The year 1860 in classical music and in lyrical art
1860. With other artists, Georges Bizet, Franz Liszt and Bedřich Smetana influenced their time (romantic era). That year would see the birth of future classical or lyrical artists, such as Gustav Mahler, while others would disappear. That year, new works would be composed, published or performed for the first time in public, such as “Béatrice et Bénédict, Op. 27” de Hector Berlioz, for example.
All these moments, more or less notable, make the year 1860 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 1860.
1860, from day to day
January
03
Birth of Sybil GreyThat year: 1860, Classical music, British singer and actress (dead in 1939)
05
Birth of Carrie Williams KrogmannThat year: 1860, Classical music, composer (dead in 1943)
09
Birth of Valborg AulinThat year: 1860, Classical music, Swedish pianist and composer (dead in 1928)
15
Birth of Alfred RawlingsThat year: 1860, Classical music, composer (dead in 1924)
16
Death of Narcisse GirardThat year: 1860, Classical music, French violinist, conductor and composer (born in 1797)
Birth of Emil LiepeThat year: 1860, Classical music, German opera vocalist (dead in 1940)
17
Birth of Douglas HydeThat year: 1860, Classical music, first President of Ireland; historian, poet, and folklorist (1860-1949) (dead in 1949)
Birth of Lilian HenschelThat year: 1860, Classical music, American vocalist (dead in 1901)
19
Birth of Erik ÅkerbergThat year: 1860, Classical music, Swedish composer (dead in 1938)
24
Birth of Eugène-Philippe BellenotThat year: 1860, Classical music, (1860-1928) (dead in 1928)
Birth of Mary A. LaselleThat year: 1860, Classical music, composer (dead in 1926)
26
Death of Wilhelmine Schröder-DevrientThat year: 1860, Classical music, German opera soprano (born in 1804)
31
Death of Franz WildThat year: 1860, Classical music, Austrian singer (born in 1791)
February
07
Birth of Jan ŠtěrbaThat year: 1860, Classical music, museologist, opera singer, pedagogue, teacher (dead in 1925)
08
Birth of Emil AdamiThat year: 1860, Classical music, Swedish opera singer (dead in 1938)
09
Birth of Betsy HolmbergThat year: 1860, Classical music, composer (dead in 1900)
12
Death of William Francis Patrick NapierThat year: 1860, Classical music, Irish soldier in the British Army and military historian (born in 1785)
15
Birth of Jacques IsnardonThat year: 1860, Classical music, French opera singer (dead in 1930)
16
Birth of Carl VenthThat year: 1860, Classical music, German-American musician (dead in 1938)
17
Birth of Walter SlaughterThat year: 1860, Classical music, British composer (dead in 1908)
18
Premiere of Philémon et BaucisThat year: 1860, Classical music (Opera), Charles Gounod
Death of Ferdinand NeukäuflerThat year: 1860, Classical music, actor, opera singer, stage actor (born in 1785)
20
Birth of Karl MantziusThat year: 1860, Classical music, actor (dead in 1921)
25
Birth of Robert Emil HansenThat year: 1860, Classical music, Danish musician (dead in 1926)
Birth of Ferdinand VachThat year: 1860, Classical music, Czech conductor, composer, choirmaster and organist (dead in 1939)
28
Birth of Mario AnconaThat year: 1860, Classical music, Italian opera singer (dead in 1931)
29
Death of George BridgetowerThat year: 1860, Classical music, British musician (born in 1778)
March
01
Death of John Thomas CravenThat year: 1860, Classical music, composer (born in 1788)
06
Death of Friedrich DotzauerThat year: 1860, Classical music, German composer (born in 1783)
07
Birth of Ivan Ivanovich ArmsheimerThat year: 1860, Classical music, composer, conductor (dead in 1933)
08
Birth of Charles Summer MorrisonThat year: 1860, Classical music, composer (dead in 1933)
13
Birth of Hugo WolfThat year: 1860, Classical music, Austrian composer (dead in 1903)
14
Death of Louis Antoine JullienThat year: 1860, Classical music, French conductor (born in 1812)
17
Birth of Josef AlkenThat year: 1860, Classical music, actor, opera singer, singer (dead in 1932)
22
Birth of Otto BarblanThat year: 1860, Classical music, Swiss composer and music educator (1860-1943) (dead in 1943)
23
Birth of William FodenThat year: 1860, Classical music, American composer and mandolinist (dead in 1947)
24
Birth of Ferenc GaálThat year: 1860, Classical music, Hungarian composer (dead in 1906)
25
Birth of Cornélis LiégeoisThat year: 1860, Classical music, Belgian composer (1860-1921) (dead in 1921)
26
Death of Victor ParizotThat year: 1860, Classical music, French composer (born in 1819)
27
Premiere of Daphnis et ChloéThat year: 1860, Classical music (Opera), Jacques Offenbach
28
Death of Johann Ludwig BöhnerThat year: 1860, Classical music, German composer (born in 1787)
31
Death of Théodore-Étienne Moreau-SaintiThat year: 1860, Classical music, French opera singer (born in 1799)
April
01
Birth of Herman BragThat year: 1860, Classical music, Swedish actor (dead in 1936)
05
Death of Giovanni DaelliThat year: 1860, Classical music, composer (born in 1800)
07
Birth of Rudolf NováčekThat year: 1860, Classical music, Czech conductor, violinist and composer (dead in 1929)
08
Birth of Laura FriedmannThat year: 1860, Classical music, German soprano
09
Death of Franz MesserThat year: 1860, Classical music (born in 1811)
12
Birth of Artur de Baratta i de ValdiviaThat year: 1860, Classical music, Spanish businessperson, conductor and composer (1860-1947) (dead in 1947)
18
Birth of Alarik UgglaThat year: 1860, Classical music, Finnish opera singer (dead in 1908)
19
Birth of Gaston MaquisThat year: 1860, Classical music, chansonnier, songwriter (dead in 1908)
20
Birth of Herman SpielterThat year: 1860, Classical music, American composer (dead in 1925)
22
Birth of Alexander von BandrowskiThat year: 1860, Classical music, Austrian-Polish theater actor, opera singer (tenor) and artistic director (dead in 1913)
27
Death of Leonard SchultzThat year: 1860, Classical music, composer (born in 1814)
29
Birth of Alfred George RobynThat year: 1860, Classical music, American composer (dead in 1935)
Death of Nanette SchechnerThat year: 1860, Classical music, German singer and opera singer (born in 1804)
30
Birth of Heinrich GottingerThat year: 1860, Classical music, opera singer, singer, stage actor (dead in 1929)
May
01
Death of Giacomo PanizzaThat year: 1860, Classical music, Italian composer and conductor (born in 1803)
04
Birth of Emil von ReznicekThat year: 1860, Classical music, Austrian late Romantic composer (dead in 1945)
05
Birth of Pietro FloridiaThat year: 1860, Classical music, Italian composer (dead in 1932)
07
Birth of Henry EymieuThat year: 1860, Classical music, composer (dead in 1931)
09
Birth of Minna Alken-MinorThat year: 1860, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1905)
16
Birth of Georges MartyThat year: 1860, Classical music, French composer and conductor (dead in 1908)
17
Birth of August StradalThat year: 1860, Classical music, Bohemian pianist and composer (dead in 1930)
18
Birth of Mary J. A. WurmThat year: 1860, Classical music, English composer (dead in 1938)
Birth of Carl Albert TietzelThat year: 1860, Classical music, composer (dead in 1937)
21
Death of Johannes Frederik FröhlichThat year: 1860, Classical music, Danish composer (born in 1806)
23
Death of Andre RobberechtsThat year: 1860, Classical music, Belgian composer (born in 1797)
25
Birth of Gerard TonningThat year: 1860, Classical music, composer (dead in 1940)
27
Birth of Bohumil FidlerThat year: 1860, Classical music, Czech musician (dead in 1944)
Birth of Emil OhlsenThat year: 1860, Classical music, composer (dead in 1943)
28
Birth of Axel GadeThat year: 1860, Classical music, Danish violinist, composer and conductor (dead in 1921)
29
Birth of Isaac AlbénizThat year: 1860, Classical music, Spanish composer (dead in 1909)
June
09
Composition of Cello Concerto in A minor, Op. 129That year: 1860, Classical music (Work for orchestra with soloist), Robert Schumann
10
Birth of Hariclea DarcléeThat year: 1860, Classical music, Romanian singer (dead in 1939)
Death of Friederike VossThat year: 1860, Classical music, German singer and opera singer (born in 1777)
25
Birth of Gustave CharpentierThat year: 1860, Classical music, French composer (dead in 1956)
29
Birth of Ernest FanelliThat year: 1860, Classical music, French composer (dead in 1917)
July
03
Birth of William WallaceThat year: 1860, Classical music, Scottish composer and writer (1860-1940) (dead in 1940)
Birth of Vilém HešThat year: 1860, Classical music, Czech opera singer (dead in 1908)
Birth of Théodore ReinachThat year: 1860, Classical music, composer (dead in 1928)
06
Death of Alexandre GoriaThat year: 1860, Classical music, Pianist and composer (born in 1823)
07
Birth of Gustav MahlerThat year: 1860, Classical music, Austrian late-Romantic composer (dead in 1911)
10
Birth of Guillaume IbosThat year: 1860, Classical music, French singer (dead in 1952)
12
Birth of Félix ArtanceThat year: 1860, Classical music, composer, music teacher, organist (dead in 1925)
13
Death of Ludovico PerulloThat year: 1860, Classical music, composer (born in 1839)
16
Birth of Félicien Menu de MénilThat year: 1860, Classical music, French composer and Esperanto enthusiast (dead in 1930)
20
Birth of Giambattista De CurtisThat year: 1860, Classical music, Italian painter, poet, lyricist (1860-1926) (dead in 1926)
23
Birth of Ludwig Hermann Otto FinzenhagenThat year: 1860, Classical music, composer (dead in 1931)
30
Birth of Ernest CarbonneThat year: 1860, Classical music, French opera singer (dead in 1924)
August
06
Birth of Francesco Paolo FrontiniThat year: 1860, Classical music, Italian composer (1860-1939) (dead in 1939)
20
Death of Cesare Pompeo CastelbarcoThat year: 1860, Classical music, Italian politician and composer (born in 1782)
25
Death of Johan Ludvig HeibergThat year: 1860, Classical music, Danish poet and critic (1791–1860) (born in 1791)
26
Death of Friedrich SilcherThat year: 1860, Classical music, German composer (born in 1789)
27
Birth of Marie ParcelloThat year: 1860, Classical music, composer, opera singer, singer (dead in 1937)
September
07
Birth of Gustav SchweglerThat year: 1860, Classical music, opera singer, singer (dead in 1922)
16
Birth of Arnold Joseph MonarThat year: 1860, Classical music, composer (dead in 1911)
18
Birth of Alberto FranchettiThat year: 1860, Classical music, Italian opera composer (dead in 1942)
22
Birth of Heinrich RietschThat year: 1860, Classical music, Czech composer and musicologist (dead in 1927)
25
Death of Carl Friedrich ZöllnerThat year: 1860, Classical music, German composer (born in 1800)
October
02
Inauguration: Mariinsky TheatreThat year: 1860, Classical music (Saint Petersburg, Russia)
Birth of Max LoewengardThat year: 1860, Classical music, German composer, music critic and music educator (dead in 1915)
03
Birth of Nikolaj Mihajlovič LaduhinThat year: 1860, Classical music, composer, musicologist (dead in 1918)
04
Birth of Heinrich GärtnerThat year: 1860, Classical music, opera singer, singer, stage actor (dead in 1929)
05
Birth of François GarouteThat year: 1860, Classical music, French singer (dead in 1910)
07
Death of Nils Peter MöllerThat year: 1860, Classical music, composer, musician, organist, voice teacher (born in 1803)
08
Birth of Felix WoyrschThat year: 1860, Classical music, German composer (dead in 1944)
Birth of Edmund BrahamThat year: 1860, Classical music, pianist, composer, and publisher active in the United States after 1895 (dead in 1921)
11
Birth of Félia LitvinneThat year: 1860, Classical music, Russian-born, French-based dramatic soprano (dead in 1936)
Birth of Fernando de De LuciaThat year: 1860, Classical music, Italian opera singer (dead in 1925)
13
Birth of Carl August SödermanThat year: 1860, Classical music, Swedish actor (dead in 1916)
Birth of Alexander Thom CringanThat year: 1860, Classical music, composer (dead in 1931)
16
Birth of Emilio PenteThat year: 1860, Classical music, composer (dead in 1929)
20
Death of Julius CornetThat year: 1860, Classical music, Austrian opera singer and musicologist (born in 1793)
27
Birth of Eusebi Bosch i HumetThat year: 1860, Classical music, Spanish composer and musician (1860-1948) (dead in 1948)
29
Birth of Max PichlerThat year: 1860, Classical music, music pedagogue, opera singer, singer (dead in 1912)
November
02
Birth of Joakim TartakovThat year: 1860, Classical music, opera singer, singer (dead in 1923)
05
Death of Carl BinderThat year: 1860, Classical music, Austrian composer (born in 1816)
16
Birth of Edmund SchuëckerThat year: 1860, Classical music, Austrian harpist (dead in 1911)
18
Birth of Ignacy Jan PaderewskiThat year: 1860, Classical music, Polish pianist, composer, supporter of Poland's independence movements, politician, Prime Minister of reborn Poland (1860-1941) (dead in 1941)
Birth of Charles KenninghamThat year: 1860, Classical music, British opera singer and actor (dead in 1925)
19
Birth of Vendela Andersson-SörensenThat year: 1860, Classical music, Swedish opera singer (dead in 1926)
23
Birth of Lola BeethThat year: 1860, Classical music, singer (dead in 1940)
Death of Alexander BantyshevThat year: 1860, Classical music, Russian opera singer (born in 1804)
26
Premiere of The ButterflyThat year: 1860, Classical music (Ballet), Jacques Offenbach
27
Birth of Victor EwaldThat year: 1860, Classical music, Russian composer (dead in 1935)
29
Birth of Hans HaymThat year: 1860, Classical music, German conductor who championed the works of Frederick Delius (dead in 1921)
December
04
Birth of Lillian RussellThat year: 1860, Classical music, American opera singer and actress (1860-1922) (dead in 1922)
Death of Hermann BreitingThat year: 1860, Classical music, opera singer, singer (born in 1804)
06
Death of Marianne von WillemerThat year: 1860, Classical music, Austrian actress (born in 1784)
07
Birth of Richard BurmeisterThat year: 1860, Classical music, German composer (dead in 1944)
08
Birth of E. Franklin AdamsThat year: 1860, Classical music, composer (dead in 2019)
10
Birth of Stepan TrezvinskiyThat year: 1860, Classical music, Soviet Russian singer (dead in 1942)
12
Birth of Ludwig BosletThat year: 1860, Classical music, German organist and musician (dead in 1951)
17
Birth of Hans FährmannThat year: 1860, Classical music, German composer (dead in 1940)
18
Birth of Edward MacDowellThat year: 1860, Classical music, American composer (dead in 1908)
21
Birth of John PetersenThat year: 1860, Classical music, German composer (dead in 1939)
24
Birth of Julius KorngoldThat year: 1860, Classical music, Austrian music critic (dead in 1945)
Premiere of BarkoufThat year: 1860, Classical music (Opera), Jacques Offenbach
26
Birth of Alexander von FielitzThat year: 1860, Classical music, German conductor, composer and music educator (dead in 1930)
Birth of Michał JózefowiczThat year: 1860, Classical music, composer (dead in 1941)
27
Birth of Felix DreyschockThat year: 1860, Classical music, pianist and composer (dead in 1906)
29
Birth of Kamillo HornThat year: 1860, Classical music, choir director, composer, harpist, pedagogue, poet (dead in 1941)
31
Death of Sophie von BawrThat year: 1860, Classical music, Composer and playwright (born in 1773)
Birth of Emmy Sonntag-UhlThat year: 1860, Classical music, Austrian singer and opera singer (dead in 1913)
This was also in 1860
Birth of Gennaro CorvinoThat year: 1860, Classical music, composer (dead in 1906). Birth of Harry DacreThat year: 1860, Classical music, Manx songwriter (dead in 1922). Death of Joseph NicholdsThat year: 1860, Classical music, British composer (born in 1785). Birth of C. A. BraccoThat year: 1860, Classical music, Italian musician and composer (dead in 1903). Birth of Luranah AldridgeThat year: 1860, Classical music, British opera singer . Birth of Ioannis ApostolouThat year: 1860, Classical music, Greek singer and opera singer (dead in 1905). Death of James BarrThat year: 1860, Classical music, British composer (born in 1779). Birth of Ignatius de OrellanaThat year: 1860, Classical music, British xomposer (dead in 1931). Death of Giovanni Battista VergerThat year: 1860, Classical music, Italian operatic tenor (born in 1796). Birth of J. Frank DonahoeThat year: 1860, Classical music, composer (dead in 1906). Death of Josef WanczuraThat year: 1860, Classical music, composer (born in 1800). Birth of Jan ŁusakowskiThat year: 1860, Classical music, composer (dead in 1917). Birth of Ekaterina ConchaThat year: 1860, Classical music, opera singer (soprano) . Birth of Émile DesgrangesThat year: 1860, Classical music, composer (dead in 1871). Birth of Ladislav AloisThat year: 1860, Classical music, cellist, composer, pianist (dead in 1918). Birth of Elvira Repetto-TrisoliniThat year: 1860, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1922). Birth of Emilie Henriette SpångbergThat year: 1860, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1938). Birth of Eugenia MantelliThat year: 1860, Classical music, singer (dead in 1926). Birth of Willibald RichterThat year: 1860, Classical music, composer (dead in 1929). Death of Nicolaus Albert SchaffnerThat year: 1860, Classical music, composer (born in 1790). Death of Alexandre LestoquoyThat year: 1860, Classical music, composer (born in 1831). Death of Lilla LindenThat year: 1860, Classical music, composer (born in 1850). Birth of Édouard DeransartThat year: 1860, Classical music, composer (dead in 1905). Birth of Theresa BeneyThat year: 1860, Classical music, composer (dead in 1945). Death of Prosper GuionThat year: 1860, Classical music, composer (born in 1823). Birth of Ernest Richard NewtonThat year: 1860, Classical music, composer (dead in 1929). Death of Carlo Zanobi CafferecciThat year: 1860, Classical music, composer (born in 1811). Birth of Julie LaskaThat year: 1860, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1917). Death of Benjamin A BurdittThat year: 1860, Classical music, composer (born in 1830). Birth of Julius MaltenThat year: 1860, Classical music, opera singer, singer (dead in 1915). Death of Marion Dix SullivanThat year: 1860, Classical music, composer (born in 1802). Birth of Pascual RochThat year: 1860, Classical music, composer (dead in 1921). Death of Luigi AstolfiThat year: 1860, Classical music, composer . Death of James Rufus TuttonThat year: 1860, Classical music, composer (born in 1799). Birth of Henri CondomThat year: 1860, Classical music, composer (dead in 1930). Birth of Samu BorsayThat year: 1860, Classical music, composer (dead in 1944). Birth of Amy Woodforde-FindenThat year: 1860, Classical music, English composer (dead in 1919). Death of Heinrich HammermeisterThat year: 1860, Classical music, German singer and opera singer (born in 1799). Birth of Rudolf FörsterThat year: 1860, Classical music, composer (dead in 1894). Birth of Lucie JohnstoneThat year: 1860, Classical music, composer (dead in 1925). Birth of William Edwin AshmallThat year: 1860, Classical music, composer (dead in 1927). Death of Yelizaveta TarnovskayaThat year: 1860, Classical music, composer . Birth of Emanuel de BeaupuisThat year: 1860, Classical music, composer (dead in 1913). Birth of Henry Johnson StorerThat year: 1860, Classical music, composer (dead in 1935). Inception: Mariinsky Theatre OrchestraThat year: 1860, Classical music.
Works (composition or publishing)
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Hector Berlioz (age 57) -
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Franz Liszt (age 49) - An den heiligen Franziskus von Paula (Work for choir)
- Pater noster I (Work for choir)
- Responsorien und Antiphone (Work for choir)
- Album Leaf in G major (Work for soloist)
- Album Leaf from “Orpheus” (Work for soloist)
- Piece for piano in F-sharp major (Work for soloist)
- Venezia e Napoli. Supplément aux Années de Pèlerinage (Work for soloist)
- Trois Odes Funèbres (Work for orchestra)
- Die drei Zigeuner (Song, lied)
- Die stille Wasserrose (Song, lied)
- Ich scheide (Song, lied)
- Jugendglück (Song, lied)
- Mignons Lied - Kennst du das Land (Song, lied)
- Wieder möcht ich dir begegnen (Song, lied)
- Psalm XVIII (18), “Coeli enarrant” (Work for choir)
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Charles Gounod (age 42) -
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Jacques Offenbach (age 41) - Le carnaval des revues (Incidental music)
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Anton Bruckner (age 36) - Psalm CXLVI (146) (Work for choir)
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Bedřich Smetana (age 36) - Czech Song (Work for choir)
- Souvenir de Bohême en forme de polkas, Opp. 12 (Work for soloist)
- Souvenir de Bohême en forme de polkas, Opp. 13 (Work for soloist)
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Johann Strauss II (age 35) - Accelerations, Op. 234That year: 1860, Classical music (Work for orchestra)
- More and More Cheerful, Op. 235 (Work for orchestra)
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Johannes Brahms (age 27) - String Sextet No. 1 in B-flat major, Op. 18That year: 1860, Classical music (Work for chamber orchestra)
- 2 Motets, Opp. 74 (Work for choir)
- 3 Songs, Opp. 42 (Work for choir)
- 4 Songs, Opp. 17 (Work for choir)
- Marienlieder, Opp. 22 (Work for choir)
- 2 Motets, Opp. 29 (Work for choir)
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Alexander Borodin (age 27) - Cello Sonata in B minor (Work for chamber orchestra)
- String Trio (Work for chamber orchestra)
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Georges Bizet (age 22) - Vasco de Gama (Work for choir)
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Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky (age 21) - Oedipus in Athens (Opera)
- What are Words of Love to You? (Song, lied)
- Prelude in the Classic Style (Work for soloist)
- Sonata for 2 pianos in C major (Work for chamber orchestra)
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (age 20) - Chanson de Zemfira (Song, lied)
- Mezza notte (Song, lied)
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Antonín Dvořák (age 19) - The Woman Harpist (Work for orchestra)
- Polka in E major (Work for soloist)
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Edvard Grieg (age 17) - 3 Pieces for piano, WoO 105 (Work for soloist)
- Canon á 4 voci, WoO 179 (Work for choir)
- Den syngende Menighet, WoO 122 (Song, lied)
