composer (born in 1780)
17
Premiere of Un ballo in maschera That year: 1859, Classical music (Opera), Giuseppe Verdi
18
Birth of Ondřej Kadlec That year: 1859, Classical music, Czech violinist, music educator and composer (dead in 1928)
19
Birth of Arthur Claassen That year: 1859, Classical music, orchestral conductor (dead in 1920)
20
Birth of Hermann Bode That year: 1859, Classical music, composer (dead in 1934)
23
Birth of Kajetán Tichý That year: 1859, Classical music, Czech conductor, composer, choirmaster and organist (dead in 1937)
26
Death of Ferdinand Schubert That year: 1859, Classical music, Austrian composer (1794-1859) (born in 1794)
Death of Julius Becker That year: 1859, Classical music, German composer, author and musicologist (born in 1811)
27
Birth of William Ramsey Spence That year: 1859, Classical music, composer (dead in 1946)
March
03
Death of Carl Wilhelm Günther That year: 1859, Classical music, stage actor, opera singer (born in 1809)
06
Birth of Max Büttner That year: 1859, Classical music, German baritone singer (1859-1927) (dead in 1927)
Birth of Jacques Manheit That year: 1859, Classical music, (1859--1918) opera singer, voice teacher (dead in 1918)
08
Birth of Otto Taubmann That year: 1859, Classical music, German conductor and composer (dead in 1929)
Birth of Karl Goepfart That year: 1859, Classical music, German composer and conductor (dead in 1942)
Birth of Louise Thuillier-Leloir That year: 1859, Classical music, French opera singer (dead in 1936)
12
Birth of Josef Cyrill Sychra That year: 1859, Classical music, Czech composer, choirmaster and organist (dead in 1935)
13
Birth of Robert Bartram That year: 1859, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1943)
14
Birth of Nikolay Sokolov That year: 1859, Classical music, Russian composer (dead in 1922)
Death of Nicola Tacchinardi That year: 1859, Classical music, Italian opera singer (1772-1859) (born in 1772)
Birth of Irma Reichová That year: 1859, Classical music, Czech actress and opera singer (dead in 1930)
15
Death of Adelaide Tosi That year: 1859, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1800)
Birth of George Balch Nevin That year: 1859, Classical music, American composer (1859-1933) (dead in 1933)
18
Death of Friedrich Layriz That year: 1859, Classical music, German theologian (born in 1808)
19
Premiere of Faust That year: 1859, Classical music (Opera), Charles Gounod
Birth of Carrie Pringle That year: 1859, Classical music, Austrian singer and opera singer (dead in 1930)
20
Birth of Ludwig Auspitz That year: 1859, Classical music, opera singer, stage actor (dead in 1917)
23
Birth of Karl Hess That year: 1859, Classical music, composer (dead in 1912)
29
Birth of Herman Bemberg That year: 1859, Classical music, French-Argentine composer (1859-1931) (dead in 1931)
Birth of Hermann Heberlein That year: 1859, Classical music, German composer and music educator (dead in 1907)
Birth of Vincent Pisek That year: 1859, Classical music, composer (dead in 1930)
30
Death of Philip Musard That year: 1859, Classical music, French conductor and composer (born in 1792)
April
03
Birth of Reginald de De Koven That year: 1859, Classical music, American music critic and composer (dead in 1920)
Birth of Jean Grafström That year: 1859, Classical music, Swedish actor (dead in 1925)
04
Premiere of Dinorah-Quadrille, Op. 224 That year: 1859, Classical music (Work for orchestra), Johann Strauss II
Birth of Zoraide Amedea Mei Figner That year: 1859, Classical music, Italian Russian opera singer (dead in 1952)
Birth of Julius Rauscher That year: 1859, Classical music, Czech music educator, composer and choirmaster (dead in 1929)
08
Birth of Noah Brandt That year: 1859, Classical music, composer (dead in 1925)
11
Birth of Basil Harwood That year: 1859, Classical music, English organist and composer (dead in 1949)
12
Birth of Emil Ascher That year: 1859, Classical music, composer (dead in 1922)
18
Birth of Per Lasson That year: 1859, Classical music, Norwegian composer (dead in 1883)
Birth of Vittorina Bartolucci That year: 1859, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1915)
22
Birth of Hermann Bendix That year: 1859, Classical music, German composer (1859-1935) (dead in 1935)
29
Birth of Eduardo Boccalari That year: 1859, Classical music, composer (dead in 1921)
Also in April
Birth of Sándor Veres That year: 1859, Classical music, actor, opera singer (1859-1913) (dead in 1913) .
May
01
Birth of Tivadar Nachéz That year: 1859, Classical music, Hungarian violinist and composer (dead in 1930)
Death of Amalia Anglès y Mayer That year: 1859, Classical music, opera singer, guitarist (born in 1827)
04
Birth of Antonie Schläger That year: 1859, Classical music, Austrian singer and opera singer (dead in 1910)
06
Birth of Ernst Hermann Seyffardt That year: 1859, Classical music, German composer (dead in 1942)
08
Birth of Juliette Simon-Girard That year: 1859, Classical music, singer (dead in 1954)
Birth of Oscar Klose That year: 1859, Classical music, German composer (1859-1924) (dead in 1924)
09
Birth of Richard Mandl That year: 1859, Classical music, Austrian composer (dead in 1918)
Death of Augustus Meves That year: 1859, Classical music, British pianist (1785-1859) (born in 1785)
12
Birth of Eduard Mirus That year: 1859, Classical music, opera singer
13
Birth of August Enna That year: 1859, Classical music, Danish composer (dead in 1939)
15
Birth of Alexandra Ahnger That year: 1859, Classical music, Finnish singer and voice teacher (dead in 1940)
16
Birth of Ernest Wunderlich That year: 1859, Classical music, composer (dead in 1945)
22
Birth of Ferdinand Marian That year: 1859, Classical music, Austrian opera singer (dead in 1942)
26
Birth of Aleksandra Klamrzyńska That year: 1859, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1946)
30
Birth of Guenther Kiesewetter That year: 1859, Classical music, composer (dead in 1925)
June
08
Birth of Carl Heins That year: 1859, Classical music, German musician (dead in 1923)
13
Birth of Konstanty Gorski That year: 1859, Classical music, Polish musician (dead in 1924)
18
Death of Joseph Hartmann Stuntz That year: 1859, Classical music, Swiss composer, conductor and musicologist (1793-1859) (born in 1793)
22
Premiere of Le mari à la porte That year: 1859, Classical music (Opera), Jacques Offenbach
27
Birth of Mildred J. Hill That year: 1859, Classical music, composer (dead in 1916)
29
Death of Kamilo Mašek That year: 1859, Classical music, Slovenian music educator and composer of Czech descent (1831-1859) (born in 1831)
July
05
Birth of Hedwige Chrétien That year: 1859, Classical music, French composer (1859-1944) (dead in 1944)
09
Birth of Hermann Vetter That year: 1859, Classical music, German pianist, music educator and university teacher (1859-1928) (dead in 1928)
13
Birth of Wilhelm Dörwald That year: 1859, Classical music, German opera singer (dead in 1917)
15
Birth of Carlo Munier That year: 1859, Classical music, Italian musician (1859-1911) (dead in 1911)
22
Birth of Ellen Sandels That year: 1859, Classical music, author, composer, pianist (dead in 1931)
23
Death of Marceline Desbordes-Valmore That year: 1859, Classical music, French poet and novelist (born in 1786)
27
Birth of Johann Baptist Zerlett That year: 1859, Classical music, composer (dead in 1935)
29
Death of Auguste Panseron That year: 1859, Classical music, French composer (born in 1795)
31
Birth of Hermann Kleemeyer That year: 1859, Classical music, composer (dead in 1941)
August
02
Birth of Ludwik Teodor Plosajkiewicz That year: 1859, Classical music, composer, conductor, pedagogue (dead in 1926)
06
Death of Ludwig Wolf That year: 1859, Classical music, composer (born in 1804)
07
Birth of Harold Boulton That year: 1859, Classical music, composer (dead in 1935)
08
Birth of Léon Escalais That year: 1859, Classical music, French opera singer (dead in 1941)
15
Birth of Phil. B. Perry That year: 1859, Classical music, composer (dead in 1953)
16
Birth of Percy Godfrey That year: 1859, Classical music, composer (dead in 1945)
21
Birth of Wilhelm Carl Ernst Seeboeck That year: 1859, Classical music, composer (dead in 1907)
Birth of Carl Schmeidler That year: 1859, Classical music, composer (dead in 1935)
28
Death of Edward Holmes That year: 1859, Classical music, English music critic and musicologist (born in 1799)
September
03
Birth of Richard Lundin That year: 1859, Classical music, Swedish actor (dead in 1933)
09
Birth of Elvira Colonnese That year: 1859, Classical music, Italian opera singer (dead in 1949)
Birth of William Reed That year: 1859, Classical music, Canadian organist, conductor, composer (1859-1945) (dead in 1945)
17
Birth of Richard Henry Warren That year: 1859, Classical music, composer (dead in 1933)
18
Death of Freeman Lewis That year: 1859, Classical music, composer (born in 1780)
21
Birth of Otto Lohse That year: 1859, Classical music, German composer and conductor (dead in 1925)
Birth of Ilka Pálmay That year: 1859, Classical music, Hungarian singer and actress (dead in 1945)
22
Birth of Rudolph Sophus Bergh That year: 1859, Classical music, Danish composer and zoologist (dead in 1924)
24
Birth of Julius Klengel That year: 1859, Classical music, German musician (1859-1933) (dead in 1933)
25
Birth of Joseph Bucciali That year: 1859, Classical music, French organist (dead in 1943)
29
Death of Johann Christian Schärtlich That year: 1859, Classical music, composer (born in 1789)
30
Birth of Adèle Rémy That year: 1859, Classical music, French opera singer
October
01
Death of Salomo Heinrich Bodenschatz That year: 1859, Classical music, composer (born in 1807)
04
Birth of Henri de Saussine That year: 1859, Classical music, composer (dead in 1940)
07
Birth of Carlo Schmidl That year: 1859, Classical music, composer (dead in 1943)
11
Birth of Valentin Engel That year: 1859, Classical music, composer (dead in 1946)
12
Birth of Léon Honnoré That year: 1859, Classical music, composer (dead in 1930)
14
Birth of Camille Chevillard That year: 1859, Classical music, French composer and conductor (dead in 1923)
Birth of J. G. Adolf Stierlin That year: 1859, Classical music, German singer, composer and music teacher (dead in 1930)
16
Birth of Henryk Pachulski That year: 1859, Classical music, Polish musician (1859-1921) (dead in 1921)
Death of John Fane, 11th Earl of Westmorland That year: 1859, Classical music, British Army general (born in 1784)
19
Birth of Max Richards That year: 1859, Classical music, theatrical director, stage actor, opera singer (dead in 1932)
20
Birth of Guglielmo Zuelli That year: 1859, Classical music, Italian composer/conductor (dead in 1941)
Birth of John Reinhard Lund That year: 1859, Classical music, composer (dead in 1925)
22
Death of Louis Spohr That year: 1859, Classical music, German composer, violinist and conductor (born in 1784)
Birth of Karl Muck That year: 1859, Classical music, German-born Swiss conductor of classical music (dead in 1940)
29
Birth of Anna Severine Lindeman That year: 1859, Classical music, Norwegian composer and music educator (1859-1938) (dead in 1938)
November
04
Birth of Stanisław Niewiadomski That year: 1859, Classical music, Polish composer, music critic and music educator (dead in 1936)
07
Birth of Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov That year: 1859, Classical music, Russian and Soviet composer, conductor , musicologist and music teacher (dead in 1935)
Death of Carl Gottlieb Reissiger That year: 1859, Classical music, German musician (born in 1798)
15
Birth of Joseph Vidal That year: 1859, Classical music, French composer (dead in 1924)
16
Birth of Wilhelm Weber That year: 1859, Classical music, composer (dead in 1918)
Death of Joseph Stadler That year: 1859, Classical music, composer (born in 1796)
17
Birth of Gerhard Schjelderup That year: 1859, Classical music, Norwegian composer (dead in 1933)
18
Birth of Sergei Lyapunov That year: 1859, Classical music, Russian composer and pianist (dead in 1924)
19
Premiere of Geneviève de Brabant (1) That year: 1859, Classical music (Opera), Jacques Offenbach
21
Birth of Charlton Templeman Speer That year: 1859, Classical music, composer (dead in 1921)
Birth of Battison Haynes That year: 1859, Classical music, composer (dead in 1900)
22
Birth of Cecil Sharp That year: 1859, Classical music, founding father of the folklore revival in England in the early 20th century (dead in 1924)
29
Birth of Rudolf von Milde That year: 1859, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1927)
30
Death of Stanisław Serwaczyński That year: 1859, Classical music, composer (born in 1781)
December
05
Birth of Philipp Gretscher That year: 1859, Classical music, German composer (dead in 1937)
Birth of Anton Strelezki That year: 1859, Classical music, composer (dead in 1907)
Birth of Franco Escher That year: 1859, Classical music, composer (dead in 1939)
Birth of Alois Kutschera That year: 1859, Classical music, composer (dead in 1919)
06
Birth of Théophile Sourilas That year: 1859, Classical music, composer (dead in 1907)
07
Birth of Antonin Jouberti That year: 1859, Classical music, French pianist (dead in 1925)
09
Birth of Algernon Ashton That year: 1859, Classical music, English Composer and Piano Teacher (1859-1937) (dead in 1937)
13
Birth of Gabriel Fránek That year: 1859, Classical music, Czech conductor, composer and choirmaster (1859-1930) (dead in 1930)
Birth of Elisabeth Rödiger That year: 1859, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1914)
23
Birth of Richard Bartmuss That year: 1859, Classical music, German composer (dead in 1910)
24
Birth of Roman Statkowski That year: 1859, Classical music, Polish composer (dead in 1925)
25
Birth of Raoul Gunsbourg That year: 1859, Classical music, opera director, impresario, composer and writer (dead in 1955)
26
Birth of Franz Schollar That year: 1859, Classical music, composer (dead in 1937)
27
Birth of William Henry Hadow That year: 1859, Classical music, British educational innovator/reformer, composer, and musicologist (1859-1937) (dead in 1937)
28
Birth of Gerard von Brucken Fock That year: 1859, Classical music, composer (1859-1935) (dead in 1935)
30
Birth of Josef Bohuslav Foerster That year: 1859, Classical music, Czech composer and educator (dead in 1951)
31
Death of Luigi Ricci That year: 1859, Classical music, Italian opera composer (1805-1859) (born in 1805)
Birth of Max Fiedler That year: 1859, Classical music, German conductor and composer (1859-1939) (dead in 1939)
Birth of Ernst Münch That year: 1859, Classical music, French musician (1859-1928) (dead in 1928)
This was also in 1859
Death of Aleksander Pohlens That year: 1859, Classical music, composer . Birth of Giulia Novelli That year: 1859, Classical music, Italian operatic mezzo-soprano (dead in 1932) . Death of Antonio D'Antoni That year: 1859, Classical music, Italian musician (1801-1859) (born in 1801) . Birth of Hope Temple That year: 1859, Classical music, Irish songwriter and composer (dead in 1938) . Death of Thomas Clark That year: 1859, Classical music, English composer of West Gallery music (born in 1775) . Birth of Charles Whitney Coombs That year: 1859, Classical music, American musician (dead in 1940) . Birth of Ernest Bucalossi That year: 1859, Classical music, British-Italian composer and orchestral arranger (dead in 1933) . Death of Lewis Henry Lavenu That year: 1859, Classical music, British musician (born in 1818) . Death of Alling Brown That year: 1859, Classical music, composer (born in 1794) . Birth of Victor Bausenwein That year: 1859, Classical music, Austrian opera singer (dead in 1928) . Death of Estelle Hewitt That year: 1859, Classical music, composer (born in 1807) . Birth of Max Halper That year: 1859, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1917) . Birth of Theodor Franz Schild That year: 1859, Classical music, composer (dead in 1929) . Death of Molinier That year: 1859, Classical music, French baritone (born in 1807) . Birth of Carl Lundmark That year: 1859, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1908) . Birth of Arling Shaeffer That year: 1859, Classical music, composer (dead in 1934) . Birth of Tieste Wilmant That year: 1859, Classical music, Italian baritone (dead in 1937) . Birth of Carl Grafström That year: 1859, Classical music, opera singer . Birth of Pjotr Pavlovitsj Figoerov That year: 1859, Classical music, Russian singer and opera singer (1859-1925) (dead in 1925) . Death of Eleazer Fitch Backus That year: 1859, Classical music, composer (born in 1770) . Death of Carl Leopold Böhm That year: 1859, Classical music, composer (born in 1806) . Birth of Viktoria Blank That year: 1859, Classical music, opera singer, music teacher, film actor, actor (dead in 1928) . Birth of Charles Le Thière That year: 1859, Classical music, composer (dead in 1929) . Birth of Frank Addison Porter That year: 1859, Classical music, Pianist; Composer (dead in 1941) . Birth of Clovis Lecail That year: 1859, Classical music, composer (dead in 1932) . Death of Wilhelm Adolph Müller That year: 1859, Classical music, composer (born in 1793) . Birth of Émile Spencer That year: 1859, Classical music, composer (dead in 1921) . Birth of A. H. Fox Strangways That year: 1859, Classical music, British musicologist (dead in 1948) . Birth of Aleksey Yermolov That year: 1859, Classical music, composer (dead in 1925) . Birth of Reinhold Wilhelm Kühnel That year: 1859, Classical music, composer (dead in 1922) . Birth of Luiza Leonardo Boccanera That year: 1859, Classical music, composer (dead in 1926) .
Works (composition or publishing)
- Hector Berlioz (age 56)
- Hymne pour la consécration du nouveau tabernacle (Work for choir)
- Franz Liszt (age 48)
- Psalm XXIII (23), “Mein Gott, der ist mein hirt” (Work for choir)
- Psalm CXXXVII (137), “By the rivers of Babylon” (Work for choir)
- Prelude from “Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen” (JS Bach) (Work for soloist)
- Morgenlied (Work for choir)
- Giuseppe Verdi (age 46)
- Waltz in F major (Work for chamber orchestra)
- Jacques Offenbach (age 40)
- Les vivandières de la grande-armée (Opera)
- Bedřich Smetana (age 35)
- Wallenstein’s Camp, Op. 14 (Work for orchestra)
- Concert Étude (Work for soloist)
- Macbeth and the Witches (Work for soloist)
- Bettina Polka (1) (Work for soloist)
- Johann Strauss II (age 34)
- Bright and Full, Op. 216 (Work for orchestra)
- Graduations, Op. 221 (Work for orchestra)
- Johannes Brahms (age 26)
- String Sextet No. 1 in B-flat major, Op. 18 That year: 1859, Classical music (Work for chamber orchestra), published in 1861
- Serenade No. 2 in A major, Op. 16 That year: 1859, Classical music (Work for orchestra)
- 3 Quartets, Opp. 31 (Work for choir)
- Camille Saint-Saëns (age 24)
- Bénédiction nuptiale, Op. 9 (Work for soloist)
- Violin Concerto No. 1 in A major, Op. 20 (Work for orchestra with soloist)
- Symphony No. 2 in A minor, Op. 55 (Work for orchestra)
- Georges Bizet (age 21)
- Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky (age 20)
- Children's Games (Work for soloist)
- Impromptu (Work for soloist)
- Overture to King Lear (Work for soloist)
- Passionate Impromptu (Work for soloist)
- Leaves Rustled Sadly (Song, lied)
- Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (age 19)
- Mon génie, mon ange, mon ami (Song, lied)
- Antonín Dvořák (age 18)
- Mass in B-flat major (Work for choir)
- Edvard Grieg (age 16)
- 3 Pieces for piano, WoO 102 (Work for soloist)
- 3 Pieces, WoO 103 (Work for soloist)
- 23 Short Pieces for piano, WoO 104 (Work for soloist)
- Siehst du das Meer, WoO 121 (Song, lied)