The year 1864 in classical music and in lyrical art
1864. With other artists, Jacques Offenbach, Georges Bizet and Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky influenced their time (romantic era). That year would see the birth of future classical or lyrical artists, while others would disappear such as Giacomo Meyerbeer. That year, new works would be composed, published or performed for the first time in public, such as “La belle Hélène” de Jacques Offenbach, for example. That year, halls or orchestras would be founded or ceased to operate.
All these moments, more or less notable, make the year 1864 a page in the history of classical and lyrical music to be discovered or rediscovered. soclassiq currently lists more than 250 of these moments for 1864.
1864, from day to day
January
02
Birth of Maximilian HeidrichThat year: 1864, Classical music, composer (dead in 1909)
03
Birth of Josef Passy-CornetThat year: 1864, Classical music, Austrian singer (dead in 1934)
07
Death of Georg Wilhelm DerxThat year: 1864, Classical music, composer, organist (born in 1801)
08
Death of Victor DourlenThat year: 1864, Classical music, French composer and pedagogue (born in 1780)
Birth of Marie RenardThat year: 1864, Classical music, Austrian mezzo-soprano (dead in 1939)
13
Death of Stephen FosterThat year: 1864, Classical music, American songwriter (born in 1826)
14
Birth of Armand AroneThat year: 1864, Classical music, composer (dead in 1912)
15
Death of Isaac NathanThat year: 1864, Classical music, Anglo-Australian composer, musicologist, journalist and self-publicist (born in 1790)
16
Death of Anton SchindlerThat year: 1864, Classical music, Associate, secretary, and early biographer of Ludwig van Beethoven (born in 1795)
20
Birth of Max SteinitzerThat year: 1864, Classical music, composer (dead in 1936)
23
Death of Michele PucciniThat year: 1864, Classical music, Italian composer (born in 1813)
28
Birth of Thomas TapperThat year: 1864, Classical music, composer (dead in 1958)
29
Birth of Adolf PhilippThat year: 1864, Classical music, American composer (dead in 1936)
February
04
Birth of Yevgeniya MravinaThat year: 1864, Classical music, singer (dead in 1914)
Death of Jan Václav ChmelenskýThat year: 1864, Classical music, Czech composer (born in 1778)
05
Birth of Carl TeikeThat year: 1864, Classical music, German composer (dead in 1922)
06
Birth of Anna Maria KlemmingThat year: 1864, Classical music, Swedish actor and singer (dead in 1889)
07
Birth of Ricardo CastroThat year: 1864, Classical music, Mexican musician (dead in 1907)
Birth of Viktor Roman MoserThat year: 1864, Classical music, Czech violinist, music educator and composer (dead in 1939)
09
Birth of Miina HärmaThat year: 1864, Classical music, Estonian composer (dead in 1941)
Birth of Oskar BieThat year: 1864, Classical music, German art historian and publicist (dead in 1938)
12
Birth of Felix DeckenThat year: 1864, Classical music, German operatic buffo tenor, actor and stage director (dead in 1928)
16
Death of Václav Jindřich VeitThat year: 1864, Classical music, Czech composer, copyist, pianist and lawyer (born in 1806)
23
Birth of Rudolf von ProcházkaThat year: 1864, Classical music, Czech composer, lawyer and nobleman (dead in 1936)
Birth of Heinrich BungartThat year: 1864, Classical music, composer (dead in 1910)
26
Birth of Alfred BacheletThat year: 1864, Classical music, French conductor and composer (dead in 1944)
Birth of Anton ScholzeThat year: 1864, Classical music, composer (dead in 1921)
Birth of Rudolf JaengerichThat year: 1864, Classical music, composer (dead in 1920)
27
Birth of Jean Joseph Jacques JemainThat year: 1864, Classical music, French organist and composer (dead in 1954)
March
04
Birth of Fritz Rémond seniorThat year: 1864, Classical music, opera singer, singer, stage actor (dead in 1936)
05
Birth of Adrian DahlThat year: 1864, Classical music, Swedish pianist (1864-1935) (dead in 1935)
Birth of Camille AndrèsThat year: 1864, Classical music, composer (dead in 1904)
Birth of Felix BurnsThat year: 1864, Classical music, composer (dead in 1920)
12
Birth of Alice TegnérThat year: 1864, Classical music, Swedish music teacher and children's songs composer (dead in 1943)
Birth of Josef WeißThat year: 1864, Classical music, composer (dead in 1945)
13
Birth of Raoul BrunelThat year: 1864, Classical music, composer (dead in 1944)
Birth of Heinrich BadingThat year: 1864, Classical music, composer (dead in 1943)
15
Birth of Johan HalvorsenThat year: 1864, Classical music, Norwegian composer, conductor and violinist (dead in 1935)
19
Premiere of MireilleThat year: 1864, Classical music (Opera), Charles Gounod
Birth of Clemens BreitenbachThat year: 1864, Classical music, composer (dead in 1943)
22
Birth of Reinhold VorpahlThat year: 1864, Classical music, composer (dead in 1926)
23
Birth of Louis GlassThat year: 1864, Classical music, Danish pianist and composer (dead in 1936)
Birth of Hjalmar BorgstrømThat year: 1864, Classical music, Norwegian composer (dead in 1925)
Birth of Louis ArensThat year: 1864, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1951)
25
Death of Ivar Frederik BredalThat year: 1864, Classical music, Danish composer and musician (1800-1864) (born in 1800)
Birth of Peter GriesbacherThat year: 1864, Classical music, German composer (dead in 1933)
27
Birth of Martin KleinThat year: 1864, Classical music, opera singer, singer, stage actor (dead in 1924)
29
Birth of Henri LutzThat year: 1864, Classical music, French composer (dead in 1919)
30
Death of Louis SchindelmeisserThat year: 1864, Classical music, German musician (born in 1811)
31
Birth of Luis Leandro Mariani y GonzálezThat year: 1864, Classical music, Spanish author (dead in 1925)
April
04
Birth of Rodolphe BergerThat year: 1864, Classical music, Austrian composer (dead in 1916)
Birth of Jenő SztojanovitsThat year: 1864, Classical music, Hungarian composer, conductor and educationist (1864-1919) (dead in 1919)
07
Birth of Eduardo BottiglieroThat year: 1864, Classical music, Italian organist and composer (dead in 1937)
10
Birth of Eugen d'd'AlbertThat year: 1864, Classical music, Scottish-born German pianist and composer (dead in 1932)
Birth of Godfrey Edward Pellew ArkwrightThat year: 1864, Classical music, British musicologist (dead in 1944)
12
Birth of Alice EstyThat year: 1864, Classical music, American-born operatic soprano (1864-1935) (dead in 1935)
Birth of Carl HagmanThat year: 1864, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1921)
Birth of Louie HenriThat year: 1864, Classical music, singer and actress (dead in 1947)
16
Birth of Flora BatsonThat year: 1864, Classical music, singer (dead in 1906)
18
Birth of Ernestina Bendazzi-GarulliThat year: 1864, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1931)
Birth of George RoseyThat year: 1864, Classical music, composer (dead in 1936)
19
Birth of Elisabeth DonsThat year: 1864, Classical music, Danish opera singer (dead in 1942)
21
Birth of Marceliano BragaThat year: 1864, Classical music, composer (dead in 1933)
23
Birth of Clarence BlakistonThat year: 1864, Classical music, (1864-1943) (dead in 1943)
27
Birth of Ernest FowlesThat year: 1864, Classical music, composer (dead in 1932)
May
02
Death of Giacomo MeyerbeerThat year: 1864, Classical music, German Jewish opera composer (born in 1791)
07
Death of John ClintonThat year: 1864, Classical music, composer (born in 1810)
08
Death of César MalanThat year: 1864, Classical music, theologian (1787-1864) (born in 1787)
13
Birth of Marius ChambonThat year: 1864, Classical music, French opera singer (dead in 1945)
Death of Ruggero MannaThat year: 1864, Classical music, composer (born in 1808)
14
Birth of Eleanor Everest FreerThat year: 1864, Classical music, American composer and philanthropist (dead in 1942)
Death of Auguste MarquerieThat year: 1864, Classical music, composer (born in 1815)
16
Birth of Henri QuittardThat year: 1864, Classical music, French composer, musicologist and music critic (dead in 1919)
17
Birth of Martin JacobiThat year: 1864, Classical music, German composer (dead in 1919)
23
Birth of Carlos de MesquitaThat year: 1864, Classical music, Brazilian pianist (dead in 1953)
Birth of Artur Eccarius-SieberThat year: 1864, Classical music, composer (dead in 1919)
28
Death of Joseph NetzerThat year: 1864, Classical music, composer (born in 1806)
Death of Nathaniel Duren GouldThat year: 1864, Classical music, composer (born in 1781)
June
02
Birth of August von OthegravenThat year: 1864, Classical music, German composer (dead in 1946)
03
Birth of Mariska KomáromiThat year: 1864, Classical music, Hungarian opera singer (dead in 1936)
Death of Anna-Maria NeumannThat year: 1864, Classical music, opera singer, singer (born in 1790)
06
Birth of H. A. WheeldonThat year: 1864, Classical music, organist (dead in 1923)
14
Birth of Gustav MeyerThat year: 1864, Classical music, composer (dead in 1925)
15
Birth of Guy RopartzThat year: 1864, Classical music, French composer (dead in 1955)
22
Birth of Vincenzo Di ChiaraThat year: 1864, Classical music, Italian composer (dead in 1937)
Birth of Otto Johan Otto Ferdinand EdbergThat year: 1864, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1935)
28
Birth of Amalie HarloffThat year: 1864, Classical music, (1864-1900) (dead in 1900)
29
Birth of Anton Beer-WalbrunnThat year: 1864, Classical music, German composer (dead in 1929)
July
05
Birth of Stephan KrehlThat year: 1864, Classical music, German composer, teacher and theorist (dead in 1924)
06
Birth of Alberto NepomucenoThat year: 1864, Classical music, Brazilian composer and conductor (dead in 1920)
08
Birth of Nikolay KochetovThat year: 1864, Classical music, Russian composer (dead in 1925)
Birth of Jean Paul KürsteinerThat year: 1864, Classical music, American composer (dead in 1943)
15
Death of Charles Frederic HupfeldThat year: 1864, Classical music, composer (born in 1787)
16
Birth of Joseph O'MaraThat year: 1864, Classical music, Irish singer (dead in 1927)
20
Birth of Gaston CarraudThat year: 1864, Classical music, French composer (dead in 1920)
21
Death of Mary Ann PatonThat year: 1864, Classical music, Scottish vocalist (born in 1802)
28
Death of Johann Hermann KufferathThat year: 1864, Classical music, German composer and conductor (born in 1797)
31
Birth of Otto Ernst GoepfartThat year: 1864, Classical music, composer (dead in 1911)
August
07
Birth of Max PauliThat year: 1864, Classical music, music pedagogue, opera singer, singer
09
Birth of Heghine GhorghanyanThat year: 1864, Classical music, opera singer, singer (dead in 1937)
13
Birth of Henri WoollettThat year: 1864, Classical music, French composer and music educator (dead in 1936)
Birth of Hélène CollinThat year: 1864, Classical music, composer (dead in 1930)
18
Birth of Gemma BellincioniThat year: 1864, Classical music, singer (dead in 1950)
28
Birth of Roger AschamThat year: 1864, Classical music, composer (dead in 1934)
September
04
Birth of Gisela StaudiglThat year: 1864, Classical music, opera singer, singer (dead in 1929)
06
Birth of Robert CoverleyThat year: 1864, Classical music, composer (dead in 1944)
07
Birth of Giovanni TebaldiniThat year: 1864, Classical music, Italian composer (dead in 1952)
10
Birth of Henry S. SawyerThat year: 1864, Classical music, composer (dead in 1941)
30
Birth of Emilio MesejoThat year: 1864, Classical music, Spanish actor (dead in 1931)
Death of Friedrich HofmeisterThat year: 1864, Classical music, composer (born in 1782)
October
01
Birth of José del HierroThat year: 1864, Classical music, composer (dead in 1933)
Birth of Jules PennequinThat year: 1864, Classical music, composer (dead in 1914)
Death of Charles-Laurent RheinThat year: 1864, Classical music, composer (born in 1798)
07
Birth of Louis F. GottschalkThat year: 1864, Classical music, American composer (dead in 1934)
Birth of Hermann BachmannThat year: 1864, Classical music, singer, opera singer and music educator (1864-1937) (dead in 1937)
10
Birth of Blanche ArralThat year: 1864, Classical music, singer (dead in 1945)
11
Birth of Alix FournierThat year: 1864, Classical music, French composer (dead in 1897)
13
Birth of Alexander GretchaninovThat year: 1864, Classical music, Russian Romantic composer (dead in 1956)
Birth of Matilda JungstedtThat year: 1864, Classical music, Swedish singer (dead in 1923)
14
Death of Paul ScudoThat year: 1864, Classical music, biographer, music critic (born in 1806)
15
Birth of John Augustine O'SheaThat year: 1864, Classical music, composer (dead in 1939)
18
Death of Jacques François GallayThat year: 1864, Classical music, French composer, professor, hornist and music educator (born in 1795)
Death of Jacques-François GallayThat year: 1864, Classical music, composer (born in 1795)
23
Birth of Benjamin WhelpleyThat year: 1864, Classical music, composer (dead in 1946)
24
Birth of Franco LeoniThat year: 1864, Classical music, Italian composer and conductor (dead in 1949)
Birth of Charles Sanford TerryThat year: 1864, Classical music, English historian and musicologist (dead in 1936)
Birth of David AnderThat year: 1864, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1902)
25
Birth of Adolph MeyerThat year: 1864, Classical music, composer (dead in 1934)
26
Birth of Silvio Deolindo FróesThat year: 1864, Classical music, composer (dead in 1948)
27
Death of Andreas RandelThat year: 1864, Classical music, Swedish musician, composer and violinist (1806-1864) (born in 1806)
30
Birth of Elizabeth Sprague CoolidgeThat year: 1864, Classical music, American musician (dead in 1953)
31
Birth of Alicia Adélaide NeedhamThat year: 1864, Classical music, Irish composer (dead in 1945)
November
02
Birth of Oscar RoelsThat year: 1864, Classical music, Belgian composer and conductor (1864-1938) (dead in 1938)
08
Birth of Bohumír NepomuckýThat year: 1864, Classical music, opera singer, teacher (dead in 1929)
10
Birth of Alexandre LevyThat year: 1864, Classical music, Brazilian composer, pianist and conductor (dead in 1892)
11
Birth of Emma ZilliThat year: 1864, Classical music, Italian singer and opera singer (dead in 1901)
13
Birth of René ChansarelThat year: 1864, Classical music, composer (dead in 1945)
14
Death of Karel František RafaelThat year: 1864, Classical music, Czech conductor, composer, contrabassist, opera singer and choirmaster (born in 1795)
16
Birth of Inga Lærum LiebichThat year: 1864, Classical music, Norwegian composer (dead in 1936)
17
Birth of Chalía HerreraThat year: 1864, Classical music, Cuban opera singer (dead in 1948)
22
Birth of Anna HoffmannThat year: 1864, Classical music, opera singer
24
Birth of Henny BorchersThat year: 1864, Classical music, opera singer, singer, stage actor (dead in 1910)
26
Birth of Adolph GessnerThat year: 1864, Classical music, composer (dead in 1919)
27
Birth of Richard KrentzlinThat year: 1864, Classical music, German composer and music educator (dead in 1956)
December
02
Birth of Ondřej HorníkThat year: 1864, Classical music, Czech music educator, composer, choirmaster and organist (dead in 1917)
03
Birth of Max KretschmarThat year: 1864, Classical music, composer (dead in 1906)
07
Birth of Sibyl SandersonThat year: 1864, Classical music, American operatic soprano (1864-1903) (dead in 1903)
09
Birth of Sidney Homer, Sr.That year: 1864, Classical music, American composer (dead in 1953)
Birth of Joseph BablonThat year: 1864, Classical music, composer (dead in 1914)
11
Death of Alois AnderThat year: 1864, Classical music, opera singer, singer (born in 1821)
14
Birth of Clémentine de VèreThat year: 1864, Classical music, French opera singer (dead in 1954)
Birth of Marguerite LaboriThat year: 1864, Classical music, composer (dead in 1952)
15
Death of Pierre-Jacques CheretThat year: 1864, Classical music, composer (born in 1793)
17
Premiere of La belle HélèneThat year: 1864, Classical music (Opera), Jacques Offenbach
Birth of Felix KörlingThat year: 1864, Classical music, Swedish composer, church musician and music teacher (dead in 1937)
Birth of Yevgeny AlenevThat year: 1864, Classical music, composer (dead in 1902)
19
Birth of Adolf SandbergerThat year: 1864, Classical music, German musicologist and composer (dead in 1943)
20
Death of Josef ProkschThat year: 1864, Classical music, Czech music educator and pianist (born in 1794)
21
Death of William Henry FryThat year: 1864, Classical music, American composer, music critic, and journalist (born in 1813)
25
Death of Henri MessemaeckersThat year: 1864, Classical music, composer (born in 1778)
26
Birth of William BerwaldThat year: 1864, Classical music, American composer and conductor (dead in 1948)
Birth of George SpauldingThat year: 1864, Classical music, American composer (dead in 1921)
27
Birth of Joseph LauberThat year: 1864, Classical music, Swiss composer (1864-1952) (dead in 1952)
31
Birth of Alessandro LongoThat year: 1864, Classical music, Italian composer (dead in 1945)
This was also in 1864
Birth of Luella Lockwood MooreThat year: 1864, Classical music, American composer (dead in 1927). Death of Mark BurnhamThat year: 1864, Classical music, composer (born in 1791). Birth of Désiré DemestThat year: 1864, Classical music, composer (dead in 1931). Birth of Charlotte Milligan FoxThat year: 1864, Classical music, Irish composer and music collector (dead in 1916). Birth of Francesco DaddiThat year: 1864, Classical music, Italian opera singer (dead in 1945). Birth of Sandra BellingThat year: 1864, Classical music, dollmaker, entertainer, opera singer (dead in 1958). Birth of Aurelia CataneoThat year: 1864, Classical music, Italian light soprano (dead in 1891). Birth of Johanna von GhilanyThat year: 1864, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1888). Birth of Michele MariacherThat year: 1864, Classical music, Italian opera singer (dead in 1933). Birth of Arthur FaggeThat year: 1864, Classical music (dead in 1943). Birth of Erika Kristina BergensonThat year: 1864, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1904). Birth of Luisa CamposThat year: 1864, Classical music, Spanish singer (1864-1946) (dead in 1946). Birth of Herbert Horatio NelsonThat year: 1864, Classical music, composer (dead in 1948). Birth of Henry WallerThat year: 1864, Classical music, composer (dead in 1902). Birth of Giuseppe GiannelliThat year: 1864, Classical music, composer (dead in 1941). Birth of Hugh BlairThat year: 1864, Classical music, English musician, composer and organist (dead in 1932). Birth of Ernst BöttcherThat year: 1864, Classical music, composer (dead in 1921). Death of Miska BorzóThat year: 1864, Classical music, composer (born in 1800). Birth of Jenny BrochThat year: 1864, Classical music, opera singer and stage actor (1864-2000) . Inauguration: Zazerkalie Children's Musical TheatreThat year: 1864, Classical music (Saint Petersburg, Russia). Birth of Robert BuechelThat year: 1864, Classical music, composer (dead in 1928). Birth of Felix GodinThat year: 1864, Classical music, British composer (dead in 1925). Death of Wolfgang SchindlöckerThat year: 1864, Classical music, composer (born in 1789). Death of Giovanni DavidThat year: 1864, Classical music, Italian opera singer (born in 1790). Birth of Anna Schoen-RenéThat year: 1864, Classical music, opera singer, performing artist (dead in 1942). Birth of Albert MattThat year: 1864, Classical music, composer (dead in 2019). Death of Luigi PicchiantiThat year: 1864, Classical music, composer (born in 1786). Birth of Giovanni ScrinziThat year: 1864, Classical music, composer (dead in 1935). Inception: Düsseldorfer SymphonikerThat year: 1864, Classical music (Germany). Birth of Victor ChampionThat year: 1864, Classical music, composer (dead in 1928). Birth of Edward NicolThat year: 1864, Classical music, composer (dead in 1948). Birth of Zoltán DöhmeThat year: 1864, Classical music, music pedagogue, opera singer, singer (dead in 1935). Birth of José María AlviraThat year: 1864, Classical music, Spanish teacher of music (dead in 1938). Death of Mauritz Wilhelm Leonard BerglundThat year: 1864, Classical music, opera singer (born in 1818). Birth of Klementyna CzosnowskaThat year: 1864, Classical music, opera singer (dead in 1913). Inauguration: Arsenal de MetzThat year: 1864, Classical music (Metz, France). Death of Julius von KolbThat year: 1864, Classical music, composer (born in 1831). Birth of Agnes HuntingtonThat year: 1864, Classical music, American operatic singer (dead in 1953).
Works (composition or publishing)
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Gioachino Rossini (age 72) - Petite Messe SolennelleThat year: 1864, Classical music (Work for choir), composed in 1867
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Hector Berlioz (age 61) - Marche troyenne (Work for orchestra)
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Franz Liszt (age 53) - Zwei Konzertetüden (Work for soloist), published in 1863
- Vexilla regis prodeunt (Work for soloist)
- Urbi et orbi. Bénédiction papale (Work for soloist)
- Ora pro nobis. Litanei (Work for soloist)
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Richard Wagner (age 51) - Huldigungsmarsch. Arrangement for military music (Work for orchestra)
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Jacques Offenbach (age 45) - Jeanne qui pleure et Jean qui rit (Opera)
- L'amour chanteur (Opera)
- Les fées du Rhin (Opera)
- Le fifre enchanté, ou Le soldat magicien (Opera)
- Les géorgiennes (Opera)
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Anton Bruckner (age 40) - Mass No. 1 in D minor (Work for choir)
- Herbstlied (Work for choir)
- Um Mitternacht I (Work for choir)
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Bedřich Smetana (age 40) - Solemn March for Shakespeare Celebrations, Op. 20 (Work for orchestra)
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Johann Strauss II (age 39) - Persian March, Op. 89That year: 1864, Classical music (Work for orchestra)
- Journey Train, Op. 281That year: 1864, Classical music (Work for orchestra)
- From the Mountains, Op. 292 (Work for orchestra)
- Students' Joy, Op. 285 (Work for orchestra)
- Deutscher Kriegermarsch, Op. 284 (Work for orchestra)
- Fraternization, Op. 87 (Work for orchestra)
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Johannes Brahms (age 31) - Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34That year: 1864, Classical music (Work for chamber orchestra)
- 3 Quartets, Opp. 31 (Work for choir)
- Sonata for 2 pianos in F minor, Op. 34b (Work for chamber orchestra)
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Georges Bizet (age 26) - L'Andalousie (Opera)
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Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky (age 25) - Night (Song, lied)
- Kalistrat (Song, lied)
- Kalistratushka (Song, lied)
- Wild Winds Blow (Song, lied)
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (age 24) - The Storm, overture, Op. 76That year: 1864, Classical music (Work for orchestra)
- Avant le sommeil (Work for choir)
- 14 compositions instrumentales (Work for orchestra)
- Thème et variations (Work for soloist)
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Emmanuel Chabrier (age 23) - Fisch-Ton-Kan (Opera)
- Vaucochard et fils Ier (Opera)
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Edvard Grieg (age 21) - Romances, Opp. 15 (Song, lied)
- 2 Symphonic Pieces, Opp. 14 (Work for chamber orchestra)
- Danmark for mixed choir and piano, WoO 161 (Work for choir)
- Claras sang, WoO 124 (Song, lied)
- Hjertets melodier, Opp. 5 (Song, lied)
- Min lille fugl, WoO 126 (Song, lied)
- Til kirken hun vandrer, WoO 123 (Song, lied)
- 4 Romances, Opp. 10 (Song, lied)
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Richard Strauss (age -2) - Enoch Arden, Op. 38That year: 1864, Classical music (Song, lied), composed in 1897
